How a Live Orchestra Is Showing Off Another Side of K-Pop Greats Like BTS and BLACKPINK

Don't underestimate the power of K-pop. That's a lesson many in the music industry have learned over the past few years, as the South Korean musical export has taken over charts and groups like BTS, BLACKPINK and EXO have broken records, established global fanbases on social media and found footholds in Western culture. Now, a team of composers, K-pop experts and musicians are trying to draw attention to the deeper side of K-pop: its construction as an art.

Don't underestimate the power of K-pop. That's a lesson many in the music industry have learned over the past few years, as the South Korean musical export has taken over charts and groups like BTS, BLACKPINK and EXO have broken records, established global fanbases on social media and found footholds in Western culture. Now, a team of composers, K-pop experts and musicians are trying to draw attention to the deeper side of K-pop: its construction as an art.