Singer IU has broken up after a four-year relationship with actor Lee Jong-suk, and past remarks she made are being "Exhuma"d. Remarks she made about love while publicly dating Lee Jong-suk drew attention, and they are receiving renewed focus after the breakup was acknowledged.
Ace Factory, Lee Jong-suk's agency, earlier told OSEN on the 10th, "It is true that Lee Jong-suk and IU have broken up. They decided to remain good colleagues," the agency said. There had been several earlier breakup rumors, but this is the first official acknowledgment.
With this, IU and Lee Jong-suk have broken up about four years after acknowledging their relationship in 2022. When they acknowledged their relationship, they drew significant interest because they said they had been friends for 10 years before becoming lovers, so the breakup has remained a topic of conversation for days after it was confirmed.
Particularly, attention focused on IU's past remarks. IU previously expressed her beliefs about love in several pieces of content, drawing interest. In April, on her YouTube channel "이지금," she expressed her views on love while talking with cast members of the drama "Perfect Crown."
When Byeon Woo-seok and Yu Su-bin said multiple times while filming that they "fell more in love," IU said, "If you truly love someone, you wouldn't keep talking about love like that. It's just in the foundation of your heart," she said. At the time, because IU and Lee Jong-suk were publicly dating, the remark drew even more attention.
Around the same time, while appearing on Yu In-na's YouTube content "유인라디오" with Byeon Woo-seok, she also mentioned her dating style. At the time, Yu In-na posed a balance game question contrasting a partner who follows without thought, the "mindless bot" lover, with a partner who schedules plans down to the minute, the "human alarm lover," and IU chose the "human alarm lover."
She added, "If it were like option 1, I think I would be drained. So I'm good at adjusting. 'Now you have to move, you have to take a picture at that spot'—I think that's still cute," she said.
Then IU's close friend Yu In-na said directly, "Don't be ridiculous. If IU says let's do it this way, she will follow. To a dangerous degree. If she's drained, she should signal that she's drained, but she does everything. Then she gets sick and lies down and goes to the hospital. How frustrating," drawing attention. The explanation was that IU adjusts well for lovers and acquaintances but pushes herself so much that she does not consider her own difficulty.
Not only that, but as remarks IU made in several pieces of content before acknowledging the breakup with Lee Jong-suk are receiving renewed attention, interest continues.
[Photo] OSEN DB, YouTube video capture.
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