Ateez and xikers' agency launches exclusive fandom app

Ateez and xikers launched TOKTOQ, a fan platform application dedicated to the boy bands of KQ Entertainment [BEMYFRIENDS]

Ateez and xikers launched TOKTOQ, a mobile fan app dedicated to the boy bands of KQ Entertainment, on Monday.

Developed with bemyfriends, the company known to provide and service fan platform solutions, the service will be KQ Entertainment's own foray into the fan platform business.

The application launched on both the Apple App Store and Google’s Google Play.

Currently, Weverse, developed by HYBE and its subsidiary Weverse Company, is the widely used fan platform service by both artists under and outside HYBE.

TOKTOQ will allow fans of KQ Entertainment's bands to check for the latest news and receive push notifications of newly released content. More exclusive features, including ones tailored to global fan communities, will be released in the coming future, said bemyfriends on Tuesday.

The eight-member boy band Ateez debuted in 2018 under KQ Entertainment. It is best known for its hit tracks “Fever” (2020), “Halazia” (2022) and “Bouncy (K-Hot Chili Peppers)” (2023). xikers is the agency’s 10-member rookie boy band that debuted on March 30 this year with hits first EP, “House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing.”

To find out more about K-pop fan platform applications, visit Celeb Confirmed!

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]