[MYIU] 191221 Fansupport and Spending Report for 2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, Poem' 

On 21st December 2019, IU held her first ever full-fledged concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. IU Malaysia Fanpage (MYIU) did a concert fansupport in order to create a memorable night for IU and Ku-aenas!

Stage 1: Preparation

On 21st September 2019, IU announced during her 11th debut anniversary fan meeting that she would be having her first ever concert in Malaysia on 21st Dec at Axiata Arena! All of her fans from Malaysia including IU Malaysia Fanpage (MYIU) were overjoyed at her decision and waited patiently for the official announcement by her company, Kakao M.

Since IU Malaysia Fanpage was only active on Facebook, we immediately created a Twitter account and Malaysian Uaena group chat on Telegram to unite more Ku-aenas. 

The admins of MYIU then held our first meeting on 28th September to brainstorm ideas and plan for the concert fansupport and events. The main fansupport aspects include welcome gifts, decorations, food support, congratulatory flower stands and surprise concert fanprojects or events for IU and IU Team. We also referred to some wonderful ideas provided by Ku-aenas.

Stage 2: Fundraising Campaign for Concert Fansupport

To fund our concert fansupport and events, we sought help from Ku-aenas and overseas fans by starting a fundraising campaign which lasted for a month. We also gifted the contributors fansupport gifts depending on their donation amount. The gifts include photocards, mini mirror, photostrip, transparent photocard and fan. 

We raised a total of RM11,308 by the end of the campaign. MYIU would like to express our deepest gratitude towards all Ku-aenas and overseas fans for your generous contribution.

You may view our concert fansupport spending report here.

Stage 3: Fansupport Compilation 

1. Welcome gifts for IU and IU Team

• Blueming Flower Cake

The cake design was inspired by the lyrics 'do you want to bloom one million roses with me?' from IU's Love poem album title track 'Blueming'. The cake was placed in IU's hotel room with the help of some hotel staff. IU acknowledged our blue rose cake on her Instagram too.

• Naked IU Cheese Cake

On 5th October 2019, we announced the poetry book as one of welcome gifts we would be presenting to IU. We collected heartfelt poems and messages from Ku-aenas and compiled it into a poetry book. The poems were designed like text messages in gray and blue, inspired by IU's Blueming which made reference to iMessage. The front cover of the book was decorated with dried flowers by our admins. IU also acknowledged our poetry book on her Instagram Story captioned 'KUAENA 💛' with cute gifs and a flying kiss!

• Preserved Flowers

IU once mentioned that blue roses symbolise miracle and thus we hope that just like these preserved flowers, the precious friendship between IU and Ku-aenas could last forever like a miracle.

• Scented Candle

"Wishing IU a 'good night', a way of expressing our love for her."

We hope IU's dark and sleepless nights can be lighted up by this candle and Ku-aenas' longing hearts for her can be conveyed through its scent. We also hope IU will be able to dream sweet dreams and sleep tight with this.

• Orchid Perfume
  

Orchid symbolises love, happiness and a precious friendship and we want that for IU. Thankfully, she feels the same way too! 

IU Instagram update captioned "I feel the same way 😊💛"

• Congratulatory Flower Bouquet and Flowery Earrings

This welcome gift was placed in IU's concert backstage waiting room with the help of the organiser's staff. IU acknowledged our bouquet alongside other gifts on her Instagram too!

• Malaysian Snack Box and Mamee Doll

Our Prince ‘Mamee’ welcomed Queen IU, his ‘Mommy’ with some delicious Malaysian snacks. We thank MyChef's Malaysia for sponsoring some of the snacks! MYIU will surely buy more boxes of snacks for IU and IU Team next time~ You may check out IU's Instagram update about our snack box here.

• Fruit Basket

We thought it would be nice for IU and IU Team to try out some of our local fruits so we hurriedly bought a basket of it. Hopefully, we get another chance to make them try Malaysia's durians soon~

2. Food Support 

• Buffet Catering for IU and IU Team

IU acknowledged our food support on her Instagram Story Q&A update captioned "The class of Kuala Lumpur"!! We thank Galaxy Group for helping us with the food preparation and stickers decoration!

