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[TRANS] 230418 Park Seo Joon Dishes About His Chemistry With IU In “Dream” In Latest Interview

On April 18, actor Park Seo Joon sat down for a video call interview to dish on his experience working with IU ahead of Dream’s premiere. 

In the movie, Park Seo Joon showcased impressive tiki-taka (bickering) chemistry with IU. The actor shared, “As you know, IU is successful in both acting and singing. (One of the reasons I chose this project was because) I was curious of her acting. And IU’s reason for choosing “Dream” happened to be similar to mine too. So I think we met (worked with each other on the film) with good intentions. And we were able to pull off the tiki-taka (bickering) scenes without difficulty too. Though Hong Dae (Park Seo Joon) always appears to be annoyed or lectured by So Min (IU) in the film (laughs), he is actually in the process of getting persuaded by her (to do something). And I found those scenarios interesting. You could clearly tell the characters by their dialogues so I thought there should be more emphasis on our reactions than actions.”

He continued, “When shooting the movie, I was greatly affected by the weather. It was a pity that I couldn’t deliver my dialogues the way the director or I wanted more when filming the futsal field scene amidst the heat wave. IU, however, delivered better performance and energy than I expected, which made the atmosphere of the filming site more bearable.

In particular, I saw IU’s image in a new light after working on “Dream” with her. In IU’s previous works like “Broker” and “My Mister”, she played a lot of characters with great depth. I guess because of those works, that’s the image I have of her strongly in my mind. I imagined her as someone who is serious, deep, with great acting, and would not treat the matters of expressions lightly if she does it (expresses something). But because “Dream” required our characters to exchange banters with each other in a ‘lighthearted’ manner, I think I got to see a new side of her. I found that pretty refreshing and thought, ‘Ah, so she has this side to her too. She can pull off lighthearted scenes like these very well too. She’s good at everything she does’.”

Regarding Hong Dae and So Min’s bond, Park Seo Joon said, “When I read the script, I thought ‘Ah, so my relationship with IU in the film will be no more than this (colleague) anyhow.’ Later as we approached the end of the production, I thought this (Hong Dae and Somin’s relationship) was something left much to be desired. Well of course the current ending is great too, but I wonder how it would be if some parts  could end in a more heartwarming way to which the director said, ‘how about ending Seo Joon and IU’s (character) relationship in a way that’s not so satisfying’, so I guess this part was intentional.”

When asked if the two managed to develop greater teamwork as co-stars after filming together abroad, Park Seo Joon said, “I personally think we’ve gotten much closer, (but may or may not appear so) since everyone has a different standard for ‘closeness’.  So I think it’s a little hard for me to say how close we are. It wasn’t so easy for me to get close to IU at first because I’ve always been a huge fan of hers. But I think we’ve gotten a lot closer now (laughs). I was even invited to her concert (The Golden Hour) but I couldn’t make it because I had other filming schedules. The concert was held at Jamsil, I was so sad.

That said, I’m not sure why but we haven’t been able drop the honorifics (speak casually to each other). The filming was on hold for a bit halfway through the production, so there were times when things get awkward between us as we met again after a long time. I think the awkwardness came from long term (prolonged production). What’s more, our characters bicker a lot, so it wasn’t awkward to use honorifics at all.”

He added, “My previous work was “Itaewon Class”, which I had some emotionally tough times (because of the story). In “Dream”, there were more seniors involved than my previous work, and there was also IU so I thought I could rely on them. I’ve never felt like IU was a little sister or someone younger than me, but that she is an eminent/huge person. She’s someone who has successfully chased two rabbits (has her cake and eats it too) as a singer and actress and that’s honestly unbelievable. And because she has made the impossible possible, I’ve become such a big fan of hers. I was grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her in a film. I really wanted us to have fun working together, and I think did a great job at that in reality too. In fact, I was a little disappointed when it’s over. I think it’ll be fun if we meet again (in another project) next time.”

Wrapping up the interview, Park Seo Joon explained why everyone should check out “Dream” as well as what it takes to achieve a box office success. He said, “To achieve a box office hit, you need three factors to align. The timing and the circumstance must be fitting too, but these are beyond our control. So I guess what matters is to enjoy the movie until it’s no longer showing in the theatres. I worked hard for it, so please check it out. And you get to see a new side of IU? (laughs)”

Dream is set to premiere on April 26 in South Korea!

Translated by IUteamstarcandy

Sources:

[1] http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=442861

[2] https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/076/0003996322

[3] https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/477/0000423398

[4] https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003145492

[5] https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0001046187

[6] https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/416/0000294510

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[TRANS] 230417 “Dream” Press Premiere and Conference Talk - IU (Lee Ji Eun)

PART I: IU On Her Approach to Her Character “Lee So Min”, A Documentary Producer

IU: “Hello, this is IU who plays producer Lee So Min in “Dream”. Thank you all for being here today. 

I did not use many references to approach and portray my character. If I were to pick someone that I referred to most, it’d be director Lee Byeong Heon. (Reason being) He’d always carefully and meticulously coach not only me, but everyone on our characters’ dialogue and tone. So I worked hard to act as close as possible to the version of Somin that the director wanted.

Director Lee wanted me to say my dialogue 2.5 times faster than my original speed. He personally demonstrated how he’d like Somin to say her dialogue and told me “I hope you’ll maintain this speech tempo”, “I want it to be fast like this”. I loved the tone (of speaking) that he showed to me, so I tried to catch on it well. I think he really gave detailed directions. For instance, he’d ask me to “laugh, but do it like a crazy person that only your mouth is smiling/laughing (other parts of your face remain still).” Because to such detailed directions, I relied on and followed director Lee a lot on the set.

I was drawn to Somin because she’s a character that I’ve never tried before this. We’re alike yet unalike, but I don’t think we’re very different from one another. I debuted and started my career (social life) at a young age, so I think I’ve experienced a (momentary) lull in my passion as an adult like Somin too. Still, if there were parts of the character I couldn’t understand, I’d refer a lot to the PD’s directions or way of speaking like I said earlier. 

Thank you for coming and giving me many great questions. I hope this movie will come to the audience like spring. Thank you!”

PART II: Park Seo Joon and IU On How They Feel About Their Bickering Scenes Together In The Movie

Park Seo Joon: “I think I’ve mentioned this before I still have vivid memories of that day. The weather was so hot then, but there was almost no shade except the tent on set so everyone was pretty exhausted due to the heat. So when the director requested us to speed up our dialogues, I remember discussing the scene with IU like “What do you think?” “Do you think we’re on the right track?” and we put a lot of thought in it. But indeed at some point, I found myself just simply copying the director’s demonstration from earlier because he gave such clear directions, so that was a very memorable scene to me.” 

IU: “I, too, share quite similar memory of that day. When I actually monitored myself in the camera, my eyes looked drowsy because of the heat, like an actual madman that the director wanted. Both of us wanted to pull off his direction well, so I remember we even asked director Lee to give us five mins so we could discuss the scene together. But looking at the final edited outcome, I’m once again impressed by director Lee’s skills because it turned out exactly the way he wanted. I also recall being envious of Seo Joon because he got an okay sign from the director first. (Park Seo Joon: Maybe because your part was more important for that scene lol…?) It made me think Seo Joon is a really flexible and amazing actor, so that was a super memorable day for me.”

PART III: Director Lee Byeong Heon On His Reason For The Castings 

Lee Byeong Heon: “Frankly, we were able to film the movie because Park Seo Joon and IU joined the team and agreed to the message/ meaning that the story is trying to convey. But if you’ve watched the movie, it’s actually about people in the stadium. Technically, I love casting people based on their image. I don’t mean these people look homeless, or maybe a little (explained why he cast the remaining actors). They’re all actors that I want to work with for a long time together.”

Source: https://youtu.be/55-qwEJOQLE

Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 230330 <DREAM> Film Press Conference - IU (Lee Jieun)

The upcoming sports comedy film <Dream> held an offline press conference with director Lee Byeong Heon, actor Park Seo Joon, IU, and more at MEGABOX Seongsu, Seoul on March 30, 2023.

<Dream> tells the story of a top footballer Hong Dae (PARK Seo-Joon), who gets involved in an assault case and winds up being appointed as the coach for the national football team. This team will compete in the ‘Homeless Word Cup’. A documentary producer Somin (IU - LEE Ji-eun) films their story while Hong Dae struggled to coach the homeless because of his misconceptions about them. He treats them like a bunch of rag tags. Despite his reservations, the team puts their best foot forward and he has a change of heart about them. Now they’re more than ready for the big event, but things get out of control when they actually start playing.

Looking lovely and sophisticated in her all white dress, the actress cheerfully greeted the press and audience, “Hello, this is IU who plays Lee So Min in <Dream>. It’s a pleasure meeting you all.”

Although IU made her official feature film debut through <Broker>, the filming of <Dream> took place before the former. When asked the reason she chose <Dream> as her first feature film, IU answered, “As you mentioned, it was about three years ago. At that time, I have played roles full of deep stories for dramas. And just when I was thinking about giving roles without stories a shot, I received <Dream>’s casting offer, so I happily took part in it.”

Amidst the buzz, the two leads opened about their experience working with each other for the first time in a film. Park Seo Joon shared, “I have always been a huge fan of IU, so I was beyond excited and curious to film the movie with her. Our characters bicker a lot in the movie. Filming with her, it felt so nice and enjoyable that I wished we had more scenes together as we were approaching the end of filming. It was a great experience.” IU commented, “I, too, was excited to film the movie. Director Lee often gave impromptu directions to us on the set, but Seo Joon would always instantly catch on to what he said and act it out flexibly, owning those scenes. So as I was watching him act closely, I was impressed by and envious of his talent, and that also motivated me a lot.” Jung Seung Gil added, “It was such an honor to film with big stars like Seo Joon and IU, and I had a whale of time shooting the movie too.”

When asked to describe the strengths of each other’s character, Park Seo Joon said, “So Min leads an incredibly fierce and diligent life” while IU wittily responded, “It’s none other than Hong Dae’s amazing visuals, he could debut right away like that.” About flaws, Park Seo Joon said, “So Min has no flaw!” IU gasped in surprise and added, “Hong Dae has a lot of flaws…. haha” to which she earned a side-eye from her co-star.

About the bickering scenes between Hong Dae and So Min, Park Seo Joon confessed, “We were bickering in almost every scene, so I think I felt some sort of pressure to maintain that chemistry well when working together. It was also hard filming those scenes because of the weather, I found myself losing focus when bickering due to the heat. But acting-wise, it was so much fun.”

About the film preparation process, director Lee Byeong Heon frankly shared, “It took me and the team more than 10 years to prepare the film from writing to planning stage. I believe this applies to every project, but producing a film is actually a process of persuading countless of people, and rejections are inevitable. <Dream> had lots of obstacles like that too, but I think I can now prove to those rejections that the movie is much more meaningful and interesting than you think. I’m confident to some extent is all I can say.”

