With her newest release “Twenty-Three” achieving an real-time all-kill in lightning speed, it appears that the LOEN Entertainment singer is as popular 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 list on Instiz compiled a list of certain trends and styles that became popular as a result of association with IU, leading many other netizens to leave their own thoughts on the issue.
Find out what Netizens had to say about this article below!
High note from “Good Day”
Her famous triple high notes from “Good Day” went so viral that for a while Korean shows were filled with celebrities attempting the climax of the song.
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Choker necklace, flight jacket, and striped shirt
Although individually those are all popular among women after IU wore those items together on Infinite Challenge, many celebrities as well as online shopping malls imitated this style.
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Collared dress with double ponytails from “You and I"
Around half the Korean female population probably had this in their wardrobe after the MV came out. It was also hard to find shopping malls that didn’t sell collared dresses.
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Bob cut
Although this one maybe arguable after IU cut her hair short the number of people with such haircuts on the street noticeably went up and many girls uploaded on SNS that they imitated IU’s hairstyle.
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Female guitarist/singer-songwriter
This isn’t as much of a trend as something IU pioneered. IU definitely made it easier for other female singer/songwriters to be able to enter the industry.
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Straight eyebrows
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Baby-hair updo
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This airport fashion
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NETIZEN REACTIONS
Koreaboo has collected reactions from Netizens who commented on the original article from our Korean source. The below comments are the most popular comments at the time of this article being published.
- God IU
- I remember when everyone was doing the triple high notes
- I had such a strong urge to cut my hair after I saw IU ㅠㅠ
- I remember I had one of those collared dresses too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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Following the news of Kang's $39 H&M gown, belated information about IU's lovely frock hit media outlets today.
On November 13, theYou're The Best, Lee Soon Shin actress wore a custom-made $31 dress from H&M to the 2014 Melon Music Awards. The originally $25 off-the-rack piece was custom made for IU. Specifically, the dress was shortened, rectangular cut outs were covered, and it was fit perfectly for the "You and I" singer.
IU's last drama Pretty Man wrapped in January. The KBS romantic comedy series co-starred Jang Geun Suk.
What do you think about celebrities wearing affordable dresses to awards shows?
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IU, currently the face of Kakao's 'Come Play! My Home', took out her guitar for a gentle, acoustic tune for the game's new CF MV!
Though it's just a minute long, IU turns into a warm, friendly host, making her guests feel at ease with her soothing voice. In the previous CF, the singer invites friends to her digital house in the game.
Watch IU's new CF MV above!
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IU, currently the face of Kakao's 'Come Play! My Home', took out her guitar for a gentle, acoustic tune for the game's new CF MV!
Though it's just a minute long, IU turns into a warm, friendly host, making her guests feel at ease with her soothing voice. In the previous CF, the singer invites friends to her digital house in the game.
Watch IU's new CF MV above!
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Last month, it was confirmed that EXO, G-Dragon, and Taeyang would be performing at Mnet’s annual music awards show. On November 29, with just four days left until the event, CJ E&M unveiled additional artists, including INFINITE, IU, and SISTAR.
Many fans have already started to express anticipation for what kind of special stages these artists will be putting on for the show.
Meanwhile, voting for the 2014 MAMA began after the list of award nominees was revealed this past October 27 through its official website and will continue on until the day of the event. The awards show will have a total of 17 categories, which consists of five artists, eight genres, two special categories, one artist of the year, and one song of the year.
