IU is a Korean national treasure. Please do a deeper dive. She has been through so much. Her songs are like entries in her diary. So much tragedy. So much success.
IU's KILLING VOICE would be the best start imo. This would give you a little idea on what to expect from her discography and vocals, just from the medley. then from there you can get in to the MVs and Live performances.
Love IU so much.. BLUEMING is about like texting. Like how everything she threw over the fence was blue and what was sent to her was grey. Just like texts on a iPhone. And at the beginning she was woken up to a "earthquake" it was like a phone vibrating coz she had a message, which is why she got up and ran to her mailbox! Hope that makes the MV make more sense!
Lost Child was a gender-swapped telling of the Greek tale of Orpheus and Euridice. 15 years later NewJeans did a gender-swapped version of Cupid and Psyche.
I have nothing but respect for this woman, becoming one of the most influential and respected artists in Korea despite her rough past growing up and tough beginning as an artist. She is very talented as a singer, lyricist and producer and so intelligent. Please consider checking out her iconic album 'Palette' which one AOTY against big names like EXO and BTS.
IU was only 14-15 years old when she sang Lost Child which was way beyond her years and showed how talented artist she was even back then. IU always changes up the genre and best in live versions so I recommend check out her live clips from the concerts, special clips, etc, she has many contents, happy listening!
I found IU by watching Moon Lovers and Hotel de Luna and was like she is an amazing actress so I looked her up. After watching a video about her life and how she struggled so much but reached her dreams I was so inspired by her...then I heard her voice and was like "how can a person be so talented and also a genuine amazing person"? I guess this is why they call her a national treasure
OMG FINALLY. I swear i waited 2 years for this. I prefer her slower and darker tracks personally, eg Through The Night, Eight, My Old Story, Ending Story, etc. Though I also really like Twenty Three, You and I, Above The Time and Every End Of The Day. Basically her entire discography lmao. Her lyrics are worth diving into as well! Also, pls do check out her live performances!! Her pitch is near perfect its crazy.
you NEEEEDDDDD to react to the live concert performance of "blueming" and her other song "hold my hand" !!!!!!!! other mv's that you should check out too are "lilac" and "eight ft. suga"
I am SO down for this journey. Honestly, any pick is good as far as IU songs are concerned, but here are some things you might like to know: The MVs for "You & I (2011)" and "Above The Time (2019)" are connected storylines and should be watched in the order they're released. She has an "Age" series of songs where she talks about her thought process at certain ages of her life. These songs are "Twenty-Three (2015)", "Palette (2017)", and "Eight (2020)". Speaking of Twenty-Three, 2015 is the year when she officially started taking creative control for her music. She writes all of her songs, composes a lot of it, and she is a main producer for all her albums. She still wrote and composed some songs before 2015 (like Friday, my favorite IU song ever), but nowadays she writes most of- if not all of them. Not saying one era is better than the other, but you'll definitely notice a change in music styles from that point on.
Here is a short Primer on IU. She did debute in 2008 with a beautiful song that wasn't well received at the time. Considered by many to be inappropriate and certainly unexpected from a young teen kpop artist, who were expected at that time to be cutesy. The MV for the song Lost Child was not released as a result until 3 years later. IU,s road to her debute was not an easy one. The family suffered financial hardship and as a result IU and her brother lived with their grandmother in a 1 room apartment until the roaches focred them out. IU started auditioning when she was 13 and was rejected 20 times befores being signed by a small company. She trained for only 9 months before debuting and very short time as many kpop artist can spend 5 to 10 years training before debuting. After her debute the company went back and created the cutesy IU, which was a period of her career she really didn't like. Wearing the costumes and singing those songs. But she started to gain national attention in Korea. In 2014 she took control of her music including writing, composing and producing. Her she left the cutsey IU behind and started singing more of her own work and covering songs that had special meaning to for. In 2014 the New York Times in article covering the Kpop Convention in LA that year wrote of IU that she was showing the way forward for the Kpop industry. IU has dominated the charts in Korea and there is no one even close in terms of the number of #1 hits, of lenght of time her songs have been on the top 100 charts (also 700 weeks). IU is ranked as the wealthiest Kpop star in Korea. Last year she paid for an apartment in one of the newest building in Seoul and paid its $10,000,000 price in cash. She became the 1st female korean performer to headline a show at the Seoul Olympic stadium this past Sept. In January of this year Rolling Stone Magazine released an update to there list of the 200 Greatest Singers of Alk Time. IU became the 1st Korean to make that list. But the thing about IU, that separates her from ALL her contemporaries are those things that you can't even describe. As I tell people often there is more to IU than meets the eye. Within her small 5ft 3 inch frame is something special that flows from her and impacts the her fans and others. Discovering IU is a wonderous trip down the rabbit hole for those who actually invest the time to find out about her and listen to her music and watch her acting. Many people who I have said these things to about IU are almost always non believers at the start. And it is a lot fun to watch them become more and more lost in her world. I hope you take up the journey. 2 last things for now. IU is one of the truely rare artist in that she sounds even better live. He MV,'s are filled with metaphors and symbolism that add even more to the story she is telling. In fact there are a number of songs that are actually like chapters to the story. Blueming is one of those songs. Blueming is part 3 of a story that IU started back in 2011 with the song You and I, which contained in it the date of Dec 31st 2019. IU released a song in Dec of 2019 (part of her Love Poem album) called Above the Time which is the continuation of You & I. Blueming was also part of that album. There is also a case to be made that her single Strawberry Moon released in Sept of 2021 was the final chapter. Many of her songs have back stories that if you don't know what it is you will completely miss the meaning. Songs like Eight which has a happy beat but is about her struggles with the 3 suicide deaths of friends, Love Poem about helping a freind through hard times just by being present, and My Sea about the struggles of becoming who you are. Check out her live performances to behind to see who IU is as a person.