About approaching her role, IU said, “For me, I closely observed and learned how the producers, directors and cameramen carry their cameras around or how they monitor the results. I also discovered that many of them always hang a small tower around their neck during outdoor filming. So I applied few of these traits or habits to my character too. My perspective has changed ever since I took on the role of a documentary producer, so I try have fun more in front of the cameras to make sure those behind the lens can secure at least one fun scene. I will try to keep my posture and smile up throughout the press conference for the reporters and media that are here too today.”

When asked if IU has finally decided on which name to go by for her acting endeavours, the actress responded, “Yes, I’ve made my decision. Originally, I used the name Lee Jieun for my acting activities and credits, but they always end up addressing me as IU, so I thought this could be confusing. As you know, I’m also actively promoting as singer IU. Say, if I go by (singer) IU in March then (actress) Lee Jieun in May, the reporters and fans could be confused too, so I decided to unify all the names into IU from now on, since I’m just one person. (To the reporter), thank you for asking me this question!”

About the reason he cast IU as his new movie’s leading lady, director Lee Byeong Heon answered, “Actually, it’s kind of awkward for me to answer this question, as in the reason for casting IU. I mean… She’s IU. It’s awkward because it’s likely that IU chose me, rather than the opposite. Now just imagine this, if someone ask ‘why did I cast Heo Joon Seok?’, that does not sound awkward at all, right? [Audience: LOL] ‘Why did I cast Hong Wan Pyo?’, that sounds totally unproblematic either. But ‘Why did I cast IU?’ just sounds kind of awkward lol. How dare I… It’s right to say that I cast IU because she is IU.”

IU has made news as an established singer and TV series actress. Now that all eyes are on her to see if she will also succeed in commercial films, it is no doubt that some burden would fall upon the actress’ shoulder. Regarding her thoughts on this, IU said, “When it comes to films, I’m just getting started so I don’t think I’m in such position to say that I feel under pressure. Rather than ‘burden/pressure’, I think ‘a sense of responsibility’ would better describe what I feel right now. <Dream> was the first feature film that I shot, so I tried my best to live up to the director’s expectations and directions with a strong sense of responsibility on set. I will also promote the movie diligently ahead of its premiere with that sense of responsibility too.”

As the host wrapped up the press conference, IU gave her final greetings, “<Dream> is a film in which a breath of fresh air and warmth co-exist, I ask for many of your support at the theatres. Thank you!”

<Dream> will soon hit the domestic theatres on April 26, 2023. 

Source: https://youtu.be/K2chivPuKyA 

Translated by IUteamstarcandy with love.

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[TRANS] 190708 tvN Hotel Del Luna Press Conference - Interview

Actress Lee Jieun: Hi, i’m IU Lee Jieun who portrays the role Jang Man Wol in HDL. The actual drama is more interesting than the highlight video itself, so please look forward to this sweet drama this summer!

Q. What made you chose this drama and fell deeply for your character?

IU: Truthfully, I wanted to greet the audience with a brighter character image after my role in My Mister but didn't expect it to be this fast. One of my acquaintances asked me whether I've read the synopsis for Hotel Del Luna so I looked it up and fell for the strong and tough heroine. So i'm thankful for this role. I had lots of concerns at first but after meeting with the director and scriptwriters, they gave me lots of reassurance which convinced me to take on this role. I especially remember the scriptwriters told me "Jieun-ssi, if you meet such strong female character, please grab on it!" Their reassurance and certainty made me chose this character.

Director Oh Chong Hwan: Truthfully, the scriptwriters, production team and I thought only actress Lee Jieun would fit Man Wol's role and we said it among ourselves that we wouldn't start this drama until she joins us. To me, Though Man Wol goes all out being fancy and extravagant, she gives off this lonely and pitiful aura. Strangely, I get the same feeling from actress Lee Jieun which convinced me to cast her in this drama. After watching her performance on set, I thought I made the right decision and was proud of myself.

Actress Lee Jieun on Yeo Jin Goo: I was so happy to know that Jin Goo confirmed his role for this drama because I think he's so reliable and fits Chan Sung's role so well. He does a great job and I thought I have to work harder so I wouldn't be a burden to him. Our filming went very smooth thanks to him. Even the director also keeps telling us on set that JinGoo is a blessing to all of us. He always lifts up the set atmosphere and make us feel more energised. I think we have great chemistry too!

Actor Yeo Jin Goo on Lee Jieun: I thought I came well prepared but seeing Jieun-ssi, she was totally immersed in her character Man Wol. I think we didn't have to worry about our chemistry even from the start.

Actress Bae Hae Son on Lee Jieun: I have always been a fan of singer IU, but when I get to know her closely on the set, I felt that she's a truly meticulous and brave person who can fit the role Man Wol better than anyone else. The more I get to know her, the more I think the director did a great job casting her. Though it's no doubt that she would feel stress being the heroine, but she never fails to treat everyone politely and brightly. She always keeps all of us together and maintain our balance through communication. I think she is the best heroine ever.

P.O on actress Lee Jieun: When I first met her, I was like "wow it's IU, she's so pretty"

Kang Mina on actress Lee Jieun: I've always watched her on TV but meeting her in real life was like meeting a celebrity. We didn't have much scenes together so I hope we'll get closer later on.

Actress Lee Jieun on her role: "When I first met up with Director Oh and the scriptwriters, we all had different interpretation for my role Man Wol. This shows the diversity that this character contains which is very much attractive to me. Whether is it compliments or criticisms, I've received all of it when promoting as a singer. So I tried to consider from various dimensions when improving my role. That was how I got closer to my role because rather than throwing away all my past characters (in dramas), I tried to bring them along and combine their qualities into my current character. I also discussed a lot with the scriptwriters and Director Oh. 

We also discussed a lot about my image in the drama, especially my fancy outfits. Normally you see the heroine changes her outfit every episode, but for me, I have to change it for every SCENE! They also wanted me to put on different hairstyles and outfits that nobody has seen before. As you know, i'm not a very fashion person, so I worked hard on my own to make sure everyone can enjoy Man wol's style and appearance in the show. 

Though i'm so thankful to have met this role because it's such a blessing, but no doubt I feel pressure to live up the expectations of viewers. I'm sure there are still people who love and remember my previous role in My Mister and would probably pick her as my best portrayed role, so I will work hard to make sure everyone can enjoy Man Wol too, and maybe take over Ji-an's place in their hearts. Please make sure to tune into the actual broadcast. We will guarantee you a refreshing and sweet summer!"

Actress Lee Jieun on working with singers-turned-actors: Strangely, we didn't run into each other much when promoting as singers so it felt fascinating meeting them on the set. We had script reading and filmed a few scenes together, and it made me want to cheer on them too as a colleague.

Director Oh Choong Hwan wraps up the interview session: “Please watch our drama, Lee Jieun will make her breathtaking appearance. I knew that she was beautiful, but she's prettier in real life. So please watch it! It's an interesting, exciting, enjoyable yet sentimental drama.”

Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 220510 <BROKER> Film Press Conference - Lee Ji Eun (IU)

On May 10, the upcoming humane film <Broker> held an offline press conference with director Hirokazu Koreeda (video call) and actor Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Lee Ji Eun and Lee Joo Young.

The film <Broker> revolves around baby boxes, where parents can anonymously surrender their babies for adoption. One rainy night, a baby is left at the baby box facility. Sang-hyun  (Song Kang Ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong Won) secretly take it home. However, the next day, So-young (Lee Ji Eun) unexpectedly returns, looking for her baby Woo-sung. She decides to call the police when she finds out that her boy is missing. The two men’s explanation that they took him to find suitable parents willing to adopt him is hard to believe, but with nowhere left to go, she decides to join their mission to find new parents for her boy. Meanwhile, the police detective Su-jin (Bae Doona) and her subordinate Detective Lee (Lee Joo Young) have been investigating the case for the past 6 months, waiting for the decisive moment when they can catch the duo in act. This group of people, brought together by a baby box, set off on a journey that will lead to destinations they never expected.

When asked about Lee Ji Eun’s thoughts on going to the Cannes Film Festival for the first time, the actress shared, “It’s an honor. The movie has also been invited to take part in the competition category, so I will take this as a once in a lifetime opportunity and go there to learn many things as well as see and enjoy the festival thoroughly.” Lee Joo Young added, “I look forward a lot to basking in the France atmosphere with my fellow seniors, Ji Eun-ssi and the director.”

Lee Ji Eun will be making her commercial film debut through <Broker>, following hits like <My Mister> and <Hotel Del Luna> which many named them as the best dramas of their lifetimes. When asked about how she felt receiving the offer, Lee Ji Eun said, “It was after I got the script and before finishing reading it. I have worked with Bae Doona sunbaenim in a short film before this. As sunbaenim has already been cast in the movie, I phoned her and asked before I read the script. I have always admired Bae Doona sunbaenim, so I recall myself reading the script with more confidence and assurance after she told me that I would suit the role very well.” It was also revealed that Lee Joo Young teared up after reading the script, to which the actress shared, “There is this scene where Sang-hyun. Dong-soo, So-young, and Hye-Jin were having a conversation and trying to understand each other. There is this line So-young tells the other three, and it resonated deeply with me when I read it.”

About casting Lee Ji Eun, director Hirokazu Koreeda shared, “As I was stuck at home during the pandemic, I started binge-watching Korean drama series on streaming services. I became a huge fan of Lee Ji Eun after watching <My Mister>. Towards the end of the series, I found myself crying whenever she appeared in the drama, so I thought only Lee Ji Eun could be So-young and eventually made a casting proposal.”

Lee Ji Eun went on to reveal how she prepared for her role, So-young. “It was my first time playing a role of a mother and I wanted to portray these natural habits (that she would have), so I prepared a lot, like how to hold a baby or play with them. But in reality, So-young is a character who is not well-prepared as a mother, so I did not have a lot of opportunities to hold the baby. Appearance-wise, as shown in the stills and trailers, the makeup team suggested many styles that I’ve never tried before, like the smokey makeup and bleached hair, so I tried it. It was unfamiliar at first, but I think later on it helped me with concentrating on my acting.”

Song Kang Ho was surprised by Lee Ji Eun’s performance on the set. When asked about how he felt working with Lee Ji Eun, the veteran actor shared, “I have always been inspired by the works of Lee Ji Eun, Bae Doona, and Lee Joo Young, and they are such great actors that amaze me. As shown here, there is this scene where Lee Ji Eun was having a conversation with the detectives, Doona and Joo Young on the rooftop. Watching that scene being filmed during the night, I think not only her technique as an actress, but her sincerity and the way she expressed it was on-point. Her way of delivering emotions were amazing, from what I recall. I liked the other scenes too, but that particular scene was a very complicated one where she had to deliver her personal emotions and many feelings. I was amazed that she pulled it off so precisely and flawlessly, so I gave her a compliment separately afterwards. Even Gang Dong Won has not received one from me yet, it’s that rare.”

Flattered by the comment, Lee Ji Eun said, “I could still remember that moment vividly. It was actually a very impressive moment for me, not just during the movie shoot, but in my whole life which I think I will remember it for a long time. At that time, the sun was setting. Sunbaenim was done with his part for the day so he could have left, but he was waiting for me. I knew I would be the last to complete the filming on that day, so I ran to his car to greet him. I asked, “Why haven’t you gotten off work yet?” to which he said, “I was monitoring that scene just now, and I liked it very much.” Then the car left and the whole scene was really breathtaking and touching like it came from a movie, so I got teary. I even bragged about that moment to my parents too.”

