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160214 SBS’ “Scarlet Heart: Ryeo” Releases First Stills of Lee Joon Gi and IU

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SBS‘s upcoming fantasy-romance drama has been renamed from “Moon Lovers” to “Scarlet Heart: Ryeo.” Lee Joon Gi and IU have previously confirmed to stella, star in the drama, and now SBS has released the first still foto from the set. The stills revealed that the filming is taking place over the snow-covered fields of the Gangwon province.

Within the drama, Lee Joon Gi plays Prince Wang So, who is the fourth son of Taejo Wang Geon of the Goryeo Dynasty. In the stills, he can be seen with long hair and wearing a toned-down gray indumento that radiates a rough masculine beauty. Lee Joon Gi is...

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160129 “Produce 101” trainee Park So Yeon impresses with IU’s “Leon” stage

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Trainee Park So Yeon of LOEN Entertainment has gained the attention of viewers and judges following her performance on the recente episode of Producer 101.

Aired on January 29th via Mnet, the secondo episode of Producer 101 featured a test stage dato to trainees to determine their current level.

Choosing to perform IU’s “Leon,” Park So Yeon was able to mostra off not only her vocal and dance abilities but her rapping skills as well. As a result, she received a placement grade of A.

Park So Yeon is also a former contestant of SBS K-pop Star, participating when she was 14 years old and making...

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160104 IU Confirmed to stella, stella, star 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 Televisione series, which in turn was based on a book of the same title.

The drama is a romantic fantasy 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 popolare 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 secondo half of 2016, so stay tuned to moonROK for più details on the singer's new drama.

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

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

Despite the heated controversy surrounding her latest album Chat-Shire, fan are still hoping to see the soloist continue her recitazione 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 Amore 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 mostra aired.

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

The first few foto 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, stella, star 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 Musica 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 commenti

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Solbi refutes the accusations that her commenti 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 sede, sedile 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, mostrare her live performance to Americans.

Published on November 28th, he begins the video da 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 Musica video.”

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

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151127 Netizens continue to criticize IU after Leggere her revised lyrics

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After Leggere 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 concerto 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 fuoco for accusations of sexualizing a young boy through the lyrics of her song “Zeze.” Despite responding to claims and explaining...

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151121 IU under fuoco again for her questionable commento about “Zeze” at concerto

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

On both Instiz and Pann posts, netizens postato a screenshot of fan recounting her commento about “Zezé.”

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“I’m at the IU concerto 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 Amore regardless,’ and the Musica came on…I’m getting shivers..”

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“ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ IU said, ‘I’m going...

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151119 LOEN albero warns that they will mostra 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 foto of the singer.

LOEN albero officials detto on November 19th, “On the 17th, we have filed a complaint against the publishers of the malicious commenti and the distributors of the false composite foto (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 dato 200 hours of community service and the complaint was dropped. However, LOEN albero warns that...

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151112 Netizens continue to criticize IU’s alleged lolita concept

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Using an example from the film adaptation of Lolita, netizens claimed to have further evidence of solo singer IU using concepts from the novel for her recente comeback.

Netizens have continued to attack the singer with alleged evidence. Quoting a scene from the film adaptation of Lolita, one netizen claimed that IU used the same phrasing when discussing the character Zeze from the book My Sweet arancia, arancio Tree. The quote, “What makes me anxious is this premature girl’s duplicity. She has softness of a child like a typical lolita, but it’s mixed with evil and vulgar vibes,” was compared to...

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151112 Who Wore It Best: IU, Song Ji Hyo, Yoon Eun Hye, Choi Ji Woo, o 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 cappotto ($1,395 USD), which comes with a detachable cappuccio with removable fox-fur trim.

IU wore the cappotto 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 cappotto 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 recente controversy with "Zeze" has even grabbed the attention of British news outlet, 'The Guardian.'

While the articolo 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 arancia, arancio 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 commenti like, "This is embarrassing,"...

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151110 'My Sweet arancia, arancio Tree' publisher apologizes for precedente criticism against IU's 'Zeze'

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After raising further interest as well as backlash from speaking up about IU's current controversy over her track "Zeze," the publication company behind 'My Sweet arancia, arancio Tree,' Dongnyok, issued an apology.

On November 10, the company took to its Twitter once again to relate, "We apologize for having been unable to respect different interpretations. We are posting this in relation to defamiliarizing ourselves to another interpretation because we published the book only under the intention of the original writer and empathized with that intention.

"We only hope that the Scrivere we postato beforehand...

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151103 JOO Cries Talking About Long Hiatus, Contract With JYP Entertainment, and IU

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Ballad singer JOO has released a new single, “Cry and Blow,” for the first time in almost five years. Talking about her long hiatus in an interview, she begins to cry.

JOO debuted in 2008 under JYP Entertainment with the song “Because of a Man.” Her strong points were her clear tone and vibration, but she received a lot of negative commenti online following her debut and could not perform well due to stage fright.

The singer put out only two albums during her seven-year contract with JYP. The contract ended last January and she joined Woollim Entertainment in April. “Cry and Blow,”...

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151105 Heo Ji Woong defends IU from 'My Sweet arancia, arancio Tree' publication company regarding 'Zeze'

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Heo Ji Woong has spoken seemingly in defense of IU regarding her interpretation of 'My Sweet arancia, arancio Tree' in her song "Zeze" - well, at the very least, he's spoken against those speaking against IU. She has been accused of sexualizing the five-year-old abused character, Zeze, in her suggestive lyrics.

Heo Ji Woong wrote on his Twitter on November 5, "It is wrong of a publication company to propose an extremely strict guideline in the interpretation of literature. Interpretation of all literature can be rediscovered moment to moment through one's own will and capability. Zeze would not agree with the publication company."

What are your thoughts? The dibattito is heating up...

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151104 Sony responds to alleged Britney Spear's voice sampling in IU's song

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IU has seen immense success with her new album 'CHAT-SHIRE' since its release a couple weeks back; however, one netizen decided to put a damper on that success.

One netizen declared that IU's song "23" sampled Britney Spear's voice in "Gimme More" without proper authorization.

The netizen, who goes da 'Hwanhee-eh,' previously shared the statement released da IU's agency, Loen Tree.

As a refresher, here's the full statement:

"Hello, this is IU's agency Loen Tree.

We deliver an official statement regarding the content that was uploaded online concerning the bonus track '23' on IU's mini-album...

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151103 Netizens suspicious of MelOn manipulating MV visualizzazioni for IU’s “Twenty Three”

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Female soloist IU recently made a comeback with her latest album, Cheshire, and has been topping the digital charts with her titolo track “Twenty Three.” However, her success has also brought some suspicions from some netizens.

On October 31st, a netizen noted the suspicious activities on Korean Musica site MelOn, a company known to be own da LOEN Entertainment and in turn, manages IU among other singers under the sub-label LOEN Tree.

Via online portal site Pann, the netizen writes the title’s post as “Raised suspicions that MelOn is manipulating IU..(?).”

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151028 IU performs 'Zeze,' 'Knees', and più live at her MelOn showcase

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IU performs 'Zeze,' 'Knees', and più live at her MelOn showcase

Singer and songwriter IU held a live MelOn Showcase, 'CHAT-SHOW', where she invited a hundred 23-year-olds for intimate live performances.

In the recap video release, IU chats away with her fan as if they were Friends and performs the tracks from her latest album live.

Check out IU above!

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