Sohyang has such a clean, pure voice. And this song really suits her so well. Thanks for reacting. And I think you’d really like Faouzia’s live cover of Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather”. Nice showcase of Faouzia’s lighter head voice.
She is doing the arrangements on her renditions. She controls every aspect, with her glasses and notebook. Her musical intuition is second to none. Good point of her conducting the audience, I think she is also a conductor (apart from music Professor, child fantasy writer, religious series writer, CCM singer, cancer survivor) but she mostly conducts herself, so always pay attention on her free hand.
I enjoyed your detailed breakdown very much. It is amazing that a piece with so many dissonant chords can be ever so pleasing to the ear. You asked if So Hyang has any songs that she performs that don't have a wow moment, it is hard to say for sure, as her use of dynamics alone is always such a captivating part. I guess the closest song to her not using any real belting is the old jazz standard 'Misty' from the Begin Again concerts. She sings true to the needs of the music. Thanks again for the great analysis.
For me, this is one of the best live performances EVER and gives me the chills every time I watch it. Its not just her incredible vocal technique and musicality, but also her ability to communicate her emotions and the emotions of the lyrics when she performs, which gets straight to your soul. Thank you for the reaction, really enjoyed it. More Sohyang please.
Man!!! I enjoyed this one! You really listen and I mean LISTEN!! I understand she looks at reactions from time to time and maybe she’ll comment on all your questions around her arrangement and why she did it that way but those dissonances are all normal for us Koreans and was very natural to hear! 😊 Thanks man! Please go for “Everyone” to feel the full power of her soul. ❤❤❤❤
Ouf! What a voice! And this song goes through mystery, magic, ballad, patriotic march, jazzy chords, poppy energy… I’m running out of words… the orchestra, chorus, violinist and arrangement, all work together along with her angelic voice to serve us this delightful performance. I really like the unpredictability of the arrangement. I don’t think it went once where I expected. Thank you again Sir. 🤗
I listen to Sohyang because her voice is so clean, clear, precise. Your breakdown enhanced my enjoyment. I had no idea she arranged this. (Love the new graphics at beginning, btw.)
You should definitely watch So Hyang's performance on Immortal Songs 2 with her version of the song You Raise Me Up. You won't recognize this famous song in her arrangement at all.
will always be absolute favourite song of hers, she basically made it her own. A figure skating pair even chose it as their performance song at the olympics haha :D if you wanna see SoHyang without much of the what you called wow moments, may I suggest her cover of Misty, which is jazzy and one of her personal favourite genres to sing in, from what I know
Wow this performance by Sohyang was really my cup of tea and your reaction/analysis on it was a true pleasure to watch; thank you for this nice experience and the Patreon who requested this beautiful video!
The original song of this version wishes for the reunification of South and North Korea metaphorically. Sohyang chose to start the song with a somewhat naive and childlike dream of reunification. However, it soon meets obstacles and turmoil, as modern Korean history has shown, represented by Sohyang’s dramatic transition. When the song reaches the chorus part of the familiar folk tune, which every Korean literally knows, she encourages the audience to symbolically join in, hand-in-hand, to the journey of peace and reunification. But in the end, she comes back to the realization of a somewhat melancholic mode because this journey to reunification is still difficult. In the closing line, Sohyang emotionally says “We're going Over…Over Arirang Hill” as if she wouldn't let go of hope. With historical context behind it, one would be able to understand better why this Sohyang rendition of “Arirang Alone” transcends and strike the heart of many Korean. Kudos to you. Your analysis clarified many why this version has been so pleasing in our ears. Great reaction. Thanks.
In the traditional lyrics, the fictional Arirang is described as a mountain pass, not a hill; this makes it easy to interpret as a potential point of entry through the actual DMZ boundary between the Koreas. While the traditional lyrics emphasize separation and longing, So Hyang adds the line "and they became one" which she nearly screams during the clashing tumultuous bridge section, underlining the pain and uncertain hope for unification. The last section begins with the added line "Baekdueseo Hanrakkaji" loosely translated in the subtitles as "We will travel from [Mount] Baekdu [on the border between NK and China] to [Mount] Halla [on Jeju Island, just south of mainland SK]", a powerful symbol of the entirety of Korea being tied together. As a Salt Lake City native, I still remember my Korean friends openly weeping when the North and South Korean Olympic teams marched into the 2002 opening ceremonies together, all of them singing this song as one.
Wow! Thank you so much for a beautiful description of the song. This is my favorite performance and I'm sure I'll get more out of it when I watch it again remembering your eloquent explanation
This performance was a masterclass in audience involvement. Sohyang is sharing with and enticing the audience from the jump, and by the point of the "sing-along" she was them in the palm of her hand.
When I first listened to this song, my tears came out for no reason. I don't know why because I didn't get the lyrics that time, only the voice of Sohyang and the sound of the violin made me cry suddenly....incredible effect of music. Beautiful heartbreaking history of the 2 Koreas, I need to study about it more. Thank you for the reaction from my fav analyst 😍
It has been a pleasure to hear your reaction, as always. I would like to know if you have what is considered "absolute pitch" since it details each of the sounds and identifies them on the keyboard. It is very interesting to see that process. I would suggest reacting to "Everyone" by So Hyang, as intense as Arirang
Thanks! Absolute pitch (known as perfect pitch where I'm from) is the ability to know a pitch without having any reference, so by that definition I don't have it - I have what's called relative pitch by many. And relative pitch comes at varying degrees 🎵 Thanks for the recommendation!
Enjoyed your reaction/analysis of this performance. At the risk of having your head explode I would strongly suggest that you tackle her performance of Everyone, a true magnum opus.
Sohyang is such a great storyteller who is defying physics. This Arirang Alone is definitely her original version and one of her signature songs. Waiting for another reaction to SH video!
