@@Soshiworld0805 No worries. She does pop, rock, contemporary, r&b, ballads, rap, jazz, musicals, folk and original soundtracks. She has over 100 different live performances so you will never run out of material
Your Welcome , yeah!, I have followed SoHyang for over 12 years now and have come across a lot of other Korean talent thru her, she seem to draw talent people to her!
She is a perfect singer. This is a fact that no one can deny. She is currently 46 years old Although I am not young, Currently, I am still singing consistently.
Sohyang's stage presence is captivating, holding the audience's attention with her natural grace and charisma.. You may need to pause at least twice during the video to avoid being blocked.
김소향 (Kim, So-hyang) is a South Korean singer who uses 소향 (Sohyang) as her stage name. She's up there with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Céline Dion, according to David Foster, who worked with all of them, plus other big names in the music industry, such as Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. In fact, many vocal coaches and critics call her the Queen, and Dimash the King. Here are several links to excellent performances by Sohyang. Many are from competitions where she pulls out all the stops and goes into vocal beast mode. The last 5 are more restrained. You can alternate between the styles, just to experience the contrasts and see her range of abilities. All are live, except for a music video of "Never Enough" (since we can never get enough of Sohyang). I Am a Singer Legend: th-cam.com/video/T4UyIMkdy4M/w-d-xo.html "I Have Nothing" [Whitney Houston] th-cam.com/video/CFtRUSPxcas/w-d-xo.html (camera only on Sohyang) th-cam.com/video/n71eIWRmEtY/w-d-xo.html "꿈 (Dream)" [소향 (Sohyang)] {Korean} Immortal Songs 2: th-cam.com/video/C6iHh4yBxCo/w-d-xo.html "Bridge Over Troubled Water" [Simon & Garfunkel] th-cam.com/video/zFyndK9VOCk/w-d-xo.html "홀로 아리랑 (Arirang Alone)" [traditional Korean folksong, lyrics adapted for reunification of North & South Koreas] {Korean} th-cam.com/video/GvsgCllcNPE/w-d-xo.html "Lean On Me" [Bill Withers, Jr.; Michael Bolton guest] th-cam.com/video/te_L9ofhUt8/w-d-xo.html "You Raise Me Up" [Secret Garden; Shane Filan (Westlife) guest] th-cam.com/video/H5e7MPre7iY/w-d-xo.html "여러분 (Everyone)" [윤복희 (Yoon, Bok-hee)] {Korean, English} I Am a Singer 2: th-cam.com/video/YwgF3Gylu-0/w-d-xo.html "O Holy Night" [Adolphe Charles Adam] King of Masked Singers: th-cam.com/video/a_lOAgti7XQ/w-d-xo.html "모나리자 (Mona Lisa)" [조용필 (Cho, Yong-pil)] {Korean, English} th-cam.com/video/0qBSPPi3ESM/w-d-xo.html "Home (집)" [박효신 (Park, Hyo-shin)] {Korean, English} Begin Again Korea: th-cam.com/video/lSzb6a0PkQU/w-d-xo.html "Flashlight" with 이수현 (Lee, Su-hyun) [Jessie J] th-cam.com/video/_ivvpK3UMlw/w-d-xo.html "Misty" [Ella Fitzgerald] th-cam.com/video/DO845EqU3eE/w-d-xo.html "I Will Always Love You" [Dolly Parton] th-cam.com/video/k5WqGIPjqtc/w-d-xo.html "Never Enough" [Loren Allred] Open Concert: th-cam.com/video/vZyIdoRRKFo/w-d-xo.html "The Power of Love" [Jennifer Rush] BTW, Whitney's former manager saw the DMC Festival video of Sohyang singing "I Have Nothing", and contacted Oprah Winfrey, who in turn, contacted David Foster. They were all amazed. Foster invited Sohyang to sing on his tour in Asia. She did 8 shows in 4 days in Tokyo. He and his ex-wife wrote that song. He co-arranged and produced it for Whitney for her album, and her performance in "The Bodyguard". Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards, including 3 for Producer of the Year, and has been nominated a total of 47 times. --- Her full name is "김소향 (Kim, So-hyang)", but she leaves out her surname in her stage name, "소향 (Sohyang)". Here's the breakdown of the Hangul symbols in her full name: 김소향 (Kim, So-hyang) 김 = ㄱ ㅣ ㅁ (k i m) 소 = ㅅ ㅗ (s o) 향 = ㅎ ㅑ ㅇ (h ya ng) Google Translate in Detect Language mode pronounces them decently. However, the proper pronunciation of her stage name can be heard before the start of her Immortal Songs 2 performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", when the host introduces her as "SOH hee-yahng". The "hee" part is very quick and subtle, almost like a puff of air after the "h" sound carried over from the stressed "SOH" syllable. Note that the "ahng" sound uses the first and last phonemes (syllable components) of "awe" and "song", respectively; it isn't "uhng" or "ohng" as too many non-Korean folks claim.
