MAVE:

Biography

Metaverse Entertainment introduced MAVE: with SIU:, ZENA:, TYRA: and MARTY:. Kakao Entertainment describes the project as a collaboration between Netmarble F&C’s virtual-production technology and Kakao’s music planning, production and artist management. PANDORA’S BOX, released on January 25, 2023, credits Metaverse Entertainment as the production company and Kakao as distributor. [2] [4]

The debut single album contains two songs. PANDORA uses trap-oriented drums and synthesizers for its resistance theme, while WONDERLAND (IDYPIA) presents an apparently ideal but emotionally empty world through SIU:’s character perspective. IDYPIA is fictional music-video lore. Netmarble’s February retrospective also records an appearance on MBC’s Show! Music Core, bringing the characters into a Korean television music programme. [4] [5]

Netmarble’s 2023 ESG report specifies motion capture, real-time 3D rendering and AI speech. PANDORA’s release credits separately name composers including MAXX SONG and Dr.Ahn. These sources describe a production chain involving digital systems and music creators. They do not disclose every recording’s vocal processing or establish that singing, dancing and conversation are all autonomously generated. [3] [6]

After the musical debut, Kakao announced a planned webtoon on February 14, 2023, in a page published on February 17. Produced by Why Not Me, it reworked the four characters’ time-travel premise into an alternate story about an audition in Korea. MAVE: thus developed fiction around a performer project, rather than extracting a group from an established comic. [2]

The first EP, What’s My Name, was released on November 30, 2023. Its five songs—Everyday, the title track, Assemble, Milkshake and So Fly—develop the characters’ search for identity and encounters with everyday life. Release credits and participating music supplier Soundgraphics document the writing teams; Soundgraphics specifically identifies its contributions to Milkshake and So Fly. [7] [8]

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Milestones

1. 2023-01-25
   Debut release Pandora’s Box [1] [4]
2. 2023-02-14
   Kakao announces accompanying webtoon [2]
3. 2023-11-30
   First EP What’s My Name released [7] [8]

Works & performances

• PANDORA’S BOX2023
• PANDORA — music video2023
• What’s My Name2023

Sources

1. Netmarble announces MAVE: debutAccessed 2026-10-20
2. Kakao Entertainment announces MAVE: webtoonAccessed 2026-10-20
3. Netmarble ESG Report 2023 — MAVE: production technologyAccessed 2026-10-20
4. PANDORA’S BOX — release metadata and production notesAccessed 2026-10-20
5. Netmarble Inside — meeting MAVE: after its debutAccessed 2026-10-20
6. PANDORA — composer and lyricist creditsAccessed 2026-10-20
7. MAVE: 1st EP What’s My Name — release and creditsAccessed 2026-10-20
8. Soundgraphics — MAVE: What’s My Name music contributionsAccessed 2026-10-20

The webtoon announcement is datelined February 14, 2023 and posted February 17; its actual serialization date was not separately verified. Some Netmarble pages and the PDF failed direct retrieval; their indexed text, including report page 32, was read. Track-level AI speech use and the full performance division remain unverified. Silence on social accounts is not treated as evidence of disbandment or current staffing.

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