ImHer

[kamille 🐥 @mingukiu]

look at the bright side @_IUofficial you gave us more time to save money so we can buy all the albums and merch and go to so many concerts!!! don't be sorry okay???

[멜로 👑 @melloviciousiu]

260720 IU on Berriz 🍒

Hello, Uaena, our 8LIEN! Have you all been well?

It’s been such a long time since I last greeted you like this 🥹

I’ve been spending my days getting energy from reading the messages Uaena have been writing to me on Dear U through Berriz.

I did talk about this and that through a voice message in the June Behind the Scenes, but I’ve been having fun preparing the album, getting ready for the concert, filming commercials, and working out hard too!! ㅎㅎ Before I knew it, about two months had already flown by since my birthday.

Recently, I also did a jacket photoshoot with a unique tone (which I really, really love!), and this is an album where I’ve been working with new staff members more than usual. So, while discovering new sides of myself, I’ve been focusing on finishing up the album.

There are already several tracks that have gone through mixing, so I’ve been listening to the new album’s music all day long, having a happy little battle with myself like, “Is this song better?” or “Ah, today, this one is my favorite.” Anyway… I really think an album that I truly love has come out of this!

I’ll stop my little life update here.

Originally, I just wanted to come visit Berriz and talk about how I’ve been doing lately after such a long time, but there was something that had been weighing on my mind recently. I think that’s why I kept putting it off, one day at a time.

But I feel like now is the time to talk about it, so I’ve gathered the courage to write this post.

I didn’t want to make Uaena worry, so I’m sorry in advance that I have to share news like this.

I’ve been writing and deleting this post over and over, wondering where I should start, but I think it’s probably best to just get straight to the point.

The Goyang Stadium concert that was scheduled for this September will ultimately be difficult to proceed with.

Actually, recently, my long-standing patulous Eustachian tube symptoms have been getting worse. I’ve been doing my best to manage them and take care of myself, but the weather also seems to be having some effect… And I’ve also been wondering if, considering how I’ve been feeling over the past few years, I may have pushed myself a little too hard because I was too eager to keep working.

My ear symptoms have always been unpredictable, getting better and worse as they please, but recently, the symptoms have been continuing day and night for several days at a time. I’ve repeatedly found it difficult to get into the right condition to sing.

Thankfully, I was able to find my own way of managing things in the recording studio, and fortunately, I was able to make the album without putting myself under too much strain.

After living with this condition for several years, it doesn’t cause any major difficulties in my everyday life. However, singing is something that is directly connected to the condition of my ears. And unlike recording in a studio, holding concerts where I have to move around a lot and sweat heavily seems to be too much for me for the time being. That is also the opinion of the medical professionals I’ve consulted.

First of all, it weighs very heavily on my heart, and I’m so sorry that it looks like I won’t be able to keep my promise to hold a concert during the time I have together with our 8th Uaena.

I know very well that Uaena have been eagerly waiting for September.

I, too, really, really, really… want to perform. I want to sing with Uaena, scream together, and run around with you all. But even I can feel that, in my current condition, holding a concert in September would be too much for me.

Actually, starting with the Goyang concert this year, I had been planning a nationwide tour for the first time in a long while. I was supposed to greet our 8LIEN passionately in Goyang and then begin the nationwide tour together with our 9th Uaena.

I’m truly sorry that, because of the condition of my ears, it feels like I’ve ruined the second half of 2026 that could have been a happy time for all of us…

As I mentioned earlier, the new album I’ve been working on, the album that will become my sixth full-length album, was also planned with concerts and the tour as the main focus of its promotion. Since the album and the tour are inseparable, unfortunately, I think the album’s release will also have to be pushed back a little.

To come back after such a long time only to bring you disappointing news like this… I’m sure our Uaena must be really upset, and I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry that the words “I’m sorry” can’t possibly express how sorry I feel…

But I promise I’ll do everything I can to make sure you don’t have to wait too long. I’ll do my absolute best to bring you the new album and the concerts as soon as possible!

I’ll get treatment, take every measure I can, and focus all my efforts on getting back into better condition during the second half of the year. I’ll do everything I can, I’ll work like crazy so that at the very least, we can definitely be together at the beginning of 2027.

First of all, I was worried that Uaena would become even more concerned if you heard this news from articles before hearing it from me, so I wanted to honestly tell you what I can say right now, even if my thoughts are a little all over the place.

EDAM Entertainment will be making an official announcement later.

