Virtual Idol PLAVE Sets Another Record… Sweeps Music Charts With All Tracks From New Album

Virtual K-pop group PLAVE, which became the first of its kind to enter the US Billboard 200, has swept domestic music charts once again with a new mini-album.

PLAVE's fifth mini-album "HYPERDRIVE" was released on various music streaming sites at 6 p.m. on October 12. As of midnight on October 13, all tracks, including the title song "Star Trace" as well as "Kkun", "Rain in the Blue Sky", "The Answer Is Yes", and "Rewind", claimed the top five spots consecutively on the Melon TOP100 chart.

All five new songs entered the top five not only on Melon but also on Genie and Bugs, achieving an "all-kill" across three major domestic music platforms. Their agency, Vlast, announced that they successfully achieved a chart sweep with both the title track and all b-side tracks ranking high on the charts.

The new album consists of a total of five songs spanning various genres, ranging from EDM-based dance pop to bossa nova, rock, pop, and R&B pop.

PLAVE is currently continuing its first world tour, "KEEP IT MANIC". Starting with their concert in Korea, they will head to Singapore on October 17, Taipei on October 23 and 24, Macau on October 31 and November 1, and Los Angeles on November 14.

Debuted on March 12, 2023, PLAVE is a five-member virtual boy group. Their name is a combination of "Play" and "Rêve" (dream in French), and they are a self-produced group with all five members participating directly in lyric writing, composing, producing, and choreography.

 

(Photo: Yonhap News) Reported by Kang Kyung-yoon, SBS Entertainment News
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