IU’s killing voice is wonderful, but I’d recommend waiting until you know more of her songs to check it out! I really think you should check out Above The Time, Through The Night, & Lilac- but my main recs would be Good Day, The Red Shoes, Twenty Three and Palette, they’re just iconic.
IU never really promoted her music to the west that's why she's mostly known there as an actress because of the popularity of her kdramas but in Korea Iu is an icon in the music industry. Iu was given the reins by her agency , making major decisions in her career as a singer. Iu mostly writes and directs the albums she releases. She's highly acclaimed for her meaningful songs, one of the most awarded singers in korea.
IU is great, the best soloist in Korea, the favorite of the public and a regular participant in various Tops. She has so many different types of music... it's hard to choose to recommend, but it's probably Killing Voice ruclips.net/video/wDfqXR_5yyQ/видео.html And then her live performances: ruclips.net/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/видео.html ruclips.net/video/3iM_06QeZi8/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Cxzzg7L3Xgc/видео.html ruclips.net/video/OcVmaIlHZ1o/видео.html ruclips.net/video/JpTqSzm4JOk/видео.html
IU's live vocals are insane, as a uaena (iu fan) who witness her live, its magical and incredible~ also her lyrics are just amaziiiing here are her must watch live videos IU - KILLING VOICE ruclips.net/video/wDfqXR_5yyQ/видео.html IU MEANING OF YOU LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2018 DLWLRMA TOUR ruclips.net/video/mcnFWBLrdCs/видео.html IU HOLD MY HAND LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2019 LOVE, POEM TOUR ruclips.net/video/3iM_06QeZi8/видео.html IU BLUEMING LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2019 LOVE, POEM TOUR ruclips.net/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/видео.html IU EIGHT LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2022 THE GOLDEN HOUR: UNDER THE ORANGE SUN LIVE IN JAMSIL STADIUM (take note, First Female Artist to take over & sold out the said stadium) ruclips.net/video/Cxzzg7L3Xgc/видео.html thank you for the great reaction~
데뷔 16년차 아이유는 작사 작곡외에도 아이돌과 기성가수를 나누지 않고 넓은 장르의 카테고리에서 수많은 곡들을 리메이크, 커버, 피처링 했고 그중에 해외 팬들은 생소하지만 한국사람에게는 특별한 몇 곡을 소개합니다 IU - With The Heart To Forget You ruclips.net/video/ZXmoJu81e6A/видео.html IU - Secret Garden ruclips.net/video/eGXJs7zOHC4/видео.html Ulala Session & IU - Summer Love ruclips.net/video/BJB7LXwF0MU/видео.html FIESTAR & IU - Sea Of Moonlight ruclips.net/video/HiIjdaSlFug/видео.html Park Myung Soo & IU - Leon ruclips.net/video/U_KH7Tw97HU/видео.html
Hello.. Sorry my writing can be the translator. Just❤️You just chose songs where he doesn't exploit his vocal power... Watch it live and with songs like Love poem, My sea and many others that has impressive ... You will also find different sounds in his music from all times and from all places!!! The versatility it has is impressive!! Thank you for wanting to get to know her better... A round trip... Greetings from Argentina. ❤️
Thanks for reacting to iu. Hope to see more of her in your channel. As much as her mv's and music are pretty good but her live clips are much better. Below are some if you wanna check out. Winter sleep live - ruclips.net/video/SmQhRHS9-YA/видео.html Next stop live - ruclips.net/video/3nDzKulmSpg/видео.html Blackout and last night story 2017 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/3CREKp247cg/видео.html Dlwlrma and jamjam 2017 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/FAI2wj2JGCI/видео.html Eight 2022 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/Cxzzg7L3Xgc/видео.html Hold my hand 2019 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/3iM_06QeZi8/видео.html Blueming 2019 convert live clip - ruclips.net/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/видео.html Iu Dingo killing voice - ruclips.net/video/wDfqXR_5yyQ/видео.html My sea 2022 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/nn1pbxe8bAI/видео.html
Honestly you had a pretty good snapshot to start with. Recommendations from here would be 'My Sea' and 'Hold my hand', two of her all time best and 'Strawberry moon', a recent one that I really enjoyed.
