‘The only thing we can’t do is sign autographs’: The rise of virtual K-pop bands

By Jake Kwon and also Ivan Watson, CNN

( CNN)– In the video for their most recent solitary “DTDTGMGN,” participants of South Korean band Eternity dancing in excellent time to a bubblegum pop beat in a neon pink area enhanced with college attires and also star posters. The excessive electronic camera motions and also quick-paced scene modifications are regular of the K-pop category that has actually come to be an international sensation in recent times.

“Hold me tight, lean on my shoulder,” one participant sings.

But the team’s followers can not do either of those points, literally talking– since none of Eternity’s 11 bandmates are actual.

Built utilizing AI innovation, Eternity is one of the current South Korean acts pressing the limit in between actual and also virtual amusement. And the team’s designer and also administration business, Pulse9, thinks that computer-generated celebrities have a substantial side over their real-life …