Agency Announces IU Will Launch New Album At The End Of May

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JAKARTA - South Korean soloist IU will launch a new release. EDAM Entertainment as the agency announced that the 31-year-old singer-songwriter will introduce an album released this month.

Through uploads on social media, it was revealed that the new IU album was titled A Flowermark 3, which is a collection of old songs that were brought back.

"IU remake the album [A Flowermark]," reads the agency's upload statement, viewed Thursday, May 15.

The album itself will officially be released on various digital platforms on 27 May. Until now, it is not known what songs the singer with the real name Lee Ji Eun will repeat.

However, EDAM has said that IU will also release a music video that will feature Cha Eun-woo. The Astro member who is also the actor will appear as a cameo.

Meanwhile, A Flowermark 3 is IU's first release since it was extended play (EP) or the mini album The Winning which was launched in February 2024. Since then, he has taken a break from music and has focused more on acting.

The IU latest drama series, starring Park Bo Gum, When Life Gives You Tangerines, managed to attract the interest of many people, even being nominated for the Baeksang Arts Awards.

For information, A Flowermark 3 is similar to its title is the third cover album that IU worked on. Previously, A Flowermark was released in 2014 and A Flowermark 2 was released in 2017.

A Flowermark contains seven covers of popular songs from the 1980s and 1990s in South Korea, including My Old Story from Jo Deok Bae, Pierrot Smiles at Us from Kim Wan Sun, to The Meaning of You from Kim Chang Wan.

Meanwhile, for A Flowermark 2 with a similar concept contains six songs, including Autumn Morning from Yang Hee Eun, Scret Garden from Lee Sang Eun, to sleepless Rainy Night from Kim Gun Mo.