She's not the nation's little sister for nothing. This girl has been around since 2008, when she was 14-15. Since then, she's become one of those singers who's pretty much a guaranteed chart topper. Any song she releases will fly up the charts. She's not only loved by Kpop fans, but the general public as well. IU isn't just an amazing singer, but also an accomplished actress as well. And she's known to be very generous with her money and often gives to charities. In the beginning of her career, her music and style was largely controlled by her company but then around 2016, she put her foot down and essentially told the company that she's been doing what they wanted for so long and wanted to be able to compose and release the music SHE wanted and they let her. So a lot of her newer music, she had a hand in the production. Either way, her music is always good.
@@OLBYAHYE.OLIABAEK Regarding to that situation, she once said in an interview, that there is one artist she never was able to win over on a musicshow and this one artist was herself
You should react to Palette and Twenty-three. They are part of her age series: Twenty-three (23), Palette (25) and Eight (28). She talks about her life in those three songs, so the lyrics are very interesting. You should also react to BBIBBI. It's a diss track to haters, so the lyrics are also interesting. Through the Night is the most famous ballad of hers. It's an excellent introduction to her ballads. You should also react to Love Poem. In my opinion, it's her best ballad and her most beautiful song. Finally, if you want to listen to the two songs that made her famous, listen to Good Day and You&I.
Both Taeyeon and IU are the Queen Soloists!! IU been slaying as a soloist since 2008 and is largely respected in Korea, well liked by all ages due to her wide range of songs as well as being a VERY successful actress.
Ahm.. BOA? If you say legend... I believe she is at that level. Like IU, she debut when she was 14-15, right when kpop wasn't even a trend outside of Korea.
8 makes me cry every time. As others have mentioned, it was written for Jonghyun and Sulli. I'll explain some of the references that you probably wouldn't catch. - 8 represents Jonghyun's birthday, April 8th and she and Sulli were friends for 8 years before Sulli's passing. It's also an infinity symbol. - She opens the song with 'so are you happy now? Finally happy now?', which is in reference to an interview Sulli did in the months leading up to her passing (or maybe it was around her debut with the song 'Goblin'). Sulli was asked about her happiest moment and Sulli replied that she didn't think she had ever been happy. (incidentally the line where I always start to get teary is 'I feel like I lost everything' and by 'if this is what love is like, I don't ever want to love again', I'm in full on hysterical sobs every time. - The cartoon parts represents her dreams and memories, where she can always go back to to see them in happier days. - The lizard/dragon = Jonghyun. Charmander was his favourite pokemon. Sulli is the girl in the white dress on the island. Easily missed on the first watch that this isn't also IU, however the girl on the island doesn't have a mole. - The white dress girl who is representing Sulli is running from something and jumps from the cliff, only to be caught by and reunited with the lizard Jonghyun who has now become a dragon. - if you go back to the beginning of the music video, you'll notice that the lizard never left her, he's watching her from above. I've probably missed some things but I'm tearful again lol sorry!
You can tell she's an actress by that end scene, those are the facial expressions of a professional. She's a songwriter, but also work with others. Eight is her lyrics except Suga's rap, Blueming was done in a team. Eight is the third part of her coming-of-age series, where she reflect on herself at that certain age: Twenty-three (23), Palette (25), eight (28). Palette featured G-Dragon from Bigbang in a similar way to Suga in Eight. You&I and Above the Time is another pair of songs and MVs that belong together, a continuing story released 8 years apart.
Yes, she wrote the lyrics for this song. She writes lyrics since 2011 and since her Chat-Shire album (2015) she writes almost all of hers. She has a diverse discography. She has a Disney-like album, Last Fantasy, a jazz/bossa nova album, Modern Times, and also two albums of modern covers of old Korean songs, A Flower Bookmark and A Flower Bookmark 2. She also has "standard" K-pop albums. Her albums are a mixture of ballads and upbeat songs. Up until 2015, when her music was produced by her company, she had an unusual amount of orchestra instruments in her music. Since 2015, when she started producing her own songs, her music became more minimalistic. She's also pretty famous for singing many ballads like Love Poem, Through the Night and Knees. She has this very distinct sweet and soothing voice, so it very much fits into her style.
@@candyy478 I meant that she write almost all of them, not that she didn't write them before. She wrote the lyrics for all the songs in Chat-Shire and 9 out of 10 in Palette, while only 4 out of 13 in Modern Times. But I will fix that for you.
Funny that you said, "it's korean but I wouldnt call that a kpop song, that was just a very beautiful song" because IU started out more as an idol but grew to become recognized in Korea as an Artist, and not an idol. She is a rare gem who composes and writes the most beautiful lyrics to tell her stories ❤️
Yes, Suga is an established producer, who is winning awards outside of BTS for his work. He won his first award as a producer in 2017 I love IU's music, both these songs are so good. Please react to her song "Palette"
IU is easily my favorite lyricist ever. Her lyrics are very powerful, creative, and moving; each song takes us on a journey, whether it an imaginary story to relate to or something that gives us a look into her and what she is feeling.
If I'm not mistaken, the dragon/geeko is supposed to represent Jonghyun and the girl in the loose white gown is Sulli(?). And the girl in the plane is IU. I don't know if you noticed but when the girl is in the air with the geeko, she looks back and then it shows IU in the plane with tears in her eyes. It was very touching to me
The whole Blueming music video and the lyrics are metaphors for texting. The grey and blue balloons are text bubbles. IU has a lot of great songs and she sounds amazing live too.
