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Hi, beautiful human. I am Zach. That is Dan. And we welcome you to the studio for the first time ever. Really, my favorites. Say hello to Iive.
IVE discusses their new album 'Revive+', world tour, individual growth, and group dynamics in a lively interview with Zach Sang.
Key Takeaways
- IVE's new album 'Revive+' marks a musical revival with a focus on pop and EDM.
- The group has grown stronger in teamwork and emotional connection since debut.
- Individual members bring unique energy and personality that enhance the group's dynamic.
- Debuting brought new freedoms and collaborative opportunities beyond trainee restrictions.
- Positive mindset and meaningful lyrics play a significant role in their music and identity.
Summary
- IVE talks about their upcoming US tour and recent concerts in Seoul and Tokyo.
- The group shares insights on the preparation and growth experienced between their first and second tours.
- Discussion on the theme of their new album 'Revive+', focusing on revitalizing their music with pop and EDM influences.
- Members describe their individual personalities and how these contribute to the group's strength.
- Vicky explains her nickname 'Lucky Vicky' and the importance of positive mindset and lyrics in their music.
- The group reflects on the challenges and freedoms experienced after debuting, including changes in training rules and social media use.
- They emphasize the growth in teamwork and communication over nearly five years since debut.
- The interview includes personal anecdotes, such as birthday celebrations and favorite lyrics.
- IVE highlights the evolution of their music and the balance between individual expression and group cohesion.
- The video ends with information on where to find their music and upcoming tour details.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Tour Status
- 01:05Tour Preparation and Growth
- 02:27Album Themes and Group Dynamics
- 03:36Favorite Lyrics and Song Insights
- 05:46Individual Personalities and Energy
- 06:45Positive Mindset and Manifestation
- 08:38Vocal Talents and Shyness
- 11:29Leadership and Post-Debut Changes
- 12:41Teamwork and Communication Growth
- 14:14Closing Remarks and Music Availability
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So, two sweets live. Hi. We are. Thanks for having us. You guys, thanks for being here. You, no way.
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You are awesome. By the way, we're on a tour right now. Yeah. Right.
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It is. Just real quick, what is the most American thing that has happened to you throughout this US tour so far?
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Maybe visiting here. Oh, the tour hasn't started. Oh my god, it's brand new. But it's starting now.
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It's brand new and we are going to come to the US as soon as possible.
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Well, okay. So, let's talk. I'm so confused here. But you are starting a new tour, correct?
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Yes. We had a concert in Seoul. So it has started but we didn't really start it.
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Okay. You know, we just had a concert. You had one show leading up to that.
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Yeah. Right. Thank you. Then I've been seeing videos of the vocals. So I'm just trying to understand where they're coming from. So they're coming from that Tokyo show.
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How much preparation goes into a world tour like this? Maybe like six months. Whoa.
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Yeah. Or more than six months. Yeah. So what have you taken from tour number one though that you're applying to tour number two because you have talked very much about growth, right?
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I could tell individually we obviously grew up but for a group I think we really kept in touch and the bond gets stronger and stronger.
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Does that not apply to obviously the album that I'm so excited to discuss, right? Like it is about we as opposed to maybe the music before was more about me. Correct.
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Yeah, correct. How does that actually apply to the dynamics every day? Maybe while we're practicing we can tell like without just small gestures and just small expressions. I think I could tell members' expressions or like how does she feel
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right now? So I think yeah, that kind of sensing sense is growing up. The album, by the way, it is this like in my personal opinion this perfect pop EDM journey.
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Wow. Thank you. It's so good. It's yes, yes. But also, total sidebar, Attitude is one of my favorite all-time songs.
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Really? Yes. Yes. Yes. Wow. So happy to hear that. Are you kidding? Uh-uh. Even if I stumble, luck is always on my side.
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Wow. Yeah, that's a real lyric. That's the key lyric. That's everything. Yes, that's my favorite lyric. Sure, right?
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My luck is everything on my side. Is that right? Yes. Yeah, that's my favorite lyric.
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Who wrote that? You? Somebody here wrote this, right? I wrote, I participated in that song, but that was not my coat.
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But that's my favorite lyric in that song. It's really beautiful and to sing that consistently is an awesome reminder. No, thank you.
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It's cool. It's very cool. You're so sweet. Can we just talk about the overall sound of Revive Plus? I'm saying it correctly, right? And what does it mean to Revive? And then what does that plus really signify?
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Revive Plus, the title of our second full album. Because it's a second full album, literally, we wanted to revive ourselves. We were living it great, but just reviving in our music genre. So, we tried, you said, like pop, EDM, it was
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kind of a revive in IVE's music, not only IVE. Can we talk about your individual colors and who you are as individuals and how that makes up the strongest possible group?
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Oh, now I'm 20 this year. Yes. In Korea. Wow. Happy, happy birthday. Thank you. Thank you so much. And so I'm an adult in Korea. So I want to like feel, not express my energy and myself. So my solo track,
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solo songs in album. So I express my energy and something like a bright color like that.
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That's right. Bright energy. Yes. Right. I think my good power, good point is energy. Energetic part because especially during the concert like that is one of my, I'm kind of shy but attractive point during the live.
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So, I'm kind of shy because you're looking and you're staring at me like, "Okay, say it, girl." Okay. But yeah, I won't look at you. I'm sorry.
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Oh, you got like you're in front of me and like you're like, "Okay." But yeah, I just want to say that my attractive part is a good energy.
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Powerful energy. Beautiful. Thank you. Don't for me. Sorry, I won't look at you. Do stare at me. Do you, girl?
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But I'm okay. You can stare at me. Okay. Thank you. But I'm going to stare at you, too.
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In Korea especially, I have something like special nickname and character in Korea and which is lucky Vicki that I told you my name is Vicki.
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Yes, I've read about you being lucky Vicki. Yes. And so like previously you talked about the coat and attitude like luck is every day on my side and I love the lyrics because I really do think like that
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and it's also my motto for my life. So I have really lucky and bright energy charming girl. I'm telling you, you manifest that. Like, yes, I really manifest that.
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What you think, what you believe is what you become. RVD. RMVD. Yes. You dream, you become true.
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So true. So real. So real. And I think that's so real, too. Thank you, Vicki.
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Thank you. How you feeling? Ah, for me, I think I have a lot of energy.
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Oh, energy again. Yes. But by the way, needed to be an idol. Yes. Needed to perform and be an artist like bright energies and sick energy and powerful energy.
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Yeah, I have. I think I have. So, and also she has great vocal, right? Oh, yes.
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I like your vocals are amazing. Oh. Oh. Oh, you know. Yeah. Oh, I know. Yeah. I've been seeing videos. I just thought they were from a different tour. Yeah. Your vocals are sick. Anyway, we'll get to those in a
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second. Keep going. Keep going. Thank you. So, I like my voc too. You want to show everybody's like her vocal how wonderful she is.
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She wants to sing. You sing right now? Sing. Yeah. Sing. No. No. She's a shy person.
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Yeah. So, so shy person. The vocals are crazy. Thank you. You thought your personality and who you truly were would have been a burden.
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Totally and it adds so much to the group. Very cool. Can you describe the type of responsibility it is being the oldest member of the group? Like what falls on your shoulders that wouldn't fall on another member?
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Ray has mentioned that during your training days you followed all the rules. It's kind of how you fell into the role of being a leader. One, I'm assuming that's true. And then two, do you still follow all the rules?
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Oh, maybe you're close to that, close to that. Yeah. Like what? Okay. Like the biggest life change after you debut because like you made it through being a trainee.
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Yeah. Like it isn't the hardest part of this whole thing, but it is incredibly challenging.
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So like what's one thing that you stuck to religiously as a trainee that you gave up the second you debuted and made it in an actual group?
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Wow. Oh, I have one thing. Before debut, I thought I must follow what my company Starship says but not in a bad way but I thought it's just natural thing I had to do but after debut, there are lots of good staff
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work with us so I can just like suggest some good things how about filming this like this and they suggest me too it's a collaboration yeah it changed a lot. So, I love that part.
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It's beautiful. Thank you. I think when I was 20, we couldn't use Instagram, but now we're free.
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So happy. And we are swiping. Yeah. Yeah. Swiping. Love Instagram. Uploading, reposting, doom scrolling, the whole thing. The whole thing. We're a part of the algorithm.
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And we don't use message and call too while we practicing time. Oh, that's good.
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In training. Yeah. So you set off like you disconnect when you're rehearsing and practicing while when we were training. Not right now.
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Not now. So that was very hard part. We couldn't use like phone or messages while we were practicing.
