IU debut at 15 years old in 2008. She is the greatest solo artist in South Korea. She is a singer songwriter, producer, actress etc… you should watch her live performances she is amazing live.
"Eight" is one of the songs related to her age - she was 28 when this came out. She has also released songs for 23, 25 and moving into her 30s. It is talking about the loss of 3 of her friends (there is a lot of symbolism related to them in the mv). She has released several songs talking about loss. She is one of my favourite singers and actresses - she is incredibly talented. I would really recommend watching her performance of this from her "Golden Hour" concert.
She's my all-time favorite artist, her songs often have a much deeper meaning when you look closer. In my opinion her live performances really showcase her talent even more.
On camera or off, you must watch Eight “Explained by a Korean”. She is a treasure and rated by Rolling stone as one of the greatest singers of all time… go deep into her life and discography and legend. You cannot be disappointed.
Both songs have concert Live Clips worth seeing) that come off as positive and empowering (despite somber underlying content)… she has a history of thought provoking lyrics, lyrics/song mood/video that seem to be doing different things… a classic on this cognitive dissonance is “Ending Scene” MV, a simultaneous breakup song and sentimental journey that typically confuses at first watch, but would be nicely paired with duet version with V in her TH-cam program “Palette”
@@GingerT4U2Over her career, she has been documenting her impressions of life at a particular age and the videos reflect each song’s sentiment. There is the ambivalence of being between immaturity and adulthood in “23,” her more settled in feeling of being 25 in “Palette,” the sorrow of losing three close friends in a short period of time in “Eight,” and the excitement of moving from her 20s to her 30s in “Lilac.”
IU - eight (Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS) Explained by a Korean- If you can, watch this explanatory video- how sad it is. She is a pure Artist- Singer, Actress, Song writer, producer. She is better in Live - i would recommend the Golden Hour Concert. My favorite one is "My Sea" - you will see how powerful voice she has. She is such an Artist that RollingStone Magazine put her in their "200 Greatest Singers of All Time". Only Two Korean are on that list - only female artist from Korea. Her life story inspires so many people. She was rejected by 20 Agencies before got one & she earned the title "Nation's Little Sister"- people called her that way. BTS's JangKook sang the song "Lost Child" in Supertar K Audition in Hybe - he such a fan boy of her since childhood, even now if you ask JK who is the No.1 singer/artist, he will reply it's IU.
IU is also a great actress. Hotel del Luna and My Mister are probably her 2 best shows, imo, but I've also seen Moon Lovers: Scarlet Hearts and The Producers, which were both really enjoyable too.
You should watch an explanation for eight, what I can tell you is that about losing 3 of her friends to suicide and they were represented by the lizard, dragon and the girl in white… it is a very sad song when you get the sentiment behind it
IU is such a legend and her vocals are always stunning!! You’re not alone in crying!!! Love Wins All had us all in tears, the vocals paired with the acting and storytelling is just so beautiful and emotional!! Both Tae and IU are so good at acting and their chemistry is so beautiful! You will love her show IU’s Palette she has had both Suga and V (& Jhope) and she has sung Love Wins All with D.O on it! I hope you’ll be tuning into V’s new song with Park Hyo Shin Winter Ahead dropping 11/29!!!
'Love Wins All' is really about how others see those who are different. In the music video IU is mute, and as you worked out V is blind in the right eye from a previous encounter with the 'blocks'. IU is also damaged from her encounters with the 'blocks'. The blocks represent the haters, or those who can't or won't accept difference. The video camera is just a mechanism to show that love, or acceptance, sees through these differences. In the video the other people in the restaurant are all masked, representing the fact that most haters do so anonymously. To steal a line from Baby Monster (Ruka and Asa) in the song 'Woke up in Tokyo' - " "What you know ain't what we see". What others think they know isn't necessarily how others see things. I must have watched the music video 50 times at least. It gets me every time.
Eight. IU had a close friend who was also a celebrity named Sulli who was so savagely bullied online that she took her own life. This video is reflecting on her memories of Sulli. That final line 'Are you happy now?' is bitterly addressing the online bullies.
Hey there a silent listener. I love IU, the song eight is about relationsship, but in the Video are sybolism to friends of IU. Sulli, Goo Hara, and Jonghyun all thre passed away. Jonghyun is portrayed as a lizard, reminiscent of his fondness for the Pokémon character Charmander. Sulli, who tragically passed away, is depicted as a white-dress-girl running through a forest. These symbolic references pay homage to their memory and add another layer of emotion to the song. I don´t remember in which way was Go Hara. But this Song was somthing to her friends. Its like the video is a letter to them. Its so sad, that IU lost tree friends. I know that Sulli and Jonghyun committed suicid, but I´m not sure about Goo Hara. So i hope it helps you And to love wins all, the cube collected people who are not "correct", so she can not speak and he is blind one one eye. So this is the reason why the cube want them, to eleminate them. Love your Reactions to TxT and IU, I hope some day you will react to A.C.E the most underrated group in Kpop. Also the Rose and Onewe are so good, both of them have more a Band-Style Sorry for my bad english, but I´m german. Your Angel
Thank you so much for your comment. I was so hoping someone would give me more context. Your english is perfect, don't worry about it. Wow I didn't know that about the 2 songs. That is so sad that she lost her friends in such a way, it's heartbreaking. Oh and I didn't know that UI portrayed a person who can't speak in Love wins all. Thank you for this information. These are both so sad. May you have a blessed day (sending you light) and thank you for also watching my TXT reactions ☺
IU is known as the sweetheart of South Korea. She has been through so much heartache with the loss of her friends, it didn't help that she is friends with almost everyone. I believe she was also friends with MoonBin who passed after the release of this song. She has a song dedicated to the mental health of her many friends, idol or not. LOVE POEM. Make sure you have lyrics, and tissues.
@@phylisbrown1181 oh wow they were so young, that is so sad. I don't want to think what they could have been going through at the time in order to do this
@GingerT4U2 The idol life is not an easy one. Pressures and doubts coming from every direction, including self doubts sometimes planted by very hateful people.
Great reaction, but not unexpected. Our Queen has the gift of making grown men and women cry with her powerful voice and lyrics. Many of the newer gens like New Jeans explicitly say they listened to her when they were young and credit her with inspring them to become idols. At 17 years in the brutal Kpop biz, IU is universially loved and respected. You've just barely scratched the surface of her incredible career as an award-winning singer/songwriter/producer AND actress (and that's not even counting Philantropist IU, who gives away millions each year to local charities, hospitals, and scholarships). Many of her fans come to her from music, but I came through her incredible performances in the fantasy romance "Hotel Del Luna" where she's a 1400-year-old woman cursed to run a hotel for ghosts, and 180'd with the gritty contemporary "My Mister" where she's a tough cynical street rat that gets involved in a plot to sexually blackmail her boss. This one is always tough to watch because it's such a heartbreaking story and even harder now because her co-star got caught in a scandal and committed suicide, making the fourth person IU was close to that killed themselves. In short, IU is a unique talent unto herself. Please continue your journey with her and us, you won't regret it...
@GingerT4U2 She is incredible, and I don't impress easily. I knew nothing about Kpop or Kdramas and only decided to check out Del Luna because it was fantasy and on Netflix, and to say I was blown away is an understatement. Like a lot of Newbies to Kpop, I went "Who is this Woman?" and discovered her incredible riches-to-rags-to-riches story where she lived with her brother and grannie is a small cold flat eating potatoes to survive while she struggled to build her career. She's never forgotten those dark days which is one of the reasons she donates so much money to local causes like elderly support, single mothers, and others. From there I went to "My Mister" not knowing what to expect, and was bawling by the end of it. From there, I started checking out her music, was blown away by that, which then led me to Blackpink, (G)I-dle and others where I discovered an energy and creativity, much of it driven by smart, talented, humble but battle-hardened workaholic women who had survived years of training/competition and came out to make music and stories I'd never seen on this side of the world. We simply can't match them in the West and they wholeheartedly deserve every accolade they get. So check out more of IU, then check out the astonishing (G)I-dle, which has a similiar story with scrappy Jeon Soyeon (singer/songwriter/producer/creative director/general musical genius), a woman ridiculed as too short, too ugly, and not talented enough, almost single-handedly assembling and building Idle into a creative powerhouse that's used its commercial success to push into subjects Kpop rarely ventures such as women's empowerment, gender roles, and even same-sex love; all, of course, musical Bangers. As a creative myself, I'm flat in awe of all of them, so I'll stop gushing and just say go check out "Hotel Del Luna" and have a box of tissues for the end. After that, you might hop over and react to "Hwaa" (Fire) and the iconic "Lion" by (G)I-dle. If they don't have you going "NOOOOOO! It's Over? I need more! Where's their next song?," I'll eat a lightstick. Looking forwards to more reactions from you.
@@michaelmayo oh wow 🥺 I actually got hooked on Kpop only at the start of 2024 which was when I heard BTS for the first time. Watching their videos etc actually helped me out of a 4 year long depression. I then only in July decided that I want to explore KPOP as a whole and not just 1 group as there must be so many groups. This channel and KPOP started to become my daily medicine to keep me smiling. I'm very much a introvert trying to grow myself and I'm happy as I get to communicate with people like you... So thank u for being here 😊
@GingerT4U2 You're welcome. Without going into details, Kpop/dramas came at a less-than-happy time in my life, but it was just timing. I knew all the general stuff about it but always thought it would be bubble-gummy and was astonished to discover the Koreans had cleverly sucked up every musical genre there was and found a way to bounce it around and stitch it all together so you're never bored with a song. The production quality is always outstanding - I don't think I've ever heard a muddy mix on a ksong. The women are beautiful and can dance all of us into the ground. It was just my "HOLY SHIT!" moment since I'm an entertainment junkie starved for a long time. To touch briefly on Kdramas, I'm a writer so I know how hard it is to construct characters and a long story. Hwood, for various reasons, is just junk anymore and that's what I was used to. Then I watched "Hotel Del Luna," and aside from just being knocked out at how beautiful IU was, I couldn't believe that here was a sixteen-hour story, with multiple characters, carried over multiple timelines, effortlessly going from goofy to completely heart-rending, and sticking the landing. There was real pain and depth to what could have been completely ridiculous if we'd done it. (Aside - in fact remake right were purchased here years ago. I doubt they'll ever do it.) You've fallen down the rabbit hole. Welcome to Wonderland...
@michaelmayo wow, well I hope you joining me down this rabbit hole 😂 wrt the music, if u listen to new music out there that's not kpop, the lyrics it's all drugs, sex etc and the females might have a little clothes on. I don't like that. Yes the idol ladies of kpop also wear short outfits etc but they wear it more stylish and respectable.
Hey Ginger T, thank you for the great reaction to IU ! There is so much more to IU than those two songs. Maybe something more light hearted happy like Strawberry moon or Blueming are in order now ;-) Or Something else from here new mini album like Shopper.
6:32 Actually if you look into the MV explain video about this scene, she actually expressing three phase of emotion following with the lingering lyric "So are you happy now?", which is refering to her three deceased celebrity friend in heaven now by self exit due to haters online bullying. So she is at first seems lost and sorrow, find it difficult to accept the lost of her friends, then second phase is anger toward those haters with that lyric "so are you happy now?" in the back. Then lastly she express a relief expression to greet her friends farewell sending them off. That's why this MV is using this machine as an approach for IU to save her previous memories with her friends as well as helping her coping with the sadness of losing her friends.
@GingerT4U2 Even tho It may seems like you don't like too emotional songs, yet one of the deceased friends refered in this MV as that lizard (Jong Hyun) had wrote one song called "Breath" and gave it to another female singer Lee Hi which is very emotional too. Several years ago, everytimes I listen to this song Lee Hi - Breath, I cried as well, and one times after Jong Hyun deceased and Lee Hi were invited to sing this song on an award, she lost her voice during the singing which make me empathy with her too. Yet now I'm kind of immune to that songs now. That's why I try to recommend that song to you. Yet if you want some happier song from IU, erm...May be you can try Blueming or Lilac or Coin or Strawberry Moon or Celebrity. Actually there are many happy tone song among IU discography as well
IU recorded 'Love Wins All' when quite ill as she wanted the video to be released before V entered the military for his compulsory service, which if I remember correctly was only two days later. She was really struggling to get the recording done, but the video of her recording the song is quite inspiring for her perseverance and professionalism. th-cam.com/video/S-hEbBXf4wY/w-d-xo.html
@GingerT4U2 same! It came on randomly on my playlist once while walking home, and in plain street my eyes just startet bawling.. I couldn't hold my tears, like I got so emotional just from her voice and imagining how tragic the MV was.. 😅
You should react to Blueming MV and live performance on Love Poem concert. It's a pop rock song and she's a great performer so you can have fun while watching these
Thank you but everyone commenting here have explained so much already. It's very sad but I will have a look at the youtube explanations to get a thorough understanding ☺
Hi I recommended 8 because u do songs in twos. She visited her friends who are “forever young” and live only in her memories. I didn’t know how to convince you that Love Wins All was enough to do alone. I’m sorry. I should’ve realized you’d see through how pretty Eight is and feel the sadness. One of her idol friends died in a car accident. The others by suicide. I have just finished your reaction to Eight. I missed seeing this video 2 weeks ago. I’m looking forward to the next reaction. I hope you did them separately, with a break Hi I saw you shake your finger at me. Congratulations at being one of the only reviewers who didn’t turn off the camera after Love Wins All. Yes it’s very moving. It had widespread appeal and didn’t want you to miss it. It’s so beautiful. My first reaction too was “that’s love”.
I was so sad to learn about the story behind Eight as it didn't make much sense to me. Only after everyone started telling me about her friends, I re-watched it and it was so sad. I am a very empathetic person and I unfortunately (or fortunately) live myself into the emotion of songs. I didn't even have to read the lyrics to feel the song. I also don't feel any shame in crying in front of the camera (thus the camera stayed on) and the reason for this is I want to show who I am and I these songs give me happiness, joy or triggers my emotions. I want to be true to everyone who watches my videos. ☺
I heard you talk about the recent losses in your life. I didn’t mean to make you sadder. If it helps with the video, I saw some video of visitors to a friend who had recently passed. They walk up and talk to their friend like it’s an ordinary day . They said things like You know you still owe me 10 dollars. and We should go to that new chicken place you were telling me about. I kind of like the idea of having a conversation like that. Eventually, once the grief gets smaller, I end up having those kinds of thoughts. I’m very sensitive and sad, too. I’m not someone to find the happy songs. I tried to think of descriptions . I hope these were good overall.
IU debut at 15 years old in 2008. She is the greatest solo artist in South Korea. She is a singer songwriter, producer, actress etc… you should watch her live performances she is amazing live.
Thank you. I think I will definitely have a look into her things. She sounds very interesting
"Eight" is one of the songs related to her age - she was 28 when this came out. She has also released songs for 23, 25 and moving into her 30s. It is talking about the loss of 3 of her friends (there is a lot of symbolism related to them in the mv). She has released several songs talking about loss. She is one of my favourite singers and actresses - she is incredibly talented. I would really recommend watching her performance of this from her "Golden Hour" concert.
@@Jneedstostopobssessing thank you for being here 😊
She's my all-time favorite artist, her songs often have a much deeper meaning when you look closer. In my opinion her live performances really showcase her talent even more.
I think I must go look at her live performances as a lot of people here also said I must check it out
On camera or off, you must watch Eight “Explained by a Korean”. She is a treasure and rated by Rolling stone as one of the greatest singers of all time… go deep into her life and discography and legend. You cannot be disappointed.
@@MC_Rohr thank you so much, in case I get emotional I think I'll rather do that off camera 🙏
Both songs have concert Live Clips worth seeing) that come off as positive and empowering (despite somber underlying content)… she has a history of thought provoking lyrics, lyrics/song mood/video that seem to be doing different things… a classic on this cognitive dissonance is “Ending Scene” MV, a simultaneous breakup song and sentimental journey that typically confuses at first watch, but would be nicely paired with duet version with V in her TH-cam program “Palette”
@@MC_Rohr wow interesting
Everyone cried watching love wins all, don’t worry 🥹
Thank you - makes me feel so much better ☺
She was 28 when she wrote this about a very sad year in her life.
Wow she was so young and to go through so much sadness at such an age is not nice
@@GingerT4U2Over her career, she has been documenting her impressions of life at a particular age and the videos reflect each song’s sentiment. There is the ambivalence of being between immaturity and adulthood in “23,” her more settled in feeling of being 25 in “Palette,” the sorrow of losing three close friends in a short period of time in “Eight,” and the excitement of moving from her 20s to her 30s in “Lilac.”
@thewilythylacine wow thank u for the info
IU - eight (Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS) Explained by a Korean- If you can, watch this explanatory video- how sad it is. She is a pure Artist- Singer, Actress, Song writer, producer. She is better in Live - i would recommend the Golden Hour Concert. My favorite one is "My Sea" - you will see how powerful voice she has. She is such an Artist that RollingStone Magazine put her in their "200 Greatest Singers of All Time". Only Two Korean are on that list - only female artist from Korea. Her life story inspires so many people. She was rejected by 20 Agencies before got one & she earned the title "Nation's Little Sister"- people called her that way. BTS's JangKook sang the song "Lost Child" in Supertar K Audition in Hybe - he such a fan boy of her since childhood, even now if you ask JK who is the No.1 singer/artist, he will reply it's IU.
Thank you so much for all this info...she is an angel. I saw in a video a while ago that he said she is his ideal lady
IU is also a great actress. Hotel del Luna and My Mister are probably her 2 best shows, imo, but I've also seen Moon Lovers: Scarlet Hearts and The Producers, which were both really enjoyable too.
@thedungeon1578 I've looked her up and she is truly remarkable. I'm releasing a new reaction on her soon 😊😁
You should watch an explanation for eight, what I can tell you is that about losing 3 of her friends to suicide and they were represented by the lizard, dragon and the girl in white… it is a very sad song when you get the sentiment behind it
@@MrKaibaoh yes I am informed now. It's sad for anyone Idol or not to go through losing friends like this
There are several videos about love wins all, there are behind the scene MVs and recordings.
thank you
Her voice tugs at your heart strings 😭
Indeed she has an angel's voice
She is a great actress too.. ❤
wow I didn't know that. I thought she's only a soloist. I think it's amazing if the idols venture into other fields as well.
@GingerT4U2 If you're interested, you can watch her famous drama My Mister. It's Korea's one of the most famous dramas.
@@joviemarie6956 Thank you - yes I think I will have a look in my private time
IU is such a legend and her vocals are always stunning!! You’re not alone in crying!!! Love Wins All had us all in tears, the vocals paired with the acting and storytelling is just so beautiful and emotional!! Both Tae and IU are so good at acting and their chemistry is so beautiful! You will love her show IU’s Palette she has had both Suga and V (& Jhope) and she has sung Love Wins All with D.O on it! I hope you’ll be tuning into V’s new song with Park Hyo Shin Winter Ahead dropping 11/29!!!
Thank you for being here. Yes I want to have a look at the new release from V. I'm dying to see it.
'Love Wins All' is really about how others see those who are different. In the music video IU is mute, and as you worked out V is blind in the right eye from a previous encounter with the 'blocks'. IU is also damaged from her encounters with the 'blocks'. The blocks represent the haters, or those who can't or won't accept difference. The video camera is just a mechanism to show that love, or acceptance, sees through these differences. In the video the other people in the restaurant are all masked, representing the fact that most haters do so anonymously. To steal a line from Baby Monster (Ruka and Asa) in the song 'Woke up in Tokyo' - " "What you know ain't what we see". What others think they know isn't necessarily how others see things. I must have watched the music video 50 times at least. It gets me every time.
Thank you so much for the beautiful explanation. As how you explained this, it is so true and also so sad.
Eight. IU had a close friend who was also a celebrity named Sulli who was so savagely bullied online that she took her own life. This video is reflecting on her memories of Sulli. That final line 'Are you happy now?' is bitterly addressing the online bullies.
This is just so sad 😔
I love IU. And "Love Wins All" may have wrecked you (it wrecks me every time - I cry every time), but you can react to IU's "Shopper" MV to cheer up!
Thank you so much for your comment and recommendations. I've dotted them all down in my book. Thank you for being here ☺
Hey there a silent listener.
I love IU, the song eight is about relationsship, but in the Video are sybolism to friends of IU. Sulli, Goo Hara, and Jonghyun all thre passed away.
Jonghyun is portrayed as a lizard, reminiscent of his fondness for the Pokémon character Charmander. Sulli, who tragically passed away, is depicted as a white-dress-girl running through a forest. These symbolic references pay homage to their memory and add another layer of emotion to the song. I don´t remember in which way was Go Hara. But this Song was somthing to her friends. Its like the video is a letter to them.
Its so sad, that IU lost tree friends. I know that Sulli and Jonghyun committed suicid, but I´m not sure about Goo Hara.
So i hope it helps you
And to love wins all, the cube collected people who are not "correct", so she can not speak and he is blind one one eye. So this is the reason why the cube want them, to eleminate them.
Love your Reactions to TxT and IU, I hope some day you will react to A.C.E the most underrated group in Kpop. Also the Rose and Onewe are so good, both of them have more a Band-Style
Sorry for my bad english, but I´m german.
Your Angel
Thank you so much for your comment. I was so hoping someone would give me more context. Your english is perfect, don't worry about it.
Wow I didn't know that about the 2 songs. That is so sad that she lost her friends in such a way, it's heartbreaking. Oh and I didn't know that UI portrayed a person who can't speak in Love wins all. Thank you for this information. These are both so sad. May you have a blessed day (sending you light) and thank you for also watching my TXT reactions ☺
Oh and I wrote down the groups you mentioned. Will try to get to them too
@@GingerT4U2 You are welcome
IU is known as the sweetheart of South Korea. She has been through so much heartache with the loss of her friends, it didn't help that she is friends with almost everyone. I believe she was also friends with MoonBin who passed after the release of this song.
She has a song dedicated to the mental health of her many friends, idol or not. LOVE POEM. Make sure you have lyrics, and tissues.
That is so sad. It's sad that you all are mentioning so many people passing away and I presume these people are so young as well. 😔
@GingerT4U2 MoonBin was only 25. I think Jonghyun was 27. Sully was 25 and passed not too long after Jonghyun. Hara was 28.
@@phylisbrown1181 oh wow they were so young, that is so sad. I don't want to think what they could have been going through at the time in order to do this
@GingerT4U2 The idol life is not an easy one. Pressures and doubts coming from every direction, including self doubts sometimes planted by very hateful people.
@phylisbrown1181 that's so sad 🥺
Great reaction, but not unexpected. Our Queen has the gift of making grown men and women cry with her powerful voice and lyrics. Many of the newer gens like New Jeans explicitly say they listened to her when they were young and credit her with inspring them to become idols.
At 17 years in the brutal Kpop biz, IU is universially loved and respected. You've just barely scratched the surface of her incredible career as an award-winning singer/songwriter/producer AND actress (and that's not even counting Philantropist IU, who gives away millions each year to local charities, hospitals, and scholarships).
Many of her fans come to her from music, but I came through her incredible performances in the fantasy romance "Hotel Del Luna" where she's a 1400-year-old woman cursed to run a hotel for ghosts, and 180'd with the gritty contemporary "My Mister" where she's a tough cynical street rat that gets involved in a plot to sexually blackmail her boss. This one is always tough to watch because it's such a heartbreaking story and even harder now because her co-star got caught in a scandal and committed suicide, making the fourth person IU was close to that killed themselves.
In short, IU is a unique talent unto herself. Please continue your journey with her and us, you won't regret it...
@@michaelmayo oh wow that sounds incredible 😳🤩
@GingerT4U2 She is incredible, and I don't impress easily. I knew nothing about Kpop or Kdramas and only decided to check out Del Luna because it was fantasy and on Netflix, and to say I was blown away is an understatement. Like a lot of Newbies to Kpop, I went "Who is this Woman?" and discovered her incredible riches-to-rags-to-riches story where she lived with her brother and grannie is a small cold flat eating potatoes to survive while she struggled to build her career. She's never forgotten those dark days which is one of the reasons she donates so much money to local causes like elderly support, single mothers, and others.
From there I went to "My Mister" not knowing what to expect, and was bawling by the end of it. From there, I started checking out her music, was blown away by that, which then led me to Blackpink, (G)I-dle and others where I discovered an energy and creativity, much of it driven by smart, talented, humble but battle-hardened workaholic women who had survived years of training/competition and came out to make music and stories I'd never seen on this side of the world. We simply can't match them in the West and they wholeheartedly deserve every accolade they get.
So check out more of IU, then check out the astonishing (G)I-dle, which has a similiar story with scrappy Jeon Soyeon (singer/songwriter/producer/creative director/general musical genius), a woman ridiculed as too short, too ugly, and not talented enough, almost single-handedly assembling and building Idle into a creative powerhouse that's used its commercial success to push into subjects Kpop rarely ventures such as women's empowerment, gender roles, and even same-sex love; all, of course, musical Bangers. As a creative myself, I'm flat in awe of all of them, so I'll stop gushing and just say go check out "Hotel Del Luna" and have a box of tissues for the end. After that, you might hop over and react to "Hwaa" (Fire) and the iconic "Lion" by (G)I-dle. If they don't have you going "NOOOOOO! It's Over? I need more! Where's their next song?," I'll eat a lightstick.
Looking forwards to more reactions from you.
@@michaelmayo oh wow 🥺 I actually got hooked on Kpop only at the start of 2024 which was when I heard BTS for the first time. Watching their videos etc actually helped me out of a 4 year long depression. I then only in July decided that I want to explore KPOP as a whole and not just 1 group as there must be so many groups. This channel and KPOP started to become my daily medicine to keep me smiling. I'm very much a introvert trying to grow myself and I'm happy as I get to communicate with people like you... So thank u for being here 😊
@GingerT4U2 You're welcome. Without going into details, Kpop/dramas came at a less-than-happy time in my life, but it was just timing. I knew all the general stuff about it but always thought it would be bubble-gummy and was astonished to discover the Koreans had cleverly sucked up every musical genre there was and found a way to bounce it around and stitch it all together so you're never bored with a song. The production quality is always outstanding - I don't think I've ever heard a muddy mix on a ksong. The women are beautiful and can dance all of us into the ground. It was just my "HOLY SHIT!" moment since I'm an entertainment junkie starved for a long time. To touch briefly on Kdramas, I'm a writer so I know how hard it is to construct characters and a long story. Hwood, for various reasons, is just junk anymore and that's what I was used to.
Then I watched "Hotel Del Luna," and aside from just being knocked out at how beautiful IU was, I couldn't believe that here was a sixteen-hour story, with multiple characters, carried over multiple timelines, effortlessly going from goofy to completely heart-rending, and sticking the landing. There was real pain and depth to what could have been completely ridiculous if we'd done it. (Aside - in fact remake right were purchased here years ago. I doubt they'll ever do it.)
You've fallen down the rabbit hole. Welcome to Wonderland...
@michaelmayo wow, well I hope you joining me down this rabbit hole 😂 wrt the music, if u listen to new music out there that's not kpop, the lyrics it's all drugs, sex etc and the females might have a little clothes on. I don't like that. Yes the idol ladies of kpop also wear short outfits etc but they wear it more stylish and respectable.
Hey Ginger T,
thank you for the great reaction to IU !
There is so much more to IU than those two songs.
Maybe something more light hearted happy like Strawberry moon or Blueming are in order now ;-)
Or Something else from here new mini album like Shopper.
@@mkoose Thank you for being here 😊 I will keep them for another time. She really has an angel's voice
@@GingerT4U2 I will be there then ;-)
Thanks for lovely reaction
I will be here again for IU.
Thank you so much ☺
6:32 Actually if you look into the MV explain video about this scene, she actually expressing three phase of emotion following with the lingering lyric "So are you happy now?", which is refering to her three deceased celebrity friend in heaven now by self exit due to haters online bullying.
So she is at first seems lost and sorrow, find it difficult to accept the lost of her friends, then second phase is anger toward those haters with that lyric "so are you happy now?" in the back. Then lastly she express a relief expression to greet her friends farewell sending them off.
That's why this MV is using this machine as an approach for IU to save her previous memories with her friends as well as helping her coping with the sadness of losing her friends.
@@JeusAlprime108 oh I see about saving her memories, that is awesome but very sad that idols go through this torture by fans 🥺
@GingerT4U2 Even tho It may seems like you don't like too emotional songs, yet one of the deceased friends refered in this MV as that lizard (Jong Hyun) had wrote one song called "Breath" and gave it to another female singer Lee Hi which is very emotional too.
Several years ago, everytimes I listen to this song Lee Hi - Breath, I cried as well, and one times after Jong Hyun deceased and Lee Hi were invited to sing this song on an award, she lost her voice during the singing which make me empathy with her too. Yet now I'm kind of immune to that songs now.
That's why I try to recommend that song to you. Yet if you want some happier song from IU, erm...May be you can try Blueming or Lilac or Coin or Strawberry Moon or Celebrity. Actually there are many happy tone song among IU discography as well
@JeusAlprime108 thank you for this. It's not that I don't like sad songs but I always cry and I don't want people to think I'm weird 🙏
@@GingerT4U2 nah...it would be weirder if you don't cry over such kind of sad song...
