Yoga Lin for the Whoo cover

The Ageless King — THE WHOO x Yoga Lin

An anti-aging serum that works on everyone — proved by a man approaching 40 who looks suspiciously like he's 28. And yes, his single was called "King." We noticed.

Client

Client

THE WHOO

THE WHOO

Deliverables

Deliverables

Event Design Campaign Video Social Content

Event Design Campaign Video Social Content

Role

Role

Senior Art Director

Senior Art Director

Year

Year

2024

2024

THE WHOO is a Korean luxury heritage skincare brand. Its Hong Kong reputation: regal, traditional, your mother's brand. The new Bichup serum — anchored on a breakthrough youth-restoring ingredient, NAD Power24™ — needed a launch big enough to reset that perception. The category default of "elegant female face in soft focus" wasn't going to do it.

THE WHOO is a Korean luxury heritage skincare brand. Its Hong Kong reputation: regal, traditional, your mother's brand. The new Bichup serum — anchored on a breakthrough youth-restoring ingredient, NAD Power24™ — needed a launch big enough to reset that perception. The category default of "elegant female face in soft focus" wasn't going to do it.

The real problem

Anti-ageing claims live or die on credibility. In a category where everyone is photographed flawless, "proof" needs to be visual, surprising, and impossible to dismiss as retouching. The brand needed an ambassador whose face did the marketing for them.

Cast Yoga Lin. Approaching 40, looks suspiciously closer to 28, and male — which broke the category's gender default in a single decision and dragged THE WHOO out of "royal palace" territory into something contemporary and alive. The casting was the idea.

The serendipity wrote the rest. Yoga had just released his hit single "King." THE WHOO translates to "Empress." We let the King-and-Queen narrative build itself.

Cast Yoga Lin. Approaching 40, looks suspiciously closer to 28, and male — which broke the category's gender default in a single decision and dragged THE WHOO out of "royal palace" territory into something contemporary and alive. The casting was the idea.

The serendipity wrote the rest. Yoga had just released his hit single "King." THE WHOO translates to "Empress." We let the King-and-Queen narrative build itself.

Built the launch as a six-day NAD+ Day & Night Pavilion at Harbour City's Ocean Terminal. Out went the legacy palace aesthetic — in came a sleek, metallic-white architectural pavilion, futuristic and precise, designed for an Ageless King.

Five immersive experience zones did the cultural work:
a NAD+ bubble art installation, a 24/7 Skin Freeze-Frame photo booth, Day & Night resin coaster workshops, and more — turning a luxury launch into something worth queuing for.

Designed the conversion mechanic into the experience itself. A HK$1,000 Bichup premium set unlocked an exclusive Yoga-signed photo. Any in-pavilion purchase unlocked a custom 24/7 themed drink. The buyer's journey was gamified end-to-end — turning a meet-and-greet into a retail conversion engine.

Yoga showed up June 26 for both the press session and the consumer celebration. His unfiltered skin did the selling.

Six-day pop-up generated strong media coverage. The "King & Queen" narrative pulled organic press well beyond paid media. Repositioned THE WHOO as a contemporary luxury brand with cross-gender appeal — a category first in Hong Kong.