IU's new song 'From This Star' tops domestic and international charts... 'Dear my crazy soulmate' also enters together

IU released a new digital single, ″From This Star,″ which ranked high on major domestic and international music charts. ″From This Star″ topped the Melon HOT100 (30-day and 100-day charts), Genie TOP200, and Bugs real-time charts immediately after its release at 6 p.m. on the 10th, and also reached number 2 on the Melon TOP100 chart. The included track ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ also ranked 2nd on the Melon HOT100 (30-day and 100-day charts) and Bugs real-time charts, and 3rd on the Genie TOP200, with both songs entering the top ranks of major domestic music charts. As of the 11th, ″From This Star″ maintained its number 1 position on the Melon TOP100. It also showed achievements on overseas charts. As of 7 a.m. on the 11th, ″From This Star (Unknown Planet)″ ranked 1st on the iTunes Top Songs charts in Singapore and Taiwan, 2nd in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, and entered charts in a total of 16 countries and regions. ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ appeared on the iTunes Top Songs charts in 9 countries and regions, including 1st place in Sri Lanka. This single is a new release about a year after ″Bye, Summer,″ which was released in September last year, and serves as the pre-release track for the upcoming 6th full album. Both songs were written by IU. The music video for ″Dear my crazy soulmate,″ released alongside ″From This Star,″ features Kim Young-ok, Na Moon-hee, IU, Shim Dal-gi, and Lee Som. The video tells the story of Young-ok, who is imprisoned and unable to spend her birthday with her friend, and Moon-hee, who works as a prison guard; they reunite in prison, play pranks, and celebrate the birthday together. It recorded 2.68 million views on YouTube within 14 hours of release. The music video for ″From This Star″ is scheduled to be released at midnight on the 16th.