IU writes her own songs. Blueming and Eight are written by her (Eight is co-written by Suga). Suga is producer. In Eight he is also credited for piano and synthesizer
IU!! Yeah she writes a lot of her songs and her sweet sweet voice is too addicting and comforting too. She's also a queen of live singing - her concerts get sold out in a snap, with a lot of celebrities attending too. Haha. Eight is also a part of her "age series" - songs where she's singing about her age at the moment. Both Suga and IU are 28 at this time. 🥰 The other two are "Palette" (25) and "Twenty three" 💜
In Blueming when she says I'm the author of this story thats me. Author in korean in Jieunie and her name is Jieun so its like she's actually saying Jieunnie thats me! IU is adoreble! You should see Ryeo Scarlet Heart. It has IU as the main character and Byun Baekhyun is a prince! They fight a lot in the show and its really an adoreble sibling relationship! :D
For a next IU reaction I'd recommend 'Palette' and 'BbiBbi' also. 'You and I' followed by 'Above The Time' is also a must-watch in this order, as those two MVs are linked. Finally, 'Good Day' which was her first big hit with a legendary lengthy high note 🔥
All members of BTS are credited as composers and/or producers on all of their albums, and Suga has composed, featured and produced for many other artists such as Heize, Suran, Lee So Ra, Halsey, MAX, etc.
For some reason I got chills at the end of the mv eight when IU was looking at the camera. At first she was smiling but then the way her expression slowly changes- idk why I felt like that. Anyways great video! :)
I gave up to have any solo artists as my favorite... how can you choose between IU, Taeyeon, Heize, Sunmi, Chungha, Lee Hi, or the vocalist powerhouses Ailee, Sohyang, Son Seung-yeon (and these are only the female artists!)? I hopelessly love them all! ^^
IU's lyrics are special and beautiful, even the sad songs have a strong positive will, and her beautiful voice is impressive. (Her live singing is better than the MV) The following three songs tell the flow of a story. (BBIBBI -> Love Poem -> Eight) BBIBBI: IU illustrates the relationship between unscrupulous media, haters, and Korean idols, and issues a warning. Love Poem: IU provides comfort and inspiration to those whose lives are under various stresses, trying to stop tragedies from happening. Eight: IU's inner feelings after experiencing multiple tragedies, mourning for her friends and comforting herself, hoping to live life in a strong and positive way.
At the end it's heard that ''are you happy, finally happy now you are'' that is towards the haters that unfortunately led Sulli commit suicide because for a very long time she criticized, hated and even told to kill herself online for whatever reason... So IU is asking those people if they are happy the way they act towards her and was it worth it basically. Yeah this song is really deep and IU is a really good person to adress the haters who bullied her friends and also herself. It's sad that fame automatically atrract hate for no reason. Hope the idols are in peace now.
Eighth was a really big deal when it came out, with iu and suga being such big names, it have been chatting since day one, suga is a really well know producer and song writer, and a hit maker not only for bts but for another female artist like Heize and Suran
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IU: She is the most popular and most well-loved soloist in Korea. For so many years, she's been voted in the Top 3 ranking of most well-loved celebrities in Korea (along with BTS and the indisputable Nation's MC, Yoo Jae Suk). Almost everyone in Korea listens to IU, she has the most followers in Melon (Korea's largest music site) after BTS. Imagine, a soloist miles ahead of popular groups. She's also a great actress, winning awards left and eight for her performance in My Mister. IU is also the most profitable advertisement model in SK (accdg to industry experts). Her face is everywhere in Korea. She has been the model of Chamisul (Korea's #1 soju) for the longest time, hence why you'd see her face everywhere. As for philanthropy, she's the only one in her 20s listed by Forbes as one of the most philanthropic Korean celebrity. In 2020 alone, she donated almost 1 Billion Korean Won. Why does the general public love her? Because of her songs, songwriting abilities, and her kind and good nature. IU's lyricism cannot be understood deeply by non-Korean speakers/fans. If you talk to any Korean, they'd automatically tell you that IU's lyrics are out of this world. For her concerts, she performs for almost 5 hours. 3 hrs for the main concert and 2 hrs (it depends) for the encore. Imagine a soloist performing a 5 hr concert! International fans are not familiar to her because she seldom ventures outside of Korea, although she holds sold-out concerts in Asia. Basically, everyone in South Korea loves IU. Yes - Taeyeon, Hyolyn, Ailee, Sunmi and other soloists are famed and well loved in Korea but no one can compare to IU's popularity. It's not a farfetched joke when people say that IU's fans (called Uaena) are the whole of South Korea. She's the current holder of the record of a female singer's most Daesang (Grand Prize) in Korea (overall, she's 2nd i think to Psy). So yes, welcome to the literal Queen of Kpop, IU.
Yessss!!!!! Taeyeon and IU 🥺❤️❤️❤️ Edit: IU writes her songs and I’d like you to react to her Through the night which is another song for Jonghyun a late close friend.
Yes! IU is probably the most recognizable current female soloist in Korea and often referred to as the 'Nation's sweetheart'. From singing, acting, to the biggest CFs, her popularity cannot be overstated and you'll understand why the more you check out her music haha. The only other notable soloist left that you haven't checked out is Ailee, who is one of the best vocalists on par with Hyolyn and Taeyeon, with tracks such as 'U and I', 'I will show you', 'Mind your own business'.
Btw, IU live is great, like MMA 2017 or Love Poem Live Clip (for something short and sweet). FYI, “Eight” Explained by Korean video is recommended if you’d like to learn about sad, reassuring and deep meaning of lyrics and production.
My favorite IU title track is Palette hands down. It covers the length of her career and is very personal and introspective. The lyrics almost read like a journal entry. For those of us who've grown up listening to IU it was a nice little treat to look back together. Friday is also a really nice track and something I'd want to listen to in a coffee shop. It's very cute and I think the MV is beautiful as well. It's a duet so it's nice to hear another vocal color paired with IU's as well.
Love IU, My personal faves of hers are Palette and Love Poem. Another solo artist I think you'll love is Lee Hi. Lee Hi has an AMAZING voice and her songs hot your heart. I think you'll like her song, HOLO, Breath (with lyrics is a must) and Rose ( live from begin again) :).
IU is known as Korea's Sweetheart. Her songs always top the charts and her Kdramas are very popular She's really sweet and has a lot of friends in the entertainment industry. Ps: Eight had a deep message and was about her best friends, who unfortunately passed away: Jonghyun, Sulli, and Goo Hara. She's a songwriter as well so many of her songs have deep messages from her.
