Celebrity (IU song)

IU first teased that a new single was in the works while onstage at the 35th Golden Disc Awards on January 9, 2021. As she accepted the Digital Daesang award for "Blueming", she stated that the new song would be "refreshing" and "gives people strength". On January 11, her label, Edam Entertainment, announced that she would return with a pre-release single titled "Celebrity" on January 27, 2021. The label hinted that the new song would be a cheerful pop sound with energetic music genre. "Celebrity" was subsequently released on January 27 for digital download and streaming as the lead single off of IU's fifth Korean-language studio album, Lilac. The single marked her first offering following the release of the chart-topping single "Eight"—a collaboration with BTS' Suga—in May 2020. The track was written and composed by IU, Ryan S. Jhun, Jeppe London Bilsby, Lauritz Emil Christiansen, Chloe Latimer and Celine Svanback, with arrangement conducted by Bilsby, Christiansen and Jhun. ==Composition==

Musically, "Celebrity" is described as a dance-pop track that incorporates a variety of genres, including pop, electronic music and tropical house, and signals a shift from much of IU's previous discography. Lyrically, the song explores the themes of fame, identity, insecurities, loss and the notion of living as a celebrity. The song was composed in the key of A major with a tempo of 100 beats per minute, and run for 3 minutes and 16 seconds. ==Commercial performance==

Upon release, "Celebrity" debuted atop the Gaon Digital Chart, Internationally, "Celebrity" debuted and peaked at number 2 and number 13 in Singapore and New Zealand respectively. The song placed at number 3 in its opening week on the World Digital Song Sales chart, where it peaked. == Music video and promotion ==

On January 25, 2021, a music video teaser for "Celebrity" was released on Kakao M's official YouTube channel. The music video, directed by Paranoid Paradigm and produced by VM Project Architecture, was subsequently uploaded on January 27, in conjunction with the release of the single. == Accolades ==

Credits adapted from Melon. • IU — vocals, lyricist, composer, chorus • Ryan S. Jhun — composer, arranger • Jeppe London Bilsby — composer, arranger • Lauritz Emil Christiansen — composer, arranger • Chloe Latimer — composer • Celine Svanback — composer • Son Myung-gap — recording • Jongpil Koo — mixing • Kang Seon-young — assisted • Jung Yu-ra — assisted ==Charts==

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