IVE has released its EP "Looks Can Kill," featuring six songs and a new "Girl Hero" concept that expands its world and image.
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In 2021, IVE debuted in Korea, and the EP "Looks Can Kill," by IVE, whose popularity has continued to expand worldwide in the blink of an eye both in name and reality, has been released. The EP "Looks Can Kill" contains a total of 6 songs, and the title track is "Looks Can Kill," the same as the EP name, which was pre-delivered on Monday, October 19 at 6 p.m. This work begins from the concept of a "hero who can unleash a fatal blow just by existing." While inheriting the "Girl Fantasy" character that IVE has shown up to now, it newly presents "Girl Hero" as a new another ego following Cupid and a magical girl. While depicting the current IVE, it makes one want to know more about the future IVE, and expresses that they are a group that can continue to expand their own world without remaining at one answer, and can always create new scenes in every aspect, including image and music. Furthermore, in "SPIN-OFF : CRUMBS FILM," released at 6 p.m. on the 26th, it is a work that expands the meaning of a hero as an existence that creates positive changes in reality, just as a hero in a movie gives dreams and courage to someone in reality outside the screen. In Japan, it is on sale with purchase-limited bonuses by each CD shop. There are also plenty of luxurious bonuses this time as well, such as selca photo cards and serial numbers for application lotteries! Furthermore, in commemoration of the start of EP distribution, distribution campaigns are being carried out on each music distribution service. These also offer signed member solo cheki and group wide cheki, and are attracting attention.
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