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HYBE's AI voice company Supertone is being dissolved after HYBE put nearly KRW 49 billion (about $35 million) into it. Three tools have moved to a new company and the rest shut on 31 August. Nothing public says what happens to the voice models built from artists.
AIvia DART, Financial Supervisory Service (Korea)
Luminate's 2026 midyear report puts South Korea third in its Export Power Rankings, up from fourth in 2025, and credits BTS's ARIRANG. The same report shows Korean-language songs holding steady at 1.1% of US streams, and ARIRANG's US success running on CD sales more than streams. One comeback can move a country's ranking without changing what most listeners choose to play, and that matters for every act not singing in English.
Industryvia Luminate
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