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🔥IVE dressed up as superheroes around Seoul, and one of them just took a nap at a mountain gym

6JaeheeAm2026.10.07 12:06👁 8357💬 67♥ 95

IVE's account posted a video on Oct 5 with zero explanation: someone in a Batman-ish mask, long gloves, boots and a purple cape riding a bike along the Han River. Then the mystery person stuck an IVE poster on a wall, so the secret lasted about four seconds.

Same day, people kept spotting the other members around the city in hero outfits. One standing on a rooftop reading a newspaper, one cleaning a subway platform floor, one on a city bus tour.

The best one is the hero people think is Wonyoung, at a 산스장 (sanseujang, the free outdoor gyms on Seoul's mountain trails). She sprays mosquito repellent on herself, tries the machines, then lies down on a bench for a nap. Hero of rest. Korean comments: "I was expecting magical girls, but only their outfits were dramatic," "they're everyday-life heroes," and "I'm an IVE fan starting today."

It's all for the Looks Can Kill "girl hero" spin-off. Title track Oct 19, full mini album Oct 26. As a MOA I'm a little jealous. If you could put your bias in a cape and drop them anywhere in Seoul, where?

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6JaeheeOP2026.10.07

the article only guessed Wonyoung for the gym one. anyone know the rest?

4Kyungmin2026.10.07

Are all the clips on the IVE account or just the bike one?

6kkt.882026.10.07

Context: a 산스장 at 7am is full of retired uncles doing very serious sit-ups. A caped idol walking in there is a cultural event

4emoji.only2026.10.07

🦸‍♀️😴

5curiosa_br2026.10.07

who was the one cleaning the subway floor?

7Haneul2026.10.07

everyday-life heroes is the cutest concept 🥹 cleaning a subway floor in a cape??

6ice_cold_takes2026.10.07

Spraying mosquito repellent before saving the world is the most responsible hero behavior I've ever seen

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6JaeheeOP2026.10.07

safety first. even heroes get bitten on 산스장 benches

6Ioana2026.10.07

Fun promo, but I hope the song is as strong as the bit. A cape can't carry a chorus

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Both can be true, the promo can be silly and the song can still slap. Oct 19 will tell us

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5kiwi_savage2026.10.07

The cape is doing the chorus's job for now. Wake me when there's a hook

6kkt.882026.10.07

Context: a 산스장 at 7am is full of retired uncles doing very serious sit-ups. A caped idol walking in there is a cultural event

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5Layla2026.10.07

The uncles probably lent her a better bug spray

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5Bea2026.10.08

I'd pay to watch the uncles judge her sit-up form

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6b1ue_hour2026.10.08

Confirm, a 산스장 at 7am is serious business. Everyone has a routine and nobody stops for a cape

4Rafa2026.10.07

Looks Can Kill era starting strong

4emoji.only2026.10.07

🦸‍♀️😴

A hero who naps on a bench in public. Finally, representation

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5sleepy_jpg2026.10.07

my patron saint

5curiosa_br2026.10.07

who was the one cleaning the subway floor?

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6JaeheeOP2026.10.07

the article only guessed Wonyoung for the gym one. anyone know the rest?

6velvetrabbit2026.10.07

This feels like the old days when groups did random stunts instead of just teasers. Missed this

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5Elena.v2026.10.08

Old promo stunts felt better because nobody planned the viral part. This is a bit too neat, but I'll still watch

7Haeun2026.10.07

Title Oct 19, mini Oct 26. Two weeks of news instead of one, smart

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4Sølvi2026.10.07

title Oct 19, mini Oct 26, so what drops on the 19th, a single?

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4softpeach442026.10.08

Is the bike clip the first of a series on the official account? Wondering if more heroes show up before the 19th

5dadjoke_dk2026.10.07

Why do heroes nap at the gym? Even Superman needs a power nap

4Kyungmin2026.10.07

Are all the clips on the IVE account or just the bike one?

