It took me a while to decide on my next korean artist, IU. I just recently discovered this 17 year-old super talented girl with the release of her third mini-album 'Real', which will be discussed later on. Because of that, I had to do a little research on her career to write this post. And it was really interesting! Check it out below. ^^
Cover from her newest mini-album 'Real'
Debuting in 2008, IU, with only 15 years, released her mini-album 'Lost and Found'. The title track 'Missing Child', also known as 'MIA', impressed critics with the girl's powerful vocals. Unfortunately, the mini-album wasn't a commercial success.
In 2009, IU made her comeback with a new style. Showing a very cute side of her personality, she was able to conquer the fan's hearts with the title track 'Boo' from her first album 'Growing Up'.
'Marshmallow''s Music Video - one of the cute songs in 'Growing Up'
After the successful release of her first album, IU started to appear in variety shows, which made her more popular among kpop fans. Her acoustic covers of hits like Super Junior's 'Sorry Sorry' or SNSD's 'Gee' surprised the audiences for their quality. In 2010, she did a duet with 2AM's member Seulong. The song, 'Nagging', ended up giving the young artist her first music award.
IU and Seulong - A cute and successful duet.
In December 2010, IU announced the release of her third mini-album, called 'Real'. The album had been produced by many famous composers and the expectations for the songs were really high. When released, the charts revealed incredible sales as the artist topped every single ranking. On the following week, fans were amazed with the title track 'Good Day''s live performances where IU showed her wide vocal range. As expected, she won her first solo award.
Good Day's Music Video - flawlessly perfomed on music shows
IU is already an awesome singer even if she's so young yet!. I can't wait to hear more from her and I recommend her mini-album 'Real' since all songs are spectacular. She knows what she wants and I'm sure she has a brilliant future ahead! And she's really pretty too~ ^^