IVE JAPAN 3rd EP 'Be Alright' debuts at #1 on Oricon Weekly Album Ranking — the biggest opening for a foreign female act in Japan this year (Updated)

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IVE’s 3rd Japanese EP ‘Be Alright’ Tracklist includes:

Be Alright
DARE ME
Accendio -Japanese Version-
Blue Heart -Japanese Version-
WOW -Japanese Version-

i like that they're blocking the emergency exit. hope the music turns out better than just alright

WAVE and CRUSH were both amazing so I'm looking forward to this

THE FIRST TAKE
「After LIKE」

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IVE - After LIKE / THE FIRST TAKE

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meijwy

Jun 2nd 2025

DOWNLOAD / STREAMING

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'Be Alright' TEASER

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JAPAN 3rd EP
<Be Alright> OUT NOW

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IVE 'Be Alright' MV

IVE 'Be Alright' MV

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Don't worry, Be Alright 🙂‍↕️💓

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IVE JAPAN 3rd EP
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meijwy

Jul 16th 2025

IVE japanese discography is always good. I like the subtle 80s-90s vibe in Be Alright, it’ s a groovy bop.

IVE truly is that group

Congrats IVE

Wow their growth in Japan. I didn't think they would surpass Le Sserafim. Congrats IVE. I am enjoying Be Alright a lot. I think it's their best promoted song of the year for me.

Japan stadium when?

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Wow their growth in Japan. I didn't think they would surpass Le Sserafim. Congrats IVE. I am enjoying Be Alright a lot. I think it's their best promoted song of the year for me.

Lesserafim took a blow to be honest.

They were on the momentum to emerge as winner in Japan. Both groups are doing well in Japan

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Lesserafim took a blow to be honest.

They were on the momentum to emerge as winner in Japan. Both groups are doing well in Japan

Curious to see where first week for be alrigth ends up. IVE almost matched LSF 1st week on 1st day.

I don't think LSF took a blow because they were still able to perform 2 nights at the Tokyo Dome. I think for this market it's going to be competitive with IVE, LSF, and possibly NewJeans and Aespa. I don't think there's going to be a clear winner like in 3rd gen with Twice.

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Currently i would say maybe nj and aespa have the edge

They have shown their popularity in japan doing multiple dates in tokyo dome

And for the moment they are the only 4th gen gg who were able to spend more than 40 weeks on japan billboard hot 100 (omg, ditto and whiplash)

And the only gg ever to do it with illit and twice

Unsure if Aespa has the edge over IVE or LSF in that region. NewJeans songs did have the most legs. I just think it's very competitive with the 4 groups and unsure if there's somebody that's clearly ahead. I think there's something with a ll 4 groups that appeals to that market.

Something shifted during CRUSH promotions. They were on a lot of big TV shows and went super viral every time. CRUSH also charted quite decently and now Be Alright is doing even better.

It's very rare for a GG to increase their JP sales each comeback, even IZ*ONE sales peaked at debut and declined every release.

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Japan stadium when?

Considering the recent fancon tour had ~180k attendance in Japan, stadium is definitely possible. The world tour also had massive JP attendance and sold out instantly.