Is IVE doing better or worse than expected?

They are top 10 on Melon 24 Hits and Flo already after releasing on same day as BB and in the same month as an IU feat and Red Velvet + more than 1M unfiltered (around 800k filtered) Spotify streams on the first day...IMO pretty decent results for a group many swore would tank after Eleven and with a b-side esque title track too

ngl i thought they would peak with their debut

it helps that wonyoung and yujin don't overshadow the other members too much like with IOI members

Much better in everything. Sales, spotify and melon are already double times better than eleven's 1st day.

success wise I expected this from them. But production-wise? Love Dive went far beyond my expectations. It's been a while since I've liked a Kpop song this much.

Well expectation is always based on immediate previous release, then not as good as Eleven.

But realistically, they are doing pretty well.

Though this song frankly has shades of Eleven and not as good. That's disappointing, I expected something not this much similar.

doing much better than everything especially for a group who just had a recent debut

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Well expectation is always based on immediate previous release, then not as good as Eleven.

But realistically, they are doing pretty well.

Though this song frankly has shades of Eleven and not as good. That's disappointing, I expected something not this much similar.

You mean that the song is not good as Eleven? Because achievement wise, it already surpassed Eleven's first day by miles