IU

In 2026, IU played Seong Hui-ju in MBC's Perfect Crown and released the two-track single album From This Star on September 10. She wrote the lyrics for both tracks, continuing her work in music and acting. The single release is the latest activity included in this article. ^{[19] [20] [4]}

In 2025, she played Oh Ae-sun and Yang Geum-myeong in Netflix's When Life Gives You Tangerines. Her music releases included her third remake album, A Flower Bookmark 3, in May, and Bye, Summer, which she wrote and co-composed with Seo Dong-hwan, in September. ^{[18] [6] [5]}

Melon's artist information lists her debut as September 18, 2008, with Lost Child. Her stage name is IU, and her birth name is Lee Ji-eun. ^[1]

Alongside singing, she has worked in album production and songwriting. She is identified as a producer on Palette, the lyricist of every track and a contributing composer on two tracks on Love poem, and a lyricist on all tracks and composer on selected tracks on LILAC. Her vocal, lyrical and compositional contributions vary by album. ^{[10] [8] [25]}

Release date	Work	Contents and contribution
2026-09-10	From This Star	Two tracks; lyrics for both From This Star and Dear my crazy soulmate
2025-09-10	Bye, Summer	Lyrics and co-composition with Seo Dong-hwan
2025-05-27	A Flower Bookmark 3	Third remake album; six tracks including Never Ending Story
2024-02-20	The Winning	Sixth mini album; five tracks, with Shopper and Holssi as title tracks
2021-03-25	LILAC	Fifth full-length album; ten tracks, with LILAC and Coin as title tracks
2019-11-18	Love poem	Fifth mini album; six tracks including Blueming and Love poem
2017-04-21	Palette	Fourth full-length album; ten tracks including Palette and Dear Name

These are representative music releases discussed in detail here, rather than a complete discography. Release dates and tracks follow the music services' album information. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [3] [8] [9]}

In My Mister (2018), she plays Lee Ji-an; in Hotel del Luna (2019), hotel owner Jang Man-wol. Man-wol runs a hotel for spirits, a fantasy setting distinct from Ji-an's contemporary world. ^{[2] [12] [11]}

In When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025), she plays young Oh Ae-sun and Ae-sun's daughter Yang Geum-myeong. Netflix's cast guide specifies both roles, while Moon So-ri plays the older Ae-sun. In Perfect Crown (2026), she plays Seong Hui-ju, a corporate heiress facing social-status restrictions in a fictional constitutional monarchy. ^{[18] [19]}

In Hirokazu Kore-eda's Broker (2022), IU plays So-young, the mother of a baby. She stars alongside Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona and Lee Joo-young. The Korean theatrical opening was June 8. ^{[13] [14]}

In Dream (2023), she plays documentary producer So-min, who films a homeless football team's challenge. The comedy-drama co-stars Park Seo-jun and opened in Korea on April 26. It was directed by film director Lee Byeong-heon. ^{[15] [16]}

She held The Golden Hour: Under the Orange Sun at Jamsil Olympic Main Stadium on September 17 and 18, 2022. The ticket outlet's dates and venue were checked against reports from after the concerts. ^{[21] [22]}

On September 21 and 22, 2024, she held HEREH World Tour Encore: THE WINNING at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Although it shares a name with that year's mini album, it is a separate concert activity. In her album introduction, IU explains that feelings from the 2022 concert led to work on Shopper. ^{[23] [24] [7]}

The full-length album Palette won Best Pop Album at the fifteenth Korean Music Awards in 2018. The awards' official record identifies IU as its producer. The award list here includes the record checked against official materials for this article. ^[10]