We all wonder if Sohyang is human or from another planet. Current odds are that she’s from another planet, with an outside chance she’s actually an angel come down from Heaven. 😇 We have never heard anyone sing like her, or be able to hold an audience in the palm of her hand until she lets them go. Her voice is, as one person described it, like liquid gold. Perfection in clarity and pitch, and she doesn’t fade in the upper octaves, which is startling when you hear her hit those 5th and 6th octave notes with such _POWER_ it actually gives everyone goose bumps-and makes us bald guys’ hair stand on end! As she says, her voice “is from God.” She does all the musical arrangements herself, with the input of her in-law family and musical assistants, teaches vocal technique at a South Korean university and speaks four languages: Korean, English, Vietnamese and Chinese, as well as reading French and Greek! Let me catch my breath. OK. She is a cancer survivor from uterine cancer at the age of 20, just after getting married, and states very plainly that God saved her life due to the prayers of her church. But this left her without the ability to have children so she decided to dedicate her life to being a Contemporary Christian Gospel singer and has refused recording contracts from the biggest corporations in the world. She only wants to sing for charities, churches and while doing missionary work, to strengthen those suffering through difficult times. David Foster, Josh Groban, Michael Bolton and others have all eagerly worked with her when they were in Asia. She contracted hepatitis B from a blood transfusion during her cancer surgery and it clings to her to this day. Because of this she is prone to catching pneumonia but has sang perfectly while suffering from it in her live performance of “You Raise Me Up” before Shane Filan of Westlife on South Korean TV: th-cam.com/video/te_L9ofhUt8/w-d-xo.html She has asked those who love her singing to pray that God keep pneumonia away from her, she has suffered from it on so many occasions. Imagine how she must feel with this coronavirus floating around everywhere! She just turned 46 on April 5, 2024, though in Korean culture she would be 47 because you are deemed to be one year old when you are born. She was about 37 when she sang this version of “Arirang Alone,” their unofficial national anthem based on a 600 year old folk song expressing their desire to reunify north and south: vimeo.com/308253527 While being sick with pneumonia eight times from 2016 through to 2020, and considering giving up singing altogether, she decided to enter a televised singing contest called “King of the Masked Singers” in 2017 and won six consecutive times, which has catapulted her into international attention from the performances being posted on TH-cam. Whitney Houston’s former manager saw her on TH-cam and showed her to Oprah Winfrey, who brought her to David Foster’s attention. Foster then contacted Sohyang and went to Japan in order to have her perform eight concerts with him at Tokyo’s famous Blue Note Club in late-2018. For those who don't know, David Foster was Whitney Houston's producer for some of her songs, wrote "I Have Nothing," her most iconic song, and is the most famous and influential music producer in the world. He places Sohyang right beside Whitney and the rest of the top tier divas. Here is the interview where Sohyang related the events: th-cam.com/video/EqeE_1nP-Kk/w-d-xo.html (Be sure to turn on English subtitles.) Here is the version of “I Have Nothing” Oprah, David Foster, Whitney's former manager and the rest watched on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/T4UyIMkdy4M/w-d-xo.html She preceded it with this blockbuster: vimeo.com/312061203 She could be an international Super Star if she wanted to be but has decided that it would ruin her spiritually, quoting Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” In a South Korean television interview Sohyang conceded that she struggled with her desire for fame for a number of years, going into the basement in her home numerous times and closing the door so she could complain vehemently to God that He was holding her back from becoming famous due to her health problems and other unforeseeable events. Then she later saw a Korean TV drama where the talented daughter of a very successful businessman was positive she would take over when her father retired. But he left the management of the company to a woman she hated, so she had a fit and