IU might be the most influential K-Pop artist, she is the idol for idols, "nation's little sister". One of THE iconic career defining song in her early years was "Good Day". My personal favorite song from her is "Lilac" the MV as well as the dance practice). "Eight" is another very big one (with a very sad meaning behind it, there is a "explained" video from DKDKTV). With IU TV she has endless vlog / behind the scenes content at times hilarious. With IU Palette she has a great interview / variety show of her own (one of the last guests was New Jeans). As for live performances: "Eight" from her Golden Hour Concert from 2021 and "Blueming" from her Love Poem Concert in 2019 are both MUST WATCHES. :D For Golden Hour concert: "Eight" performance and then the two behind the scenes episodes might be the perfect combination. There is so much here... EDIT: "Hotel Del Luna" and "My Mister" are her best K-Dramas to date btw... if you love her in crazy outfits / stylings... Hotel Del Luna for sure :D
OMG Yesss!! IU is such an artist so excited you're finally diving into her music.❤ Totally recommend you: 23, pallete, through the night, good day, lilac. God so many, all her songs are great xD Btw other incredible soloist to checkout are Sunmi, Hyuna and Ailee :)
Palette and Dear Name are a couple of my favorites. Also SHINee did a beautiful cover of Dear Name when they were on IU’s show called IU’s Palette that I would love to see your reaction to.
Love this! so excited. Through the Night is still one of my favorite slower songs of hers. Some music of hers I can put on and snuggle up on my couch with tea or coffee and mellow out and then some is upbeat or even take you on a journey. Lol. She has some songs where she talks about her age and where she is in life at that time hopefully someone can correct or add to this if there is more but I think it starts with 23 then pallette (where she is 25) the eight (where she is 28) that would be a cool video to do
Queen IU She does different genre every single time. You'll enjoy exploring her music.. Hopefully you also have the chance to listen to her b sides because they are amazing 🥰 Scarlet Heart made me cry soooo much but I love it!! You can pick any song / album and it will be amazing Fun weird music video - I can't love you anymore Old school - red shoes Connected video & song - you and I & above the time Cutesy video - marshmallow Sooooo many.. I can't put everything here 😅
I've read this somewhere, iu's blueming is one of the songs out there is written so smartly by her, the meaning behind it, the interpretation she used with chat message; the blue one when we send it and the grey one we received, when first time i heard this song i was confused too 😅
I would recommend you watch her killing voice, so you'll have an idea of her discography. I really love her music in general, she's such a gem. I can't wait for you to dive deeper into her.
IU is the best! I recommend twenty three followed by palette (the song). They thematically go together! And it’s cool to see how different she looks just a couple of years older.
IU😁I hope you watching her concert live clips (eight, bluming, hold my hand , dlwlrma&jamjam , blackout& lastnight story , raindrop&heart , meaning of you......)🤣🤣🤣thank you!
Lost child is and always will be one of my favourites songs of IU. She is insanely talented. Proud of her everyday. Plz do more IU. Her Live concert clips are must watch if you really wanna explore her music. Hope we will get a new reaction soon. My recommendation are: Coin Good day Vistor Dear name Through the night
What a great intro to one of THE WORLD'S BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER PERIOD! 😅 Anyways, these are my suggestions as to what else to check out from her massive repertoire. I kinda went with more recent stuff Jam jam eight (featuring and produced by SUGA) Lilac Coin Strawberry Moon
Kinda crazy to think that in 2008 she was like, what, 14 years old at the time? And she came out with THAT.😂 Kinda shows you how quick she had to grow up too tho. As for recommendations, my personal favorites are ‘Through The Night’ and ‘Lilac’. Also the songs ‘Twenty-Three’, ‘Palette’, ‘Eight’. Those 3 talk about how she sees herself throughout the ages 23-25-28
her albums is amazing, include her bside tracks are so freaking good, i remember im so shocked back then know that shes also a actress, song writter, producer, and she can play some instrument, damn shes so talented
If I'm not mistaken from what I've read before, BBIBBI is about the sasaengs, d*spatch, just some "fans" who don't understand the boundary between an idol and a fan. She was talking to them stop following her with their phones and cameras mobbing her face with those, and to stop making rumors about her when they don't even know any single thing in her private life.
IU's story is a great one, hotel del luna is alot of fun, you should watch it, pallette is my favorite song by her, she's only gotten better over the years
Rolling Stone Magazine has published “Greatest Singers of All Time” in January-2023, that list was of 200 artists & IU was at 135; she is the highest ranked Korean Artist & only Korean female soloist. Her live music more amazing, please check out her Love Poem Concert-2019 & Golden Hour Concert-2022. She is considered as Idol of the Idols & highly respected artist out there in Korea because of her personality. There is always a fight between different Idol’s Fandom but I think every Fandom likes IU.
