BTS’ 7FATES: CHAKHO tops New & Trending charts in six languages including English and French.
Additionally, DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR and THE STAR SEEKERS ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively on English, Spanish, and German services
HYBE’s webcomic and web novels released on the 15th, 16th, 17th in turn recorded peak performances on WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform.
The cumulative number of views for 21st-century pop icons BTS’ 7FATES: CHAKHO surpassed 15 million within two days of release, recording the platform’s highest initial performance in less than a week after release.
ENHYPEN’s DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR came in at second on the New & Trending chart while TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s THE STAR SEEKERS ranked third on WEBTOON’s English, Spanish, and German real-time hot topic charts within a day after release.
These original stories developed exclusively by HYBE in close collaboration with its artists are also receiving favorable reviews with a high rating on WEBTOON. With 7FATES: CHAKHO receiving a 9.9/10 rating and attracting 740,000 subscribers within two days, DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR received a 9.89 and 9.91 rating in English and Spanish services, respectively, while THE STAR SEEKERS received 9.9 in English, Spanish, Thai and Indonesian, respectively (as of January 17 KST).
HYBE said, “Amidst the influx of content via various new mediums and platforms, we wanted to give fans a unique and unprecedented content experience through collaboration with our artists.” The company added, “We will continue to expand the content experience so that fans everywhere can enjoy it with no bounds.”
PR Source: HYBE
About HYBE
HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment, is an entertainment lifestyle platform company that innovates the music industry under the mission “We believe in music”. The company was listed on the KOSPI Market of Korea Exchange (KRX) in October 2020. HYBE has established its business ventures in entertainment lifestyle upon three pillars.
The label division brings creatives centered around music and artists such as BTS, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN and ZICO. Solution operates specialized business units for video content, IP, learning and games.
The platform division connects and expands all of HYBE’s contents and services. Based on organic operations and synergies created in each field, HYBE aims to create top-notch content, expand fan experience, and make a difference for anyone who enjoys a music-based entertainment lifestyle.