3. Congratulatory Rice Wreath and Flower Stands

• 191123 Congratulatory Rice Wreath (100KG) at 2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, Poem' in Seoul (Day 1 & 2)

We thank artist Bearbrickjia for the wonderful artwork, Squishy for guiding us and all our fundraising campaign contributors for making this possible.

• 191206 Congratulatory Flower Box at 2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, Poem' in Singapore (Day 1 & 2)

We thank Singapore Heart IU for making this possible.

• 191213 Congratulatory Banner at 2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love, Poem' in Manila 

We thank IU Philippines for making this possible.

• 191221 Congratulatory Flower Stands at 2019 IU Tour Concert 'Love Poem in Kuala Lumpur

Flower Stands by IU Malaysia Fanpage (MYIU) and IU's overseas fanclubs - Singapore Heart IU, OnlyIUcn, IU Canada and IU DC Gallery were displayed backstage for IU and IU Team to view. We thank all fanclubs mentioned above for sending their warm support to IU's first concert in Malaysia.

4. IU Standing Banners Photo Booth

• Two standing banners were placed near the main entrance of the concert venue on Dec 21 for Ku-aenas to take beautiful pictures with IU. We thank master 월아조운 (@dnjfdkwhdns) for allowing us to use his/her beautiful fan photos for our fansupport banners.

5. Indoor Fansupport

• Concert Fanproject Items Distribution

Handbanners, balloons (for VVIPs), dotted stickers (for CAT 4) and fanproject instruction papers were placed under each seats before the concert. You may view our fanprojects instruction in English, Malay and Chinese here.

• Fingerlights Distribution

A fingerlight was placed under each seats before the concert. 

• Photocards Distribution

A photo-card was placed under each seats beforehand as a gift from MYIU for all concert attendees.

6. Fanchant Guides

• You may view our 2019 concert fanchant guides here.

7. Snacks Distribution for Ku-aenas

IU bought some snacks from Korea to give to Ku-aenas who went to greet her at the airport. However, as she arrived late at KLIA due to her delayed flight schedule, she was unable to pass the gifts to Ku-aenas. Fortunately, the snacks were passed to MYIU through the concert organiser on Dec 30th and later distributed to Ku-aenas on January 5th at NU Sentral Mall. Click here for more details.

Stage 4: Spending Report Preparation

You may view our concert fan-support spending report here.

Special Thanks To...

IU Malaysia Fanpage would like to express our deepest gratitude towards

• Fundraising campaign contributors for donating to support our fansupport and projects. 
• The 27 volunteers for helping to distribute handbanners, fingerlights, instruction papers, balloons, dotted stickers and photocards under each seats before the concert. 
• Squishy for guiding us and artist Bearbrickjia for allowing us to use her artwork for our Seoul Rice Wreath fansupport.
• Singapore Heart IU and IU Philippines for organising congratulatory flower boxes and banners during IU's concerts in Singapore and Manila.
• Singapore Heart IU, OnlyIUcn, IU Canada and IU DC Gallery for sending congratulatory flower stands to IU's first concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Special thanks to Squishy and Peterpan.
• Master 월아조운 (@dnjfdkwhdns) for allowing us to use his/her fanphotos for our standing banners outdoor fansupport.
• MyChef's Malaysia for sponsoring some of the Malaysian snacks to be placed at IU's backstage waiting room as welcome gifts.
  
• Galaxy Group for organising the concert and helping MYIU to pass MYIU's and Ku-aenas' gifts for IU and IU Team.
• Hotel staff for helping MYIU to decorate and place our welcome gifts for IU in her hotel room.

Last but not least, IU Malaysia Fanpage (MYIU) thank IU and IU Team for putting on the best show on Dec 21 and Ku-aenas for your warm support and cooperation. We sincerely hope IU and her team felt welcomed in Malaysia and hope to see all of them again soon. As this was MYIU's first time organising a concert fansupport, we seek for Ku-aenas' forgiveness for our mistakes and the inconvenience we have caused this time. We've learnt a lot from our mistakes and experiences and will work harder to improve ourselves in the future. 

Love, 

IU Malaysia Fanpage (MYIU)