Oh my goodness Sir Austin! I'm waiting for you to react to IU! I'm not one of her die hard fans but I truly admire her voice and songs. I know you will love her too. And......... If you do.... You should definitely watch "SCARLET HEART RYEO" that's one of the best and underappreciated kdrama ever! IU is the main actress, and your first love Ji Soo is also there!!! Baekhyun is there too!!! The two of them are a prince and siblings in the drama ❤️ and Seohyun from SNSD is also there LOL so that's all of the reasons why you should watch that drama after Kyungsoo's 100 DMP ❤️
omg finally!! iu is my favorite female artist! hope you to react to more songs of her, listening to through night, above time, love poem, pallet, is SO good
IU and Taeyeon are probably the two most successful korean singers, i love IU so much, she writes all of her songs and she's amazing at doing that, she's very respected as a song writer
If you want some more songs with strong vocals and deep, moving lyrics written by her, check out Ending Scene and Through the Night from her Palette album! Both songs have mvs (Ending Scene is one of my favorite music videos ever because of the layers of storytelling that work with the song lyrics)
I would recommend her acoustic versions as well. Her voice is so controlled like it`s just stupid good. I fell in love with her a month ago for what she`s been throught in life and managed to overcome everything. Her love for everyone is just out of this world - I believe there was a time when instead of getting more money for herself she had the company renew the contracts for her 40 people team to which she is really close and for some even sang at their weddings. Also she is our donation queen and on most of her TH-cam videos at the end she leaves a comment about lost children in Korea to inform the population to help in finding them. I think I kind of understand why she is so loved by everyone in Korea and she still owns the nickname Korea`s little sister. Also I think she might be a vampire because she does not seem to age...like at all lol.
If you're looking for ballad like songs, I would recommend Through the Night and Lullaby. Palette is a bit slower as well, and it was the first song that I heard of hers. It's usually always a toss up between her and Taeyeon as my favorite soloist, but you can't really go wrong with either of them!
Yes! 💜 IU! I’m so happy you reacted to IU~ and glad you enjoyed these songs. IU is a singer-songwriter~ And in her early days she used to play the guitar a lot. Looking forward to more IU on your channel~ She used to guest on Taeyeon’s radio show back when she was a teenager, and eventually ended up as the DJ when Taeyeon stepped down. They were so cute together 💜 The two also often share the same live band members during their concerts 😂 Great video, Sir Austin!
When i saw your new video being a video about IU i got so excited that i stopped everything i was doing just to watch, i couldn't believe it xD I am a super fan of IU, been following her work and songs for a long time so it made my day seeing you enjoying these two songs and i hope there will be more, you're amazing Austin! Thank you!
If you want to react to another soloist I strongly suggest Ailee ! She has a really powerful voice and her vocals are just crazy 🥵 Songs recommendation : - MV : • Heaven (debut song) • I Will Show You (most popular song) • Reminiscing (underrated but really shows her vocal ability) - Live : • Shine (also underrated but wow is she good in this one ♥️) • I Will Always Love You (a fans' favorite) Really hoping for the day you'll react to her ! Love your reactions everytime 😊
IU is so honest and lovely. she is not a shy girl at all. she is actually so strong and always defend herself directly. her behavior and moments with his bodyguard is the best XD they are like father and daighter. so cute.
All of IUs songs are amazing and you will never find one you dislike, my personal favorite song is Red shoes and i recommend you react to that along with the rest of her age series!
she is an amazing artist, a truly creative mind who writes most of her own music. she has worked in multiple famous drama series as well. i think you will love the period piece called Scarlet Heart Ryeo. Baekhyun is also in this drama and they have some cute scenes. its an all big-names cast so the acting is amazing too plus extremely compelling plot, amazing OSTs one done by CBX and Taeyeon.
II is an incredible singer and a phenomenal actress ❤️✨ She sang Kyungsoo's It's okay as soon as it was released and said that it's her comfort song. 🤗
She's really a great lyricist for me, esp in Blueming its very smart of her to describe love rel in phone message, like blue n gray as in iphone msg, its very creative n witty too...love her sm for tht💜
i suggest good day her vocals in the song is so gooddd she does a three highnote thing i dont know the name of it but im sure you will love it also palette is my favorite song by her 🤧
Official videos related to the reacted songs. [IU] 'eight' Acoustic Ver. Live Clip: th-cam.com/video/tJM0yIbg8iQ/w-d-xo.html [IU] 'Blueming' Fanchants Guide: th-cam.com/video/REcKDqT4uhQ/w-d-xo.html IU 'Blueming' Live🎤🎤(Band ver.) | Lyrics | Special Clip: th-cam.com/video/yqtCGojXEpM/w-d-xo.html IU Blueming Live Clip (2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, poem'): th-cam.com/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/w-d-xo.html
She's truly one of a kind and on her own level. Digital monster IU, all her songs are insta #1. Her voice can evoke strong emotional response, my case in point her 2017 Through the Night + Dear Name live performance.
If you react to 2 videos at the time you should react to "YOU & I" in the story she build a time machine to be with the person that she loves. 8 years later she made the second part of the story with the ABOVE THE TIME music video. Also recommend the song that put her in the map GOOD DAY.
i love her and her music! it’s so hard to choose a favorite iu song, some i enjoy the most are lullaby, dlwlrma, bbibbi (which ji u covered in their last online concert), and modern times :)
IU is an angel. Iconic, has been in the industry for many years. One of the most sincere idols out there. 💞 I'm UAENA since 2013, and I have seen her growth as an artist and as a person. She's marvelous and so strong. Losing three of her best friends made her even stronger than she was, and it shows in the last songs she has released. I recommend her songs "Palette", "You and I" and "The red Shoes". Also all her albums are master pieces.
