2016. 1. 3. 21:32 Media



Arirang is Korean traditional song and it became UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012.

And it has various versions in various area of Korea and they still are making new versions like Arirang Alone.
We don't even know what Arirang means exactly or where it is from but every korean knows Arirang.


One of Korean people's unique emotions is Han 한(恨) which is like sorrow or grief.
Korean had suffered from Japanese invasion and we still have side effect. Anyway, a lot of Arirangs have this feeling.
(You can feel some sadness from Korean ballad songs, too)


SoHyang's Arirang Alone is very famous now but she has sung 2 more different Arirang songs, too.
One of them is New Arirang and she performed this song twice.

SoHyang's versatility is amazing, she can do western music, black gospel and this oriental sound so perfectly.




This song has a big Han, so I feel like to cry when I listen.
Maybe she could relate this song to Jesus, too.
Because this lyrics is like

나를 버리고 가신 임은 언제즘 내게로 오시려나

나를 버리고 가신 임은 이 슬픈 내 마음 아시려나

언제쯤 내게로 오시려나 

My love who left me, when will he come to me?

My love who left me, will he know this sad heart of mine,
When will he come back to me?


You know she is very famous for her gospel song 'Until the Lord Comes Back'.


This concert was celebrating 2nd anniversary of UNESCO registration of Arirang.
At the end of the show, one old lady, a victim of Japanese invasion as comfort woman sang Arirang and everybody had to cry.






posted by Sohyang&Pos
2015. 12. 26. 21:31 Media





So Beautiful.
Sadly she wasn't the winner of the episode, but she surely made the biggest impact to people.
Right after the show, she became #1 of search keyword of Korean major sites.

And so many people made protest posts and comments because of the unfair vote result of this episode.


Whatever the result is, we can't turn it back now. I feel very sorry and upset, too, because I was there.
But she still was amazing though she had some pain of muscles around her neck and shoulder that nobody would realize if it was untold.
Anyway I'm sooooooo happy for this performance.
It was one of the performances that only she can do.

I hope you guys enjoyed her newest immortal performance as well.



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2015. 12. 25. 22:27 News


Tomorrow is the day!
You can watch our diva, SoHyang performing at Immortal Songs.


SoHyang was 4th singer and her performance was huge and amazing.
I almost cried as I saw it in person.

And it was very amazing musically.
The song changes a few times and it's about 7 mins.

1.Very emotional part with original melody
2.Black gospel feeling(English verse) with high headvoice D6 + Korean Chorus with big sounds with high belting
3.Very emotional acapella part
4.Festive Chorus
5.Various ad-libs on festive chorus like Remix


Genius!!

You can watch here live
http://www.kbs.co.kr/

You'll see 'On Air' at top of the page.
Click 'On Air' then click KBS2

Korean time: 6:00 PM Saturday 26th Dec






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2015. 12. 24. 22:06 Schedule


KBS1 will broadcast a special live show from 11:00 PM 31st, Dec ~ 0:50 AM 1st, Jan 2016.
And SoHyang will perform at this show. She will appear at 2nd part of the show so It seems to be 1st of Jan.
If you're living in Korea, you can apply for free tickets via KBS website.

And Immortal Songs will broadcast on this Saturday.
She sang '여러분' by 윤복희.


Merry Christmas!!!




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posted by Sohyang&Pos
2015. 12. 21. 20:30 Media



After Sohyang appeared at I Am A Singer, she released pop music, not gospel.
The song is 햇살이 입맞춤 하던 날(Hat-Sal-E Ib-Ma-Choom Ha-Deon Nal) which means The Day When Sunshine Kissed Me.
Actually the direct object of 'Kiss' was ommited in Korean.
This song was title song of her 15th Anniversary album and it was composed and written by Pos themselves.
I think She and her husband Zion made the song. and Hwang Sung-Je arranged this song.

This song is about first love. it's pop music but I can say it's CCM, too.
Cause the song is about when she met Jesus for the first time when she was a teenager.
She said everything looked so shining then.


SoHyang singing the song at Concert 7080.
The line-up of this show isn't noticed but somehow I found her that she's coming just a few hours before the show starts.
I just went there and get in somehow. it wasn't easy :-(

And I was amazed by how she sings. I do love this song especially when I see it live 
cause when I listen, I feel like happiness is overflowing from her.
Her voice was full of happiness and I bet people there could feel that too.
Happiness was overflowing in the hall.
I recall she said that many people say like that, too.

It was raining and I was tired a little to rush there, but I was so happy to see this performance in person.
This day, Other songs that she sang, In The Flower Garden & I Have Nothing were superb, too.




*I was asked to translate this song and I remembered that I already did it before.



