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}} }} ''Modern Times'' is the third Korean-language studio album by South Korean singer-songwriter and actress IU. It was released on October 8, 2013 by LOEN Entertainment under its imprint LOEN Tree. Under the theme of "French Black", the album departs from the singer's girlish image which established her as the "Nation's Sweetheart", by attempting various styles of music such as swing, jazz, and bossa nova. This is her first full-length release since ''Last Fantasy'' (2011). For her brand-new record, IU collaborated with singer-songwriters Choi Baek-ho and Yang Hee-eun. Gain from Brown Eyed Girls, Jonghyun from Shinee, and jazz guitarist Bak Ju-won also participated on the album as featured artists. ''Modern Times'' contains thirteen tracks in total such as the singer's number-one hit "The Red Shoes" and her self-composed song "Bad Day". It also features the Korean version of "Voice Mail" from IU's Japanese extended play ''Can You Hear Me?'' (2013) as a bonus track. The album was re-released as ''Modern Times - Epilogue'' on December 20, 2013 and contained the title track "Friday" as well as "Pastel Crayon" from KBS's romantic comedy television series ''Bel Ami'' where the singer starred as a lead role, Kim Bo-tong. The repackaged album had two DVDs and was limited to 10,000 copies. The album earned IU the MelOn Music Award for Top 10 Artists (2013), and the Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Artist (2014). Its commercial success showed that IU still had her strong popularity; There was about three million copies of digital downloads sold in its initial week of release. As of , the album has sold more than 60,000 physical copies and seven million digital singles in her native country (see Chart performance). ==Release== ''Modern Times'' was released digitally at 12:00 am KST on October 8, 2013. Upon its release, the lead single "The Red Shoes" () topped a number of real-time charts in South Korea, achieving an "all-kill" status, while the rest of the tracks entered the charts, in a row. The album topped the Gaon Albums Chart on the third week of October 2013. The physical album sold 40,360 copies in 2013, making it the 41st best-selling Korean album of that year. As of 2014, ''Modern Times'' has sold 58,145 copies in South Korea, with the sales of its repackaged album combined.〔Sales references for ''Modern Times'' until 2014: * * * *〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Modern Times (IU album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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