IU, new single 'From This Star' ranks number one on Korea's top 3 charts...enters charts in 16 countries overseas

IU released a new digital single, ″From This Star,″ and ranked high on domestic and international music charts. The title track ″From This Star″ reached number one on Melon HOT100 (30-day and 100-day release), Genie TOP200, and Bugs real-time charts on the day of its release, September 10, and also ranked second on Melon TOP100. Another title track, ″Dear my crazy soulmate,″ ranked second on Melon HOT100 (30-day and 100-day release) and Bugs real-time charts, and third on Genie TOP200, with both songs entering the top ranks of major music charts. It also showed achievements on overseas charts. As of 7 a.m. on the 11th, ″From This Star (Unknown Planet)″ ranked first on the iTunes Top Songs charts in Singapore and Taiwan, second in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, and appeared on charts in a total of 16 countries and regions. ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ also entered charts in nine countries and regions, including ranking first on the Sri Lanka iTunes Top Songs chart. This single is a new song released one year after ″Bye, Summer,″ which was released last September, and is a pre-release track for the upcoming 6th full-length album. IU wrote the lyrics for both songs personally. The lyrics of ″From This Star″ include: ″Do you remember the moment love began when you suddenly opened the door on an ordinary day? The words scattered between laughter from awkwardness, the night that felt unusually short with regret, I think I will never forget it forever. The song that played when we shared our first kiss, the nickname only you called me, even the ways we reconciled, all the love we shared, I will leave it all here and depart from this farewell.″ The music video for ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ features actors Kim Young-ok, Na Moon-hee, IU, Shim Dal-gi, and Lee Som. It depicts the story of Young-ok, who entered a prison to meet a friend, and Moon-hee, who works as a prison guard, reuniting and celebrating a birthday. The music video for this song was released along with the single. The music video for the double title track ″From This Star″ is scheduled to be released at midnight on the 16th. Meanwhile, IU recently broke up with actor Lee Jong-suk and postponed the concert scheduled for September and the release of the 6th full-length album due to the worsening of a chronic illness, otitis externa.