South Korean singer-songwriter IU (Lee Ji-eun) has written over seventy songs, mostly for her own musical career, but also for other performers and for several soundtrack albums.[1] She debuted in September 2008 with the single "Lost Child" and subsequently released the extended play (EP) Lost and Found.[2] The EP was completely written by Choi Gap-won.[3]
The first song credited to IU was "Alone in the Room", a song from her third extended play, Real, released in 2010.[4] With the release of her second studio album, Last Fantasy (2011), she started to take more creative control over the music, writing six of the thirteen total tracks.[5][6] The following studio album, Modern Times (2013), and its rerelease, Modern Times – Epilogue (2013), were also mostly written by IU and South Korean lyricist Kim Eana, who previously wrote multiple tracks on Last Fantasy.[7] Her subsequent releases, Chat-Shire (2015)[8] and Palette (2017), were nearly written all by herself, with help from multiple feature artists, including Zion.T, G-Dragon and Oh Hyuk.[9][10] Her fifth extended play, Love Poem, was entirely written by her, with two tracks— "The Visitor" and "Blueming", being produced by her.[11] IU wrote and performed multiple songs for various South Korean films and television series, including The Producers, My Mister, Bel Ami and Hotel Del Luna.
IU and eleven more wrote are credited as writers on "Christmas Wishes", a collaboration between Park Ji-yoon(pictured), Lim Kim, Jang Jane and Puer Kim.IU wrote "Leon", a song performed by her and Park Myeong-su(pictured) as EU God-G Isn't EU for MBC's Infinite Challenge.For her fourth studio album Palette (2017), IU collaborated with G-Dragon(pictured) on "Palette". He is credited as a writer and the song topped the Gaon Digital Chart.IU and actor Yeo Jin-goo(pictured) starred in the South Korean television seriesHotel del Luna. For the series, IU wrote and recorded the song "Happy Ending".
^Kim, Won-gyeom (November 29, 2011). 아이유 “일 욕심 좀 냈더니…허걱! 원형탈모”. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^Sun, Mi-Kyung (April 7, 2017). 아이유, 오혁과 콜라보 곡은 '사랑이 잘'..'권태기 커플' [IU and Oh Hyuk collaboration Can't Love You Anymore]. HuffPost Korea. Verizon Media. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
"Peach": 2012년 20주차 Digital Chart [Week 20 of 2012 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Friday": 2014년 01주차 Digital Chart [Week 01 of 2014 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Twenty-Three": 2015년 44주차 Digital Chart [Week 44 of 2015 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Through the Night": 2017년 13주차 Digital Chart [Week 13 of 2017 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Palette": 2017년 16주차 Digital Chart [Week 16 of 2017 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Autumn Morning: 2017년 38주차 Digital Chart [Week 38 of 2017 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Bbibbi": 2018년 41주차 Digital Chart [Week 41 of 2018 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Love Poem": 2019년 45주차 Digital Chart [Week 45 of 2019 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
"Blueming": 2019년 47주차 Digital Chart [Week 47 of 2019 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
"Eight": 2020년 19주차 Digital Chart [Week 19 of 2020 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
^C., Daniel (June 20, 2019). "Gaon's 관찰노트" [Gaon's Observation Notes]. Gaon Music Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^2015 무한도전 가요제, ‘레옹’ 박명수-‘마틸다’ 아이유 완벽 변신…파격 헤어 ‘엄지 척!’ [Infinite Challenge Song Festival 2015 "Leon", Park Myeong-su and IU, complete makeover ... Cheap Hair 'Thumbs up!']. DongA (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. August 13, 2018. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
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