lay kicking and screaming on the floor. Sohyang says she saw herself in that young woman and then understood that God was keeping her from developing self-destructive character by withholding international celebrity status from her. th-cam.com/video/rl-jX9kBsEs/w-d-xo.html (Again, turn on English subtitles.) So as a consequence she does not pursue fame or fortune and actually has no interactive social media presence whatsoever. What can one say about such a person? She is a literal Wonder Woman! And we need about a billion more just like her! And whether Sohyang likes it or not, fame has found her, run her over and then backed up and run over her again! On Oct. 5, 2020, it was revealed that Sohyang turned down _yet another_ contract offer, this time from Sony Music US. www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200921000995 “Debuting in [the] US was my utmost goal for the past 20 years. But when I got a call from the US agency, I politely rejected, as I realized that what I wanted most was not becoming famous,” she said. “I think singers are very susceptible to arrogance, especially when they hear the screaming from crowds on stage. It can make you feel like as if you’ve become God.” “And I’m perfectly okay with sharing my music via TH-cam, which can reach tens of millions of people all over the world without making me feel stuck up. Maybe that’s why I was born in this era.” Sohyang is just the most amazing singer, Christian and human being. She is beautiful both inside and out, and so humble and genuine, with a stage charisma, facial expressions and smile that is off the charts. In Korean dictionaries 소향--Sohyang--has several meanings. • First is a type of Korean traditional music. • Second is to burn incense on a burner. • Third is to go toward. But these meanings are rarely used today. Sohyang is also the name of a heroine in a Korean traditional novel. Yet for the definitive answer Sohyang has stated in an interview that her name means "enjoy the light." Her grandmother named her. Please analyze her performance of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”: th-cam.com/video/C6iHh4yBxCo/w-d-xo.html Also, please react to her version of “The Power of Love”: th-cam.com/video/LrNkVRrK7_I/w-d-xo.html Plus this beautiful duet with her friend Lee Hi where they do Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”: vimeo.com/439148918 And this version of her singing “Oh Holy Night”: vimeo.com/322716334 Here she performs “Lean On Me” before Michael Bolton, who called her a vocal “virtuoso” after her performance: th-cam.com/video/GvsgCllcNPE/w-d-xo.html Wait until you see her duet of David Foster's “The Prayer” with Jeong Ui Geu: th-cam.com/video/rte-q3kunp8/w-d-xo.html Her performance of "Fate" in Korean requires no translation: vimeo.com/198161448 And finally “Will You Be There”: th-cam.com/video/nBdSpexUxik/w-d-xo.html Here’s an English language interview with her that I’m sure you will enjoy: th-cam.com/video/N2u_pmoWxj8/w-d-xo.html Her English is perfect when she sings and almost perfect when she is doing interviews. OK, I’ll stop gushing now. Well, one more gush. In an interview with a Turkish music producer Sohyang's assistants revealed (a bit to her chagrin, as she is a self-effacing person) that she can hit Eb7 and D7 in practise. However, she never goes above the 6th octave in performances. Since she starts at D3 that is more than a 4 octave range ... so how about them apples???! Here it is: th-cam.com/video/VnPAkryrygQ/w-d-xo.html I know, bananas isn’t it? Oh, I just remembered, she is also a published fantasy novelist and has a theological treatise on the Book of Revelation in print. In addition, she is a very good stage actress, which she proved by playing Julie Andrews’ part in the South Korean stage production of “The Sound of Music.” Moreover, she sang the “Moana” part in the Korean version of the Disney film, does the musical vocals for many South Korean television dramas, and is a talented artist and cartoonist. She taught herself English by watching Disney's "The Little Mermaid" 'about one hundred times' when she was just a kid, speaks English with a _perfect_ North American accent and has an outgoing and bubbly personality. She can also play the piano and guitar. Is there anything this genius level woman can’t do? Ironically, Sohyang stated in another interview that both she and her in-law family were surprised to discover that she could sing so excellently! Though she is maybe 5' 4" and only about 100 pounds, Sohyang simply transcends the thresholds of music and takes you there with her. She becomes the song when she sings it, and then re-emerges when she is done. An experience like no other. I don’t know what else to say. I’ve spent _entire days_ listening to her, and shed more than a few tears of joy along the way. I really must also compliment the choir, orchestra and audio/video production people Sohyang works with. They are all top notch from what I can see and hear, and that is important to note as these are _essential_ elements of any great musical production. The Korean people are easily as talented as anyone else. As you can see, I am a shameless fan. 