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YouTube remasters early K-pop music videos to share old hits with a new generation
- YouTube and Korean music label SM Entertainment have joined forces to remaster K-pop music videos from the genre’s earliest hitmakers
- 1990s videos Age of Violence from H.O.T. and Dreams Come True by S.E.S. have already been uploaded to the streaming platform
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Old K-pop music videos are getting new life on YouTube in 2021. The popular video streaming platform has teamed up with South Korean label SM Entertainment to remaster early K-pop music videos.
Announced earlier this year and launched formally on November 4, the remastering project between SM and YouTube will see low-quality older videos updated to match modern perceptions.
The first video, H.O.T.’s Age of Violence, originally released in 1996, was one of K-pop’s biggest early hits.
The next revamp was Dreams Come True by S.E.S. on November 11. Girl group Aespa will also be covering the 1998 song – a track to be released next month.
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H.O.T. and S.E.S. a boy band and girl group were two of K-pop’s earliest hitmakers, and set the tone for many following acts.
The remastering project will reintroduce older hits to new audiences at a time when nostalgia for early K-pop is high.
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