The Art of Expression: Set Design in Korean Music Videos

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Korean music videos, K-pop, K-hiphop or K-r&b, are often shot in-studio, characterised by an impressive attention to detail and highly stylised aesthetic.
Most integral to this approach is the set design, crafted in homogeny with colour palettes, structural forms and props to establish a distinctive style. The vivid blankets of colour, creative lighting, orderly props and architectural space all forefront their theatricality, carefully designed to blend with and elevate the sentiment of the song.
Song: Barradeen - your name
Includes Loco, PLT, PENOMECO, Zico, EXO-CBX, BTS, Crush, EPIK HIGH, PERC%NT, IU, BIGBANG, TWICE, GOT7, SUNMI, Jus2, MILLIC, Hoody, SURAN, VIXX, Sam Kim, Zion.T, Wonder Girls, BLACKPINK, LUNA, iKON, Hash Swan, MAMAMOO, Lee Jin-ah and GRAY
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[@bug.incarnate]

00:03 Loco ft. Zion.T - It’s been a while, 00:05 PLT - Hocus Pocus, 00:11 PENOMECO - L.I.E, 00:13 Loco ft. Zion.T - It’s been a while, 00:16 Loco, GRAY - Late Night, 00:18 Loco - It Takes Time, 00:21 EXO-CBX - Blooming Day, 00:24 BTS - Serendipity, 00:27 Crush - Bittersweet, 00:30 PARK KYUNG ft. Sumin - INSTANT, 00:33 PLT - Hocus Pocus, 00:35 EPIK HIGH ft. Beenzino, Verbal Jint, B.I, MINO, BOBBY - BORN HATER, 00:38 PERC%NT ft. SUMIN - Rabbit Hole, 00:42 IU - BBIBBI, 00:45 Loco ft. Zion.T - It’s been a while, 00:46 ZICO - She’s a Baby, 00:48 BIGBANG - BAE BAE, 00:51 IU - BBIBBI, 00:53 Loco, GRAY - Late Night, 00:56 TWICE - FANCY, 00:59 ZICO ft. IU - SoulMate, 01:01 GOT7 - ECLIPSE, 01:05 SUNMI - Siren, 01:08 Jus2 - FOCUS ON ME, 01:11 MILLIC ft. FANXY CHILD - PARADISE, 01:15 Hoody ft. Crush - Sunshine, 01:23 SURAN ft. pH-1 - Don’t hang up, 01:26 VIXX - Shangri-La, 01:29 Sam Kim, Loco - Think About’ Chu, 01:32 SUNMI - Noir, 01:34 Zion.T - THE SONG, 01:38 GOT7 - Lullaby, 01:40 Wonder Girls - Why So Lonely, 01:42 BLACKPINK - WHISTLE, 01:44 ZICO - She’s a Baby, 01:47 Zion.T - THE SONG, 01:49 PENOMECO - L.I.E, 01:52 PARK KYUNG ft. Sumin - INSTANT, 01:55 LUNA - Free Somebody, 01:56 iKON - KILLING ME, 01:57 Hash Swan ft. GRAY - Wang Like Alexander, 01:58 Zion.T ft. Gaeko - Babay, 01:59 GOT7 - ECLIPSE, 02:01 MAMAMOO - gogobebe, 02:04 VIXX - Shangri-La, 02:06 Lee Jin Ah ft. GRAY - RUN, 02:08 BTS - Boy With Luv, 02:11 BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU, 02:13 iKON - KILLING ME, 02:14 SAM KIM ft. Crush - Make Up 02:18 Hoody ft. Crush - Sunshine

[@jeanskrrs]

seriously korean mv set design make me want to study in that field, they're on another level of aesthetics 😩✨

[@LAILA-wm4xu]

same here! I have been looking into it, but still couldn't find exactly how to get into the field exactly, let me know if you found something :)

[@Vanessa-wu4nt]

@@LAILA-wm4xu First of all, I'm from Brazil (only saying that because I'm not sure if things can be different in other countries) and I don't work in in this field yet. But I'm an architecture and set design is one of the fields we can work, I know interior designers can too and I guess people who studied visual arts, production design. Now I'm not sure if there's some course that teachs only about set design specifically, or about other ways to get into it

[@noddygoodboy91]

Thank you for this! This is truly inspirational. Aesthetically pleasing. A Production Design Graduate here from the PH.

[@valentinaianiaauthor]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing, nice one, have a lovely day! 🥰

[@sugastan7520]

thank you so so much for this video cuz recently i'm so interested of kpop MV interior that sometime i missed while watching the MV

[@ariannaxxluv]

this is so cool wttffff

[@ngatruong9848]

So wonderful!

[@pdotmsanii]

Wonderful

[@steph.ixxxxxxx]

intriguing

[@hyulina3187]

This is so nice!! could someone please post the music videos with timestamps please?

[@wau5013]

🤩🤩🤩

[@kursmia]

It’s mostly boy groups-