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6Mateo2026.10.08

From what I saw only the bike one is on the official account so far. The others look like fan sightings

5Bea2026.10.07

A cape and a bike on the Han River and the secret lasted four seconds. That's my level of secret keeping too

6Yuki2026.10.07

My mom would spot me in a mask and cape in four seconds. Idols have it easy

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5Bea2026.10.08

My mom IDs me from behind in a mall from 50 meters. Cape or no cape, no chance

5dongdong_2026.10.07

Power of the day: super-sleep. Weakness: mountain gym benches

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5Aino2026.10.07

Power of the day: super-sleep. That's my whole personality, where do I sign up

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4Ola2026.10.08

Weakness: alarm clocks.

5Tariq2026.10.07

The napping hero is a striker sleeping through the first half and scoring in the 90th. Rest is part of the plan

5Aurelien2026.10.07

Capes are cheap. The mosquito spray and the nap are what turn it into a bit instead of a costume

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3Marta2026.10.08

The nap is the only part that feels like a person instead of a concept. That's why it's the one everyone's sharing

2Luca2026.10.07

🦸‍♀️😴🚲

4softpeach442026.10.07

Did the other hero clips get posted anywhere official, or are they all fan sightings? Trying to find them

6b1ue_hour2026.10.07

I bet the joggers on that Han River path didn't even turn their heads. Very Seoul of them

4메아리2026.10.07

the secret was over after the poster lol

5Jules2026.10.07

Purple cape with a Batman-ish mask is a bold mix. The gloves and boots are doing the heavy lifting

4Arif2026.10.08

Hero of rest. Best job title I've heard this week

5Andrei2026.10.08

*screams* the rooftop newspaper one. Nobody reads a newspaper on a rooftop unless they're a hero or going through something

5Elena.v2026.10.08

Cute, but I'm still waiting for the story behind the cape. Is it an actual concept or just a bit?

6Ingrid2026.10.08

Keeper sweeping the subway floor is the real MVP here. Nobody ever writes songs about the keeper

6ice_cold_takes2026.10.08

Hero cosplay for a comeback is cute until the title track turns out to be called something like Villain

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5Oksana2026.10.08

The nap was the villain origin story. Nobody wakes up on a mountain gym bench a calm person.

5moonchild_2026.10.08

I'm crying, the secret identity lasted four seconds and the nap lasted all morning. That ratio is my whole life

4Niamh2026.10.08

The subway floor one got me weirdly emotional. All of these heroes are the laundry-folding kind and I love that

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5Elena.v2026.10.08

ok that got me. a cape on a subway platform, not fighting anything, just cleaning. I teared up a bit

5Yasmin2026.10.08

Secret identity lasting four seconds is a rookie leaking the starting lineup on Instagram

5retro_ballad2026.10.08

Napping on a public bench is my retirement plan. IVE got there first and with a better wardrobe

5kiwi_savage2026.10.08

Batman has a cave. The nap hero has a bench

5Layla2026.10.08

Imagine being the one who had to sew the cape. 'Please make it nap-compatible.'

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5aaaahelsinki2026.10.08

*screams* the poor intern whose brief was 'breathable, waterproof, and also nap-ready'

Everyone loves the nap. A person lying on a 산스장 bench is just called Saturday morning here, I see it every week. The cape is the only unusual part.

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7Dahye2026.10.08

Okay but a cape on a 산스장 bench is still new to me. Next time I'm in Seoul I'm going to a mountain gym at 7am just to count the capes.

6sarkasmus2026.10.08

Cleaning a subway platform in a cape is the most realistic superhero job there is. The pay is also realistic.

6Omar2026.10.08

Cleaning a subway floor in a cape and nobody called security. Seoul has seen worse on a Friday

5Yasmin2026.10.08

Two weeks of teasing before the song even drops is announcing the signing and leaving him on the bench. Fine, I'll judge the match

4Ines2026.10.08

The nap one is my favorite. Nobody asked for it and it's perfect.

*screams* the secret lasted four seconds and the poster went up anyway. Respect for committing to a bad plan.

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