When asked about Lee Ji Eun's experience working with Gang Dong Won on the set, the actress commented, “I relied a lot on Gang Dong Won sunbaenim when it came to dealing with the kids. He played so well with the kids (child actors) that I almost asked him to play with me as well. (Jokingly) Had we filmed a bit longer, I would have tried asking him (to play with me) too. Sunbaenim must have been exhausted on the set too, but he was always looking after the kids first and giving his best to play with them. Seeing that, I thought I had to become an actress with such great stamina too.”

About the possible barriers, challenges or anecdotes when working with people of different ages and backgrounds on the set, Lee Ji Eun remarked, “It was a set filled with cast members of different age groups. I was nervous at first too, but there were lots of adorable moments when we were filming with the two child actors. For instance, being thoughtful, the director tried to keep the set (environment) as comfortable as possible for the kids. So when it came to filming emotional scenes, the kids were all excited. And when it came to a scene where I had to cry, the kids were all in high spirits, finding the set fun. In many instances, we were at opposite poles. But later on, I think this somehow became a huge factor that calmed my nerves during filming. Thanks to these two actors, Seung Soo who played Hae-jin and Ji Yong who played my son Woo-sung, the set atmosphere was amicable throughout.”

As the interview wrapped up, Lee Ji Eun gave her final greetings, “<Broker> is a very heartwarming and thought-provoking film. On top of that, the film captures the unfamiliar yet affectionate sides that exist in every corner of Korea beautifully in visuals too. I hope many of you would show your support at the theatres.”

<Broker> premieres this May at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, and will hit the theatres on June 8, 2022. 

Compiled and translated by IUteamstarcandy

Sources (1), (2), (3)

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[TRANS] 200208 Actor Lee Tae Seon talks about his sweet and nervous experiences of working alongside IU in Hotel Del Luna

[Watch Interview - 1:36 to 3:23]

Q. Is there any sweet memory that you can recall from your experience of working with IU?

LTS: Firstly, actress IU... Lee Jieun herself is an amazing artist, isn’t she? So it was an honor (for me to work with her). Also, IU-ssi... Lee Jieun-ssi took care of me a lot so I felt super grateful and honoured. We had a very fun and enjoyable time filming together too.

Q. Which scene do you think made you the most nervous?

LTS: It was the scene where I was hanged to death in front of IU-ssi. That scene was really memorable for me as I can recall myself being super nervous about it. Right before shooting, to get herself immersed in her character’s emotions, IU-ssi went beside me who was putting on makeup and asked, “Tae Seon-ah, can I sit beside you for a while to look at your face?” to which I replied, “oh alright”. She then looked at me with such wistful eyes... and somehow made me get into such emotion quickly too, so I think that was why the scene came out pretty well and that we had such great chemistry (on the screen). So yeah, that was the most memorable scene for me.

Q. If she were to look at you like that as IU herself and not her character off the screen, would you somehow feel like “oh no! Please don’t look at me like that, you’re making me nervous!!”?

LTS: Oh no, that never happened. Of course that was before shooting, but at that moment, for the very least, IU-ssi was ‘Man Wol’ to me and I was ‘Yeon Woo’ to her, so I didn’t feel burdened at all but rather just great. I think that helped us get immersed in our roles better when filming too.

Source: https://youtu.be/k-bLX7Mcvmw Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 200203 Actor Lee Dohyun talks about his close sibling-like relationship with Hotel Del Luna co-star, IU

[Watch Interview - 2:10 to 4:30]

Q. Not sure if you knew about this but after filming the drama, you got another nickname known as ‘IU’s man’.

LDH: (panic) Oh no, I (am not).... it’s my first time hearing this as well!

Interviewer: So cute- Oh is that so? Everyone calls you that in Taiwan. But you know... it was a long-lasting thousand years of love between you two.

LDH: She’s like a close noona to me... we have a close sibling-like (bro-sis) relationship and get along well despite the age gap so I never thought about this at all.

Q. We noticed that you guys have a great relationship as IU even sent a coffee truck to support your new drama. What’s your first impression of IU?

LDH: Like what I said earlier, we get along well like a family so I called her yesterday regarding the interview today. Since she’ll soon be holding a concert in Taiwan as well, I told her that i’m having an interview in Taiwan too today, so we cheered each other on through the phone call. We also discussed about this interview beforehand yesterday since there are lots of questions about her.

Q. Ah that’s nice! Since we are on this topic, can I also ask how you guys name each other in your contact?

LDH: For me, I initially saved hers as “Man Wol Jieunie noona”, so I asked her yesterday what she would like to be saved as and noona said “National Treasure”.... but I didn’t change it cause she’ll always be “Man Wol Jieunie Noona” to me.

Interviewer: Aww... so cute!! So it’s true, their relationship is really good! Thank you for valuing our interview so much to the extent of calling your senior to ask about it 😂 So adorable!

Q. Also, you know this drama is really popular in Taiwan. Can I know who was the pistachio (mood maker) on the filming set?

LDH: I’ve thought about this question too... but I only got the chance to act with IU noona, Yeonwoo and princess Songhwa the three of them, so it’s hard for me to actually pick the true mood maker of this drama. But again you know, the actors and staff have a great chemistry on the set so overall, not once was the set atmosphere bad at all. We were always happy and laughing while filming in a pleasant atmosphere.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbSSzMIdGlY Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 200101 IU’s Warm New Year’s Greetings on IU DC Gallery

Title: Hi, My Bundle of Loves User: I lost my ID | 2020.01.01 00:55:54

I lost my (user) ID..☆ I think I’m gonna get screwed if there’s no proof, so I’ll attach a picture (of me in here) first~~!

Hello my bundle of loves? I’m Jieunsss!

Though all of you are Uaenas too (everyone joined the fancafe right??), I wanted to greet you guys separately on the gallery after a long time! Last year (2019 is already last year), thank you so much for showing such beautiful side of yours at the end of the year…!! Ah of course, I'm aware of all of you passionate lovers’ moments since way before this, but I want to thank you guys for showing such overflowing-with-love-side of yours once again ^_^ My bundle of loves did lovely stuff..☆ Since this has always been a place where posts are freely shared by people of different personalities, so I think it is pointless to define the gallery’s personality with just one side of it. Still, as someone who remembers how this place was since the very beginning and how it has grown over the years (as the owner of this gallery!), I just wanted to say that I’m really thankful to see how all of you are still being so lively and cheerful in here till 2020 (I mean…Who knew right? That there was a time when there were just posts of game discussions all over the gallery…)!! Though there are times when you guys get misunderstood due to your uncommon ways of expressions…(given the nature of the gallery being an open space, I would not think of it as everyone’s opinion but still… *winks*), this place has the longest history among all IU fan communities, and the people in here have been steadfastly sending me as much love without a hitch while still holding firm to their own characters, so I’ve never worried and doubted you guys once. I don’t browse through the gallery (to watch over you guys) anymore too keke because this place still runs well without me..that means I trust you guys as much alright *winks*! Then, through someone’s report (?) via Instagram Direct, I witnessed everyone’s beautiful act of kindness and I think it has made into the top 3 most heartwarming moments of 2019 for me… my beautiful people…thank you so much! Still, that doesn’t mean that you guys should donate whenever the news of my donations pop up ㅠㅠ… I’m actually super worried.. that perhaps you guys might somehow feel obligated to do so… but I really don’t expect that from you all!!! Because even if you don’t do so, I still know very well that all of you are a bunch of loving people! You know what I mean right? keke Since you guys have been a fan of a singer for 13 years, I think I don’t have to state everything clearly for you to understand my heart! As I continue writing this post, I realised my tone has changed quite a lot as compared to before. I think my tone used to be way louder whenever I wrote a post back then keke but I think I sound more natural now.. Don’t you think it’s wonderful to grow a year older together? I like it. Let’s continue to watch each other age naturally for a long, long time in the future too!! Hmm, it’s kind of difficult for me to wrap up my post here. My bundle of loves, I hope you have many blessings in the new year!!! Thanksss!!

Source: IU DC Gallery Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 190711 OnlyU-IU China share fun moments they had with IU and her team on the set of Hotel Del Luna

Our staff members double checked the items before the departure with an anxious heart. Fortunately, we were able to reach the set on time despite the heavy traffic. The food truck, tent, tables and banners were all set up when we arrived at the set. Then, it took us another 40 minutes to prepare all the gifts by putting them carefully in each paper bag and stacking them up on the table beside the buffet tent.

Not too long after we were done with the gift preparations, manager Hanteo approached us, gave us his warm greetings before checking out the buffet tent. As the weather was pretty hot, Hanteo jokingly told us that he would ‘drink’ all the (Ghana) chocolates within the gift bag right away. When going through the other gifts, we especially pointed out that the Voluspa aromatherapy candles were for IU Team, so Hanteo thanked us in Mandarin, saying “xie xie!” as well.

He reminded us that since we would have to wait a little longer, so stay away from the sun in some shade. He also passed on the gifts to director Oh, actor Yeo Jin Goo and IU Team. Later, PD told us we could pass the gift to IU in person in a while.

We gave the staff of Hotel Del Luna the gifts we prepared as they passed by from time to time. During dinner time, some staff came to collect their gifts and we got the HDL team PD to pass on the remaining gifts to other busy staff on the set. 

Around 8PM, IU finally appeared in her pony tail, white loose t-shirt and pants. Since the coffee truck was right beside the entrance, so she took lots of proof photos with the help of Hyesun and the new manager (Moon Ji Hwan) first. After greeting us, she expressed her gratitude for the gifts and meal that we prepared, telling us that she would enjoy the meal and asking whether we were hungry as well or not. We still managed to answer her that we were ‘hungry’ though our mind went completely blank at that moment as we were softened by her sweet tender eyes. IU then invited us to join her for dinner.

The HDL team PD also encouraged us to sit beside IU for dinner. Together, we also had Hanteo, Hyeseon and the new manager (Ji Hwan) with us in one table, and thankfully all of them ate a lot. IU seemed to have noticed how nervous we were, so she kept initiating conversation with us. She said, “we (IU Team) are usually quiet whenever we eat, and given the hot weather and packed filming schedules today, so everyone’s still in a daze. Did all of you travel all the way from China? It must have been hard for you guys to be here given the scorching hot weather.” When she was told that some of us would have to catch the early morning flight in a bit, she frowned as pain and sadness clouded her features.

When eating, director Oh came by so IU introduced him to us and we quickly bowed to him. Director Oh was pretty adorable and not all that serious or solemn as he greeted us enthusiastically and expressed his gratitude for our support. He kept the Hotel Del Luna customised towel around his neck all the time, even when he was having his meal.

