"I even film a music video like a K-pop star"
KING STUDIO in Seoul offers international K-Pop fans a professional recording experience in a studio used by top artists. Certified by Korea Tourism Organization and Seoul Metropolitan Government, record one song with expert vocal directors, producers, and engineers for an authentic K-Pop journey.
"The experience of making my own record in the recording studio recorded by my favorite K-pop star is touching in itself."
A Russian tourist was singing Mamamoo's "Starry Night" at a transparent cylindrical recording booth at Cheonggye Square in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 4th. "Music King," a tourism start-up, set up a mobile recording booth at Cheonggye Square from the 1st to the 5th to hold an event where foreign tourists can record K-pop and film music videos themselves. It was one of the spring hospitality week Cheonggyecheon Plaza tourism contents experience zone programs hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Seoul Tourism Association, and the Visit Korea Committee.
ROH Kwang Kyun, 40, CEO of MUSICKING, participated in producing more than 400 albums as a recording engineer. He also worked with TVXQ, Gang Ta and Jessie. "I started a business thinking about how it would be to experience K-pop fans not just listening to K-pop stars' music and buying photos, but enjoying the culture in person," ROH said. "The travel is more touching because K-pop fans record their favorite songs in a professional recording studio and are guided by a vocal trainer as if they have become singers and make music videos."
It is a reservation system, and if tourists apply for a song they want in advance, MUSICKING will purchase and provide the sound source. When experienced people enter the recording booth, interpreters and engineers will join, and K-pop vocal trainers may be attached depending on the product package. Even if the pitch or beat is different, engineers make fine adjustments to the machine and make excellent sound sources. The cost of using the museum starts from 110,000 won per hour. It varies from up to 600,000 won depending on the product package. Recently, it is popular not only with foreign tourists but also with prospective grooms who are about to propose or with prospective singers who want to send their music to the agency.
Thinking that the tourism boom through hospitality week should lead to the private sector, the Seoul Metropolitan Government created and provided a promotion and experience zone for companies such as MUSICKING. "There are few opportunities for private companies to introduce their contents to foreign tourists, so I'm happy to introduce the business at a good opportunity," CEO Roh said. "I hope these opportunities will be created more often in the future and I hope our business will help enhance the image of Korean tourism."
By Yoon Soo Kyung
