PLAVE headlines YouTube Music Weekend 12.0, logs highest concurrent viewership at the 113-artist event

Out of 113 artists at YouTube Music Weekend 12.0, PLAVE topped the concurrent viewership chart. Their August 21 performance pulled the largest simultaneous audience of the entire event.

The global YouTube music festival featured live videos and MVs dropping simultaneously across acts like DECO*27 and Pokémon feat. Hatsune Miku. PLAVE's slot ran under the theme PLAVE WAVE FESTIVAL.

They opened with Born Savage, then moved into their Japanese debut single material: B-side Chroma Drift followed by title track Kakurenbo (かくれんぼ). Gidareulge (기다릴게) came in all-white outfits against a night-sea backdrop. Yeoseot Beonjjae Yeoreum (여섯 번째 여름) featured school-uniform styling. WAY 4 LUV had them in black-and-white looks. RIZZ and Dash came in all-black. A special stage cover of Japanese group M!LK's Sukisugite Metsu! (好きすぎて滅！) arrived in military-uniform outfits, and Geureon Geot Gata (그런 것 같아) closed the show.

Between songs, each member got 30 seconds to pitch their charm in an "idol recruitment PR" corner. The group also ran a Japanese famous-lines segment: Bambi and Yejun recreated lines from Boys Over Flowers, Noa from 101st Proposal, Eunho from Jujutsu Kaisen, and Hamin from Detective Conan.

"Thank you for inviting us to this precious opportunity," the members said. "We hope to meet again with another good opportunity next time."

PLAVE kicks off their debut world tour KEEP IT MANIC at Incheon Munhak Stadium Main Stadium on September 12 and 13, then heads to Yokohama PIA ARENA MM for two nights on September 26 and 27.