Seeing how most of them were almost done with eating, we brought out the gifts and explained to them about the Diptyque’s limited edition ‘The Legend of the North’ series’ candles first. IU was touched upon knowing that we chose the candles because it suited Man Wol’s mysterious aura, saying “ah~ because it suits Man Wol!”. She also let out a tiny ‘wow’ when we told her we bought GUCCI’s A Kiss from Violet perfumed oil for her because its violet scented (IU’s favourite). We also let IU have a look at our charity/ donation certificate, telling her that hundreds of Uaenas participated in this donation and some of us visited the institute with some necessities and played with the kids there to which IU replied ‘aigoo’ tsunderely/ proudly and dearly. She also asked about the details and complimented us ‘Hen BBang!’ (so amazing) in Mandarin since one of us personally went to the welfare institute. IU gave us a big thumbs up, saying ‘Zzen Bbang! Xie xie!’ (really amazing! thank you!) when we mentioned about the necessities that we have donated. One of us caught on the right timing of the atmosphere and started applauding, to which IU joined her right away, followed by Hyeseon, Hanteo and all HDL staff from other tables who had no idea of what’s going on. It suddenly turned into an ocean of harmony 😂.

Click here for more details of IU’s birthday gifts (candles and perfumes), fan donation and fansupport by OnlyIUcn.

We also told IU about her super topic ‘#IU’ that has accumulated over 10 billion reads on Weibo recently and she was ultimately shocked. Since she’s not familiar with how weibo functions, so we explained to her that the hashtag is sort of a community on weibo where people could leave their posts, comments, votes and screenshots there to support her. She seemed to have grasped on the super topic concept after going through some of our posts in the hashtag section and showed off the milestone achievement to people around her. 

IU: Hey, I achieved 10 billion reads! Hanteo and Hyeseon: As expected from the scale of mainland China, they don’t just simply go with (small numbers like) ten thousands when it comes to calculations.

We passed the <10 Years of Flower Road> book to IU, sharing with her that C-Uaenas designed, edited and compiled everything about her within this book in celebration of her 10th anniversary. We also tried to find the best printing manufacturer that we could to bring out the best quality of it. As soon as she got the book on hands, she kept gasping in admiration, saying “wow this is truly amazing. This is impressive, OnlyIU’s scale is no joke” as she flipped through the pages slowly. She especially stopped at one of the pages which contained IU Team’s photo, too bad the whole book was written in Chinese so the staff unnie tried to cheer her up by telling her that they could translate right away using mobile apps. All of them joked a few times about looking for someone who knows Mandarin and asked everyone to hurry up and learn the language too.

Click here for some details of the book

IU really likes the calligraphy gift that we gave her so she took a special proof shot with it. Since it’s written in Chinese, she asked us about the meaning of the poem. We were still in a daze at that time so we only explained briefly that it’s a poem about the moon. IU said she would try to look for a professional to interpret it.

Poem: The Moon Festival by Su Shi

When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky. I don’t know what season it would be in the heavens on this night. I’d like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me. Dancing with my moon-lit shadow, It does not seem like the human world. The moon rounds the red mansion stoops to silk-pad doors, Shines upon the sleepless Bearing no grudge, Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart? People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart, The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane, This has been going on since the beginning of time. May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, We are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

Even though we are thousands of miles and oceans (Yellow Sea) apart, nothing can stop us from surrendering our hearts to the full moon (Man Wol) C-Uaenas present president Jang Man Wol this poem And may the opening of Hotel Del Luna blossom 

*Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. *Full Moon is pronounced the same way as Man Wol in both Chinese and Korean.

밝은 달은 어느 때나 떠오를지 술잔을 잡고 하늘에 물어본다. 달 속에 있는 궁궐은 오늘밤은 어느 해인지 모르겠구나. 나는 바람을 타고 돌아가고자 하니 달 속의 궁궐이 높은 곳이라 추위를 견디지 못할까 두려워라. 일어나 춤추니 그림자도 따라 도는데 어찌 인간 세계와 비길 수가 있으랴 달그림자가 붉은 누각 빙 돌며 곱게 조각한 창문에 드리우니 달빛에 비추어져 잠을 이룰 수 없네. 더 이상 번뇌가 있을 수 없는데 무슨 일로 오래도록 이별할 때에 이렇게 둥근가? 인간에겐 슬픔과 기쁨, 이별과 만남이 있고 달은 흐리고 맑고, 둥글고 이지러짐이 있으니 이런 일은 예전부터 완전하기가 어려워라. 다만 바라기는 멀리 떨어져 있는 이가 오래 살아서 천 리 밖에서도 이 밝은 달을 함께 구경했으면.

Note: This is a famous Mid-Autumn lyric written by Sushi(a poet in Song Dynasty) for his brother Zi-you(1039-1112) when the poet was away from the imperial court. According to some commentators, “the palace on high” might allude to the imperial palace and therefore, after reading this lyric, Emperor Song Shen Zong said that Su Shi was loyal.

When IU was giving us her signature as acknowledgement (of the fan support), we noticed that IU’s mandarin pinyin skills were remarkably impressive, she came up with most of the pinyin (as shown in the picture) and kept seeking confirmation from us (just incase she made a mistake). She wanted to write 시원한 여름 (a cool and refreshing summer) so badly because it kind of means “watching horror movies” in Korea too (납량). She wanted to write “we will see each other very soon” so she added “see you soon” in English too. It was obvious that IU urged to write using lots of pinyin but she didn’t have much time since the drama team was rushing to another filming venue already. Nevertheless, she drew a big thumbs up and yummy bowl of rice for us and was eventually made fun by IU Team. They jokingly asked her “what are those?”, making IU shooting daggers at them keke.

“Dear. OnlyU-IU China ♥   Thank you all!! Well done!! 👍 Yummy 🍚💕 Miss you guys…♥ I love you guys! Stay healthy! - from IU” 

“Dear C-uaenas ♥ I miss you all very much See U soon! Don’t fall sick...☆ Thank you! 😊 - from IU”

Lastly, we told IU that we would enjoy watching the drama to which she replied “please do enjoy (watch) the show (properly), it’s very interesting.” She kept thanking us a few times in Mandarin after bidding farewell to us too.

The PD came by after that and took the huge IU (with her head facing down) photo away, explaining that he would hang it in the waiting room. We weren’t sure whose waiting room he was referring to since we didn’t dare to question more, so we could only pray and hope earnestly that he’s taking it to IU’s room TT.

Then we sent off the coffee truck & buffet tent owners and bid farewell to the entire crew on the set before leaving. We lost count of how many times we went around the set to bow (give greetings) to make sure we didn’t miss any corner of it.

Despite being short of hands due to some of our members who couldn’t make it last minute, but we are very happy to have completed the fan support, passed IU her gift in person and relayed her greetings and thanks to C-Uaenas safely. We are fully aware that IU made lots of adorable facial expressions and kept a smile on her face all the time because she wanted to express her gratitude towards Uaenas who worked hard together to bring up the fan support to her on the set. Once again, we thank Uaenas who contributed in this fan support. We will continue to give IU the best fan support!

Source: OnlyU-IU 中国首站 @ Weibo  Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 190707 IU’s China Fanclub ‘OnlyU-IU China’ showers IU, her team and Hotel Del Luna staff with love and gifts

It was revealed on July 6 that IU’s China Fanclub ‘OnlyU-IU China’ (@onlyIUcn on twitter) sent a coffee truck, buffet catering service and many gifts to the set of Hotel Del Luna. OnlyIUcn then shared some details of the thoughtful presents that they prepared specially for IU, IU Team and Hotel Del Luna’s staff members.

“As soon as IU confirmed her role in ‘Hotel Del Luna’, our staff members started preparing for this fansupport which took us months of effort. Previously, we predicted that they would kick off the production in April so we prioritised IU’s birthday gift first (in May). Other than organising charity events, we chose GUCCI’s A Kiss from Violet perfumed oil from ‘The Alchemist’s Garden’ collection. This perfumed oil is said to emit the purest, nonirritant and long-lasting scent due to its significantly lower alcohol content as compared to other perfumes. Since this collection has yet to be launched in China, South Korea and Japan, so our Uaenas from ShenZhen travelled to Hong Kong to purchase it for IU. We chose this perfume because it’s violet scented and also symbolises our ‘flying kiss’ to IU.

The second birthday gift was carefully decided after taking Man Wol’s character into consideration, which is Diptyque’s limited edition ‘The Legend of the North’ series’ candles. We purchased Sapin de Lumiere (Pine Tree of Light) (Green) and Baume d’Ambre (Amber Balm) (blue) candles and candlestick to match with Man Wol’s aloof aura ^u^ What’s special about this series is that the candle jar is deigned by HERMES’ scarf designer.

Sapin de Lumiere (Pine Tree of Light) Candle – Green – This is a staple in all Diptyque Christmas candles. It carries the unmistakeable green scent of pine, warmed and evoking crisp air, pine cones and a freshness of pine needles.

Baume d’Ambre (Amber Balm) Candle – Blue – A warm, spicy scent of benzoin, lavender and vanilla. Not too strong, with a freshness of lavender.

'A Kiss from Violet’ and ‘The Legend of The North’ on set~

Our certificate of making donation, including common ingredients and necessities to the Welfare institue of Xuchang, Henan Province.

“To Miss IU Lee Jieun:

We have received 544 baby pampers, 100 boxes of colored pencils, 100 drawing blocks, 35 big bags of rice, 35 packs of flour, 24 bottles of oil with the total amounted to 6092.40 yuan from your China fans.

We hereby express our gratitude for your act of kindness!”

A Chinese poem about the moon for IU

Poem: The Moon Festival by Su Shi

When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky. I don't know what season it would be in the heavens on this night. I'd like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me. Dancing with my moon-lit shadow, It does not seem like the human world. The moon rounds the red mansion stoops to silk-pad doors, Shines upon the sleepless Bearing no grudge, Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart? People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart, The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane, This has been going on since the beginning of time. May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, We are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

Even though we are thousands of miles and oceans (Yellow Sea) apart, nothing can stop us from surrendering our hearts to the full moon (Man Wol) C-Uaenas present president Jang Man Wol this poem And may the opening of Hotel Del Luna blossom 

*Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. *Full Moon is pronounced the same way as Man Wol in both Chinese and Korean.

밝은 달은 어느 때나 떠오를지 술잔을 잡고 하늘에 물어본다. 달 속에 있는 궁궐은 오늘밤은 어느 해인지 모르겠구나. 나는 바람을 타고 돌아가고자 하니 달 속의 궁궐이 높은 곳이라 추위를 견디지 못할까 두려워라. 일어나 춤추니 그림자도 따라 도는데 어찌 인간 세계와 비길 수가 있으랴 달그림자가 붉은 누각 빙 돌며 곱게 조각한 창문에 드리우니 달빛에 비추어져 잠을 이룰 수 없네. 더 이상 번뇌가 있을 수 없는데 무슨 일로 오래도록 이별할 때에 이렇게 둥근가? 인간에겐 슬픔과 기쁨, 이별과 만남이 있고 달은 흐리고 맑고, 둥글고 이지러짐이 있으니 이런 일은 예전부터 완전하기가 어려워라. 다만 바라기는 멀리 떨어져 있는 이가 오래 살아서 천 리 밖에서도 이 밝은 달을 함께 구경했으면.

