Critically acclaimed K-Pop superstars ITZY return today with the release of their highly anticipated sixth EP, CHESHIRE, via JYP Entertainment/IMPERIAL/Republic Records, on all digital and streaming platforms. The mini album features the group’s first English single “Boy Like You,” – which released last month – as well as “Cheshire,” “Snowy,” and “Freaky.” Stream CHESHIRE HERE.
2022 has already been a momentous year for the group, helping solidify ITZY as one of K-Pop’s dominating forces thus far. Earlier this month, ITZY completed their sold-out CHECKMATE world tour, in which they performed in eight cities across the United States, including Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater and New York’s Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. In July, ITZY returned with their fifth mini album, CHECKMATE, which took the #8 spot on the Billboard 200 chart upon release, marking the group’s first top-10 ranking on the chart. Further, the group became the 4th K-pop girl group to achieve a top 10 ranking on the Billboard 200. The group performed the EP’s lead single, “SNEAKERS,” on both MTV’s Fresh Out Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show Me Music.” Quickly following this achievement, it was announced that the group was nominated for their first MTV VMA in the category of “Best K-Pop” for their “LOCO” music video.
Last year, the group broke numerous personal records on both the charts and with streams, as well. In January 2021, the group made their first national US broadcast appearance on MTV’s Fresh Out Live, racking in the largest performance views MTV had received for the platform. They followed this up with their spring EP, GUESS WHO, which marked the group’s debut on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart, peaking at #148. In September 2021, the group released their first full-length studio album, CRAZY IN LOVE, which took the #1 spot across multiple Billboard charts upon debut, including Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, World Albums, Tastemaker Albums, and Independent Albums charts. The release also made a strong debut on Billboard’s Top 200-album chart where it reached #11, making ITZY only the third female K-pop group that scored within the chart’s top 15. The group also performed the album’s lead track, “LOCO,” on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
CHESHIRE is out now via all digital and streaming platforms. Get the full album HERE. CHESHIRE Track List:
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Cheshire
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Snowy
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Freaky
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Boys Like You
About ITZY:
Formed under K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment in 2019, ITZY exploded on to the K-Pop scene with their debut single “DALLA DALLA.” The track ranked #3 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart and pulled in 17.1 million “day-of” music video views on YouTube. At the time, the song both broke the record for the most viewed K-pop debut music video in history and held the record for the fastest K-Pop debut music video to reach 100 million views. Billboard Magazine ranked “DALLA DALLA” at #20 on the “25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics’ Pick” and the group took home the Best New Artist Award at the 2020 Korean Music Awards. The group’s follow-up single, “WANNABE,” charted at #4 on the Song Sales chart and was one of the top 10 K-pop song to trend globally on Spotify, while also ranking on the Emerging Artists chart where it hit #31. ITZY’s third album, Not Shy, peaked on the Billboard Social 50 chart at #11 and World Album chart at #8, plus, their past albums, IT’z ICY and IT’z ME both entered the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart.
ITZY kicked off 2021 with their first national U.S. broadcast appearance on MTV’s Fresh Out Live, racking in the largest performance views MTV had received for the platform. Then, in May, the group made their debut on the Billboard 200 album chart with their six-track EP GUESS WHO, which they followed up with their full-length studio debut, CRAZY IN LOVE. The album took the #1 spot across multiple Billboard charts, including Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and World Albums charts, and made a strong debut on Billboard’s Top 200-album chart where it reached #11, making ITZY only the third female K-pop group to score within the chart’s top 15. The album’s lead single, “LOCO,” which they performed on The Kelly Clarkson Show, reached #4 Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales. The track’s official music video also made a big splash, crossing one million views within 26 minutes of its release on YouTube, and it was nominated for a 2022 MTV VMA for “Best K-Pop.”
Most recently, the group released their 5th mini album, CHECKMATE. The EP took the #8 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, marking the group’s first top-10 ranking on the chart. Further, the group became the 4th K-pop girl group to achieve a top 10 ranking on the Billboard 200. ITZY recently performed the EP’s lead single, “SNEAKERS,” on both MTV’s Fresh Out Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show Me Music.” ITZY just wrapped their first world tour – the CHECKMATE tour, in which the group played eight sold-out venues across the US, including Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater and New York’s Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. IZTY’s latest release, CHESHIRE, is out now.
