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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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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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Solo singer IU is without a doubt one of the most populair singers in Korea, and fans have noticed that she can make almost anything become popular.

With her newest release “Twenty-Three” achieving an real-time all-kill in lightning speed, it appears that the LOEN Entertainment singer is as populair as ever. After watching in awe as IU’s latest album CHAT-SHIRE took hold of the charts, netizens noticed that IU can make almost anything popular.

One particular netizen created a lijst on Instiz compiled a lijst of certain trends and styles that became populair as a result of association with IU,...
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Singer IU revealed that she was inspired for one song door a picture drawn door Sulli!

During her commemorative talk event 'CHAT-SHOW' on October 23 for her new mini-album, IU stated regarding one of her new songs, "Red Queen," "There's a drawing that became the motif. As soon as I saw that picture, I thought of a red queen. It's a drawing that is even in the album.

"To tell the truth, that drawing is one that my friend Sulli drew for me, and Sulli draws well. That's why I visited Sulli's house, saw that picture, thought it fit the lyrics I was thinking of, and borrowed that picture to write [the song]."

That's pretty cool!

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Well lo and behold, guess who the guest was on KBS 2TV's 'Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook' on October 16! None other than Chang Kiha.

While introducing group Kiha & the Faces, Yoo Hee Yeol shot a meaningful smile at their first song, "Let's Meet Right Now." He stated, "I heard that we should meet on Friday," mentioning the lyrics from IU's song as he and IU were revealed to be in a relationship recently.

Yoo Hee Yeol stated, "I'm saying this again, but since 'Sketchbook' airs on Fridays, let's meet on Friday." He then added, "I heard that Kiha & the Faces were coming out so I looked vooruit, voorwaarts to it a lot." Oh, Yoo Hee Yeol.

Watch the performances below!

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With so many musical acts in South Korea, there's new muziek every day. It's rare that some of the top, boven K-pop idol vocalists go neck to neck with each, but that's happening right now.

This October, four of K-pop's most respected young vocal talents will go up against one another. Soloist IU, JYJ's XIA Junsu, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon, and Super Junior's Kyuhyun each have begun promotions for October solo releases.

Each of the four are highly respected in South Korea for their expressive vocal talent, and particularly known for their ballads and heartfelt songs.

Kim Taeyeon became the first...
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With the confirmation of IU‘s relationship with singer-songwriter Chang Ki Ha from both their agencies, netizens took a moment to discuss the artists’ cool acknowledgement to fans.

On the online community board Pann on October 8th with the titel “IU’s cool acknowledgement about the dating rumor ㄷㄷㄷ,” the netizen included a screenshot of IU’s fan cafe where she had left a message to fans regarding the dating rumor, acknowledging her relationship and further revealed they have been together for the past two years.

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A Korean model has come under scrutiny after she made several tweets regarding IU‘s (22) recently revealed relationship with singer-songwriter Chang Ki Ha (33) when she seemingly criticized the female singer for her choice in men.

Soon after Dispatch broke the news of the two musician’s relationship, model Jung Doo Ri geplaatst on her Twitter on October 8th, “IU, stop acting like this. Are u crazy.”

아이유 너는 그러지 말아야지. 미쳤냐
— DURIMIMI (@durimimi) October 8, 2015

“Come to your senses and datum kids like EXO. I’m asking you…” she continued. This particular...
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There is always talk of populair idols having been under other agencies of even certain agencies having rejected them during auditions.

In a recent discussion on online community board Instiz, a netizen published a thread titled “An unfortunate entertainment company,” listing several well-known idols such as G.NA, Wonder Girls‘ Yubin, After School‘s Uee, SECRET‘s Hyosung, SPICA‘s Jiwon, IU, Juniel, AOA‘s Choa, and 4MINUTE‘s Gayoon.

Find out what Netizens had to say about this artikel below!
So what do these idols have in common? Good Entertainment.

The netizen writes, “Good Entertainment……...
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Whoops, slip of the finger...? Just when the news of IU and Chang Kiha's relationship came out, singer Yoo Jae Hwan found himself in some hot water through a mistake he apologized for afterwards on October 8.

It appears that he clicked "like" on an artikel link on Facebook that linked back to Chang Kiha's appearance on 19+ talk show, JTBC's 'Witch Hunt,' in which he talked about how he "loses during the dag and loses during the night."

The phrase means that rather than being dominant, he is submissive throughout the whole dag to his girlfriend. There was also a sexual post that had been posted...
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After her agency confirmed that the singer and Jang Ki Ha are dating, IU herself reached out to her fans.

IU wrote on her fancafe website (Uaena):

“It’s been almost two years since we’ve dated. I fell for him immediately after meeting him for the first time through a radio show. He is a boyfriend whom I have a lot to learn from and I am thankful for that. We are dating like any other couple, having good times, fighting, getting disappointed, and feeling thankful.”

