IU’s Mother Wonders If They Would Have Been Friends If They Met As Strangers

In the most recent video released by IU, titled IU ‘Shh..’ (/W My First World), she is being interviewed by her mother about an array of questions that had fans and netizens curious too. In particular, when asked whether or not they would have been friends if they had met as strangers, IU had a different answer from her mom.

얘들아 너네는 엄마와 남으로 만났어도 친구가 될 수 있었을 것 같아?

어머님은 따님이 남편이랑 많이 닮았는데 남편이 본인을 엄청 좋아하시니 아빠를 닮은 취향이 있는 딸이 엄마랑도 친구가 되었을 것 같대.. 아이유언니는 엄마는 인기가 너무 많아서 쉽게 못다가갔을 것 같대.. 아너무로맨틱해 pic.twitter.com/8YqqVejQK3

— 앗디 (@heyattidude) March 6, 2024

IU’s mom: Would we have been friends even if we met as strangers?

IU: I’m not sure. You see…I read the expected answers and noticed you wrote that I look a lot like my dad. But my dad likes you very much, and because I take after my dad and his tastes, you wrote, ‘I think she would’ve been friends with her mom.’ Reading that, I thought, ‘her confidence was on another level.’ To be honest, I don’t think I could have approached you to become friends with you because you would have been too popular, mom. Imagine we’re in the same class. Then you’ll probably be the class president, mom. All the kids in the class would have liked you, so it wouldn’t have been easy for me to be friends with you. Maybe we could have lived our own lives without knowing each other.

In another question, her mother asked if she liked her not as a family member but as a person.

엄마라서 사랑해야 되는 것 말고 나는 엄마를 막.. 좋아하려고 노력하지 않아도 항상 엄마를 좋아했어

이 한마디가 날 울림 pic.twitter.com/SqJ67CX9M3

— 아이유 영상🗂 (@IUarchiving) March 6, 2024

IU’s mom: Besides loving me as family, do you like me as a person as well?

IU: Of course. Mom, you made me a better person. Besides loving you because you’re my mom, I always liked you. I didn’t have to try to like you. Well, of course, there were days when we got in a fight when I was young, and there are times I don’t agree with you. However, I think that gap is getting narrower as I get older. ‘What would mom think?’ is often the answer for me. What would mom do in situations like this. In my experience, that often led me to good results.

Netizens that watched the interview also gave some thought about whether or not they could be friends with their mothers.

“Would we have been close? Not sure..we’re too different.”
“For me it’s a definite no. We are too different in personality.”
“I probably wouldn’t even look at her. We’re so different.”
“I like my mom, but I feel like she would think I’m too much. Thinking about my mom being young, I think I would have wanted to be friends.”
“I probably wouldn’t have been close because our personalities are total opposites.”

To watch more questions from the interview, be sure to watch the full video below!