The Big Issue Korea No. 31 – IU Star Story

Mar 09, 2012 // Posted by Ty // Category: Photo Gallery, Studio Photoshoots // Leave a comment

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Every day, there are so many articles about IU that one could create an article just about IU breathing. Like how they always say she’s a real big hit. How did the world become so centered on IU?

I wanted to become a celebrity since I was young. The reason simply being that I liked getting attention from other people. The small dream that I had dreamed about coincidentally became real through one event. When my PE teacher told me, ‘You, Lee Jieun come out and sing one song!’ as a punishment for talking too much, that was my moment. To the 14-year old student that sweetly sang Joo Hyunmi’s “Crush”, my teacher scolded me saying “I told you to sing as a punishment, why are you enjoying it so much.” and asked me if I wanted to sing at a sports competition a few days later. To me, my debut performance was singing at the sports competition. After singing, I felt exhilarated, getting applause from many people. Right then I thought, ‘Oh, I should become a singer.’

Starting from 8th grade, I officially started going down the road to become a singer. Searching on Internet cafes, I went to audition by myself. After diligently going for auditions, I sadly didn’t pass all 20 of them. Although I didn’t even get to hear why I didn’t pass, I didn’t get discouraged. Since the evaluator would be focusing on my singing, it gave me a feeling that I was at my own performance so that made going to auditions itself fun. I kept on thinking that the result wouldn’t matter because even if I fail that time, I would still try to become a singer. This was IU’s debut history that she had revealed through a TV interview up until now.

In reality, people can easily look up IU’s 2007 audition video for one of the biggest entertainment companies. The girl that sincerely stated then, “I’ll begin now”. In the end, however, she did not pass. Initially, the experts and the public could not see IU’s true value. Although she had debuted, the response to her song “Boo” from her first full album “Growing Up” was lukewarm. [Note: "Boo" was the song from her first album that she promoted, but IU actually debuted with "Mia".] However after singing “Nagging” with 2AM’s Im Seulong and “It’s You” with Sung Sikyung, IU had released her 3rd mini album “Real” and like the title song “Good Day”, she really had a good day. The part during the chorus where IU went up the notes by ½ an octave at a time, the 3-level high note, was so popular that it became the most searched topic on search engines. With the 3-level high note, people became aware of her existence and singing skills.

In her 2nd full album “Last Fantasy”, released in 2011, many skillful musicians, such as Yoon Sang, Kim Kwangjin, Kim Hyuncheol, Lee Juk , etc., participated in the album, showing off how much IU has changed. Now she has become Korea’s representative female singer that everyone acknowledges. What exactly is IU’s charm that has captivated the public? Is it the cute next door little sister image that she has? We can’t just pick one. No matter what the reason is, it feels like it would be hard to take away all her popularity. While we’re enjoying watching her change and grow, it seems like IU would change again and show more different charms that we would not have expected.

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Source: Big Issue Korea
Translated by: squishyblob @ weheartiu & -Hope @ weheartiu
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