Note: This is a famous Mid-Autumn lyric written by Sushi(a poet in Song Dynasty) for his brother Zi-you(1039-1112) when the poet was away from the imperial court. According to some commentators, "the palace on high" might allude to the imperial palace and therefore, after reading this lyric, Emperor Song Shen Zong said that Su Shi was loyal.

We also prepared Voluspa aromatherapy candles for IU Team and the staff of Hotel Del Luna.

Shuijingfang liquor for director Oh Choong Hwan.

Long Jing and Taiping Houkui tea for the Hong Sisters (scriptwriters)

As for actor Yeo Jin Goo, we prepared Scent Library X White Rabbit fragrance product gift set (perfume, hand cream, body lotion)

(We forgot to take a picture of the actual gift, but it’s within the black paper bag. The other bags included tea bags, liquor, candles and IU’s Gucci perfume)

For the Hotel Del Luna team, we also prepared the HDL customised towels, Forbidden City imperial kitchen’s fridge magnets, Ghana chocolate and greeting cards

(This Forbidden City imperial kitchen fridge magnet symbolises our food support and the ghosts that we sent from the Forbidden City to check into Hotel Del Luna hahahah)

We included a greeting card in each gift bag with the message “Thanks to your hardwork on such scorching hot weather, we get to enjoy a nice and cool summer. Thank you! Hwaiting!”

We started preparing for the buffet since long ago, and we especially requested them to prepare IU’s favourite tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes) and Tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork)! We tried to match the decoration with president Man Wol’s extravagant style by adding the golden chairs~ The banners and pictures on table were all specially designed by our art team. 

We also sent a refreshing coffee truck to the set for Man Wol and the HDL team~

No gifts can fully express our support and excitement for Man Wol. So we hope our sincerity can be conveyed by at least a bit! We only wish for our Man Wol to be truly happy!

Source: OnlyU-IU 中国首站 @ weibo Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 190612 IU’s China Fanclub ‘EunKnight’ shares adorable moments and conversation with IU on the filming set of Hotel Del Luna

We were informed that the staff would have their dinner around 6PM, so our members departed at 3PM. Upon arriving at the filming set around 4:30PM, there was a coffee truck right in front of us.

Initially, we thought it was sent by another fansite but the logo was nowhere to be found. So we asked the coffee truck owner and found out it was sent by IU, and we instantly went: 

We also noticed a few new unseen photos of IU and took many pictures of them. We wanted to share with other uaenas but the staff told us not to leak it as for now (to prevent spoilers), so we could only...

(feel frustrated)

Since we were kind of late to the set, so we proceeded to pack the 100 gift bags for the staff members while scanning the set from time to time to look out for IU’s arrival.

While waiting for the clock to hit 7, one of the staff PDs saw the gifts we prepared and exclaimed “Daebak (amazing), there are bucket hats too!” while trying out one of it. He took a dozen of it away and told us that he would pass on the remaining hats to staff from other teams.

One of our members then saw a white van coming from afar and wondered if it was IU’s. Turns out if was indeed hers as Hyeseon and Hanteo got down from the car, and closely followed by IU in her tracksuit and mask with no makeup. (looking so smol)

She greeted us first and said she would be right back after putting on her makeup.

While waiting for her, manager Hanteo tried to put on the bucket hat but failed as the size didn’t fit his head. He also greeted us and asked whether we had the coffee (by IU) or not.

Around 7PM, actor Yeo Jin Goo got changed (clothing) and had dinner with most of the staff members. Some of the staff knew we were Chinese fans and expressed their gratitude too.

At last, IU finally came out after the makeover!!! She looked so elegant in her black dress (a bit see-through) and long curly hair. She greeted the staff and headed to the buffet section. 

Since there were quite a handy of seats being occupied by the staff, so we waited patiently for them to leave before joining IU for dinner. IU waved her hands passionately and told us to “come quickly!”

(coming coming~~)

Upon finding out that we had yet to take our dinner, she urged us to get some food and join her for dinner. We were taken aback as IU exclaimed “好吃!” (yummy in chinese)

(You’re amazing)

IU tried her best to speak in Chinese since there were two members who didn’t understand Korean. She was worried that we waited her for too long in the cold weather and told us to be careful not to catch a cold (so thoughtful). Even looking at her from such close distance, her face was only this small...

She wore moon-shaped earrings and necklace, and red nail polish. She was so tiny and thin that she could pass being a skeleton (lol)... Her outfit was slightly see through and that made us a tad bit shy... 

(S....Shy....)

IU was touched upon seeing the poster made up of pictures of C-uaenas writing “We are with IU” and told us to thank everyone who’s contributed in it.

As IU read through our donation certificate, she told us that she’s impressed by our dedication of donating trees for the past 3 years to help the poor and said she would visit the place one day when she’s free.

We also let her have a look at her 10 years worth schedule book that we had previously compiled as well as the fan made calendar. She flipped through each page thoroughly and gasped at how young she looked back then. She also complimented us for our creativity and thoughtfulness.

IU was fascinated by the tea biscuits that we gave her and did the ‘hammering’ action with her hand and asked whether that’s how the biscuits were made (LOL)

One of our members was preparing the bucket hats for the staff and IU said the hats looked lovely but she couldn’t wear it since she’s got her hair done for the shooting. We reassured her that it’s fine. But when we explained to her that both sides of the hat are usable, she reached out for the hat almost immediately to put it on, but was fortunately stopped by us lol. We told her to wear it next time.

She also told us that the bottle with ‘Hotel Del Luna’ printed on it was so pretty, and would bring it everywhere with her to show it off to her fellow staff members on set (with her arrogant yet dorky face... like this:)

We prepared Fujian (Hokkien) white tea as a gift for the director, but since he wasn’t there yet, so the staff said they would pass it to him on behalf of us later on. 

Q. How did you hurt your arm?

IU: (pulls up the sleeves) that’s the scar from a previous injury. I recently caught a cold so I went to get an IV drip. 不要感冒! (don’t catch a cold)

Q. Do you have to shoot all night for today as well?

IU: We’ll probably have to film till late night, but we wouldn’t pull an all-nighter today since we have some scenes to film early in the morning tomorrow.

Q. How do you usually learn Chinese?

IU: Mainly through listening to Chinese songs and translating the lyrics to Korean. Normally, I try learn pronounce the Chinese words based on Korean (pinyins/ romanization)

Uaena: Your mandarin skills are great!

IU: You’re complimenting me for my mandarin???! (SHOOK) 

Q. You said ‘新年快乐’ (happy new year) early this year, how did you know that?

IU: I learned it previously and kept it in my mind.

Q. Do you usually enjoy listening to Chinese songs?

IU: These days i’ve been working on preparing my new album so I wouldn’t really listen to other songs. But you can gather some opinions from C-uaenas and let me know which Chinese songs you guys want me to sing~ 

Q. Will you hold concerts in China this year?

IU: We’ve been trying our best to contact organisers in Beijing and Shanghai, but it’s not as easy as it seems.

Uaena: C-uaenas haven’t seen you in a really long time, so we always attend your domestic and overseas concerts in Seoul, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

IU: I know lots of C-uaenas came to watch my Seoul concert last year. I’ll probably cry or get emotional/teary if I hold concert in China now since I haven’t seen you guys in a really long while.

(looking forward to it)

Though manager Hanteo told IU to get ready for the shoot, IU still took her time and signed for us patiently, her pinyin skills were great (as though a grade 4 student in elementary school)

She let IU TV PD and Hyeseon took pictures of her with the fansupport. She also told us to have some coffee before she left to get ready for the shoot.

“Dear EunKnight ♥  Hao Chi (yummy)!! Thank you very much...♥ I miss you guys  Becareful not to catch a cold! ♥♥ From IU Jieun”

Bonus by EunKnight: Since some members don’t understand Korean, so IU told others to translate for them since they seemed very curious about the conversation.

Source: IU-EunKnight @ Weibo Translated by IUteamstarcandy

Kindly give full and proper credits, TQ!

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[TRANS] 190605 IU DC Gallery shares the fun moments with IU and actor Yeo Jin Goo, and some spoiler of Hotel Del Luna, IU’s birthday present, album, Q&A event, anniversary fan meeting, concert tour and the newly appointed male manager!

1. While chatting with IU, actor Yeo Jin Goo was seen having dinner and getting along well with his manager & IU Team (Hanteo, Chipmunk, new manager & Hyeseon etc) at the opposite table.

2. As Jin Goo was about to finish his dinner, IU introduced uaenas to him and seeing how uaenas didn’t give much reaction, IU was like “Eyyy~ probably because y’all are men, if Jieuninus came today, they would have given great reactions instead keke” 

3. IU said Jin Goo normally doesn’t eat dinner, but he’s having it now since IU told him beforehand that her fans were coming. Upon hearing IU said that these food were prepared by uaenas, he was taken aback and thought uaenas personally ‘cooked’ it. He went like “really??” and IU decided to play along with him and said “yea~ they cooked everything”. IU seemed really close and comfortable with Jin Goo as she spoke informally to him.

4. When asked how she felt acting with someone younger than her for the first time, IU said she felt more comfortable talking with him. (as in she doesn’t have to speak formally to him all the time because she is much older than him - kindly refer to the Korean Hierarchy Culture & Etiquette)

5. IU said she happened to see this cute penguin photo that came along with some souvenirs she bought from America last time and shared it with the IU team in group chat as she thought the penguin resembled Hyeseon-ie a lot. Later she found the penguin quite adorable so she made it her profile picture too.

6. Uaenas told IU that they wanted to make a ‘Jieun Book’ for IU too but she replied “that’s over 200 questions though? It’ll probably take me forever to complete everything and upload it around my 13th anniversary. I gifted my parents the ‘Mommy Book’ and ‘Daddy Book’ on parents’ day but they answered everything and gave it to me as my birthday gift on May 16 keke”

  7. IU said Hotel Del Luna is ‘scarily’ well made. The makeup, plot and characters were all scary too. She said while filming the scary scenes, she thought they were so scary that some people won’t be able to take it (lol) Hanteo manager told uaenas to watch the rebroadcast (next day) in daytime and IU scolded him and said “what are you doing?!!”

8. IU said she has no idea that August 31 is her 4000th day since debut even though it was written on the calendar. She told us not to worry about it since there won’t be any special events on that day.

9. When IU noticed that IU TV pd’s secretly trying to take some pics of them, she tried to act natural with uaenas and pretended that she didn’t see it (LOL) 

10. IU said she didn’t want to finish her specially made mint chocolate ice-cream first cause she wanted to take some selcas with it.

11. IU said she doesn’t know when exactly is the broadcast date since it’s not confirmed yet. Though half of the drama is pre-produced and that they’ve filmed a lot, but they’ll probably be able to complete everything only by September.

12. IU boasted that lots of the drama staff were her fans.

13. When asked her nail polish colours, she said it’s always different since they’re all just stickers (easy to be removed)

14. IU introduced the new staff (male manager & 2 KakaoM staff) to them. When asked if Hanteo manager got promoted, IU joked that “No, he went back to Daejeon (his hometown)”

15. IU said it’s still a secret regarding her comeback and new album. Chipmunk manager was afraid that IU would spoil her comeback so he told her to leave.

