Gangnam is an amazing and fancy city. The area where I spent most of my days, filming and having fun in general. The most well known clubs in the area, before the Burning Sun incident (which I will briefly get into later), were Octagon, Arena and Burning Sun, all very highly regarded and visited by the rich and beautiful of the city. But after a scandal, which involved a lot of illegal stuff, Arena and Burning Sun closed their doors permanently and the staff and DJs moved on to greener pastures. Octagon is still open and after these two clubs closed, it enjoyed an influx of customers. Now the club landscape mainly consists of Club Face, Mass, Label and Aqua. The last three are now being renovated, which means Club Face, which is in my opinion, by far the most exclusive club in Gangnam, is now ontop. It has a strict „no foreigners“ policy at the door, and even Koreans are handpicked by the security guards. There is a strict dresscode you have to abide to, to get in. Once you do get in, you’re in for a big treat, as the sound system is one of the best in the Korean clubbing scene, only beaten by Octagon’s „Funktion One“ sound system, the best that money can buy. The atmosphere in Gangnam clubs is a lot different than in the Hongdae clubs. Since the age group is a lot older, the average age seems to be around 25-27, the people have a lot more money to spend, and there is a lot of spending and showing off going on in the clubs, especially Face, which is open every day of the week, from 10pm to 11am. In order to really have fun as a guy in a Gangnam club, people say you must buy a table. Tables get more expensive as they get closer to the stage/DJ Booth. The least expensive table Club Face offers costs about 350,000 Korean Won, which translates to about 300 Euros. It goes up all the way to 10,000,000 Won, which is almost 10,000 Euros, for just one night. These are the VIP tables and they are placed behind the DJ Booth, which makes them really desirable. After you bought a ridiculously expensive table, you need to get drunk, so you gotta buy some bottles or bottle sets, which can also get really expensive. The cheapest bottle starts at 350,000 Won and it goes all the way up to a 16,500,000 Won Armand de Brignac 10 Bottle champagne set. It’s not uncommon to see people at the pricy tables buying that set. At my first job in Club Face, one of the tables ordered bottle sets equivalent to 35,000 Euros in one night. Some people earn that in an entire year. Let that sink in for a second.
