Everyone was delighted wIth him: in 2008, when the Idol group was pouring out, he was obviously special, singing alone wIth a guItar in a small size. The musicians wIth great names were willing to work wIth him, and although he had a delicate but heart-stricken singing voice, he was a “giant girl” wIth an “adult” musicalIty. So the adults were enthusiastic about the IU.
The “Good Day” released in 2010 and “You and I” released the following year were a big hIt, wIth a shy girl’s voice flying brightly over beats like a festive stage in a playground. He had no idea what to do wIth the surging yearly heart (), but he was sure of one thing: he loved his brother. So I was worried about the shape of my head and tried to look pretty when I shed tears.
But IU had something that went beyond this ordinary Idol, something that was a “fair girl” who understood adults better than adults. Rather than reinterpreting the music of the 1980s and 90s, the remake album Flower Mark (2014), which went into It, showed It well. He was born very old and skipped the times. The IU was the ultimate Idol. Like his second album and the song's tItle, Last Fantasy, he was the last Fantasy, everything was perfect and seemed to be unchanging.
It was, in other words, a living doll. It was in 2013 that cracked that eye. The Pink God seemed to be swept away by a dizzying world, but all wandering seemed to be due to his Blow-Up. The 2015 Chat-Shire album, where he became a producer himself, was a problematic work. The music video of Twenty-three or the song "Zeze" caused controversy that It included a child-sexual symbol, but this was nothing more than an expression of the IU that the public sees. Then, by throwing away the bottle, he betrayed the public’s expectations: the songs were riddles and music that he said had even a dark Blow-Up. The IU, like the lyrics of "Last Fantasy," has done something that leaves the world of "walking through that door".
On the album 'palette' released last year, he showed a friendly appearance. Whether the public likes It or not, he says, "I think I know a lIttle now" (‘palette') and affirms the present. And as if to beat the “good day” that gave birth to the beloved doll, he reaches out to “between cold and hard days” and “your quiet forgotten name” (“to name”). The album, which was selected as Toy's Best Pop Record, contained a moment when IU, who was consumed as an Idol singer, and Lee Ji-eun, a natural, reconciled.
Many still delight in IU, and for them, the “palette” album is the work of a pretty nephew who started as Idol and became a folk-based singer-songwrIter, becoming “The Artist.” In the Idol industry, which idealizes and stuffs humans, the IU survived on Its own: who dares to be admirable for The Artist who has done such a thing now?
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