For a cool S$6,500 ($5,050), you can attend a professional course at SM Universe,
a new k-pop training academy, opened in Singapore last year.
SM Universe is the first facility in South-East Asia with backing from a major music label (Sm Entertainment).
Its goal is to train the next generation of hitmakers
to follow in the choreographed footsteps of some of K-pop's biggest stars.
Students include aspiring performers from France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
The academy points to a change in the popular music genre: South Korean pop is becoming less Korean.
With demand for K-pop more muted at home, labels are eyeing markets abroad.
The musical acts need to reflect their adoring audiences.
HYBE, another label, now runs training programmes in Los Angeles and Mumbai.
(HYBE is behind BTS, one of the world's biggest bands, which is reuniting in 2026 for a world tour.
BTS's seven male members had to trade their mics for fatigues
and spent nearly four years completing South Korea's required military service.)
Going abroad "is a natural progression" for the K-pop industry, says Andy Lim of SM Universe.
Artists hoping to widen their appeal already collaborate with American stars.
For example, Blackpink, a girl group, has collaborated with artists such as Cardi B, Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez.
Many now sing in English rather than Korean.
(One of the biggest hits of the past year was "Golden" by Huntrix,
the fictional group in "KPop Demon Hunters", the most popular film to ever stream on Netflix.)
HYBE's founder, Bang Si-hyuk, has said the company wants to "get the K out of K-pop".