Must-Visit Spots for the Hardcore K-POP Fan

Frequently Visited Places by K-Pop Stars

Seoul/Seoul Metropolitan Area · 8 stops

1 JYP Entertainment Home of TWICE and Stray Kids

TWICE, Stray Kidz, ITZY, and NMIXX are the teams from JYP Entertainment. There are three basement floors and 10 floors above ground. JYP Entertainment has many facilities for the welfare of their employees, including vocal training room and producing room.

205 Gangdong-daero, Gangdong-gu, Seoul

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2 SM Entertainment Home of SHINee, NCT, and aespa

SHINee, NCT, aespa, Girls' Generation, EXO, and Red Velvet are just some of SM Entertainment's groups. Upon entering the building, massive LED media wall that reads "SM TOWN EXPERIENCE: PLAY@KWANGYA" is there to greet all visitors.

83-21 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

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3 CJ E&M Center 'M-Countdown' live broadcast

M-Countdown, a music show that features leading K-POP artists, is broadcast from here. It is broadcast in 13 different nations and available everywhere on Mwave.

66 Sangamsan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Gyeonggi Future Education Paju Campus 4 Gyeonggi Future Education Paju Campus 'PRODUCE X 101' Locale

Mnet's Global Idol Survival Project "PRODUCE X 101" gave us I.O.I and Wanna One, and "PRODUCE X 48" debuted IZ*ONE.

40 Eoreumsil-ro Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do

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5 Cube Entertainment & CUBAKER Home of BTOB, PENTAGON, and (G)I-DLE

Located in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, Cube Entertainment has BTOB, PENTAGON, (G)I-DLE, and LIGHTSUM as its artists. On the first floor is CUBAKER Café, which sells specialty breads such as Dum D Dum D bread.

83 Achasan-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

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Deungchon SBS Public Hall 6 Deungchon SBS Public Hall 'SBS Inkigayo'

SBS Inkigayo is a live-broadcast pop-chart & ranking program that airs on 16:40 on every Sunday on SBS TV; this is where one can enjoy the latest K-POP music.

442 Yangcheon-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul

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KBS Hall 7 KBS Hall 'KBS Music Bank'

KBS 2TV's live-broadcast music program offers various genre of music to be experienced. To be an audience to this program, please check its official website.

359 Yeouidaebang-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

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8 MBC Global Media Center 'Show! Music Core'

Show! Music Core is a live-broadcast pop-music program on MBC TV, YouTube mbckpop channel, and Touch MBC app. NCT's JUNGWOO, Sullyoon of NMIXX, and Stray Kidz's Lee Know are the main hosts of this program.

255 Seongam-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Source: Korea Tourism Organization, “2022 51 K-Wave Tourist Destinations” (2022), text reused; the guide’s photos are not. The guide is from 2022: venues close and hours change, confirm before you go.

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