16. IU said she’s already finished surveying and planning her concert tour (including domestic and overseas) long ago.

17. IU said the venue of her anniversary fan meeting would be bigger than last year. 

18. She has yet to film the ‘1 million subscribers Q&A video’ since there were too much questions. 

 Source: IU DC Gallery   Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 190302 ‘IU with Ghana’ Fan Meeting - Important Talk Compilation

IU: It’s been a while since I last greeted all of you right? Did you all miss me? (YESSS) I think the weather has gotten a lot warmer~ I came lightheartedly and dressed prettily in spring outfit with big earrings and applied the trendiest lipstick color to meet y’all today. This venue gives off familiar vibes of the small-theatre concert that we had years ago. I also came with my mint microphone to match with the spring vibes, so I thought it’d be great if Ghana could release mint flavoured chocolate too. I think it’s gonna sell like hotcakes, don’t you think so? Who wants mint Ghana chocolate? (MEEEEE!!!!!!) Well I'm sure some of you don’t fancy the flavour, but if Ghana were to release it, I would do my best to promote it! As one of the loyal consumers, I could say that Ghana’s my soul food, so I hope to keep endorsing this if I’m ever given the chance to. My love for Ghana is quite obvious to be honest, you can definitely tell that I look a bit more excited in Ghana’s CFs as compared to the others. I was so happy upon receiving the offer from Ghana, you can say that i’m a successful fan! So I have a lot of affection for it, and i’m sure some of you feel the same way as I do too. Do you love Ghana? (YESSSS) Now, I’ll perform another song before we proceed to the next session, which is Palette. I bet this will be my last chance to perform ‘Palette’ before I officially turn 26 (internationally).

IU: How did y’all get to attend this event? Uaenas: Lottery-based system! The more you purchase, the higher chances you’d get. IU: But I’m sure there are people who just genuinely like Ghana chocolate and got chosen right? Guy: Yea, that’s me IU: It’s okay, I’ll just turn you into my fan through this event today~ Uaenas: /cheers/

Q&A SESSION

Q1. Unnie, can you please reveal your account number by ‘mistake’…?

IU: You want me to reveal my account number…? What do you want to send me 😂 As much as I want to, I honestly can’t remember my account number, so I’ll just accept your heart today.

Q2. What’s the song that you’re into these days?

IU: Actually, I’ve been working on (composing) lots of songs these days. Nowadays, I’ve been listening to songs by Still Woozy, who’s a foreign artist and umm…. never mind, I don’t think you guys would know them as you can tell by now that I have weird music taste. But my fans have diverse music taste, so I really want to recommend a good song for them.

Uaena: Tell us about your new song!

IU: My new song is really good. (*cheers*) I think the album will turn out to be really amazing! No doubt my fans are curious about this so I’ll talk a bit about it. I’m working on a new album, well not really new since I’ve mentioned before at my concert that it’s been modified and revised for many times (just like BBIBBI), basically the ‘tone’ itself has changed.

*IU said she initially wanted to write a song to show her gratitude towards Uaenas, but ‘BBIBBI’ eventually digressed quite a bit from that and turned into a warning song instead, a song about what makes a good relationship between people.

IU: I’ve added a few things so I was worried, but it turned out better than I expected. I think the only thing left is for me to do well for my part. I think I'm highly satisfied with the songs and I think the album will turn out to be something I’m satisfied with too. You guys know I don’t really talk about things like this right? I tend to keep it to myself when it comes to stuff like this but I think you guys can really look forward to my new album!

Q3. Your favourite Ghana chocolate?

IU: For me, it’s the milk chocolate. But these days when i’m bored, I chew on some caramel chocolate too, it’s yummy!

Q4. Jieunie noona, I lost my wallet today. Perhaps can you sing a song to cheer me up?

IU: How can you get back home without your wallet? Where’s your house, do you have a transportation card with you?

Uaena: I contacted my mom… (the fan is a middle-schooler)

IU: Oh no.. you must have had you student ID and cash in it…is it?

Uaena: 3000 won

IU: Oh…you would have been able to buy two Ghana chocolates with that 3000 won, but it’s okay I’ll give you two of it instead.

Q5. I’m a fan from Busan, my boyfriend is a Uaena too! What do you think of couple fans?

IU: I think they would be so happy! Though it’s something rare, but I think it’s great to be a ‘couple fans’! They can relate with each other and watch my concert together.

Uaena: We are planning to get married this year!

IU: I can sing a congratulatory song at your wedding then!

Q6. Jieun unnie, which of your many projects will be released first?

IU: Not sure if I can share this here but it’s probably the long awaited short film series ‘Persona’! The release date has finally been scheduled, but I can’t say anything for sure as the production team has their plans. I’ve been told that ‘Persona’ will be available on various great platforms in April. Please look forward to it.

Q7. Unnie, can we replicate the Uaena soundwave ring and wear it?

IU: For your information, I gave 2000 limited soundwave rings to my fans at a fan meeting in celebration of my 10th debut anniversary. I think the fan is referring to that but honestly haven’t you guys been doing that (replicating the ring) for awhile now? 😂 Our staff have seen lots of people wearing it and asked whether they were Uaenas (who attended the FM) but the fans told them it’s the replicated version. But how did you guys replicate it exactly like the original version? Is it possible?

Q8. What’s the movie of your life?

IU: It’s among the recent movies that I’ve watched. Not too recent, but I watched a movie called ‘The World Of Us’ during the end of last year. It’s a story about kids and there was a great line that really hit me at the end of the movie. Can I spoil the movie? A young boy kept getting bullied by the kids and his older sister was like “didn’t I tell you not to play with them? So what did you do next?” and the boy replied that he just continued to play with them. So his sister got so mad and asked him why didn’t he fight back but the boy replied “if we kept fighting back & forth, when will we ever get to play together?” The line hit me so hard because it was that great to me! It’s a healing movie.

Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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2018 IU 10th Anniversary Tour Concert < 이지금 dlwlrma. > Talk Compilation

Movie

Welcome to IU’s 10th anniversary tour concert. The main concept of this tour concert is movie. Some might have been with me for 10 years, some only one year, but regardless of who you are, I’ll be showing every single one of you my past 10 years being summarised into movies of different genres in here meaningfully. As you can see, even the opening CFs were filmed specially for this tour concert only. Since the setlist is really long, so there’s no time for us to talk. I will tell you guys my stories through my songs now, please let the show begin!

Growing Up - Goodbye to my 10s

I mustered my courage to perform ‘Good Day’ in the beginning even though it’s my biggest hit song ever because I think I still have many hit songs, so it should be fine. I’m thinking of leaving this one out of the setlist someday too! Let’s talk about love stories since I have lots of breakup songs. ‘The Story Only I Didn’t Know’ is a very mature love song. I think I’ve matured a lot as compared to when I first sang this song at the age of 18, so I think I can sing it better now. Also, this will probably be the last time for me to perform cute songs like ‘Marshmallow’, ‘Love Attack’ and ‘Boo’ as I think it’s time for me to leave my cute and young image behind. We actually invested most of our budget on these adorable yet very pricy marshmallow costumes! Now back to the main subject, I sincerely hope to convey more stories of my 20s in the future.

Passion of Writing & Embracing Myself

I really love to write since I was young as much as I love to sing. Even now as IU, one of my favourite things to do is writing lyrics. It is the toughest yet happiest process for me ever. Sometimes I get these inspirations from my concert, maybe negative which is why we have BBIBBI, but mostly positive and heartwarming like ‘Through The Night’ or ‘Heart’. I’ve never said this before but when I was young, even though I’ve received so much love, but I used to pay more attention to the people who disliked me. I think that’s why I used to write lyrics that are so sharp and dark, but it’s definitely changing now. I have become a person that can focus more on love. I’ve finally learnt to accept and embrace the various sides that I have after 10 years. I’m proud of myself for being able to tell my stories from different subjects and a broader perspective too. Seeing you guys today, it makes me want to write more songs about love or comfort. I really love myself at times like this. In the future, I’l write more lyrics that are maybe warm and tamed, or unkind at times too. You guys make me a better person and I’ll continue to sing songs that can convey more than simple words. I’m not sure what type of song I’ll write next, but in the process of writing, though our thoughts might not collide, but I really hope you guys will listen and relate to my emotions more often, can you do that for me? It won’t be easy since I’m very talkative, but please don’t hate my nagging and do continue to listen to my stories for a very long time.

‘BBIBBI’ - A Preview of the Next Album, Chat-Shire 2.0

I prepared ‘BBIBBI’ with light feelings, so I’m glad it was well-received. Initially, I intended to write the song to show my gratitude. Eventually, it digressed quite a bit from that. It became a warning song instead. At first, what I wrote was that, “we don’t know each other well yet, we don’t owe each other anything, so we have maintained a good relationship”. I wanted to write a song along this theme, because it was a period of time that I was thinking a lot about relationships between people. Composer Jong Hoon and I discussed a lot about what makes a good relationship. Some people would think you need to know the other person really well for a good relationship, but I personally feel that the moment I think I know a certain person really well, I’ll spoil our relationship. If I pigeonhole someone as being a certain type of person, or that the person would think in this way or that way, from the moment I do that, I won’t be able to see that person as who he or she is. Instead, I would just see the person as who I think the person is. So that’s something that I’m personally cautious about. No matter how close I am with a person, I think to myself, let’s not assume we know everything about the person. With those feelings, mixed with a bit of mischief, I wrote the song BBIBBI. As I wrote the lyrics, I thought a lot about my fans. My fans and I have that sort of relationship. If you meet someone a lot, there are times when it gets a little confusing, without you realising it, lines are crossed or things go overboard. But my fans have been careful about that for the past 10 years, so we have maintained a good relationship. I think it’s because of that that we don’t feel any hate towards each other and just think “ah it’s nice.” That’s what I thought about as I wrote this song. I thought about my Uaenas that I don’t need to give warnings to, whom I have a pleasant relationship with. So if you look at the song itself, although it seems rather off the mark, it’s a kind of “fan song”.

Also, BBIBBI is actually a preview of my next album which i’m still working on it, so the release date isn’t confirmed yet. It’s similar to Chat-shire, which is an album I cherish the most because it contains all my thoughts and imaginations back then, and there’s no way I can describe ‘Singer IU’ without this album. While Chat-Shire is more about my own stories, the next album is produced from a broader perspective, more about people too.

Gloomy Clock - For The Brightest Star In The Sky

The next song actually wasn’t on my set list, but I prepared it because I’ve been thinking about this one a lot recently. This song has been a great comfort to me since the moment I met it. I’ll change my mic (to pearl aqua). I really hope this song will reach the person I really miss.

Drama . Heart . Knees . Through The Night

I’ll add my self-composed song ‘Drama’ in my album someday because I really like it. ‘Heart’ is really precious to me, so I hope this song would represent me even after I die. I hope singing ‘Knees’ and ‘Through the Night’ will bring y’all a good sleep tonight. I’m really happy, so I think I’ll be able to sleep well tonight too.