😉
wow, you must've started listening to her a long time ago :O She was only 20 when she got cancer? I thought it was not too long ago. She has a very strong will and great support at home :)
@@Soshiworld0805 I only stumbled on Sohyang in the late summer of 2019 upon a recommendation from a guy on the Wings of Pegasus comments section. He posted a link to this song by her and I was absolutely knocked out. She is definitely, IMHO, the greatest female singer of our era. She is the complete package. I can recommend the songs in my comment 100% because they are among her greatest works ever. And she is tiny! 5 foot 4 and 100 pounds. A guy I know met her last October in California at a concert and he says she is tiny and narrow. But I'm almost 66 and have heard all the greats. They just can't keep up with Sohyang. She must have 20 to 30 absolutely epic LIVE performances that few others could even do in a studio. And she won't even sign a contract with any music label other than the small Gospel label she sings for in South Korea. The most remarkable woman I have ever come across. 🤷♂
@@Soshiworld0805 She was actually 37 in this video. Yes she had cancer surgery when she was only 20 in 1998. Thankfully it was successful or we would never have experienced her. She says God takes care of her and heals her when she is sick, and that He is the one who gave her that incredible voice and abilities. I know that is all true. She barely looks any different today. An ageless beauty.
Salve salve! Sohyang realmente é uma cantora espetacular. Colocaria ela no top 3 dos melhores cantores só conhecidos na internet. Primeiro é Dimash, indiscutivelmente. Reaja a Dimash cantando Stranger. Por questões de direitos autorais, sugiro colocar um protetor de tela. Também sugiro você reagir a Diana Ankudinova, a rainha dos calafrios! Abraços do Brasil!!!!
Sashi thank you for your time doing these reaction videos! I suggest maybe doing a couple of SoHang’s own compostions! I believe you reacted to Dream already, it is also her own ! 1. The Star. Composed By PETRA and SOHYANG th-cam.com/video/XcOBNGMT12c/w-d-xo.html&feature=share 2. The Day is Sunny, Kiss About the summer day, when she was 18 , I believe and she met Jesus, while at a park:-) th-cam.com/video/YqVy2lmNpA4/w-d-xo.html What the heck let’s do just one more! Newest one 3. Higher , acoustic version Written by SoHyang th-cam.com/video/Of08aublKTE/w-d-xo.html&si=2joiOp_yVt5GR96m Thank you for helping to give exposure to these mostly unheard of artists from around the World:-)
Oh, I enjoy sharing korean music 😁 I've been listening to it for a long time. You're, of course, free to share my videos with others. Yes, I should check out some of her own music so thanks 😊
If u think this is magnificent, try her Dear Love and Do you know performances. I dont think anyone on the planet cud duplicate what she did in these performances...
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감동을 넘어서 버리면 그냥 헛웃음만 나오죠(윤상씨 표현 그대로),,, 이 분도 딱 그 반응부터 나오네요,,,^^
Absolutely stunning performance! Thank you for reaction!😊
It was honestly insanely great
So Hyang is the #1 Gospel/CCM singer in South Korea and one of the best singers in the world.
I didn't think she did as much gospel as she does :) Not my type of music usually, but she's such a fantastic singer that it doesn't matter.
@@Soshiworld0805
No worries. She does pop, rock, contemporary, r&b, ballads, rap, jazz, musicals, folk and original soundtracks. She has over 100 different live performances so you will never run out of material
@robertmyers7383 that's for sure 😅 I'll take it in small parts 😉
목소리 보세요,
어떤 고음에서도 음색이 전허 빗나가지 않아요,
소향 영상 감사합니다
네 진짜 좋아요
Your Welcome , yeah!, I have followed SoHyang for over 12 years now and have come across a lot of other Korean talent thru her, she seem to draw talent people to her!
