YLAB Partners with Standard Friends to Innovate Music Production

Standard Friends is set to become a music production house, enhancing the storytelling of YLAB's webtoons through music.

A New Era for Webtoon IP

The webtoon production company YLAB has entered into a partnership with Standard Friends, a creative firm led by the talented singer-songwriter Zion.T. This collaboration aims to commercialize webtoon intellectual property (IP) within the music industry.

Key Objectives of the Partnership

Integration of Webtoons and Music: The partnership seeks to create a unique business model that merges the worlds of webtoons and music.
Production and Distribution: Together, YLAB and Standard Friends will produce, distribute, and sell music inspired by YLAB's webtoon IP.
Expanding Narratives: Standard Friends will play a crucial role in expanding the narratives and worldbuilding of YLAB's works through music.

About YLAB

Founded in 2010 by renowned webtoon writer Yoon In-wan, YLAB is a trailblazer in the webtoon industry, having introduced a producer system for webtoon creation. The company has produced numerous hit titles and is actively expanding its webtoon IP into various media, including movies, dramas, musicals, and games.

Notable Webtoons by YLAB

Some of YLAB's acclaimed webtoons that have made their way to film and television include:

Island: A supernatural action-thriller featuring demon hunters, adapted into a TV drama starring Nam-gil Ki, Da-hee Lee, and Eun-woo Cha.
Tower of God: A fantasy-adventure webtoon that inspired a popular anime adaptation.
Reawakened Man: A supernatural thriller about a man who can revive after death, currently being developed into a live-action adaptation.
Terror Man: A psychological thriller about a man who foresees disasters, set to be adapted into a drama.

Expanding Global Reach

Recently, YLAB signed a content production and distribution agreement with Netflix, further solidifying its presence in the global market.