Get Your Artist Featured in Chicago’s Most Widely Distributed Magazine 🌆🍕

63,000 weekly print copies · 1,035 distribution points · Dec 18 issue

1️⃣ Artist Recommendation Phase

Period: Nov 14 (Thu) – Nov 21 (Thu) 11:00 (KST)

✔ How to Recommend

•Comment the Artist name on the official Kooky Magazine / X / Instagram / Weibo recommendation posts.

You can view comments ranked by likes in this magazine on the Kooky app.

👉 Instead of posting multiple comments, focus likes on ONE comment — the most-liked comment is what counts for candidate selection.

✔ How Candidate Cities Are Selected

• Top 10 artists from Kooky Magazine

• Top 1 artist each from X, Instagram, and Weibo

• If the No.1 artist overlaps with the Magazine list, the next most-liked artist is selected

Voting Schedule

• Artist Recommendation : 11/14 - 21 (FRI), 11AM (KST)

• Semi-Finals (TOP 10) : 11/21 - 28 (FRI), 11AM (KST)

• Grand Final (TOP 4): 11/28 - 12/05 (FRI), 11AM (KST)

• Magazine Release: 12/18 (CST)

Put your artist into the hands of 63K readers in Chicago 🌆🍕

•Comeback ?

•Birthday ?

•Debut anniversary ?

•Tour ?

•Any viral moments?

→Make their name printed, distributed, and discovered across the city.

📝 The Chicago Reader ads will be featured using the moments recommended by winning artist's fans.