Star in your own BTS or Aespa K-pop music video for free, with classic video backdrops at Seoul’s K-Pop Ground studios

K-Pop Ground, part of HiKR Ground complex in Seoul, has five studios that are instantly recognisable from BTS and Aespa music videos

Visitors can choose the music, change the background colour schemes, and save their session on a USB stick to show their friends, all free of charge

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K-Pop Ground has five studios, with backdrops seen in BTS and Aespa music videos, that allow visitors to choose their music, shoot their own video, and save the whole thing on a USB stick, free of charge. Photo: Erika Na

Published: 11:15am, 23 May 2023Updated: 4:49pm, 24 May 2023

Want to appear in a K-pop music video grooving to your favourite track? Now you can, if you happen to be in Seoul.

K-Pop Ground is located on the second floor of a cultural complex in Jongno district called HiKR [Hi from Korea] Ground. It houses studios equipped with the latest MV production tech and props, including sets previously featured in videos by K-pop sensations such as BTS and Aespa.

The five studios respectively resemble the interior of a metro carriage, a laundromat, a spaceship, a stage and a colour room. Embellished with flashy, colourful lighting and strong futuristic touches, these backdrops are K-pop music video staples.

The studios share inspiration from the music videos of some of the biggest K-pop stars.

For example, the laundromat resembles a scene from BTS’ “Permission to Dance” music video. The train carriage is a spitting image of where Aespa were dancing in the video for “Black Mamba”, while the spaceship setting is like their “Next Level” video.