Blueming is definitely my house cleaning song lol. And yes, she incorporates a lot of pop culture references into her work. She once released an entire album named after a Charlie Chaplin movie (Modern Times - lead single: The Red Shoes), which imo is one of her best. She’s been writing most of her own music for the past 5? years or so, including both of these songs
Thanks for taking the recommendation. You will also like Palette as many others have said. Esp. as you are a songwriter and the lyrics are something I think you'll enjoy as well (you can find them translated online to English in many places). Also BBI BBI for the same reasons. Her live vocals are surprisingly good. She normally sings soft but can go after the high notes, etc. when she wants. 2:55 - we like blue hair too :)
Two trivia pieces on iu. 1. Her song "GOOD DAY" (2010) was chosen by Billboard Magazine as their favorite kpop song of the 2010's. 2. She was so unknown with her debut, that the first music shoe that would have her on, almost announced her as Mia and the song IU. Mia (aka Lost Child) was the name of her debut release from 2008.
Really happy you started looking into IU! Hope you'll check out more. As you're always searching for live clips. Her live clip of Blueming from her 2019 concert (th-cam.com/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80%EA%B8%88%5BIUOfficial%5D) is probably my favourite live stage ever. She is so natural on stage and imho sounds even better than on studio versions, because you can hear her enjoying being on stage through her voice
Ayeeeee that's my girl IU! Omg thank you for this Sir Austin 😭 IU wrote the lyrics for both songs. She's a singer-songwriter, producer, actress, model and a philanthropist. She's a phenomenal artist! Please react to more of her song, whatever song is fine because at this point, everyone knows that IU don't make bad music. But since you reacted to Eight might as well react to her other age-series songs, such as: Twenty three - talks about how its like for her being a 23 year old Palette (ft. GDragon of bigbang) - was about her being 25 Currently, IU is 28 (Korean age) so is Suga hence the song eight but as you can see, there more to 8 that meets the eye. I'm soooo stoked seeing you react to IU, I mean at one point I was wondering if you were ever going to react to IU, ultimately I know you will because everyone who dived in kpop must know IU, its just a must as she is Korea's top soloist. She's stayed relevant for 12 years! Killing charts and winning awards. Her fanbase is also no joke, I mean for a soloist to have that massive influence says soooo much about her talent. And unlike other soloist who started with groups before venturing to being solo act, IU has been going solo since the beginning. She holds concerts for 5 hours long, imagine that being a solo act and you do everything on your own. Ahhh I'm just throwing in random blab here but I'm wayyyy too excited to shut up 😆 I just love her so much. Her discography is massive, 12 years worth of music! So I'm excited to see more, thank you again for reacting to IU and for enjoying her music like we did 💕💕💕
Finally, IU! I was able to attend her concert Love Poem tour in 2019 and it was so so AMAZING every minute and every second of it! As for eight, it still gives me the goosebumps whenever I listen to it. The music sounds happy but looking at the lyrics, it's really heartbreaking. From the theories, Sulli is the girl in white, Jonghyun is the dragon and Hara is the lizard. 💔
Thanks for listening to IU. She is amazing, MOST of her music is not really kpop she is huge on ballads and singing about her life IU writes and produces most of her music now or will co-write/produce. Blueming is upbeat and happy because as you said it tells of two people falling in love over text message. (Grey and Blue chat boxes) Eight was written for those who have lost someone. IU has lost a few friends to cyber bullying and singing is one of the ways she processes these feelings. As far as suggestions, Good Day is her most popular song, I would also check out Lost Child its her debut song and is amazing. More recent anything from her modern days or love poem albums.
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This is the nation’s little sister. IU is seriously INCREDIBLE
1.Nation’s little sister: IU & Moon Geun Young (actress)
2.Nation’s first love: Suzy (Miss A)
Ms.iu nation's little sister and nation's sweet heart she get 2 title not one but 2 😊
She's not the nation's little sister for nothing. This girl has been around since 2008, when she was 14-15. Since then, she's become one of those singers who's pretty much a guaranteed chart topper. Any song she releases will fly up the charts. She's not only loved by Kpop fans, but the general public as well. IU isn't just an amazing singer, but also an accomplished actress as well. And she's known to be very generous with her money and often gives to charities.
In the beginning of her career, her music and style was largely controlled by her company but then around 2016, she put her foot down and essentially told the company that she's been doing what they wanted for so long and wanted to be able to compose and release the music SHE wanted and they let her. So a lot of her newer music, she had a hand in the production. Either way, her music is always good.
SHE EVEN FIGHT WITH HER OWN SONG HAHA IN MUSIC BANK OR INKIGAYO I DONT REMEMBER HAHA 2 OF HER SONG IN TOP 1 AND 2 😂
@@OLBYAHYE.OLIABAEK Regarding to that situation, she once said in an interview, that there is one artist she never was able to win over on a musicshow and this one artist was herself
So cute IU
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You should react to Palette and Twenty-three. They are part of her age series: Twenty-three (23), Palette (25) and Eight (28). She talks about her life in those three songs, so the lyrics are very interesting.
You should also react to BBIBBI. It's a diss track to haters, so the lyrics are also interesting.
Through the Night is the most famous ballad of hers. It's an excellent introduction to her ballads.
You should also react to Love Poem. In my opinion, it's her best ballad and her most beautiful song.
Finally, if you want to listen to the two songs that made her famous, listen to Good Day and You&I.
Both Taeyeon and IU are the Queen Soloists!! IU been slaying as a soloist since 2008 and is largely respected in Korea, well liked by all ages due to her wide range of songs as well as being a VERY successful actress.
I would add Sunmi there too, total legends
Don't forget Chung Ha!
Ahm.. BOA? If you say legend... I believe she is at that level. Like IU, she debut when she was 14-15, right when kpop wasn't even a trend outside of Korea.
8 makes me cry every time. As others have mentioned, it was written for Jonghyun and Sulli. I'll explain some of the references that you probably wouldn't catch.
- 8 represents Jonghyun's birthday, April 8th and she and Sulli were friends for 8 years before Sulli's passing. It's also an infinity symbol.
- She opens the song with 'so are you happy now? Finally happy now?', which is in reference to an interview Sulli did in the months leading up to her passing (or maybe it was around her debut with the song 'Goblin'). Sulli was asked about her happiest moment and Sulli replied that she didn't think she had ever been happy.
(incidentally the line where I always start to get teary is 'I feel like I lost everything' and by 'if this is what love is like, I don't ever want to love again', I'm in full on hysterical sobs every time.
