Ive, 1st place in dolls' rice ball cooking competition series

‘MZ Wannabe Icon’ Ive (IVE: Ahn Yu-jin, Ga-eul, Ray, Jang Won-young, Liz, Lee-seo) set out to become the ‘Forest Jjang’ of the Acorn Forest.

Ive released the third episode of season 3 of his own content '1,2,3 IVE' through his official YouTube channel on Monday the 15th.

On this day, Ive visited a rural village. Ive dressed up as 'Miniv', who had been invited by the forest's owner, a raccoon, and created 'Let's Gather Ive's Forest.' While writing the forest occupancy report, I named the forest 'Acorn Forest', became a resident of the acorn forest, and started collecting acorns to become the best forest owner.

First, Ive expressed his ambition to become the best in the forest and showed a variety of styles. Afterwards, the members competed fiercely in a contest to make rice balls that resembled Miniv characters. They kept each other in check and made rice balls in their own style.

Among these, An Yu-jin's struggles brought laughter. Unlike other members, he bought a lot of ingredients and used up acorns, but was frustrated with his poor cooking skills. Ahn Yu-jin made a rice ball with a short-haired face to express her original intention, but the members made fun of her by saying, "The art score is 0 points" and "There is no comedy score?"

As a result of the rice ball making contest, Liz, who made tuna mayo rice balls, won first place. Ive received an acorn as a gift according to his rank, and continued to keep a check on the number of acorns, showing off their bickering chemistry. As a result, expectations were raised for the next episode to see who the final Soopjjang would be.

Meanwhile, Ive successfully performed with the double title songs 'Kitsch' and 'I AM' of his first full-length album 'I've IVE', which was released on April 10th.

Currently, Ive continues to meet fans through season 3 of his own content '1,2,3 IVE', which is released every Monday at 11 PM. On the 31st, they will release their first Japanese album 'WAVE' and begin their global activities.

Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr