IU
Korean:아이유 Japanese:アイユ
South Korea
| Full name | Lee Ji-eun |
| Native name | 이지은 |
| Birthday | May 16, 1993 |
| Blood type | A |
Introduction to IU
IU (아이유) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress currently under EDAM Entertainment. She debuted on September 18, 2008 with a stage on M Countdown for the song "Lost Child".
Her stage name is derived from the phrase "I and You", symbolizing that people can become one through music.
IU decided to become a singer when she was 14 after singing at her school's sports competition, as she felt happy receiving the audiences' applause. She started to attend auditions, but failed all 20, and she was also scammed by fake entertainment companies. When IU was in her seventh grade, her family started to have financial problems due to the failure of her father's project. IU had to live apart from her parents in a studio room with her grandmother, younger brother and cousin for a year and a half, in conditions of great poverty.
IU debuted on Mnet M! Countdown on September 18, 2008 with her debut single "Lost Child". It was later released as the title track for her debut mini album Lost and Found on September 24, 2008. However, she did not gain mainstream popularity until her follow-up and debut studio album Growing Up.
On April 16, 2009, IU launched her first full album, titled Growing Up, with the lead promotional number "Boo". Within three weeks, "Boo" went up to the No.1 contenders for SBS Inkigayo, and her name also went up twice on Take 7 together with other notable artists like SG Wannabe and Younha. The song also did well on KBS Music Bank K-Chart, on Mnet M! Countdown chart, and on various online music charts.
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IU's Discography
Eight
2020 May
1 tracks
Crash Landing on You OST Part 11
2020 February
1 tracks
Love Poem
2019 November
6 tracks
Bbibbi
2018
1 tracks
Can't Love You Anymore
2017
1 tracks
Palette
2017
10 tracks
Autumn Morning
2017
1 tracks
Through the Night
2017
1 tracks
A Flower Bookmark, pt. 2
2017
6 tracks
CHAT-SHIRE
2015
7 tracks
Heart
2015
1 tracks
Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms
2014
2 tracks
SOGYEOKDONG
2014
1 tracks
A Flower Bookmark
2014
7 tracks
Modern Times Epilogue
2013
15 tracks
Modern Times
2013
13 tracks
Monday Afternoon
2013
2 tracks
The Greatest Love OST Part 4
2011 May
1 tracks
Last Fantasy
2011
13 tracks
REAL
2010 December
7 tracks
Road Number One OST Part 3
2010 July
1 tracks
First Love
2010
2 tracks
Nitpicking
2010
2 tracks
IU...IM
2009 November
7 tracks
Growing Up
2009 April
16 tracks
Lost and Found
2008 September
6 tracks
IU's 63 Music Show Wins
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Fun Facts About IU
| 1. | IU's instagram dlwlrma is just typing 이지금 using a korean keyboard but in English mode. IU’s real name is ‘이지은 (Lee Ji Eun)’. ‘Eun’ can mean ‘silver’ as well and she mentioned during the Palette Epilogue film screening that her friends used to call her ‘이지금은통 (Lee Ji Gold Silver Bronze)’ when she was young, so that’s how she came up with the name ‘이지금 (Lee Ji Gold)’ for her instagram. ‘이지금’ also has a double meaning of ‘right now’, so it was used as the song title for one of her tracks on the Palette album. |
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| 2. | In 2018 IU provided ₩20,000,000 ($18,000 USD) in financial aid to five college students, helping cover their room and board |
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| 3. | in 2015 and later in 2018 IU has made two seperate donations of ₩100,000,000 (roughly $90,000 USD) to the Green Umbrella Children's Fund |
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| 4. | IU is best friends with Suzy, Jiyeon and actress Yoon In Na |
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| 5. | Starcraft 2's Void ray is nicknamed the IU ray because during its charge up is in sync with IU's 3 high notes in "Good Day" |
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| 6. | IU is an ambassador for South Korea's National Police Agency in their anti-bullying campaigns. She was made an honorary member of the police force in 2013 |
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| 7. | IU established a scholarship at her high school alma-mater in 2016 and regularly donates there. The scholarship is dubbed the "IU Scholarship" designed to help graduates from underdeveloped families. |
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| 8. | IU failed an audition at JYP but got into Leon Entertainment. Later JYP said that he was going to fire whoever let IU go |
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| 9. | Her company gave her name, IU which has the meaning ‘You’ and ‘I’ will become one through music. |
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| 10. | IU said that in the past, she struggled with Bulimia. |
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| 11. | After IU’s contract with Kakao M expired, she agreed to renew the contract but with one condition, that is to keep the IU team by her side and increase their salaries altogether. |
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| 12. | In 2012 IU was identified as one of the most influential people in South Korea by Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list, since then she has been mentioned five more times. |
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| 13. | IU's family suffered from financial difficulties so she would stay with her brother, cousin, and grandmother in one home. However, that home was infested with cockroaches |
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| 14. | When IU was part of Good Entertainment she was supposed to debut as "5 girls" together with G.NA, After School's Uee, Wonder Girl's Yubin, 4minute's Gayoon and Secret's Hyosung |
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| 15. | IU's fan club name is Uaena, where each syllable has a different meaning: "U" is "You" from English, "ae" is Sino-Korean for "love", and "na" is Korean for "me". |
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| 16. | IU said on her fancafe that male fans are 건빵 (geonbbang or biscuits) because that’s her favorite snack and female fans are 별사탕 (byeolsatang or star candy) because IU used to have very few female fans, just like the rare star candies when you buy a pack of biscuits. Also, antis are milk. |
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| 17. | IU failed 20 auditions. |
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| 18. | IU had a huge crush on Bigbang'sTaeyang. |
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| 19. | IU dated Jang Ki Ha from the band Kiha and the Faces. |
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Latest Pictures Of IU
161025 IU - Open Concert Rehearsals
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IU for ELLE Korea Magazine November 2013
IU for J.ESTINA 2020 Winter Collection 'I J.ESTINA U'
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170421 IU - 'Palette' Comeback Showcase
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