# Heo Nam-jun confirmed for IU's new mini-album MV, one year after 'Never Ending Story'

Release page: https://ktrenz.com/article/2026/07/heo-nam-jun-iu-new-mini-album-mv-2026
Reach map: https://ktrenz.com/reach-graph/heo-nam-jun-iu-new-mini-album-mv-2026
Artist: Heo Nam-jun — https://ktrenz.com/artisttag/heo-nam-jun
Category: comeback
Published: 2026-07-10

## How measured
Server-side crawler hits on this article, counted per vendor and per bot. "Answer-time" means the vendor fetched the page while composing an answer (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User); "training" means bulk collection. These are requests we served — not impressions, not audience, not estimated reach. Crawlers we block are excluded from every number here.

## AI reach
- Answer-time citations: 223
- Total AI reads: 237
- Distinct vendors: 6
- Window: 60 days from first to last crawl

| Vendor | Reads | Kind | Bots |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenAI | 225 | answer-time | ChatGPT-User 215×/31d; OAI-SearchBot 8×/8d; GPTBot 2×/1d |
| Apple | 3 | training | Applebot 3×/3d |
| Amazon | 3 | training | Amazonbot 3×/2d |
| Meta | 3 | training | Meta-ExternalAgent 3×/2d |
| Anthropic | 2 | training | ClaudeBot 2×/2d |
| Perplexity | 1 | training | PerplexityBot 1×/1d |

## Human reach
- Media outlets that picked this up: 7
- Social posts tracked: 1

| Outlet | Lang | Date | Headline | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yahoo Singapore (Style) | EN | 08-01 | IU and Heo Nam-jun reunite for new MV, days after her breakup with Lee Jong-suk | https://sg.style.yahoo.com/iu-heo-nam-jun-reunite-061700809.html |
| The Chosun Ilbo (English) | EN | 08-01 | Heo Nam-jun Reunites with IU in New Music Video | https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2026/07/12/7SGEQT7VYVDOXOCHBLR72FORZI/ |
| Music Mundial | EN | 08-01 | IU reunites with Heo Nam-jun for her upcoming music video | https://www.musicmundial.com/en/iu-reunites-with-heo-nam-jun-for-her-upcoming-music-video/ |
| K-Scoop News | EN | 08-02 | Heo Nam Jun Joins IU in New Music Video | https://www.kscoopnews.com/article/heo-nam-jun-confirmed-to-star-alongside-iu-in-upcoming-september-album-title-tra |
| SBS News | EN | 08-02 | Heo Nam-jun to Appear in IU's New Music Video, Marking ... | https://news.sbs.co.kr/english/article.do?news_id=N1008654165 |
| HOT IN KOREA | EN | 08-02 | IU’s New Song MV to Feature Heo Nam-jun as Agency Confirms Reunion | https://hot-in-korea.com/ius-new-song-mv-to-feature-heo-nam-jun-as-agency-confirms-reunion/ |
| StarNews Korea | EN | 08-03 | [Official] Heo Nam-jun reunites with IU after 1 year and 3 months... "Appears in new album music video" | https://www.starnewskorea.com/en/music/2026/07/11/2026071112321113076 |

| Platform | Account | Date | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| X | @kstartrend | 08-02 | https://x.com/kstartrend/status/2075910763018092589 |

## Attribution
Measured and published by KTRENZ (https://ktrenz.com). Cite as: "KTRENZ Release Reach, Heo Nam-jun confirmed for IU's new mini-album MV, one year after 'Never Ending Story'".