Imagine a superstar who never gets sick, never has to go through her dance routines, and never gets old! This is the reality of the situation of a member of the Korean “K-pop” band, as it really includes among its five members a star with these specifications.
Superkind features a computer-generated, AI-powered virtual member named SAEJiN, along with his human bandmates.
On June 20, the group released the song “Watch Out”, in which the five members appeared to dance in perfect synchrony, and they appeared in the appearance of well-known “K-pop” stars, to the point that it was difficult to know which of them was the non-human member, which made this group gather Internationally and locally recognized, due to its uniqueness.
It can be said that there are many factors that make this member literally a superstar, as he is free from all the problems that his human counterparts go through, and thanks to his uniqueness, his fans are increasing day by day, which makes him and the Korean band the talk of the town.
About this outstanding member, band leader Eugene said, “SAEJiN doesn’t have to watch his weight. I was so jealous of him when I was on a strict diet for the first time, going to the gym at 5 am on an empty stomach, and he didn’t get sick.” I never catch a cold.”
“He can change his hair color without having to bleach it for hours, like we do,” Eugene added.
The company that launched the band, DeepStudio, was originally a computer and deep learning startup, and is now using technology ranging from visual effects to artificial intelligence to bring SAEJiN to life.
Since the advent of the Internet, the K-Pop market has made many attempts to create a virtual pop star.
Recently, along with the metaverse craze, the members of the girl group “aespa” debuted in 2020 with their alternate, computer-generated avatars said to inhabit the digital world.
But unlike any attempts made before, the Korean group includes a non-human member as part of its regular line-up.
In fact, Sign often takes the role of “middle”, and a large portion of screen time and lyrics are devoted to singing to him, added to photos and videos in the computer graphics post-production process, which takes up to a week.
This means that the human members have to practice choreography and music videos while leaving the seiji spot blank, making the process more difficult.