Weverse (also stylized as WeVerse; Korean: 위버스) is a South Korean mobile app and global fan community platform by South Korean entertainment company HYBE Corporation.
The app specializes in hosting multimedia content and K-pop artist-to-fan communications for musicians. Its accompanying e-commerce app, Weverse Shop (formerly known as Weply), sells subscriptions for content on Weverse, artist-related products, and merchandise.[1][2]
Content[]
Weverse hosts a variety of free and paid content including educational and entertainment videos, Instagram Story-style updates, and artist-to-fan interactions and communities for users to connect with each other. The app is also used to publish official statements by HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) on behalf of artists signed with its labels.
The software was developed by HYBE's technology subsidiary Weverse Company (formerly beNX). By March 2020, Weverse had 1.4 million daily users and Weverse Shop over 1.8 million users from 200 countries. As of 2022, Weverse has over 6.8 million monthly users.
BTS contents[]
BTS joined Weverse on July 1, 2019. The group announced during the finale of its Love Yourself: Speak Yourself stadium tour in Seoul that the fourth season of its annual reality show, Bon Voyage, would be leaving the Korean video streaming service V Live, which hosted its first three seasons, for the new platform Weverse. The fourth season of Bon Voyage is available by direct purchase on the Weverse Shop app or with the purchase of an annual membership for BTS's global fan club.
In August 2019, BTS launched a six-episode mini-documentary series for purchase on Weverse entitle Bring the Soul: Docu-Series, which expands on BTS's 2019 documentary film Bring the Soul: The Movie. The first episode aired on Weverse on August 27 and concluded on October 1. Each episode centered on a theme related to the group's Love Yourself album series and showcased content from the 2018 Love Yourself world tour.[3]
On March 22, 2020, HYBE Corporation announced the release of a video series entitled "Learn! Korean With BTS" on the social media app Weverse. The project was first mentioned in February during a live-streamed press release by Big Hit on YouTube, in which Bang Si-Hyuk explained that the project intended to "make it easy and fun for global fans who have difficulty enjoying BTS' music and contents due to the language barrier".[4] The series consists of thirty three-minute lessons on Korean expressions and grammar using footage from existing BTS content on YouTube and VLive, such as Run BTS! and "Bangtan Bomb". The videos were developed in collaboration with experts at the Korean Language Content Institute and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. The first three episodes were released on March 24, with subsequent videos posted weekly on Mondays, which later led to the creation of HYBE's educational division, HYBE EDU.[5]
Artists[]
List of artists on Weverse.
Artist | Wevers | Opened at | Company | Restricted[notes 1] |
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TXT | 6,370,374 | 2019.06.10 | HYBE / Big Hit Music | — |
BTS | 16,627,633 | 2019.07.01 | HYBE / Big Hit Music | — |
GFRIEND | 1,200,373 | 2019.08.12 | HYBE / Source Music | 2021.07.01 |
SEVENTEEN | 3,441,127 | 2020.03.17 | HYBE / PLEDIS Entertainment | — |
ENHYPEN | 5,761,245 | 2020.06.05 (as I-LAND) 2020.09.19 (as ENHYPEN) |
HYBE / Belift Lab | — |
NU'EST | 481,834 | 2020.09.08 | HYBE / PLEDIS Entertainment | 2022.03.31 |
CL | 559,358 | 2020.09.28 | KONNECT Entertainment | — |
P1Harmony | 622,319 | 2020.10.05 | FNC Entertainment | — |
Weeekly | 356,136 | 2020.10.12 | IST Entertainment | — |
SUNMI | 503,669 | 2020.10.19 | ABYSS Company | — |
HENRY | 273,260 | 2020.10.26 | — | — |
Dreamcatcher | 360,409 | 2020.11.09 | Dreamcatcher Company | — |
Gracie Abrams | 173,736 | 2020.11.25 | Interscope Records | — |
Cherry Bullet | 150,833 | 2021.01.03 | FNC W | — |