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But that changes. Yeah, a lot. Now we are free. Where have you guys grown the most since you debuted almost 5 years ago at this point?
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I think our teamwork has grown a lot because we talk to each other a lot like from heart.
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Mhm. Like honestly to each other.
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rosstores.com. By the way, now while we're speaking of debut, 11 was one of the most explosive debuts in K-pop history.
Speaker A
Thank you. I mean, it really You won an award just in seven days. Did the instant success of all that feel like a dream or did it feel I mean can you describe that like is it what you actually dreamed of while being
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a trainee after like kind of that success honestly it doesn't really come to my skin I couldn't really felt with my skin at the first point but like really important part was how thankful to a dive art. So, we were really
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thankful to our dives and all the steps that helped us. So, at the first point, I was just like appreciating everybody.
Speaker A
Oh my god, is it was all our works. By the way, were you guys surprised that Dive was there instantly to catch you the second you guys debuted?
Speaker A
Was anybody worried? Of course. Of course. I I clearly remember when I debuted it as the song 11 and I checked the chart immediately after the release and it was higher than I thought. So I really shocked. Wow, there are dives
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here. So I was really surprised and happy. What's scarier debuting or first day of traininee?
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Maybe first day of training. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz debut is kind of start of something a new chapter of something but maybe trainy are like little mysterious. I cannot like predict.
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You didn't know what to expect. Yeah. I cannot predict any anything. So I think Yeah.
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It's crazy, right? Kind of. Crazy. What was your first impressions of each other? Very young. So, she said baby by herself.
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Yes, because I saw Eugene in middle school. Middle school. Yes. Middle school. Wow. So, I'm now I'm adult.
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Five years ago, we met both baby. First time, but still looks like a me.
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Honestly, I can't remember. What? But but try to remember it all. I thought you're so cute.
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Really? Everybody. Everybody. Yeah. Pretty pretty pretty girls. My first expression was like it was just like six of girls. Just girls. Cute girls. Yeah. We just girls. But when we were on the stage, we like changed to IV. So that was very really like
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attractive part to me. You can feel the change in each one of you when you come together as a group.
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It's very special. You've grown a lot. It's really cool. And the music the music has evolved with you guys.
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That's right. Um, can we talk? I mean, I don't even No. What were you Black hole?
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Oh, okay. That makes sense. Can you explain the meaning and like what role it plays in this album?
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Oh, it's a good one. I think the song Black Hole represents the most of Revive plays. Mhm.
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is very reviving and very new chapter of Vive and also very the scale got bigger compared to our previous album. So I think that is the most representative song in Revive Plus.
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It's described as this like power that pulls you in rather than explodes. Like what does that really mean?
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It's very cool. It's revive plus. Come on. Can we talk about eight? Eight. Is it my solo song?
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Yes. Yes. Oh, it's so good. So good. Also, um, I love that song. Eight. It's great. Bang Bang is amazing.
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Yes. Um, I really I I love Hot Coffee. I really like that song. It's so good.
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Wow. The music's really good. Thank you so much. Seriously, listen to it. It's on K-pop now. There's a link below. You got No, don't leave the conversation yet because we're still talking, but when we're done, you should listen to it. Link
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below. Actually, listen to it. Yeah, it's K-pop now. Amazon music. But okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Hot coffee is your favorite song.
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Yes. Right. Tell me why. Because in my part my lyrics my part lyrics is um sad adult now.
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No. Yes. Like this. So that's why I really like that song. You want you do you like it because of the story you were telling and the lyrics? But because they were sad.
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No, I said Oh, you said Oh my gosh. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I'm so sorry.
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I thought it was sad, too. Okay. She's sad. Yeah, because you said the lyrics said I feel like an adult now. So that's Oh, it's representative because you're not not a baby anymore.
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Yes. Right. Sorry, it took me a second. I'm so sorry. No, you're fine. That by the way that like growing up is scary, isn't it?
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No. No. Okay. Okay. Just kidding. Just kidding. Growing up is just scary for me. My bad.
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My bad. Never. Not yet. Yeah. Not yet. You mean it's going to get scary?
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No. I feel like sometimes it gets better like the older you get. Cuz I love getting older.
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Oh. How old are you guys? I'm 23 in Korea. That's okay. What is that? Rude. Well, sometimes people say you don't ask someone.
