Julia Riew plays piano at Farkus Hall on the campus of Harvard University. The Korean-American student has written a musical about a Korean princess and released snippets of it on TikTok. Photo: AP
Korean princess musical launched on TikTok has its author, a Harvard student, ‘dreaming’ as passionate fans – and Hollywood – follow its story
- Disney has given us Nordic princess Elsa and Chinese warrior princess Mulan, but no Korean princess. That inspired Korean-American Julia Riew to create one
- ‘It’s been heartwarming to see the reaction’ to Shimcheong: A Folktale, the musical which she’s been releasing in snippets on TikTok, the 22-year-old says
Julia Riew plays piano at Farkus Hall on the campus of Harvard University. The Korean-American student has written a musical about a Korean princess and released snippets of it on TikTok. Photo: AP
