'MZ wannabe icon' IVE (IVE: Ahn Yujin·Gaeul·Ray·Jang Wonyoung·Reeze·Lee Seo) draws listeners' hearts with the title track 'Blackhole'.
According to their agency Starship Entertainment, IVE today (23rd) at 6 p.m. (KST) released their second full-length album 'REVIVE+ (Revive plus)' on various online music sites and began comeback activities.
The second full-length album 'Revive plus' is closer to a reignition than a simple reset or declaration of change. Having built a narrative of 'self-assurance' centered on the 'I', IVE in this album expands that perspective to 'we' and fully explores stories about relationships and connection. By widening the narrative into a structure where IVE and the public meet and become 'we,' the group clearly expresses confidence that they can move in many more directions from their current position.
This album contains a total of 12 tracks, including the double title tracks 'BLACKHOLE (Blackhole)' and 'BANG BANG (Bang Bang)', as well as 'Hush (숨바꼭질)', 'Stuck In Your Head (악성코드)', 'Fireworks (파이어워크)', 'HOT COFFEE (핫커피)', Jang Wonyoung's '8 (Eight)', Gaeul's 'Odd (Odd)', Lee Seo's 'Super ICY (Super Icy)', Reez's 'Unreal (Unreal)', Ray's 'In Your Heart (In Your Heart)', and Ahn Yujin's 'Force (Force)', including solo tracks for each member.
The title track 'Blackhole' is a shuffle-based track that unfolds in a cinematic atmosphere, offering wide spatial sense and cinematic sound textures that provide high immersion and intense addictiveness. Through the image of the 'black hole', where annihilation and birth coexist, IVE expresses the present and change they see, and the sound structure that condenses inward rather than spreading rapidly clearly shows where IVE stands now and sharply reveals the direction of their second full-length album.
Earlier, IVE powerfully opened the door to their second full-length album with the double title track 'Bang Bang', pre-released on the 9th. With 'Bang Bang', IVE ranked first on domestic YouTube weekly popular artist·weekly popular songs·daily shorts popular songs and secured top positions on major domestic music charts, continuing upward momentum on overseas charts and riding a wave of success. Meanwhile, they have been heating up comeback enthusiasm by sequentially releasing various teasing content such as the highlight medley, concept photos and music video teasers, and attention is focused on IVE's future moves that will begin with a new narrative expanded from 'I' to 'we'.
Meanwhile, IVE today (23rd) began comeback activities in earnest through music shows and content, starting with the release of their second full-length album 'REVIVE+ (Revive plus)'.
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