PLAVE is a five-member virtual boy band that debuted March 12, 2023 with its first single "ASTERUM." 

PLAVE's first EP "ASTERUM: The Shape of Things to Come," released Aug. 24, sold over 200,000 albums in the first week of its release, an impressive feat for a virtual K-pop band. 

<div class=editor><p class="paragraph text-left">  PLAVE is a five-member virtual boy band that debuted March 12, 2023 with its first single "ASTERUM." </p><p class="paragraph text-left">  PLAVE's first EP "ASTERUM: The Shape of Things to Come," released Aug. 24, sold over 200,000 albums in the first week of its release, an impressive feat for a virtual K-pop band. </p></div>

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Virtual boy band Plave made history as the first virtual K-pop idol group to top a TV music program. The band's success and fan base illustrate a growing acceptance of virtual idols, with predictions that they may surpass human idols in the future.

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The most uncanny experience took place at Plave’s fan concert on Oct. 5 and 6 in southern Seoul at the Jamsil Indoor Arena, where thousands of Plave fans gathered at the venue to take part in the encore fan concert of “Hello, Asterum!”

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Uncanny digital quintet Plave shows fans what a real-life virtual concert looks like

Newly debuting virtual K-pop acts have fandoms growing by the day, attracting not only attention from domestic market watchers but also from tech and entertainment experts from outside of Korea.

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At the MWM music conference, experts discussed how technology will lead to an oversaturation of virtual artists, with success dependent on a real connection with fans.

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Uncanny digital quintet Plave shows fans what a real-life virtual concert looks like

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