A global K-pop magazine specializing in new idols, FI (Faves Idol), which captures the present and future of rookie idols in one volume, is publishing its inaugural issue.
FI goes beyond the format of traditional magazines that focused only on visuals, showing the process that begins with the artist and is completed together with fans through narrative- and record-centered planning. In particular, this inaugural issue features AHOF, a nine-member boy group receiving attention not only across Asia but around the world, presenting their first official domestic magazine project and drawing interest from global fandoms.
AHOF is a next-generation global rookie sweeping awards at various ceremonies as soon as they debuted. They have already confirmed appearances at major award shows in the second half of this year, foreshadowing sweeps of trophies. Upon debut they gained explosive popularity worldwide, including in China, Japan, the United States, Southeast Asia and South America, and successfully entered domestic music charts. Rapidly growing AHOF will use this FI inaugural issue to reveal their full identity and vision to global fans for the first time and demonstrate new expansion possibilities in the K-pop market.
FI's biggest feature is its original three-part structure of IF – FI – FIN. IF depicts the possibilities and beginnings of rookies who are not yet complete; FI portrays growth and goals as artists. And the final chapter, FIN, contains meaningful pages completed with fan participation. FIN does not stop at watching the artist's story; it offers a special experience in which fans directly participate to complete the final chapter. Through the symbolic meaning of fans writing the "final sentence" of the artist's story, they can express support and affection more deeply. This is expected to become a symbol of communion with the artist for fandoms, beyond merely collecting a magazine.
FI has built a global distribution network to connect domestic and international fandoms. It can be purchased conveniently from anywhere in the world through domestic major bookstores and the Faves online mall as well as domestic and international platforms, and various perks will be organized by distribution channel with a pre-order event running from Sept. 30 to Oct. 20.
Also, the inaugural issue package includes AHOF's unreleased photo cards, and as a special pre-order event there will be a lottery for clothing signed on the outfits worn during the shoot and signed polaroids, and the magazine's fan participation events will award AHOF autographed polaroids. This package will provide a special experience in which fans and artists can directly interact.
The FI inaugural issue records AHOF's musical world and growth story, establishing itself as a pictorial magazine that captures the present of rookie idols and supports their future. This inaugural issue, which contains not only idols' visuals but also the stories completed together with fans, proposes an expansion of K-pop fandom culture and a new culture of idol documentation and takes the first step toward the global market.
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