IU recorded 'Love Wins All' when quite ill as she wanted the video to be released before V entered the military for his compulsory service, which if I remember correctly was only two days later. She was really struggling to get the recording done, but the video of her recording the song is quite inspiring for her perseverance and professionalism.
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Wow that's amazing. Still they pulled off an amazing video that I don't think I'll be able to watch again. Always end up jn tears
I think most of us cried the first time we watched and heard the song... and some of us even the 2nd and 3rd times.. so no need to feel embarrassed 😅❤
gosh I didn't even have to look at the lyrics, just the mv and IU's voice triggered me. My heart is too big LOL
@GingerT4U2 same! It came on randomly on my playlist once while walking home, and in plain street my eyes just startet bawling.. I couldn't hold my tears, like I got so emotional just from her voice and imagining how tragic the MV was.. 😅
@@Pookasoul its unbelievable what her voice does to me
Queen IU ❤❤❤
You should react to Blueming MV and live performance on Love Poem concert. It's a pop rock song and she's a great performer so you can have fun while watching these
@@nnqn0710 thank you for these recommendations, ♥️
This Blueming live Love Poem Tour) may be one of the most upbeat audience participation songs ever)
@@MC_Rohr oh wow now that got me curious 😆
debes reaccionar a estas dos canciones en sus conciertos, son de verdad impactantes.
I will definitely look into that ☺
아이유는 한국의 대표적인 싱어송라이터 여자가수에요😊
She is beautiful and has the voice of an angel❤
I love the fact that you commented in Korean. I tried very hard to learn the language, I know a few words but not that good ☺ 안녕하세요 그리고 여기 와주셔서 감사합니다
Welcome to the world of IU. It is a journey worth taking
@@RDJSR1 thank u 😊
hay videos en youtube explicando ambos videos de IU
Thank you but everyone commenting here have explained so much already. It's very sad but I will have a look at the youtube explanations to get a thorough understanding ☺
Hi I recommended 8 because u do songs in twos. She visited her friends who are “forever young” and live only in her memories. I didn’t know how to convince you that Love Wins All was enough to do alone. I’m sorry.
I should’ve realized you’d see through how pretty Eight is and feel the sadness. One of her idol friends died in a car accident. The others by suicide. I have just finished your reaction to Eight. I missed seeing this video 2 weeks ago. I’m looking forward to the next reaction. I hope you did them separately, with a break
Hi I saw you shake your finger at me. Congratulations at being one of the only reviewers who didn’t turn off the camera after Love Wins All. Yes it’s very moving. It had widespread appeal and didn’t want you to miss it. It’s so beautiful. My first reaction too was “that’s love”.
I was so sad to learn about the story behind Eight as it didn't make much sense to me. Only after everyone started telling me about her friends, I re-watched it and it was so sad. I am a very empathetic person and I unfortunately (or fortunately) live myself into the emotion of songs. I didn't even have to read the lyrics to feel the song. I also don't feel any shame in crying in front of the camera (thus the camera stayed on) and the reason for this is I want to show who I am and I these songs give me happiness, joy or triggers my emotions. I want to be true to everyone who watches my videos. ☺
I heard you talk about the recent losses in your life. I didn’t mean to make you sadder. If it helps with the video, I saw some video of visitors to a friend who had recently passed. They walk up and talk to their friend like it’s an ordinary day . They said things like You know you still owe me 10 dollars. and We should go to that new chicken place you were telling me about.
I kind of like the idea of having a conversation like that. Eventually, once the grief gets smaller, I end up having those kinds of thoughts.
I’m very sensitive and sad, too. I’m not someone to find the happy songs. I tried to think of descriptions .
I hope these were good overall.
@@Sunset553 I loved these 2 songs. IU is amazing, beautiful heart, beautiful soul
A beautiful song you should listen to (with sub titles ) is SB19 MAPA (A Philippine boy group )
@@MRDPG59 interesting thank u 😊
Los dibujos animados son dos amigos que ella perdió y ella desde el avión los ve bien por la ventana. ella esta en el avión
Thank you for this ☺
Live version is better
@@theark7728 live version of both?
@GingerT4U2 yes
Plz, react Park Hyo shin's Good bye and Wild flower.
I really wanna your react of them.
@@F-killer-v4f I will definitely do so soonest 🙏🤗
Memory not a vision. What simbl dose an 8 on it's side resemble?
The infinity symbol
@GingerT4U2 exactly a memory/dream for eternity.