Mm, I'm not surprised. Plus Immortal song is a great TV show to showcase your talents on
처음 접한 채널이지만 진심이 담긴 멋진 리액션에 감사의 맘에 좋아요와 구독 드리고 갑니다.^^
외!! 정말 고마워요 ^.^
She is a perfect singer. This is a fact that no one can deny.
She is currently 46 years old
Although I am not young,
Currently, I am still singing consistently.
I do sometimes wish I could sing :)
THE QUEEN
Another ENTHUSIASTIC/FANTASTIC reaction to another MASTER CLASS performance from the PHENOMENAL So Hyang.
I'm glad you enjoyed my reaction 😁
@@Soshiworld0805 Always 😀
@t.lucalake8963 great! 😁 you're free to share my videos or channel with friends or fans
Sohyang's stage presence is captivating, holding the audience's attention with her natural grace and charisma.. You may need to pause at least twice during the video to avoid being blocked.
다른 유투버들 안듣는노래도 많이들으셔서 소향은 이미 섭렵하신지알앗는데 이걸처음들으시다니!
The Forces of Heaven from Sohyang again 🎉😮
Thanks from Perú 😊
김소향 (Kim, So-hyang) is a South Korean singer who uses 소향 (Sohyang) as her stage name. She's up there with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Céline Dion, according to David Foster, who worked with all of them, plus other big names in the music industry, such as Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. In fact, many vocal coaches and critics call her the Queen, and Dimash the King.
Here are several links to excellent performances by Sohyang. Many are from competitions where she pulls out all the stops and goes into vocal beast mode. The last 5 are more restrained. You can alternate between the styles, just to experience the contrasts and see her range of abilities. All are live, except for a music video of "Never Enough" (since we can never get enough of Sohyang).
I Am a Singer Legend:
th-cam.com/video/T4UyIMkdy4M/w-d-xo.html "I Have Nothing" [Whitney Houston]
th-cam.com/video/CFtRUSPxcas/w-d-xo.html (camera only on Sohyang)
th-cam.com/video/n71eIWRmEtY/w-d-xo.html "꿈 (Dream)" [소향 (Sohyang)] {Korean}
Immortal Songs 2:
th-cam.com/video/C6iHh4yBxCo/w-d-xo.html "Bridge Over Troubled Water" [Simon & Garfunkel]
th-cam.com/video/zFyndK9VOCk/w-d-xo.html "홀로 아리랑 (Arirang Alone)" [traditional Korean folksong, lyrics adapted for reunification of North & South Koreas] {Korean}
th-cam.com/video/GvsgCllcNPE/w-d-xo.html "Lean On Me" [Bill Withers, Jr.; Michael Bolton guest]
th-cam.com/video/te_L9ofhUt8/w-d-xo.html "You Raise Me Up" [Secret Garden; Shane Filan (Westlife) guest]
th-cam.com/video/H5e7MPre7iY/w-d-xo.html "여러분 (Everyone)" [윤복희 (Yoon, Bok-hee)] {Korean, English}
I Am a Singer 2:
th-cam.com/video/YwgF3Gylu-0/w-d-xo.html "O Holy Night" [Adolphe Charles Adam]
King of Masked Singers:
th-cam.com/video/a_lOAgti7XQ/w-d-xo.html "모나리자 (Mona Lisa)" [조용필 (Cho, Yong-pil)] {Korean, English}
th-cam.com/video/0qBSPPi3ESM/w-d-xo.html "Home (집)" [박효신 (Park, Hyo-shin)] {Korean, English}
Begin Again Korea:
th-cam.com/video/lSzb6a0PkQU/w-d-xo.html "Flashlight" with 이수현 (Lee, Su-hyun) [Jessie J]
th-cam.com/video/_ivvpK3UMlw/w-d-xo.html "Misty" [Ella Fitzgerald]
th-cam.com/video/DO845EqU3eE/w-d-xo.html "I Will Always Love You" [Dolly Parton]
th-cam.com/video/k5WqGIPjqtc/w-d-xo.html "Never Enough" [Loren Allred]
Open Concert:
th-cam.com/video/vZyIdoRRKFo/w-d-xo.html "The Power of Love" [Jennifer Rush]
BTW, Whitney's former manager saw the DMC Festival video of Sohyang singing "I Have Nothing", and contacted Oprah Winfrey, who in turn, contacted David Foster. They were all amazed. Foster invited Sohyang to sing on his tour in Asia. She did 8 shows in 4 days in Tokyo. He and his ex-wife wrote that song. He co-arranged and produced it for Whitney for her album, and her performance in "The Bodyguard". Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards, including 3 for Producer of the Year, and has been nominated a total of 47 times.
