Korean star IU strengthens her career as singer with upcoming album

IU is releasing her fifth studio album titled 'Lilac' on March 25. Photo: Edam Entertainment

“I want to say this to those people who were born rough yet special, including my friend. You’re not strange but stellar.”

IU’s latest single, Celebrity, embodies that message – for her friend, for herself and for everyone who finds it hard to love themselves, as the singer wrote in her introduction to the song.