New Hope Club | 153,891 | 2021.02.01 | Hollywood Records | — |
Alexander 23 | 43,126 | 2021.02.15 | Interscope Records | — |
MIRAE | 242,356 | 2021.03.15 | DSP Media | — |
TREASURE | 1,492,977 | 2021.03.29 | YG Entertainment | — |
LETTEAMOR | N/A | 2021.04.05 | Potluck | 2022.01.19 |
Jeremy Zucker | 62,561 | 2021.04.19 | Republic Records | — |
PRETTYMUCH | 55,164 | 2021.05.03 | Sire Records | — |
woo!ah! | 102,662 | 2021.05.17 | NV Entertainment | — |
MAX | 112,990 | 2021.05.31 | Colour Vision | — |
FTISLAND | 65,017 | 2021.06.07 | FNC Entertainment | — |
EVERGLOW | 317,602 | 2021.06.14 | Yue Hua Entertainment | — |
iKON | 538,793 | 2021.06.21 | YG Entertainment | — |
JUST B | 259,636 | 2021.07.28 | Bluedot Entertainment | — |
Mad Monster | 71,808 | 2021.07.05 | — | Restricted[notes 2] |
BLACKPINK | 3,639,024 | 2021.08.02 | YG Entertainment | — |
STAYC | 425,326 | 2021.08.09 | High Up Entertainment | — |
LILHUDDY | 178,357 | 2021.08.23 | — | — |
PURPLE K!SS | 109,510 | 2021.08.30 | RBW | — |
fromis_9 | 262,852 | 2021.09.06 | HYBE / PLEDIS Entertainment | — |
PRIKIL | 72,415 | 2021.10.05 (as Who is Princess?) 2022.03.08 (as PRIKIL) |
FNC Japan | — |
WINNER | 228,749 | 2021.10.18 | YG Entertainment | — |
ONEUS | 168,861 | 2021.10.25 | RBW | — |
RAVI | 43,583 | 2022.01.17 | — | — |
KIM JUNSU | 46,610 | 2022.01.24 | — | — |
LE SSERAFIM | 572,767 | 2022.05.28 | HYBE / Source Music | — |
OH MY GIRL | 37,469 | 2022.08.04 | WM | — |
UP10TION | 37,376 | 2022.02.14 | TOP Media | — |
ZICO | 61,241 | 2022.07.20 | KOZ | — |
CNBLUE | 24,919 | 2022.08.08 | FNC Entertainment | — |
VICTON | 67,795 | 2022.05.26 | IST Entertainment | — |
KINGDOM | 48,688 | 2022.04.20 | GF | — |
SECRET NUMBER | 74,387 | 2022.06.02 | VINE | — |
ONLYONEOF | 41,554 | 2022.06.27 | 8D | — |
ROCKET PUNCH | 19,766 | 2022.06.16 | WOOLLIM Entertainment | — |
ATBO | 49,602 | 2022.06.23 | IST Entertainment | — |
T1419 | 36,748 | 2022.08.01 | MLD | — |
HYOLYN | 19,901 | 2022.06.20 | BRIDGE | — |
YOON JISUNG | N/A | 2022.04.25 | DG ENT | — |
BILLIE | 32,005 | 2022.08.22 | MYSTIC STORY | — |
TRI.BE | 22,786 | 2022.06.13 | TR Entertainment | — |
Apink | 38,961 | 2022.05.23 | IST Entertainment | — |
BLITZERS | 34,835 | 2022.04.06 | Wuzo Entertainment | — |
Golden Child | 41,522 | 2022.06.30 | WOOLLIM Entertainment | — |
TNX | 103,718 | 2022.05.30 | P NATION | — |
VERYVERY | 63,826 | 2022.02.07 | JELLYFISH | — |
XG | 103,087 | 2022.03.14 | XGALX | — |
LEE JIN HYUK | 37,246 | 2022.02.21 | TOP Media | — |
BAEKHO (KANG DONG HO) | N/A | 2022.05.04 | HYBE / PLEDIS Entertainment | — |
HWANG MIN HYUN | 105,559 | 2022.05.04 | HYBE / PLEDIS Entertainment | — |
&TEAM | 457,855 | 2022.06.08 (as &AUDITION)
2022.09.05 (as &TEAM) |
HYBE Labels Japan | — |
Concerts[]
List of concerts and live performances organized/produced solely by or in conjunction with Weverse.
Date | Title | Venue | Organizer(s) | Attendance | Ref. |
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December 31, 2020 | 2021 NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE presented by Weverse | Weverse (online) | Weverse, HYBE Labels | — | [1] |
December 31, 2021 | 2022 Weverse Con [New Era] | KINTEX Hall 4 (in-person)/Weverse, Venewlive (online) | [2] | ||
October 15, 2022 | BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN | Busan Asiad Main Stadium (in-person) / Weverse (online) | Weverse, HYBE Labels, Big Hit Music | 50,000 (in-person) / 49.07 million (online) | [3] |
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Why Big Hit Entertainment is one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Company?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Big Hit Entertainment Announces Profit, Plans & New Acts
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 BTS to Release ‘Bring The Soul’ Docu-Series Through Weverse App
- ↑ BTS Is Launching "Learn Korean With BTS" Very Soon
- ↑ ‘Learn Korean With BTS’ Aims To Break Down Language Barrier & Further Connect Global Fans
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