SOHYANG & POS

The heavenly diva SoHyang is coming to America again.

She was invited to sing American Anthem and Korean Anthem for MLB.

May 28th, There will be a game of Texas Rangers and Pittsburgh Pirates at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.
Before the game it will also have a big event 'Korean Day' and she will sing anthems before the games starts.

There will be various events and you can get a discounted tickets thru Korean association of Dallas.


She became a huge issue for singing The Star Spangled Banner at NBA for the first time as a Korean,
NBA Star, Chris Paul said her version was the best ever that he has heard.
And she's doing again for MLB.

There is no Korean singer who made that huge issue for singing Anthems.
They have made uncountable news articles about her Korean Anthem performance.
If a singer made a small issue for anthem, Sometimes SoHyang's version becomes the issue again though it's been years.
Her anthem performance was talked in the show 'Radio Star', one of the famouse korean talk show.
She didn't appear at the show, they just talked about her while they were talking about other singer's performance.
And Her performance was also parodied by comedians in Korean famous comedy show, too.

She has the most viewed youtube video of Anthem of Korea for almost 1 mil.
If you put together those clips by other uploaders, it's about 2 mils.
Her videos of 'The Star Spangled Banner' are similar too.

Actually, I think she makes issues whatever she sings.
I'm really really hoping she will perform at Pyeong Chang Winter Olympic 2018 to represent Koreans singers.

One of my favorite tracks of her original songs is Jesus.
It was composed and written by herself and her husband Zion.
It had been revealed in her concert and then it was released in her 15th anniversary album.
She recorded the song in two versions, one is English and another is Korean.

I saw her performing this song live only once.

She was like 'This is Christmas when we celebrate for Jesus, so I wanted to do this song.
This song is Jesus. and We POS wrote this song. It's black gospel feeling.
Do you know what black gospel is? I really love this genre.
Imagine that you're in Brooklyn, New York or Harlem..
I'm gonna sing crazy.
Are you in Brooklyn? Are you in Harlem??'

Then she started to headbang to the music and the performance was sooooooo good.
I was very surprised.
I was like 'Oh my God! I have to record this!!!' so I started to record this video but
She was moving so much on the stage so I gave up soon.
It's only short clip.

Everybody say Jesus!
Let the people say Jesus!

Last Sunday, SoHyang performed at Danny Jung's concert in Yeoido, Seoul.
Danny Jung is very famous saxophonist and they are very close.
He also performed at her first Christmas concert.

He asked her to perform 'I Will Always Love You' (by Whitney Houston) together. so they did really.
They raised the key higher and she performed this song for the first time.
It was perfect and powerful with her belting and she seemed satisfied and said she wants to perform this song again.

Then she performed 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' alone then 'Lean On Me' with Danny Jung again.
Lean On Me was different with his saxophone. He played first lines instead of her vocal.
He seemed so happy to perform with her, so, during the performance on the stage, he took his phone and recorded her singing.

She also said she's writing her books and it will be released as digital book.


After the show, she kindly made a video for her fans.


She said.
"Hello, POS Family!!
2016 New Year has begun, Two months already passed, How could it be on earth.
But we are living with hearts of the youth so I'm still a teenager in front of you.. saying this, somebody may talk for that,
However I'm a teenager in my heart so I'm always living my life with my dreams.
Because You guys like me, you visit here (her fanclub) and support POS and pray for me..
But I want you to go out for your dreams and spread your shining wings to the world 

and become much greater people than me
So I can join your fanclub in time. then I would be grateful.
I love you guys so much and thank you so much for praying for me so far.
Always be peaceful and happy. I love you!!!"

SoHyang will have a concert with JeokWoo.
JeokWoo was also a performer of I Am A Singer1.

19:30. 25th. March. 2016
JungShimHwa Hall, DaeJeon City.
Ticket 9,9000 won/ 88,000 won/ 77,000 won/ 66,000 won

SoHyang perfomed at JeokWoo's concert in 2013
JeokWoo introduced SoHyang saying SoHyang is really lovely and really beautiful and
She was the queen of I Am A Singer2 and she is the beautiful God-given voice.

SoHyang said they appeared at Open Concert together
and SoHyang heard JeokWoo's rehearsal and was surprised because she sang really good.
So she went to her and got her numbers saying she became her fan.