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Her full name is "김소향 (Kim, So-hyang)", but she leaves out her surname in her stage name, "소향 (Sohyang)". Here's the breakdown of the Hangul symbols in her full name:
김소향 (Kim, So-hyang)
김 = ㄱ ㅣ ㅁ (k i m)
소 = ㅅ ㅗ (s o)
향 = ㅎ ㅑ ㅇ (h ya ng)
Google Translate in Detect Language mode pronounces them decently. However, the proper pronunciation of her stage name can be heard before the start of her Immortal Songs 2 performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", when the host introduces her as "SOH hee-yahng". The "hee" part is very quick and subtle, almost like a puff of air after the "h" sound carried over from the stressed "SOH" syllable. Note that the "ahng" sound uses the first and last phonemes (syllable components) of "awe" and "song", respectively; it isn't "uhng" or "ohng" as too many non-Korean folks claim.
the incredible world class sohyang just subbed good luck to the channel love from the uk
we are in heaven now
소향! 소향! 💗
We all wonder if Sohyang is human or from another planet. Current odds are that she’s from another planet, with an outside chance she’s actually an angel come down from Heaven. 😇 We have never heard anyone sing like her, or be able to hold an audience in the palm of her hand until she lets them go. Her voice is, as one person described it, like liquid gold. Perfection in clarity and pitch, and she doesn’t fade in the upper octaves, which is startling when you hear her hit those 5th and 6th octave notes with such _POWER_ it actually gives everyone goose bumps-and makes us bald guys’ hair stand on end! As she says, her voice “is from God.” She does all the musical arrangements herself, with the input of her in-law family and musical assistants, teaches vocal technique at a South Korean university and speaks four languages: Korean, English, Vietnamese and Chinese, as well as reading French and Greek!
Let me catch my breath. OK.
She is a cancer survivor from uterine cancer at the age of 20, just after getting married, and states very plainly that God saved her life due to the prayers of her church. But this left her without the ability to have children so she decided to dedicate her life to being a Contemporary Christian Gospel singer and has refused recording contracts from the biggest corporations in the world. She only wants to sing for charities, churches and while doing missionary work, to strengthen those suffering through difficult times. David Foster, Josh Groban, Michael Bolton and others have all eagerly worked with her when they were in Asia.
She contracted hepatitis B from a blood transfusion during her cancer surgery and it clings to her to this day. Because of this she is prone to catching pneumonia but has sang perfectly while suffering from it in her live performance of “You Raise Me Up” before Shane Filan of Westlife on South Korean TV: th-cam.com/video/te_L9ofhUt8/w-d-xo.html She has asked those who love her singing to pray that God keep pneumonia away from her, she has suffered from it on so many occasions. Imagine how she must feel with this coronavirus floating around everywhere!
She just turned 46 on April 5, 2024, though in Korean culture she would be 47 because you are deemed to be one year old when you are born. She was about 37 when she sang this version of “Arirang Alone,” their unofficial national anthem based on a 600 year old folk song expressing their desire to reunify north and south: vimeo.com/308253527
While being sick with pneumonia eight times from 2016 through to 2020, and considering giving up singing altogether, she decided to enter a televised singing contest called “King of the Masked Singers” in 2017 and won six consecutive times, which has catapulted her into international attention from the performances being posted on TH-cam.
Whitney Houston’s former manager saw her on TH-cam and showed her to Oprah Winfrey, who brought her to David Foster’s attention. Foster then contacted Sohyang and went to Japan in order to have her perform eight concerts with him at Tokyo’s famous Blue Note Club in late-2018. For those who don't know, David Foster was Whitney Houston's producer for some of her songs, wrote "I Have Nothing," her most iconic song, and is the most famous and influential music producer in the world. He places Sohyang right beside Whitney and the rest of the top tier divas.
