Korean popular music has gone global, with K-Pop groups now worldwide stars: from BTS to Blackpink, Seventeen to Stray Kids, there are dozens of K-Pop groups to appreciate. If you visit Seoul soon and want to buy K-Pop music or merchandise, the highest concentration of K-Pop stores in Seoul is in Myeongdong.
And Seoul's K-Pop stores in South Korea don't just sell K-Pop music or books-you'll find all kinds of K-Pop gadgets, from BTS Legos to chocolate bars with the names of your favorite K-Pop bands printed on them.
K-Pop stands for Korean popular music, and the term became popular in the early 2000s; it typically refers to well-dressed solo artists or bands that are typically "idols" featuring catchy tunes.
HallyU (also known as Korean Wave) refers to the rapid success of South Korean culture abroad, such as K-dramas or Korean movies. Korean popular music has gone global, with K-Pop groups now worldwide stars: from BTS to Blackpink, Seventeen to Stray Kids, there are dozens of K-Pop groups to appreciate. If you visit Seoul soon and want to buy K-Pop music or merchandise, the highest concentration of K-Pop stores in Seoul is in Myeongdong.
Music Korea, one of the longest-running K-Pop stores in Myeongdong, has a couple of branches here.
This is the larger of the two Music Korea stores in Myeongdong, located on the third floor of the Nature Republic flagship store in Myeongdong, near Myeongdong Station the first thing you will see in this Music Korea store will be a small pink living room with neon lights, the perfect place for photos and taking great selfies.
Music Korea mainly sells CDs, vinyl and other K-Pop recordings in various formats and special edition boxes, as well as lots of K-pop books.