I lost count of how many allkpop articles I've seen about boy groups who are only 6 months old and nobody has even heard of them but they are able to announce a world tour.
The meat market machine is always on tour but a hugely successful girl group like IVE is scared to take any chances this early and rather play it safe then potentially have to lose face if nobody shows interest.
Fangirls still hold all the power in kpop.