This song was a lovely one to sing in a chorus I was once a member of. It was an audience favourite. The core melody was very similar to this minus the many flourishes in this gorgeous version. This is one of my absolute favourites of SoHyang. I find the melody does something good to my soul. Thanks, as always:)
loved it ,next should be 'everyone' or 'you raise me up' of the same show.all of her performances are so complex musically and vocally yet its so pleasing and comforting
Thanks for your reaction and analysis. Many people reaction to Arirang Alone assume that it is one of the variations of Arirang, Korean Folk song, but Arirang Alone has more to do with the word, Arirang than musical aspect of Arirang. Arirang is very hard to translate as the original meaning in Korean itself is difficult, but it means a hill or deep longing and sorrow. The original Arirang Alone is actually a modern song written in 1989, but the song's style is more like Korean songs in 60s or 70s. Also, the original song does not have the Korean Folk song Arirang musical theme in it, but Sohyang included it where she encouraged the audience to sing along as the meaning wise, it is a deep sorrow and longing for the unification of Korea. She did a great job of expressing the original intent of the song musically with her version and amazingly I might add. The dissonant chords appear a lot in my opinion because she expressed the dissonant difference between South Korea and North Korea. The song literally says the waters from Baekdoo Mountain in the most Northern and the highest mountain in Korea and the waters from Halla Mountain, the most Southern and the second highest mountain in Korea meet in the East Sea where a small island in the most Eastern side of Korea. This longing of unification is not olny difficult, but the difference is something to overcome and need to be harmonized. Hence, she used the dissonant chords, but harmonized and then sings the original folk song Arirang altogether in unison. Many of her covers are nothing like the original, but she has intentional approach to the song to express her interpretation. So when it comes to Koean songs, it would be more interesting if you pay attention to the lyrics. There are many videos with the subtitles. Everyone is one of them. Everyone without the subtitle still gives you chills, but with the subtitle, you could understand why many audience cry. And the English part of the song is not the translation of the Korean part. Just a heads up since you will do that one as well eventually. Looking forward to many more reactions and especially Begin Again Series, which are more acoustic than the grandeur Immortal Songs.
I just love this guy so much🙏🏼 Thank you for reacting to this song in particular! Ever since I heard her sing this song I was obsessed with it. But I could never explain to anyone why and how much I love this version/arrangement so much. I do not come from a background of music theory. (I just love singing and am currently taking voice lessons). You have put words to what I can't explain. Aaand it's also all in your face when you listen to music. Such a joy to watch and to listen to you. Thank you for all the information you provide! Your voice is also very gentle and appealing - quite soothing to listen to.
A few things: 1) You've been responding to her performances in a quasi-competition where she generally pulls out all the stops as the audience expects fireworks from her. For examples of "normal" arrangements there is Misty, I Will Always Love You, Stay and Love Poem. 2) For an example of Arirang Alone sung in a traditional folk arrangement see this one by Song SoHee th-cam.com/video/U1os5xGWFeE/w-d-xo.html 3) I think what many of her fans are attracted to is not so much the fireworks but the fact her performances feel so naturally communal. She just radiates a natural goodness and joy that's impossible to fake and feels like she's inviting us on stage to experience the performance with her.
Great reaction and analysis!! What I love about this performance is that I went through a journey with her music. I felt I'm on a boat sailing on the calming sea at the beginning (the chime feels like the moonlight reflection on the water) and then when though a storm in the middle of the crazy part (with the violin solo joined). After the storm past you are on the open ocean, and finally arrived at a peaceful place with hope. Indeed her performance tends to have some crazy part, and some people might think that's too showboaty (which is also why most people amazed by and recommend to you). But most of the time I really enjoyed her (re-)interpretation of songs!!
Dang, she made me see the boulders in the path over the mountain! The narration was so clear through ages of struggle before a triumphant rise - acknowledgment of the harshness and continued trails of life, but a resolution to face it head on as one people. This is so full of national pride. Koreans are experts at grabbing your heartstrings and pulling you along for the ride.
If you know a little about Korean history and the hope Korean people still have for unification and peace this arrangement seems to me to be hopeful and even triumphant moving through the tears and despair. And of course, So Hyang's ability to unite with her audience.
This is my favorite So Hyang "cover", thanks for checking this out. I've read in other reactions that South Koreans consider this to be about their hope of the reunification of both North and South Korea.
This is absolutely correct. There are a lot of South Koreans who long for a reunification, mostly the older generations of course. The Baekdu and Hallasan mountains mentioned (13:08) are at the tips of each country basicallly.
So Hyang arranges all of her performances herself. Every single performance has a climax that is LEGENDARY. Please react to her performance of Upon This Rock! Gospel Song. She performed it in 2022 (8 years later since her last performance of that song,) so fans were very excited It is a fancam video, please react !! th-cam.com/video/m9gSi3yk6g0/w-d-xo.html
Another great reaction. I'm really hoping that you'll react to the song by sohyang call Everyone. She even said that it takes an insane amount of breath control for it. It will be a roller coaster ride for you.
plz react to "you raise me up" because it is amazingly rearranged. On "begin again" show, she was in acoustic vibe without "wow" moment. i won't give up i will always love you flashlight misty... I recommend "I will always miss you" as well.
I think the most amazing part of this performance is that she incorporated traditional Korean singing into this stage. The part where you can barely tell when you hear the first note. It's similar to the way you yodel. That's part of Korean singing. Since it's not a singing style she's used to, she must have put in a lot of effort to do it right. This stage is 'Immortal Songs'. You have to respect the classics. In particular, this song is like the national anthem of Korea. No matter how much you rearrange it, you have to have at least a minimum of respect. She did that. She properly digested and incorporated traditional Korean singing.
It was invaded by Japan and trampled on, but it was liberated, and then it was divided into the South and the North, and it became a ruin, and then it rose again to achieve economic development... I think the variety of this song is made by expressing all the hardships, adversity, and joy of Korea.
