Modern Times - IU

IU's 2013 third album moves away from her teen-idol image into vintage jazz, swing, bossa nova and gypsy-jazz guitar, and it plays like a stage revue. The Red Shoes is the single, but Between the Lips (50cm) and Havana are the tracks that show how playful and theatrical the record gets, and veteran singer Choi Baek-ho guests. Choose it if you like retro, acoustic-led pop.