Singer IU will re-sing famous songs by legends representing Korean pop music such as Boohwal, Shin Jung-hyun, and Seo Taiji.IU will show off her power as the ‘remake goddess’ who has returned after 8 years by releasing the remake album ‘Flower Bookmark Set’ at 6 PM on the 27th.

This album contains a total of six songs.The title song is Boohwal’s representative song ‘Never Ending Story’, and Seo Dong-hwan, who composed IU’s ‘Love Wins All’, arranged it, adding to its grandeur.This song, written and composed by Kim Tae-won and sung by Lee Seung-chul, is a crystallization of emotions that span generations, and was reborn with IU’s emotions.
IU also reinterpreted Shin Jung-hyun and the Yupjeons ‘representative song “Beauty.” This song, which often appears in commercials with its familiar lyrics “See once, see twice,” presents a new groove with the participation of alternative K-pop group Balming Tiger.

Seo Taiji’s 7th album track ‘October 4th’ is also included.This song is an autobiographical story about Seo Taiji’s first love during his second year of middle school, and IU’s delicate sensibility is added to deliver a different kind of emotion.
Also, various genres of famous songs such as Park Hye-kyung’s ‘Red Sneakers’, the band Roller Coaster’s ‘Last Scene’, and the band White led by Yoo Young-seok’s ‘Square Dream’ are sung again by IU’s voice.In particular, ‘Last Scene’ features rapper Won Stein.
Ahead of the album release, IU opened a unique communication channel with her fans.EDAM Entertainment started an automatic response system(ARS)phone event at midnight on the 21st.If you call 1660-0527, IU’s voice will be heard in a collect call concept, and you can listen to some of the songs included in the ‘Flower Bookmark Set’ by selecting a number.

The event received an explosive response, receiving 15,000 calls in the first hour after opening and reaching 100,000 calls in 12 hours.The agency stated, “There were times when it was difficult to connect due to the number of simultaneous callers exceeding the limit,” showing the passionate interest of fans.

IU’s ‘Flower Bookmark 3’ is the third remake series following ‘Flower Bookmark’ in 2014 and ‘Flower Bookmark 2’ in 2017.It will once again show the essence of a remake album by reviving forgotten but cherished songs of memories in IU’s own style.


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