Arirang has no direct translation to English but the idea it represents is along the lines of very hard work or diligent struggle. The song is based on a Korean folk song that has evolved over a period of 600 years and now is an allegory for their desire to reunite north and south. Sohyang is difficult to rationally explain. She might have died from cervical cancer when she was 20 but credits God with her healing. Yet a bad blood transfusion at the time of the surgery left her with hepatitis B. Normally that is easily cured with antibiotics but this was the rare incurable variety so it plagues her to this day with a compromised immune system and she contracts pneumonia rather often. For a four year period from 2016 to 2020 she was battling it eight different times and was almost out of circulation in the musical community. Thus Sohyang knows what it is to be chronically ill for a lengthy period of time but again credits God with teaching her invaluable spiritual lessons from it. She has largely been fine since then but did come down with covid19 for two weeks in the summer of 2022. Thankfully she recovered well and at the age of 46 sings as excellently today as she ever has. You are right when the thought comes to mind that there is no way this woman is 46! She looks 10 or 15 years younger, at least! But it is true. She was born on April 5, 1978! 🤷♂ Professional "super star" level music producers (David Foster), singers (Michael Bolton and Josh Groban), teachers (Seth Riggs) and vocal coaches by the boat load are pretty well stupefied at how much talent is wrapped up in this tiny five foot four inch, 100 pound woman. Sohyang has trained her central nervous system to the point, and developed such articulate muscular control, that her singing technique is perfect. She is considered a master singer. Literally. Again Sohyang gives the credit to the divine entity, stating her voice "is from God." Obviously she has taken her singing talent to the nth degree, and tells others who want to enter the world of professional singing that they must be born with a good voice and then work very hard to develop it. But this barely scratches the surface of who Sohyang is and how talented she is on stage. Her stage presence and body language are unmatched in my experience, much like what Elvis Presley had fifty years ago but different, of course, since she is a sincere Christian woman and believes in presenting herself in modest yet excellent quality theatrical attire and with absolute confidence and purpose at all times. I have also found these high production value South Korean music presentations to be as good as you will find anywhere on the planet. They show Sohyang in the best fashion possible and these seem, to me, as good as you would find at _any_ of the Grammy Awards in their heyday. When you add a Super Star talent like Sohyang to the show, everyone who watches it is quite rightly blown away. 👀😮💥👌😎🎸🎙👽🛸💖💖💖 Here is Sohyang both before and after this concert. th-cam.com/video/FnIxSZagxak/w-d-xo.html
@ToddSuave Thank you for all this information! I knew Sohyang had suffered but didn't know the extent of it. The fact that she chooses songs of healing and strength to sign to others is just awe-inspiring.
@@lattelover5471 Sohyang reduced me, then a man 60 or 61 when I discovered her, to tears when I first heard her sing Bridge Over Troubled Water, Arirang Alone, and her 2014 rendition of The Power of Love all in one sitting one evening back in the fall of 2018. I'd never heard _anyone_ who could sing like her or put so much emotion into her singing. And I was not a fan of the diva genre by any means. It was blues and rock guitar and a little Classical, Romantic, Jazz and some even older music like that from the 1500s to 1700s. But Sohyang's abilities cut through all that and made me a huge fan. I still listen to all sorts of music but there is seldom a day that goes by without Sohyang in it. That she is such a decent person and not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is just inspirational. I'm glad you like her and my little write up. I hope you can enjoy her music all your life. 😉😎⭐👑👽🛸
16:34 "It's almost like she's conducting ..." She IS conducting; she's inviting the audience to sing along to their dearly-loved national song. Think of the scene in The Sound of Music where the family is at the Salzburg Music Festival and they get everyone singing Edelwiess.
She really is a master singer. I love interpretations and arrangements. Just pure pleasure. I don’t like to recommend someone else when commenting on another singer but I really think you need to add the singer Zhou Shen to your list of singers to listen to. There is no one like him. A beautiful ethereal contra tenor. A voice that heals. Check out his song Moonlight, China in Lights, Upward to the Moon, Ring the Doorbell. He is called a walking CD he sounds incredible live and an amazing performer. His voice is like an instrument.
Excellent review, I always learn something when I watch you - I think the dissonance in the music was because of the struggle / conflict between North & South Korea. Thank you!
So this version of "Arirang" deserves some context and explanation. It is decidedly NOT the classic version of "Arirang" that most Koreans are familiar with nor is it similar to any of the more well-known renditions of this folk song (which are mostly region-specific). However, it IS famous for being a modern *adaptation* of the traditional Arirang folk song (which is why it's not called "Arirang" proper but rather, "Arirang Alone"). The main differences are yes, in the tone and melody but more so in the lyrics. "Arirang Alone" departs from the traditional song and instead focuses on a theme of reunification between the two Koreas. It was sung as a tribute following the Korean War to uplift Koreans in the hope of reunification (think the fall of the Berlin Wall as an example).
@miryeongk Thank you for that added information. I have been listening to So Hyang for over two years and have come to know that she puts her incredible spin on most all of her performances. But it is important to me to understand the differences in 'Arirang (Alone)' that you wrote about that have changed through time. I'm from the U.S. and my father was in the Korean War.
Hi! I would love it if you checked out Kim Feel, he's another artist who has been a lot on Immortal Songs and is one of my absolute favourites! The video title card that appeared at the end of So Hyang's video, "Like being shot", is a great place to start - it is amazing. He has a bit of an unusal voice in my opinion and I would love to hear your thoughts on it! Great reaction and analysis as always!
Maybe you can take on some India music with all the semitone, or tones in between semitones if that's possible. Like someone singing with a sitar? I don't have any particular suggestions though.
