IVE pre-release title track 'Looks Can Kill' on 19 October, a week before their fifth mini album

What happened

IVE pre-release their title track, ‘Looks Can Kill’, on 19 October, and release the mini album of the same name a week later, on the 26th. Their agency, Starship Entertainment, announced the schedule with a promotional teaser on its official social media on 28 September. The Korea Herald reported the record as IVE’s fifth EP.

When and where

Starship Entertainment posted the tracklist on its official social media on 4 October. The six songs are the title track ‘Looks Can Kill’, ‘Mirror Mirror’, ‘SNAKESKIN’, ‘CRUMBS’, ‘Girls Girls Girls’ and ‘Glow Motion’. On 6 October it posted the video ‘POST CREDIT SCENE : GIRL HERO’, and from the 12th it released the ‘Hero Comics’ version concept photos one after another. The pre-release is on the 19th and the album on the 26th.

Why it matters

The album is built around a ‘girl hero’ universe, the fictional world an act’s releases share, and according to iMBC Entertainment it carries the message that anyone can be the protagonist and the hero of their own life. Rei co-wrote the lyrics of the title track ‘Looks Can Kill’ and worked on its rap, and Gaeul and Liz are among the lyricists of ‘CRUMBS’. Zara Larsson, Margo XS and Cecile Believe are among the composers of the closing track, ‘Glow Motion’. It is IVE’s first release in eight months, after the second full-length album REVIVE+ in February, and according to The Korea Herald it follows the world tour Show What I Am, which ended in Taipei.

What you need to know

• The pre-release is not a separate song: it is the title track ‘Looks Can Kill’, out on 19 October.
• The mini album ‘Looks Can Kill’ is released on 26 October, and The Korea Herald reported it as IVE’s fifth EP.
• The six songs are ‘Looks Can Kill’, ‘Mirror Mirror’, ‘SNAKESKIN’, ‘CRUMBS’, ‘Girls Girls Girls’ and ‘Glow Motion’.
• Rei co-wrote the title track’s lyrics, and Gaeul and Liz those of ‘CRUMBS’.
• The album’s concept is ‘girl hero’.