IU BACKGROUND AND PROFILE BEFORE SHE BECAME FAMOUS, THE HISTORY OF IU

Who would have thought the singer born in May 16, 1993 has experienced a lot of rejection at the beginning of his debut as a solo singer.

Before it was successful and had many fans throughout South Korea and also all over the world as it is today, IU had a hard time getting an agency that wanted to make her a trainee. She even failed a lot of auditioned before.

IU participated in about 20 auditions in many companies to achieve her dreams of becoming a singer. JYP Entertainment is one of those companies. He was only 14 years old when IU sang a song owned by Bubble Sister entitled 'So Much Love, So Much Laughter' and JYP Entertainment was forced to eliminate it during an audition.

Seeing the success of IU now of course this is a heavy blow for JYP Entertainment. The company's CEO who raised the name of 2PM, Park Jin Young, said he deeply regretted the decision of the staff who audited IU.

In a program broadcast by KBS 2TV station a few years ago, JYP expressed his disappointment. "I feel very devastated when I see IU now," he said. He added, "I will look for the person who rejected IU at the JYP audition at that time and will fire him," Park Jin Young joked.

Failing at the dozens of auditions he participated in, IU finally became a LOEN Entertainment trainee in 2007. It was through this management that the girl whose real name was Lee Ji Eun used IU as her stage name. The name IU comes from 'I and You' which is a symbol that all people will become one through the music they display.

Not spending a lot of time in training, LOEN Entertainment prepared IU as a soloist with a different concept from most of the existing singers and was popular in 2008. Not only in terms of appearance and identity but also in terms of musicality.

Unfortunately, the identity and musicality offered by IU at the beginning of its debut did not receive a warm reception from the music-loving community. His debut song 'Lost Child', is not so great on the chart. Most likely because the music that was carried was not mainstream so it could not compete with the group that debuted in the same year as SHINee, 2AM and 2PM.

Despite performing with exceptional vocal quality through the song, her first live appearance was on the music show 'M! Countdown 'September 2008 actually invited criticism. On one occasion, IU recounted a bad incident when many people shouted with harsh words and even told her to get off the stage. This high-pitched anti-fan singer forum began to take shape on its own.

Being successful is certainly not easy and IU feels that. Cheondung's best friend's struggle 'MBLAQ' paid off when her first album was released shortly after the failure of the single 'Lost Child'. IU began to find a bright path in the KPop music industry and attracted the hearts of all circles until it was nicknamed 'Nation's Little Sister'