‘Comeback Today’ Ive, Starts Off with 6 Crowns for ‘REBEL HEART’… As expected, Top Girl Group

Group Ive is making an official comeback today (the 3rd) and has announced a smooth start by winning 6 crowns on music shows with their pre-released song ‘REBEL HEART’.

Ive took 1st place again on SBS ‘Inkigayo’, aired on the 2nd, with ‘REBEL HEART’, the pre-released title song from their third mini album ‘Ive Empathy’, following last week. Lee Seo, who is the program‘s MC, received the trophy as a representative, making it even more meaningful.

With this, Ive has won first place trophies on Mnet’s ‘M Countdown’ on the 23rd, KBS2‘s ‘Music Bank’, MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core’, and SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo’, and has achieved the feat of winning six crowns by taking first place for two consecutive weeks on ‘M Countdown’ and ‘Inkigayo’.

In particular, Ive achieved a cumulative number of first place trophies on music shows of 60 with ‘Rebel Heart’. They debuted on December 1, 2021 with ‘ELEVEN’ and swept 60 first-place trophies in 1,159 days with a series of hit songs including ‘LOVE DIVE’, ‘After LIKE’, ‘I AM’, and ‘Baddie’.

Ibe said through his agency Starship Entertainment, “I am so honored to have won first place like this even though I have finished my music show promotions with “‘Level Heart’. I’m even more excited and happy to have achieved 6 crowns with our comeback just around the corner, and I think it‘s all thanks to DIVE (official fan club name), and we will prepare well to give you even greater happiness with the album ‘Ive Empathy’ and the title song ‘Attitude’ as much as you’ve sent us your support and love. In particular, ‘Attitude’ is a song that we can all enjoy together, so I hope you look forward to it,” he said.

Since its release, ‘Rebel Heart’ has not only entered the top ranks of major music charts at home and abroad, but also ranked 51st on the ‘Billboard Global Excl. US’ and 97th on the ‘Billboard Global 200’ on the latest chart (dated February 1) announced by Billboard, an American music media outlet, on the 28th of last month.

Ive, who depicted the solidarity march of rebels with various narratives with ‘Rebel Heart’, plans to show ‘Ive-style thinking’ that cheerfully accepts unchangeable situations through ‘Attitude’. It features a highly addictive retro melody that samples American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega‘s ‘Tom’s Diner‘. The ’Attitude‘ music video teaser released on the 1st raised expectations by showing Ive‘s strong team color with lyrics such as “What would I do if I cowered”, “Luck is always on my side”.

Ive will make an official comeback today (the 3rd) at 6 PM with the release of his third mini-album ’Ive Empathy‘ and the title track ’Attitude‘.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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