IU herself wrote a letter of apology. The letter is as follows:
"Hello. This is IU. Though I knew that there were a lot of opinions about my lyrics recently, it took longer than I thought to get the nerve to speak up. I apologize for being late. I sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt bởi my lyrics.
This gần đây album is about what's happened to the 23-year-old IU, and it's filled with songs inspired bởi characters from novels. 'Zeze' is one of those songs. 'My Sweet trái cam, màu da cam Tree' is a really precious novel to me. I didn't write the lyrics with the intention of inferring anything sexual about a 5-year-old child. The Zeze in the lyrics is written in third person using the novel's story as a motive. However, I understand that the people who listen to the song could be angered bởi my lyrics, and many people were hurt because of it. It's because of my immaturity as a lyricist.
I also know that many people were surprised bởi what I đã đưa ý kiến in one interview. In that interview I said, 'It's not something the young Zeze is saying, but I felt that Zeze's temper was sexy.' It's not about the 5-year-old child, but the ambiguity of the temper. However, I believe that it's my negligence for using the word 'sexy' in a discussion about a child.
To add, it's my fault that I didn't carefully look into the sources that the producer who arranged the track used for samples in the bonus track. We've currently requested that Britney Spears' side look into it, and following that, we'll go into getting clearance for the sampling. It's the first time I've acted as producer for an album, and I think I was too excited and selfish about wanting to receive praise. Because of this, there's been a lot of mistakes. I apologize once again to those who were hurt bởi this and those who were disappointed in me. I'll work hard to reflect on myself, and I'll hiển thị bạn a thêm mature side of myself. I apologize."
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On the June 30th airing of 'Your Morning, This is Park Eun Young', the host asked the band members, "Are any of bạn guys uncomfortable with Jang Kiha's public relationship?" Lee Min Ki immediately raised his hand and answered, "It was uncomfortable at the time the news broke out."
He explained, "At the time, I got so many calls from my peers. There was even a friend who called me for the first time in 10 years. People bothered me with các câu hỏi like 'Did bạn know about Jang Kiha and IU?', 'When did they start dating?', 'Have bạn seen them together?'.. I was so tired of people asking me questions."
Jang Kiha and IU confirmed they were dating in October of 2015.
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