YG iKON Joins BTS’ Weverse… Will Meet Their Global Fandom
[OSEN=박소영 기자] iKON will communicate with iKONIC from all over the world from a closer range by partnering up with Weverse, the global fan community platform.
On June 21, YG Entertainment revealed that iKON will open their fan community on Weverse and share their gratitude towards their fans. iKON is the second artist group of YG to join Weverse, following TREASURE.
To celebrate their fan community opening, iKON will pre-release a video celebrating the event, along with episodes 3 and 4 of the ‘Kingdom’ behind contents. In addition, the group is planning to upload contents such as unreleased photos and videos.
After making debut back in 2015 with their digital single ‘MY TYPE’, established themselves as global stars by dominating no. 1 spots on major music charts in and out of Korea. The group has since received grand awards at 2 major year-end award ceremonies(‘The 33rd Golden Disc Awards’, ‘2018 Melon Music Awards’) with their mega-hit song, ‘LOVE SCENARIO’.
The group has also proved their matured musical capacity and emotions by releasing their third mini album ‘i DECIDE’ and digital single ‘Why Why Why’. They also proved their status as a top artist croup by participating on Mnet’s boy group competition program ‘Kingdom: Legendary War’, presenting concert-like performances with unrivaled Hip-hop swag.
Weverse will run two relay hashtag events to celebrate iKON’s fan community opening. The first will be held from the opening date until the 30th. Users can participate by uploading a greeting post to welcome iKON’s joining to Weverse with the hashtag, #Hi_imKONIC.
Furthermore, the #iKONIC_PICK hashtag will follow up from July 1st until July 9th. Users can participate by writing a post of iKON’s most impressive performance at ‘Kingdom: Legendary War’ and why it was the most impressive. Event winners will receive unreleased and autographed photos of iKON members along with a polaroid photo.
Meanwhile, YG has announced that they will strengthen their strategic partnership with Hive(formerly Big Hit Entertainment) and Weverse Company. YG is planning to form an innovative model that will present new experiences for the fans, and will expand their realm utilizing the global presence of the agency’s artists.
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