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Blackpink's new song 'Shutdown' is gaining worldwide popularity with over 120 million views in its music video.

BLACKPINK's unique performance is also notable, but interest in the famous classical song inserted into this song is also high.



Classical music harmonized with K-pop will be delivered by Kim Soo-hyun, a culture and art reporter.



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strong violin melody goes well with a strong and powerful voice.



The original author of this violin melody appearing in Blackpink's Shutdown is the legendary Italian violinist Paganini of the 19th century.



This is the theme melody that appears in Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2, and the piano piece La Campanella written by Liszt based on it is also famous.



Shutdown boldly sampled this melody and added a hip-hop beat, and with the popularity of Shutdown, the number of people looking for and listening to Paganini's original song also increased.



[Lee Chae Kang/Musician (playing 'Shutdown' violin part): (Looking at the sampled song) I was very surprised, it was so cool.

Either repeating a section of what I've been playing all the time, or lowering a note an octave to transform it into a lower music...

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It's not the first time classical music has appeared in popular music, but K-pop's classic sampling these days goes beyond simple borrowing.



Red Velvet's Feel My Rhythm exquisitely develops a new musical composition with the motif of Bach's G-string aria.



Lai, sung by Jimin of BTS, samples part of Manuel Paya's Spanish dance and uses it as a background sound to reveal a sense of vibrancy and non-rose.



[Shin Ji-soo / Composer (Professor, Department of Music, Mokpo University): Classical music that has survived to this day is very beautiful music.

(Among them) the harmonic progression is not complicated and it is similar to the chord progression used in popular music (easy to use.)]



K-Pop’s classical sampling combines the vitality of classical music with various musical elements across genres. It shows the characteristics of hugging K-pop well.



(Video coverage: Kim Gyun-jong, video editing: Park Ji-in, screen source: Credia TV Symphony Song, Hankyung Arte TV KimD)