IU Article: 201917 IU’s “Autumn Morning” Takes Perfect All-Kill On Charts

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201917 IU’s “Autumn Morning” Takes Perfect All-Kill On Charts

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IU is reigning over the charts with her pre-release song!

The singer-songwriter’s new track “Autumn Morning” was released ahead of her new remake album “Flower Bookmark 2,” which is due out on September 22. The song was shared as a gift for fans on IU’s ninth debut anniversary.

After “Autumn Morning” first achieved a certified all-kill on September 19, the song has now gone on to reach a perfect all-kill on the charts.

This means that in addition to holding No. 1 on the realtime and daily charts of all six major Korean muziek sites as well as iChart’s realtime chart (the requirements for a certified all-kill), “Autumn Morning” is also No. 1 on iChart’s weekly chart.

The song first achieved a perfect all-kill on September 20 at 10:30 p.m. KST, and maintains it as of 1:30 a.m. KST.

Meanwhile, IU has been sharing previews of her new remake album and most recently released a final teaser on September 21.

Congratulations to IU!

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151216 Experts name IU's 'Zeze' controversy as the hottest issue of 2015

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Besides its survey of determining the best K-Pop rookie groups of 2015, ster News conducted yet another survey to select '2015's Hottest Issue In Music.' The survey was based on the opinions of the same 28 experts of who had selected the best rookie groups.

There were innumerable controversies and issues which had bubbled in K-Pop this year, but many experts agreed that the most hotly debated issue was IU's 'Zeze' controversy, which had earned a total of ten votes.

The experts said, "IU's 'Zeze' didn't only became an issue in muziek but also in the pop culture sphere overall, creating a societal...

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151208 Solbi Refutes Accusations That She Targeted IU with Her commentaren

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Solbi refutes the accusations that her commentaren made in November via SNS were aimed at singer IU.

The singer recently posed for the fashion magazine bnt and spoke about what she’s been up to. Solbi released an album as part of VIVIS in September.

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The interviewer asked if she was thinking of anyone in particular with her SNS comment, “There is freedom in creativity. But with that comes responsibility.” To that, Solbi replied, “It wasn’t aimed at anyone in particular. I was merely expressing my thoughts on the issue.”

In November, singer IU was in the hot zitplaats, stoel for her controversial...

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151205 Americans react to IU’s “Zezé” and responds to the controversy over the lyrics

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With the controversy over IU‘s lyrics of her track “Zezé” and her supposed interpretation over the character, YouTuber Heechulism underwent a reaction video project, tonen her live performance to Americans.

Published on November 28th, he begins the video door explaining, “In Korea, the song ‘Zezé’ has been controversial and brings about the issue of an artist’s ‘Freedom of Expression.’ I showed some Americans this muziek video.”

Their first reaction was that the video (a special live clip released door 1theK and includes English captions) was very “colorful.”

While one comments...

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151129 IU 'CHAT-SHIRE' concert at Busan

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151127 Netizens continue to criticize IU after reading her revised lyrics

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After reading solo singer IU‘s revised lyrics for her song “Red Queen,” netizens continued to criticize the singer.

Because the song was originally a duet between herself and singer Zion.T, the LOEN Entertainment singer changed the lyrics in order to fit a solo song for her concert performance.

However, IU changed the lyrics in a way that directly responded to her anti-fans, causing the very same people to respond with backlash.

The singer originally came under brand for accusations of sexualizing a young boy through the lyrics of her song “Zeze.” Despite responding to claims and explaining...

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151129 IU 'CHAT-SHIRE' concert at Busan

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151129 IU Arriving [CHAT-SHIRE] concert at Busan

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151121 IU under brand again for her questionable commentaar about “Zeze” at concert

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On Korea’s most populair K-Pop communities Instiz and Pann, IU is currently under brand for her questionable commentaar regarding her controversial song “Zezé.”

On both Instiz and Pann posts, netizens geplaatst a screenshot of fans recounting her commentaar about “Zezé.”

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“I’m at the IU concert right now (I already made plans with my friend to come and we couldn’t cancel) and she sang ‘Zezé.’ Before she sang it she said, ‘I’m going to sing a song that I still love regardless,’ and the muziek came on…I’m getting shivers..”

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“ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ IU said, ‘I’m going...

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151119 LOEN boom warns that they will toon no mercy to IU’s malicious commenters

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IU‘s agency has released a statement revealing that they have taken action towards malicious commenters as well as those who are spreading composite foto's of the singer.

LOEN boom officials zei on November 19th, “On the 17th, we have filed a complaint against the publishers of the malicious commentaren and the distributors of the false composite foto's (of IU) to the Seoul Gangnam Police Station.”

In 2013, the culprit who spread a malicious rumor about IU was caught but upon an agreement, was gegeven 200 hours of community service and the complaint was dropped. However, LOEN boom warns that...

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151112 Netizens continue to criticize IU’s alleged lolita concept

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Using an example from the film adaptation of Lolita, netizens claimed to have further evidence of solo singer IU using concepts from the novel for her recent comeback.

