IVE is a top heavy group coasting on the success of their early career

They had an insane first two year run right off the bat in their debut in 2021 with four consecutive hits with I AM, After LIKE, LOVE DIVE, ELEVEN. In terms of TTs, no subsequent release came close to having the same kind of impact. Same for their b-sides. Their b-sides over the last four comebacks have been subpar.

As performers, they’re below average compared to their peers. When it comes to dancing, they’re easily near the bottom. Their movements lack sharpness, their lines are often all over the place, and they frequently aren’t in sync which makes everything look even worse considering their choreographies are also among the easiest of any 4th gen group.

During concerts, Yujin and Liz are the only ones you can consistently hear clearly. Yujin is a top tier performer, can't say the same for the rest. The rest are either lipsyncing or completely drowned out by the backing track. To me, they’re a group that has been coasting off their earlier success, with Wonyoung and Yujin’s individual popularity doing majority of the heavy lifting.

They’ve been finding success and charting well regardless of quality, but I think they really need to raise their game in several areas.