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Sorry. But but we were fine. But we were fine. We were fine. Totally. Well, you don't ask like an old person.
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You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. That's kind of a good part, too, cuz you ask we cuz we look young, right?
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23 is young, sister. How old do we look? I don't fall for it. Well, I don't know. How old do I look?
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Uh, sorry. Oh, yeah. 25. 25. All right, let's take a be. Okay. 25. 25. Let's go.
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26. Five. Five years old. Just kidding. I look I'm a whole seven years old.
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No, I'm 30. I'm sorry. I'm 32. I'm 32. React. 32. 32. Oh, hi. Oh my god. Do I get treated differently now that I'm like old?
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No, you're never old. Looks like never old age. By the way, I got to say people do say that like age is just like a mindset.
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You know what I mean? So like whatever. Yeah, just a number. It's literally just a number. Yes. Just don't have to care about that.
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That's right. Live free. I mean, in some situations, we care, but you know what?
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In most situations, we live free, right? But we have to care about the health.
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That That's the point. So real. We don't have to care about the numbers, but we have to care about the health 100%. Keep the knees well. Keep the back in shape. Yes. Go to the doctor for checkups.
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Yeah. Come on. And health is wealth, brother. No, health is wealth. Can we talk about Bang Bang?
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Bang bang. We love Bang Bang. So, the song Achieved a Perfect All Kill. Can you explain what that means and what it means to achieve that?
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Amazing. Amazing. Thankful thing to us. You've had a couple of them, too. Yes. It's like six or something. I I There's a lot. You've had Perfect.
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All kills. Yeah. All kills. Yeah. Yeah. Could you describe what an all kill is, though? Can you define it for everybody?
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Yeah, it means win uh like being a first place of all music charts in Korea.
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Yeah, that's the define of all kills. Casual. Pretty cool. Happy. Like it hits different when you say it like like when you remind yourself what it is.
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Tops all the charts. It's amazing. It reminds me again to saying it in my world word world. Yeah. It's amazing things that Bang Bang did.
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Can you tell me what it is about that song though that that like Yeah. that you feel really maybe grabbed everybody a little bit differently or hit differently because it the song is good.
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Yes. The song Bang Bang has really intense and powerful side of us and I think it's very different from what we did previously. So I think that point got some catched some mind of audience and dive. So yeah I left a strong and
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intense part of us too. Real is do you guys feel responsibility at all like uh the weight of what it means genuinely to be an idol and then also like what that means to young kids and really people of all ages that
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really enjoy your music but feel shaped by it as well. Especially in Korea, you were really like specific of that because we do have a lot of baby dives.
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We call baby dives in Korea. So, we have really like growing up dives in our like in our group of dive.
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So, we really wanted to give them a good influence and like good path to them to through our songs. So we are always thinking of that part too.
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And you take them into account with your dance moves, right? Of course. It's very cool.
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Yes. Ray, can we talk about your rap flow? How did you find it? How did you acquire it? How'd your flow come to be?
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Wow. Yeah. Now, I think you were born to do it, eh? Really? I feel like you were. How do you Okay, so how do you match your flow with this?
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Uh I don't know like I feel like it complements the overall eye of energy, but like does that does the group change your flow or is your flow independent no matter what? Does that make sense?
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Why was it important for everyone to have a solo song on this album? Cuz this revive plus album was our second biggest album cuz we have like mini album, single album, but this is like full length album. So we got to
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like kind of get more specific thing and get more stronger thing in album. So we thought every day and we concerned about it and then we come up with a solo solo songs.
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So we start our solo song in soul concert before we released our album. So at that point fan first heard that and what was what's the songs cuz these songs are not in the world right now. So starting from
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the concert after that we just put it on our full length album. So, tada is our solo songs.
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But would you consider IV Iive your first full length album? Yeah. Right. I I And then Revive Plus would be your second full length album.
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Exactly. Can you describe the growth between those two projects because obviously there's two EPs between the two. I think for our first full album I I've it was kind of album that we wanted to make an image that we already have.
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First we wanted to make our image of IV like identity of IV at the first full length album and then maybe second album is the growth of us.
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Yeah. Right. We wanted to challenge for a new music style. So we tried IDM Pav and also Black Hole as well. So I think that's the difference. The first album was kind of express ourselves that we already had and the second was kind of
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challenging IV's new way. Yeah, that's the difference. By the way, all the music is waiting for you. It's on Amazon Music. There's a link below.
