"Whether It's Lee Jieun or IU, I Support You" — Korean Netizens React to IU's Decision to Use Her Stage Name for Her Acting Activities

On March 30th, IU attended the press conference for her upcoming movie, "Dream," starring alongside Park Seo Joon and Lee Hyun Woo.

[📸] 230330 #IU at the press conference of upcoming sports comedy film #Dream today

She plays Lee Somin, a passionless documentary producer who films the story of a motley crew of inexperienced players trying out for the Homeless World Cup 📹⚽️🌱 pic.twitter.com/qWar87cW4Z

— Team 🌟🍬 (@IUteamstarcandy) March 30, 2023

Besides talking about the film, IU was also asked about the name she uses. The singer-actress said, "When I was an actress, I put Lee Jieun in the credits, but everyone calls me IU anyway."

She continued, "I am constantly active as a singer. For example, if I came out as IU in March and then appeared as Lee Jieun in May, it might be confusing," adding, "So, we decided to use IU for all of them. We decided to unify both the actor and singer names to IU."

To this, Korean netizens commented:

• Oh...
• I like actress Lee Jieun, but I also like IU.
• It's sad. I liked Lee Jieun.
• Lee Jieun was good, but the articles and people said IU anyway ㅠㅠ It's nice to be unified!
• That's good!
• IU and Lee Jieun, thank you. They're the best.
• This is funny hahahaha
• Whether it's Lee Jieun or IU, I support you.
• Cute AI Jieun = I like all of you.
• Since Lee Jieun is IU and IU is Lee Jieun, that's cool! It's a shame that idols throw away their stage names when they do acting activities.
• Anything is fine♡
• She's so cute hahaha
• Whatever you want, I love you.
• It's good to be united.
• I really like Actress IU.
• Lee Jieun or IU, I like both.
• "Everyone call me IU anyway"—it's funny because it's true hahahaha

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