[The kNOw Way] Ep. 10

Why Koreans care

The ceremony is 돌잡이 (doljabi, first-birthday object picking), in which a child’s choice symbolically points toward their future. Lee Know chooses an old coin, prompting wishes for more fans, recognition and applause. Later, while reading his own Namuwiki profile, he confirms several details but asks for an uncomfortable nickname to be changed.

In the Korean comments

One comment flags 16:59 with “제작진 인맥 총동원” (jejagjin inmaek chongdongwon, “the production crew called in every connection they had”), a joking way to frame the expanding cast of birthday well-wishers as an all-out mobilization.

What the words mean

The title’s 맘대로 (mamdaero) literally means “according to one’s heart,” but in ordinary casual Korean it means “however one wants” or “one’s own way.” Combined with Lee Know’s name and the official English title, “The kNOw Way,” it makes the series sound playfully governed by Lee Know’s preferences.