Iconic Australian children’s group The Wiggles has teased an unlikely collaboration with K-Pop group IVE.
The Hot Potato hitmakers took to Instagram to share a picture and a short clip with the girl group during IVE’s recent Australian tour.
The photo shows three of The Wiggles members, Teshay Hawkins, John Pearce, and Lucia Field, posing with the band.
The members of IVE – Yujin, Gaeul, Wonyoung, Liz, and Leeseo, stood behind the trio, proudly holding their own official Wiggles skivvies gifted to them by the group.
The short clip showed the Korean pop stars happily accepting the colourful skivvies with a hearty ‘thank you so much.’
Captioning the clip, The Wiggles teased a future collaboration with the After Like hitmakers.
‘Our next single is gonna blow minds,’ they wrote.
The comment was met with a huge reaction from fans, with one person asking: ‘IVE X Wiggles collab when?’
Iconic Australian children’s group The Wiggles has teased an unlikely collaboration with all-girl K-Pop group IVE
Others were quick to point out the unlikely pairing with: ‘ This is the wildest crossover I’ve ever seen.’
Another fan chimed in: ‘This the most random crossover I could’ve ever imagined.’
IVE made their debut in 2021, with their single Eleven, followed up by 2022’s Love Dive, which gave the group their first number one on South Korea’s Circle Digital Chart.
Their 2023 debut album I’ve Ive sold more than 1.6 million copies.
The Wiggles have collaborated with a number of artists over their long career including Kylie Minogue, The Australian Ballet, NSYNC’s Joey Fatone, and Leo Sayer.
A short clip showed the Korean pop stars happily accepting colourful Wiggles skivvies with a hearty: ‘Thank you so much’
The Wiggles teased a future collaboration with the After Like hitmakers by captioning the clip: ‘Our next single is gonna blow minds’
Tsehay Hawkins, The Wiggles’ youngest cast member, recently revealed she was proud to challenge gender stereotypes with her costume choice.
The current Yellow Wiggle, 18, is the first female cast member to wear pants instead of a skirt on stage.
Speaking to Yahoo Lifestyle, she said the opportunity to challenge stereotypes with her costume choice was ‘cool’.
‘I think wearing pants, it means girls and boys can relate to it as well. Boys can wear skirts too if they want – we definitely have boys coming to the shows in skirts which is beautiful as well,’ she told the publication.
‘But I think it’s kind of cool to see little ones wearing flared pants. It breaks the stereotype of little girls always having to wear dresses or skirts.’
Tsehay added that breaking stereotypes was not front of mind when choosing what to wear – admitting that she was more of a ‘pants girly’.
‘I don’t think that really came into play when I decided to wear it, but once I did, I realised the impact made,’ she said.
IVE made their debut in 2021, with the single Eleven, followed up by 2022’s Love Dive which gave the group their first number one on South Korea’s Circle Digital Chart