Here is the interview where Sohyang related the events: th-cam.com/video/EqeE_1nP-Kk/w-d-xo.html (Be sure to turn on English subtitles.)
Here is the version of “I Have Nothing” Oprah, David Foster, Whitney's former manager and the rest watched on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/T4UyIMkdy4M/w-d-xo.html
She preceded it with this blockbuster: vimeo.com/312061203
She could be an international Super Star if she wanted to be but has decided that it would ruin her spiritually, quoting Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.”
In a South Korean television interview Sohyang conceded that she struggled with her desire for fame for a number of years, going into the basement in her home numerous times and closing the door so she could complain vehemently to God that He was holding her back from becoming famous due to her health problems and other unforeseeable events. Then she later saw a Korean TV drama where the talented daughter of a very successful businessman was positive she would take over when her father retired. But he left the management of the company to a woman she hated, so she had a fit and lay kicking and screaming on the floor. Sohyang says she saw herself in that young woman and then understood that God was keeping her from developing self-destructive character by withholding international celebrity status from her. th-cam.com/video/rl-jX9kBsEs/w-d-xo.html (Again, turn on English subtitles.)
So as a consequence she does not pursue fame or fortune and actually has no interactive social media presence whatsoever.
What can one say about such a person? She is a literal Wonder Woman! And we need about a billion more just like her! And whether Sohyang likes it or not, fame has found her, run her over and then backed up and run over her again!
On Oct. 5, 2020, it was revealed that Sohyang turned down _yet another_ contract offer, this time from Sony Music US. www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200921000995
“Debuting in [the] US was my utmost goal for the past 20 years. But when I got a call from the US agency, I politely rejected, as I realized that what I wanted most was not becoming famous,” she said.
“I think singers are very susceptible to arrogance, especially when they hear the screaming from crowds on stage. It can make you feel like as if you’ve become God.”
“And I’m perfectly okay with sharing my music via TH-cam, which can reach tens of millions of people all over the world without making me feel stuck up. Maybe that’s why I was born in this era.”
Sohyang is just the most amazing singer, Christian and human being. She is beautiful both inside and out, and so humble and genuine, with a stage charisma, facial expressions and smile that is off the charts.
In Korean dictionaries 소향--Sohyang--has several meanings.
• First is a type of Korean traditional music.
• Second is to burn incense on a burner.
• Third is to go toward.
But these meanings are rarely used today. Sohyang is also the name of a heroine in a Korean traditional novel. Yet for the definitive answer Sohyang has stated in an interview that her name means "enjoy the light." Her grandmother named her.
Please analyze her performance of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”: th-cam.com/video/C6iHh4yBxCo/w-d-xo.html
Also, please react to her version of “The Power of Love”: th-cam.com/video/LrNkVRrK7_I/w-d-xo.html
Plus this beautiful duet with her friend Lee Hi where they do Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”: vimeo.com/439148918
And this version of her singing “Oh Holy Night”: vimeo.com/322716334
Here she performs “Lean On Me” before Michael Bolton, who called her a vocal “virtuoso” after her performance: th-cam.com/video/GvsgCllcNPE/w-d-xo.html
Wait until you see her duet of David Foster's “The Prayer” with Jeong Ui Geu: th-cam.com/video/rte-q3kunp8/w-d-xo.html
Her performance of "Fate" in Korean requires no translation: vimeo.com/198161448
And finally “Will You Be There”: th-cam.com/video/nBdSpexUxik/w-d-xo.html
Here’s an English language interview with her that I’m sure you will enjoy: th-cam.com/video/N2u_pmoWxj8/w-d-xo.html Her English is perfect when she sings and almost perfect when she is doing interviews.
OK, I’ll stop gushing now.
Well, one more gush. In an interview with a Turkish music producer Sohyang's assistants revealed (a bit to her chagrin, as she is a self-effacing person) that she can hit Eb7 and D7 in practise. However, she never goes above the 6th octave in performances. Since she starts at D3 that is more than a 4 octave range ... so how about them apples???! Here it is: th-cam.com/video/VnPAkryrygQ/w-d-xo.html I know, bananas isn’t it?
