Blueming (song)

"Blueming" is a song by South Korean singer-songwriter IU, serving as the second single from her seventh Korean-language extended play (EP) Love Poem. It was released on November 18, 2019, through Kakao M, and was co-written by IU, Lee Jong-hoon and Lee Chae-kyu, with production handled by the latter two. Lyrically, the song expresses the sentiments of what it means to live and love in modern-day society.

Commercially, the song was a success in South Korea, topping the Gaon Digital Chart and became her 15th number-one single and 22nd number-one song overall. Additionally, "Blueming" achieved the number one position on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 and ranked number five on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart for 2020.^[1] It won the Digital Daesang award at the 35th Golden Disc Awards in January 2021.