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Maybe I should get a Masters Degree in Zpop 
Project

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Hi guys! This is Meraki and welcome back 
to my channel!

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Despite from being almost over a year from 
their debut,

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there are still things  that we have yet 
 to discover  about the project.

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I do believe that we are only seeing just 
a fragment of what Zpop Dream  Truly is.

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So I'm making this series where we try to 
investigate and  put the puzzle pieces together.

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First stop, we are going to investigate the 
root of everything, the company.

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As we all know, the management of Zpop Project 
is now in the hands of Divtone  Entertainment

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From my previous video we shortly talked 
about the company shift of the project

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But a lot are still confused that's why we're 
going to talk more about it.

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If you want to watch my previous video, you 
can  click the link from above.

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As we commonly know, Zenith Media Contents 
was the one who handled Zstars from  the 
beginning.

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From the training, to their debut and from 
their tours and comeback.

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We even love how they bonded together. How 
the staff is very kind to everyone. how the 
managers handled Zstars

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However, people were shocked that this Divtone 
Entertainment suddenly popped out

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and that some were worried because they'll 
be based in Singapore now.

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That's why I want to have an in-depth analysis 
on this situation.

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First let's quickly talk about who really 
created the Zpop project.

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People thought that Zenith was the one who 
created the said project.

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However, upon researching, the project was 
originally created by the ZMG

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or Zenith Media Group, who's founder and 
CEO is Mr. NORIMITSU "NORI" KAMESHIMA.

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Zenith Media Contents is just a sublabel 
or is under the ZMG or Zenith Media Group.

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ZMG let ZMC handle the first generation of 
Zstars.

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So that's why they debuted in Korea and they 
were based in Korea.

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We can equate it to how Black Label is to 
YG Ent if that make sense.

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Zenith Media Group then rebranded into COZMIC 
Group.

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Most Galaxz did not even notice that the 
Glitzy App was made by COZMIC Group.

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Earlier this year, they rebranded from COZMIC 
GROUP to DIVTONE GROUP.

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There were a lot of buzz on what happened, 
why suddenly Divtone is handling Z-pop

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Speculations were here and there and different 
opinions floated.

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I will not  try to talk about that

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but I will try to share my thoughts on the 
sudden management shift

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and how it can possibly affect Zstars and 
Zpop in general.

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Let's dive in and learn more about the company.

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For those who want to learn more about Divtone 
Group, you may visit  there site divtone.com

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or I will put the link belo

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So when I heard first about Divtone I urgently 
researched about them.

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In fact, Divtone Group has more than one 
sublabel. One of which as we know is  Divtone 
Entertainment.

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The others are Divtone Immersive and Divtone 
Studios.

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Next on our discussion we will talk about 
the people under the said company.

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You might be wondering why should we talk 
about these people?

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These people will totally influence how Zpop 
Dream Project will take shape.

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First you already know that the CEO is Mr. 
Nori Kameshima

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And you know what's an amazing fact is this 
person created Lou Tianyi which is a Chinese 
Vocaloid.

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If you are not familiar who Vocaloids are 
or what voicaloid is

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you might have come accross this girl *Hatsune 
Miku

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They're considered as virtual idols if one 
might say

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but anyway, later we will  discuss why this 
fact is important and how this might affect 
Zstars.

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Next person to meet would be Richard Kidd 
the Chief Technical Officer,  Divtone Group.

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As the information on the site said he was 
held director, producer, visual effect supervisor 
roles

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He took parts and credits on the Chronicles 
of Narnia, Twilight and Transformers franchise

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Heavy right? If you have watched Narnia, 
Transformer and Twilight,

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you would know that the effects on these 
movies and the quality on how they were made 
as a movie was great.

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Another person that we should know about 
is Alexander Karlsson.

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In Divtone's website he is considered as 
the Director, Music & Talent

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For some who might not know, he is a producer 
who have been involved with countless Kpop 
songs that are bops.

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He even wrote Rainbow for Twice's Newest 
Album.

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He wrote songs from Super Junior, BTS and 
Alexa.

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You guys may check his instagram @lefauxreal 
and twitter @AKarlssonMusic to know more 
about him and his works

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Now you might be asking, Meraki, why are 
we even talking about these people?

