Plave
{{Short description|South Korean virtual boy band}}
{{For|the settlement in Slovenia|Plave, Kanal}}
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{{External links|date=November 2023}}
{{Primary sources|date=November 2023}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Plave
| image =
| landscape = yes
| caption = From left to right: Hamin, Noah, Yejun, Bamby and Eunho
| origin = Seoul, South Korea
| genre = {{hlist|K-pop}}
| years_active = 2023–present
| label = {{hlist|Vlast}}
| website = {{Official website|1=https://www.vlast.co.kr/plave}}
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality|embed=yes
| name = PLAVE 플레이브
| channel_handle = @plave_official
| channel_display_name = PLAVE 플레이브
| years_active = 2022–present
| subscribers = 1 million
| subscriber_date = March 2025
| views = 437 million
| view_date = March 2025
| silver_year = 2023
| expand = yes
| module = {{Infobox Chinese/Korean
| child = yes
| hangul = 플레이브
| rr = Peuleibeu
}}
}}
| current_members = {{plainlist|
- Yejun
- Noah
- Bamby
- Eunho
- Hamin
}}
}}
Plave ({{Korean|플레이브}}; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean virtual boy band formed by Vlast. The group consists of five members: Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho, and Hamin.
Name
The group name "Plave" is a compound word combining Play + Rêve (Dream), symbolising their worldview of creating a new space to achieve their dreams.{{Cite web|title=ASTERUM - PLAVE|url=https://www.melon.com/album/music.htm?albumId=11200126|access-date=2023-11-16|website=Melon|language=ko}}
History
=2022–2023: Introduction and official debut=
Plave was introduced through a live broadcast on its official YouTube and Twitch on September 15, 2022.{{Citation|title=플레이브 공식 유죄인간 연습생 예준의 첫 번째 라이브 풀버전💙｜#플레이브 PLAVE｜Yejun's 1st Live Full Ver.|date=September 15, 2022|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2nip8yy0g|access-date=2023-09-24|language=en}} The group made their official debut on March 12, 2023, with the release of their first single album Asterum is described in Plave's worldview as a mysterious space between Caelum and Terra, where they meet their fans.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/003/0011719773|title=웹툰 작화 버추얼 아이돌 '플레이브' 이달 12일 데뷔|work=Newsis|via=Naver|language=ko|date=March 2, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2023}}
The group's second EP, Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come, reached one million streams in 13 hours, and a total of 1.7 million streams in 24 hours after its release and entered the Melon Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|title=PLAVE의 밀리언스 앨범 인증샷 도착!|url=http://www.melon.com/artist/photo_detail.htm?artistId=3207401&photoId=80234280&orderBy=NEW|access-date=2023-11-17|website=Melon|language=ko}} On November 17, 2023, it was announced that the group was nominated for Rookie of the Year at the Melon Music Awards.{{Cite web|title=Melon Music Awards|url=https://awards.melon.com/|access-date=2023-11-17|website=Melon|language=ko}}
During their livestream on December 12th, 2023, the members announced that they would be joining Weverse.{{Cite web|title=K-pop now: 버추얼 아이돌 플레이브, 위버스 커뮤니티 오픈|trans-title=K-pop now: Virtual Idol Plave opens up to the Weverse community|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_article/view.circle?sgenre=kpop&idx=23313|date=December 13, 2023|access-date=December 31, 2023|website=Circle Chart|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231232210/https://circlechart.kr/page_article/view.circle?sgenre=kpop&idx=23313|archive-date=December 31, 2023|url-status=live}} They subsequently launched their official fan club membership on Weverse at the start of 2024. Plave is the first virtual group to join the platform.{{Cite web|last=Oh|first=Seo-rin|title="너무 두근거린다"...플레이브, 위버스 합류→웰컴 메시지 공개|trans-title="I'm so excited"...Plave joins Weverse and shares a welcome message|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15437282|website=Top Star News|date=December 18, 2023|access-date=December 31, 2023|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231232242/https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15437282|archive-date=December 31, 2023|url-status=live}}
= 2024–present: First anniversary and fan concert =
On February 26, 2024, their second mini album Asterum: 134-1 was released, which sold 221,151 physical albums on opening day and 569,289 copies in one week, a new record for the group.{{Cite web|title=ASTERUM : 134-1|url=https://www.hanteochart.com/albumdetail/900525466/real|website=Hanteo Chart|access-date=March 18, 2024|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318231515/https://www.hanteochart.com/albumdetail/900525466/real|archive-date=March 18, 2024|url-status=live}} Their title track "Way 4 Luv" won first place on two Korean weekly music shows, Show Champion,{{Cite web|title=프로그램 게시판 상세 {{!}} MBC PLUS|url=https://www.mbcplus.com/|access-date=2024-03-18|website=www.mbcplus.com|language=ko}}{{Cite web|title="잊지 못할 순간"...플레이브, '쇼챔피언' 1위→'문명특급' 출연 예고|url=https://news.nate.com/view/20240307n38283|access-date=2024-03-18|work=Topstar News|via=Nate News|language=ko}} and Show! Music Core,{{Cite web|title=2024년 3월 9일 음악중심 차트|trans-title=Show! Music Core charts on 9 March 2024|url=https://imbbs.imbc.com/v2/view.aspx?bid=chart_ranking&list_id=7131269&pre_list_id=7124098&next_list_id=-1&page=1&list_use=1|date=March 12, 2024|access-date=March 18, 2024|website=iMBC|publisher=Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316081033/https://imbbs.imbc.com/v2/view.aspx?bid=chart_ranking&list_id=7131269&pre_list_id=7124098&next_list_id=-1&page=1&list_use=1|archive-date=March 16, 2024}}{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Ha-na|title='음악중심' 플레이브, 컴백 무대서 1위..NCT WISH 데뷔[종합]|trans-title='Show! Music Core' Plave tops comeback stage.. NCT WISH debut [Total]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000831383|date=March 9, 2023|access-date=March 18, 2024|work=Newsen|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309093148/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000831383|archive-date=March 9, 2024|url-status=live}} making them the first virtual idol group in history to win these awards.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Plave celebrated their debut anniversary on March 12, 2024, with a livestream on their YouTube channel, which attracted over 35,000 live viewers worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} In celebration of their first anniversary, a pop-up store themed around their song "Way 4 Luv" was opened for two weeks at the start of March 2024 at The Hyundai Seoul, South Korea.{{Cite web|author1=Kim Eun-young|author2=Kim Mi-geon|title=Hyundai Department Store's "anchor-tenant" strategy makes good hit|url=https://www.chosun.com/english/travel-food-en/2024/03/18/D6IF3TG3ZFBXJJ6M6GTARUNSTY/|date=2024-03-18|access-date=2024-03-19|website=The Chosun Daily|language=en}}
They held their first fan concert on April 13–14, 2024 at the Olympic Hall, Seoul, South Korea.{{Cite web|title=Weverse Notice: PLAVE THE 1ST FAN CONCERT 'Hello, Asterum!'|url=https://weverse.io/plave/notice/17966|access-date=2024-03-18|website=weverse}}
On February 3, 2025, Plave released their third mini album Caligo Pt.1, with the lead single "Dash".{{cite news|title=플레이브, 오늘(3일) 미니 3집 발매...새 챕터의 시작|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/437/0000428668|work=JTBC|via=Naver|last=Kim|first=Sun-woo|date=February 3, 2025|access-date=February 3, 2025|language=ko}}
Members
- Yejun ({{lang|ko|예준}}) – leader, vocalist,{{Citation|title=(ENG SUB) 예준이의 15문 15답 숏 인터뷰🎙️ 구독자 1만 기념! 플레이브 멤버를 소개합니다👏｜#플레이브 PLAVE｜Yejun's 15 Q&A|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ryODG828gA|date=February 5, 2023|access-date=2023-11-17|language=ko}} producer{{Citation|title=📝메모장으로 작곡하는 천재🤓 작곡즈의 밤💙💜❤️ {{!}} #플레이브 PLAVE {{!}} PLAVE Yejun & Noah & Eunho Live Full Ver.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doNHxZQog-8|date=October 6, 2023|access-date=2023-11-17|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|title=Virtual K-Pop Group PLAVE Is Earning Big Sales & Major Awards Just One Year After Debut|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjamin/2024/03/18/virtual-k-pop-group-plave-is-earning-big-sales--major-awards-just-one-year-after-debut/|date=April 18, 2024|access-date=2024-03-18|website=Forbes|language=en}}{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2024}}
- Noah ({{lang|ko|노아}}) – vocalist, producer
- Hamin ({{lang|ko|하민}}) – rapper, dancer,{{Citation|title=(ENG SUB) 하민이의 15문 15답 숏 인터뷰🎙️ 구독자 1만 기념! 플레이브 멤버를 소개합니다👏｜#플레이브 PLAVE｜Hamin's 15 Q&A|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8hgp4C3b3A|date=February 5, 2023|access-date=2023-11-17|language=ko}} choreographer
- Eunho ({{lang|ko|은호}}) – rapper, vocalist,{{Citation|title=(ENG SUB) 은호의 15문 15답 숏 인터뷰🎙️ 구독자 1만 기념! 플레이브 멤버를 소개합니다👏｜#플레이브 PLAVE｜Eunho's 15 Q&A|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Big46LyjTog|date=February 5, 2023|access-date=2023-11-17|language=ko}} producer
- Bamby ({{lang|ko|밤비}}) – vocalist, dancer,{{Citation|title=(ENG SUB) 밤비의 15문 15답 숏 인터뷰🎙️ 구독자 1만 기념! 플레이브 멤버를 소개합니다👏｜#플레이브 PLAVE｜Bamby's 15 Q&A|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXqy2HKbDw4|date=February 5, 2023|access-date=2023-11-17|language=ko}} choreographer{{Citation|title=습관성 스포하는 멤버들과 고통받는 리더🐬 '왜요 왜요 왜' 챌린지 튜토리얼 라이브 풀버전💗🖤｜#플레이브 PLAVE｜Bamby & Hamin Live Full Ver.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz5UjY3FoDQ|date=May 26, 2023|access-date=2023-11-17|language=ko}}
