PLAVE drops Caligo Pt.2

PLAVE released its fourth mini album on Sunday, putting “Born Savage” at the center of a new chapter in the group’s Caligo storyline. (youtube.com) Official release materials set the digital drop for April 13, 2026 at 6 p.m. Korea Standard Time, with physical albums scheduled for April 14. Weverse packshot notices listed four formats: Photobook, Inventory, ID Pass and Poca Album. (weverse.io) The group also published a track list for “Caligo Pt.2” ahead of release, and the title track’s official music video went live on PLAVE’s YouTube channel on April 13. A pre-release song, “HMPH! (feat. SOLE),” arrived 10 days earlier on April 3. (weverse.io) (youtube.com) PLAVE is a five-member virtual boy group under VLAST: Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho and Hamin. VLAST’s official profile lists the act’s releases back to its March 12, 2023 debut. (vlast.com) The “virtual” label in PLAVE’s case means animated avatars performing with motion-capture, not synthetic voices generated by artificial intelligence. Korea JoongAng Daily described the group’s 2-D avatars as mirroring the movements of performers behind them in real time. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) “Caligo Pt.2” extends a story line that outlets tied directly to “Dash,” the title track from PLAVE’s third mini album, “Caligo Pt.1,” released in February 2025. Korean and English-language reports on the comeback said the new prologue and teaser material continued that narrative rather than starting over. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) (biz.chosun.com) That continuity follows a year in which PLAVE kept releasing between mini albums. VLAST’s official discography shows “Hide and Seek” and its Japanese version in 2025, as well as “PLBBUU” later that year, before the group returned to the Caligo series this month. (vlast.com) The backdrop is a group that has moved from internet novelty to chart and touring scale. Billboard reported in February 2025 that songs from “Caligo Pt.1” debuted on its global charts, and Korea JoongAng Daily reported PLAVE closed its first Asia tour with concerts at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul in November 2025. (billboard.com) (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) With “Born Savage” now out and physical copies due a day later, PLAVE’s latest release lands as both a new EP and a direct sequel. The group opened this round with lore-heavy teasers and closed the countdown by finally putting the full song and video online. (youtube.com) (weverse.io)