MelOn is the biggest music content provider in Korea. Amongst the international community, it is mostly known for its use by fans to purchase digital music and streaming passes to support their favorite musicians on music shows. Kakao plans to use the acquisition to add music streaming to its already numerous services (including messaging, games, and even as a payment platform). Meanwhile, Loen plans to use the funds from the acquisition to further expand its music platform with social-media based services.
What do you think of the acquisition?
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According to recent reports, it appears she may be doing a second round of filing complaints. Herald Pop and SBS FunE wrote, "Early next week, IU's agency Loen Tree will file a complaint at the Seoul Gangnam Police Station once again against the people leaving malicious comments regarding their artist IU."
Netizens reacted to this news with, "She must be really set on this," "The people who wrote the malicious comments must be scared," and more.
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Also impressively coming in at number 4 is IU's new album 'Chat-Shire'! And on Billboard's 'World Digital Songs' chart, f(x)'s title track "4 Walls" has made it onto the number 2 spot.
A huge round of congrats to both f(x) and IU!
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Have you been enjoying IU's new album? Fans have been really enjoying not only her title track "Twenty-three" but also the rest of the songs in her album. That's why 1theK released a special clip of IU performing "Knees" earlier, and now it's time for "Zeze"!
It's a beautiful performance video, almost like an official follow-up MV in our opinion! With her beautiful vocals and the acoustic band in the background, all filmed in the outdoors, it's a must-watch performance video.
Which song from IU's album is your favorite?
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The singer snagged the #1 place for the first week of November with "Twenty-Three", placing over Taeyeon's "I" and TWICE's "Like OOH-AHH". She had 8208 points over Taeyeon's 7894 and TWICE's 4845, a pretty impressive feat as she had 0 album points and 0 voting points.
Congratulations to IU!
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The track is said to be based off a Brazilian tale titled “Meu Pe de Laranja Lima” as the vocalist sports oranges in her hair like an orange tree and the song bears the name of the main character.
“Zeze” features a funky beat as IU munches on gummy worms while lying on the carpet with her hair as the tree’s branches. So far, she has delivered fans with peeks of “Shoes” and “Shower.”
Although many fans are disheartened that the artist will not be performing on the weekly music shows, fans can still catch her on stage during her various concerts throughout Korea.
Her mini-album Chat-shire will be released on October 23rd.
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