Zeze, inspired by José Mauro de Vasconcelos’s My Sweet Orange Tree, comes under fire for its handling of a story often taught in schools
A Brazilian novel first published more than 40 years ago has unexpectedly become a highly sought-after read, after the Korean pop star IU was accused of sexualising the story of its five-year-old protagonist in one of her songs.
José Mauro de Vasconcelos’s My Sweet Orange Tree, first published in Portuguese in 1968 and in English in 1970, is set in Rio de Janeiro and follows the life of the boy Zeze, as he gets up to mischief and is mistreated. “Everyone beats him. If you look softhearted he will tell you it’s revolting the way they beat on a little kid. Can you believe him when he says he’s only six? No! The boy is a liar. He is five years old, ” runs the copy on the first UK edition.
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My Sweet Orange Tree has been out of print in English for years, but Abebooks.com has reported that the novel became its most searched-for title late last week after controversy enveloped IU’s pop song Zeze, which is based on the story. The bookseller’s Richard Davies said that My Sweet Orange Tree was “a much-loved book in South Korea and often studied in schools”.
According to the Korea Times, the book’s Korean publisher has issued a statement saying that: “We regret the way the five-year-old character is portrayed as a sexual object.”
The paper quotes lines from IU’s song which run: “Zeze, come on up the tree quick and kiss the leaves, don’t be naughty and don’t hurt the tree, come up the tree and get the youngest leaf … you are innocent but shrewd, transparent but dirty and there is no way of knowing what’s living inside.”
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IU has since issued an apology, translated by the K-pop Herald, in which she describes My Sweet Orange Tree as a “treasured book”, and says: “I swear I did not write the lyrics to sexualise a five-year-old child. The Zeze in my song is a third-party fictional creation taken from the motif in the original novel.”
She goes on to apologise, writing: “However, after listening to the opinions of those who have listened to the song, I came to realise that its contents could have given offence and even caused some to grieve. I am wholly responsible for my immature handling of things as a lyricist.”South Korean singer-songwriter IU (Lee Ji-eun) has writt over sevty songs, mostly for her own musical career, but also for other performers and for several soundtrack albums.
The first song credited to IU was Alone in the Room, a song from her third extded play, Real, released in 2010.
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With the release of her second studio album, Last Fantasy (2011), she started to take more creative control over the music, writing six of the thirte total tracks.
The following studio album, Modern Times (2013), and its rerelease, Modern Times – Epilogue (2013), were also mostly writt by IU and South Korean lyricist Kim Eana, who previously wrote multiple tracks on Last Fantasy.
Her fifth extded play, Love Poem, was tirely writt by her, with two tracks— The Visitor and Blueming, being produced by her.
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IU wrote and performed multiple songs for various South Korean films and television series, including The Producers, My Mister, Bel Ami and Hotel Del Luna.
IU has received several accolades for her songwriting, including the Lyricist of the Year award at the 2018 Gaon Chart Music Awards.
Sixte of the tracks writt by the singer have be released as singles, with elev of those reaching the top of the Gaon Digital Chart, including Through the Night, the fourth best-selling singles in South Korea with more than five million sales.
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IU and elev more wrote are credited as writers on Christmas Wishes, a collaboration betwe Park Ji-yoon (pictured), Lim Kim, Jang Jane and Puer Kim.
For her fourth studio album Palette (2017), IU collaborated with G-Dragon (pictured) on Palette. He is credited as a writer and the song topped the Gaon Digital Chart.
IU and actor Yeo Jin-goo (pictured) starred in the South Korean television series Hotel del Luna. For the series, IU wrote and recorded the song Happy ding.
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