I think she has a wonderful voice and she is so sweet, [ Fun Facts ] she has 2 or 3 songs with SUGA [ BTS ] and she is JUNGKOOK [ BTS ] ideal woman [ his words ]
BBIBBI is my go to song when I'm in a bad mood. It always calms me down and cheers me up. It's great for sleeping too. It also ages like fine wine. Like I feel I've only been listening to it for like 2 months but it's been 4 years💀
Maybe react to her killing voice video if you have the time i think you’ll get to know her more because she has a LOT of great songs you’ll be obsessed for sure
Welcome to the IU universe. Listen to Love Poem, Dear Name, Eight (Live), Through the Night, and Twenty-Three sometime. Very diverse singer and songwriter.
iu is a special artist, she's an icon, a legend, and has a special place in the industry and in the heart of South Korea people. my advice is ... pls dont react to her stuff as individual song/ MV, but pls treat all of them as a "legacy". In short, pls try to see from the bigger picture, and bigger context (lol, I know this is hard). AT least, pls build your understanding of her slowly as you watch/ react to her stuffs (bcs she has a ton of content and context) my recommendation : Through The Night MV Palette MV Blueming live clip (from love poem concert) Dingo Killing voice
what i really love about iu music is it's so honest and i don't know, but her voice itself sucks you into her own world. IU writes almost all her songs that it looks like her diary. Around the blueming era, fans started speculating that she might be in a getting-to-know phase with someone.... and that's exactly right. This year, it was revealed that she's in a relationship with a famous actor.... A "CELEBRITY" ;)
Great song choice for this round of reacting to IU, these (except for Lost Child) were examples of her happy songs. On the contrary she also has songs which will make you cry. If ever you decide to do another round of IU, you should check out her ballads cause they're so good too. And the back stories behind it will make you cry. Her MVs are equally stunning as it's not just beautiful but full of symbolisms too
My favourite songs are “ MY SEA, hi spring bye, palette, raindrop, friday, eight, BIBBII, Flu, Ah Puh, Every End of the day, Through the night, Hold my hand
Thanks for the reaction! I _highly_ recommend checking out her songs My Sea (the lyric video), Can’t Love You Anymore (with Ohhyuk), Ending Scene, Friday, Love Poem, and Palette (feat. GDragon)!! And if you have the time, her Hold My Hand concert live clip and dingo music Killing Voice are really good too :)
For your next IU reaction video I recommend Palette, Ending Scene, and Through The Night. They’re all from the same album and they all have mv’s!! Also recommend strawberry moon 🍓because I love that song.
Can’t agree more, her voice is so angelic 😍 And the outfits from every MV are iconic 🤌🏻 I really admire her personality and music ! Thank you for reaction 💜
Her soothing song for me: lullaby, winter sleep, through the night, above the time, love poem ...quiet a number i forgot the title Her catchy songs i like strawberry moon, blueming, eight, good day alotttttt
I know you're watching Scarlet Heart but you should check her out in Hotel del Luna. Aside from her always amazing acting (and great story line) her characters outfits are just eye candy!
you should definitely react to coin, lilac, good day and strawberry moon! (these have mvs) some of my personal favourites without mvs are ah puh, love poem, above the time and my sea. she's such a great singer and songwriter...actress too! i'm glad you're enjoying her work so far!
And you also have to watch this, IU is absolutely adorable and funny. This was from when she first debuted. It’s only 3 minutes: ruclips.net/video/Z4rgQ5rOyeo/видео.html
Yes you have been cheating yourself by not doing this sooner. She's my number 1 soloist. I discovered her back in 2015 and listened to her for weeks non-stop. I have loved every comeback since.
Itzy also did a cover of BBIBBI with IU when they went to her talk show Palette. Maybe you've seen a clip of it somewhere and that's why u find it familiar ☺️
IU is a Korean national treasure. Please do a deeper dive. She has been through so much. Her songs are like entries in her diary. So much tragedy. So much success.
IU's KILLING VOICE would be the best start imo. This would give you a little idea on what to expect from her discography and vocals, just from the medley. then from there you can get in to the MVs and Live performances.
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Love IU so much.. BLUEMING is about like texting. Like how everything she threw over the fence was blue and what was sent to her was grey. Just like texts on a iPhone. And at the beginning she was woken up to a "earthquake" it was like a phone vibrating coz she had a message, which is why she got up and ran to her mailbox! Hope that makes the MV make more sense!
Lost Child was a gender-swapped telling of the Greek tale of Orpheus and Euridice. 15 years later NewJeans did a gender-swapped version of Cupid and Psyche.
didnt know this, so coool
What's gender-swapped 😅?
@@miestasmithe genders of the tale/story/... are swapped. So a boy would be a girl and a girl would be a boy
@@marzipan24 oh I see it now. Thanks :)
I have nothing but respect for this woman, becoming one of the most influential and respected artists in Korea despite her rough past growing up and tough beginning as an artist. She is very talented as a singer, lyricist and producer and so intelligent. Please consider checking out her iconic album 'Palette' which one AOTY against big names like EXO and BTS.
Palette is so good!!!
Iu is like telling a different story in each mv and she is such a great lyric writer omg ❤
You will never fail with IU. She is not only an idol, but artist. Her songs are various genre but hit you everytime.
IU was only 14-15 years old when she sang Lost Child which was way beyond her years and showed how talented artist she was even back then. IU always changes up the genre and best in live versions so I recommend check out her live clips from the concerts, special clips, etc, she has many contents, happy listening!
I second on the live videos. Shows it's real and not studio manipulation.
I found IU by watching Moon Lovers and Hotel de Luna and was like she is an amazing actress so I looked her up. After watching a video about her life and how she struggled so much but reached her dreams I was so inspired by her...then I heard her voice and was like "how can a person be so talented and also a genuine amazing person"? I guess this is why they call her a national treasure
OMG FINALLY. I swear i waited 2 years for this.
