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IU revealed that she actually hates filming for music videos. At the showcase for her fourth mini album 'CHAT-SHIRE' on October 23, the singer met with fans around her age and discussed the making of her album.

After performing her title song "Twenty-three", IU shared, "Personally, I hate filming for music videos. It's such a hard thing to do. Filming for commercials is difficult, but there's a goal there. The point is to sell a lot of a product. However, an MV is just for me, which makes it hard."

She added, "This MV was the first time I had fun filming... It was really fun. It ended with one shot."

How did you like IU's "Twenty-three" MV?

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Solo singer IU came under fire after netizens accused her of using a lolita concept for her latest album Chat-Shire.

In addition to controversial lyrics in her song “Zeze,” netizens also accused the Loen Entertainment singer of referencing Lolita by having smudged lipstick in one of the album photos.

After similar photos of popular actor Park Bo Gum garnered much praise from fans, however, netizens used the reaction to defend IU from the industry’s double standards. In addition to comparing the reactions of fans based on the gender of the celebrity, netizens also brought up that IU had...
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Starship Entertainment artist Yoo Seung Woo recently held a commemorative concert for his latest album release where he revealed the artist he most wants to collaborate with.

Held on February 2nd at 11am at the M Academy concert hall in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Yoo Seung Woo was asked which artist he’d like to collaborate with.

He replied that in the past, he has mentioned wanting to collaborate with IU and it still hasn’t changed. However, he also names female group The Barbarettes as another artist to work with.

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Yoo Seung Woo dropped his mini-album Pit-A-Pat along with the...
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TV personality and restaurateur Hong Suk Chun has shared the secret of his role in IU and Jang Ki Ha’s relationship!

On January 18’s episode of “Heard It Through the Grapevine Show,” Hong Suk Chun confesses that he knew that the couple was dating before it was publicly confirmed.

He says, “One day, I got a call from Jang Ki Ha, who told me he had a friend who he wanted to eat with, but said they wanted it to be a quiet event. IU came that day.”

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“We didn’t allow any other customers at the restaurant that day so that just the two of them could privately eat together,” Hong...
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The cast of SBS’s upcoming drama “Moon Lovers” is slowly gathering together.

First off, on December 28, actor Ji Soo confirmed that he had accepted a part in the drama. The actor recently garnered attention for his roles in dramas such as “Sassy Go Go” and “Angry Mom.”

It was also reported that singer-actor IU is in talks with the production team for a role in “Moon Lovers.” A representative from IU’s company commented that “It’s true that IU has received an offer for ‘Moon Lovers.’ She’s currently considering the part and nothing is confirmed yet.”

Currently, actors...
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Ever since IU came back with 'Chat-Shire,' it seems like nothing but controversy after controversy has surrounded the new release.

Recently, another issue has come to light, this time involving the inspiration behind 'Chat-Shire's album cover.

An artist by the name of Jessica HJ Lee uploaded a blog post titled 'link,' claiming that the artwork for 'Chat-Shire' was just too similar to her original art to be overlooked as mere inspirations but rather, a direct, intentional copy of her work.

Lee even showed a side-by-side comparison of certain parts of her art to parts of the album artwork for...
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IU and Loen Entertainment were reported to be starting a second round of complaints against malicious netizens, and it seems that a serious IU fan wants to help out.

On November 20, an IU fan made a post on her gallery with a data dump of gathered evidence. Along with the data, the fan wrote, "I'm leaving a bomb. I heard that Loen will be going into a second round of charges." The data contained a long list of malicious comments on news articles. In total, the fan shared a collection of 36,829 malicious comments from a total of 176,384 comments left on 3,796 Naver new articles.

He added that...
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The end-of-the-year music award shows are some of the most look forward to events for fans as they can not only see their bias awarded for their hard work from the past year but interaction between artists are experienced at an all time high.

So it was extremely shocking when LOEN Tree‘s top artist and soloist IU announced that she would be boycotting all music award shows this year despite having experienced success in her latest album release, CHAT-SHIRE, achieving an all-kill for her title track “Twenty Three.”

However, since the release of the album, she has undergone several controversies...
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