A Flower Bookmark 3
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| Released | May 27, 2025 | |||
| Length | 21:56 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Label | Edam | |||
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A Flower Bookmark 3 (Korean: 꽃갈피 셋; RR: Kkotgalpi set) is the third cover extended play by South Korean singer-songwriter IU, following A Flower Bookmark in 2014, and A Flower Bookmark 2 in 2017. It is her tenth Korean-language extended play. The EP was released on May 27, 2025 by Edam Entertainment, and contains six tracks including the lead single "Never Ending Story". Like her previous cover album, A Flower Bookmark 3 features cover versions of nostalgic K-pop songs popularized from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.[1]
Background
[edit]In 2014, IU released her first cover EP, titled A Flower Bookmark which featured K-pop songs popularized from the 1980s to 1990s. In 2017, she released a follow up EP of the same title, A Flower Bookmark 2 which featured songs from the 1960s to 2000s.
On May 17, 2025, she released multiple concept photos, mirroring the album artwork of the tracks she planned to include on the EP. The teaser featured a recreation of the individual album artworks of W.H.I.T.E's Dream Come True, Seo Taiji's 7th Issue, Roller Coaster's Absolute, Park Hye-Kyung's Feel Me, and Shin Joong-hyun's Golden.[2]
On the 19th, pre-orders were opened for the EP, and she released additional concept photos and teaser for the song, "Red Sneakers".[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Red Sneakers" (빨간 운동화; Ppalgan undonghwa) |
| Park Hye-kyung | Lee Jin-na | 3:26 |
| 2. | "Never Ending Story" | Kim Tae-won | Kim Tae-won | Seo Dong-hwan | 3:44 |
| 3. | "October 4th" (10월 4일; 10wol 4il) | Seo Taiji | Seo Taiji | Gu-reum | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Last Scene (feat. Wonstein)" | Joe Won Sun | Joe Won Sun |
| 4:03 |
| 5. | "A Beautiful Person (feat. Balming Tiger)" (미인; Miin) |
| Balming Tiger (Unsinkable, Leesuho, bj wnjn, San Yawn) | 3:30 | |
| 6. | "Square's Dream" (네모의 꿈; Nemoui kkum) | Yoo Young-seok | Yoo Young-seok |
| 3:21 |
| Total length: | 21:56 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 아이유 '꽃갈피 셋', 오늘(19일) 예약 판매 시작...트랙 리스트 향한 궁금증 계속 : 네이트 연예. 네이트 뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ 아이유, 서태지→박혜경 소환...'꽃갈피 셋' 역대급 오마주 온다 (in Korean). Retrieved May 24, 2025 – via Nate News.
- ^ 아이유, '꽃갈피 셋' 트랙 티저 영상 등 공개...아날로그 감성 '눈길' (in Korean). Retrieved May 24, 2025 – via Nate News.