한국사람들이 다 아는 민요 홀로 아리랑 편곡은 역대급이라 봅니다 이런곡을 편곡해서 부른다는 자체가 잘해도 본전이라서.. 그녀의 노래는 불협화음조차 염두에 두었을거라 생각합니다 이 곡을 편곡해서 부르기 까지 얼마나 힘들었을지 상상이 되는데 노래에 반응해 주셔서 감사합니다^^
Happy you reacted to Sohyang’s Arirang . Excellent reaction. 👏. Made me realize that it’s way more complex than I thought it was. Here’s a version done primarily by the famous BTS in 2016. Other K-pop groups join them for the last verse. I enjoyed this one too, especially the dancing. th-cam.com/video/vwc5zTayVJw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9E1RFyjsnaEjMkKN
@maryjohn3807 I love the BTS version, mixing together multiple traditional versions of this song. I had hoped they would end their Busan concert with this song.
I generally like watching reaction videos but hate it when the reactor, understandably, stops the video for comments. However, I love listening to you - you're so technically smart, and empathetic to all the genres of music you've reacted to. Love your channel.
The arrangment highlights the instability that has happened in Korea. The rest is the hope of the stability to come if they all unite together. That's my take. She does all of her arrangements with her husband.
Please take a listening to Forestella's version of this song, Arirang Alone. It was their first winning performance in Immortal Songs, the beginning of a legend! They had different interpretation, it would be interesting as you know the song.
16:05 "Going back to the point of the frequencies, it defies many of the laws of physics about what makes a sound nice..." Well, Sir Isaac Newton would most likely agree with you, Sir H, but I'm not so sure Stephen Hawking would. I had the good fortune to hear a "popular" lecture he gave (meaning he kept it simple for us non-physicists) and Hawking was very clear that physics is an adventure, an exploration of what is out there in the universe. A little research tells me that Korean traditional music typically uses one of two pentatonic scales: Pyung-jo (blues scale) Eb - F - Ab - Bb - C or Gye-Mjun-Jo Eb - Gb - Ab - Bb - Db. I am confident that those who grow up listening to songs performed in these scales find them "nice" -- and I imagine a physicist could explain that to us!
I recently got my PhD in physics from BYU, a religious university with a very strong tradition of choral music. While I wasn't in the acoustics division, I collaborated with students and professors there (one of whom was a lead tenor in the regionally-famous a capella group Vocal Point), and of course needed to take several classes; so I'm not an expert but have a bit better than a wikipedia-level understanding. So, for what it's worth: I think @SirHairless is right to say that frequencies in simple fractional relationships sound universally harmonious, not just to humans but experimentally to birds as well (who prefer perching next to speakers playing Bach over white noise, and white noise over Alban Berg). The western division of notes into 12 tones of equal temperament means there are many opportunities for waves to match in simple fractions; it is, however, arbitrary, as there many other options. Much Middle-eastern music uses a 24-tone Maqam, some Indian music uses a Raga system of 22 unequally-spaced pitches, traditional Chinese music emphasizes the five tones of the pentatonic scale familiar to Westerners as the lick from "My Girl", and cultures from Zimbabwe to Indonesia use 7-tone scales that have almost no simple wave-matching. Furthermore, a great deal of music's emotional power relies on the buildup of tension with clashing discordant notes resolving into more familiar "home" chords, and different cultures consider different levels and kinds of dissonance "acceptable". Here physics offers no guides as to why some cultures ended up preferring some clashes to others; if forced, we would probably say that the point where a culture goes down one musical path rather than another is "symmetry breaking" as in quantum entanglement. Newton himself never discovered the equations governing string harmonics, but his successors used his version of calculus to do so, applied this to waves, and from there were able to unify things as disparate as quantum mechanics, cosmology, and music. A wonderful description of the ways musical and mathematical exploration can parallel each other can be found in "The Jazz of Physics" by Stephon Alexander.
It is a very informative and insightful analysis, as always. It would be great to get your opinion on my video titled "Could Korean folksong called Arirang(아리랑) be based on Biblical Hebrew language, history & prophecy?" I have explained in detail what the first 2 words of this song probably mean. There are many theories, but none are convincing to me, so this is why I decided to take a new approach.
One of the many beautiful traditional Korean folk songs, that are unfortunately largely unknown in the western world. There are also first-class VERSIONS of FORESTELLA, one as a group alone and one even more traditionally together with SONG SO-HEE, who sings in traditional MINYO style (one of the types of Korean TGugak singing). Song SoHee is also considered one of these child singing prodigies and is a master of traditional Korean throat singing. Incidentally, classical Korean music is, for historical reasons, subject to western influences and is probably therefore pleasant for our cultural musical well-being. Personally, I prefer listening to the two versions mentioned above than the version by Soyang, as they remain more authentic for me.
About those strange harmonies.. I have heard it said that the lower notes in small upright pianos are produced by chords that are too short. They have to be out of tune to sound right because the overtones are not exact multiples of the fundamental. So maybe if traditional instruments of have strange overtones, traditional music may favor strange harmonies.
ACK! @SirHairless ... I hope someone mentioned that Forestella also covered this song with a Very Different Arrangement: th-cam.com/video/72utqQgKWsc/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUSZm9yZXN0ZWxsYSBhcmlyYW5n It would be great to do a comparison reaction~
Wonderful reaction as usual. I first heard this song by Forestella also on Immortal Songs - th-cam.com/video/72utqQgKWsc/w-d-xo.html totally different interpretation of the song. the Korean government loved it so much they took them out to the island between North and South Korea and recorded it on a navel warship! th-cam.com/video/TBKv7x2JgCQ/w-d-xo.html. would be wonderful to see your reaction to they version. Note it was only the 2nd time they appeared on the show and their 1st win. Thanks Michele
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Check out my previous reaction to Sohyang next 🎶th-cam.com/video/xwbbXy0aK-k/w-d-xo.html
Sohyang has such a clean, pure voice. And this song really suits her so well. Thanks for reacting.