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Well these people will greatly influence 
the career of Zstars.

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Take Alexander Karlsson  for example.

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If he gets to be involved with Zstars, we 
can expect great songs  from them.

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I mean, hello? Alexa's Bomb was a bomb. No 
argument about that.

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He produced countless bops and we also want 
the same for Zstars.

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I am excited on what's to come  if he really 
do participate in making the comebacks of 
Zgirls and Zboys.

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As for why I mentioned Richard Kidd,

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I mentioned him because we all want a greatly 
produced music video.

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I'm talking about not just the set but the 
effects, the edits and all.

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If he also gets to handle our Zstars, I am 
hoping that they will also produce a  wonderful 
music video.

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Next Part on this video, I want to discuss 
the description of the company and their 
goal.

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Now most of us we just know Divtone as a 
company that is handling Zstars

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but if  you trully read their description,

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they claim to be the world's first  Entertainment 
Technology (“Enter-Tech”) company

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harnessing the latest technology  to deliver 
electrifying

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interactive experiences that transport fans 
into a  breathtaking virtual world.

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Now why is it important for us to know the 
company's overview?

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It is important that we understand the company's 
overview

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so we would know or have a clue on  how the 
project will go in the future.

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The company's overview or company profile, 
describes what the company is and what they 
do.

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Notice the words, interactive experiences, 
and virtual world.

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For those who are not familiar with virtual 
world, it is a computer-simulated

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environment which may be populated by many 
users who can create a personal  avatar

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and simultaneously and independently explore 
the virtual world

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participate in its activities and communicate 
with others.

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Example of that would be, Second Life, Sims, 
IMVU and a lot more

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These are games where you  can create your 
own avatar and interact

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with others and participate in activities 
in a game.

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You can also read in their overview that 
the other two companies (Immersive and  Studios)

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play a huge role in the making of this virtual 
world.

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Divtone Entertainment will be the entertainment 
provider

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Divtone Studios  is a pioneer in augmented 
reality (AR), real-time motion technology 
and  holographic artistry

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and Divtone Immersive focuses on virtual 
interaction  and projection mapping.

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Take a look also on their Mission.

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To transform the live performance industry 
by developing interactive,  augmented reality 
(AR), and virtual live performances.

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Why is this important?

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Here are my thoughts on the company, the 
change and the future of Zpop.

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It important that we learn about the company, 
because we get to have an idea what Zpop 
really is.

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Maybe we are missing the point here.

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Maybe it's not just produce an idol, make 
songs and be big.

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If we take into account what the profile 
of the company is and their mission,

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what I can see is that, they are planning 
a virtual world where we can interact with 
Zstars and Co-Galaxz.

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If we all would read the description of Divtone 
Studios,

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there  goal is to create the next generation 
of virtual celebrities

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global icons  and entertainers using digital 
scanning, live motion capture,

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virtualisation and  other cutting-edge technologies.

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they will use state-of-the-art solutions 
to create

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and host “live” virtual performances,  world-class 
pop concerts and interactive shows in major 
venues worldwide.

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Maybe, in the future, Zstars will also have 
their avatars

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that we can interact too in this virtual 
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We can go to concerts without even flying 
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Of course, there will be person to person 
interaction for Zstars

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but I can also see in the future that Divtone 
will create a new world for us Gen Z.

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It could also mean that there will be animated 
versions of Zstars songs or themselves

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If you're an anime fan like me, it would 
be nice to see as well

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For me the shifting of company is not because 
Zenith has been handling them wrong

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or whatever the issue is

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but for me, they transfered to Divtone to 
fully show what Zpop really is.

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What I'm saying is, we keep questioning what 
Zpop really is and what's Divtone's  plan.

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When in fact it's already out there. They 
have a plan already

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however a big project like this need people 
to work and as for the situation now, it's 
difficult.

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Zpop even sent a message to a fan in instagram 
to not worry on Zstars

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they  have plans for them.

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We just have to hope that the pandemic will 
be gone and they can resume.

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Let's hope for the best and continue supporting 
them.

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Anyway, that's all for the discussion of 
Zpop's company.  For our next chapter watch 
this,