Recently, Ive’s second single title song ‘LOVE DIVE’ and third single title song ‘After LIKE’ have been s drawing attention as it was selected as the best K-pop song of 2022 by DAZED and others in American music magazines such as Billboard, British music magazine NME, and British fashion magazine.
First of all, Ive’s songs ‘Love Dive’ and ‘After Like’ were ranked 2nd and 21st respectively in ‘The 25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2022: Staff Picks’ selected by Billboard officials.
Billboard selected Ive’s two songs out of 25 K-pop songs and said about Ive, “Starship Entertainment’s Ive, who debuted as Eleven at the end of 2021, became the fastest and most promising girl group in K-pop. They got the attention when they debuted, but through ‘Love Dive’, their popularity increased.”
After first appearing on the U.S. Billboard chart on December 18 last year with their debut song “ELEVEN,” Ive has been entering the charts consecutively with “Love Dive” and “After Like.”
In addition, Ive also ranked 4th in ‘After Like’ and 6th in ‘The 25 best K-pop songs of 2022’ selected by British music magazine NME.
In addition, Ive was previously named ‘Love Dive’ in the ‘Best K-pop Song’ category in ‘The Best K-pop Songs and Albums of 2022’ published by TIME, an American current affairs magazine.
Ive, who has been well-received by the overseas media, has challenged various genres without being bound by a standardized formula by presenting songs with different musical textures for all three titles, including ‘Eleven’, ‘Love Dive’, and ‘After Like’.
In particular, K-pop columnist Jeff Benjamin highly praised the group’s self-confidence and confident message based on ‘narcissism’ through an article on the Billboard website.
