IU videography explained

Artist:IU video
Music Videos:53
Option:14
Option Name:Special clips

South Korean musician IU has released more than 40 music videos since her debut in 2008, creating works for songs she has released as singles, as well as songs from her albums.

In addition to her music videos, she has released 14 special clips made of live performances of the songs.

Music videos

As lead artist

TitleYearArtist(s)Director(s)Notes
"Lost Child"2008IUCho Soo-hyun[1] Features Thunder
"Boo"2009Oh Se-hoon[2]
"You Know (Rock version)"Han Sang-beom[3]
"You Are Always Like That"
"Marshmallow"Seo Sang-goon &
Jung Jin-seong[4]
"Because I'm a Girl"2010For MBC's Road No. 1 OST
"Good Day"Hwang Soo-ah[5] Features Jung Jae-hyung
"Only I Didn't Know"2011Features Park Bo-young and Yoon Sang
IU version
"I Hoppin U"For Samsung Galaxy S CF
"Melody of the Wind"For Leafie, A Hen into the Wild OST
"Memories of the Sea"Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea theme song
"Hold My Hand"For MBC's The Greatest Love OST
"Let's Catch the Bus"For Hyundai's Bus Concert campaign
"You and I"Hwang Soo-ah[6] Features Lee Hyun-woo
Performance version
"Last Fantasy"2012Kim Do-yeon
"Good Day"Hwang Soo-ah[7] Japanese version
"Every End of the Day"Documentary-like short film
Also features a performance of the song "Peach"
"You and I"Japanese version
"Beautiful Dancer"2013Japanese
Features Song Kyung-il
"Monday Afternoon"Digipedi[8] Japanese
"The Red Shoes"Hwang Soo-ah[9] Features You Hee-yeol, Peppertones, Fhi Fan, and Jang Ki-yong
Performance version
"Friday"IU featuring Jang Yi-jeongFeatures Jang Yi-jeong and Jang Ki-yong
"My Old Story"2014IUHan Dae-hee[10] Features Choi Woo-shik
"Take Care of My Dad"2015SBS's Take Care of My Dad theme song
"Twenty-Three"Lumpens[11]
"Through the Night"2017BTS Film[12] [13]
"Palette"
"Ending Scene"IUBae Doo-hyunFeatures Kim Soo-hyun
"Last Night Story"BTS Film[14] [15] Starring Lim Hyun-jae of Hyukoh
"With the Heart to Forget You"2018Features Park Jeong-min
"BBIBBI"VM Project Architecture[16]
"Above the Time"2019Hwang Soo-ahFeatures Lee Hyun-woo
"Blueming"Naive Creative Production
"Eight"2020IU featuring SugaWoogie Kim[17]
(MOTHER STUDIO)
"Celebrity"2021IUParanoid Paradigm[18]
(VM Project Architecture)
"Lilac"Seo Donghyeok[19]
(FLIPEVIL)
Special Starring Jung Jae-hyung
"Coin"SUNNYVISUALFeatures Kim Yoon-seok
"Strawberry Moon"Seo Donghyeok[20]
(FLIPEVIL)
Features Lee Jong-won
"Love Wins All"2024Um Tae-hwa[21] Features V of BTS
"Holssi"Digipedi[22] Features Tweety of Looney Tunes
"Shopper"DPR Ian[23]
"Shh.."IU featuring Hyein,
Wonsun Joe
and Special Narration by Patti Kim
Hwang Soo-ah[24] Features Tang Wei

As featured artist

TitleYearArtist(s)Director(s)Notes
"247"2009The Three Views featuring IUFanny[25]
"Nagging"2010IU and Lim Seul-ongHwang Soo-ah[26] For We Got Married's We Fell in Love 2
"Let's Go (English version)"Various artists2010 G20 Seoul summit theme song
"I Believe in Love"IU and Yoo Seung-hoFor KBS's Love Request OST
"Ice Flower"2011IU and Yuna KimSBS's Kiss & Cry theme song
"Sea of Moonlight"2012IU and FiestarHwang Soo-ah[27] For LOEN Tree's summer project album, Summer Story
"Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms"2014High4 and IU
"Sogyeokdong"Seo Taiji and IUHwang Soo-ah[28] Features Sung Yu-bin and Kim Hyun-soo
"When Would It Be"Yoon Hyun-sang and IUDigipedi[29]
"SoulMate"2018Zico and IUOui Kim (GDW)[30]
"Ganadara"2022Jay Park and IUFLIPEVIL[31]

Special clips

TitleYearArtist(s)Album
"The Meaning of You"2014IU featuring Kim Chang-wanA Flower Bookmark
"The Shower"2015IUChat-Shire
"Knees"
"Zezé"
"Dear Name"2017Palette
"Sleepless Rainy Night"A Flower Bookmark 2
"Blueming"2019Love Poem
"Eight"2020
"Love Poem"Love Poem
"Above the Time"
"Celebrity"2021Lilac
"Coin"
"Next Stop"Pieces
"Winter Sleep"