Discography
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications |
| scope="col" style="font-size:85%; width:2.5em" | KOR Peaks on the Circle Album Chart:
! scope="col" style="font-size:85%; width:2.5em" | JPN
! scope="col" style="font-size:85%; width:2.5em" | JPN
|
|---|
| scope="row" | Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come
|
| 2 || — || — |
|
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| scope="row" | Asterum: 134-1
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| 1 || 9 || — |
|
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| scope="row" | Caligo Pt.1
|
| 2 || 5 || 9 |
|
|
=Single albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales |
| scope="col" style="font-size:85%; width:2.5em" | KOR {{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=39&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Asterum|website=Circle Chart|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ko}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | Asterum
|
| 10 |
|
=Singles=
=Other charted songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of other charted songs, showing year released, chart positions, and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="font-size:85%;width:2.5em" | KOR ! scope="col" style="font-size:85%;width:2.5em" | KOR ! scope="col" style="font-size:85%;width:2.5em" | WW |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Pixel World"
| rowspan="3" | 2023 | —{{Efn-ua|"Pixel World" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but it peaked at number 71 on the component Circle Download Chart.{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=21&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|website=Circle Chart|access-date=June 2, 2023|language=ko|title=Circle Download Chart – Week 21 of 2023}}}} || — || — | Asterum |
| scope="row" | "I Just Love Ya"
| 135 || — || — | rowspan="2" | Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come |
| scope="row" | "Dear. PLLI"
| 137 || 24 || — |
| scope="row" | "Watch Me Woo!"
| rowspan="4" | 2024 | 41 || 5 || — | rowspan="4" | Asterum: 134-1 |
| scope="row" | "Virtual Idol" ({{lang|ko|버추얼 아이돌}})
| 47 || 6 || — |
| scope="row" | "From"
| 48 || 4 || — |
| scope="row" | "Our Movie" ({{lang|ko|우리 영화}})
| 44 || 3 || — |
| scope="row" | "Chroma Drift"
| rowspan="4" | 2025 | 14 || — || 115 | rowspan="4" | Caligo Pt.1 |
| scope="row" | "Rizz"
| 13 || — || 111 |
| scope="row" | "Island"
| 16 || — || 128 |
| scope="row" | "12:32 (A to T)"
| 17 || — || — |
Concerts
=Headlining=
- Plave The 1st Fan Concert 'Hello, Asterum!' (April 13 & 14, 2024)
- Plave Fan Concert 'Hello, Asterum! Encore' (October 5 & 6, 2024)
= Dash: Quantum Leap Tour (2025) =
| class="wikitable"
|+List of concerts !Date !City !Country !Venue !Attendance !Ref |
| August 15, 2025
| rowspan="3" |Seoul | rowspan="3" |South Korea | rowspan="3" |KSPO Dome | rowspan="3" |— | rowspan="9" |{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Jung-youn |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Virtual group Plave to launch first Asia tour |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10489798 |access-date=June 7, 2025 |website=The Korea Herald}} |
| August 16, 2025 |
| August 17, 2025 |
| August 23, 2025
|Taiwan |— |
| October 1, 2025
| |— |
| October 18, 2025
|Indonesia |Beach City International Stadium |— |
| October 25, 2025
|Thailand |UOB Live |— |
| November 1, 2025
| rowspan="2" |Tokyo | rowspan="2" |Japan | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |— |
| November 2, 2025 |
| colspan="4" |Total
!N/A ! |
|---|
=Participation=
- Idol Radio Live In Seoul (September 23, 2023) [Song Performed "The 6th Summer" & "Why?")
- Hanteo Music Awards 2024 (February 17, 2024) [Song Performed "The 6th Summer")
- Weverse Con 2024 (June 16, 2024) [Song Performed "Why?", "Watch Me Woo!" & "Way 4 Luv")
- Show! Music Core In Japan 2024 (June 30, 2024) [Song Performed "Way 4 Luv" & "Virtual Idol")
- Rakuten GirlsAward 2024 (October 10, 2024) [Song Performed "Watch Me Woo!" & "Wait For You"]
- MAMA 2024 (November 22, 2024) [Song Performed "Way 4 Luv"]
- MMA 2024 (November 30, 2024) [Song Performed "Way 4 Luv" & "Pump Up The Volume"]
- MBC Gayo Daejejeon 2024 (December 31, 2024) [Song Performed "Pump Up The Volume" & "Watch Me Woo"]
Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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{{Melon Music Award for Top 10 Artists}}
{{Melon Music Award for Millions Top 10 Albums}}
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