I prefer her slower and darker tracks personally, eg Through The Night, Eight, My Old Story, Ending Story, etc. Though I also really like Twenty Three, You and I, Above The Time and Every End Of The Day. Basically her entire discography lmao.
Her lyrics are worth diving into as well! Also, pls do check out her live performances!! Her pitch is near perfect its crazy.
next is Palette, Good day and You and I
And Through the night! Also EIGHT feat Suga would be great too
Yeahh
I see IU and I come runnin. Uaena for life 💜
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you NEEEEDDDDD to react to the live concert performance of "blueming" and her other song "hold my hand" !!!!!!!! other mv's that you should check out too are "lilac" and "eight ft. suga"
Yessss my sea too
IU is absolutely amazing, "Eight" acoustic version, live clip has always been my go to.
i love her voice and the harmonies are always so goodd
more iu music u should check out: 23, eight, lilac, palette, love poem, friday
Also coin and strawberry moon ☺️
I am SO down for this journey. Honestly, any pick is good as far as IU songs are concerned, but here are some things you might like to know:
The MVs for "You & I (2011)" and "Above The Time (2019)" are connected storylines and should be watched in the order they're released.
She has an "Age" series of songs where she talks about her thought process at certain ages of her life. These songs are "Twenty-Three (2015)", "Palette (2017)", and "Eight (2020)".
Speaking of Twenty-Three, 2015 is the year when she officially started taking creative control for her music. She writes all of her songs, composes a lot of it, and she is a main producer for all her albums. She still wrote and composed some songs before 2015 (like Friday, my favorite IU song ever), but nowadays she writes most of- if not all of them. Not saying one era is better than the other, but you'll definitely notice a change in music styles from that point on.
I recommend checking out her songs: 'Coin', 'strawberry moon', 'LILAC' , 'eight', 'Palette', from the album 'Palette': 'Jam Jam' and 'Black out'.
Here is a short Primer on IU. She did debute in 2008 with a beautiful song that wasn't well received at the time. Considered by many to be inappropriate and certainly unexpected from a young teen kpop artist, who were expected at that time to be cutesy. The MV for the song Lost Child was not released as a result until 3 years later.
IU,s road to her debute was not an easy one. The family suffered financial hardship and as a result IU and her brother lived with their grandmother in a 1 room apartment until the roaches focred them out.
IU started auditioning when she was 13 and was rejected 20 times befores being signed by a small company. She trained for only 9 months before debuting and very short time as many kpop artist can spend 5 to 10 years training before debuting.
After her debute the company went back and created the cutesy IU, which was a period of her career she really didn't like. Wearing the costumes and singing those songs. But she started to gain national attention in Korea.
In 2014 she took control of her music including writing, composing and producing. Her she left the cutsey IU behind and started singing more of her own work and covering songs that had special meaning to for.
In 2014 the New York Times in article covering the Kpop Convention in LA that year wrote of IU that she was showing the way forward for the Kpop industry.
IU has dominated the charts in Korea and there is no one even close in terms of the number of #1 hits, of lenght of time her songs have been on the top 100 charts (also 700 weeks).
IU is ranked as the wealthiest Kpop star in Korea. Last year she paid for an apartment in one of the newest building in Seoul and paid its $10,000,000 price in cash.
She became the 1st female korean performer to headline a show at the Seoul Olympic stadium this past Sept.
In January of this year Rolling Stone Magazine released an update to there list of the 200 Greatest Singers of Alk Time. IU became the 1st Korean to make that list.
But the thing about IU, that separates her from ALL her contemporaries are those things that you can't even describe. As I tell people often there is more to IU than meets the eye. Within her small 5ft 3 inch frame is something special that flows from her and impacts the her fans and others.
Discovering IU is a wonderous trip down the rabbit hole for those who actually invest the time to find out about her and listen to her music and watch her acting.
Many people who I have said these things to about IU are almost always non believers at the start. And it is a lot fun to watch them become more and more lost in her world. I hope you take up the journey.
2 last things for now. IU is one of the truely rare artist in that she sounds even better live. He MV,'s are filled with metaphors and symbolism that add even more to the story she is telling. In fact there are a number of songs that are actually like chapters to the story. Blueming is one of those songs. Blueming is part 3 of a story that IU started back in 2011 with the song You and I, which contained in it the date of Dec 31st 2019. IU released a song in Dec of 2019 (part of her Love Poem album) called Above the Time which is the continuation of You & I. Blueming was also part of that album. There is also a case to be made that her single Strawberry Moon released in Sept of 2021 was the final chapter. Many of her songs have back stories that if you don't know what it is you will completely miss the meaning. Songs like Eight which has a happy beat but is about her struggles with the 3 suicide deaths of friends, Love Poem about helping a freind through hard times just by being present, and My Sea about the struggles of becoming who you are.
Check out her live performances to behind to see who IU is as a person.
Official videos related to this reaction.
