"Peach" () is a song by South Korean singer-songwriter
IU. It was released as a double
A-side
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single titled ''Spring of a Twenty Year Old'' (), coupled with "Every End of the Day". Prior to its physical release, it was pre-released as digital single on May 4, 2012. The song was a success in Korean music charts.
Background
On May 1, 2012, IU posted a hand-drawn picture of a peach to her official Twitter account, which she described as "racy". Not known to fans at that time, this was actually the first information regarding IU's upcoming ''Spring of a Twenty Year Old'' album. A video teaser for the song "Peach" () was revealed the following day. The teaser ended with another hand-drawn image of a peach.
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Allkpop. May 2, 2012. Retrieved on 2012-06-06. Later, on the May 22 episode of
SBS's ''
Strong Heart'', IU revealed that her label had requested for her to draw an image for the "Peach" teaser. She decided to draw a peach which also resembled a heart; however, her initial attempt, the "racy" peach, was rejected as it was "too risque".
The teaser video also shows footage of IU singing and playing guitar as she writes the song.
The text description of the teaser, uploaded on
LOEN Entertainment
Kakao M (; formerly Seoul Records, YBM Seoul Records and LOEN Entertainment) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It is currently one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company op ...
's official YouTube channel, revealed the first details about the song. "Peach" is the third composition of IU, featuring an acoustic focus. The song title was named after IU's favorite word and fruit. The song's arrangement contains both the
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and
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, which IU played herself. In an interview with
Cyworld
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, she revealed that she used these instruments as she felt that they represented childhood, which allowed her to create a playful atmosphere in the song. She also mentioned that the lyrics were written to convey the emotion one feels when looking at their lover and that she had put in special attention into portraying one verse of the lyrics from the perspective of a male thinking about a pretty girl, using
f(x)'s
Sulli
Choi Jin-ri (March 29, 1994 – October 13 or 14, 2019), better known by her stage name Sulli (), was a South Korean actress and singer. She first made her debut as a child actress, appearing as a supporting cast member on the SBS historical d ...
as reference.
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_WeHeartIU._(May_13,_2012)._Retrieved_on_June_6,_2012.
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On May 4, 2012, the full digital single, "Peach", was released, preceding the release of the full CD single by seven days. The single was highly successful and achieved the number one spot on many South Korean music websites.
Following the release of "Peach", several video teasers were released onto LOEN Entertainment's official YouTube channel to promote the upcoming album and its associated music video. The teasers were themed to display IU's travels from Incheon">Incheon, South Korea
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...