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Bloom*Iz (2020)

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The album was first set for November 2019, but a vote-manipulation scandal at Mnet pushed its release back to February 2020.

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Bloom*Iz: first and only Korean-language studio album by Iz*One
Iz*One: South Korean–Japanese girl group formed through Mnet's 2018 reality show Produce 48
Released February 17, 2020 by Off the Record Entertainment
Distributed by Stone Music Entertainment and Genie Music
12 tracks, including lead single 'Fiesta'
Three versions: 'I Was', 'I Am', 'I Will'
First full-length album since the group's debut in October 2018
First Korean release since Heart*Iz the previous year
Closes the flower series that continues from La Vie en Rose and Violeta

Originally scheduled for release on November 11, 2019
Release postponed after the Mnet vote manipulation investigation
Produce 48 producer Ahn Joon-young admitted manipulating rankings during his November 5 arrest
Mnet issued an official statement on January 23, 2020, saying promotions would resume in mid-February
Iz*One's official Twitter account announced the February 17 release on February 2, 2020

Formed through Mnet reality competition show Produce 48 (aired June 15 to August 31, 2018).
Show billed as collaboration between Korean Produce 101 franchise and Japanese idol AKB48 Group.
Name suggested by netizens via official Produce 48 website and chosen by CJ ENM; "IZ" is a numeronym for 12.
Managed by Off the Record and Swing Entertainment.

Twelve members: Jang Won-young, Sakura Miyawaki, Jo Yu-ri, Choi Ye-na, An Yu-jin, Nako Yabuki, Kwon Eun-bi, Kang Hye-won, Hitomi Honda, Kim Chae-won, Kim Min-ju, Lee Chae-yeon.
Kwon Eun-bi served as leader.
Korean and Japanese members combined in one group.

Korean debut October 29, 2018 with EP Color*Iz; lead single "La Vie en Rose".
Color*Iz peaked at number two on Gaon Album Chart and sold over 225,000 copies.
Japanese debut single "Suki to Iwasetai" released February 6, 2019 under EMI Records; peaked at number two on Oricon and certified platinum by RIAJ.
Released two studio albums (Bloom*Iz, Twelve) and seven EPs (four Korean, three Japanese).
Held first headlining tour "Eyes on Me" in 2019 at Jamsil Indoor Stadium, Seoul.
Officially disbanded April 29, 2021.

Billboard described the title track 'Fiesta' as a festive synth pop song with a sliding synth throb that explodes into a brass-led dance breakdown
Billboard reported that the mixed emotions in the other tracks show the group coming together in moments of collective delicate vulnerability

The album is available in three different versions: 'I Was', 'I Am', and 'I Will'.
The concept trailer 'When Iz Your Blooming Moment?' was uploaded on October 29, 2019, the group's debut anniversary.
Kwon Eun-bi wrote 'SPACESHIP', and Cho Yu-ri wrote 'SOMEDAY', both as lyricists and composers.