Following Criticism That “Yoon Ga-i Was Uncomfortable”… IU Ultimately Deletes Jang Ki-ha Song [MD Issue]

[My Daily = Reporter Kwak Myeong-dong] Singer and actress IU deleted a song by her former boyfriend, singer Jang Ki-ha, after choosing it as the background music for a social media post and becoming embroiled in controversy.

On the 6th, IU posted several recent photos on her personal account along with the caption, “Living diligently.” In particular, she drew attention by choosing “Living Without Any Trouble” by Jang Ki-ha and the Faces as the background music for the post.

Jang Ki-ha is currently in a public relationship with actress Yoon Ga-i, who is 18 years his junior. The two met through Coupang Play’s “SNL Korea Season 4” in 2023, and recently officially acknowledged their relationship.

Against this backdrop, when IU selected a song by her former boyfriend, netizens were sharply divided between those who said she was “cool” and those who felt she had shown insufficient consideration for Yoon Ga-i, her former partner’s current girlfriend.

In response, IU quietly deleted Jang Ki-ha’s song, preventing the controversy from spreading again.

Previously, Jang Ki-ha and IU overcame their 11-year age gap and maintained a public relationship for about two years. The two first met on SBS Power FM’s “Jang Ki-ha’s Great Radio” in 2013 and became romantically involved. They acknowledged their relationship in 2015 before breaking up in 2017.

Meanwhile, IU recently broke up with actor Lee Jong-suk, with whom she had been in a public relationship, after four years together. Ten days after the breakup, IU’s symptoms of Eustachian tube dysfunction worsened, and she announced that she would cancel her Goyang Stadium concert scheduled for September and halt the release of her sixth studio album, prompting public sympathy.

Reporter Kwak Myeong-dong ([email protected])