IU is KPop's Senior Singer, the hidden power and the singer even the most successful acts have to fear.
Until now, virtually all of her songs were composed by Korean composers.
She had a b side song written by Corrine Bailey Rae, whom she used to follow long time ago, on Last Fantasy (2011) but otherwise EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER NUMEROUS DIGITAL #1s WAS WRITTEN BY KOREAN COMPOSERS.
She was the final holdout of not using foreign composers in any of her titles. I did not keep track of her b-side songs, but every single title she ever sang, including OSTs, was written by Korean composers with no foreign hands. (Into the I-Land is the product of Hitman Bang and quite a few composers, including some foreigners, but it was beyond her control to choose the producers.)
But now
Ryan S. Jhun
Lauritz Christiansen of June
Jeppe London of June
Celine Svanback of June
Chloe Latimer (KHLOË)
Other than Ryan Jhun, who could be called a Korean, the other four composers are foreigners.
They are the same people who wrote OhMyGirl's Dolphin, so Lee Jieun's new release will be probably similar to that.
That basically means people like Kim Jehwi, a composer working for Lee Jieun, are now jobless.
This move signifies that Korean composers are done. When the last holdout gives up, the game has ended.
