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Alan Chikin Chow, one of YouTube’s most prolific content creators, is teaming up with Netflix and Hyb America for a brand new scripted television series focused on K-pop.
Alan Chaikin Chow is one of the biggest short-form content creators on YouTube, with an astonishing 130 million followers spread across three channels: allen’s universe (99.2 million), Au (14.2 million), and Alan Best (12.1 million). On the Alan Universe channel alone, it has received over 59 billion views. Today, Netflix announced that the YouTuber lifestyle platform will be teaming up with the streaming service in collaboration with HYBE AMERICA to produce a brand new scripted series exclusively for Netflix.
Chow is the executive producer of the series, and is joined by HYBE America’s president of film and television, James Shin, and Jingyu Zhang, president of AU and former vice president of BIGHIT Music.
Pictured: Executive producers Alan Chikin Chow (left) and James Shin (right)
The all-new series will follow a “misfit crew of aspiring pop idol rejects” who enroll at an arts academy to form a co-ed band. The stars will work with Chow and release brand new original music throughout the series. Chou will teach his content creation expertise; Meanwhile, the stars will receive idol training from HYBE AMERICA. Expectations are high as the stars aim to follow in the footsteps of idol groups like KATSEYE and BTS.
Chow shared a statement with Netflix about the series:
“Our unprecedented project brings together the extraordinary creative talent at Netflix and Hybe America to launch a pioneering new franchise for the next generation. With world-class teams that continually shape culture on a global scale, our mission is to set a new standard for storytelling: designed to inspire creativity, spark joy and deliver timeless life lessons to audiences around the world.”
With Chou’s content expertise and HYBE’s K-pop training, the music group will be on their way to joining the ranks of KATSEYE and BTS.
James Shin also shared his excitement about the opportunity to work with Chow on the series:
“A culture-defining model for how pop groups are created. With a proven visionary like Allen, who is at the forefront of the creator ecosystem, we are setting out to build an unprecedented series that expands the audience, possibilities, and how fans are created from day one.”
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