IVE "Kitsch" : BOP vs FLOP

I think this is the standard day and time for most Korean releases (American releases usually happen on Friday). Looks like Starshit is sending a message to Hybe and New Jeans that Ive is coming back to take what's righfully theirs, they aint giving up their title as Korea's biggest act just yet.

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the Kitsch

teaser is a bop

let see it later

everything was fine until the chorus....the rap only made it worse

The chorus reminds me of Lesserafim's antifragile

I'm working at that time. I'll listen to it later

Waiting.

Immediate Earworm omg

bop for sure. let me vote already

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i miss blonde/silver Gaeul

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i miss blonde/silver Gaeul

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would i trade that for this Pink Rei? Time will tell

SEATED!

in 1 minutes. .

This is pre release no title track.

The Good girls become rebel

This doesn't sound like kpop to me

The verses are so chill and nice and I was liking it

Then that awful af chrous kicks in and wtf were they thinking?

And another song with a misplaced rap.

Holy shit... They OUTDID LOVE DIVE

AND IT REALLY IS LD'S EVIL TWIN, ITS THE SAME STRUCTURE BUT MORE AGGRESSIVE

The chorus is amazing

I wonder if the main title track can top this

Mix pop?

The chorus and verse don't really connect so blop for now...

The chorus and rap part are blah but outside of that its solid

I need liz lines and screentime more....in this pre release

why starship chosed this bside...when blue blood and not your girl...

liz get 30s and 23 s lines...in the unrelease songs...during fanconcert

Im sad for liz stans....asleast gaeul get lines

Probably gonna be my least favourite single released by them so far, which is not surprising bc it’s the least cohesive and melodic amongst the 4, but i’m still gonna look forward to the main title track regardless bc i love their other songs

Ive in their Stray-Kidz-NMIXX-Everglow-Loona-Blackpink-4th Gen Boy Group era wbk lol.

The chorus is gonna take some getting used to but i still liked the song, a bit better than Love Dive and roughly comparable to Eleven which had a better chorus but crappier verses, so an 8 out of 10.

I love the song I was so anxious about this pre-release i was afraid starshit would choose the wrong song for them

Not my favorite from them, but I could see the song growing on me over time. I liked it, but I didn't love it on first listen like I did with Love Di--

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a bit better than Love Dive

blop it's ok but kinda boring

song is more vanilla than i thought

chorus was ok

rap was bad

Rei looks great with pink hair

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why is akp not liking the song whats wrong with y'all

Theyre not used to a song slaying this hard

hmm interesting.. its different i guess

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Not my favorite from them, but I could see the song growing on me over time. I liked it, but I didn't love it on first listen like I did with Love Di--

lol i gave Love Dive a 6 or 7 blop/bop borderline rating when it came out and it is still stuck in that range. It's an overall mid song with a few killing parts (narcissistic line by WY, it's bad it's good choreo, etc).

A song like this takes courage and inventiveness, like nobody could have predicted that insane chorus drop lol, creative risks like this will almost always get a break from me even if they dont land 100 percent, they wont completely sink the song. And the rest of the song is so good that it makes up for it.

This also shows just how good Teddy is. Everyone and i mean everyone trashes him for his overuse of the beat drop but dude is god-tier, the best in the business at making dizzying yet still catchy and musically pleasing beat drops and/or empty choruses. It's NOT easy.

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why is akp not liking the song whats wrong with y'all

my taste is flawless wbk tyvm 😈 💃 🕺

its a grower for sure. first listen wasn't feeling it. after listening to it a few more times. now that slow song then the drop. ah shit

Bop, love the contrast between the verses and the chorus, also my girl Rei really shined here!

Not feeling it. Song might grow on me. Blop for now.