Netizens have continued to attack the singer with alleged evidence. Quoting a scene from the film adaptation of Lolita, one netizen claimed that IU used the same phrasing when discussing the character Zeze from the book My Sweet oranje Tree. The quote, “What makes me anxious is this premature girl’s duplicity. She has softness of a child like a typical lolita, but it’s mixed with evil and vulgar vibes,” was compared to...

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151112 Who Wore It Best: IU, Song Ji Hyo, Yoon Eun Hye, Choi Ji Woo, of Kim Nam Joo?

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It’s the Battle of the burberry Coats!

Two coats, five people. Who wore it best?

Let’s start with the burberry Brit down-filled jas ($1,395 USD), which comes with a detachable kap with removable fox-fur trim.

IU wore the jas in black last week in Tokyo. The singer posed for a Marie Claire photoshoot and accessorized (naturally) with a burberry scarf and bag. Black ankle peeptoe boots finished her casual look.

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Yoon Eun Hye wore the same jas in ocher last December at Incheon International Airport. Although the weather must have been quite cold, the actress wore the puffer coat...

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151110 Netizens relay embarrassment after IU makes overseas headlines with her 'Zeze' controversy

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IU is once again proving to be a global power and name as her recent controversy with "Zeze" has even grabbed the attention of British news outlet, 'The Guardian.'

While the artikel glossed over making any commentary on the actual controversial nature of the issue, it does reveal that the book her song was based on, 'My Sweet oranje Tree,' has seen a great revival as people scramble around to get their hands on a copy and read it for themselves.

In response to this international feedback regarding a rather negative story, netizens relayed their displeasure, leaving commentaren like, "This is embarrassing,"...

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151110 'My Sweet oranje Tree' publisher apologizes for vorige criticism against IU's 'Zeze'

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After raising further interest as well as backlash from speaking up about IU's current controversy over her track "Zeze," the publication company behind 'My Sweet oranje Tree,' Dongnyok, issued an apology.

On November 10, the company took to its Twitter once again to relate, "We apologize for having been unable to respect different interpretations. We are posting this in relation to defamiliarizing ourselves to another interpretation because we published the book only under the intention of the original writer and empathized with that intention.

"We only hope that the writing we geplaatst beforehand...

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151106 ‪‎IU‬ at 'CHAT-SHIRE' Mini Album fan Meeting

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151103 JOO Cries Talking About Long Hiatus, Contract With JYP Entertainment, and IU

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Ballad singer JOO has released a new single, “Cry and Blow,” for the first time in almost five years. Talking about her long hiatus in an interview, she begins to cry.

JOO debuted in 2008 under JYP Entertainment with the song “Because of a Man.” Her strong points were her clear tone and vibration, but she received a lot of negative commentaren online following her debut and could not perform well due to stage fright.

The singer put out only two albums during her seven-year contract with JYP. The contract ended last January and she joined Woollim Entertainment in April. “Cry and Blow,”...

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150129 Lee Jong Suk Pak Shin Hye IU JYJ 2015 KPCAA (on stage)

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151105 Heo Ji Woong defends IU from 'My Sweet oranje Tree' publication company regarding 'Zeze'

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Heo Ji Woong has spoken seemingly in defense of IU regarding her interpretation of 'My Sweet oranje Tree' in her song "Zeze" - well, at the very least, he's spoken against those speaking against IU. She has been accused of sexualizing the five-year-old abused character, Zeze, in her suggestive lyrics.

Heo Ji Woong wrote on his Twitter on November 5, "It is wrong of a publication company to propose an extremely strict guideline in the interpretation of literature. Interpretation of all literature can be rediscovered moment to moment through one's own will and capability. Zeze would not agree with the publication company."

What are your thoughts? The debate is heating up...

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151104 Sony responds to alleged Britney Spear's voice sampling in IU's song

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IU has seen immense success with her new album 'CHAT-SHIRE' since its release a couple weeks back; however, one netizen decided to put a damper on that success.

One netizen declared that IU's song "23" sampled Britney Spear's voice in "Gimme More" without proper authorization.

The netizen, who goes door 'Hwanhee-eh,' previously shared the statement released door IU's agency, Loen Tree.

As a refresher, here's the full statement:

"Hello, this is IU's agency Loen Tree.

We deliver an official statement regarding the content that was uploaded online concerning the bonus track '23' on IU's mini-album...

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151103 Netizens suspicious of MelOn manipulating MV aantal keer bekeken for IU’s “Twenty Three”

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Female soloist IU recently made a comeback with her latest album, Cheshire, and has been topping the digital charts with her titel track “Twenty Three.” However, her success has also brought some suspicions from some netizens.

On October 31st, a netizen noted the suspicious activities on Korean muziek site MelOn, a company known to be own door LOEN Entertainment and in turn, manages IU among other singers under the sub-label LOEN Tree.

Via online portal site Pann, the netizen writes the title’s post as “Raised suspicions that MelOn is manipulating IU..(?).”

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151028 IU performs 'Zeze,' 'Knees', and meer live at her MelOn showcase

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IU performs 'Zeze,' 'Knees', and meer live at her MelOn showcase

Singer and songwriter IU held a live MelOn Showcase, 'CHAT-SHOW', where she invited a hundred 23-year-olds for intimate live performances.

In the recap video release, IU chats away with her fans as if they were vrienden and performs the tracks from her latest album live.

Check out IU above!

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