Oh, I just remembered, she is also a published fantasy novelist and has a theological treatise on the Book of Revelation in print. In addition, she is a very good stage actress, which she proved by playing Julie Andrews’ part in the South Korean stage production of “The Sound of Music.” Moreover, she sang the “Moana” part in the Korean version of the Disney film, does the musical vocals for many South Korean television dramas, and is a talented artist and cartoonist. She taught herself English by watching Disney's "The Little Mermaid" 'about one hundred times' when she was just a kid, speaks English with a _perfect_ North American accent and has an outgoing and bubbly personality.
She can also play the piano and guitar. Is there anything this genius level woman can’t do? Ironically, Sohyang stated in another interview that both she and her in-law family were surprised to discover that she could sing so excellently!
Though she is maybe 5' 4" and only about 100 pounds, Sohyang simply transcends the thresholds of music and takes you there with her. She becomes the song when she sings it, and then re-emerges when she is done. An experience like no other. I don’t know what else to say. I’ve spent _entire days_ listening to her, and shed more than a few tears of joy along the way.
I really must also compliment the choir, orchestra and audio/video production people Sohyang works with. They are all top notch from what I can see and hear, and that is important to note as these are _essential_ elements of any great musical production. The Korean people are easily as talented as anyone else.
As you can see, I am a shameless fan. 😉
wow, you must've started listening to her a long time ago :O She was only 20 when she got cancer? I thought it was not too long ago. She has a very strong will and great support at home :)
@@Soshiworld0805 I only stumbled on Sohyang in the late summer of 2019 upon a recommendation from a guy on the Wings of Pegasus comments section. He posted a link to this song by her and I was absolutely knocked out. She is definitely, IMHO, the greatest female singer of our era. She is the complete package. I can recommend the songs in my comment 100% because they are among her greatest works ever. And she is tiny! 5 foot 4 and 100 pounds. A guy I know met her last October in California at a concert and he says she is tiny and narrow. But I'm almost 66 and have heard all the greats. They just can't keep up with Sohyang. She must have 20 to 30 absolutely epic LIVE performances that few others could even do in a studio. And she won't even sign a contract with any music label other than the small Gospel label she sings for in South Korea. The most remarkable woman I have ever come across. 🤷♂
@@Soshiworld0805 She was actually 37 in this video. Yes she had cancer surgery when she was only 20 in 1998. Thankfully it was successful or we would never have experienced her. She says God takes care of her and heals her when she is sick, and that He is the one who gave her that incredible voice and abilities. I know that is all true. She barely looks any different today. An ageless beauty.
My all time favorite female singer.
Love the song and your reactions
Salve salve! Sohyang realmente é uma cantora espetacular. Colocaria ela no top 3 dos melhores cantores só conhecidos na internet. Primeiro é Dimash, indiscutivelmente. Reaja a Dimash cantando Stranger. Por questões de direitos autorais, sugiro colocar um protetor de tela. Também sugiro você reagir a Diana Ankudinova, a rainha dos calafrios! Abraços do Brasil!!!!
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Sashi thank you for your time doing these reaction videos!
I suggest maybe doing a couple of SoHang’s own compostions! I believe you reacted to Dream already, it is also her own !
1. The Star. Composed By PETRA and SOHYANG
th-cam.com/video/XcOBNGMT12c/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
2. The Day is Sunny, Kiss
About the summer day, when she was 18 , I believe and she met Jesus, while at a park:-)
th-cam.com/video/YqVy2lmNpA4/w-d-xo.html
What the heck let’s do just one more! Newest one
3. Higher , acoustic version
Written by SoHyang
th-cam.com/video/Of08aublKTE/w-d-xo.html&si=2joiOp_yVt5GR96m
Thank you for helping to give exposure to these mostly unheard of artists from around the World:-)
Oh, I enjoy sharing korean music 😁 I've been listening to it for a long time. You're, of course, free to share my videos with others. Yes, I should check out some of her own music so thanks 😊
shut-up and listen...when finished, crying...for her time to training
박소이거 한국 여자 4대보컬
박정현 소향 이영헌 거미
If u think this is magnificent, try her Dear Love and Do you know performances. I dont think anyone on the planet cud duplicate what she did in these performances...