IU, the South Korean actress and singer, has been making waves on social media as the news of her making a comeback in an album has surfaced online.
As per the Korea Times, IU is set to make her return this month in a brand-new album, and the K-pop star Cha Eun-woo will be making a special appearance in her music video. As the news spread on social media, fans were delighted and expressed their thoughts online.
This is what one of them had to say:
''KING & QUEEN IN AN MV TOGETHER, THEY ARE BAAAACK🙏🏻🙏🏻💘''- said @foreverdmlee
Netizens react as IU and Cha Eun-woo reportedly feature in a music video
The When Life Gives You Tangerines actress will be making her highly anticipated comeback in May in a music video. This will be her first musical release in 2025 since releasing her ninth extended play, The Winning, in 2024.
To make the comeback of IU even more exciting, Cha Eun-woo, the Korean actor and singer who appeared in the TV series Wonderful World, will also reportedly be starring in IU's music video. Their fans and netizens online are overjoyed and have expressed their excitement on social media.
Here is what some of them had to say:
''Are they both in the music video? I mean the visuals 😍''- added @beomnification
''Queen is back to the music after killing it in the acting 👏👏👏👏''- stated @Asmaa_aao
''National treasure and timeless icons''- penned @Lisset_Pernia
''These “could cure cancer and we still wouldn’t gag” duo omg''- expressed @pluemonac
While most of the netizens reacted cheerfully, some of them were unimpressed that Cha Eun-woo would be making a cameo in the music video. This is what they had to say:
''Hope he doesnt ruin the album''- remarked @honsoolboi
IU was last seen in the Korean romance series, When Life Gives You Tangerines, opposite Park Bo-gum. The series had received massive appreciation, and IU was loved in the series for her acting. In April 2025, IU was also named as one of the most-streamed Korean artists on NetEase Cloud Music, a Chinese music platform where she amassed over 3.9 billion streams.
Cha Eun-woo will be seen in an upcoming Netflix series titled The WONDERfools, which is expected to premiere later in 2025. Earlier this year, IU and Cha Eun-woo worked on a jewelry campaign for the Parisian jewelry brand Chaumet. When the brand ad posted their pictures from the campaign online, fans loved their chemistry.
Now, the news of the duo reuniting in an upcoming music video has left fans eagerly anticipating their on-screen chemistry and the music that will bring them together.