“I was thinking about what would be a good way to tell everyone about this but my turn was taken from me. Haha, it’s sudden,...
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After news about IU and Jang Ki Ha dating broke out, IU geplaatst on her fan cafe and reached out to her fans.
Soon after, Jang Ki Ha also geplaatst on his fan cafe to personally relay it to his fans.
On October 8, he wrote:

“Hello. It’s Jang Ki Ha. I am writing this because I want to personally tell u about the news artikels that came up about IU and I. Yes, we are in a good relationship! I met IU for the first time when she came as a guest on my radio toon back in October of 2013. After conversing with her, I thought, ‘Wow, she is a very charming girl.’”

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Another ster couple is born! IU and Jang Kiha, who share an 11-year age difference, are currently dating.

IU confirmed she is dating Jang Kiha herself through a post on her official fan cafe on October 8.

IU wrote, "Sorry for not letting u know sooner. We′ve been dating for close to two years now. We met for the first time during a radio show, and I fell in love with him at first sight."


She continued, "He is a boyfriend I have a lot to learn from and am really thankful for. We′re in a normal relationship, where we′re fine, we fight, we feel sorry and we feel thankful."

IU wrote, "I was...
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Netizens discover 4 idols that can ROCK any hairstyles

Jiyeon – T-ARA

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Taeyeon - SNSD

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Bomi – APink

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Sandara Park – 2NE1

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[+ 122, – 66] They all have the perfect head shape…

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[+ 118, – 51] They’ve probably tried everything but shaving their heads

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[+ 115, – 27] Yup

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Singer and actress IU is the cover girl for fashion magazine CeCi‘s 21st anniversary commemorative issue.

The foto shoot brings out both IU’s cute and womanly side as she models transitional pieces just in time for summer’s final farewell and the inauguration of fall.

One of the cuts, taken along the streets of Hong Kong, is especially striking as she strikes a pose in bunny ears against a backdrop of reddish and neon lights.

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She was reportedly heavily involved with the creative process on set, monitoring each cut and discussing her ideas with the editor and photographer.

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Singer IU made a surprise appearance at a band Hyukoh toon on August 1.

During a low-key Hyukoh toon held in a cafe located in Hongdae, IU surprised everyone door coming up to the stage without any notice.

During her appearance, she played the acoustic gitaar and sang Lee Moon Sae‘s “Old Love.” She also performed a duet with Hyukoh’s frontman Oh Hyuk, singing the band’s hit song “Gondry.”

IU has previously voiced that she was a huge fan of the band, posting a picture of herself holding the band’s album to her Instagram account. They got acquainted recently as they both participated in “Infinity Challenge‘s” 2015 muziek Festival.

Watch a short fan-taken video of IU and Oh Hyuk’s “Gondry” performance below!

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Indie band Hyukoh recently teamed up with High Cut and did their first-ever fashion foto shoot since the start of their career.

For this foto shoot, the four members showed off their individual unique charms while sporting oversized outfits and eye-catching body paintings.

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Hyukoh recently merged with Tablo’s new label, High Ground, about which Oh Hyuk said, “I like this change. First of all, Tablo treats us well.

He listens well, and he gives us a lot of advice. I like the fact that he gives advice as a musician.”

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IU revealed that even she has had her moments with her manager.

On the episode of China’s Sohu TV and iQiyi’s “Star From Korea,” aired on August 7, IU says she was a little bit of both when asked, “Are u as harsh to your manager as Cindy is in “Producer?”’

“We’re human too, so it’s inevitable that we see each other’s good sides and also get on each other’s nerves after spending 10 to 20 hours together,” she says. “I also have a quick temper. I used to argue a lot with my ex-manager. I even threw the car key saying I was never seeing him again.”

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Korean hip-hop artist Verbal Jint has been drawing much attention for his confession about IU after his appearance on a recent Running Man episode.

The Running Man team was pitted against Yoo Jae Suk and his hip-hop team consisting of Jessi, San E, vlaamse gaai, jay Park, Eun Ji Won, and Verbal Jint.

Verbal Jint was labeled as humorous, but also the weakest link as he was beaten door Kim Jong Kook in a relay race and had troubles holding a cup around his mouth and chin in the same game earlier on Verbal Jint’s entertaining performance and character had Running Man fans curious about who he is.

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Chinese and Thai production teams will be working with producers of the variety toon “Dream Team” to create a spin-off of their own.

According to an affiliate of KBS, the Korean-Chinese remake of “Dream Team” will have 10 episodes in total, four of which will be aired in both China and Korea. The Korean-Thai collaboration will have 13 episodes, and three of them will be aired in Korea.

The Chinese production team is planning to film in Korea and will start on July 22 and 23. They were originally planning to come in June, but the MERS situation made it hard for the crew to gather top, boven Chinese...
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