‘Why is Park Jin-young there?’ ITZY, Explosion of Comeback Scale in 8 Months

MUSIC Jun 08, 2025

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ITZY is making a comeback after about 8 months with their new mini album ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ to celebrate their 6th debut anniversary, and once again proves their status as ‘performance queens’ with the five members’ strong teamwork and explosive performance.Photo courtesy of JYP Entertainment
ITZY is making a comeback after about 8 months with their new mini album ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ to celebrate their 6th debut anniversary, and once again proves their status as ‘performance queens’ with the five members’ strong teamwork and explosive performance.Photo courtesy of JYP Entertainment

ITZY makes a comeback with their new mini album ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ and sings about the group’s unity.

ITZY will be releasing a new mini-album ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ and the title track of the same name on the 9th.Yezi, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna, who debuted in February 2019 with the song ‘Dalla Dalla’, have become a group representing Generation Z with songs filled with confident energy and progressive messages.They showed off their sparkling charm with the title tracks ‘GOLD’ and ‘Imaginary Friend’ from their album ‘GOLD’ last October, and we will take a look at the points to watch for in their new album, which is being released after about 8 months.
★ ITZY’s ‘Our Solidarity’ on the 6th anniversary of their debut

ITZY, who are celebrating their 6th anniversary this year, talk about the bond that becomes stronger when they are together through their new album.The new album ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ includes the title song of the same name, ‘Kiss & Tell’, ‘Locked N Loaded’, ‘Promise’, and ‘Walk’.The five tracks of the album contain the solidarity and shining narratives that the five members have built up over the past 6 years since their debut.The trailer video that announced their comeback raised expectations for the message of the new album by conveying the message of ‘our solidarity’.The video evenly shows the members ‘journey to get Ryujin’s heart beating again, as well as the five members ‘excellent acting skills and beautiful performances.In particular, JYP Entertainment’s CEO producer J Y Park made a surprise appearance and gave his full support to ITZY’s first comeback of the year.

The title song ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ is an attractive song with dynamic beats and large-scale vocal harmonies.The five members focused on the energy that they can express under the name ITZY, shouting their determination that “if we can be together, that’s enough, I’ll gladly hold your hand and move forward together.”
★ ‘K-Pop Performance Queen ‘First Comeback in 2025

Expectations are high for ITZY’s new song performance, which is known as the ‘representative performance queens of K-pop’.In the music video teaser released on the 6th, the members raised expectations to the peak by showing off their captivating dance lines and powerful choreography.The new song performance, which has a strong yet hip mood, features restrained movements and charisma, and famous domestic and foreign choreographers such as Lachika, Kiel Tutin, Choi Young-jun, and Baby Zoo participated.

Also, ahead of their comeback, ITZY has recently proven their status as the “University Festival Queens” by showing off their outstanding live performance skills at several university festival stages in Korea.Last year, they showcased their capabilities to global fans by holding 32 concerts in 28 regions around the world with their second world tour, “ITZY 2ND WORLD TOUR < BORN TO BE >”.Continuing this momentum, they will present an exciting summer by appearing at “Waterbomb Seoul 2025” in July.ITZY, who is dominating with their overwhelming performance skills, is expected to once again shine with their self-proclaimed “stage craftsmen.”
Meanwhile, ITZY will release their new mini-album ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ and its title track of the same name on Monday, June 9th at 6 PM.On the same day at 5 PM, they will hold a countdown live to celebrate their first comeback of the year with fans.



Reporter Yang Ju- juyeon@donga.com

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