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IU honors Shin Hae-chul at music awards
/ Korea Times file
By Ko Dong-hwan
Singer IU commemorated late rocker Shin Hae-chul, who died in late October, by singing one of his best-known songs “Fly, Chick!” at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards at the Asia World-Expo Arena in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
“This year, I had one special memory that I will never be able to forget,” said IU, whose real name is Lee Ji-eun, explained that she has “embraced the fond memories” of the singer by revisiting his records.
“I’ll let you listen to a song from my memory that will last forever,” she said before singing Shin’s tune.
Released in 1994 by the band N.EX.T, for which Shin was lead singer, Fly, Chick! is a song about a child whose pet chick dies. It is said to showcase Shin’s emotion and pathos.
Shin fell into a coma days after undergoing surgery for intestinal adhesions, and died on Oct. 27.