I'll Like You


I'll Like You is the second extended play by South Korean girl group Illit. It was released by Belift Lab on October 21, 2024, and contains five tracks including the lead single "Cherish (My Love)".

Background and release

On September 23, 2024, Belift Lab announced that Illit would be releasing their second extended play titled I'll Like You on October 21. The promotional schedule was also released on the same day. A day later, the brand film was released. The concept photos and films were released from September 30 starting with the "With version", followed by the "To version" a day later, and the "Between version" on October 2. On October 7, the track listing was released with "Cherish " announced as the lead single, the track videos for all of the songs were also released on the same day. Six days later, the highlight medley teaser video was released. On October 17, a portion of the choreography for "Cherish " was released, followed by the music video teaser a day later. The extended play was released alongside the music video for "Cherish " on October 21.
A music video for "Tick-Tack" was released on November 14, 2024, the pop-electronic song was highlighted by NME's Mika Chen as a standout track for its "unapologetic chiptune-heavy fare" and departure from the easy listening trend, being more maximalistic, compared to the lead single's minimalistic approach. Later on November 22, 2024, an English version of Tick-Tack titled "Baby It's Both" with American singer Ava Max was released.

Personnel

Musicians

  • Illit – lead vocals
  • * Yunah – gang vocals, background vocals
  • * Minju – gang vocals, background vocals
  • * Moka – gang vocals
  • * Wonhee – gang vocals, background vocals
  • * Iroha – gang vocals
  • Divahh – keyboard, vocal arrangement, digital editing ; drums, bass
  • Albin Tengblad – keyboard, bass, drums
  • Deputy – keyboard, synthesizer
  • Akap – keyboard, synthesizer, guitar, bass, drum programming
  • Slow Rabbit – vocal arrangement, digital editing
  • Deez – keyboard, synthesizer, bass, drum programming
  • SoulFish – keyboard, synthesizer, bass, drum programming
  • Shin-kung – vocal arrangement, digital editing ; keyboard
  • Tak Hyeon-gwan – digital editing
  • Ryu Hyeon-woo – keyboard, guitar
  • Johnny Goldstein – keyboard, synthesizer, bass, drum programming, digital editing
  • "Hitman" Bang – keyboard
  • Lara Andersson – background vocals
  • Von Tiger – background vocals
  • Emily Yeonseo Kim – background vocals
  • Bekuh Boom – background vocals, additional arrangement
  • Sohia Pae – background vocals
  • Sam Martin – background vocals

Technical

  • Lee Yeon-soo – [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing], engineering
  • Jon Castelli – mixing
  • Josh Gudwin – mixing
  • Jeon Bu-yeon – mixing
  • Kevin Grainger – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Brad Lauchert – mix engineering
  • Felix Byrne – mixing assistance
  • Slow Rabbit – engineering
  • Tak Hyeon-gwan – engineering
  • Lee Dong-geun - engineering