아이유(IU) : '삐삐(BBIBBI)' DANCE PRACTICE: ruclips.net/video/hngml3y2Rq8/видео.html
[IU] 'BBIBBI’ ('dlwlrma' Concert Mix Ver.) 스페셜 영상: ruclips.net/video/jiCgBhlJPDc/видео.html
[IU] 'Blueming' Fanchants Guide: ruclips.net/video/REcKDqT4uhQ/видео.html
[IU] Blueming Live Clip (2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, poem'): ruclips.net/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/видео.html
[MMA 2021] IU - strawberry moon + Celebrity: ruclips.net/video/JpTqSzm4JOk/видео.html
IU’s killing voice is wonderful, but I’d recommend waiting until you know more of her songs to check it out! I really think you should check out Above The Time, Through The Night, & Lilac- but my main recs would be Good Day, The Red Shoes, Twenty Three and Palette, they’re just iconic.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK IU KILLING VOICE NEXTT IT'S FIRE 🔥
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IU never really promoted her music to the west that's why she's mostly known there as an actress because of the popularity of her kdramas but in Korea Iu is an icon in the music industry. Iu was given the reins by her agency , making major decisions in her career as a singer. Iu mostly writes and directs the albums she releases. She's highly acclaimed for her meaningful songs, one of the most awarded singers in korea.
IU is great, the best soloist in Korea, the favorite of the public and a regular participant in various Tops. She has so many different types of music... it's hard to choose to recommend, but it's probably Killing Voice ruclips.net/video/wDfqXR_5yyQ/видео.html
And then her live performances:
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IU's live vocals are insane, as a uaena (iu fan) who witness her live, its magical and incredible~ also her lyrics are just amaziiiing
here are her must watch live videos
IU - KILLING VOICE
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IU MEANING OF YOU LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2018 DLWLRMA TOUR
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IU HOLD MY HAND LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2019 LOVE, POEM TOUR
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IU BLUEMING LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2019 LOVE, POEM TOUR
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IU EIGHT LIVE CONCERT CLIP FROM 2022 THE GOLDEN HOUR: UNDER THE ORANGE SUN LIVE IN JAMSIL STADIUM (take note, First Female Artist to take over & sold out the said stadium)
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thank you for the great reaction~
데뷔 16년차 아이유는 작사 작곡외에도 아이돌과 기성가수를 나누지 않고 넓은 장르의 카테고리에서 수많은 곡들을 리메이크, 커버, 피처링 했고
그중에 해외 팬들은 생소하지만 한국사람에게는 특별한 몇 곡을 소개합니다
IU - With The Heart To Forget You
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IU - Secret Garden
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Ulala Session & IU - Summer Love
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FIESTAR & IU - Sea Of Moonlight
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Park Myung Soo & IU - Leon
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Hello.. Sorry my writing can be the translator.
Just❤️You just chose songs where he doesn't exploit his vocal power... Watch it live and with songs like Love poem, My sea and many others that has impressive ... You will also find different sounds in his music from all times and from all places!!! The versatility it has is impressive!! Thank you for wanting to get to know her better... A round trip... Greetings from Argentina. ❤️
Check out her age series 23 , palette and eight.
Thanks for reacting to iu. Hope to see more of her in your channel. As much as her mv's and music are pretty good but her live clips are much better. Below are some if you wanna check out.
Winter sleep live - ruclips.net/video/SmQhRHS9-YA/видео.html
Next stop live - ruclips.net/video/3nDzKulmSpg/видео.html
Blackout and last night story 2017 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/3CREKp247cg/видео.html
Dlwlrma and jamjam 2017 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/FAI2wj2JGCI/видео.html
Eight 2022 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/Cxzzg7L3Xgc/видео.html
Hold my hand 2019 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/3iM_06QeZi8/видео.html
Blueming 2019 convert live clip -
ruclips.net/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/видео.html
Iu Dingo killing voice - ruclips.net/video/wDfqXR_5yyQ/видео.html
My sea 2022 concert live clip - ruclips.net/video/nn1pbxe8bAI/видео.html
Honestly you had a pretty good snapshot to start with. Recommendations from here would be 'My Sea' and 'Hold my hand', two of her all time best and 'Strawberry moon', a recent one that I really enjoyed.
IU might be the most influential K-Pop artist, she is the idol for idols, "nation's little sister". One of THE iconic career defining song in her early years was "Good Day". My personal favorite song from her is "Lilac" the MV as well as the dance practice). "Eight" is another very big one (with a very sad meaning behind it, there is a "explained" video from DKDKTV). With IU TV she has endless vlog / behind the scenes content at times hilarious. With IU Palette she has a great interview / variety show of her own (one of the last guests was New Jeans). As for live performances: "Eight" from her Golden Hour Concert from 2021 and "Blueming" from her Love Poem Concert in 2019 are both MUST WATCHES. :D For Golden Hour concert: "Eight" performance and then the two behind the scenes episodes might be the perfect combination. There is so much here...
EDIT: "Hotel Del Luna" and "My Mister" are her best K-Dramas to date btw... if you love her in crazy outfits / stylings... Hotel Del Luna for sure :D
OMG Yesss!! IU is such an artist so excited you're finally diving into her music.❤
Totally recommend you: 23, pallete, through the night, good day, lilac. God so many, all her songs are great xD
Btw other incredible soloist to checkout are Sunmi, Hyuna and Ailee :)
Palette and Dear Name are a couple of my favorites. Also SHINee did a beautiful cover of Dear Name when they were on IU’s show called IU’s Palette that I would love to see your reaction to.