And I think you’d really like Faouzia’s live cover of Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather”. Nice showcase of Faouzia’s lighter head voice.
th-cam.com/video/cyd5XIuBpSo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cKw5QovLNfhQguAM original song. seo yoo seok-alone arirang
She is doing the arrangements on her renditions. She controls every aspect, with her glasses and notebook. Her musical intuition is second to none. Good point of her conducting the audience, I think she is also a conductor (apart from music Professor, child fantasy writer, religious series writer, CCM singer, cancer survivor) but she mostly conducts herself, so always pay attention on her free hand.
I enjoyed your detailed breakdown very much. It is amazing that a piece with so many dissonant chords can be ever so pleasing to the ear. You asked if So Hyang has any songs that she performs that don't have a wow moment, it is hard to say for sure, as her use of dynamics alone is always such a captivating part. I guess the closest song to her not using any real belting is the old jazz standard 'Misty' from the Begin Again concerts. She sings true to the needs of the music. Thanks again for the great analysis.
A wonderful, tear-jerking performance.
For me, this is one of the best live performances EVER and gives me the chills every time I watch it. Its not just her incredible vocal technique and musicality, but also her ability to communicate her emotions and the emotions of the lyrics when she performs, which gets straight to your soul. Thank you for the reaction, really enjoyed it. More Sohyang please.
Welcome back to The slaying Queen So in her her magical mode🎉😮😊
Thanks from Perú 😊
Man!!! I enjoyed this one! You really listen and I mean LISTEN!! I understand she looks at reactions from time to time and maybe she’ll comment on all your questions around her arrangement and why she did it that way but those dissonances are all normal for us Koreans and was very natural to hear! 😊 Thanks man! Please go for “Everyone” to feel the full power of her soul. ❤❤❤❤
Queen Sohyang!❤️
World 🌏Best singer!!!👍
phenomenal as per usual
She has strong competetor in Morissette ...
💜 Thank you again for your detailed analysis, teacher. One of my favorite clips of Sohyang.
Thanks for watching!
Ouf! What a voice! And this song goes through mystery, magic, ballad, patriotic march, jazzy chords, poppy energy… I’m running out of words… the orchestra, chorus, violinist and arrangement, all work together along with her angelic voice to serve us this delightful performance. I really like the unpredictability of the arrangement. I don’t think it went once where I expected. Thank you again Sir. 🤗
love your analyses!
what a voice she has on her world class inside and out my favorite female singer bar none she can do it all thanks love from the uk
AAAA I love so much to Sohyang❤
I listen to Sohyang because her voice is so clean, clear, precise. Your breakdown enhanced my enjoyment. I had no idea she arranged this. (Love the new graphics at beginning, btw.)
I would appreciate an analysis of Everyone by Sohyang
You should definitely watch So Hyang's performance on Immortal Songs 2 with her version of the song You Raise Me Up. You won't recognize this famous song in her arrangement at all.
Agreed!
will always be absolute favourite song of hers, she basically made it her own. A figure skating pair even chose it as their performance song at the olympics haha :D
if you wanna see SoHyang without much of the what you called wow moments, may I suggest her cover of Misty, which is jazzy and one of her personal favourite genres to sing in, from what I know
Wow this performance by Sohyang was really my cup of tea and your reaction/analysis on it was a true pleasure to watch; thank you for this nice experience and the Patreon who requested this beautiful video!
The original song of this version wishes for the reunification of South and North Korea metaphorically. Sohyang chose to start the song with a somewhat naive and childlike dream of reunification. However, it soon meets obstacles and turmoil, as modern Korean history has shown, represented by Sohyang’s dramatic transition. When the song reaches the chorus part of the familiar folk tune, which every Korean literally knows, she encourages the audience to symbolically join in, hand-in-hand, to the journey of peace and reunification. But in the end, she comes back to the realization of a somewhat melancholic mode because this journey to reunification is still difficult. In the closing line, Sohyang emotionally says “We're going Over…Over Arirang Hill” as if she wouldn't let go of hope. With historical context behind it, one would be able to understand better why this Sohyang rendition of “Arirang Alone” transcends and strike the heart of many Korean.
Kudos to you. Your analysis clarified many why this version has been so pleasing in our ears. Great reaction. Thanks.
Thanks for the information - makes a lot more sense now!
Thanks for that in-depth description of just how the song tells a nuanced and significant story.
In the traditional lyrics, the fictional Arirang is described as a mountain pass, not a hill; this makes it easy to interpret as a potential point of entry through the actual DMZ boundary between the Koreas. While the traditional lyrics emphasize separation and longing, So Hyang adds the line "and they became one" which she nearly screams during the clashing tumultuous bridge section, underlining the pain and uncertain hope for unification. The last section begins with the added line "Baekdueseo Hanrakkaji" loosely translated in the subtitles as "We will travel from [Mount] Baekdu [on the border between NK and China] to [Mount] Halla [on Jeju Island, just south of mainland SK]", a powerful symbol of the entirety of Korea being tied together.
As a Salt Lake City native, I still remember my Korean friends openly weeping when the North and South Korean Olympic teams marched into the 2002 opening ceremonies together, all of them singing this song as one.
Wow! Thank you so much for a beautiful description of the song. This is my favorite performance and I'm sure I'll get more out of it when I watch it again remembering your eloquent explanation
Fabulous reaction, Sir!!
Love it!!! xx
So Hyang es la mejor cantante femenina del mundo. Se merece más reconocimiento.
Saludos desde Chile ❤🇨🇱
She has strong competition in Morissette ...
Thanks for the reaction.
The only Queen - Queen Sohyang!! ❤
Angel Sohyang 🪽🎤
This performance was a masterclass in audience involvement. Sohyang is sharing with and enticing the audience from the jump, and by the point of the "sing-along" she was them in the palm of her hand.
