IU Article: 160619 Did Jang Ki Ha Write A upendo Album Because of IU?

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160619 Did Jang Ki Ha Write A upendo Album Because of IU?

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Singer-songwriter Jang Ki Ha was recently asked kwa the media whether the decision for his band to go with its first love-themed album release was influenced kwa his relationship with songstress IU.

Jang Ki Ha and his band, known as Kiha and the Faces, held their showcase on the 15th as they celebrated the release of their fourth studio album. As the frontman is also known to be currently in a relationship with female singer IU, he was asked whether their decision to release a love-themed album was due to her.

In response, Jang Ki Ha revealed that while some of the lyrics written were somewhat influenced kwa his personal experiences, he emphasizes that the lyrics of all ten tracks are fictional as he attempted to portray a universal and basic feelings of love.

He then adds, “In the past, we thought upendo songs were too cheesy, but now we felt ready to do upendo songs written in our own way. We challenged ourselves and made it into an album.”

Kiha and the Faces new album was released on June 16th.

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160111 IU at Incheon Airport Returning from Taipei

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160110 IU Returning back to hotel 君品酒店 Palais de Chine Hotel Taipei

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160110 IU IandU tamasha in Taipei

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160109 IU Arriving Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

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160109 IU Arriving Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

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160109 IU Arriving Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

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160104 IU Confirmed to nyota Opposite Lee Joonki in Korean Version of 'Scarlet Heart'

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It has just been confirmed that IU will be starring opposite actor Lee Joonki in a new drama.

Entitled "Scarlet Heart", the new drama is the Korean version of a famous Chinese televisheni series, which in turn was based on a book of the same title.

The drama is a romantic ndoto in which a 21st century woman is sent back to a historical time period and is forced to adjust to a comparatively primative lifestyle.

The Chinese version of the drama was immensely maarufu all over Asia, resulting in high anticipation for the Korean version.

According to the Korean media, the new drama starring IU and Lee Joonki is roughly scheduled to air in the sekunde half of 2016, so stay tuned to moonROK for zaidi details on the singer's new drama.

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151228 IU receives upendo call to take leading role in “Moon Lovers”

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It has been reported that IU has received a upendo call to take the leading role in the upcoming Korean remake of a maarufu Chinese historical drama.

Despite the heated controversy surrounding her latest album Chat-Shire, mashabiki are still hoping to see the soloist continue her uigizaji career, especially after her role as Cindy in Producer alongside Kim Soo Hyun.

The story revolves around a girl from the modern age who has been whisked back to the dynastical era during a period of power wars and transition. A upendo story blooms among her and the various princes she encounters at the palace.

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151216 Netizens accuse 'One Night of TV Entertainment' for sexually harassing YoonA and IU

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The December 16 airing of SBS' 'One Night of TV Entertainment' was definitely entertaining, but also quite controversial. Netizens are furious over a specific segment that the onyesha aired.

The segment in swali is 'One Night's Strange Stories' which featured picha of female celebrities, mostly idols, where their bodies were shown to be strangely proportioned.

The first few picha look to be edited photos. These include Wonder Girls' Sohee's legs being separate from the rest of her body, actress Han Ga In with three arms, and Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon with an extremely long arm.

But what netizens...

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151216 Experts name IU's 'Zeze' controversy as the hottest issue of 2015

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Besides its survey of determining the best K-Pop rookie groups of 2015, nyota News conducted yet another survey to select '2015's Hottest Issue In Music.' The survey was based on the opinions of the same 28 experts of who had selected the best rookie groups.

There were innumerable controversies and issues which had bubbled in K-Pop this year, but many experts agreed that the most hotly debated issue was IU's 'Zeze' controversy, which had earned a total of ten votes.

The experts said, "IU's 'Zeze' didn't only became an issue in muziki but also in the pop culture sphere overall, creating a societal...

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151208 Solbi Refutes Accusations That She Targeted IU with Her maoni

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Solbi refutes the accusations that her maoni made in November via SNS were aimed at singer IU.

The singer recently posed for the fashion magazine bnt and spoke about what she’s been up to. Solbi released an album as part of VIVIS in September.

