Revive+

On January 16, 2026, Starship Entertainment announced that Ive would be releasing a new album towards the end of February. Individual "Coming Soon" films were released on January 21 for members Jang Won-young and Leeseo, January 22 for Rei and Liz, and January 23 for Gaeul and An Yu-jin, followed by a director's cut on January 24, which revealed that a pre-release single would be released on February 9 ahead of the upcoming album. On January 25, with the release of "Spoilers Alert" photos, it was confirmed that Ive's second studio album titled Revive+ would be released on February 23. The pre-release single was also confirmed to be titled "Bang Bang" upon the release of a "Spoilers" concept film on January 26. "Spoilers" concept photos were released on January 27 and 28, with the promotion schedule revealed on the latter day. On January 30 and 31, "Challengers Alert" photos and the "Challengers" concept film were released respectively. "Challengers" concept photos were released from February 1 to 4. The music video teaser and teaser photos for "Bang Bang" were released from February 6 to 8. On February 9, "Bang Bang" was released alongside its music video.

On February 10, with the release of a new promotion schedule, the lead single was confirmed to be titled "Blackhole". The next series of promotional materials titled "The Narcissistic Gurls Campaign" began with the release of a film on February 12 , followed by materials for members Jang and Leeseo on February 13, An and Rei on February 14, and Gaeul and Liz on February 15. On February 16, the highlight medley video of the album's tracks was released, which includes solo songs by each individual member that were previously performed at the group's Show What I Am World Tour. The "Bangers" concept film was released on February 17, followed by "Bangers" concept photos from February 18 to 19. On February 20, a spoiler video and teaser photos for "Blackhole" were released. The music video teaser for "Blackhole" was released on the following day. The album was released alongside the music video for "Blackhole" on February 23.