VIDEO IU-Sung duo's winter ballad tops charts
Singers Sung Si-kyung released their first duet in 2010. Courtesy of SKJaewon, Kakao M
By Dong Sun-hwa
Vocalists IU and Sung Si-kyung have dominated music charts with their ballad “First Winter,” released Monday.
The number has topped Melon, Genie Music, Bugs and Soribada streaming charts among others as of Tuesday morning. It is a heartwarming song about a couple greeting winter together for the first time.
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IU and Sung edged out big-name singers Davichi (“Dear.”) and Noel (“Late Night”) on the charts.
“It took around 10 years to sing together with Sung again,” IU wrote on her Instagram, Monday. She also suggested to Sung they team up again after 10 years.
Their first duet “It's You” was released in 2010.
Sung, a ballad singer with dozens of hits including “You are My Spring (2010),” will perform at Jamsil Arena in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Dec. 20-21.
IU, who debuted in 2008, has positioned herself as a flagship K-pop diva with songs including “Good Day” (2010).