As the first modern digital publishing and self-publishing platform for digital comics, WEBTOON has revolutionized the way visual stories are created and consumed, allowing anyone to become a creator. WEBTOON® is the world's leading digital platform for visual storytelling. The three original webcomics in collaboration with HYBE artists will be available on the WEBTOON global platform. "We're thrilled to work with HYBE to bring these incredible stories to fans all over the world in formats they know and love on WEBTOON."
"Webcomics and web novels are some of the most exciting categories in global entertainment, with a growing Creator Economy of superstar Creators, massive fandoms around the world, and diverse IP fueling a new era of adaptations in TV and film," said JunKoo Kim, founder and global CEO of WEBTOON Entertainment. This fantastic tale features imaginary creatures, magic, and a fun look at the world of entertainment. The group awakens one day to discover they possess dormant magical abilities. THE STAR SEEKERS follows a group of young men in a pop band who live in a world where magic is part of everyday reality. Combining a heroine with incredible abilities, youthful friendships, and a powerful secret, DARK MOON: the Blood Altar brings new levity and energy to teen romance.įinally, THE STAR SEEKERS will be a collaboration with TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT), released on January 16.
DARK MOON will be part of a series of stories, starting with DARK MOON: the Blood Altar on January 15.
Mixing urban fantasy and teen romance, the story follows the confrontation, confusion, and chemistry between a group of vampires, a pack of werewolves, and a mysterious girl with a secret. WEBTOON will also introduce DARK MOON with ENHYPEN globally. 7Fates: CHAKHO will be released on WEBTOON starting January 14. Filtered through HYBE's imagination, the story re-imagines traditional Korean tiger tales and a mythological world of wild beasts. 7Fates: CHAKHO is an urban fantasy story set in the near future, inspired by the "Chakhogapsa" tiger hunters of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. After growing up together through a series of trials and tribulations, they must become a unified group of seven to unlock their destiny. A collaboration with BTS, the dynamic story follows seven young men bound by fate. The first HYBE original story will be 7Fates: CHAKHO. Working with HYBE, WEBTOON continues its global leadership in building and nurturing global fandoms online. In September, WEBTOON released a new original series Batman: Wayne Family Adventures with DC, its first collaboration partner, surpassing 500,000 subscribers within a week of its launch. Super Casting allows major entertainment brands to work with WEBTOON and maximize the IP value chain across platforms and formats. The new slate of content is part of WEBTOON's previously announced Super Casting project, a new group of partnerships with global entertainment companies to create webcomics or web novels for each platform. If I had my way I would’ve removed any hint of trap elements (including that eye-rolling “skrrrt” in the second verse), but otherwise “Crown” is a very strong debut that feels as if it’s going to enjoy real longevity as we move into spring and summer.WEBTOON UNVEILS A SLATE OF HYBE ORIGINAL CONTENT The verses are a little more forgettable, but hit a few nice melodic moments while building to a harmony-rich pre-chorus. There’s some wonderful textures here, but the effects never go overboard. The rhythmic chorus doesn’t work without them, dependent on a call-and-response structure that plays with vocal filters to addictive effect.
With that said, the real draw of “Crown” are the guys themselves, who drive the track with bucket-loads of personality.
Its instrumental largely sidesteps the trendy synth blips of the day, preferring a more classic electro bounce that hinges on one particularly sticky riff. Instead, “Crown” is a shot of cheerful pop, well-performed and disarmingly catchy. Beyond the odd/awkward horn-as-puberty metaphor, there aren’t layers and layers of lore to decode.
In contrast, the song itself is relatively simple.
Much of the lead-up to TXT’s debut has been shrouded in mystery, driven by a morse code teaser theme that replays as “Crown” begins.