Giving a Total Donation of IDR 42 Billion, IU Says Her Love for Donations Comes From Her Mother

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Starting With Profits From The First Fanmeeting, IU Consistently Donates To Low-Income And Underprivileged Groups On Her Birthday Or Children’s Day.

Recently in an interview for the screening of the film “Broker” competing for the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival held in Le Majestic, Cannes, France on May 27 (local time), IU talked about her penchant for making donations. Akris as well as the singer said that his humble attitude came from his mother.

“Basically, my mom told me to ‘help those in need’, so I learned that from a young age,” she says. “There was a time when I made a donation to an organization for single mothers. When I was younger, I really had this thought in my young mind, ‘Should I donate?'”

Starting with the profits from the first fan meeting, IU has consistently donated to low-income and underprivileged groups on her birthday or Children’s Day, collecting donations of around 4 billion won so far or around Rp. 46.2 billion. The star of the “Hotel Del Luna” series also donated 200 million won on his birthday this year.

Regarding this, IU shared, “My mom said, ‘If there’s anything that needs to be done to help others, let’s help.’ When I was young, I just wanted to have what was mine. (laughs) I learned how to donate through my mother. I try to act like my mother.”

Meanwhile IU signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with her first mini album “Lost and Found” (2008). Although her follow-up albums, “Growing Up” and “IU…IM” brought mainstream success, after the release of “Good Day”, the lead single from her 2010 album “Real”, IU reached the national charts. fame. “Good Day” continues to spend five consecutive weeks at the top spot of South Korea’s Gaon Digital Chart, and in 2019, the song was ranked number one on Billboard’s “100 Best K-Pop Songs of 2010” list. (wk/aiss)

Giving a Total Donation of IDR 42 Billion, IU Says Her Love for Donations Comes From Her Mother
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