Soloist
IU 아이유
Profile
- Birth name
- Lee Ji-eun (이지은)
- Born
- May 16, 1993
- Debut
- First stage September 18, 2008 · first EP September 24, 2008
- Debut release
- Lost and Found (title track: 미아)
- Agency
- EDAM Entertainment
- Acting credit
- Lee Ji-eun
IU (born Lee Ji-eun) is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. She gave her first performance on Mnet's M Countdown on September 18, 2008, with "미아", and released her first EP, Lost and Found, on September 24. She is signed to EDAM Entertainment.
As an actress she is credited under her birth name, Lee Ji-eun.
1.Debut and "Good Day" (2008–2010)
After her 2008 debut and the studio album Growing Up (2009), IU released the EP REAL on December 9, 2010. It was led by the single "Good Day" (좋은 날).
2.Studio albums and remakes (2011–2017)
IU released the studio albums Last Fantasy (November 29, 2011) and Modern Times (October 8, 2013), followed by her first remake album, A Flower Bookmark, in 2014.
The EP CHAT-SHIRE came out on October 23, 2015, and her fourth studio album, Palette, on April 21, 2017.
3.LILAC (2021)
Her fifth studio album, LILAC, was released on March 25, 2021.
4.Stadium concerts and world tour (2022–2024)
On September 17–18, 2022, IU held the concert The Golden Hour: Under the Orange Sun at Seoul Olympic Stadium, the first Korean female artist to perform there.
She released the EP The Winning on February 20, 2024, and went on the HEREH World Tour. It ended in September 2024 with encore concerts at Seoul World Cup Stadium, where she became the first female artist to perform.
5.Recent music (2025–2026)
IU released her third remake album, A Flower Bookmark 3 (꽃갈피 셋), on May 27, 2025, and the digital single "Bye, Summer" on September 10, 2025.
Exactly one year later, at 6 p.m. KST on September 10, 2026, she released the single Unknown Planet (이 별로부터). Both songs, "Unknown Planet" and "Dear my crazy soulmate", are title tracks.
6.Acting
IU's film Broker (2022), directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, competed at the Cannes Film Festival. For the Netflix series When Life Gives You Tangerines (March 2025), opposite Park Bo-gum, she won Best Actress at the 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards.
- Dream High (KBS, 2011)
- You Are the Best! (KBS, 2013)
- The Producers (2015)
- Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
- My Mister (tvN, 2018)
- Hotel del Luna (tvN, 2019)
- Broker (film, 2022)
- When Life Gives You Tangerines (Netflix, 2025)
- Perfect Crown (MBC, April–May 2026), opposite Byeon Woo-seok
7.Discography
| 2008 | Lost and Found | EP |
| 2009 | Growing Up | Studio album |
| 2010 | REAL | EP |
| 2011 | Last Fantasy | Studio album |
| 2013 | Modern Times | Studio album |
| 2014 | A Flower Bookmark | Remake album |
| 2015 | CHAT-SHIRE | EP |
| 2017 | Palette | Studio album |
| 2021 | LILAC | Studio album |
| 2024 | The Winning | EP |
| 2025 | A Flower Bookmark 3 | Remake album |
| 2026 | Unknown Planet | Single |
8.Album pages
9.Related articles
News · September 14, 2026
IU releases Unknown Planet, her first new music in a year
The single came out at 6 p.m. KST on September 10. Both songs, "Unknown Planet" and "Dear my crazy soulmate", are title tracks.
Features · September 14, 2026
2026's big comebacks so far: BLACKPINK, BTS and IU
Three long-awaited releases in order of release date — format, number of tracks and title tracks side by side.
Sources
- Wikipedia — IU (entertainer)
- Wikipedia (Korean) — 아이유
- Wikipedia — IU discography
- Tenasia (Korean) — IU confirms September 10 comeback
- Bugs (Korean) — 이 별로부터 album page
- The Korea Times — IU wins best actress for 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' at Blue Dragon Series Awards
- Netflix Tudum — When Life Gives You Tangerines: cast, episodes and trailer
- The Korea Times — IU returns with 'Perfect Crown'
- Deadline — Lee Ji-eun gets first trip down Cannes' red carpet with 'Broker'
Checked as of September 14, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Let us know.