Once again, I’m so incredibly sorry to our Uaena who have been looking forward to the concert and the album…

But I also want to ask you not to worry too much.

The condition I have isn’t something that causes me pain or prevents me from living my everyday life. It’s simply that, because my profession is being a singer, I’ve made the decision that, in my current condition, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to give the audience a concert where I can make them happy while performing in my best possible condition.

So you don’t need to worry, thinking, “Is IU very sick?”

It’s been such a long time since my last full-length comeback, and both the company and I had prepared so many things. So I’m really sad that everything has to be postponed like this… and I’m endlessly sorry to everyone.

Still, if I try to end this post on as positive a note as possible…

The album is really good.. 🥹 It’s truly so diverse! New genres, new people I’ve worked with, new stories, and all kinds of activities and performances on a scale befitting a full-length album… None of these things are disappearing. Everything is only being postponed by a few months.

And since we have more time because of the postponement, I’ll use it to refine and improve whatever can be improved. I promise I’ll come back with even better results and activities that Uaena will be satisfied with.

So I hope you won’t be too sad.

I’m going to ask you to wait just a little longer. Please wait just a little bit. I’ll get better quickly and show you myself happily singing again. Just a little. Please… I’m sorry, Uaena.

Let’s leave the heavy topics for today. Just like I mentioned in my voice message, I’ll come visit you more often throughout July and talk about all sorts of things. Next time I come, I’ll come with a brighter mood!

I’m truly, truly sorry once again for making Uaena feel so unsettled with this news today… I’m really, really sorry for making you worry… I promise this will be the last time…!!

I’m truly sorry, and I love you so much.

I know I’m not really in a position to say this, but still, I hope you have a nice evening, eat something delicious, and sleep well tonight.

I really, really miss you.

[Kpop Charts @kchartsmaster]

IU will reportedly make her comeback in September.

[🍊Korinne 🐥🤪 @IUisloved]

Support the Cast and Responsible Corrections of Perfect Crown - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/3Qs8N4QJkB via @ChangePilipinas

[ًq˚ @iusogi]

this edit of perfect crown achievements just sent shivers down my spine

[🐥👑 @iujieuniee]

Gukminies, I created a digital book version of the Perfect Crown webnovel that you can access through this link:

https://t.co/uhkBmKokCT

Huge thanks to @wooseokfiles for the translations!

#PerfectCrown #21세기대군부인 #IU #아이유 #ByeonWooseok #변우석

[Filipe @filipe910910]

The words "This story is purely fictional" are literally written at the start of EVERY SINGLE EPISODE. The setting is just a continuation of the universe established in the prequel The Red Sleeve. It’s that simple. So why on earth are the actors the ones bowing their heads?! 🤬🔥
​Let’s be real: when a medical drama gets a medical fact wrong—where a mistake could actually mean life or death—who gets blamed? The writers and the medical consultants! No one attacks the actors. So why are actors suddenly expected to pull double duty as professional historians here?!
​Are actors now responsible for fact-checking scripts they aren't even in, or reviewing prop designs and set dressings? If that’s the case, fire the entire production crew and let the actors run the whole network!
​This is the ultimate corporate cop-out. The toxic anti-fans and spineless media are just targeting the leads because they have the biggest names. Meanwhile, the specialized production teams, the research consultants, and the network executives who pocketed all the cash from that historic 13.8% rating and Global Disney+/Hulu Top 5 success are quietly hiding behind the actors' handwritten letters. Absolute cowards. 🛑✋
​An actor’s job is to act. IU and Byeon Woo-seok delivered flawless, legendary performances. They did their jobs perfectly. The people who actually failed to do their jobs need to stand up and take the heat instead of using artists as human shields. 🥂🥊
​#PerfectCrown #21世紀大君夫人 #IU #아이유 #ByeonWooSeok #SeongHuiju

[🎠 @friummel]

the fact iu & wooseok posted at the exact same time really makes it obvious that they sat down, discussed everything carefully, and mutually decided to put out statements together to finally put an end to all the outrage and nonstop attacks.

[(((🐥))) @lilacjieunnie]

Perfect Crown Webnovel
Episode 1: Perfect Crown in Royal School

Dormitory

With the dormitory assignments looming, Hee-joo's mind kept fluctuating wildly. At the Royal School, there was a tradition of living in the dormitory starting from the 7th grade, when students turned fourteen. This old-fashioned tradition was essentially an absolute decree that could not be refused—because the moment you rejected it, you had to leave the school.

Dormitory life lasted for a total of six years, from the 7th to the 12th grade. It was notorious for its strict and conservative rules, to the point where it wasn't uncommon for students to give up halfway through.

It was no wonder. Controlling everything from how they walked to when they lay down in bed was no easy task for teenagers at a passionate age. Furthermore, most of the students at the Royal School were either of noble birth or had grown up in households with immense wealth. Compliance was never going to come easily.

However, there was a clear reward for those who endured. They held the pride of studying under royal patronage and shared that pride with their peers. They moved in all circles of society with a collective consciousness of being elites nurtured by the royal family—spanning politics, business, medicine, the legal profession, the arts, and even deep into the underground.

In this way, they pulled each other forward, pushed each other up, and supported one another in their respective fields. Some criticized this behavior as collective exclusivism, but that only made the closed-off school culture grow even more rigid. After all, a sense of belonging is originally strengthened through hostility toward other groups.

In that sense, Hee-joo looked forward to the dormitory assignment. She wanted to know what it felt like to belong. She was curious about what it felt like to experience a sense of camaraderie with someone other than herself, to win together and lose together, to grow together and face setbacks together.

Normally, people learn these things at home, but Hee-joo couldn't. She didn't have a mother, and her relationship with her father was poor. She did have a half-brother, but...

"It’s better to think of him as non-existent."

Frowning, Hee-joo headed toward the central library. Passing through the unnecessarily glamorous campus, past the fountain surrounded by marble statues on all sides, and as she climbed the marble stairs, a clutter of voices reached her ears.

"Hey, where do you think Sung Hee-joo will get assigned?"

"Probably Baekho Palace (White Tiger Palace), what else?"

"Baekho Palace?"

"She's smart. And she’s got a nasty attitude."

Laughter broke out among the whispering students.

"If she goes there, won't she be completely ostracized? Where else do kids care about lineage as much as they do at Baekho Palace?"

"True. It's not a dormitory an illegitimate child should go to."

"If you look at it that way, is there any dormitory that suits her? She's a commoner and an illegitimate child."

As one male student clicked his tongue and shook his head as if it made no sense, another student chimed in.

"Why, she's still got plenty of money though."

"If having lots of money solved everything, why would the word nouveau riche even exist?"

It didn't take long for the expressions of the mocking students to freeze. It happened the exact moment Hee-joo's small head came into view above the stairs. Soon, her pitch-black eyes appeared, and as they caught sight of her long, fluttering hair, someone swallowed hard.

"……."

One boy had previously tried to trip Hee-joo, only to end up with a broken foot, and another had been choked for mocking her for being clumsy. Learned fear was a remarkably precise thing. Every time something like that happened, the school was turned completely upside down, but nothing major ever came of it. In that sense, having a lot of money was a good thing. While she couldn't avoid bowing her head in apology, it was enough to prevent her from being expelled.

"What? What is it?"

One male student raised his voice. He seemed to want to put on an act of bravado despite not even being able to look her in the eye. However, it was hard to hide the fact that he was nothing more than a terrified little brat.

Hee-joo smirked and took a leisurely step forward.

"Ryu Min-seok."

"…W-what? What do you want?"

"Which dormitory do you want to go to?"

"Huh…?"

"I hope it's the same one as you."

When Min-seok frowned instead of answering, Hee-joo whispered softly.

"There are no CCTVs in the dormitories, you know."

"……?"

"If I were to kill you in there, wouldn't it be possible that nobody would ever know?"

"…You crazy bitch!"

Min-seok screamed in a belated rage, but by then, Hee-joo had already walked past into the library. Her long hair fluttered behind her as she relished the fear of others.

"Jujak Palace (Vermilion Bird Palace)…"

Hee-joo muttered to herself as she checked the notice posted on the wall. Ryu Min-seok had been babbling about Baekho Palace, but her assigned dormitory was Jujak Palace—the guardian of the south, symbolizing fire and summer.

Hee-joo headed toward the dormitory, wearing the red durumagi (traditional Korean overcoat) she had received from the administration office over her school uniform. The dormitories were positioned to match the directions symbolized by the Four Guardian Deities, such as Cheongnyong Palace (Azure Dragon Palace) to the east and Jujak Palace to the south.

The further south she walked, the more students she saw wearing red durumagi. They all had different faces, names, ages, and personalities, yet for some reason, they looked similar. Almost like… siblings.

"Sung Hee-joo!"

Just then, she heard Sung Tae-joo’s voice. He was her older brother, three years her senior, with whom she shared only half her blood. It was unpleasant how strangely similar they looked, yet a sense of relief would wash over her from a completely different standpoint. Unlike his neat and delicate appearance, his actions were foolish to a pathetic degree, so much so that he was constantly facing suspension.

"Pardon?"

— There must be something you want to have.

Biting her lower lip, Hee-joo's mood turned sour. Her father's question wasn't completely out of the blue. Whenever she accomplished something, it had always been Hee-joo's habit to say she wanted to have something. When she was young, it was mostly things like the snacks her brother was eating or the bicycle he was riding, and occasionally, it would be her father's fountain pen.

But those were merely excuses. What she truly wanted to have was her father's validation. Even though she was an illegitimate child, and even though she wasn't a child he had originally wanted... she wanted validation like, "You are magnificent," or "You did well."

"The watch Oppa (older brother) is wearing looked pretty."

— …….

"Please buy that for me too."

Her pride was too wounded to actually say she wanted to be praised. To say she just wanted her father's validation made her feel pathetic for desiring it in the first place. So, she simply acted exactly as her father expected her to. Like a greedy, precocious, materialistic, illegitimate child.

After hanging up the phone, Hee-joo sat on the windowsill. She suppressed her yearning to set down her heart—which belonged nowhere—just anywhere.

From the Royal School Rules
Article 5, Paragraph 1: The dormitories shall follow the names of the Four Guardian Deities, and assignments shall not be changed after they are made.

Article 5, Paragraph 3: Dormitory assignments shall be based on the student's entire time from the 1st to the 6th grade, and this includes assignment performance capability, behavioral development, and evaluations by the faculty.

Article 5, Paragraph 4: Competition between dormitories is permitted; however, mutual slander and defamation of character are designated as grounds for severe disciplinary action.

#아이유 #IU #성희주 #PerfectCrown

[moonfloweriu @moonfloweriu]

Actress IU enlisting in the military as of today 😂
On the other hand, Singer IU is officially back 🤣

Oh i love being a Uaena 😆🥰

[ImHer @ImHer003]

@moonfloweriu @jijingiu HAPPY BIRTHDAY IU
#장원출신_아이유_생일입니다만
#HAPPY_JI3UN_D4Y

[moonfloweriu @moonfloweriu]

[Giveaway] Happy IU Day! 🥳

👉1 winner of Perfect Crown Script Book
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Stay safe and Goodluck! 😊

[Disney+ Philippines @disneyplusph]

MOST VIEWED KOREAN TITLE PREMIERE OF ALL TIME ON DISNEY+ GLOBALLY

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Happy 33rd birthday to the legendary IU.

The singer-songwriter and actress has built an undeniable legacy through her expansive discography and acclaimed acting roles. Dubbed the “Queen of K-Pop and K-Drama” by numerous outlets, she became one of the few entertainers to win Daesangs in both music and acting. She holds the record for the most number-one songs and the most weeks at number one on the K-Pop Hot 100 and has achieved a “Perfect All-Kill” with 21 songs across South Korea’s biggest streaming platforms — the most for any artist ever. She was named the most influential person of 2025 by Forbes Korea and was recognized by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest singers of all time.

[아이유(IU) @_IUofficial]

❤ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IU ❤
16 MAY 2026 #HappyIUDay

#아이유 #IU
#HAPPY_IU_DAY
#HAPPY_JI3UN_D4Y
#장원출신_아이유_생일입니다만

[Coffee⁷🌊 @Callmecoffee_]

PICTURE PERFECT AND THE AURA IS SO GOAT HERE

#21세기대군부인 #PerfectCrown

[우체석 ◠‿◠ ⚔️💙 @_cutiebws]

edam 🤝 varo = teamwork 💪🏻

[ImHer @ImHer003]

Anong song to? Hahahaha

[en. @haaanchooo]

Ian and Huiju asked our little king to give a royal blessing.
Even though Daebi Mama gave him a code to refuse, of course our little king will not refuse his beloved uncle and Seong Daepyo🥰

#21세기대군부인 #PerfectCrown #PerfectCrownEp6

[아이유 에델바이스 @iuedelweiss]

변우석님 인스타그램 속 아이유
IU on Byeon Wooseok’s IG Post

#아이유 #IU #21세기대군부인 #PerfectCrown

[ᵕ̈ @wooseokfiles]

THE WALTZ & PROPOSAL SCENE IS TRULY A REAL CINEMA

#PerfectCrown #PerfectCrownEp6 https://t.co/vfabawlLgH