Rebel Heart (Ive song)

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"Rebel Heart"
Ive - Rebel Heart.png
Single by Ive
from the EP Ive Empathy
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2025 (2025-01-13)
Length3:08
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Nietzsche
Ive singles chronology
"Supernova Love"
(2024)
"Rebel Heart"
(2025)
"Attitude"
(2025)
Music video
"Rebel Heart" on YouTube

"Rebel Heart" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Ive for their third Korean extended play Ive Empathy. It was released as the EP's first single on January 13, 2025, by Starship Entertainment.

Contents

Background and release

On December 24, 2024, Starship Entertainment announced that Ive would be releasing their third Korean extended play titled Ive Empathy on February 3, 2025. It was also announced that "Rebel Heart" would be pre-released on January 13, 2025. [1] On January 5, 2025, the concept trailer was released, [2] followed by the concept film four days later. [3] On January 12, the music video teaser was released. [4] The song was released alongside its music video on January 13. [5]

Composition

"Rebel Heart" was written by Nietzsche, composed by Emily Harbakk, Ryan S. Jhun, Thomas Gustafsson, Jimmy Jansson, Maia Wright, Jack Brady, and Jordan Roman, and arranged by Ryan S. Jhun, Gucci Caliente, and The Wavys. [6] It was described as a song with lyrics that "depicts the solidarity march of rebels". [7]

Commercial performance

"Rebel Heart" debuted at number 44 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in the chart issue dated January 22, 2025; [8] on its component charts, the song debuted at number 34 on the Top Download Songs, [9] and number 52 on the Top Streaming Songs. [10] On Oricon, the song debuted at number 35 on the Digital Singles Chart, [11] and number 39 on the Streaming Chart, [12] in the chart issue dated January 27, 2025. In Singapore, the song debuted at number 21 on the RIAS Top Regional Chart in the chart issue dated January 10–16, 2025. [13] In United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 65 on the OCC's UK Singles Downloads Chart, [14] and number 67 on the UK Singles Sales Chart in the chart issue dated October 25–31, 2024. [15]

Promotion

Ive performed the song on four music programs: Mnet's M Countdown on January 16, [16] KBS's Music Bank on January 17, [17] MBC's Show! Music Core on January 18, [18] and SBS's Inkigayo on January 19. [19]

Charts

Chart performance for "Rebel Heart"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [8] 44
Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) [20] 50
Singapore Regional (RIAS) [13] 21
South Korea (Circle) [21] 10
Taiwan ( Billboard ) [22] 19
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [23] 65
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [15] 67
US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [24] 6

Release history

Release history for "Rebel Heart"
RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousJanuary 13, 2025

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