- The cartoon parts represents her dreams and memories, where she can always go back to to see them in happier days.
- The lizard/dragon = Jonghyun. Charmander was his favourite pokemon. Sulli is the girl in the white dress on the island. Easily missed on the first watch that this isn't also IU, however the girl on the island doesn't have a mole.
- The white dress girl who is representing Sulli is running from something and jumps from the cliff, only to be caught by and reunited with the lizard Jonghyun who has now become a dragon.
- if you go back to the beginning of the music video, you'll notice that the lizard never left her, he's watching her from above.
I've probably missed some things but I'm tearful again lol sorry!
it wasn't; please stop spreading misinformation. iu said that all wasn't true and that the song was about herself
You can tell she's an actress by that end scene, those are the facial expressions of a professional.
She's a songwriter, but also work with others. Eight is her lyrics except Suga's rap, Blueming was done in a team.
Eight is the third part of her coming-of-age series, where she reflect on herself at that certain age: Twenty-three (23), Palette (25), eight (28). Palette featured G-Dragon from Bigbang in a similar way to Suga in Eight.
You&I and Above the Time is another pair of songs and MVs that belong together, a continuing story released 8 years apart.
Yes, she wrote the lyrics for this song. She writes lyrics since 2011 and since her Chat-Shire album (2015) she writes almost all of hers.
She has a diverse discography. She has a Disney-like album, Last Fantasy, a jazz/bossa nova album, Modern Times, and also two albums of modern covers of old Korean songs, A Flower Bookmark and A Flower Bookmark 2. She also has "standard" K-pop albums. Her albums are a mixture of ballads and upbeat songs.
Up until 2015, when her music was produced by her company, she had an unusual amount of orchestra instruments in her music. Since 2015, when she started producing her own songs, her music became more minimalistic.
She's also pretty famous for singing many ballads like Love Poem, Through the Night and Knees. She has this very distinct sweet and soothing voice, so it very much fits into her style.
say it louderrrrr sis
The best explanation to IU music so far, thank you 🙏.
IU write lyrics since long before 2015. Her first one is from 2011 OST for kdrama & for a snip bit of IU's kdrama
@@candyy478 yes, in 2015 she starts producing
@@candyy478 I meant that she write almost all of them, not that she didn't write them before. She wrote the lyrics for all the songs in Chat-Shire and 9 out of 10 in Palette, while only 4 out of 13 in Modern Times. But I will fix that for you.
Funny that you said, "it's korean but I wouldnt call that a kpop song, that was just a very beautiful song" because IU started out more as an idol but grew to become recognized in Korea as an Artist, and not an idol. She is a rare gem who composes and writes the most beautiful lyrics to tell her stories ❤️
Yes, Suga is an established producer, who is winning awards outside of BTS for his work. He won his first award as a producer in 2017
I love IU's music, both these songs are so good. Please react to her song "Palette"
IU is easily my favorite lyricist ever. Her lyrics are very powerful, creative, and moving; each song takes us on a journey, whether it an imaginary story to relate to or something that gives us a look into her and what she is feeling.
If I'm not mistaken, the dragon/geeko is supposed to represent Jonghyun and the girl in the loose white gown is Sulli(?). And the girl in the plane is IU. I don't know if you noticed but when the girl is in the air with the geeko, she looks back and then it shows IU in the plane with tears in her eyes. It was very touching to me
I thought the girl in the plane there looked more like Sulli than IU, but maybe that's just me?
@@xheralt i thought the same
The whole Blueming music video and the lyrics are metaphors for texting. The grey and blue balloons are text bubbles. IU has a lot of great songs and she sounds amazing live too.
IU writes her own songs. Blueming and Eight are written by her (Eight is co-written by Suga). Suga is producer. In Eight he is also credited for piano and synthesizer
IU!! Yeah she writes a lot of her songs and her sweet sweet voice is too addicting and comforting too. She's also a queen of live singing - her concerts get sold out in a snap, with a lot of celebrities attending too. Haha.
Eight is also a part of her "age series" - songs where she's singing about her age at the moment. Both Suga and IU are 28 at this time. 🥰
The other two are "Palette" (25) and "Twenty three" 💜
IU Korea's national little sister, must be protected at all costs. she is beloved by both young and elderly, an all round genuine nice person.
In Blueming when she says I'm the author of this story thats me. Author in korean in Jieunie and her name is Jieun so its like she's actually saying Jieunnie thats me!
IU is adoreble! You should see Ryeo Scarlet Heart. It has IU as the main character and Byun Baekhyun is a prince! They fight a lot in the show and its really an adoreble sibling relationship! :D
OMG.. I've been listening/watching Blueming for years now and I never knew that.
I feel so slow
she is a lyricist and producer
also direct her own career
For a next IU reaction I'd recommend 'Palette' and 'BbiBbi' also.
'You and I' followed by 'Above The Time' is also a must-watch in this order, as those two MVs are linked.
Finally, 'Good Day' which was her first big hit with a legendary lengthy high note 🔥
YES PLEASE 💓
All members of BTS are credited as composers and/or producers on all of their albums, and Suga has composed, featured and produced for many other artists such as Heize, Suran, Lee So Ra, Halsey, MAX, etc.
For some reason I got chills at the end of the mv eight when IU was looking at the camera. At first she was smiling but then the way her expression slowly changes- idk why I felt like that. Anyways great video! :)
Two other incredible songs from IU are "Palette" and BBiBBi"... these WILL make their way into your playlist (and your heart), I promise!
Must watch drama of her: HOTEL DEL LUNA. Taeyeon sang an OST and it's really popular too along with the drama! I hope u watch it after 100days!
Loved her as Manwol!!! I also really loved her in My Mister 😭
@@burgerpattie MY MISTER IS SUPERIOR. It's like in my top 5 drama of all time
see the stars ost by red velvet is on there too!
I suggest Scarlet Ryeo :) and btw, Baekhyun is there too Sir Austin. You will like it. And EXO-CBX sang the ost too.
