I Want (song)

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"I Want"
Ive I Want cover.jpg
Promotional single by Ive
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJuly 13, 2023
Length3:00
Label Starship
Songwriter(s)
  • Jeong Min-ji
  • Myung Ji-eun
  • Oh Yoo-won
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Tyler Spry
  • Alida Peck
  • Alma Goodman
  • Sweetner
Producer(s)
Ive promotional singles chronology
"I Want"
(2023)
"Summer Festa"
(2024)
Music video
"I Want" on YouTube

"I Want" is a song by South Korean girl group Ive, released as a Pepsi campaign song though Starship Entertainment on July 13, 2023. [1] It was written by various contributors including Ryan S. Jhun, who had worked on many of the group's previous singles, while composition and arrangement was handled by Jhun, Tyler Spry, Alida Peck and Alma Goodman.

Contents

Background and composition

Several Ive members have previously been brand ambassadors for Pepsi; Yujin was chosen as a brand ambassador in 2021, followed by Wonyoung and Leeseo in 2022. [2] In the beginning of 2023, the group was chosen as Pepsi Zero Sugar's brand ambassador in South Korea. [3] "I Want" features a "simple melody" with "unique" instrumentations and reinterprets "Pepsi's brand identity of 'fun,' 'food' and 'festa'", according to a press release by Pepsi Korea. [3] [4]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon. [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "I Want"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
South Korea (Circle) [6] 35

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for "I Want"
Chart (2023)Position
South Korea (Circle) [7] 34

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "I Want"
Chart (2023)Position
South Korea (Circle) [8] 164

Release history

Release history for "I Want"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJuly 13, 2023 [9]

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References

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