Signed Petition Circulates Against IU About “Zeze” Controversy

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On November 6, a netizen uploaded a signed petition against IU on a portal site. The goal for the petition is 100,000 signatures and the subject material concerns the recent controversy around IU’s song “Zeze.” “IU has crossed a line by using lolita themes in her song ‘Zeze,’” the petition reads. It goes on to […]

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[BomiLUV]

Poor IU, so much hate from people who don't know richard simmons about artistic interpretation, she writes such beautiful deep lyrics and people take them literally. Sadly stupid people are a majority in this world.

But honestly most of those signatures are from jealous people.

[jklapina_02de]

If it offends you so much, why watch it, listen to it and give it attention like filing a petition? It does not make sense.

[kiddy_days]

i think "don't listen to it if you're offended" is such a dangerous thing to say. IU is a popular singer and no matter what, children and teenagers will be exposed to the song. IU knows that too.

I think the inherent issue is that had she made the same comments about a real child, that would be inarguably inappropriate. With Zeze being a fictional (although it was an autobiography of sorts, "My Sweet Orange Tree" is still marketed off as a fictional novel) character, do the same standards apply? I guess society says 'no', but that doesn't change the fact that you can get a glimpse into IU's dangerous thoughts.

I think IU deserves the criticism and I hope she learns from the issue and really hope she makes an attempt to become a better person. It's just unfortunate because she's such a good singer and has great composers working with her, she really didn't have to do such thing for attention. Now a part of me will always feel uncomfortable when I listen to her.

[Guest CharlesC]

where is the petition which source? i want to see it. in this article you said 13.000 people signed it already but from this one is only 800+ right now if you can give the 13k petition source i guess youre just make it too look bigger than it is. http://m.bbs3.agora.media.daum.net/gaia/do/mobile/petition/read?articleStatus=S&cPageIndex=1&bbsId=P001&cSortKey=depth&articleId=177794

[shokaru]

I get why people are upset. However, that book is FILLED with imagery. It's ment to be interpreted in a lot of diffrent ways. The fact that IU interpreted it this way may offend some people but who cares. Zeze is not real and trees don't talk. Fictional stories are an art form, art is interpreted as the viewer sees fit. Be upset about it, that's fine, but don't cencor someone's interpretation of a FANTASIZED and FICTIONAL piece of work.

[kibummiexx]

i think "don't listen to it if you're offended" is such a dangerous thing to say. IU is a popular singer and no matter what, children and teenagers will be exposed to the song. IU knows that too.

I think the inherent issue is that had she made the same comments about a real child, that would be inarguably inappropriate. With Zeze being a fictional (although it was an autobiography of sorts, "My Sweet Orange Tree" is still marketed off as a fictional novel) character, do the same standards apply? I guess society says 'no', but that doesn't change the fact that you can get a glimpse into IU's dangerous thoughts.

I think IU deserves the criticism and I hope she learns from the issue and really hope she makes an attempt to become a better person. It's just unfortunate because she's such a good singer and has great composers working with her, she really didn't have to do such thing for attention. Now a part of me will always feel uncomfortable when I listen to her.

I wonder if you know that zeze was suppose to reflect IU herself.

[kiddy_days]

  7 hours ago, kiddy_days said:

i think "don't listen to it if you're offended" is such a dangerous thing to say. IU is a popular singer and no matter what, children and teenagers will be exposed to the song. IU knows that too.

I think the inherent issue is that had she made the same comments about a real child, that would be inarguably inappropriate. With Zeze being a fictional (although it was an autobiography of sorts, "My Sweet Orange Tree" is still marketed off as a fictional novel) character, do the same standards apply? I guess society says 'no', but that doesn't change the fact that you can get a glimpse into IU's dangerous thoughts.

I think IU deserves the criticism and I hope she learns from the issue and really hope she makes an attempt to become a better person. It's just unfortunate because she's such a good singer and has great composers working with her, she really didn't have to do such thing for attention. Now a part of me will always feel uncomfortable when I listen to her.

I wonder if you know that zeze was suppose to reflect IU herself.

Disagree; IU has explained the song multiple times and she never said that Zeze was suppsed to reflect herself. You are free to interpret her song the way you did, however, your interpretation is inconsistent with what IU put out.

[JexxaS]

Not a fan but poor IU this is an oppurtunity for her haters to drag her down tsk tsk

I hate witch hunt Artists who worked their self's for 24/7 to reached the peak of their career just to ruined by this stupid witch hunt

Have a life people

 

[Guest Ming Banger]

She makes a misstep in an interview and suddenly she's being associated with pedophilia. If the song was that scandalous it would be shelved immediately...but it wasn't, it hasn't and it's doubtful that it will be. This is another dangerous attempt to stifle a young artist, ruin her reputation once and for all, and to further along the idea that Korean netizens are vindictive, ruthless, sadistic, sociopathic nightmares to the rest of the world.

[purplepanda]

I was talking with a friend about this and she said one of the most disturbing things was IU's apparent lack of compassion for the abused child...in the interview, she said Zeze as somewhat cruel and hypocritical. And in the song, she describes him as "cunning" and "dirty" (according to Soompi's translation)...it's kind of weird to judge/label an abused child like that.

It seems to me IU made three mistakes: the controversial cover artwork, the "sexy" comment, and the suggestive song lyrics. People might have been willing to overlook one of these mistakes, maybe even two, but unfortunately all three combined portray IU in a bad light.

[Ginaaaa]

Maybe the sum and substance of Chat-Shire is her answer to how she feels she's been treated by the industry that made her?

[kibummiexx]

 

 

 

i think "don't listen to it if you're offended" is such a dangerous thing to say. IU is a popular singer and no matter what, children and teenagers will be exposed to the song. IU knows that too.

I think the inherent issue is that had she made the same comments about a real child, that would be inarguably inappropriate. With Zeze being a fictional (although it was an autobiography of sorts, "My Sweet Orange Tree" is still marketed off as a fictional novel) character, do the same standards apply? I guess society says 'no', but that doesn't change the fact that you can get a glimpse into IU's dangerous thoughts.

I think IU deserves the criticism and I hope she learns from the issue and really hope she makes an attempt to become a better person. It's just unfortunate because she's such a good singer and has great composers working with her, she really didn't have to do such thing for attention. Now a part of me will always feel uncomfortable when I listen to her.

 

 

I wonder if you know that zeze was suppose to reflect IU herself.

 

Disagree; IU has explained the song multiple times and she never said that Zeze was suppsed to reflect herself. You are free to interpret her song the way you did, however, your interpretation is inconsistent with what IU put out.

oops my bad ^^ but i don't think I'm completely wrong. IU said that all of her songs  had a connection from her experiences. So doesn't that mean that she saw something relatable to zeze? "My album “chat-shire” included songs that were created from the perspective of various characters from stories, based on what came to my mind and things that happened to the 23-year-old me. “Zeze” is one of those songs too."