Broadcast date: Oct. 17
Starring: Black Pink, Twice, Apink

Naver’s video streaming website V Live hosts 921 channels in total -- that means you can expect to find one channel for virtually every celebrity. The Korea Herald has rounded up the three most followed female K-pop acts on the platform for your convenience. Bear in mind the number of followers below are tallied at the time of writing. Take a look:

1. Black Pink (4,262,036)

(YG Entertainment)

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Black Pink would top this list. All six of the mega popular girl group’s music videos on YouTube have hit 100 million views, with two of them having exceeded 400 million views. The music video to its latest single “Ddu-du Ddu-du” set the record for the fastest K-pop music video to reach 250 million views, and briefly held the spot as 2018’s most-viewed YouTube video in a 24-hour period before the release of BTS’ “IDOL.”

Black Pink makes frequent use of the V Live platform to upload its music videos, vlogs, digital-only shows such as the massively popular “Black Pink House,” and video messages to fans.

Its latest V Live update was Jennie’s tutorial video, in which the Black Pink star demonstrated to fans how to make a phone case just like hers. Jennie and Jisoo picked up all the necessary items at a stationery store and made a new phone case from scratch. Watch the video at https://www.vlive.tv/video/93463.

2. Twice (4,066,072)

(JYP Entertainment)

Twice is the second most followed K-pop female act on V Live, behind Black Pink by a slim margin. Formed under JYP Entertainment, Twice is a tri-national girl group with South Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese members. All of its nine members gained considerable exposure through its appearance in 2015 audition show “Sixteen.”

The Twice members are also heavy V Live users, going live frequently to communicate with fans.

The band’s most recent live broadcast is Sana’s solo live broadcast. Filmed from her bedroom, Sana read her fans’ comments one by one. The Japanese member wished fans a nice day ahead, telling them how happy she can be with the simple things in her life. “My idea of happiness is when I go out for a nice dinner with Twice members after a long day. That makes me so happy,” she said. Watch Sana’s broadcast at https://www.vlive.tv/video/94327.

3. Apink (2,105,651)

(Plan A Entertainment)

The third most followed girl group Apink has been around much longer than either Black Pink or Twice. Debuted in 2011 under Plan A Entertainment, Apink created much buzz since the very beginning for its similarity in music and style with the legendary girl group Girls’ Generation.

Originally a seven-member act, Apink suffered the departure of one member Hong Yoo-kyung in April 2013. “Mr. Chu,” released in 2014, became the group’s break-through hit, allowing the band to win six music show trophies.

Apink’s most recent video on V Live is vocalist Jeong Eun-ji’s solo music video for third EP “Hyehwa.” Jeong said in a press conference for her new album that her music is “what keeps (her) going.” Watch the new music video at https://www.vlive.tv/video/94209.

Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit http://www.vlive.tv.

By The Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

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