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Jang Ki Ha reveals what inspired him to write only love songs for his band’s new album.

On June 15, Kiha & the Faces held the showcase for their fourth studio album.

During the showcase, frontman Jang Ki Ha was asked if their decision to create a love-themed album was influenced سے طرف کی his relationship with IU.

He explained, “The lyrics are all fictional. Since all ten tracks [on the album] are about love, I would be lying if I کہا the lyrics are completely unrelated to my personal experiences. But instead of writing down my own feelings, I tried to capture the most basic and universal emotions of love.”

He also revealed why they chose to go with love songs, for the first time since their debut. “We used to think that love songs are cheesy, but now we felt ready to do love songs our way. That’s why we challenged ourselves and naturally included them in the album.”

Meanwhile, Kiha & the Faces’s new album is set to drop on June 16 at midnight KST. Check out the موسیقی video for their catchy pre-release track “The Smell’s Gone” here!

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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 ویژن ٹیلی 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 مقبول 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 سیکنڈ half of 2016, so stay tuned to moonROK for مزید details on the singer's new drama.

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

Despite the heated controversy surrounding her latest album Chat-Shire, شائقین are still hoping to see the soloist continue her acting 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 love story blooms among her and the various princes she encounters at the palace.

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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 دکھائیں aired.

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

The first few تصاویر 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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Besides its survey of determining the best K-Pop rookie groups of 2015, سٹار, ستارہ 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 موسیقی but also in the pop culture sphere overall, creating a societal...
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Solbi refutes the accusations that her تبصرے 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 نشست for her controversial...
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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, دکھانا her live performance to Americans.

Published on November 28th, he begins the video سے طرف کی 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 موسیقی video.”

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

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After reading 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 کنسرٹ 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 آگ کے, آگ for accusations of sexualizing a young boy through the lyrics of her song “Zeze.” Despite responding to claims and explaining...
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On Korea’s most مقبول K-Pop communities Instiz and Pann, IU is currently under آگ کے, آگ for her questionable تبصرہ regarding her controversial song “Zezé.”

On both Instiz and Pann posts, netizens گیا کیا پوسٹ a screenshot of شائقین recounting her تبصرہ about “Zezé.”

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“I’m at the IU کنسرٹ 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 love regardless,’ and the موسیقی came on…I’m getting shivers..”

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“ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ IU said, ‘I’m going...
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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 تصاویر of the singer.

LOEN درخت officials کہا on November 19th, “On the 17th, we have filed a complaint against the publishers of the malicious تبصرے and the distributors of the false composite تصاویر (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 دیا 200 hours of community service and the complaint was dropped. However, LOEN درخت warns that...
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It’s the Battle of the burberry کے, بربیری Coats!

Two coats, five people. Who wore it best?

Let’s start with the burberry کے, بربیری Brit down-filled کوٹ ($1,395 USD), which comes with a detachable ڈاکو, ہڈ with removable fox-fur trim.

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

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Yoon Eun Hye wore the same کوٹ 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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IU is once again proving to be a global power and name as her حالیہ controversy with "Zeze" has even grabbed the attention of British news outlet, 'The Guardian.'

While the مضمون 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 مالٹا, نارنگی 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 تبصرے like, "This is embarrassing,"...
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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 مالٹا, نارنگی 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 writing we گیا کیا پوسٹ beforehand...
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