햇살이 입맞춤 하던 날 
난 그댈 처음 만났어요.
The day when sunshine kissed me
I met you for the first time

세상이 반짝거리던 그날
잊을 수 없었죠 지금도
The day when the world was shining
Now I still can't forget then

아른 거리는 그대의 미소에
문득 솟아오르던 벅찬 마음이 
여전하다는 게 아직도
My overflowed heart by your hazy smile is still the same

아직도 떨리고
아직도 설레고 
아직도 요란스러워 지죠
햇살이 입맞추고
I still get nervous
I still get throbbing
I still get noisy
Sunshine kissed me and
 
빛이 환하게 비춰져
내 맘이 환해지던 날 
그리움이 무언지
가슴이 말하던 날
햇살이 입맞춤 하던 날
The light is shining brightly
The day when my heart got bright
The day when my heart told me what longing is
The day when sunshine kissed me

사랑이란 걸 알게해준
널 처음 만난 그 공간들

Those spaces where I met you for the first time
who let me know what love is

니 몸짓에 당황스러운 감정들에
흔들리게 만들던 시간들
My puzzled emotions by your motions
Those moments that shook me

아른 거리는 그대 속삭임들
문득 내게 들리던 두근거림이
여전하다는 게 아직도
Your hazy whispers
My heartbeat that I could hear is still the same

아직도 떨리고
아직도 설레고 
아직도 요란스러워 지죠
햇살이 입맞추고
I still get nervous
I still get throbbing
I still get noisy
Sunshine kissed me and

빛이 환하게 비춰져
내 맘이 환해지던 날 
그리움이 무언지
가슴이 말하던 날
햇살이 입맞춤 하던 날
The light is shining brightly
The day when my heart got bright
The day when my heart told me what longing is
The day when sunshine kissed me

이젠 아무 말도 하지말아요
서로 이렇게 바라만 봐도 (보고 있어도)
알고 있는 걸 
내가 사랑하고 
그대가 사랑하고
아직 우리 우리눈빛에 맘에 간직하고 있는 걸
Now don't say anything
Just looking at each other like this,
I already know
that I love you and that you love me
We still keep it in our eyes and our hearts

아직도 떨리고
아직도 설레고 
아직도 요란스러워 지죠
햇살이 입맞추고
I still get nervous
I still get throbbing
I still get noisy
Sunshine kissed me and

빛이 환하게 비춰져
내 맘이 환해지던 날 
그리움이 무언지
가슴이 말하던 날
햇살이 입맞춤 하던 날

The light is shining brightly
The day when my heart got bright
The day when my heart told me what longing is
The day when sunshine kissed me


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2015. 12. 21. 00:08 Media

#Throwback
When SoHyang appeared at I Am A Singer after long-time love call from the show producers, she sang I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston and she became the winner of the episode.
People got shocked by her but later she said she showed only 50% of her ability because she was too nervous.

Anyway this performance became one of my favorite cover song of her.



Right after I Am A Singer, she had a Christmas Concert 2012 like before.
(She had big sold out Christmas concerts for many years before I Am A Singer)

Many singers have concerts in December in Korea.
During the final episodes of IAAS2, the episode winner could promote the concert via the show.
SoHyang became the winner with the song 'Fate' and she could promote her concert via the show.
But when she promoted, it already had few seats left.
Anyway this sold out concert was very wonderful.
She performed almost every song of IAAS, too.
Singing only one song would be difficult, but...............................How could it be...

She sang I Have Nothing as the encore song and I was totally blown away.
How could she still sing like that after all of the performances?

When I came home, I checked my videos and was so disappointed cause it didn't express her real voice well enough.
I was like...'what happened to my camera? why is it like this???'
Now I gave up cause her real voice is much more amazing.. but check the video out.


Here is the set list.

1.Intro & Dream
2.Joyful
3.Joy To The World & I Will Praise You
4.The Day When Sunshine Kissed Me
5.In The Flower Garden
6.Where Are You
7.Only One
8.As I Live
9.Thanks (with Lee Seok-Hoon)

 

-Guest Performance Lee Seok-Hoon & The One

 

10.O Holy Night
11.White Christmas
12.White Christmas(Accapella for Fan Event)
13.Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
14.Butterfly
15.Fate
16.Jesus
17.Red Sunset
18.Band Intro
19.Running To The Sky
20.Until The Lord Comes Back


21.I Have Nothing (Encore)

Total Running Time: 2:40





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posted by Sohyang&Pos
2015. 12. 17. 00:52 Media

O Holy Night is a classic Christmas carol and SoHyang loves this song.
She has 4 versions of the song including I Am A Singer version.
When she chose this song for her last episode of I Am A Singer, show host HongCheol Noh asked her why she chose this song,
because other singers prepared the show so hard with songs that they can show big impacts with but she chose Christmas carol.
Then she answered this song is the song that she can show her voice the best and she has sung this song for 15 years.