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The interviewer asked if she was thinking of anyone in particular with her SNS comment, “There is freedom in creativity. But with that comes responsibility.” To that, Solbi replied, “It wasn’t aimed at anyone in particular. I was merely expressing my thoughts on the issue.”

In November, singer IU was in the hot kiti, kiti cha for her controversial...

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151205 Americans react to IU’s “Zezé” and responds to the controversy over the lyrics

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With the controversy over IU‘s lyrics of her track “Zezé” and her supposed interpretation over the character, YouTuber Heechulism underwent a reaction video project, inaonyesha her live performance to Americans.

Published on November 28th, he begins the video kwa explaining, “In Korea, the song ‘Zezé’ has been controversial and brings about the issue of an artist’s ‘Freedom of Expression.’ I showed some Americans this muziki video.”

Their first reaction was that the video (a special live clip released kwa 1theK and includes English captions) was very “colorful.”

While one comments...

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151129 IU 'CHAT-SHIRE' tamasha at Busan

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151127 Netizens continue to criticize IU after kusoma her revised lyrics

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After kusoma solo singer IU‘s revised lyrics for her song “Red Queen,” netizens continued to criticize the singer.

Because the song was originally a duet between herself and singer Zion.T, the LOEN Entertainment singer changed the lyrics in order to fit a solo song for her tamasha performance.

However, IU changed the lyrics in a way that directly responded to her anti-fans, causing the very same people to respond with backlash.

The singer originally came under moto for accusations of sexualizing a young boy through the lyrics of her song “Zeze.” Despite responding to claims and explaining...

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151129 IU 'CHAT-SHIRE' tamasha at Busan

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151129 IU Arriving [CHAT-SHIRE] tamasha at Busan

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151121 IU under moto again for her questionable maoni about “Zeze” at tamasha

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On Korea’s most maarufu K-Pop communities Instiz and Pann, IU is currently under moto for her questionable maoni regarding her controversial song “Zezé.”

On both Instiz and Pann posts, netizens ilitumwa a screenshot of mashabiki recounting her maoni about “Zezé.”

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“I’m at the IU tamasha right now (I already made plans with my friend to come and we couldn’t cancel) and she sang ‘Zezé.’ Before she sang it she said, ‘I’m going to sing a song that I still upendo regardless,’ and the muziki came on…I’m getting shivers..”

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“ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ IU said, ‘I’m going...

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151119 LOEN mti warns that they will onyesha no mercy to IU’s malicious commenters

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IU‘s agency has released a statement revealing that they have taken action towards malicious commenters as well as those who are spreading composite picha of the singer.

LOEN mti officials alisema on November 19th, “On the 17th, we have filed a complaint against the publishers of the malicious maoni and the distributors of the false composite picha (of IU) to the Seoul Gangnam Police Station.”

In 2013, the culprit who spread a malicious rumor about IU was caught but upon an agreement, was aliyopewa 200 hours of community service and the complaint was dropped. However, LOEN mti warns that...

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151112 Who Wore It Best: IU, Song Ji Hyo, Yoon Eun Hye, Choi Ji Woo, au Kim Nam Joo?

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It’s the Battle of the burberry Coats!

Two coats, five people. Who wore it best?

Let’s start with the burberry Brit down-filled kanzu, koti ($1,395 USD), which comes with a detachable kofia with removable fox-fur trim.

IU wore the kanzu, koti in black last week in Tokyo. The singer posed for a Marie Claire photoshoot and accessorized (naturally) with a burberry scarf and bag. Black ankle peeptoe boots finished her casual look.

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Yoon Eun Hye wore the same kanzu, koti in ocher last December at Incheon International Airport. Although the weather must have been quite cold, the actress wore the puffer coat...

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151110 Netizens relay embarrassment after IU makes overseas headlines with her 'Zeze' controversy

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IU is once again proving to be a global power and name as her hivi karibuni controversy with "Zeze" has even grabbed the attention of British news outlet, 'The Guardian.'

While the makala glossed over making any commentary on the actual controversial nature of the issue, it does reveal that the book her song was based on, 'My Sweet machungwa, chungwa Tree,' has seen a great revival as people scramble around to get their hands on a copy and read it for themselves.

In response to this international feedback regarding a rather negative story, netizens relayed their displeasure, leaving maoni like, "This is embarrassing,"...