Developer(s) | NCSoft |
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Initial release | January 28, 2021 |
Platform | iOS, Android |
Available in | Korean, English, Japanese |
Type | Entertainment |
Website | universe-official.io |
Universe (stylized as UNIVERSE; Korean: 유니버스; RR: Yunibeoseu) was a Korean mobile app and web platform created by the video game developer NCSoft and operated by its entertainment subsidiary Klap.
The global K-pop entertainment platform revealed all 38 participating artists individually from November 12, 2020, to August 29, 2022. The platform officially closed and its service was transferred to Dear U bubble on February 17, 2023.[1]
Ahead of its launch day, Universe surpassed four million pre-registered users on both the App Store and Google Play.[2] As of January 2021, K-pop fans from 188 countries around the world including South Korea , the United States , Japan , Taiwan, Indonesia, and Brazil completed pre-registration with 80% of these users residing overseas.[3] Two months after its launch, Universe achieved more than five million global downloads with a total 692 exclusive contents released.[4] Four months after its launch, the K-pop entertainment platform surpassed ten million downloads.[5]
Within ten months of its release, Universe surpassed 20 million downloads.[6] The proportion of overseas users increased to 89% while the total number of original content released rose to 5,122 with a cumulative view count of 21.46 million.[7] As of July 2022, after the Universe service completely reorganized, with a total of 6,288 original contents, the monthly revisit rate increased 10 times, the cumulative number of views reached 24 million, and the number of global downloads exceeded 24 million.[8]
All artists that have joined Universe will participate in its "Universe Music" series, with various content including music videos released each month.[lower-alpha 1][43] <section begin="Universe Music" />
Date | Artist | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Jan 26, 2021 | Iz*One | "D-D-Dance" | Prod. Full8loom | [44][lower-alpha 2] |
Feb 9, 2021 | Sumi Jo and Rain | "Guardians" | Universe theme song | [45][lower-alpha 3] |
Mar 3, 2021 | Park Ji-hoon feat. Lee Hi | "Call U Up" | Prod. Primary | [46][lower-alpha 2] |
Apr 29, 2021 | (G)I-dle | "Last Dance" | Prod. Groovy Room | [47][lower-alpha 3] |
May 13, 2021 | Kang Daniel feat. Loco | "Outerspace" | N/A | [48][lower-alpha 3] |
May 24, 2021 | AB6IX | "Gemini" | [49][lower-alpha 3] | |
July 1, 2021 | CIX | "Tesseract" | Prod. Hui, Minit | [50][lower-alpha 2] |
July 11, 2021 | The Boyz | "Drink It" | N/A | [51][lower-alpha 2] |
July 26, 2021 | Monsta X | "Kiss or Death" | [52][lower-alpha 2] | |
Sep 2, 2021 | Astro | "Alive" | [53][lower-alpha 3] | |
Sep 23, 2021 | WJSN | "Let Me In" | [54][lower-alpha 2] | |
Oct 1, 2021 | WEi | "Starry Night" | Prod. Dress | [55][lower-alpha 2] |
Nov 11, 2021 | Drippin | "Vertigo" | N/A | [56][lower-alpha 3] |
Dec 23, 2021 | Oh My Girl | "Shark" | [57][lower-alpha 3] | |
Dec 30, 2021 | SF9 | "Savior" | [58][lower-alpha 4] | |
Jan 31, 2022 | Ateez | "Don't Stop" | [59] | |
Mar 10, 2022 | Kwon Eun-bi | "Esper" | [60] | |
Apr 14, 2022 | Ha Sung-woon | "La La Pop!" | [61] | |
Apr 29, 2022 | Kang Daniel | "Ready to Ride" | [62] | |
May 31, 2022 | Cravity | "Vivid" | [63] | |
Jun 17, 2022 | The Boyz | "Sweet" | [64] | |
July 7, 2022 | Monsta X | "If with U" | [65] | |
July 21, 2022 | Astro | "U&Iverse" | [66] | |
Aug 11, 2022 | Jo Yu-ri | "Maybe" | [67] | |
Aug 19, 2022 | Wonho | "Don't hesitate" | [68] | |
Sep 23, 2022 | Kep1er | "Sugar Rush" | [69] | |
Oct 27, 2022 | Viviz | "Rum Pum Pum" | [70] |
Date | Title | Venue | Performing Artist(s) | Attendance | Ref. |
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February 14, 2021 | UNI-KON | Online |
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2,600,000 | [71] |
July 2, 2022 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium and online |
|
3,800,000 | [72][73] | |
July 3, 2022 |
|
Date | Title | Performing Artist(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
July 23, 2022 | Black Gambler | Kang Daniel | [74] |
August 19, 2022 | Happy Yerin Day | Yerin | [75] |
November 18, 2022 | Sunset Beach | Kep1er |
Date | Title | Venue | Performing Artist(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
February 28, 2021 | Iz*one Online Fan Party | Online | Iz*One | [76] |
April 17, 2021 | CIX: Blooming Day | CIX | [77] | |
May 16, 2021 | Dear My D | Kang Daniel | [78] | |
June 6, 2021 | Sunday Cravity | Cravity | [79] | |
July 24, 2021 (cancelled)[lower-alpha 5] | Monsta Castle | Monsta X | [81] | |
November 7, 2021 | Welcome to WJSN House | YES24 Live Hall | WJSN | [82] |
February 11, 2022 | Oh My Princess Diary | Oh My Girl | [83] | |
May 7, 2022 | Dream Driver | Nodeul Live House | Drippin | [84] |
May 8, 2022 | Eunbi's Secret Store | Kwon Eun-bi | ||
May 21, 2022 | School Fest. in Neverland | YES24 Live Hall | (G)I-dle | [85] |
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