When I first listened to this song, my tears came out for no reason. I don't know why because I didn't get the lyrics that time, only the voice of Sohyang and the sound of the violin made me cry suddenly....incredible effect of music. Beautiful heartbreaking history of the 2 Koreas, I need to study about it more. Thank you for the reaction from my fav analyst 😍
Gosh, ive listened to this performance after a longer time and she made me cry again 😢❤
Спасибо вам большое за реакцию ❤❤❤❤❤
wow what a beautiful voice
It has been a pleasure to hear your reaction, as always. I would like to know if you have what is considered "absolute pitch" since it details each of the sounds and identifies them on the keyboard. It is very interesting to see that process. I would suggest reacting to "Everyone" by So Hyang, as intense as Arirang
Thanks! Absolute pitch (known as perfect pitch where I'm from) is the ability to know a pitch without having any reference, so by that definition I don't have it - I have what's called relative pitch by many. And relative pitch comes at varying degrees 🎵 Thanks for the recommendation!
Enjoyed your reaction/analysis of this performance. At the risk of having your head explode I would strongly suggest that you tackle her performance of Everyone, a true magnum opus.
Thank you for this reaction! I hope you don't mind my comments -- at least you know I'm engaged with your reaction!
she is the queen diva and the queen of key change
Sohyang is such a great storyteller who is defying physics. This Arirang Alone is definitely her original version and one of her signature songs. Waiting for another reaction to SH video!
Sohyang - Stay !
Very composed and crushingly beautiful live performance 😊
This song was a lovely one to sing in a chorus I was once a member of. It was an audience favourite. The core melody was very similar to this minus the many flourishes in this gorgeous version. This is one of my absolute favourites of SoHyang. I find the melody does something good to my soul. Thanks, as always:)
It's a very nice melody
@@SirHairless for your own enjoyment you might like her version of Misty (Begin Again Korea).
just subscribed good luck whith your channel
Thank you!
HOLA ESTIMADO MR O SIR SOHYANG ES BRILLANTE.
wow...
loved it ,next should be 'everyone' or 'you raise me up' of the same show.all of her performances are so complex musically and vocally yet its so pleasing and comforting
Thanks you for your reaction it really showed me a lot of stuff without her voice .
That i can really hear myself 😅
Thanks for your reaction and analysis. Many people reaction to Arirang Alone assume that it is one of the variations of Arirang, Korean Folk song, but Arirang Alone has more to do with the word, Arirang than musical aspect of Arirang. Arirang is very hard to translate as the original meaning in Korean itself is difficult, but it means a hill or deep longing and sorrow. The original Arirang Alone is actually a modern song written in 1989, but the song's style is more like Korean songs in 60s or 70s. Also, the original song does not have the Korean Folk song Arirang musical theme in it, but Sohyang included it where she encouraged the audience to sing along as the meaning wise, it is a deep sorrow and longing for the unification of Korea. She did a great job of expressing the original intent of the song musically with her version and amazingly I might add. The dissonant chords appear a lot in my opinion because she expressed the dissonant difference between South Korea and North Korea. The song literally says the waters from Baekdoo Mountain in the most Northern and the highest mountain in Korea and the waters from Halla Mountain, the most Southern and the second highest mountain in Korea meet in the East Sea where a small island in the most Eastern side of Korea. This longing of unification is not olny difficult, but the difference is something to overcome and need to be harmonized. Hence, she used the dissonant chords, but harmonized and then sings the original folk song Arirang altogether in unison. Many of her covers are nothing like the original, but she has intentional approach to the song to express her interpretation. So when it comes to Koean songs, it would be more interesting if you pay attention to the lyrics. There are many videos with the subtitles. Everyone is one of them. Everyone without the subtitle still gives you chills, but with the subtitle, you could understand why many audience cry. And the English part of the song is not the translation of the Korean part. Just a heads up since you will do that one as well eventually. Looking forward to many more reactions and especially Begin Again Series, which are more acoustic than the grandeur Immortal Songs.
Hug Me on DMC Festival, she was sick but still nailed an intimate/emotive performance.
너무나 멋져요 훌륭합니다 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Best of best ever!!!!!
I will not rest until you react to her rendition of "Everyone"
Please react to her Begin Again performance of the jazz classic Misty
소향님 리액션영상은 필수죠♡
I just love this guy so much🙏🏼
Thank you for reacting to this song in particular! Ever since I heard her sing this song I was obsessed with it. But I could never explain to anyone why and how much I love this version/arrangement so much. I do not come from a background of music theory. (I just love singing and am currently taking voice lessons).
You have put words to what I can't explain. Aaand it's also all in your face when you listen to music. Such a joy to watch and to listen to you.
Thank you for all the information you provide!
Your voice is also very gentle and appealing - quite soothing to listen to.
The song is also about the suffering of the people.
A few things: 1) You've been responding to her performances in a quasi-competition where she generally pulls out all the stops as the audience expects fireworks from her. For examples of "normal" arrangements there is Misty, I Will Always Love You, Stay and Love Poem. 2) For an example of Arirang Alone sung in a traditional folk arrangement see this one by Song SoHee th-cam.com/video/U1os5xGWFeE/w-d-xo.html 3) I think what many of her fans are attracted to is not so much the fireworks but the fact her performances feel so naturally communal. She just radiates a natural goodness and joy that's impossible to fake and feels like she's inviting us on stage to experience the performance with her.
소향이 부른 ♡내가 만약♡이라는 곡도 꼭 같이 듣고 싶어요. 오늘도 훌륭한 감상평 잘 듣고 가요!😊😊
Great reaction and analysis!! What I love about this performance is that I went through a journey with her music. I felt I'm on a boat sailing on the calming sea at the beginning (the chime feels like the moonlight reflection on the water) and then when though a storm in the middle of the crazy part (with the violin solo joined). After the storm past you are on the open ocean, and finally arrived at a peaceful place with hope. Indeed her performance tends to have some crazy part, and some people might think that's too showboaty (which is also why most people amazed by and recommend to you). But most of the time I really enjoyed her (re-)interpretation of songs!!
