IU Successfully Collaborates with 4 Famous Artists and Her Favorite Tweety Bird Character in Her Latest Album 'The Winning'

Kapanlagi.com - Written by Divasya Permata Vindra

On February 20th, talented and famous singer, actress, and songwriter from South Korea, IU, officially released her 6th mini album, The Winning. This album contains 5 songs with 2 title tracks and an early pre-release single as an intro to the mini album.

Previously, the announcement of the mini album release was made through IU's official social media account, showing the song list in the form of an online shopping list.

What surprised the UAENA fans was the list of artists collaborating in IU's comeback this time. Some well-known names were involved in the making of The Winning mini album. Among them are V BTS, Hyein NewJeans, DPR Ian, Tang Wei, and also IU's beloved Warner Bross character, Tweety Bird, who became the mascot on the special album cover.

Although the roles for the participating artists are different, IU has her own reasons for choosing each person. Curious about who they are and what roles they got in this opportunity? Check out the list below!

1. V BTS

The K-Pop world was shocked by the teaser poster released by IU some time ago, which showed V BTS in the poster.

The poster contains information that the song will be a pre-release from the album 'The Winning' on January 24, 2024, titled 'Love Wins All.' Therefore, this song becomes the most anticipated song in early 2024 by fans.

Although Taehyung or V BTS does not duet with IU in this song, he proves that V is a suitable model for this MV because his acting is very soulful and has good chemistry with IU.

IU also revealed the reason why she chose the singer of 'Love Me Again' as her co-star in the MV, 'I talked to director Um Tae Hwa and discussed the selection of the male lead. He had to have a youthful aura, but also look cool and reliable.' She then tried to contact V and offered him the position. V agreed to star in the MV, and now we can watch the MV 'Love Wins All' on the YouTube platform.

2. DPR Ian

The next artist who had the opportunity to become IU's music video model is DPR Ian in the title track music video of the album, Shopper..

DPR Ian's appearance as a model in this MV surprised fans and they never expected that they could appear in the same music video. This is because there was no previous news that they would work on a project for the Shopper music video.

This excitement was responded by DPR Ian through a tweet from his personal account @DPRIAN, on February 14th, “Surprise? lol”.

In addition to being IU's partner in crime in the Shopper music video, DPR Ian also became the director and narrator of the story at the beginning of the music video. The chemistry formed between them looked very natural, netizens even thought they were really like friends.

DPR Ian himself is known as a member of the boy group C-Clown, which disbanded in 2015 and became a soloist in 2022. He is known as Rome or Barom Yu. Then, he changed his nickname to Christian Yu and is now popularly known as DPR Ian.

3. Hyein NewJeans

The result of this collaboration also successfully attracted Hyein NewJeans to sing the side track Shh.. which was released simultaneously with the schedule of the mini album release. Fans welcomed the release of this song and felt proud of Hyein.

Although Hyein is still considered a rookie in the world of K-Pop, IU saw Hyein's vocal potential when she sang Get Up live and immediately invited the youngest member of NewJeans to collaborate. IU even mentioned that she sang as if she was in a recording studio.

In addition to the NewJeans members, there are also several other artists who participated in this song, such as Cho Won Sun, a singer and songwriter from the Korean rock band Roller Coaster.

4. Tang Wei

Still from the same song, famous actress Tang Wei also had the opportunity to be a model in the music video for the song Shh.. which was released on February 23rd.

The actress who starred in Decision to Leave (2022) said that this would be her first time acting in someone else's music video. She admitted that she accepted IU's offer to be the model for the MV because she admired IU's talent as an actress and singer.

In the music video Shh.., the relationship between IU and Tang Wei's characters is that of a mother and child who are also like friends.

After the music video was released, IU received a letter from Tang Wei expressing how IU, who played the role of a mother in the music video, reminded her of her own birth mother. IU was touched and moved to tears upon hearing this.

5. Tweety Bird

In addition to famous Korean artists, IU has also successfully collaborated with her beloved character, Tweety Bird. The yellow canary mascot from the Looney Tunes series has long been loved by the beautiful singer born in '93.

If you're wondering how IU can collaborate with a non-singing animated character, the answer is that the character will appear in the special album cover of The Winning. Not only that, Tweety Bird also appears in IU's music video titled Holssi.

In this collaboration, Tweety Bird is seen wearing the same style as the original album cover, wearing a white feathered hat similar to IU's.

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