When she sang her first song 'Fate' people shouted encore to her
then she performed 'The Day When Sunshine Kissed Me'.

Now they are doing a show together.

No one can deny that SoHyang was the biggest issue of I Am A Singer2.
When she became the issue of IAAS2, the producer of Immortal Singer said they also had kept seeing her to invite to their show for long time.
This interview was in July, 2012, and SoHyang appeared at Immortal Song for the first time in Sep, 2014.
They took at least 2 years to have her in their show.
(IAAS team also took so long time..)

Thankfully, I could get a ticket of the show when she appeared for the first time.
It was about legendary Michael Bolton and they invited talented singers for the show.
Michael Bolton, SoHyang.. it was a huge issue even before the show day.

Anyway, when the show started, I was a little overwhelmed. I didn't watch the show before, so everything was kinda new to me.
Every singer did a wonderful job. But the show was going difficult for me.
SoHyang still didn't come out when the score of the show became so high.
I was kinda nervous. and people started to feel exhausted by long time recording.
It was a special episode, so too many people came, and they even sit down on all the stairs.
So It was difficult to even go to restroom. They all had to see the show in crowded place and SoHyang became the final singer.
I could feel so many people already got tired and I was tired, too.

Finally, SoHyang came out with her bright vibe as always.
Wearing long dress with a lot of crystals on it.
Yep...I shouted to her at the top of my lungs to cheer her up.
She also might feel tired a little to wait for long time at her first appearance.

But, when she raised her voice, everybody held their breath to focus on her.

I often say it to people, I still feel like I'm dreaming when I think about that night.
Her voice was so angelic. and when the beat started to go faster, everybody started to clap to the music.
When she belted the high note, people shouted for excitement. I had never expected that much.
It was beyond my imagination. I had seen her performances in person so many times, but it was still totally shocking to me.
After she finished the song with last belting, so many people got up for her.
Michael Bolton did, too.
People didn't stop shouting to her, so she couldn't get out of the stage.
When Bolton was asked about her performance, he was speechless and then he said she was virtuoso.

Everybody could see she would become the final winner of the show.
in the TV, other singers and MCs talked about what score she would get, and Ailee expected the perfect score.
Audiences did, too. People were talking like that. I was soooooo happy and I was shocked kinda too much, so I even felt stomachache,
 
Surely it was one of the bestest performances by human being.

Later, SoHyang wrote a thanks note to her fans.
She said everything was done by God. and she will keep going and challenging for her dreams.
She also said she was impressed by other singers and she was so proud of them.

Yesterday, There was a wedding ceremony of korean star couple, JeongWoo & Kim Yumi.
It was very private and simple and they did it in one church in Seoul.
They are actors and JeongWoo became very popular for his TV drama 'Answer 1994'.
They invited only two celebrities and SoHyang was one of them.
Only SoHyang and Yang Dong-Geun were invited and SoHyang sang 'In The Flower Garden' for them.

Yesterday, SoHyang performed at KBS Open Concert and it was first recording of the show in 2016.
She came out in braided hair and blue long slit dress with unique flower patterns, and she reminded me of Elsa of Frozen.

She sang 'Power Of Love' then she performed with Jung Dong-ha together.
They sang 'Beauty and The Beast' which she performed with Park Wan-Kyu at I Am A Singer2 Special Stage 

but this version was different version.

Jung Dong-Ha who is very close with SoHyang had said he wanted to do a collaboration with her in his interview.
He said

'I also want to work with SoHyang nuna*, In fact, she is scary a little.. Isn't she too good? She's not like a human.'

*Nuna means older sister in Korean and when it's used for non-family member, it's very friendly expression.

SoHyang also visited his showcase before.
Anyway, His dream came true yesterday.

I don't know when it will broadcast yet.
They usually let people know about the date before the show starts, but they didn't yesterday.

One of SoHyang's english track is Emmanuel which is included in POS 5th album 'Story'.
They made two different song with the same theme and music but they have different melody.
One is Emmanuel and another one is 내 하나님(My God) which is Korean version and used to be called 'Psalm 139'.
She sings the Korean version a lot, but she has performed Emmanuel just twice.

The songs were inspired from Palms 139 that she used to talk about in some church concerts before.
The songs are featured by oriental instruments.