Dang, she made me see the boulders in the path over the mountain! The narration was so clear through ages of struggle before a triumphant rise - acknowledgment of the harshness and continued trails of life, but a resolution to face it head on as one people. This is so full of national pride. Koreans are experts at grabbing your heartstrings and pulling you along for the ride.
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If you know a little about Korean history and the hope Korean people still have for unification and peace this arrangement seems to me to be hopeful and even triumphant moving through the tears and despair. And of course, So Hyang's ability to unite with her audience.
This is my favorite So Hyang "cover", thanks for checking this out. I've read in other reactions that South Koreans consider this to be about their hope of the reunification of both North and South Korea.
This is absolutely correct. There are a lot of South Koreans who long for a reunification, mostly the older generations of course. The Baekdu and Hallasan mountains mentioned (13:08) are at the tips of each country basicallly.
So Hyang arranges all of her performances herself. Every single performance has a climax that is LEGENDARY.
Please react to her performance of Upon This Rock! Gospel Song.
She performed it in 2022 (8 years later since her last performance of that song,) so fans were very excited
It is a fancam video, please react !!
th-cam.com/video/m9gSi3yk6g0/w-d-xo.html
Great moment🎉❤
Another great reaction. I'm really hoping that you'll react to the song by sohyang call Everyone. She even said that it takes an insane amount of breath control for it. It will be a roller coaster ride for you.
Misty is an example where there is no "waw" notes but amazing Soulful jazzy song with great emotions
plz react to "you raise me up" because it is amazingly rearranged.
On "begin again" show, she was in acoustic vibe without "wow" moment.
i won't give up
i will always love you
flashlight
misty...
I recommend "I will always miss you" as well.
it is easier to get English sub in vimeo than in youtube.
소향은 한국에 최고에 보컬코치고 음악에는 진짜 찐.....
I think the most amazing part of this performance is that she incorporated traditional Korean singing into this stage.
The part where you can barely tell when you hear the first note. It's similar to the way you yodel. That's part of Korean singing.
Since it's not a singing style she's used to, she must have put in a lot of effort to do it right.
This stage is 'Immortal Songs'. You have to respect the classics. In particular, this song is like the national anthem of Korea.
No matter how much you rearrange it, you have to have at least a minimum of respect. She did that. She properly digested and incorporated traditional Korean singing.
It was invaded by Japan and trampled on, but it was liberated, and then it was divided into the South and the North, and it became a ruin, and then it rose again to achieve economic development... I think the variety of this song is made by expressing all the hardships, adversity, and joy of Korea.
Arirang has no direct translation to English but the idea it represents is along the lines of very hard work or diligent struggle. The song is based on a Korean folk song that has evolved over a period of 600 years and now is an allegory for their desire to reunite north and south.
Sohyang is difficult to rationally explain. She might have died from cervical cancer when she was 20 but credits God with her healing. Yet a bad blood transfusion at the time of the surgery left her with hepatitis B. Normally that is easily cured with antibiotics but this was the rare incurable variety so it plagues her to this day with a compromised immune system and she contracts pneumonia rather often. For a four year period from 2016 to 2020 she was battling it eight different times and was almost out of circulation in the musical community. Thus Sohyang knows what it is to be chronically ill for a lengthy period of time but again credits God with teaching her invaluable spiritual lessons from it. She has largely been fine since then but did come down with covid19 for two weeks in the summer of 2022. Thankfully she recovered well and at the age of 46 sings as excellently today as she ever has. You are right when the thought comes to mind that there is no way this woman is 46! She looks 10 or 15 years younger, at least! But it is true. She was born on April 5, 1978! 🤷♂
Professional "super star" level music producers (David Foster), singers (Michael Bolton and Josh Groban), teachers (Seth Riggs) and vocal coaches by the boat load are pretty well stupefied at how much talent is wrapped up in this tiny five foot four inch, 100 pound woman. Sohyang has trained her central nervous system to the point, and developed such articulate muscular control, that her singing technique is perfect. She is considered a master singer. Literally. Again Sohyang gives the credit to the divine entity, stating her voice "is from God." Obviously she has taken her singing talent to the nth degree, and tells others who want to enter the world of professional singing that they must be born with a good voice and then work very hard to develop it. But this barely scratches the surface of who Sohyang is and how talented she is on stage. Her stage presence and body language are unmatched in my experience, much like what Elvis Presley had fifty years ago but different, of course, since she is a sincere Christian woman and believes in presenting herself in modest yet excellent quality theatrical attire and with absolute confidence and purpose at all times.
I have also found these high production value South Korean music presentations to be as good as you will find anywhere on the planet. They show Sohyang in the best fashion possible and these seem, to me, as good as you would find at _any_ of the Grammy Awards in their heyday. When you add a Super Star talent like Sohyang to the show, everyone who watches it is quite rightly blown away. 👀😮💥👌😎🎸🎙👽🛸💖💖💖
Here is Sohyang both before and after this concert. th-cam.com/video/FnIxSZagxak/w-d-xo.html
@ToddSuave Thank you for all this information! I knew Sohyang had suffered but didn't know the extent of it. The fact that she chooses songs of healing and strength to sign to others is just awe-inspiring.
@@lattelover5471 Sohyang reduced me, then a man 60 or 61 when I discovered her, to tears when I first heard her sing Bridge Over Troubled Water, Arirang Alone, and her 2014 rendition of The Power of Love all in one sitting one evening back in the fall of 2018. I'd never heard _anyone_ who could sing like her or put so much emotion into her singing. And I was not a fan of the diva genre by any means. It was blues and rock guitar and a little Classical, Romantic, Jazz and some even older music like that from the 1500s to 1700s. But Sohyang's abilities cut through all that and made me a huge fan. I still listen to all sorts of music but there is seldom a day that goes by without Sohyang in it. That she is such a decent person and not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is just inspirational. I'm glad you like her and my little write up. I hope you can enjoy her music all your life. 😉😎⭐👑👽🛸
Thanks for the informative comment!
