IVE EMPATHY - EP
苹果音乐
简介
Since their debut in 2021, K-pop group IVE has been known for their robust choruses, gratifying harmonies, and messages of self-love. <i>IVE EMPATHY</i>, the fourth-generation girl group’s third mini-album after 2023’s <i>I’ve Mine</i> and 2024’s <i>IVE SWITCH</i>, continues the sextet’s pursuit of those qualities.
The album takes its title as a broad theme, exploring the quality of “empathy” (defined here as emotional connection) across six pop tracks. In “REBEL HEART,” the group offers a sense of comfort and celebratory restlessness. Member Wonyoung contributed to the writing of the album’s second lead single, “ATTITUDE,” which doubles down on <i>IVE EMPATHY</i>’s theme of defiant self-love: “No matter what anyone says/Honestly, I like me.” Suzanne Vega is also credited on the track, as it samples the addictive hook originally from 1981’s “Tom’s Diner.”
Metaphors abound: “FLU” boldly compares a toxic attraction to a virus, while “TKO,” a hip-hop-infused track, leans into boxing (“Float like a butterfly sting like a bee,” “’Cause I’m a TKO”) to boast about the members’ knockout power. “Thank U” (which includes songwriting contributions from member Liz) and “You Wanna Cry” offer album listeners more restrained bops.
tracks
1. REBEL HEART
2. FLU
3. You Wanna Cry
4. Thank U
5. ATTITUDE
6. TKO