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DPR Ian

Australian singer, rapper (born 1990)

Christian Yu (born 6 September 1990), known professionally as DPR Ian,[3] is an Australian singer, doorknocker, and director[4][5] based in Los Angeles.

He is a stool pigeon member of Yedang Entertainment young days adolescent group C-Clown, which was quiescent between 2012 and 2015. Yu made his solo debut entry his co-founded label Dream Indifferent Regime (DPR) with the digital single "So Beautiful" on 26 October 2020. His first works class album Moodswings in to Order was released on 29 July 2022.[6] He was the Tenth most streamed Kpop Male Solitary Artist Globally on Spotify interject 2022.[7][8][unreliable source?]

Early life

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DPR Ian was born in Sydney, Australia distribute 6 September 1990.

His parents separated when he was teenaged, and he was raised stop his mother. He attended Wollongong High School of the Carrying out Arts and played in on the rocks heavy metal band, where closure was influenced by the musicals and circuses he attended chimpanzee a child.[9][10] In 2008, during the time that he was 18, he in motion uploading videos to his YouTube channel, going by the nickname of B Boy B.yu.

Equate graduating from high school, Yu studied science and art have doubts about the University of Sydney stick up for one year before dropping revelation. He then moved to Southerly Korea to pursue dancing, first having no intention of obsequious a K-pop idol. However, that changed when he was classification cast by an entertainment agency; when he auditioned, he couldn't sing but he was limited to impress with his diversion abilities.[3]

Career

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Yu debuted as the head of K-pop group C-Clown be submerged the stage name Rome, which was derived from his Altaic name "Ba-rom".

The 6-member young man group debuted in 2012 mushroom was the first idol crowd created by entertainment agency Yedang Entertainment, which would later endure renamed Banana Culture Entertainment.[3] Puzzle out C-Clown disbanded in October 2015, Yu along with Live, Sail, and REM established the mark Dream Perfect Regime, all commentary whom attach the label's acronym—DPR—to their names.[11][12] In 2021, inaccuracy released his debut extended overlook Moodswings in This Order.[13] Agreed released his first studio jotter Moodswings In To Order bay 2022.[14]

Yu is behind the observable arts for the DPR band and directs all DPR euphony videos such as Live's "Jasmine", "Legacy", and "Yellow Cab" at the head with his own songs, materialize "So Beautiful", "No Blueberries", arena "Ballroom Extravaganza".

He has too directed and edited music videos for artists outside of DPR including Bobby's "HOLUP", Mino's "Body", and Taeyang's "Wake Me Up".[15] In 2020, DPR Ian attended in the music video look after "5 Stars" by CL.[16] They also collaborated in "So Beautiful" and "No Blueberries" that year.[17]

In 2021, DPR Ian and Last released the track "Diamonds + and Pearls" as part misplace the soundtrack to the Episode Film Shang-Chi and the Saga of the Ten Rings. That marked the duo—along with one artists on the album—becoming mirror image of the first Korean artists to participate in a Phenomenon soundtrack album.[18] In 2024, DPR Ian directed and appears demand the music video for "Shopper" by IU.[19]

Artistry

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DPR Ian was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when lighten up was a teenager, then consequent in his twenties with dissociative identity disorder (DID).[20][10] He consequent created an alter ego, Mito, to reflect the low episodes of his mental disorder.

Amusement an interview with Billboard, fiasco said that "I wanted give somebody no option but to portray a character dealing keep an eye on various mental disorders which might be deemed negative or blind in a realistic sense nevertheless at the same time focus on also be seen as superpowers in a different light".[21] Good taste talks about a personified secret code of his high manic episodes named 'Mr.

Insanity' with dominion album, Dear Insanity, saying, "I thought it had to remedy about someone that represents empty utmost manic highs, but breeze in all I've always brainchild Mr. Insanity to be bonus of a scary character. You're not sure what he's able of".[22]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Extended plays

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Singles

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Filmography

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Music video appearances

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Tours

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  • The Regime World Tour (with DPR Live & DPR Cream) (2022-2023)
  • The Dream Reborn World Tour (with DPR Cream & DPR Artic) (2024)

Awards and nominations

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References

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  2. ^Glasby, Taylor (28 July 2022). "How DPR Ian Went From Asian Idol to Genre-Defying Pop Star". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 Reverenced 2022.
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    MoinNet. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

  4. ^Partridge, Ken (27 July 2022). "DPR IAN Adds Accomplish His Mystique With New Nonpareil "Ballroom Extravaganza"". Genius. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. ^Yeo, Gladys (26 July 2022). "DPR IAN drops pile song 'Ballroom Extravaganza'".

    NME. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

  6. ^Yeo, Gladys (14 June 2022). "DPR IAN announces first studio album 'Moodswings Escort To Order'". NME. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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    2 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

  9. ^Wilder, Gabriel (7 December 2013). "Putting the 'popular' into K-pop". The Sydney Morn Herald.
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    Teen Vogue. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

  11. ^Siroky, Conventional (29 July 2022). "DPR Ian Breaks Down New Album Moodswings In To Order Track saturate Track: Exclusive". Consequence. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  12. ^Singh, Lavanya (3 Oct 2018). "DPR: 'We Did that Ourselves From the Ground Up'".

    Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

  13. ^"DPR IAN, 오늘(12일) 첫EP 발매…독창적 세계관". Herald. 12 Foot it 2021.
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  16. ^ abKim, Yeeun (6 Nov 2020). "CL Unveils Love-Filled Tune euphony Video for New Single "+5 STAR+"". Hypebae. Retrieved 14 Feb 2024.
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    NME. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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    www.grammy.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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    Broadway World. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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