I became a fan of IU ever since the time she sung a mixture of Lies, Sorry Sorry and Gee with her angelic voice combined with her excellent guitar playing - pure talent. The last time I was properly obsessed with her was with the "Real IU" EP, her song "Good Day" was a track quite different to the songs produced by other musicians at the time. It gave a hint of going back to classical instruments rather than relying on the heavy synthetic sounds Kpop was creating. An addictive riff throughout made it catchy, and it was highly praised by critics for her 3 super high notes somewhere during the latter part of the song.
Now she is back, with a new title song called "You & I" - which in my opinion, is quite cute.
But if you haven't seen it already, the music video is centred around the Victorian era, where everything was a mass array of cogs and spinning things. It really gives the music a sense of Baroque, yet again referring back to the inspirations of "Good Day". The song itself certainly feels at first quite similar to last time, nothing special here, until you hear the little special vocal additions which make the song extra cute. It's a nice song no doubt, but one feels slightly let down by the lack of development ever since her last promotions. The song is great and IU is able to execute her excellent vocal range, but perhaps she should consider stepping out of her comfort zone, ditch the cute, minimalistic, child-like look and develop something that makes her more matured, something adult-like. I think she has been stuck in the same time period for too long. As much as it feels like me telling her to become like any other Kpop artist out there, I still feel it's only necessary she should experiment with different styles.
But Oh Well, we will just have to wait till next time to see if there is any change to her style...
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