I gave up to have any solo artists as my favorite... how can you choose between IU, Taeyeon, Heize, Sunmi, Chungha, Lee Hi, or the vocalist powerhouses Ailee, Sohyang, Son Seung-yeon (and these are only the female artists!)?
I hopelessly love them all! ^^
she is also a really really really really good actress. she has acted in a drama called scarlet heart with baekhyun!
you should watch any live performance of her .she sounds same live
She’s in a drama with Baekhyun.. and also Taeyeon sang the OST (All About You) for her Another drama Hotel Del Luna...
IU starred with Baekhyun in the drama Moon lovers. And EXO-CBX sang one of the best OSTs ever “for you”. Check it out
Blueming won Song Of The Year at 2021 Golden Disc Award last weekend 💙💙💙
IU's lyrics are special and beautiful, even the sad songs have a strong positive will, and her beautiful voice is impressive. (Her live singing is better than the MV)
The following three songs tell the flow of a story. (BBIBBI -> Love Poem -> Eight)
BBIBBI: IU illustrates the relationship between unscrupulous media, haters, and Korean idols, and issues a warning.
Love Poem: IU provides comfort and inspiration to those whose lives are under various stresses, trying to stop tragedies from happening.
Eight: IU's inner feelings after experiencing multiple tragedies, mourning for her friends and comforting herself, hoping to live life in a strong and positive way.
At the end it's heard that ''are you happy, finally happy now you are'' that is towards the haters that unfortunately led Sulli commit suicide because for a very long time she criticized, hated and even told to kill herself online for whatever reason... So IU is asking those people if they are happy the way they act towards her and was it worth it basically. Yeah this song is really deep and IU is a really good person to adress the haters who bullied her friends and also herself. It's sad that fame automatically atrract hate for no reason. Hope the idols are in peace now.
Eighth was a really big deal when it came out, with iu and suga being such big names, it have been chatting since day one, suga is a really well know producer and song writer, and a hit maker not only for bts but for another female artist like Heize and Suran
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IU:
She is the most popular and most well-loved soloist in Korea. For so many years, she's been voted in the Top 3 ranking of most well-loved celebrities in Korea (along with BTS and the indisputable Nation's MC, Yoo Jae Suk). Almost everyone in Korea listens to IU, she has the most followers in Melon (Korea's largest music site) after BTS. Imagine, a soloist miles ahead of popular groups. She's also a great actress, winning awards left and eight for her performance in My Mister. IU is also the most profitable advertisement model in SK (accdg to industry experts). Her face is everywhere in Korea. She has been the model of Chamisul (Korea's #1 soju) for the longest time, hence why you'd see her face everywhere. As for philanthropy, she's the only one in her 20s listed by Forbes as one of the most philanthropic Korean celebrity. In 2020 alone, she donated almost 1 Billion Korean Won.
Why does the general public love her? Because of her songs, songwriting abilities, and her kind and good nature. IU's lyricism cannot be understood deeply by non-Korean speakers/fans. If you talk to any Korean, they'd automatically tell you that IU's lyrics are out of this world.
For her concerts, she performs for almost 5 hours. 3 hrs for the main concert and 2 hrs (it depends) for the encore. Imagine a soloist performing a 5 hr concert! International fans are not familiar to her because she seldom ventures outside of Korea, although she holds sold-out concerts in Asia.
Basically, everyone in South Korea loves IU. Yes - Taeyeon, Hyolyn, Ailee, Sunmi and other soloists are famed and well loved in Korea but no one can compare to IU's popularity. It's not a farfetched joke when people say that IU's fans (called Uaena) are the whole of South Korea. She's the current holder of the record of a female singer's most Daesang (Grand Prize) in Korea (overall, she's 2nd i think to Psy).
So yes, welcome to the literal Queen of Kpop, IU.
Aren't bts the ones having most daesangs
She said 'female singer' with the most daesang if you read it clearly
Don't forget the record holder with the most PAK predicate songs with 21 songs
Yessss!!!!! Taeyeon and IU 🥺❤️❤️❤️
Edit: IU writes her songs and I’d like you to react to her Through the night which is another song for Jonghyun a late close friend.
Eight always makes me bawl my eyes out
That's Okay -D.O cover by IU, very soft ~
Waaaaahhh IU!!!! She is the best in everything 🤩🤩🤩
She's also an amazing actress! Go watch My Mister and cry your eyes out 🥺
IU is the best singer songwriter on the planet. Her acting makes me cry uncontrollably
Yes! IU is probably the most recognizable current female soloist in Korea and often referred to as the 'Nation's sweetheart'. From singing, acting, to the biggest CFs, her popularity cannot be overstated and you'll understand why the more you check out her music haha. The only other notable soloist left that you haven't checked out is Ailee, who is one of the best vocalists on par with Hyolyn and Taeyeon, with tracks such as 'U and I', 'I will show you', 'Mind your own business'.
She is almost the only singer in Korea who has as much fandom as an idol even though she is not an idol.
You picked two awesome songs from her 👏👍
Jiu covered BBIBBI in Dreamcatcher's online concert when she was that bunny cop. IU is super popular, she is basically royalty in Korea.
Btw, IU live is great, like MMA 2017 or Love Poem Live Clip (for something short and sweet). FYI, “Eight” Explained by Korean video is recommended if you’d like to learn about sad, reassuring and deep meaning of lyrics and production.
My favorite IU title track is Palette hands down. It covers the length of her career and is very personal and introspective. The lyrics almost read like a journal entry. For those of us who've grown up listening to IU it was a nice little treat to look back together.
Friday is also a really nice track and something I'd want to listen to in a coffee shop. It's very cute and I think the MV is beautiful as well. It's a duet so it's nice to hear another vocal color paired with IU's as well.
Love IU, My personal faves of hers are Palette and Love Poem.
Another solo artist I think you'll love is Lee Hi. Lee Hi has an AMAZING voice and her songs hot your heart. I think you'll like her song, HOLO, Breath (with lyrics is a must) and Rose ( live from begin again) :).
She's also a songwriter. She writes her own songs. I love her
IU is amazing. I'm glad you're starting. She is very popular but she is also incredibly respected - as she should be.
