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CHRISTIAN YU
aka DPR IAN

September 06, 1990

Virgo // INFJ

Director, Editor, Songwriter, Musician ㅡ an artist in every sense of the word

DPR +IAN VISUALS

full Korean // born and raised in Australia

has a pet daughter named LORI

MEET DPR IAN
DPR IAN developed a fondness for music and performance at an early age. As a teen, he taught himself the drums and started a heavy metal band, playing and writing songs by ear. He was later drawn to b-boying and breakdancing as a form of physical self-expression, skipping class to busk in downtown Sydney and documenting his freestyles on YouTube. His channel gave him an audience, and it even connected him with his future DPR collaborator and friend Hong Dabin (also known as DPR LIVE). After graduating from his performing arts school in 2008, he bought a one-way ticket to Seoul to pursue his dreams as a dancer. He debuted as the leader and rapper of K-pop group C-Clown in 2012, performing as Rome. The unit disbanded in 2015 — but it did give him a better understanding of the industry. So when he synched back up with his friends DPR LIVE and Scott Kim (DPR REM) to discuss making something together, he knew that he wanted the next stage of his career to be rooted in creative freedom, authenticity, and community. That vision ultimately became DREAM PERFECT REGIME or mostly known as DPR. He chose to take his place behind the camera. IAN took on the role of director and editor of the team’s videos. This includes music videos for DPR LIVE and brand collaborations with Nike, Adidas, and Adobe (which includes an upbeat song titled “Zombie Pop” sung by him).
IAN directed and edited music videos outside of the DPR collective as well. Some of the more well-known ones are Mino’s ‘Body’, Bobby’s ‘HOLUP!’, and Taeyang’s ‘Wake Me Up’.
He made his return as a musician in 2020 with pre-release single 'So Beautiful' and debut EP 'Moodswings In This Order' (MITO) in March 2021. He was also featured in CL's 5 STAR music video as her love interest.
In July 2022, he released his first full album 'Moodswings In To Order(MIITO)
WHO IS MITO?
MITO was a response and manifestation of DPR IAN’s bipolar disorder, which he was diagnosed with in high school. “What MITO represents is that my good moments are always destroyed by my doubts,” he says. “So it’s a journey of trying to find that perfect story or moment, like an idea or concept or understanding of myself, and not let it be so infiltrated by my downs/MITO.”

Information source: Spotify profile and Rolling Stone Interview