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Perfect. Yeah. Go, go, go. And you said how to choose the song. Yeah. How do you build a set list? How do you build a set? The album, right? Not the light, not the tour.
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I mean, let's start with let's start with tour for a second because you do have so I mean there's so much to pick from and there's only so little time, right? We have hard time choosing songs for set list. Right.
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One hours, two hours like talking each other. Yeah, every member has different favorite songs, so we have to discuss a lot.
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So, but we kind of do a doing a vote. There's like a vote system.
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Yeah. Like, uh, do you like this? Well, for example, like, do you love royal?
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Then, hands up. And ah, I think kind of this song is too hard or like too old.
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We have the newest newest song. So we discuss like that and we yeah literally discuss like one hours two hours so we come up with the best at least.
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That's fun. You guys vote on everything though like is is democracy the way we achieve solutions.
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Yeah we we prefer democracy but not for the awesome because it is a full length album. So we're just controversial songs only cuz we we have like fixed songs but they're all controversial songs like somebody love it but somebody thinks it's too old
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or something something. So yeah there are some songs don't need to vote like love dive I am bang song totally totally don't need to vote. Can we tell me? Can you explain the origin story of I don't want to pronounce this wrong, but Bob
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Sims? Popsim? Oh my god. Do you know Pop Shims? Well, it's like a it's a it's like it's a it's a subgroup within the group. It's a unit. It's like you guys hang out.
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It's unit. She's a leader of PopSim. Can you explain for us? So, what are you excited to eat while you're here?
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BCD. BCD. Do you know? Oh, is that the tofu house? It's really good. You must try. Is it I I've I passed it many times.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I will go. Yeah, you should. Anything else? Anything else? Anything like I ate today in and out burger.
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In and out. I love it. You like it? Yeah, I love it. It's delicious.
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I love Air1. I love Air1. Shout out to Air1. Did you go to the one across the street from our Of course. Right before this show, I went to Air1 and have some smoothie right now.
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Delicious. Our manager always bring the Arrowan shopping. And that's who's that for every day.
Speaker A
That's so funny. It is crazy. Like the whole thing is it is picturesque. Like it's picture perfect, but the prices, guys. The prices.
Speaker A
Yeah, actually. I love it. And they're selling things that you could get in Korea, like the fruit and stuff, like the the the markup on it.
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Insane. Yes. But I I don't judge them, but Yeah. I think it's expensive, but it's great.
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We We love it. What do we do after a show? Like how do you come down from being on stage and just it's like this collective energy loop between you and the audience. So like when it's all done, how do you what
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do you do? That's really healthy. That's really cute. Yeah. Special. How beautiful. Thank you.
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You can reflect go like ah that's really that's a really special thing. I must shower with really hot water and then really cooled water at the end.
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That's healthy, too. Yes. And it it really likes reviving me. Yeah. Restores your muscles. Yes, of course.
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That's real, Liz. Actually, me, I just sleep. Important. Iconic sentence. And you know what?
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I got to say there's very few things as healthy for our body as sleep.
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Yeah. Right. I got to say, thanks for hanging out with us today. You guys are amazing.
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Really appreciate you all. This is a lot of fun. Yeah. Please come back as you release music.
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Of course. We're a part of Dive, right? Of course. Yay. Yay. Die for life. You good?
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What else do you guys want to accomplish? Like what's like the next big thing you guys want to do as a group?
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Wow. For me, um I really love to tour around the world. So, our third tour, uh for me, I want to be I want to have I want it to be bigger and bigger.
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Yeah. stadium Coachella. Coachella manifesting. Yeah, there are lots of ways. Yeah, we went to Lola Palooa last year. It was so good.
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So, I want to have more opportunity to be on a stage like that big festival.
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Yeah. Festivals and just bigger and bigger shows, please. Amazing. But today, we're on the show what I am tour, right? That's what's starting.
Speaker A
That's right. Your show what I am tour. Incredible tickets below. Also, all the music from IV waiting for you on K-pop now. It's on Amazon Music, go.
Speaker A
You guys, thanks for hanging out today. You're truly like you're one of my favorites. So, I Your music's amazing.
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Thank you. Thank you so much. We dive for life. You good? Yep. Dive for life.
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I live everybody. Thank you.
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