รัก / Ruk (Love) in Bangkok

I was taken aback by how beautiful the lyrics are. I wonder if I can ever write a mature song like this in my life. My favourite part is “แต่ไม่รู้จะขอบคุณ ไม่รู้ทำอย่างไร ไม่รู้ว่าสิ่งไหนจะยิ่งใหญ่ควรค่าพอ” (But I don’t know how to thank you, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what’s great or worth enough) Just like the lyrics, I really don’t know how to express my gratitude towards you all for the hospitable reception. I’m so thankful.

(Tae Bang-ie)

My Mister

Frankly speaking, I’m a very healthy person. Though I tend to lose control of my stamina sometimes, but I’m still proud of myself for being a mentally healthy person. However, lots of things happened to me while I was filming the drama early this year. Things were getting so tough to the point where I thought I wouldn't be able to make it for the first time ever since I made my debut as a celebrity. As it was around the time of the filming, so even though it was against my will, my condition somehow affected our drama team a lot. I was behaving like Ji-an in the beginning as it was actually my real condition at that time. But instead of pushing and rushing me, the whole crew was being really supportive while waiting and guiding me patiently until the end. So even though it was a hard time, I think I was able to complete this precious and meaningful project because of them. The My Mister team, especially my seniors and juniors are actually really busy, but they’re here to support me today. The moment the concert dates were out, they instantly made announcement in our group chat. The announcement was made months before the concert. They even started voting on whether to come on Saturday or Sunday together. They even postponed their filming schedules specially for me. I felt so bad as they really didn’t have to adjust their schedule simply for this one concert. Honestly, I didn’t expect them to stay until now (re-encore stage) as it’s super tiring even for my fans, but seeing how they’re still here supporting and showing their love to me, I feel really grateful about it.

To Be Born As Myself Again

I wondered what’s going to happen for the next 10 years and I felt, “For all you know, I could be having a more interesting and better life than I do now.” It’s only recently that I started having such thoughts though. Those who liked me since I was young would know this, but I’m not someone with a very high self-esteem or self-confidence. As I promoted as a singer, I built a lot more self-confidence in the process… especially, last year and this year. I always had the worst impression of myself and from a young age, what I felt about my life was, "ah, it’s beyond my ability”. Somehow, from last year all the way until this year, I’ve been feeling really glad that I was born as myself… It’s not exactly like I changed or anything, I’m still me, but my perception and how I feel about myself seem to have changed. Self-esteem is not just about being pretty, or cool, or great. I think being glad that you were born as yourself is having self-esteem. From last year to this year, I’ve been really glad that I was born as myself. I feel like this is such a great life.

While preparing for this concert, I examined my past 10 years and found myself thinking, “Oh right, I really didn’t like myself back then, I really didn’t like how I sounded then", but at the same time, I felt that I’m really satisfied with myself now. I’m really satisfied with the role I play and if I were to be born again, I would like to be born as myself. If I were to pick the biggest change for me for the past 10 years, this would be it. All of you played a huge role in making that happen, right? Although I don’t know each and every one of your names, or where you live, or your age and so on… but I feel like I know you. Not information about you per se, but still coming to watch this concert after these 10 years, sitting here and listening to me singing for over hours. I think it’s because we know each other well that we’re able to do this. All of you still look excited too. During this concert tour, I kept having thoughts that if there are people who continue to think I’m interesting and look at me excitedly, I could easily do this for another 10 years. I’m lacking in some areas, but I’m very grateful that we’ve been spending time together and that you’ve been accommodating towards me for the past 10 years. I’ll.. become better. I’ll become better and I’ll work harder. I’ll do that for the next 10 years. Thank you, everyone.

*IU’s mom bought more than 35k air cushions for the Busan, Gwangju and Seoul concert-goers.

Violet Flowers

I always thought of my fans as violet flowers, because you’re really quiet. Yet, with certain presence. You’re delicate yet dazzling individuals. Y’all used to be really quiet back then, but you’re getting louder and louder these days, you know when to cheer for me and I really love the change.

*IU crying for the first time at her concert upon seeing Hongaenas holding up their name cards

*IU kissing the hand of a Uaena who organised the touching event to express her gratitude

Dear Delicate Yet Dazzling Names

The reason we went with the theme of ‘movie’ for this concert is that my past 10 years have been like a movie too. Starting from being a nobody and now being able to perform at concerts, even do a tour, in front of such a large audience. Over the past 10 years, many more people have heard me sing as well. It really seems like a movie. When I first started out, I didn’t even dream of this. All I thought was that I wanted to become a singer. I never dreamt that I would receive so much love from everyone. I feel really lucky to have many happy memories from these past 10 years and been through a lot, promoting as a singer with the name ‘IU’. As this concert also signifies a consolidation of my past 10 years, I really invested my sincerity, time and energy to prepare for it.

Although I’m not sure when you started liking me (or becoming a fan), in order to explain who I am and for everyone to be able to follow easily (during the concert), we consolidated my past 10 years into this ‘movie’ (concert) for everyone. In fact, not only me, but each of your lives can be considered a movie too. It’s just that I’m lucky to have audience who keep coming to watch my movie. No doubt this movie of my past 10 years is able to shine brighter because of y’all. I wanted to show you guys a really cool movie this time, but I’m not sure if I did a good job conveying that to everyone.

Since the start of this year, I really gave it my all without holding back. I discussed with my staff for opinions too. After putting on this concert, I thought I would have repaid my debt (for the love and support that I received), because I really worked hard to prepare for it. However, I failed in the end. Today, I feel indebted to my fans again, so it seems impossible to repay it all once. Over the next 10 years, I’ll work diligently to repay everyone.

Now, I’m going to sing the last song and end the movie of my 10 years. I intentionally chose this song as the ending scene for the movie. After writing the lyrics for this song with Kim Eana lyricist, I felt, “Oh, I’ve really changed.” That’s because I’ve always been focusing on talking about myself and thoughts about myself, but now I’m able to shift that perspective outwards and see from others’ perspectives. Now, I even have the heart for and the capacity to show my support for someone else. I felt that my time spent as singer IU has been valuable, for making me someone who is capable of such love. “That’s really valuable” was what the song made me think.

I would like to dedicate this song to all the names (people) who have given me consolation over the past 10 years, before greeting everyone farewell tonight. Presenting the final ending scene of this movie to everyone. I’m going to sing the last song and take my leave. Thanks for always offering me your comfort, let’s cheer on each other and get along well for the next 10 years. I’ll never forget your voice, your heart and what we shared tonight. 정말 I’ll never forget 습니다. (Seriously, I’ll never forget it.)

*IU broke her own record and sang 43 songs at her Seoul (Day 2) concert which lasted about 5.5 hours.

Translated by squishy_blob, 4seasonswithIU Compiled by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 181118 My Mister Team at IU’s 2018 10th Anniversary Tour Concert #dlwlrma in Seoul

Instagram post by Actress Oh Nara (Jung Hee)

Just watched #IU’s #concert. Finally got to meet up with the My Mister #people who I miss a lot. Ji-an brought us together again. JI-an looked so happy when she stood on the stage. Don’t worry. Ji-anie is doing fine.

#IU #LeeJieun #LeeJian #LeeJigeum #concert #10thanniversary #MyMister #Junghee #OhNara #JungYeongjoo #LeeSunGyun #ParkHosan #Park Sooyeong #LeeDoHyun #ChaeDongHyun #SeoHyunWoo

Instagram Post by Actress Oh Nara (Jung hee)

The ‘Dear Moon’ performance during the encore stage was touching. Though it was nice to see IU, who looked like a pretty fairy running around the stage, but why does she look so much prettier to me with her hair up and a pair of sneakers? I guess you’re still Ji-anie in my eyes~ You’ve worked hard, you were cool and made me fell for you~~ I’m your violet flower too...Team leader Song Yoo Jin, IU and my outfit concept fits perfectly!! Yeah, let’s just say we’re all in our 20s and go

Naver blog post by Actress Oh Nara (Jung Hee)

Was there with my Hugye family and Saman team 3 members. Can you see Dong Hoon-ie, team 3 staff members, Ae Ryun-ie and Sanghoon-ie here?

Jecheol ahjussi who said not to live your life with a clear conscience (by repaying everyone) went with us too. Kwon Seok Ahjussi was beside me but I didn’t get to take a picture with him. keke

Note: Actor Park Sooyoung played as Jecheol ahjussi in My Mister

Our Ji-anie was so pretty and lovable.

We cheered for Ji-anie passionately with her fanclub lightstick for over 5 hours. Can you see Kwon-Seok ahjussi (in the mirror) who was helping us to take this picture? hehe After the concert ended, IU who put her hair up and changed her fancy dress to just sport shoes and leggings looked just like Ji-anie. The first encore song.. was ‘Dear Moon’ dedicated to the My Mister family who came to see her. She said she didn’t perform this song during her Busan and Seoul (day1) concert too.  It was a touching moment.  Our (my mister) family cheered on Ji-anie as she sang the song passionately with her raspy voice (due to 4 hrs of showcase).

We finally reunited after the show ended. I embraced Ji-anie who I missed dearly in my arms and complimented her for working so hard

Actually.. The IU on stage was such a great (big) person so big that I wanted to hug her... She’s doing fine. Ji-anie~

(I took a full video of the Dear Moon stage but i’m being careful about it because it might be a problem later on)

Note: IU’s staff mentioned that she feels thankful and sorry for IU because IU’s such a great (big) person. She seems too small and fragile to deal with all those hardships, yet she always reassures her staff and tells them “it’s okay, it’s not your fault unnie’

Instagram post by actor Ahn SeungGyun 

It was so beautiful and touching, and I was happy. Noona, thank you. I’ll keep on supporting you! 

#Shining #AndUnforgettableDay #WillKeepOurPhotoAs #PersonalCollection #OnceAgain #CongratsOnYour10thAnniversary 

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[TRANS] 180704 ‘My Mister’ casts IU and Lee Sun Kyun Interview with Japanese Magazine ‘Marisol’

Q1. There were many heartfelt and impressive lines in ‘My Mister’. Was there any specific lines or scene that has left a deep impression on you?

Lee Sun Kyun: To me, the most memorable line was ‘It’s not a big deal’. This is simply one of my thoughts, that is no matter how tough the situation is, as time goes by, it’s nothing at all. Even if good things happen right now, I think the most important thing is to behave normally instead of getting over excited about it.

IU: The dialogue between Jung Hee and Dong Hoon was very memorable to me. When Dong hoon asked “Why are people so petty?”, Jung Hee replied “You really have no idea about it? People are petty because they’re not in love.” The lyrics of the background music “One Million Roses” fitted that scene so well! It made me thought of many things about ‘love’. It was such an emotional scene that made me cried my heart out.

Q2. Have you seen director Kim’s other projects? How does director Kim Won Seok differ from the other directors?

Lee Sun Kyun: Of course I did. So far, I have worked with lots of directors and if I were to describe director Kim Won Seok in one word, he is no doubt a ‘conductor’. He excels in every aspect, especially his authoritative voice that controls the atmosphere of the filming set. From helping us with every fine details of the script to the timings of each line, he is a conductor who guides the actors to perform acts smoothly under a comfortable environment.

