Begin Again Season 4: Korea (2020)

The universal language of music in a time of plague in the world.

Wonderful programme in which a selection of Korea's best popular singers and musicians play live to small gatherings of masked Korean citizens at various choice locations around the country, including sites affected by the coronavirus epidemic such as hospitals and airports. I couldn't understand most of the Korean language as they chat together during rehearsals and travelling en route to concerts, but their music is universal. They perform a selection of well-known Korean pop songs, and pop music from the Western world. All the singers and the musicians are first class, and there are also enjoyable moments of humour, as they clearly all get on well together. My favorite is Lee Su-hyun from the duo AKMU, she's so cute and has such a beautiful voice, and her standout performance was "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II, also covered by Korea's Taeyeon. Su-hyun's version is as good as anyone's, and she sings a reprise while skating around an ice rink between the audience members. Henry is a blast, playing many instruments like a virtuoso, singing his head off, clowning around and making the female audience members swoon.

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