IVE, K-pop rookies who rocked YouTube with hit song Eleven: all you need to know
- The six-member girl group debuted in December and their single Eleven has made it onto pop music charts around the world
- Here is all you need to know about Yujin, Gaeul, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz and Leeseo, their fans and future plans
A new K-pop girl group, IVE made their debut on December 1 with their high-energy single Eleven, and promptly won over listeners.
The members
IVE features six young women: Yujin, Gaeul, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz and Leeseo. Born between 2002 and 2007, they are all Korean except for Rei, who is Japanese.
Several members have been active in the Korean entertainment industry for some time, some modelling and others training at other entertainment labels.
The two highest-profile members of IVE are Yujin and Wonyoung, formerly of IZ*ONE, a very popular, if temporary, girl group born out of the popular Produce competition series on TV.
Wonyoung and Yujin have their own solo work as well, including as brand ambassadors, and are popular on social media. The pair initially drew a lot of interest to IVE’s debut, but since the release of Eleven there has been rising interest in the rest of the band members and their music. The song is has had some 60 million views on YouTube.
The name
Written in all-capital letters, IVE is meant to evoke the capability of the English phrase “I have”, and refers to how IVE will spend their career showing the world what they have to offer.