Q3. Which original soundtrack of ‘My Mister’ is your favourite?

Lee Sun Kyun: Though I love all of the OSTs, my favourite one is ‘Adult’ (Grown Ups by Sondia). I think this song played a huge role in giving a boost to our drama. Listening to the OST alone is great, but it’s even more impactful when you listen to it together with the drama.

IU: It’s the same for me. Even now, just listening to the intro of ‘Adult’ brings me back to the world of drama. I can confidently say that this OST is a masterpiece.

Q4. How was it like working with actress Lee Ji-ah? (Dong Hoon’s wife, Yoon Hee)

Lee Sun Kyun: It was great as she is an easy-going person. Though Dong Hoon and Yoon Hee were always quarreling and had a bad relationship, she is a good drinker. We talked about how nice it would have been if they filmed a scene where Dong Hoon and Yoon Hee were just casually drinking and getting along well.

Q5. How was it like working with actor Jang Kiyong?

IU: Jang Ki Yong appeared in two of my music videos, and we acted as a sweet couple in both of it. This time, our characters hate each other so much as though they want to kill each other, so it was actually a fun experience for me (laughs). Since we had to immerse in our roles completely on the filming set, I tried to keep my distance from him. Though there were many scenes where I was beaten or involved in scrimmages, he would always guide me to make sure that I wouldn’t get hurt or feel uncomfortable during the filming (laughs). He was really helpful as he is an expert at shooting action scenes.

Q6. For our ‘Marisol’ magazine readers who are mostly women in their 40s (below and above), can you recommend a hot place in Seoul?

Lee Sun Kyun: I recommend Gwanghwamun in Jongno, Seoul. Recently, I went to travel and got such feeling that if I travel overseas, I will stay there for a few days and experience the country and its culture. There are various sides of that country, but as the schedule is limited, you will only see one side and feel the atmosphere of that country. In that sense, the place i’ve been before and actually felt nice in Korea would be Gwanghwamun, Jongno. The atmosphere is great, calm and clean... I think it's a cool area.

IU: For me, I would recommend Gwangjang Market. There are lots of stuff to see and yummy food to eat, so one can experience many things in one place. The vibrant and lively atmosphere very much represents South Korea in my opinion. I think it’s not the kind of atmosphere that one find it common in Japan. Though it’s a hot place that many have been there before, I still want to recommend it.

Translated by IUteamstarcandy

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[TRANS] 180411 tvN drama ‘My Mister’ Press Conference - Director Kim Won Seok, Lee Jieun, Lee Sun Gyun, Park Ho San, Song Sae Byuk

On 11th April, director Kim Won Seok, Lee Sun Gyun, Lee Jieun, Park Ho San and Song Sae Byuk attended the press conference for tvN Wed - Thurs drama ‘My Mister’ that was held in Times Square, YeongDeungPo, Seoul.

Director Kim Won Seok said, “4 years ago before writing ‘Another Oh Hae Young’, writer Park Hae Young wrote 4 episodes of script for ‘My Mister’. I would have done such drama earlier if I knew it existed.”

On this day, the ‘My Mister’ crew showed up on the stage of the press conference and dressed in their drama characters. Actor Lee Sun Gyun explained, “We decided to hold this press conference after half of the drama being broadcasted. It was Jieun’s idea to dress in our characters. Though we could have dressed up more beautifully, we concluded that the idea of the drama will be delivered well if we dress like this.”

Later, actress Lee Jieun shared her first impression on ‘My Mister’. She said, “I received the synopsis of ‘My Mister’ last year. I only got to go through four episodes of the script because I had a hectic schedule at that time. Though the scripted lines were riveting and amazeballs, my mind was clouded with concern of my performances. ‘Will I be able to do well? Not only that I’ve never tried portraying a character like Ji-an, but I’m physically exhausted too.’ Because of that, I wavered a bit and couldn’t give an accurate response to the offer right away.”

Lee Jieun continued, “As a singer, I am aware of the controversy following an album I released as well. I thought that if I fall short to deliver the message in my work smoothly, and if I don’t introspect myself more as a producer, someone might get offended. I tried to be solid about it. That’s when I made a decision to have more self-awareness. So I asked the director, ‘Do you know about the controversy surrounding me? The drama might get involved and stand out more due to the controversy, so it is alright to cast me?’ I also thought about the negative impact I could have on the drama. As a reader, I couldn’t find any problem within the script. But I thought that if I am to portray Ji-an’s character, the drama will definitely have to suffer from unnecessary controversy all because of me, so I didn’t want to be casted at first.

If I felt that the script itself wasn’t good enough, and that the script couldn’t keep a clear conscience within itself when it got intertwined with my controversy, I would have turned down the offer. However, judging it from my perspective, it felt like a good script with no love but just great people. During our first meeting, the director reassured me too. The reassurance sounded so reliable to me, which boosted my confidence too.  So I told him ‘If you really need me, I would do my best for it. The director reassured me that at the very least, I will be able to learn a lot and become more mature from this project when it ends. His simple words sounded so trustworthy. I trust him without question.”

When asked about her thoughts on her character, Lee Jieun said, “In the beginning, when I had to immerse myself in my role, Ji-an who has lots of scars from the past, I felt like I was assimilated and swayed away by her character. So the director gave me lots of help and advice. Just like Ji-an is meeting with elders and becoming more mature in the drama, my heart and thoughts are getting lighter and brighter too. I’ve been learning more than ever throughout the process of acting as Ji-an on the set of drama. Ji-an is a quick-witted protagonist, she goes around causing troubles, controversies and even put Dong Hoon in danger in the beginning of the drama. Ji-an isn’t the type to simply get more cheerful just because Dong Hoon told her that she was kind. I think every incident or event that begins with Ji-an is quite unique, so the plot intrigues me. Be that as it may, Ji-an is still right. The way she deals with everything objectively instead of justifying it is super enthralling too. So I thought I’d definitely learn and become more mature if I could pull off this character well. 

After hearing actress Lee Jieun’s humble thoughts, director Kim Won Seok continued, “When I asked Jieun to appear in the drama, she asked me, ‘PD, there was such controversy surrounding me. Is it still okay for me to participate in this drama?’ So I told her I’m fine with it and asked her not to worry. Because of that, I feel so thankful and apologetic towards Jieun. Jieun contributed a lot to this drama. I feel bad that her old controversy is resurfacing again. Still, I think I made the right decision to persuade her to appear in this drama. There’s nothing much to talk about Jieun because no words can be used to describe her. But, I’ll say this one thing about her. Compare to how Jieun interprets and expresses Ji-an, my way of describing Ji-an’s character is always lacking.” Director Kim shed tears as he shared his emotional thoughts. Upon seeing that, the actors burst into laughter as they couldn’t handle his adorable side.

Lee Sun Gyun expressed his gratitude towards his co-star, actress Lee Jieun. He said, “It’s great to work with Jieun. As Lee Ji-an isn’t an easy character to portray, she even did a camera test before the first shooting. We stood in front of the camera and faced each other without muttering any lines. The whole atmosphere was kind of awkward since it was our first time meeting with the staff members too. Despite all of that, Jieun totally transformed into Ji-an. From what I saw, she was determined to usher in this project.  Lee Jieun and Lee Ji-an were 100% in sync. Her hardworking side gave me reassurance, so I felt grateful towards her too.”

In the beginning, the drama got misunderstood for allegedly glorifying the act of having affairs. Also, it was criticized by viewers for including sensitive set up such as ‘phone-tapping’ and ‘female violence’.

In response to the issue, director Kim admitted that no doubt he felt pressured about it. He explained, “I felt highly pressured. Nevertheless, I think ‘My Mister’ is an extension of all the other works I’ve done so far. It is a story about life and people meeting with people. I wanted to tell a story that changes the lives of people bit by bit. I also took the male viewers into consideration when starting this project in hopes that men, especially Korean men would be able to watch this drama and relate to it too. ‘My Mister’ isn’t all about middle-aged men, though there’s a heroine too, it’s a story about man and woman meeting up, communicating and becoming a precious existence to each other.”

Director Kim continued, “Though lots of misunderstandings were solved, but not completely. We wouldn’t know if all the misunderstandings would be cleared up completely in the future or not. From what I felt, there are people who are finally starting to grasp the reason the drama is titled ‘My Mister’. Though there are people who use the “My” in “My Mister” to describe their love ones such as “My Man”, it could be used to describe someone who’s precious to us like ‘My Mom’, ‘My Friend’, ‘My Family’ or ‘My Neighbour’ too. That’s what I thought of while making the drama. The story is basically about one becoming someone precious to others. People who just don’t seem to fit each other, strangely go along well because of the precious feelings and emotions they have for each other. As I read the script, I fell in love with the emotions within it and was pretty much determined to direct this drama in hopes that the emotions could be delivered to the viewers too. As of now, writer Park Hae Young has completed 14 episodes of the script for ‘My Mister’. I’m working on to delivering the story in the best way possible to the viewers, so please do anticipate.”

Director Kim gave explanation for all recent misunderstandings. He clarified, “phone-tapping and violence are certainly wrong. It shouldn’t even exist in the first place. The purpose of showing all of the wrong-doings was neither trying to glorify nor rationalize them. It was a medium to make the story even more dramatic. In the case of ‘phone-tapping’, it was a set up used to get to know and understand someone completely. This equipment was used in other great movies too. I hope what we are trying to deliver with sincerity through phone-tapping and violence can reach the hearts of viewers one day.”

Lee Jieun shared her thoughts on the drama’s set up. She said, “Ji-an spies into Dong Hoon’s activities and is embroiled in violence. As I have to feel and behave like Ji-an, I focused on making out the reason behind all her actions instead of insisting to convey the message from it while expressing her character. Objectively speaking, I didn’t think those actions would lead the viewers to think that ‘Oh, let’s eavesdrop on someone’ or ‘Violence is great’. I thought the viewers would think of something like ‘That’s not right!’, ‘So such terrifying reality do exist huh? or ‘It’s unethical to do such things!’. I didn’t think people would assume that we were trying to shield or cover up such crimes too. So I just got into my role and acted everything out naturally. I’m sure everyone knows Ji-an’s action is wrong. After the drama ends, I hope the characters in ‘My Mister’ will continue to live well somewhere in this world too.”

Director Kim Won Seok added, “I think ‘My Mister’ is a comedy. Comedy is the most challenging genre yet something I wanted to do the most. To me, a smile that comes from an awfully harsh reality is what makes it a comedy. It’s a reality because it’s always tough and depressing, and consists of thousands of realistic stories. In fact, what I wanted to convey through these true stories is after all, ‘smile’. So this is something the viewers can look forward to as well.”

When asked him to predict My Mister’s ratings, director Kim replied, “I have a feeling that the ratings will surpass the ratings of ‘Misaeng’ and ‘Signal’. Truthfully, it was rather challenging to organize and schedule this drama in tvN. Regardless of all the obstacles, I think this drama will get high ratings too. The amount of calls I’ve received from the broadcast authorities because of this drama is distinctly more than any other works I’ve done so far.”

Translated by 4seasonswithIU (IUteamstarcandy)

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