She said a lot of pop-stars like Michael Bolton and Mariah Carey has sung this song, and especially she loves Mariah Carey's version.
She also said Seth Riggs(who couched Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder etc) loved it when she sang this song in front of him.


#Throw Back


It was a cold day. I was in Seoul and she was supposed to perform in Incheon for Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
I had to go because I knew she would sing this song amazingly and I didn't want to miss it.
I felt like I had to record it.
I went there on time and it was a very cold day. It was outside performance because it was about Christmas lighting.
I waited for a while like for 30 mins shaking my body then she finally showed up on the stage and people shouted for joy.
She sang You Raise Me Up and O Holy Night.
I was worried a little because it was really cold and she should hit A5 and D6 in headvoice.
But I also knew she was SoHyang who is sent from above ;-)
She always surpasses my expectation. I don't know how many times I saw her live in person,
but I still get shocked and touched by her voice. It was super great!! I knew it!!!

I have saw her O Holy Night performance many times like in her concerts or TV show...
but it was one of the best though its set wasn't as good as in her concert.

As she came down from the stage people surrounded her for photograph and autograph.
It was worth of waiting in coldness for long time :-)





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posted by Sohyang&Pos
2015. 12. 9. 22:29 Story


The Heavenly Diva SoHyang performed at Immortal Songs.
It was an episode with best records of the show. She was the winner of the biggest episode of the show that won global awards with special guest Michael Bolton.
She chose the song '여러분(It's you folks)' originally sung by 윤복희(Yoon Bok-Hee).
여러분 is honorific and plural form of 'you'. so it can't be translated to English naturally.


Anyway it's a huge pop song of Korea but in fact it's a gospel song.
and this song has been covered by so many singers including Yim Jae-Bum and Ailee.
And I'm pretty sure SoHyang's version is the biggest scale cover of the song.

She came out with black lace dress and she was so beautiful as always.
She had so much pain around her neck and shoulder and she even couldn't raise her arms well before performance.
But she showed the biggest impact during the show.

After her performance, so many people gave her standing ovations and the anchor said it was the biggest standing ovations ever.
Some people even shouted 'encore' to her.

But sadly, it seemed there were so many fans of other singer and they didn't vote for other singers but their fav singer.
It became a controversy because it was so unfair.
Many people got noisy by results and some people went home.

Anyway the performance itself was amazing and I'm so sure so many people will make so many reaction videos of this performance soon.


Original version of the song by 윤복희

Her live version with English part.
She explains the english part of the song and SoHyang also sang English part too.



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posted by Sohyang&Pos
2015. 11. 27. 12:31 News


SoHyang's cover version of 이것 또한 지나가리라(This Shall Too Pass) by 임재범(Lim JaeBum) was just released.

He released his 20th anniversary album and several singers covered his songs to tribute
And SoHyang also invited to sing one of the tracks.

This beautiful ballad song is available at online korean music stores now.

Lim Jaebum is a legendary vocalist of Korea and he made the biggest impact during I Am A Singer season 1.
Later SoHyang covered his song '그대는 어디에(Where Are You)' originally sung by him while she was appearing at I Am A Singer 2
and she became 2nd winner of the episode though she was 2nd singer on the stage and her emotional B6 is surely shocking to people.
It's a very difficult note to sing but she added her emotions on it perfectly.
But she cried right after the performance cause she wasn't satisfied by herself.
She said it's very special song and she wanted to do it really well..

Soon Lim JaeBum invited her to his concert as guest singer and
he introduced her that she tries so hard to deliver every sound of her to people.

Several days ago, She was invited to film the episode of Lim Jaebum of 'Hidden Singer' and it will broadcast tomorrow.


Legendary singers like Sumi Jo, Lim JaeBum and Michael Bolton seem to like her very much :-)


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posted by Sohyang&Pos
2015. 11. 22. 18:53 Schedule


The Heavenly Diva SoHyang decided to appear at another Immoral Songs.
It's Guinness special and top score singers of the show will come for this episode.
Recording date is 7th Dec.
SoHyang, Kim Jong-Seo, Hong Kyung-min, Jeong Dong-ha, Ali, Son Seun-yeon, Heo-gak will come.

Sohyang will also perform at KBS hall on 29th Nov with Kai, a popera singer who also appeared at I Am A Singer and recorded 'I Believe' with SoHyang before.

And SoHyang also appeared at Hidden Singer for Lim Jae-Bum and it will broadcast this saturday.

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