“I hope no one gets hurt” IU changes the title of her new song… Accepting criticism of sexual minorities [MD Issue]

[My Daily = Reporter Kang Da-yoon] The title of singer and actress IU’s pre-released song has been changed. This is because of the controversy over using phrases supporting sexual minorities.

On the 19th, the agency EDAM Entertainment announced, “IU’s pre-released song ‘Love wins’ is scheduled to be released at 6pm on the 24th as of today. It was announced that the title will be changed to ‘Love wins all’.

He continued, “We accept the concerns that the title of this song will obscure the important message, and we want to further respect and support everyone who lives and loves in various ways.”

IU’s pre-released song will continue teasing and promotion with a changed title starting today.

Previously, on the 15th, IU’s pre-released song title ‘Love wins’ was unveiled. IU’s comeback is her special mini album & # 39; Piece Collection & # 39; released in December 2021. It’s been about 2 years and 1 month since then. Therefore, many people’s keen interest and expectations were poured towards ‘Love wins’.

The next day, the main poster was released showing IU and BTS’s V sitting facing each other. The poster attracted attention as it included the title of the pre-released song, ‘Love wins’ along with the phrase ‘To a place my poor imagination can’t imagine’.

However, criticism was raised among some sexual minorities over ‘Love wins’. ‘Love wins’ is a phrase used by sexual minorities as a slogan when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutional in June 2015. Since then, ‘Love wins’ has been widely used to defend the rights of sexual minorities.

Therefore, some sexual minorities have voiced concerns that the symbolism of ‘Love wins’ may fade or be replaced with another image due to IU’s pre-released song. There were also complaints that the song used slogans that were meaningful to sexual minorities while singing about heterosexuality.

Among these, through the track intro released on the 18th, IU said, “Some people say that this is an era of great hatred. “It certainly doesn’t seem like a time when love is prevalent,” he said. “In a gray world that is becoming increasingly colder with visible hostility and indifference, it sometimes feels absurd to hope for victory using invisible love as a weapon.” reported.

He said, “But from my own experience, hate is always alone, even in moments of good momentum. On the other hand, even though it runs away, breaks apart, and fades away, love stays together forever. He explained, “Love has a good chance of winning,” and “It contains the story of those who try to love until the end in a world that hinders love.”

In particular, regarding ‘Love wins’, he said, “As an aside, this album, which contains five songs, has two songs dedicated to the people I love, especially my fans, and one of them is this song”He also showed affection.

The day after the track intro was released, the title of IU’s pre-released song was changed from ‘Love wins’ to ‘Love wins all’. In announcing this, the agency said, “If there is a word that is most opposite to the message contained in the song to be released, it would be ‘hate,’”and added, “I hope all love will win in a world without hate, and no one will be hurt.””I sincerely hope that the meaning of this song will be conveyed without fail,” he said.

Meanwhile, ‘Love wins all’ is a ballad song that starts off with a vintage piano intro and builds up to the maximal outro. ‘Secret’, ‘To the Name’, ‘Love poem’, ‘Child and My Sea’ Continuing IU’s major ballad series. BTS’s V appears in the music video, and is from the movie ‘Concrete Utopia’ released last year. Director Uhm Tae-hwa took charge of directing. Released at 6pm on the 24th.