Ive “I feel the influence of youth…I am becoming more careful about my actions and words”
On the 3rd, IVE held a press conference to release their third mini-album ‘IVE EMPATHY’ at Conrad Seoul in Yeouido, Seoul. From left, IVE Ray, Gaeul, Jang Won-young, Ahn Yu-jin, Lee Seo, and Leez are posing for the camera. Reporter Kim Min-seong marineboy@donga.com
IVE will make a comeback on the 3rd at 6PM with the release of their third mini-album ‘IVE Empathy’. Ahead of the album release, they held a press conference to commemorate the release of their new album at the Conrad Seoul Hotel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul that afternoon and introduced the new songs themselves.
On that day, member Jang Won-young said, “Since there are many fans who grow up listening to our actions and music, we feel the influence we have. I have become more careful about my words and actions as myself and IVE. I want to only have a good influence in the future.”
He also popularized the phrase ‘Lucky Vicky’, which refers to his unique positive way of thinking, saying, “I‘ve just lived like Jang Won-young, but the public seems to like it, so I’m thinking that I should go down the right and good path again,” and smiling, saying, “That, in turn, has had a positive influence on me, so I think this is what ‘Lucky Vicky’ is all about.”
Leader Ahn Yu-jin explained, “I haven‘t performed in Nagoya, which is member Lay’s hometown, yet. I want to go there. It would be nice to perform on a stage that‘s a little bigger than the world tour last year.”
About the possibility of participating in writing lyrics and composing albums in the future, Gaeul said, “I’ve been studying songwriting in my spare time, and I‘d like to try it out at any time. He expressed his desire to further solidify the label of ‘Complete Idol’, saying,‘Ive Empathy’ is a new album released nine months after ‘Ive Switch’ in April of last year. It consists of a total of 6 songs, including the double title tracks ‘REBEL HEART’ and ‘ATTITUDE’, ‘FLU’, ‘You Wanna Cry’, ‘Thank U’, and ‘TKO’.
Through ‘Ive Empathy’, Ive is determined to maintain the team color of ‘self-confidence’, while expanding the vision from ‘I’ to ‘we’, as the album title suggests, and aim for empathy.
Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com
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