IU was in a drama called Scarlet Heart Ryeo with Baekhyun. Such a beautiful drama!
IU is known as Korea's Sweetheart. Her songs always top the charts and her Kdramas are very popular
She's really sweet and has a lot of friends in the entertainment industry.
Ps: Eight had a deep message and was about her best friends, who unfortunately passed away: Jonghyun, Sulli, and Goo Hara. She's a songwriter as well so many of her songs have deep messages from her.
IU! The first soloist artist from kpop i’ve known.. she is really popular.. iconic! Really really talented..
Oh my goodness Sir Austin! I'm waiting for you to react to IU! I'm not one of her die hard fans but I truly admire her voice and songs. I know you will love her too. And......... If you do.... You should definitely watch "SCARLET HEART RYEO" that's one of the best and underappreciated kdrama ever! IU is the main actress, and your first love Ji Soo is also there!!! Baekhyun is there too!!! The two of them are a prince and siblings in the drama ❤️ and Seohyun from SNSD is also there LOL so that's all of the reasons why you should watch that drama after Kyungsoo's 100 DMP ❤️
Eight is crazy sad.
Watch eight explained by a Korean
omg finally!! iu is my favorite female artist! hope you to react to more songs of her, listening to through night, above time, love poem, pallet, is SO good
Please react to Ailee, she is the best kpop singer, at least to me.
the best singer for everyone sis'.👑🤝
Yesss
"I will always love you "Cover is incredible
yesss.. I suggested this before too and hopefully we'll get to see a reaction to Ailee!!!
Even before i got into kpop i listened to Ailee she's amazing!!
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IU and Taeyeon are probably the two most successful korean singers, i love IU so much, she writes all of her songs and she's amazing at doing that, she's very respected as a song writer
If you want some more songs with strong vocals and deep, moving lyrics written by her, check out Ending Scene and Through the Night from her Palette album! Both songs have mvs (Ending Scene is one of my favorite music videos ever because of the layers of storytelling that work with the song lyrics)
I would recommend her acoustic versions as well.
Her voice is so controlled like it`s just stupid good.
I fell in love with her a month ago for what she`s been throught in life and managed to overcome everything.
Her love for everyone is just out of this world - I believe there was a time when instead of getting more money for herself she had the company renew the contracts for her 40 people team to which she is really close and for some even sang at their weddings.
Also she is our donation queen and on most of her TH-cam videos at the end she leaves a comment about lost children in Korea to inform the population to help in finding them.
I think I kind of understand why she is so loved by everyone in Korea and she still owns the nickname Korea`s little sister.
Also I think she might be a vampire because she does not seem to age...like at all lol.
OMGGGGG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR A VERY LONG TIME OMGGGGG
If you're looking for ballad like songs, I would recommend Through the Night and Lullaby. Palette is a bit slower as well, and it was the first song that I heard of hers. It's usually always a toss up between her and Taeyeon as my favorite soloist, but you can't really go wrong with either of them!
Yes! 💜 IU! I’m so happy you reacted to IU~ and glad you enjoyed these songs. IU is a singer-songwriter~ And in her early days she used to play the guitar a lot. Looking forward to more IU on your channel~ She used to guest on Taeyeon’s radio show back when she was a teenager, and eventually ended up as the DJ when Taeyeon stepped down. They were so cute together 💜 The two also often share the same live band members during their concerts 😂 Great video, Sir Austin!
When i saw your new video being a video about IU i got so excited that i stopped everything i was doing just to watch, i couldn't believe it xD I am a super fan of IU, been following her work and songs for a long time so it made my day seeing you enjoying these two songs and i hope there will be more, you're amazing Austin! Thank you!
Thank you for this. I love her voice. I find it soothing. Lately I've been listening to her song Jam Jam a lot.
If you want to react to another soloist I strongly suggest Ailee ! She has a really powerful voice and her vocals are just crazy 🥵
Songs recommendation :
- MV :
• Heaven (debut song)
• I Will Show You (most popular song)
• Reminiscing (underrated but really shows her vocal ability)
- Live :
• Shine (also underrated but wow is she good in this one ♥️)
• I Will Always Love You (a fans' favorite)
Really hoping for the day you'll react to her ! Love your reactions everytime 😊
A thousand times YES to this!
IU is so honest and lovely. she is not a shy girl at all. she is actually so strong and always defend herself directly. her behavior and moments with his bodyguard is the best XD they are like father and daighter. so cute.
Oh finally!!! She's literally the woman I love the most in Korea ❤️❤️❤️
I love IU!! Blueming’s lyrics are super creative and fun. eight makes me tear up every time... please try some more of her music!
All of IUs songs are amazing and you will never find one you dislike, my personal favorite song is Red shoes and i recommend you react to that along with the rest of her age series!
You can check out the first song she's written for Sulli (when she's still with us) which is Peach. She's basically her muse.
she is an amazing artist, a truly creative mind who writes most of her own music. she has worked in multiple famous drama series as well. i think you will love the period piece called Scarlet Heart Ryeo. Baekhyun is also in this drama and they have some cute scenes. its an all big-names cast so the acting is amazing too plus extremely compelling plot, amazing OSTs one done by CBX and Taeyeon.
Yes!!! She does writes the lyrics of her songs 💗
IU!! My Queen! Thank you for reacting to her.
IU = UNrivaled soloist
She is NATION SWEAT HEART
I was just thinking about you reacting to IU andddd suddenly here we are ! 🥰
II is an incredible singer and a phenomenal actress ❤️✨ She sang Kyungsoo's It's okay as soon as it was released and said that it's her comfort song. 🤗
IU is amazing and these are two of my favorite songs of hers.
Finally he reacted to IU i was waiting for this
She's really a great lyricist for me, esp in Blueming its very smart of her to describe love rel in phone message, like blue n gray as in iphone msg, its very creative n witty too...love her sm for tht💜
You should definitely watch her blueming and eight live singing (the acoustic version) it is amzing!!
i suggest good day her vocals in the song is so gooddd she does a three highnote thing i dont know the name of it but im sure you will love it also palette is my favorite song by her 🤧
Good Day I feel it is the song that made her popular if not it is that song that if you mention IU everybody thinks of.
