Being a fan really lets you in this kind of awareness. It was quite a surprise to me to have read the lyrics. I knew iu's heartbreak through ending scene and full stop and some other songs, but def not this unknown planet when tuth be told, the breakup was downplayed.
IU’s early lyrics wore poetic masks with metaphors designed not to hide the truth but to erase her footprints from it, yet her recent writing strips that armor away. to write so bare is quiet bravery that implies letting go, entirely at peace with being seen in her purest essence
I like that for all the time they have been together, they created this world that only them exists and so for that time being, they are each other's world. So when the time comes to part ways, it was not only them that they have to bid goodbye, but to that planet as well.
“You can be weird with me your whole life, that’s why I like you even more.”
IU has released “Dear My Crazy Soulmate” with an introduction of “To Yoo Inna”.
“Conversations we had every night. The laughter that started to sound alike. The roads I ran to meet you and the future we drew together.
From this star - which held everything we loved - it’s finally fading now.”
[IU - Unknown Planet]
.@_IUofficial’s “Unknown Planet” earns the highest unique listeners in its 1st hour on MelOn in 2026 among female artists, with 19,069 unique listeners.
It also becomes the first female song to debut in the Top 10 on the hourly chart this year.
.@_IUofficial’s “Dear my crazy soulmate” reaches to a new peak of #2 on MelOn 5-Minute Chart.
#1. “Unknown Planet” (=)
#2. “Dear my crazy soulmate” (+1)
auto translated lyrics for now while our translators work on the real translation.. omg unknown planet is insane 😭 it really hits different once you know what she is singing about...