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#1 KPOP TRAINING ACADEMY

What's stopping your KPOP dream?

From Seoul, Keens Academy brings premium KPOP training online—built on 8+ years of building online KPOP training, 3,000+ alumni, and Jae Shim’s 25+ years at SM Entertainment.

Your body, face, skin, country, age, or experience should not stop you. Leave the doubt behind.

WHO WE ARE

#1 KPOP Training
From Seoul to the world

Jae Shim training aespa — Jae Shim, trainer to the stars.

Keens training in Seoul — #1 Academy in Seoul

Keens online training final session — #1 Online KPOP Training

Keens trainees practicing together — Trainees in 90+ countries

Have you already decided KPOP training isn’t for you?

Maybe you have never said it out loud. But you have probably had a reason.

“I'm not Korean.”
“I'm not good enough at dance or vocal.”
“I don't look like a KPOP idol.”

You need to know what a KPOP trainer would have you work on first. That’s what Keens does.

Doubt comes from not knowing what to do next.Keens gives you a system that does.

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YOUR KPOP TRAINING SYSTEM

Real KPOP training, accompanied by @Seoul.

Decades of KPOP training expertise. One intelligent system built around your progress.

@Seoul is built on Jae Shim’s experience training dozens of artists—from Girls’ Generation to RIIZE—and Keens’ hands-on expertise developing trainees in Korea. The knowledge, standards, and training discipline of people who know what it takes to get better.

@Seoul brings that expertise into a connected, tech-powered training experience: your own training and casting manager, a structured curriculum, focused practice sessions, written trainer evaluations, and audition preparation. Every part works toward the same goal: helping you understand where you are, what needs work, and what to do next.

@Seoul will walk you through:

VOD lessons that fit your level and schedule.

Jae Shim teaching an arm-wave practice lesson

Practice without burning out.

Practice Room mockup showing guided class and mirror practice

Audition and prepare for casting opportunities.

Keens Seoul in-house audition poster with Pledis Entertainment

FIRST 500 PLANS

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How it works:
Your new training routine

Your first month, from your level assessment to your trainers’ written evaluation.

Your first month at Keens: a trainee practicing in a studio

Thirty days from now: know your level, practice focus, mistakes, and casting criteria

Day 1 Level Assessment screen

@Seoul personalized training-manager message

@Seoul daily practice plan adjusted to time and energy

Dance Practice Hall feedback experience

@Seoul answering audition questions

Keens in-house audition opportunities

Week 4 written trainer evaluation

BUILT IN SEOUL. MADE FOR TRAINEES EVERYWHERE.

Introducing Jae — Keens Academy founder and 25+ year KPOP trainer.

Keens is built on Jae Shim's training knowhow and expanded by trainers who have worked with the artists you already follow.

Jae Shim's training knowhow · 70+ trainers' feedback · 25+ casting managers' criteria · 10,000+ minutes of class transcripts

JAE SHIM

Founder, Keens Training System

20+ years at SM Entertainment

Girls' Generation · TVXQ! · SHINee · Red Velvet · EXO · f(x) · RIIZE · aespa

@beatburgerjae773K followers

Jae's training history

TVXQ!

Red Velvet's Seulgi: “As a trainee, it was my dream to take Jae Shim's class.” — RED VELVET'S SEULGI“As a trainee, it was my dream to take Jae Shim’s class.”

On Jae Shim's reputation: “He is very reliable, and even within SM, he is the absolute being.” — ON JAE SHIM’S REPUTATION“He is very reliable, and even within SM, he is the absolute being.”

Learn from the best. Your idols’ favorite teachers.

Meet the trainers who bring real KPOP teaching, correction, and performance standards into every path.

…and 20+ more, for training and feedback.

Our trainers have worked with artists at

From Keens trainee to debuting as GPP (SM Japan).

Global trainees are overcoming their doubts—and getting closer to their KPOP dream with Keens.

You stop practicing randomly. You know what to improve. Your next clip has a reason to be stronger.

Questions you may already be asking.

Do I need experience to start?

No. Your starting point depends on your current level, not whether you have trained before.

Do I need to be Korean or live in Korea?

No. Keens is built for global trainees to begin and train from where they are.

Is @Seoul AI?

Yes. @Seoul is a training guide built around the Keens system. Instructors handle technique feedback and formal level evaluations.

Can Keens guarantee auditions, agency placement, or debut?

No. Training can make your skills, material, and next steps more specific. It cannot guarantee a casting or debut outcome.