Back on April 5, singer/actress 아이유 donated an amount of 100,000,000 (~ 87,000 USD) to the Green Umbrella Child Fund Korea to be used toward aiding families with children affected 의해 the Gangwon wildfires, among various 유명인사 who chose to contribute to the relief.
However, some netizens seemed to have found IU's donation to the Green Umbrella Child Fund "problematic", and claimed, "The areas affected 의해 the wildfires are mountainous areas, with basically no elementary schools, just farming fields and remote, residential areas with mostly elderly and retired people. Even on the news, 당신 only see footage of elderly crying from the damages. It doesn't make sense to donate to a child fund to help the wildfire relief."
Other netizens supposedly agreed with this claim and accused 아이유 of donating to the Green Umbrella Child Fund only because she is a sponsor of the NGO.
When the issue garnered 더 많이 and 더 많이 attention online, a representative from the Green Umbrella Child Fund personally stepped up to defend IU, with a lengthy explanation post. The rep wrote, "We are worried as to why our sponsor IU's pure and good-willed donation is being distorted in such a way, and so we would like to clarify on this matter. Due to the sudden disaster, many 후원 including singer 아이유 are continuing to donate to our fund in order to provide relief to families with children, who were forced to evacuate from their homes. The act of spreading unconfirmed rumors and false information via online communities and SNS platforms sheds negative light on the act of giving and degrades the culture of donating to help others, regardless of whether 또는 not the rumors are proven true; as a result, situations may occur where we may become unable provide aid to children in need at a critical time."
We hope the misunderstandings are cleared up.
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However, some netizens seemed to have found IU's donation to the Green Umbrella Child Fund "problematic", and claimed, "The areas affected 의해 the wildfires are mountainous areas, with basically no elementary schools, just farming fields and remote, residential areas with mostly elderly and retired people. Even on the news, 당신 only see footage of elderly crying from the damages. It doesn't make sense to donate to a child fund to help the wildfire relief."
Other netizens supposedly agreed with this claim and accused 아이유 of donating to the Green Umbrella Child Fund only because she is a sponsor of the NGO.
When the issue garnered 더 많이 and 더 많이 attention online, a representative from the Green Umbrella Child Fund personally stepped up to defend IU, with a lengthy explanation post. The rep wrote, "We are worried as to why our sponsor IU's pure and good-willed donation is being distorted in such a way, and so we would like to clarify on this matter. Due to the sudden disaster, many 후원 including singer 아이유 are continuing to donate to our fund in order to provide relief to families with children, who were forced to evacuate from their homes. The act of spreading unconfirmed rumors and false information via online communities and SNS platforms sheds negative light on the act of giving and degrades the culture of donating to help others, regardless of whether 또는 not the rumors are proven true; as a result, situations may occur where we may become unable provide aid to children in need at a critical time."
We hope the misunderstandings are cleared up.
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She's seriously the one 상단, 맨 위로 of the digital charts...
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The ambush time to release a song with no promotion = 7:00.... but she hit #1 right away... the class of IU
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She's seriously the best!!!
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As expected from IU.. <3 Jieunie
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IU!
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Seriously, she's unrivaled when it comes to digital charts;;
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Half of the song is unaccompanied... but her voice along is like an instrument ()...
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Her voice color is a wall...
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I like her song way better regardless of the charts ㅎ
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IU's voice color is that nice
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아이유 has been active as the main character for 'Kakao Game's splash video clip since early June, promoting as the brand's official model.
Now, 아이유 will be modeling for 'Kakao's latest game called 'Come over to my 집 for Kakao,' which is set for release some time in August.
'Kakao' relayed, "Because the special youthful aura and happiness showcased 의해 아이유 was a good match for the 'Kakao Game,' we have decided to have her be [our game's] spokesmodel."
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On June 15, Jang Gi Ha and the Faces held the showcase for their 4th full-length album 'Where's Someone Who's Expert at My Love'. The band's vocalist Jang Gi Ha was asked whether he wrote anything for 아이유 on the album, and he responded, "All the lyrics are fiction. All 10 songs are about love, so it'd be a lie if I said that none of them had to do with my personal life."
Jang Gi Ha continued, "However, rather than having my experience in it, I thought of 글쓰기 the most average and universal kind of love." He also commented on why he attempted at 글쓰기 사랑 songs for the first time, saying, "I always thought 사랑 songs were cheesy, but I think we can write 사랑 songs in our own way now."
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