HYBE and Geffen Records' girl group auditions to premiere on Netflix and YouTube: Details
HYBE, the makers of the current most popular boy band BTS, is looking for a new girl band. The company held worldwide auditions in association with the USA's Geffen Records to create a new global girl group. This is being done on a big scale for Netflix as a docuseries and also on YouTube.
The two record companies recently announced the 2024 series and also a companion-piece online show that will begin on Thursday, August 30, as part of their The Debut: Dream Academy.
The selection process for the girl group started in November 2021, when 120,000 applications of girl group potentials were screened.
The worldwide hunt resulted in 20 candidates being selected. The females come from countries as diverse as Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Sweden, Japan, Belarus, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Philippines, South Korea, and the USA.
Now, in the docuseries, fans will be able to follow the selected contestants through the final stages of the auditions.
When and where will the girl group docuseries premiere?
The docuseries on girl group auditions will premiere on September 1 at 8 a.m. US PDT, on YouTube globally. It will be broadcast on the Japanese channel Abema for 12 weeks.
The audition program ends in November 2023, after which the channels will do a live announcement of the final group members. Thee name of the new K-pop girl group will also be declared in November.
The final girl group will be made a part of HYBE’s famous fandom platform, Weverse, which also includes BTS.
Netflix docuseries on new girl band
The process of three years of creation of the girl band by the two music companies will be showcased in an as yet untitled docuseries on Netflix. It will be directed by Nadia Hallgren (of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated
