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Added: Starship Entertainment formed IVE, a South Korean group of six: Yujin, Gaeul, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz and Leeseo.[1] The single album 'Eleven' launched it on 1 December 2021, and a week later it had its first music-show win.[1][2] 'Love Dive', its second single, took Song of the Year at both the Melon Music Awards and the MAMA Awards in 2022 and was Circle Chart's No. 1 song of that year on the year-end digital chart.[3][4][5]

Added: In Korea the group followed its three single albums with two studio albums, 'I've IVE' (2023) and 'Revive+' (2026), and four EPs; three of its Japanese EPs reached No. 1 on Oricon's weekly album ranking.[6][7][8][9] Its first world tour, 'Show What I Have', played 37 shows in 28 cities and ended at the Tokyo Dome in September 2024; the second, 'Show What I Am', opened in Seoul in October 2025.[10][8][11] By March 2026 the group had won 82 times on Korean television music shows.[8]

Added: ## Members of IVE

Added: IVE debuted with these six members on 1 December 2021.[1]

Added: - Yujin: leader and vocalist, born 1 September 2003; as Ahn Yu-jin she finished fifth on Mnet's 'Produce 48' in 2018 and became a member of IZ*ONE.[1][12][13]

Added: - Gaeul: rapper, born 24 September 2002.[1][12]

Added: - Rei: rapper and vocalist, born 3 February 2004, the group's Japanese member; she joined Starship after passing the Loen Friends Global Audition in Japan in 2018 and moved to Korea that May to train.[1][14]

Added: - Wonyoung: vocalist, born 31 August 2004; as Jang Won-young, then a Starship trainee, she won 'Produce 48' with 338,366 votes, the most of any contestant, and became a member of IZ*ONE.[1][15]

Added: - Liz: vocalist, born 21 November 2004.[1]

Added: - Leeseo: vocalist and the youngest member, born 21 February 2007.[1]

Added: ## Formation and name

Added: Starship revealed the group on 1 November 2021 and introduced the members over the following days. By 5 November it had named Ahn Yu-jin, Gaeul and Jang Won-young, after posting two photos of Jang on the group's Twitter account on 4 November.[16][12] IVE was Starship's first girl group since Cosmic Girls (WJSN), which had debuted in 2016.[12] The label said the name was short for 'I have' and that the group would try to show everything it had; the official Japanese profile gave it as a resolve to show what 'I, and we' have, confidently and in IVE's own way.[12][1] Starship announced in November 2021 that the group would debut the following month.[16]

Added: ## 'Eleven', 'Love Dive' and 'After Like' (2021–2022)

Added: IVE held its first press conference online on 1 December 2021, a few hours before 'Eleven' came out.[17] The song, with lyrics by Seo Ji-eum, was about a girl who sees the colour of her heart change when she falls in love.[17] According to Starship, the single album sold 152,229 copies in its first week, then the most for a debut album by a South Korean girl group; Hanteo Chart counted the same number.[18][19] IVE won its first music-show award on MBC M's 'Show! Champion' on 8 December 2021, seven days after its debut.[2]

Added: 'Love Dive', with the B-side 'Royal', came out at 6 p.m. on 5 April 2022.[20] Its first-week sales were about 330,000 copies, sixth on the all-time list for a girl group at the time,[21] and it reached No. 15 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 10 on the Global Excl. US chart dated 23 April 2022.[22][21] On Circle Chart's 2022 year-end charts, announced on 14 January 2023, 'Love Dive' ranked No. 1 on the global K-pop, digital and streaming charts.[5] On Spotify's list of the 50 most-streamed K-pop songs of 2022, 'Love Dive' placed sixth, 'Eleven' 15th and 'After Like' 29th.[23]

Added: 'After Like', with the B-side 'My Satisfaction', followed on 22 August 2022.[24] The title track interpolated Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit 'I Will Survive', and its rap verse, performed by Rei and Gaeul, was co-written by the rapper Mad Clown and Rei.[24] It sold 924,363 copies in its first week by Hanteo Chart's count for 22–28 August 2022 and topped Melon, Genie and Bugs.[25] It entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 48 and later peaked at No. 20; on the Global Excl. US chart it peaked at No. 9 and was still on the chart in its 25th week, dated 18 February 2023.[26] It also reached No. 13 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[26]

Added: With only two single albums, IVE passed one million album sales within six months of its debut, which iMBC reported as the fastest for any girl group. The three singles of 2021–2022 brought 37 music-show wins: 13 for 'Eleven', 10 for 'Love Dive' and 14 for 'After Like'.[27]

Added: ## Japanese debut and first grand prizes (2022–2023)

Added: The group made its Japanese debut on 19 October 2022 with 'Eleven -Japanese ver.-', which topped Oricon's daily ranking and entered the weekly singles chart dated 31 October 2022 at No. 4.[8][28] At the 2022 Melon Music Awards on 26 November 2022, IVE won Song of the Year for 'Love Dive', the group's first grand prize (daesang), 360 days after its debut, together with Best Female Group, a Top 10 award and Rookie of the Year, which it shared with NewJeans.[3][29] Four days later, at the 2022 MAMA Awards at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, 'Love Dive' won Song of the Year and IVE won Best New Female Artist and Best Dance Performance (Female Group). IVE was the third act in MAMA history to win a grand prize and the rookie award in the same year.[4] At the 37th Golden Disc Awards in Bangkok on 7 January 2023 the group won Rookie Artist of the Year, a main prize, and the Digital Song of the Year grand prize for 'Love Dive'.[30][8]

Added: ## 'I've IVE', 'I've Mine' and the first world tour (2023)

Added: IVE's first solo concert, 'The Prom Queens', took place at Olympic Hall in Seoul on 11 and 12 February 2023.[31] In March, Kakao Entertainment America signed a partnership with Columbia Records for the group's North American activities, starting with its first studio album.[32] The album's pre-release single, 'Kitsch', came out on 27 March 2023 and was the first song of 2023 to achieve a Perfect All-Kill on Korea's major streaming charts.[33][34] 'I've IVE', an 11-track album led by 'I Am', followed on 10 April 2023; it was the group's first release with more than two songs.[6][35][34] OSEN reported first-week sales of 1.1 million copies, and the album entered the Circle Album Chart at No. 1 with 1,385,998 copies that week.[36][37] 'I Am' won nine music-show awards, a grand slam.[36] Yujin wrote the lyrics of 'Heroine' and Wonyoung those of 'Shine With Me', and Gaeul and Rei wrote their own rap parts on 'Kitsch', 'Hypnosis', 'Not Your Girl' and 'Next Page'.[6]

Added: The first Japanese EP, 'Wave', came out on 31 May 2023 and became the group's first No. 1 on an Oricon weekly ranking; it also topped Billboard Japan's Top Albums Sales chart for 29 May–4 June 2023 with 124,619 copies.[8][38]

Added: Starship announced the first world tour, 'Show What I Have', on 11 August 2023, and it opened with two concerts at Jamsil Arena in Seoul on 7 and 8 October 2023; its first shows abroad, at K-Arena Yokohama, drew about 40,000 people.[39][40][36] The EP 'I've Mine' came out on 13 October 2023 with three title songs: the pre-release singles 'Either Way' and 'Off the Record', and 'Baddie'.[41][40] Starship reported first-week sales of 1.6 million copies by Hanteo Chart's count, a record for the group and then the third-biggest for a K-pop female act.[42] 'Kitsch', 'I Am' and 'Baddie' all topped Melon's Top 100, and at the 2023 Melon Music Awards on 2 December 2023, hosted by Yujin, 'I've IVE' won Album of the Year, the group's second grand prize at the ceremony in two years.[43][44][36]

Added: ## 'IVE Switch', Lollapalooza and the Tokyo Dome (2024)

Added: On 19 January 2024 IVE released its first English single, 'All Night', featuring Saweetie, a new version of Icona Pop's 2013 song, through Columbia Records.[45][46] The second EP, 'IVE Switch', a six-track record with the title tracks 'Heya' and 'Accendio', came out at 6 p.m. Korean time on 29 April 2024; it had the group's highest first-day sales and passed one million copies on its third day.[47][8] Wonyoung wrote the lyrics of the EP's 'Blue Heart'.[48] In May, Forbes named IVE on its 2024 30 Under 30 Asia list.[48]

Added: In August 2024 the group performed 11 songs at Lollapalooza in Chicago, held two encore concerts of the world tour at KSPO Dome in Seoul on 10 and 11 August, and made its first appearance at Japan's Summer Sonic festival on 17 and 18 August.[49][50][8] The second Japanese EP, 'Alive', came out on 28 August 2024; it included 'Crush' and 'Will', an opening theme of the 'Pokémon' anime, and topped Billboard Japan's Top Albums Sales chart.[51][52][53] The world tour ended with IVE's first concerts at the Tokyo Dome on 4 and 5 September 2024, which drew 95,800 people; there the group first performed 'Supernova Love'.[8][54] Across 37 performances in 28 cities and 19 countries the tour drew 420,000 people.[10] 'Supernova Love', recorded with David Guetta and sampling Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence', was released on 8 November 2024 and reached No. 14 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.[55][56]

Added: ## 'IVE Empathy', 'IVE Secret' and Lollapalooza in Europe (2025)

Added: Starship postponed the group's comeback schedule after the Jeju Air crash of 29 December 2024, in mourning for the 179 people who died.[57] 'Rebel Heart' was released on 13 January 2025 as a pre-release track and achieved a Perfect All-Kill across Melon, Genie, Bugs and Vibe; it topped Melon's monthly chart for February 2025.[58][59][60] The third EP, 'IVE Empathy', came out on 3 February 2025 with 'Attitude', which samples Suzanne Vega's 'Tom's Diner' and has lyrics partly written by Wonyoung, as its second title track.[61] According to Starship it sold 1,048,048 copies in its first week, the group's fifth album to pass one million; on the Circle Album Chart it entered at No. 1 with 1,370,220 copies that week.[62][63] 'Rebel Heart' won 11 music-show awards and 'Attitude' four.[8]

Added: From April 2025 the group held the fan concert tour 'IVE Scout' in four Japanese cities, 11 shows attended by 100,000 people.[8] On 12 July 2025 IVE became the first K-pop girl group to play Lollapalooza Berlin, with a 55-minute set and a live band on the main stage.[64] On 20 July it played the main stage of Lollapalooza Paris, which made it the first K-pop girl group to play Lollapalooza in two consecutive years and in three cities.[65] The third Japanese EP, 'Be Alright', came out on 30 July 2025 with the Japanese originals 'Be Alright' and 'Dare Me', the opening song of the Nippon TV drama 'Dame Mane!', and topped Oricon's weekly album ranking dated 11 August 2025.[66][8]

Added: The fourth EP, 'IVE Secret', came out on 25 August 2025; Wonyoung co-wrote the lyrics of its main track, 'XOXZ', and Liz those of 'Midnight Kiss'.[8][67] It entered the Circle Album Chart at No. 1 with 998,981 copies that week and reached No. 4 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[68][69] IVE made its first appearance at the Rock in Japan Festival on 15 September 2025.[8] The second world tour, 'Show What I Am', began with three concerts at KSPO Dome in Seoul from 31 October to 2 November 2025, where each member first performed a solo song.[11][70]

Added: ## 'Revive+', the second world tour and 'Looks Can Kill' (2026)

Added: 'Bang Bang' was released on 9 February 2026 as the pre-release track of the second studio album, 'Revive+', which followed on 23 February with 'Blackhole' and 'Bang Bang' as its title tracks.[7] The 12-track album included the six solo songs first performed on the tour: Wonyoung's '8', Gaeul's 'Odd', Leeseo's 'Super Icy', Liz's 'Unreal', Rei's 'In Your Heart' and Yujin's 'Force'.[7] 'Bang Bang' achieved a Perfect All-Kill, the first for a song released in 2026 and the group's sixth after 'After Like', 'Kitsch', 'I Am', 'Baddie' and 'Rebel Heart', and it held No. 1 on Melon's weekly chart for four consecutive weeks through 16–22 March 2026.[71][72] It entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 81 and the Global Excl. US chart at No. 38, and peaked at No. 61 on the Global 200 dated 7 March 2026.[73][22] The Korea Herald reported first-week sales of fewer than 700,000 units, below each of the group's previous four EPs and first album; on the Circle Album Chart the album entered at No. 2 with 782,574 copies that week, and it reached No. 3 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[74][75][76] Its promotions brought eight more music-show wins, for a total of 82.[8] In March 2026 IVE made its first appearance on American television, introducing 'Bang Bang' on Fox 11's 'Good Day LA'.[77]

Added: The tour resumed on 4 April 2026 at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, opening its Asian leg, and continued with two shows at the Kyocera Dome Osaka on 18 and 19 April, attended by 79,000 people, and a concert at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on 13 June.[78][8][79] The group returned to the Tokyo Dome on 24 June 2026; the tour's three Japanese dome shows drew about 130,000 people in total.[8] The North American leg covered eight cities, from Toronto on 21 July to Rogers Arena in Vancouver on 9 August 2026.[80] The fourth Japanese EP, 'Lucid Dream', came out on 27 May 2026 and topped Oricon's weekly album and combined album rankings with 120,631 points, while selling 139,278 copies to top Billboard Japan's album sales chart for 25–31 May.[8][81]

Added: Starship released the first teaser for 'Looks Can Kill' on 16 October 2026, under the concept 'Girl Hero'.[82] The song was released on 19 October 2026 as a pre-release single, and its music video was published at 6 p.m. Korean time; according to Starship it reached No. 1 on YouTube's worldwide trending music video chart soon after release, ranked first in six countries and regions and charted in 34.[83][84][85]

Added: ## Concept and image

Added: At the debut press conference Rei described IVE as a group that valued confidence and independence, and Wonyoung called 'Eleven' a pop dance track that highlighted the group's 'mystic charms'.[17] Wonyoung said 'Love Dive' carried a message to dive into love if one had the courage.[20] The Korea Herald described 'After Like' as conveying elegance and self-love, the concept the group had become known for.[25] For 'I've IVE', Yujin said 'I Am' portrayed the bold, confident attitude that identified IVE, and Gaeul said the group had always shown self-love and confidence; Wonyoung said the group wanted to reclaim the word 'kitsch' to mean something free, young and hip.[35][34] NME reported that internet users had coined the term 'chaebol crush' for the group's concept.[34]

Added: ## Songwriters and producers

Added: Ryan Jhun (also credited as Ryan S. Jhun) is credited as a writer or producer of every Korean lead single from 'Eleven' (2021) to 'Attitude' (2025), and of the Pepsi singles 'I Want' and 'Summer Festa', with one exception: 'Love Dive', composed by Sophia Brennan, Elle Campbell and Nick Hahn and arranged by Hahn.[86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100] On 'I've Mine' he co-composed every song.[41] The lyricist Seo Ji-eum is credited on 'Eleven', 'Love Dive', 'After Like', 'Off the Record', 'Accendio', 'Attitude', 'XOXZ', 'Bang Bang', 'Blackhole' and 'Looks Can Kill'.[86][100][88][93][96][99][101][102][103][104]

Added: The Korean lead singles after 'Attitude' were produced by others: 'XOXZ' by Trackside and MLITE, 'Bang Bang' by The Wavys, 'Blackhole' by Lee Jae-heon and Ido Nadjar, and 'Looks Can Kill' by Inverness and BAVA. MLITE is credited on all four, as a producer of 'XOXZ' and as a writer of the other three.[101][102][103][104] The rapper Gaeko is credited as a lyricist of 'Accendio' and 'Looks Can Kill'.[96][104]

Added: Members appear in the credits of their own songs. Wonyoung is credited as a lyricist of 'Shine With Me', 'Blue Heart', 'Attitude', 'XOXZ' and 'Bang Bang'; Yujin wrote the lyrics of 'Heroine'; Liz took part in writing 'Midnight Kiss'; and Rei co-wrote the rap of 'After Like' and is credited as a lyricist of 'Looks Can Kill'.[6][48][99][101][102][67][24][104]

Added: ## Circle, Billboard and Oricon chart history

Added: On the Circle Digital Chart, 'Love Dive', 'After Like', 'Kitsch', 'I Am', 'Baddie' and 'Rebel Heart' each reached No. 1.[105][106][107][108][109][110] Among the other lead singles, 'Eleven' was No. 2 in the week of 6–12 February 2022, 'Heya' No. 2 in the week of 12–18 May 2024 and 'Bang Bang' No. 2 in the week of 15–21 February 2026.[111][112][113]

Added: Its six highest-charting songs on the Billboard Global 200 peaked at No. 15 for 'Love Dive', No. 20 for 'After Like', No. 21 for 'I Am', No. 56 for 'Heya', No. 59 for 'Kitsch' and No. 61 for 'Bang Bang'.[22] On the Global Excl. US chart its top six were 'After Like' at No. 9, 'Love Dive' at No. 10, 'I Am' at No. 11, 'Heya' at No. 22, 'Bang Bang' at No. 33 and 'Baddie' at No. 34.[26][21][114]

Added: On the Circle Album Chart, 'Love Dive' (451,714 copies), 'After Like' (1,081,201), 'I've IVE' (1,385,998), 'IVE Empathy' (1,370,220) and 'IVE Secret' (998,981) entered at No. 1 in their first weeks, and 'I've Mine' (1,661,409), 'IVE Switch' (1,610,000) and 'Revive+' (782,574) at No. 2; 'Eleven' entered at No. 3.[115][116][37][63][68][117][118][75][119]

Added: In Japan, 'Wave', 'Be Alright' and 'Lucid Dream' reached No. 1 on Oricon's weekly album ranking, 'Lucid Dream' being the group's third No. 1 on its combined album ranking, and 'Alive' peaked at No. 2.[8][120][9][51]

Added: ## Discography

Added: - 'Eleven' (single album, 1 December 2021): 'Eleven' (lyrics by Seo Ji-eum, Peter Rycroft, Lauren Aquilina and Ryan Jhun; music by Rycroft, Aquilina and Jhun; arranged by Lostboy, Ryan Jhun and Alawn). No. 3 on the Circle Album Chart; the song reached No. 2 on the Circle Digital Chart.[86][119][111]

Added: - 'Love Dive' (single album, 5 April 2022): 'Love Dive' (lyrics by Seo Ji-eum; music by Sophia Brennan, Elle Campbell and Nick Hahn; arranged by Hahn) and 'Royal'. No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart and the Circle Digital Chart; No. 15 on the Billboard Global 200.[19][100][115][105][22]

Added: - 'After Like' (single album, 22 August 2022): 'After Like' (credited to Seo Ji-eum, Ryan Jhun, Anders Nilsen, Andrè Jensen, Iselin Solheim, F. Perren and D. Fekaris; produced by Jhun and Nilsen) and 'My Satisfaction'. No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart and the Circle Digital Chart; No. 20 on the Billboard Global 200.[121][88][116][106][22][24]

Added: - 'Eleven -Japanese ver.-' (Japanese single, 19 October 2022): Japanese lyrics by Sunny Boy, Canchild and Seo Ji-eum. No. 4 on Oricon's weekly singles chart.[122][87][123]

Added: - 'Love Dive -Japanese version-' (digital single, 16 January 2023): Japanese lyrics by Kanata Okajima and Seo Ji-eum; it was the special theme song of the ABEMA drama 'Hanataba to Ookami-chan ni wa Damasarenai'.[124][125]

Added: - 'I've IVE' (studio album, 10 April 2023): 11 tracks, led by 'Kitsch' (pre-release, 27 March 2023; produced by Ryan Jhun, Audun Agnar Guldbrandsen, Stally and Pateko) and 'I Am' (produced by Jhun, Guldbrandsen and Kristin Marie). No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart; both singles reached No. 1 on the Circle Digital Chart.[126][89][90][37][107][108][35]

Added: - 'Wave' (Japanese EP, 31 May 2023): the Japanese originals 'Wave' (lyrics by Hiromi; music by Ryan Jhun, Gustav Landell, Simon Jonasson, Kristin Carpenter, Pateko and Stally) and 'Classic', with Japanese versions of 'After Like', 'Love Dive' and 'Take It'. No. 1 on Oricon's weekly ranking.[125][127][8]

Added: - 'I Want' (digital single, 13 July 2023): released with Pepsi as part of the 2023 Pepsi x Starship partnership; music by Ryan Jhun, Tyler Spry, Alida Peck and Alma Goodman.[91][128]

Added: - 'I've Mine' (EP, 13 October 2023): led by 'Either Way' (pre-release, 25 September 2023; produced by Ryan Jhun and Luke Fitton), 'Off the Record' (pre-release, 6 October 2023; produced by Jhun, Sivert Hagtvet Hjeltnes and Bård Bonsaken) and 'Baddie' (written by BIG Naughty, Perrie, Ryan Jhun, Christopher Smith, Fin Dow Smith and Lauren Aquilina; produced by Jhun, Starsmith and RISC). No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart; 'Baddie' reached No. 1 on the Circle Digital Chart.[129][92][93][94][117][109]

Added: - 'All Night' featuring Saweetie (English single, 19 January 2024): produced by Brian Lee and Elof Loelv, released by Columbia Records under licence from Starship.[45][46]

Added: - 'Will' (Japanese digital single, 12 April 2024): written and composed by YHEL, gratia, Sorato and Ryo Ito; an opening theme of the 'Pokémon' anime. A Korean version followed on 15 October 2024.[130][52][131]

Added: - 'IVE Switch' (EP, 29 April 2024): six tracks led by 'Heya' (produced by Ryan Jhun, Dem Jointz, Ido Nadjar and The Wavys) and 'Accendio' (produced by Jhun, RISC and The Wavys). No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart; 'Heya' reached No. 2 on the Circle Digital Chart.[47][95][96][118][112]

Added: - 'Summer Festa' (digital single, 28 June 2024): made for the 2024 Pepsi x Starship partnership; composed and arranged by Ryan Jhun, Elie Jay Rizk and Jorgen Odegard.[97][132]

Added: - 'Alive' (Japanese EP, 28 August 2024): led by 'Crush' (lyrics by Eill and Sunny; music by Ryan Jhun, Scott Stoddart, Anna Timgren and Alexej Viktorovitch), with 'Will'. No. 2 on Oricon's weekly album ranking and No. 1 on Billboard Japan's Top Albums Sales chart.[52][133][51][53]

Added: - 'Supernova Love' with David Guetta (English single, 8 November 2024): written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Godboy, Britt Pols, Cameron Warren, Giacomo Uber, Johannes Shore, Mike Hawkins, David Guetta and Toby Green. No. 14 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.[55][134][56]

Added: - 'IVE Empathy' (EP, 3 February 2025): led by 'Rebel Heart' (pre-release, 13 January 2025; produced by Ryan Jhun, Gucci Caliente and The Wavys) and 'Attitude' (produced by Jhun and James Lewis; the writers include Suzanne Vega for the 'Tom's Diner' sample and Jang Won-young). No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart; 'Rebel Heart' reached No. 1 on the Circle Digital Chart.[135][98][99][63][110]

Added: - 'Dare Me' (Japanese digital single, 21 April 2025): lyrics by Momonady and TokyOdds, music by TokyOdds.[136][137]

Added: - 'Be Alright' (Japanese EP, 30 July 2025): 'Be Alright' (lyrics by Canchild and Monjoe; produced by Henrik Sæter and Ole Georg Pedersen) and 'Dare Me', with Japanese versions of 'Accendio', 'Blue Heart' and 'Wow'. No. 1 on Oricon's weekly album ranking.[66][138][8]

Added: - 'IVE Secret' (EP, 25 August 2025): led by 'XOXZ' (produced by Trackside and MLITE). No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart and No. 4 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[8][101][68][69]

Added: - 'Revive+' (studio album, 23 February 2026): 12 tracks led by 'Bang Bang' (pre-release, 9 February 2026; produced by The Wavys) and 'Blackhole' (produced by Lee Jae-heon and Ido Nadjar), with a solo song by each member. No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart and No. 3 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[139][102][103][75][76][7]

Added: - 'Fashion' (Japanese digital single, 3 April 2026): lyrics by Sunny, music and arrangement by UTA; an App Store campaign song.[140][141]

Added: - 'Lucid Dream' (Japanese EP, 27 May 2026): led by 'Lucid Dream' (lyrics by Eill; music by Jonah Renna, BAVA, Paris Alexa, samUIL and MLITE), with 'Fashion' and 'Jigsaw', theme song of a TV Tokyo 'Drama 24' series. No. 1 on Oricon's weekly album and combined album rankings.[141][142][9]

