6 K-Pop Idols Who Use Virtual or Artificial Intelligence Concepts, Including Aespa - PLAVE

Kapanlagi.com - Written by Divasya Permata Vindra

Artificial Intelligence or commonly known as AI, is artificial intelligence technology that can work like humans with the aim of facilitating human work. Therefore, AI is widely used to help produce 'goods' for various industries, including the music industry.

The development of the entertainment industry in Korea is currently very massive, especially in the utilization of technology called Artificial Intelligence or AI. The innovation of this concept brings a new color for fans where they can see virtual personas through the idol's avatar.

The utilization of this technology by several entertainment agencies in Korea has finally given birth to several virtual concept Kpop idols that may already be familiar to Kpop fans. Here are 6 virtual Kpop idols that are currently being widely discussed.

1. Aespa and Naevis

MV aespa - Forever credit: Youtube/SMTOWN

Who doesn't know this girl group from SM Entertainment? Debuting in 2020 with the song Black Mamba, this semi-virtual girl group consisting of 4 members: Karina, Winter, Ningning, and Giselle successfully brought a breath of fresh air to the Korean entertainment world with their charming virtual avatar concept called FLAT. This success is marked by a YouTube viewer count of 21.4 million in just 24 hours.

In addition to their own avatars, there is another character named Naevis in Kwangya (a world-built story created by SM Entertainment), who is one of the AIs that helps the aespa members appear in the real world and meet the 'real' aespa members.

2. MAVE:

credit: Soompi

This girl group under Metaverse Entertainment is also not exempt from the use of AI technology. The AI used as members' avatars looks very similar to real humans. MAVE, consisting of SIU, Zena, Tyra, and Marty, managed to attract the attention of netizens with their full AI concept and flawless motion, making them different from other virtual K-pop groups.

They made their debut on January 23, 2023, with a single titled PANDORA. The name MAVE is also taken from the phrase Make a New Wave, which means they will bring a new wave to the world of K-pop music.

3. PLAVE

Credit: twitter.com/plave_official

Next comes the boyband, PLAVE, under the agency VLAST, consisting of 5 members: Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho, and Hamin. The name PLAVE itself is a combination of the words Play and Rave, meaning dream.

They successfully debuted on March 12, 2023, with a single album ASTEREUM which includes two songs, Wait For You and Pixel World, which were quite successful with album sales reaching 128 thousand copies in South Korea. However, despite the members using virtual avatars, this group does not use AI at all in music production or their avatars.

4. FE:VERSE

MV FE:VERSE - CHO credit: Youtube/피버스 Feverse

Feverse is a girl group formed through the virtual survival show GIRL'S RE:VERSE released on KakaoPage in March 2023. The group consists of 5 members: Muneo, Seoritae, Keuang, Rien, and Serena.

FE:VERSE made their debut on May 9, 2023 with the mini album CHO. These avatars are voiced by selected musicians, such as Kwon Eun Bi (Muneo), Hayoung Apink (Seoritae), Luda WJSN (Keuang), Heejin LOONA (Rien), and Soobin WJSN (Serena).

5. APOKI

Credit: twitter.com/Apoki2

Unlike the others, APOKI used to be a singer, YouTuber dancer, and influencer before becoming a virtual AI-based soloist under VV Entertainment agency, known for her small avatar with pink hair.

Although APOKI has never shown her real face to the public, she successfully released her first digital single titled Get It Out on February 22, 2021. In addition, she often covers songs by other musicians.

6. K/DA

Credit: twitter.com/KDA_MUSIC

K/DA is a virtual girl group developed by Riot Games, the game developer company of League of Legends. The avatars used in their music videos are characters that already exist in the game. However, their voices are filled by famous musicians. Among them are Evelynn and Kai'Sa voiced by Madison Beer and Jaira Burns, besides them there is also a girl group (G)I-dle, also Miyeon and Soyeon who voiced Ahri and Alkali.

This virtual group consisting of 4 (four) people first performed their single song at the League of Legends World Championship 2018 titled Pop/Stars.

(kpl/dpv)