IU Concert Live Clip hold my hand reaction Please ~
Love this! so excited. Through the Night is still one of my favorite slower songs of hers. Some music of hers I can put on and snuggle up on my couch with tea or coffee and mellow out and then some is upbeat or even take you on a journey. Lol. She has some songs where she talks about her age and where she is in life at that time hopefully someone can correct or add to this if there is more but I think it starts with 23 then pallette (where she is 25) the eight (where she is 28) that would be a cool video to do
Blueming is gonna be forever my favorite song of hers 💜
I Really love this songs by IU “My sea” and “ above the time “ and “love poem” so amazing 🥹
React bibi she is not kpop she is from khh she is very talented
Queen IU
She does different genre every single time. You'll enjoy exploring her music.. Hopefully you also have the chance to listen to her b sides because they are amazing 🥰
Scarlet Heart made me cry soooo much but I love it!!
You can pick any song / album and it will be amazing
Fun weird music video - I can't love you anymore
Old school - red shoes
Connected video & song - you and I & above the time
Cutesy video - marshmallow
Sooooo many.. I can't put everything here 😅
I've read this somewhere, iu's blueming is one of the songs out there is written so smartly by her, the meaning behind it, the interpretation she used with chat message; the blue one when we send it and the grey one we received, when first time i heard this song i was confused too 😅
iu is a legend of the korean music industry
React to IU KILLING VOICE will give you a quick overview of IU music. She is the most view KILLING VOICE for a reason!
I'm not that familiar with IU, but what I know for sure is that her song My Sea will forever be in my heart very deep
thank you for this reaction rj!! ❤ i recommend the sea, palette, through the night, eight and twenty-three :) !!
I would recommend you watch her killing voice, so you'll have an idea of her discography. I really love her music in general, she's such a gem. I can't wait for you to dive deeper into her.
omg i loved your reaction!! I really recommend her songs The Red Shoes, Palette, Coin and Twenty-Three
I just started listening to her, too. Listen to "The Visitor". Amazing...
IU is the best! I recommend twenty three followed by palette (the song). They thematically go together! And it’s cool to see how different she looks just a couple of years older.
aahhh if you ever want to check out a live performance of IU you have to see Blueming, Love Poem and My Sea!
Next please check out lilac for me it's her best song
IU😁I hope you watching her concert live clips (eight, bluming, hold my hand , dlwlrma&jamjam , blackout& lastnight story , raindrop&heart , meaning of you......)🤣🤣🤣thank you!
IU - Palette ft. GD 🥺
Pls chech Palettes next😍😍
Lost child is and always will be one of my favourites songs of IU. She is insanely talented. Proud of her everyday.
Plz do more IU. Her
Live concert clips are must watch if you really wanna explore her music. Hope we will get a new reaction soon.
My recommendation are:
Coin
Good day
Vistor
Dear name
Through the night
next : pallets , lilac, strawberry moon , my sea
What a great intro to one of THE WORLD'S BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER PERIOD! 😅
Anyways, these are my suggestions as to what else to check out from her massive repertoire. I kinda went with more recent stuff
Jam jam
eight (featuring and produced by SUGA)
Lilac
Coin
Strawberry Moon
i love her music so much! enjoy your reaction thank you!
Kinda crazy to think that in 2008 she was like, what, 14 years old at the time? And she came out with THAT.😂 Kinda shows you how quick she had to grow up too tho.
As for recommendations, my personal favorites are ‘Through The Night’ and ‘Lilac’. Also the songs ‘Twenty-Three’, ‘Palette’, ‘Eight’. Those 3 talk about how she sees herself throughout the ages 23-25-28
her albums is amazing, include her bside tracks are so freaking good, i remember im so shocked back then know that shes also a actress, song writter, producer, and she can play some instrument, damn shes so talented
If I'm not mistaken from what I've read before, BBIBBI is about the sasaengs, d*spatch, just some "fans" who don't understand the boundary between an idol and a fan. She was talking to them stop following her with their phones and cameras mobbing her face with those, and to stop making rumors about her when they don't even know any single thing in her private life.
IU's story is a great one, hotel del luna is alot of fun, you should watch it, pallette is my favorite song by her, she's only gotten better over the years
You should react to Shinee on IU's pallette!!! Jonghyun and IU were friends.
IU 🤝 TAEYEON
No explanation needed. They are arguably the best and top 1/2 soloist in KPOP industry.
Rolling Stone Magazine has published “Greatest Singers of All Time” in January-2023, that list was of 200 artists & IU was at 135; she is the highest ranked Korean Artist & only Korean female soloist. Her live music more amazing, please check out her Love Poem Concert-2019 & Golden Hour Concert-2022. She is considered as Idol of the Idols & highly respected artist out there in Korea because of her personality. There is always a fight between different Idol’s Fandom but I think every Fandom likes IU.
