PLAVE drops Caligo Pt.2
K‑pop act PLAVE released their fourth mini‑album Caligo Pt.2 today and paired it with a new music video for the single “Born Savage.” (The MV gathered immediate engagement on X, recording 10,836 likes, 10,262 reposts and about 144,000 views within hours of release.) (x.com)
PLAVE returned on April 13 with its fourth extended play, “Caligo Pt.2,” and led the release with the single “Born Savage.” (weverse.io) The group’s agency Vlast had set the digital release for 6 p.m. Korea Standard Time on April 13, with physical albums following on April 14. Korea JoongAng Daily reported the new record arrives more than a year after “Caligo Pt.1,” which was released in February 2025. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) YouTube listed the “Born Savage” music video as premiering on April 13 under PLAVE’s official channel, which had about 1.15 million subscribers when the page was crawled. Weverse and teaser coverage for the comeback tied the single directly to “Caligo Pt.2.” (youtube.com; soompi.com) PLAVE is a five-member virtual boy group formed by Vlast, with members Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho and Hamin. Korea JoongAng Daily said the act performs through two-dimensional avatars that mirror performers’ movements in real time through motion-capture technology. (weverse.io; koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) That setup has become a central part of PLAVE’s rise in South Korea’s idol market. The same Korea JoongAng Daily report described PLAVE as Korea’s top-selling virtual group and said the act finished its first Asia tour with a concert at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome in November 2025. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) The new release also follows a major sales benchmark. Soompi, citing Hanteo Chart, reported in February 2025 that “Caligo Pt.1” sold 1,038,308 copies in its first week, making PLAVE the first virtual idol group to clear 1 million first-week album sales. (soompi.com) Pre-release materials pointed to a five-track project. Allkpop’s April 8 report on the highlight medley listed “Parade of Blossoms,” “Hmph Hmph Hmph,” “Born Savage,” “Lunar Hearts,” and “I Think So” as the songs on “Caligo Pt.2.” (allkpop.com) The rollout had been building for a month. Soompi documented a sequence of teasers that included a prologue video on March 19, a promotion scheduler on March 20, concept films and photos in late March, and a highlight medley on April 8 before the April 13 release. (soompi.com) “Caligo Pt.2” extends the same album line that helped push PLAVE from a 2023 debut into the top tier of virtual K-pop acts. With “Born Savage” now out and physical albums arriving April 14, the group has moved the “Caligo” project into its second chapter. (weverse.io; koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
