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I Feel (2023)

Where the lyrics of I Feel take you, and where it was really made.

Each member plays a character in one connected story across the tracks, and the concept borrows the look of a 2004 teen comedy.

Key places

Recording location: Cube Studio, Seoul (2023)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The source lists Cube Studio in Seoul as a recording location for the album. The map pin uses city-center coordinates, not the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• I Feel: sixth Korean EP and eighth release overall by (G)I-dle
• Released digitally on 15 May 2023 by Cube Entertainment; physical release the following day
• Three physical versions: Cat, Butterfly, Queen
• Six tracks, including the pre-released video track 'Allergy' and the lead single 'Queencard'
• Message on self-esteem and confidence, told in a lighter, more comical tone than earlier releases
• Mixes pop rock, electro pop, pop ballad and dream pop, with newtro, rock and minimalistic production
• High Teen and Y2K-inspired visuals
• Part of the 'I' series, following I Love and I Never Die (2022)

Background

• 18 April 2023: comeback announced with a video teaser
• Soyeon cited the 2018 movie I Feel Pretty as inspiration while writing the lead single 'Queencard'
• Character introduction video inspired by the 2004 movie Mean Girls, released from 26 April
• Tracks were built around one story in which each member plays her own character

Recording

• Soyeon produced all six tracks
• Minnie and Yuqi took part as co-composer and lyricist on songs including 'Lucid', 'Paradise', 'All Night' and 'Peter Pan'
• Outside songwriter-producers included Pop Time, BreadBeat and Siixk Jun, long-time collaborators of the group

Cover

• Queen version: members in pink outfits and shining tiaras, with haughty, elegant expressions
• Butterfly version: each member wears butterfly wings over a white dress in a dreamy mood
• Cat version: members lie on a bed with a chic, mysterious look

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018 as (G)I-dle, a six-member girl group; renamed I-dle in May 2025.
• Debuted on May 2, 2018 with EP I Am and lead single "Latata".
• Soojin departed on August 14, 2021, leaving five members.

Members

• Current members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon (leader, rapper), Yuqi, Shuhua.
• Former member: Soojin (2018–2021).

Career

• Praised for musicality and for self-producing their material, breaking idol stereotypes.
• "Tomboy" (2022) from debut studio album I Never Die became a viral hit and topped the Circle Digital Chart.
• "Nxde" also topped the chart; the group was the only artist with two perfect all-kills in 2022.
• "Queencard" from EP I Feel (2023) marked a third consecutive number-one single in South Korea.
• Second studio album 2 and EP I Sway were released in 2024; contracts were renewed the same year.
• Describes an artist with self-written material and a fanbase called "Neverland".

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• NME's Rhian Daly highlighted the mix of campy fun and deeper themes, though some tracks such as 'Queencard' were said to fall flat
• AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung praised the genre-blurring pop songs that bring dance beats, rock riffs and R&B slickness
• Ilgan Sports journalist Kwon Hye-mi praised the shift in visual style toward a freer, more natural look
• Mimyo, a South Korean music critic, criticized the lead single 'Queencard' in a Yes24 review while complimenting the rest of the tracks
• Billboard named the album one of the top K-pop albums of 2023

Records

• Debuted at number one on the Circle Chart with over one million copies in its first week
• Reached the top forty in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Scotland, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom
• United States: number one on World Albums Chart, number seven on Top Album Sales, number 41 on the Billboard 200 with 18,000 equivalent album units (16,000 album sales)
• Pre-release 'Allergy' peaked at number seven on Billboard Taiwan and number 18 on the Circle Digital Chart
• 'Queencard' gave the group its third number one on the Circle Chart
• IFPI Global Music Report 2023: fourteenth best-selling album worldwide, with 2 million units sold

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Soyeon described the story as the daily life and worries of people in their 20s, a comedy-style narrative
• Before the album, each member released a spoiler video with snippets of different tracks, from 27 April to 4 May
• In South Korea the EP surpassed one million copies in pre-orders on May 14
• The Spanish-language page describes the first concept image as a poster for a supposed Netflix original series
• Cube Entertainment was expected to exceed its total consolidated sales for the first half of 2023 because of the pre-order figures

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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