On November 21, Tao went live on Weibo.

Tao said, "I'm very much in love with this woman. If she tells me she loves me back, I would marry her right now."
He continued, "She's a K-pop artist, and if this becomes an issue, I would like her to know how I feel about her."

Later on, Tao shared a photo of IU on his Weibo and deleted it right away, hinting that the woman he was referring to was IU.
Not only that, but IU was the only person on the list of his Instagram followers who was not his label mate.
It seemed as though Tao made it obvious that he was talking about IU during the live broadcast.

(SBS Star)