151031 IU at Gimpo Airport Heading to Japan

Although there are many talented female vocalists in the K-pop industry, some have stood out among the rest.

In fact some of the top music companies in the country, including top agencies such as SM, YG, and JYP, recently participated in a survey to determine the top three young female singers right now.

And although many names were mentioned, including Ailee, Lee Hi, SISTAR‘s Hyorin, and EXID‘s Solji, among others, the companies selected Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon, Apink‘s Eunji, and solo singer IU as the top three candidates, with Taeyeon ranking first and Eunji and IU tied for...

Although they’re known to be very close friends, netizens were shocked to discover truly how similar-looking solo singer IU and miss A‘s Suzy really are.

Netizens noticed that when they flipped a photo of Suzy upside-down, the photo looks very similar to IU. To disprove arguments that the theory only applied to one photo, one netizen created a post showing how two randomly selected photos of Suzy can end up looking like IU once flipped upside-down. The post has garnered a lot of attention, with many netizens agreeing that the odd phenomenon is indeed real.

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IU's recent 'Zeze' controversy became much bigger than initially expected, with hate comments and criticism coming left and right. But IU is not going to standby and do nothing about it.

According to a report, IU took her case to Seoul's Gangnam police station back on November 17 KST. She sent in a written accusation against the netizens who wrote hate comments towards her.

Her company Loen Tree's representative told OSEN, "Composite photographs and factual errors have been circulating, and we have filed a written accusation against the 'haters' who created rumors."

They added, "Before this...

Even after IU apologized for the controversy surrounding the lyrics in her song “Zeze,” critics and supporters continue to debate about the interpretation of her lyrics.

Writer Soh Jae Won wrote on his personal Twitter, “Even in art we respect taboos. If someone dragged my pure work of art across a boundary line and used ‘art’ as a justification, I would curse them. We must respect boundaries so that art can remain art.”

In contrast, film critic and TV personality Heo Ji Woong took a supportive stance by criticizing the publishers of “My Sweet Orange Tree.” “It is not right...

[Naver: TV Report] IU releases 'Zeze' video teaser, 'Daebak concept'

1. [+1969, -597] Ah, so cute ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I expected the 'My Sweet Orange Tree' concept, but I never imagined Lee Jieun as the tree ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah, freaking cute

2. [+1896, -738] How does her dating damage her in anyway when she's not even an idol? IU was always seen as a singer-songwriter

3. [+1452, -545] Freaking pretty ㅠㅜㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ All her songs this time around seem like they'll be the best

4. [+1290, -484] Let's hit daebak as always~

5. [+1178, -470] I always put my faith into IU's songs~~♥ I'm really...