Group IZ*ONE, who has returned with a new album, has made a successful comeback by sweeping the No. 1 spot on domestic and international music charts. The title track 'Violeta' from IZ*ONE's second mini-album 'HEART*IZ', released on the 1st at 6 PM through various online music sites, ranked No. 1 on Soribada and Mnet's real-time music charts as of the 2nd (8 AM KST). It also secured top positions on major domestic music charts, including 2nd place on Bugs and VIBE (Naver Music), 4th on Genie, and 7th on Melon.

IZ*ONE's comeback, extending their reach globally as a K-POP group, is also generating a heated response overseas. As of the 2nd (KST), the mini-album 'HEART*IZ' has topped the iTunes TOP ALBUMS chart in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. The title track 'Violeta' is simultaneously leading the iTunes TOP SONGS chart in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. 'HEART*IZ' has also secured top positions on the iTunes ALBUMS chart and Apple Music's ALBUMS chart in various other countries, demonstrating IZ*ONE's global popularity.

The music video for 'Violeta', released along with the music, surpassed 3.5 million views on the official channel on the day of its upload. Amidst positive reviews from netizens both domestically and internationally, the view count continues to rise rapidly, drawing further attention. IZ*ONE's second mini-album 'HEART*IZ' is a compound word of the English words 'Heart', meaning love and emotion, and 'IZ*ONE', signifying an album containing the emotions IZ*ONE aims to express.

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.