IU Recognizes A Fan Despite Their Last Meeting Being Ten Years Ago
When it comes to fanservice, there is hardly any K-Pop idol who could outdo the queen herself,ย IU. Over the years, she has shown her genuine appreciation for fans through random acts of kindness, whether it be surprising a fan at their graduation, learning sign language to communicate better with Uaena (her fandom’s name), or giving them generous gifts at every possible chance she gets.
The fact that IU studied how to say this using sign language ๐ฅบpic.twitter.com/gRdE1dmJ4W
— Amber Fortuno (@amberygood) July 12, 2021
One thing that sets IU’s connection with her fans apart is how much she pays individual attention to them. While K-Pop idols, most often than not, genuinely appreciate their fandoms as a collective, it is impractical to expect them to remember each fan separately. But as it turns out, when you are a fan of IU, nothing is impossible.
A recent post by a Japanese Uaena is going viral on Twitter because people are taken aback by IU’s sincerity towards her fans. On May 6, the OP (original poster) attended a fan event at Lotte Cinema in Gimpo Airport, where IU was present to promote her latest movieย Dream. IU noticed the OP, immediately recognized her, and even called out her name, asking if she has been doing well.
Oh, Lisa!
How have you been?!โIU
But the fascinating part is that it has been ten years since the OP last met IU. She mentioned in the caption of her tweet, overwhelmed that her idol remembered her so clearly.
10ๅนดใถใใซไผใฃใใฎใซใ็ฎใๅใฃใ็ฌ้ๅๅใๅผใใงใใใ่จๆถๅใๅใIUใกใใใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ โกโกใใฐใๆญปใญใใใ
๊ฑฐ์ 10๋ ๋ง์ ๋ง๋ฌ๋๋ฐ ํฌ์ด๋ฆ ๋ฐ๋ก ๋ถ๋ฌ ์ฃผ๋ ๊ธฐ์ต๋ ฅ์ด ๋๋จํ ์์ด์ ๋ ใ ใ ใ ใ โกโกโก
[2023.05.06] #๋๋ฆผ ๋ฌด๋์ธ์ฌ ๋กฏ๋ฐ์๋ค๋ง ๊นํฌ๊ณตํญ์ #์์ด์ #IU pic.twitter.com/bgxJ19MWGq
— ๋ฆฌ์ฌ (@risarisa9393) May 6, 2023
The fan hadnโt seen her in over 10 years, but IU remembered their name. What an incredible memory! T-T โก
โOP’s caption in the tweet.
In the video, IU can be seen calling out OP’s name, Lisa, multiple times as the two proceed to have a whispered conversation while someone else can be heard speaking on the stage. She told the OP she missed her and complimented her, saying she is just as beautiful as ten years ago!
IU: You havenโt changed at all! Still so pretty.
IU: How are you?
Fan: I missed you so much!
IU:ย Me too.
Fans are overjoyed to see how genuinely IU treats her fans like her real friends and appreciate that her sincerity is getting its well-deserved recognition.
IU talking to her fan like a long lost friend ๐ฅฐ๐ https://t.co/1k20JSWfQx
— ๐ถ1๊ธฐ_hey๐์ด์ง์ (@16IULeeJiEun) May 6, 2023
The people's princess https://t.co/fV8vYTNlw8
— lauuuโท ๐ฅ๐๐ (@otrafanaccount) May 7, 2023
์ ๋ง ์ด์ฉ ์ ์์ด ์ง์์ด๋ฅผ ์ฌ๋ํ์ง ์์์ https://t.co/7GagHNGBs9
— Katniss Guo (@HWednseday) May 7, 2023
Isn’t it really impossible not to love Jieun?
โ@HWednesday, Twitter