I've listened to IU's eight so many times and I still cried reading the lyrics again knowing it's written for Sulli
Yes we all love IU very much. She is good at singing and acting you should watch her dramas too.
Official videos related to the reacted songs.
[IU] 'eight' Acoustic Ver. Live Clip: th-cam.com/video/tJM0yIbg8iQ/w-d-xo.html
[IU] 'Blueming' Fanchants Guide: th-cam.com/video/REcKDqT4uhQ/w-d-xo.html
IU 'Blueming' Live🎤🎤(Band ver.) | Lyrics | Special Clip: th-cam.com/video/yqtCGojXEpM/w-d-xo.html
IU Blueming Live Clip (2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, poem'): th-cam.com/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/w-d-xo.html
She's truly one of a kind and on her own level. Digital monster IU, all her songs are insta #1.
Her voice can evoke strong emotional response, my case in point her 2017 Through the Night + Dear Name live performance.
I also recommend watching/listening to Love Poem, Good day and Into the I-LAND, they are really beautiful songs
If you react to 2 videos at the time you should react to "YOU & I" in the story she build a time machine to be with the person that she loves. 8 years later she made the second part of the story with the ABOVE THE TIME music video.
Also recommend the song that put her in the map GOOD DAY.
It always makes me cry whenever I hear her Song Eight its so nice it has deep meaning and it makes my heart aches with no reason
i love her and her music! it’s so hard to choose a favorite iu song, some i enjoy the most are lullaby, dlwlrma, bbibbi (which ji u covered in their last online concert), and modern times :)
IU is an angel. Iconic, has been in the industry for many years. One of the most sincere idols out there. 💞 I'm UAENA since 2013, and I have seen her growth as an artist and as a person. She's marvelous and so strong. Losing three of her best friends made her even stronger than she was, and it shows in the last songs she has released. I recommend her songs "Palette", "You and I" and "The red Shoes". Also all her albums are master pieces.
Blueming is definitely my house cleaning song lol. And yes, she incorporates a lot of pop culture references into her work. She once released an entire album named after a Charlie Chaplin movie (Modern Times - lead single: The Red Shoes), which imo is one of her best. She’s been writing most of her own music for the past 5? years or so, including both of these songs
Thanks for taking the recommendation. You will also like Palette as many others have said. Esp. as you are a songwriter and the lyrics are something I think you'll enjoy as well (you can find them translated online to English in many places). Also BBI BBI for the same reasons. Her live vocals are surprisingly good. She normally sings soft but can go after the high notes, etc. when she wants. 2:55 - we like blue hair too :)
She tried almost all genre out there.. If you are interested in listening to her I am sure you'll find something for you 😊
Two trivia pieces on iu.
1. Her song "GOOD DAY" (2010) was chosen by Billboard Magazine as their favorite kpop song of the 2010's.
2. She was so unknown with her debut, that the first music shoe that would have her on, almost announced her as Mia and the song IU. Mia (aka Lost Child) was the name of her debut release from 2008.
Yeeey! Finally youre reacting to IU 😍❤️
Really happy you started looking into IU! Hope you'll check out more. As you're always searching for live clips. Her live clip of Blueming from her 2019 concert (th-cam.com/video/o_nxIQTM_B0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80%EA%B8%88%5BIUOfficial%5D) is probably my favourite live stage ever. She is so natural on stage and imho sounds even better than on studio versions, because you can hear her enjoying being on stage through her voice
Ayeeeee that's my girl IU! Omg thank you for this Sir Austin 😭
IU wrote the lyrics for both songs. She's a singer-songwriter, producer, actress, model and a philanthropist. She's a phenomenal artist! Please react to more of her song, whatever song is fine because at this point, everyone knows that IU don't make bad music. But since you reacted to Eight might as well react to her other age-series songs, such as:
Twenty three - talks about how its like for her being a 23 year old
Palette (ft. GDragon of bigbang) - was about her being 25
Currently, IU is 28 (Korean age) so is Suga hence the song eight but as you can see, there more to 8 that meets the eye.
I'm soooo stoked seeing you react to IU, I mean at one point I was wondering if you were ever going to react to IU, ultimately I know you will because everyone who dived in kpop must know IU, its just a must as she is Korea's top soloist. She's stayed relevant for 12 years! Killing charts and winning awards. Her fanbase is also no joke, I mean for a soloist to have that massive influence says soooo much about her talent. And unlike other soloist who started with groups before venturing to being solo act, IU has been going solo since the beginning. She holds concerts for 5 hours long, imagine that being a solo act and you do everything on your own. Ahhh I'm just throwing in random blab here but I'm wayyyy too excited to shut up 😆 I just love her so much. Her discography is massive, 12 years worth of music! So I'm excited to see more, thank you again for reacting to IU and for enjoying her music like we did 💕💕💕
IU is not only a singer buy she's also a great actress and one of the favorite artist
singer-songwriter dont forget her lyrics is so meaningful and is artistic in delivering the message of the song.
So nice that you react to IU, please also react to BBiBBi and Palette.
Finally, IU! I was able to attend her concert Love Poem tour in 2019 and it was so so AMAZING every minute and every second of it! As for eight, it still gives me the goosebumps whenever I listen to it. The music sounds happy but looking at the lyrics, it's really heartbreaking. From the theories, Sulli is the girl in white, Jonghyun is the dragon and Hara is the lizard. 💔
Thanks for listening to IU. She is amazing, MOST of her music is not really kpop she is huge on ballads and singing about her life IU writes and produces most of her music now or will co-write/produce. Blueming is upbeat and happy because as you said it tells of two people falling in love over text message. (Grey and Blue chat boxes) Eight was written for those who have lost someone. IU has lost a few friends to cyber bullying and singing is one of the ways she processes these feelings. As far as suggestions, Good Day is her most popular song, I would also check out Lost Child its her debut song and is amazing. More recent anything from her modern days or love poem albums.