Queen Iu and King Taeyeon all in one day 👏👏👏
some IU favorites from me
Love Poem
Dear Name
Knees
I think she has a wonderful voice and she is so sweet, [ Fun Facts ] she has 2 or 3 songs with SUGA [ BTS ] and she is JUNGKOOK [ BTS ] ideal woman [ his words ]
BBIBBI is my go to song when I'm in a bad mood. It always calms me down and cheers me up. It's great for sleeping too. It also ages like fine wine. Like I feel I've only been listening to it for like 2 months but it's been 4 years💀
You should react to her killing voice if you have not done that yet! :)
Maybe react to her killing voice video if you have the time i think you’ll get to know her more because she has a LOT of great songs you’ll be obsessed for sure
Wow you started your channel 2 years ago and finally IU 😂. U missed a lot 15 years, hope u can carry on your IU journey it be worth your time.
0:39 oh my god scarlet heart ryeo?? that drama broke me 😭😭
Welcome to the IU universe. Listen to Love Poem, Dear Name, Eight (Live), Through the Night, and Twenty-Three sometime. Very diverse singer and songwriter.
We need a part 2 with Lilac and Trough the Night, so iconic ❤️🩹🤌🏻
iu is a special artist, she's an icon, a legend, and has a special place in the industry and in the heart of South Korea people.
my advice is ... pls dont react to her stuff as individual song/ MV, but pls treat all of them as a "legacy". In short, pls try to see from the bigger picture, and bigger context (lol, I know this is hard). AT least, pls build your understanding of her slowly as you watch/ react to her stuffs (bcs she has a ton of content and context)
my recommendation :
Through The Night MV
Palette MV
Blueming live clip (from love poem concert)
Dingo Killing voice
I Love IU's vocals
There are soo many song & performances you should react. All the album, too. Incredible amazing, the one & only queen IU ❤
I recommend checking out her songs red shoes, twenty-three, palette and eight! (and her killing voice, as well as the songs lilac and coin!)
maybe love poem, knees, good day next? lilac is also recent and super good
No palette???
what i really love about iu music is it's so honest and i don't know, but her voice itself sucks you into her own world. IU writes almost all her songs that it looks like her diary. Around the blueming era, fans started speculating that she might be in a getting-to-know phase with someone.... and that's exactly right. This year, it was revealed that she's in a relationship with a famous actor.... A "CELEBRITY" ;)
Great song choice for this round of reacting to IU, these (except for Lost Child) were examples of her happy songs. On the contrary she also has songs which will make you cry. If ever you decide to do another round of IU, you should check out her ballads cause they're so good too. And the back stories behind it will make you cry. Her MVs are equally stunning as it's not just beautiful but full of symbolisms too
i love her~
My favourite songs are “ MY SEA, hi spring bye, palette, raindrop, friday, eight, BIBBII, Flu, Ah Puh, Every End of the day, Through the night, Hold my hand
YOU&I and above the time are a must.also Good Day,Last night story,The Red Shoes,My old story,Through the Night,Between the lips (50cm)
Thanks for the reaction! I _highly_ recommend checking out her songs My Sea (the lyric video), Can’t Love You Anymore (with Ohhyuk), Ending Scene, Friday, Love Poem, and Palette (feat. GDragon)!!
And if you have the time, her Hold My Hand concert live clip and dingo music Killing Voice are really good too :)
strawberry moon and lilac and ending scene (also jungkook's cover of ending scene) next please :(((((( she also did two songs with SUGA
I was today years old when I found that it was IU's song that JK sang during his Superstar K audition. Makes a lot of sense now!
Excited for other IU journey
Just to name a few must listen
Good Day, Red shoes,Above the time, Pallete, Love Poem, Eight,
For your next IU reaction video I recommend Palette, Ending Scene, and Through The Night. They’re all from the same album and they all have mv’s!! Also recommend strawberry moon 🍓because I love that song.
BLUEMING is related with I-message (Please check the balloons of blue and gray)
Can’t agree more, her voice is so angelic 😍 And the outfits from every MV are iconic 🤌🏻 I really admire her personality and music ! Thank you for reaction 💜
Yayy🎉🎉 finally you react to IU❤❤
Her soothing song for me: lullaby, winter sleep, through the night, above the time, love poem ...quiet a number i forgot the title
Her catchy songs i like strawberry moon, blueming, eight, good day alotttttt
omg!!!!!!! I really love your reaction to IU. Can't wait more of your reaction to her. Please more more.....
I know you're watching Scarlet Heart but you should check her out in Hotel del Luna. Aside from her always amazing acting (and great story line) her characters outfits are just eye candy!
you should definitely react to coin, lilac, good day and strawberry moon! (these have mvs) some of my personal favourites without mvs are ah puh, love poem, above the time and my sea. she's such a great singer and songwriter...actress too! i'm glad you're enjoying her work so far!
And you also have to watch this, IU is absolutely adorable and funny. This was from when she first debuted. It’s only 3 minutes: ruclips.net/video/Z4rgQ5rOyeo/видео.html
Yes you have been cheating yourself by not doing this sooner. She's my number 1 soloist. I discovered her back in 2015 and listened to her for weeks non-stop. I have loved every comeback since.
Itzy also did a cover of BBIBBI with IU when they went to her talk show Palette. Maybe you've seen a clip of it somewhere and that's why u find it familiar ☺️
i just watched your reaction to taeyeon's killing voice, i recommed you to check IU's killing voice too. it's really good!