[The Epoch Times, January 29, 2024](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Zeng Weixin) Popular Korean singer and actor IU (Lee Ji-eun) disclosed her relationship with BTS member V (Kim Taehyung) through her YouTube channel on the 28th. ) Behind the scenes of filming the MV for the new song “Love wins all”. On this day, V also released a photo of him and IU during the filming of the MV through his official IG and wrote a short message.
IU revealed in the behind-the-scenes footage that she worked very hard to prepare this new album, and she was very lucky that the “Love wins all” MV was able to invite director Uhm Tae-hwa, who has been busy attending film festivals recently, and who will be enlisting in the military in about a week. Collaborating with V, everyone still accepted the invitation and worked hard to meet the schedule despite the extremely busy schedule, which made her feel that all her connections and popularity were used in the production of this album. “I was so lucky. I was a little surprised, and I also gained a lot.” strength”.
Regarding the opportunity to invite V to be the male lead, IU said that she was discussing with director Uhm Tae-hwa to find an actor who “has the beauty of a boy and will become a handsome and reliable actor after awakening.” At first, she asked the director “Where are such actors?”, and she happened to have something to contact V at that time, and suddenly thought, “Oh? How about V?”
IU first sent the song to V. After listening to it, V said, “This song is so good, I want to do it,” and he happily agreed to appear. IU thinks that symbolically speaking, V seems to be the unique and best candidate. IU also told V that he is the only person to appear on IU’s “IU’s Palette” and “IU TV” programs.
Talking about the reason for appearing in this MV, V said that he learned that the director was the director of the movie “Concrete Utopia: Doomsday”, which made him think that cooperating with everyone this time would leave precious memories, so he decided to appear. . V also said that after IU contacted him, he thought he should listen to the song first before making a decision. After listening to the song, he liked the song very much. “I thought I would regret not filming this MV, so I decided to appear.”
In addition, V also prepared a coffee cart with hot food such as crucian carp cakes and skewers for the staff during the filming of the MV, which made IU say, “V is an angel, right?” V also said to IU, “You didn’t say you would be so tired (shooting this)?” IU replied, “I didn’t know (it would be so tiring).”
IU also revealed to V in the behind-the-scenes footage that the reason why the lead version was played during the filming of the MV was because the recording of “Love wins all” had not yet been completed. IU was in poor condition due to a cold and postponed the recording three times. .
“Love wins all” was officially recorded two days after the MV was shot. The video also includes the behind-the-scenes moments when the staff said to IU during the recording, “If you feel (as tired as) about to die, stop recording”, and IU replied “no”. IU has also previously shared a picture of her having a hard time recording on her official IG limited time feed.
IU also revealed when filming the scene where she sang on stage in a wedding dress that many people in the audience ridiculed “it was the first time (this experience)”. When she was asked if she had never been laughed at, IU smiled and replied, “Except for my debut stage,” and joked, “Why bring up painful memories? This is the first time I have been laughed at in 16 years.”
Since it was very hard to wait for the MV shooting for a long time in the cold winter, IU also laughed and said that it would not be surprising if V ran away on the second day of shooting. I was very grateful that he was gentle and kind and still went to the scene to shoot the next day. This also made IU I feel like I don’t know how to repay V. She also joked that after filming this MV, she would feel distanced from V. (Click to watch the full program）
On this day, V also released a number of photos on his official IG of him and IU during the filming of the “Love wins all” MV (Click to see), and wrote “Taejun, Jihye, be happy” while marking IU’s account. He named the two characters in the MV after his own name “Taehyung” and IU’s real name “Ji Eun”, and wished the two people in the MV happiness, which also sparked discussion among fans.
In addition, IU will launch the “2024 IU HER World Tour Concert” from Seoul on March 2. She will visit Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places, singing in 18 cities in total.
Editor in charge: Liu Yuhan