Notes and References

  1. Lost and Found . IU . 2018 . Credit . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
  2. Growing Up . IU . 2009 . Staff . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
  3. Web site: あのね(Rock Ver.)(Korean Ver.) . Space Shower TV . Space Shower Networks Inc. . October 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030144525/http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0093819&ch=0 . October 30, 2017 . ja.
  4. IU...I'm . IU . 2009 . Staff . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
    • Real . IU . 2010 . Business . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
    • News: Jung . A-reum . 아이유, 나만 몰랐던 이야기 M/V 공개 . IU's Only I Didn't Know M/V has been released . October 30, 2017 . E-Today . E-Today Co., Ltd . February 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030140144/http://www.etoday.co.kr/news/section/newsview.php?idxno=407508 . October 30, 2017 . ko.
  5. Last Fantasy . IU . 2011 . Music Staff . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
    • Good Day (Japanese Version) . IU . 2012 . Credits . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
    • Web site: IU(아이유) _ Every End of the Day(스무 살의 봄 – 하루 끝) Full MV . 1theK . May 10, 2012 . Youtube . Film Crew.
    • Web site: You & I . Space Shower TV . Space Shower Networks Inc. . October 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030153548/http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0090698&ch=0 . October 30, 2017 . ja.
    • Web site: Beautiful Dancer . Space Shower TV . Space Shower Networks Inc. . October 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030145657/http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0093816&ch=0 . October 30, 2017 . ja.
  6. Monday Afternoon . IU . 2013 . Credits . photobook . Universal Music LLC . Japan.
    • Modern Times . IU . 2013 . Credits . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
    • Modern Times – Epilogue . IU . 2013 . Credits . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
  7. A Flower Bookmark . IU . 2014 . Credit . photobook . LOEN Entertainment . South Korea.
  8. Web site: 23 - IU. Vimeo. October 23, 2015.
  9. Web site: IU_Through the Night_MV. Vimeo. March 24, 2017.
  10. Web site: IU_PALETTE_MV. Vimeo. April 29, 2017.
  11. Web site: IU_LAST NIGHT STORY_MV. Vimeo. September 26, 2017.
  12. Web site: IU_잊어야 한다는 마음으로_MV. Vimeo. January 12, 2018.
  13. Web site: BBIBBI. Vimeo. October 10, 2018.
  14. Web site: IU - 'EIGHT'. Vimeo. July 20, 2020.
  15. Web site: 21.01.27 'Celebrity' @dlwlrma; Exp. VM Project Architecture; Dir. @paranoidparadigm. Instagram. January 27, 2021.
  16. Web site: IU - LILAC. Instagram. March 25, 2021.
  17. Web site: IU - strawberry moon. Instagram. December 1, 2021.
  18. Web site: January 23, 2024 . BTS V Aka Kim Taehyung, And IU Put On A Heartfelt Show In 'Love Wins All' Watch . January 23, 2024 . English Jagran . en.
  19. IU '홀씨(Holssi)' MV. Music video. EDAM Entertainment. YouTube. February 16, 2024. February 16, 2024. February 16, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216100253/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFbILexYSQg. live.
  20. IU 'Shopper' MV. Music video. EDAM Entertainment. YouTube. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240220165729/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHW-UVXOcLU. live.
  21. IU 'Shh.. (Feat. HYEIN, 조원선 & Special Narr. 패티김)' MV. Music video. EDAM Entertainment. YouTube. February 22, 2024. February 22, 2024. February 22, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240222220030/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDQTyNmkN4. live.
  22. Web site: [MV] 247 – 세개의 시선 (feat. IU) ]. Fanny . November 3, 2010 . Vimeo .
  23. Web site: コ・ゴ・ト(with 2AM Seulong)(Korean Ver.) . Space Shower TV . Space Shower Networks . October 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030152505/http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0093821&ch=0 . October 30, 2017 . ja.
  24. News: Kim . Young-joo . 로엔트리, '달빛바다' 뮤직비디오 공개.. 아이유-피에스타 상큼 발랄 매력 물씬 . LOEN Tree, 'Moonlight Sea' music video has been released...IU and Fiestar display refreshing, youthful charm . October 29, 2017 . 재경일보 . July 26, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030015247/http://news.jkn.co.kr/articles/714061/20120726/%EB%A1%9C%EC%97%94%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC-%EB%8B%AC%EB%B9%9B%EB%B0%94%EB%8B%A4-%EB%AE%A4%EC%A7%81%EB%B9%84%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4-%EA%B3%B5%EA%B0%9C-%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EC%9C%A0-%ED%94%BC%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80-%EC%83%81%ED%81%BC-%EB%B0%9C%EB%9E%84-%EB%A7%A4%EB%A0%A5-%EB%AC%BC%EC%94%AC.htm . October 30, 2017 . ko . live .
  25. Web site: Soo A Whang. Film Production Korea. Koland Pty. Ltd..
  26. Web site: YOON HYUN SANG – When would it be(Duet. IU) . ARRICI CINEMATOGRAPHY . November 1, 2014 . Vimeo .
  27. Web site: ☃️. Instagram. January 17, 2024.
  28. Web site: Jay Park - GANADARA (Feat. IU). Instagram. January 17, 2024.