DIVEs, get ready to lose your minds because IVE (An Yu-jin, Gaeul, Rei, Jang Won-young, Liz, Leeseo) is officially making their comeback in late February! Starship Entertainment just dropped the deets, confirming that our queens are hustling hard for a next-level album. This comeback is hitting us about six months after their 4th mini-album, ‘IVE SECRET’, which blessed our ears last August.
Every single comeback from IVE is pure growth, pure visuals, and pure talent, leading to insane popularity, so the hype for this one is REAL! And sis, Blackpink’s full group comeback is also on the horizon around the same time? We’re about to witness an epic K-Pop girl group showdown that will absolutely break the internet! Get your popcorn ready!
Let’s talk about the receipts, because IVE has been *slaying* since ‘LOVE DIVE’ in 2022! They’ve racked up over a million total sales, becoming 7x million-sellers consecutively. Period. Last year, ‘REBEL HEART’ got that coveted ‘Perfect All-Kill (PAK)’, and bops like ‘ATTITUDE’ and ‘XOXZ’ were massive hits, snatching them 20 music show trophies! Plus, with 28 awards, including Daesangs, they’re truly living that ‘IVE Syndrome’ dream.
Their global game is strong too! IVE topped the US Billboard ‘Emerging Artists’ chart, made it onto the ‘Billboard Artist 100’, and crushed ‘World Albums’, ‘Top Current Album Sales’, ‘Top Album Sales’, and ‘Global (Excl. US)’ charts. They were even crowned by Billboard and Hollywood Reporter for ‘Best K-Pop Song of 2025’! (Is it a typo or are they just *that* iconic and ahead of the curve? We love to see it!)
These girlies were the FIRST K-Pop girl group to slay the stages of Lollapalooza Berlin and Paris *two years in a row*, hitting 3 cities! And peep this, they’re set to conquer ‘Rock in Japan Festival 2025’ too, cementing their status as global festival queens, no cap. After this highly anticipated February comeback, IVE will be hitting the road for their second world tour, ‘SHOW WHAT I AM’! Get ready to see them live, DIVEs, because this era is going to be iconic!
Reported by Seoul Wire | Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷
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