Dates May 3 – September 22, 2024
Location Seoul Urban Life Museum Special Exhibition Hall
In the Seoul Urban Life Museum, you can learn about the daily lives of ordinary Seoul residents.
The topics vary from food, clothing, and shelter to everyday objects, games, and music. In 2024, the exhibition will feature songs sung by Seoul's young people who led the way in popular music at the time and the places where they were sung. In the 1930s, a handful of intelligentsia set the trends in popular music, while in the 2020s, it's the ordinary young people in our neighborhoods. In the meantime, popular places for young people have changed over time, including Jongno, Myeong-dong, Sinchon, Apgujeong, and Hongdae. This diversity laid the foundation for today’s worldwide expansion of K-Pop.
Through “Young People and Popular Music in Seoul,” we hope you can feel the romance, vibe, vigor, and passion of young people of each era.