Added: - 'Looks Can Kill' (pre-release single, 19 October 2026): lyrics by Gaeko, Seo Ji-eum, Lil Cherry, Rei and Rick Bridges; music by Charles Roberts Nelsen, BAVA, Ashley Fulton, Jason Hahs and MLITE; produced by Inverness and BAVA.[104][83]

Added: ## Music videos in order, with YouTube views

Added: 'I Am' was IVE's most-viewed music video on 20 October 2026, with 408,103,557 views, ahead of 'After Like' (372,269,605) and 'Love Dive' (341,349,213).[143][144][145] The counts below were read between 03:19 and 03:21 UTC that day and are listed in order of upload:

Added: - 'Eleven' (1 December 2021): 267,790,152[146]

Added: - 'Love Dive' (5 April 2022): 341,349,213[145]

Added: - 'After Like' (22 August 2022): 372,269,605[144]

Added: - 'Eleven -Japanese ver.-' (18 September 2022, Sony Music Japan channel): 15,308,606[122]

Added: - 'Kitsch' (27 March 2023): 156,775,958[147]

Added: - 'I Am' (10 April 2023): 408,103,557[143]

Added: - 'Wave' (9 May 2023, Sony Music Japan channel): 34,262,175[125]

Added: - 'I Want' (13 July 2023): 44,884,998[128]

Added: - 'Either Way' (25 September 2023): 39,501,889[148]

Added: - 'Off the Record' (6 October 2023): 71,517,568[149]

Added: - 'Baddie' (13 October 2023): 69,872,780[150]

Added: - 'All Night' (19 January 2024, IVE channel): 21,529,667[151]

Added: - 'Heya' (29 April 2024): 106,772,256[152]

Added: - 'Accendio' (15 May 2024): 58,036,687[153]

Added: - 'Summer Festa' (28 June 2024): 13,686,494[132]

Added: - 'Crush' (7 August 2024, Sony Music Japan channel): 11,012,412[52]

Added: - 'Supernova Love' (8 November 2024, IVE channel): 18,378,174[134]

Added: - 'Rebel Heart' (13 January 2025): 75,702,068[58]

Added: - 'Attitude' (3 February 2025): 71,193,292[154]

Added: - 'Be Alright' (16 July 2025, Sony Music Japan channel): 14,530,276[137]

Added: - 'XOXZ' (25 August 2025): 47,622,794[155]

Added: - 'Bang Bang' (9 February 2026): 70,823,119[156]

Added: - 'Blackhole' (23 February 2026): 29,751,984[157]

Added: - 'Lucid Dream' (25 May 2026, Sony Music Japan channel): 3,375,114[141]

Added: - 'Looks Can Kill' (19 October 2026): 4,860,666[84]

Added: Videos without a channel named above were published on Starship's channel; dates are the YouTube upload dates in UTC.[146][84]

Added: ## Concert tours

Added: - The Prom Queens (11–12 February 2023): the group's first solo concert, at Olympic Hall in Seoul.[31]

Added: - Show What I Have World Tour (7 October 2023 – 5 September 2024): 37 performances in 28 cities and 19 countries, attended by 420,000 people; it opened at Jamsil Arena in Seoul and ended at the Tokyo Dome, with encore concerts at KSPO Dome in August 2024.[10][40][8][50] Figures reported to Billboard Boxscore made IVE's 2024 touring the seventh-highest-grossing K-pop tour of that year, with $10.8 million from 10 shows.[158]

Added: - IVE Scout fan concerts in Japan (from April 2025): 11 shows in four cities, attended by 100,000 people.[8]

Added: - Show What I Am World Tour (from 31 October 2025): three opening concerts at KSPO Dome in Seoul, an Asian leg from Kuala Lumpur in April 2026, two shows at the Kyocera Dome Osaka and one at the Tokyo Dome, and a North American leg of eight cities from Toronto to Vancouver in July and August 2026.[11][78][8][80]

Added: - Festivals: Lollapalooza Chicago (2024), Summer Sonic (17–18 August 2024), Lollapalooza Berlin (12 July 2025), Lollapalooza Paris (20 July 2025) and the Rock in Japan Festival (15 September 2025).[49][8][64][65]

