It'z Different

It'z Different (stylized as IT'z DIFFERENT) is the debut single album by South Korean girl group Itzy. It was released on February 12, 2019, by JYP Entertainment with the lead single "Dalla Dalla".

It'z Different
Digital cover
Single album by Itzy
Released	February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12)
Recorded	2018–19
Genre	K-pop
Length	6:39
Language	Korean English
Label	JYP Dreamus
Itzy chronology
It'z Different (2019) It'z Icy (2019)
Singles from It'z Different
"Dalla Dalla" Released: February 12, 2019

Background and release

On January 24, 2019, JYP Entertainment shared the first teasers for the debut of the group, continuing the following day.^[1][2] From January 26 to February 1, the individual teasers for each member were released.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} The same day, the first teaser for the music video of the lead single "Dalla Dalla" was uploaded on JYP Entertainment's YouTube channel.^[8] On February 5, other teaser pictures of the members were released. The following day, the track list of the album was revealed with two songs: "Dalla Dalla" and "Want It?".^[9] On February 7, a voice teaser for "Dalla Dalla" was out.^[10] On February 8, the second teaser for the music video was uploaded.^[11] Itzy finally debuted on February 12, 2019, by released It'z Different at the same time as the music video for "Dalla Dalla".^[12]

Promotion

Itzy started promoting It'z Different in the live broadcast "The 1st Single Live Premiere" on Naver V Live in which they performed "Dalla Dalla" for the first time.^[13][14]

The group promoted the single album in the South Korean music programs M Countdown, Show Champion, Show! Music Core, Music Bank, Inkigayo, and Show! Music Core in which they received nine music show wins for their debut song.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
IZM	^[15]
Billboard	favorable^[16]

It'z Different received generally favorable reviews from critics. IZM's Jeong Yeon-kyung stated that: ""Dalla Dalla" borrows a dance beat in a ratchet style, exuding a YG atmosphere, and the personality of Red Velvet and F(x), represented by electronic sounds, comes out. The only choice for JYP style is the old-fashioned 'I'm different' narrative and the 'Gapbunpong (suddenly mood)' chorus, like Miss A's' "I Don't Need a Man", which eventually leads to the same woman with an arrow of blame."^[17]

Billboard's Tamar Herman said that: "The electropop song is an empowering anthem, introducing ITZY as a group that’s an alternative to its peers: the title “Dalla Dalla” is the word for “different” in Korean, repeated. "I'm different from the kids, I'm different,” members sing in the chorus ahead of the chanting titular refrain. “Don't measure me by your standards alone, I love being myself, I'm nobody else.""^[18]

Track listing

It'z Different track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Dalla Dalla" (달라달라; lit. Different Different)	Galactika	Galactika Atenna	Galactika	3:19
2.	"Want It?"	Lee Seu-ran Tommy Park	Emile Ghantous Keith Hetrick Allison Gillis Aimee Proal Whitney Phillips Erin Beck	Emile Ghantous Keith Hetrick	3:20
Total length:					6:39

Charts

"Dalla Dalla"

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[19]^[20]	31
Malaysia (RIM)^[21]	8
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)^[22]^[23]	20
Singapore (RIAS)^[24]	3
South Korea (Gaon)^[25]^[26]	2
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)^[27]	2
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[28]^[29]	2

Release history

Release format for It'z Different

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
South Korea	February 12, 2019	Digital download streaming	JYP Entertainment Dreamus	^[30]
Various	February 14, 2019

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