4nologue Co., Ltd. () (branded as 4NOLOGUE) is a Thai media company based in
Bangkok
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. The company was founded in 2007 by Anuwat Wichiennarat, who serves as its CEO. The company began its operations as an event organizer, but from 2018 to 2024 also branched into talent management, television, and music production.
History
4nologue was founded on 11 May 2007 by Anuwat Wichiennarat. The company initially specialized as an event/concert organizer for international artists performing in Thailand, especially
K-pop
K-pop (; an abbreviation of "Korean popular music") is a form of popular music originating in South Korea. It emerged in the 1990s as a form of youth subculture, with Korean musicians taking influence from Western Electronic dance music, danc ...
bands including
TVXQ
TVXQ (stylized as TVXQ!; , ), known as Tohoshinki in Japan, is a South Korean pop duo formed by SM Entertainment, composed of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin.
Originally a five-member boy band which also consisted of members Kim Jae-joong, Hero ...
,
Big Bang
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and
Got7. It operated at a loss during its first six years but began turning a profit in the seventh, after which it became more successful.
In 2018, the company began branching into talent management and music production, launching the boy group
Nine by Nine as a pilot project in association with
Nadao Bangkok
Nadao Bangkok Co., Ltd. () was a Thai media company in operation from 2009 to 2022. It did business in artist management and television and music production. The company was headed by Songyos Sugmakanan, its largest shareholder and CEO, and ...
. After the project concluded in 2019, the company debuted its new boy band Trinity, comprising four of Nine by Nine's members.
Company CEO Anuwat planned to further develop Thai male and female idol groups and introduce them to international markets.
On 29 February 2024, 4nologue announced the expiry of all Trinity members' contracts, as well as the termination of all its remaining artists. It would continue in the events organization business.
Artists
Nine by Nine
Nine by Nine was a one-year special project launched in November 2018, in association with Nadao Bangkok. The group members starred in two Thai television series ''
In Family We Trust
''In Family We Trust'' (known in Thai as ; , lit. "blood is thick, humaneness is thin") is a drama/ mystery Thai TV series produced by Nadao Bangkok, in association with The One Enterprise and 4Nologue, and broadcast on One 31. It was directed ...
'' (2018) and ''
Great Men Academy'' (2019).
Trinity
Trinity is a
Thai pop
Thai pop or T-pop, is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to pop music. It emerged in the 1970s–1980s, during which it was known as string music, before gaining mainstream popularity during the 1990s and has since dominated the Thai musi ...
boy band formed in 2019. The group is composed of
Sivakorn Adulsuttikul,
Lapat Ngamchaweng and
Jackrin Kungwankiatichai; former member
Teeradon Supapunpinyo departed from the group in August 2021.
DVI
DVI is a
Thai pop
Thai pop or T-pop, is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to pop music. It emerged in the 1970s–1980s, during which it was known as string music, before gaining mainstream popularity during the 1990s and has since dominated the Thai musi ...
boy band that debuted in January 2023. In October 2022, at
OCTOPOP , 4NOLOGUE announced two new groups; including DVI. Their social media opened at the same time, including the video introducing the group. This group has six members; which is 5 out of 6 were the contestants from
LAZ Icon that didn't make into the final cut.
bXd
bXd (Born Never Die) is a
Thai pop
Thai pop or T-pop, is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to pop music. It emerged in the 1970s–1980s, during which it was known as string music, before gaining mainstream popularity during the 1990s and has since dominated the Thai musi ...
girl group that debuted in January 2023 with "Just Dance" as a debut song. Before that, at OCTOPOP 2022, they were introduced as one of the new groups under 4NOLOGUE. Their social media opened at the same time, including the video introducing the group. This group has 5 members; all of them were a trainees since 2020.
References
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Mass media companies of Thailand
Companies based in Bangkok
Thai record labels