Added: ## Awards and honours

Added: - Melon Music Awards: Song of the Year for 'Love Dive' (2022) and Album of the Year for 'I've IVE' (2023), with Best Female Group, a Top 10 award and a shared Rookie of the Year in 2022; three awards in 2024; Best Female Group in 2025.[3][29][44][10][60]

Added: - MAMA Awards: Song of the Year for 'Love Dive', Best New Female Artist and Best Dance Performance (Female Group) in 2022; three awards in 2024; Favorite Global Performer, Favorite Female Group and Global Trend Song for 'Rebel Heart' in 2025.[4][10][159]

Added: - Golden Disc Awards: Rookie Artist of the Year, a main prize and the Digital Song of the Year grand prize for 'Love Dive' at the 37th ceremony (January 2023); album main prize for 'IVE Empathy', digital main prize for 'Rebel Heart' and the Cosmopolitan Artist award at the 40th (January 2026).[30][160] Its Japanese label described the 37th result as the first time one act had won the rookie award, a main award and a grand prize at the same ceremony.[8]

Added: - Asia Artist Awards: a grand prize for the song of the year in 2022, and Song of the Year for 'Rebel Heart' with two other awards in 2025.[161][162]

Added: - Seoul Music Awards: Best Music for 'Love Dive' at the 32nd ceremony (2023) and a main prize at the 34th (2025), the group's third in a row.[163][164]

Added: - Circle Chart Music Awards 2022: Rookie of the Year (physical album) and two Artist of the Year (digital) awards, for December 2021 and April 2022.[165]

Added: - The Fact Music Awards 2025: Sound of the Year and Artist of the Year.[166]

Added: - TME Live International Music Awards 2026: The Hottest International Group.[167]

Added: - Lists: the NME 100 for 2023 and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2024.[31][48]

Added: ## Members' individual activities

Added: - Yujin hosted the 2023 Melon Music Awards and was main host of the SBS Gayo Daejeon on 25 December 2025, her sixth time leading the show since 2022, counting its summer editions; she appeared in tvN's 'Space Rice Cake Shop', a spin-off of 'Earth Arcade', which premiered on 31 July 2026.[44][168][169]

Added: - Wonyoung hosted the Asia Artist Awards for a fifth consecutive year in 2025, when she also received three individual awards. Brands named her as an ambassador: Dyson for Korea in April 2025 and for the Asia-Pacific in April 2026, Miu Miu Beauty for fragrance in Korea and Japan in April 2026, and UGG for the Asia-Pacific in September 2026.[170][171][172][173]

Added: - Liz sang drama soundtrack songs including 'Heavy Love' (18 May 2025), 'Like the First Snow That Day' (22 April 2026) and 'Tunnel' (19 July 2026), her fifth.[174][175][176]

Added: - Rei was the featured vocalist on 'Push', a pre-release track by her labelmate Jooheon of MONSTA X, released on 22 December 2025.[177]

Added: - Leeseo hosted SBS's 'Inkigayo' from April 2024 until 7 December 2025.[178]

Added: - Gaeul's own YouTube channel, 'Temperature of Gaeul', was opened by Starship in February 2026.[179]

Added: - Starship held the media-art exhibition 'An-Young: An Yu-jin x Jang Won-young' at The Seoul Lightium from 5 to 27 September 2026.[180]

Added: ## Legal action over false rumours

Added: The operator of the YouTube channel Sojang, which had spread false rumours about Jang Won-young and other celebrities, was sentenced by the Incheon District Court on 15 January 2025 to two years in prison suspended for three years, forfeiture of 210 million won and 120 hours of community service.[181][182] On 11 November 2025 the appeals division dismissed the appeals of both sides and upheld the sentence.[182] In Jang's civil suit the appellate division cut the first-instance award of 100 million won to 50 million won, and in Starship's own suit the Seoul Central District Court ordered the operator on 4 June 2025 to pay the agency 50 million won.[183][184]

Added: ## Related groups

Added: IZ*ONE, the 12-member group formed through 'Produce 48', debuted on 29 October 2018 with 'COLOR*IZ' and disbanded at midnight Korean time on 29 April 2021, seven months before IVE's debut; Yujin and Wonyoung were members.[185][186][17]

Added: - [YENA](/wiki/yena), a former IZ*ONE bandmate of Yujin and Wonyoung.