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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When asked if she often heard she looked like somebody, she replied, "Because I'm round-faced, in early debut days, [I was told I looked liked] Shinji. When I take pictures, I hear once in a while that I look like IU. More than anything, I hear I look like a raccoon," making everyone laugh.
When asked which star she wanted to meet at least once, she replied, "Everybody's boyfriend, Kang Dong Won. I just want to see him once. I'm curious about how he looks in real life. I watched 'The Priests' recently and his visuals were so amazing that just looking at him caused the two hours to slip by."
Do you see her resemblance to Shinji or IU?
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On the recent episode of “Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook” on October 16, Jang Ki Ha appeared as a guest. When Yoo Hee Yeol introduces Jang Ki Ha and the singer mentions his song “Let’s Meet Now,” the MC has a smile on his face.
Then Yoo Hee Yeol says, “People are saying let’s meet on Friday,” and teased Jang Ki Ha by referencing IU‘s “Friday.”
He continues, “I say this again, but ‘Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook’ airs on Fridays so let’s meet on Fridays.”
The audience immediately laughs at the sly reference.
Watch the clip here (starts around 0:40).
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Get ready for the feels. Park Myung Soo revealed and thanked IU for her generous ginseng-set gifts to him.
On the most recent KBS Cool FM radio broadcast 'Park Myung Soo's Radio Show', Park Myung Soo shared how considerate IU is and how he wants to be become closer with her.
When one listener asked the DJ if he was close with IU, he replied, "I really want to be close to IU, but it's not easy. I don't want to interrupt IU's busy schedule by giving her a call. I don't want to give that pressure to a dongsaeng".
However, "IU gifted me with a ginseng set on Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) for 3 consecutive years now. I want to tell her I really enjoyed eating the ginseng. IU you're the best."
We hope these two become close after this!
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On the most recent KBS Cool FM radio broadcast 'Park Myung Soo's Radio Show', Park Myung Soo shared how considerate IU is and how he wants to be become closer with her.
When one listener asked the DJ if he was close with IU, he replied, "I really want to be close to IU, but it's not easy. I don't want to interrupt IU's busy schedule by giving her a call. I don't want to give that pressure to a dongsaeng".
However, "IU gifted me with a ginseng set on Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) for 3 consecutive years now. I want to tell her I really enjoyed eating the ginseng. IU you're the best."
We hope these two become close after this!
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