@@SirHairless Does Sohyang make you cry like the rest of us grown men?
16:34 "It's almost like she's conducting ..." She IS conducting; she's inviting the audience to sing along to their dearly-loved national song. Think of the scene in The Sound of Music where the family is at the Salzburg Music Festival and they get everyone singing Edelwiess.
She really is a master singer. I love interpretations and arrangements. Just pure pleasure. I don’t like to recommend someone else when commenting on another singer but I really think you need to add the singer Zhou Shen to your list of singers to listen to. There is no one like him. A beautiful ethereal contra tenor. A voice that heals. Check out his song Moonlight, China in Lights, Upward to the Moon, Ring the Doorbell. He is called a walking CD he sounds incredible live and an amazing performer. His voice is like an instrument.
Excellent review, I always learn something when I watch you - I think the dissonance in the music was because of the struggle / conflict between North & South Korea. Thank you!
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So this version of "Arirang" deserves some context and explanation. It is decidedly NOT the classic version of "Arirang" that most Koreans are familiar with nor is it similar to any of the more well-known renditions of this folk song (which are mostly region-specific). However, it IS famous for being a modern *adaptation* of the traditional Arirang folk song (which is why it's not called "Arirang" proper but rather, "Arirang Alone"). The main differences are yes, in the tone and melody but more so in the lyrics. "Arirang Alone" departs from the traditional song and instead focuses on a theme of reunification between the two Koreas. It was sung as a tribute following the Korean War to uplift Koreans in the hope of reunification (think the fall of the Berlin Wall as an example).
@miryeongk Thank you for that added information. I have been listening to So Hyang for over two years and have come to know that she puts her incredible spin on most all of her performances. But it is important to me to understand the differences in 'Arirang (Alone)' that you wrote about that have changed through time. I'm from the U.S. and my father was in the Korean War.
You havent heard her best until you hear her version of EVERYONE.
Hi! I would love it if you checked out Kim Feel, he's another artist who has been a lot on Immortal Songs and is one of my absolute favourites! The video title card that appeared at the end of So Hyang's video, "Like being shot", is a great place to start - it is amazing. He has a bit of an unusal voice in my opinion and I would love to hear your thoughts on it!
Great reaction and analysis as always!
Maybe you can take on some India music with all the semitone, or tones in between semitones if that's possible. Like someone singing with a sitar? I don't have any particular suggestions though.
Actually this is a collection of songs of arirang from different regions. Arirang is a tradicional korean folk songs passed down by word of Mouth.
한국사람들이 다 아는 민요 홀로 아리랑 편곡은 역대급이라 봅니다
이런곡을 편곡해서 부른다는 자체가
잘해도 본전이라서..
그녀의 노래는 불협화음조차 염두에 두었을거라 생각합니다
이 곡을 편곡해서 부르기 까지 얼마나 힘들었을지 상상이 되는데
노래에 반응해 주셔서 감사합니다^^
She changed completely on her own version. You showed Koran ladies singing earlier was I will say original Korean traditional song
Happy you reacted to Sohyang’s Arirang . Excellent reaction. 👏. Made me realize that it’s way more complex than I thought it was.
Here’s a version done primarily by the famous BTS in 2016. Other K-pop groups join them for the last verse.
I enjoyed this one too, especially the dancing.
th-cam.com/video/vwc5zTayVJw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9E1RFyjsnaEjMkKN
@maryjohn3807 I love the BTS version, mixing together multiple traditional versions of this song. I had hoped they would end their Busan concert with this song.
I generally like watching reaction videos but hate it when the reactor, understandably, stops the video for comments. However, I love listening to you - you're so technically smart, and empathetic to all the genres of music you've reacted to. Love your channel.
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Would you check out Song Sohee too?
Like Spring Day, Tearful duman river, Pollack
You should do a reaction on " you raised me up " it's interesting...
Why does Sir Hairless vaguely remind me of Jude Law😭😭
이 분은 음악가인가 물리학자인가
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They watch a version as well of Forestella of arirang
The arrangment highlights the instability that has happened in Korea. The rest is the hope of the stability to come if they all unite together. That's my take. She does all of her arrangements with her husband.
Please take a listening to Forestella's version of this song, Arirang Alone. It was their first winning performance in Immortal Songs, the beginning of a legend!
They had different interpretation, it would be interesting as you know the song.
Oh. I was hoping you were going to do BTS' take of Arirang. Well, I hope you will. Have a good nite.
Thanks for the suggestion
16:05 "Going back to the point of the frequencies, it defies many of the laws of physics about what makes a sound nice..." Well, Sir Isaac Newton would most likely agree with you, Sir H, but I'm not so sure Stephen Hawking would. I had the good fortune to hear a "popular" lecture he gave (meaning he kept it simple for us non-physicists) and Hawking was very clear that physics is an adventure, an exploration of what is out there in the universe. A little research tells me that Korean traditional music typically uses one of two pentatonic scales: Pyung-jo (blues scale) Eb - F - Ab - Bb - C or Gye-Mjun-Jo Eb - Gb - Ab - Bb - Db. I am confident that those who grow up listening to songs performed in these scales find them "nice" -- and I imagine a physicist could explain that to us!
Stephen Hawking would agree because we're talking about concurrent notes, not consecutive notes
I recently got my PhD in physics from BYU, a religious university with a very strong tradition of choral music. While I wasn't in the acoustics division, I collaborated with students and professors there (one of whom was a lead tenor in the regionally-famous a capella group Vocal Point), and of course needed to take several classes; so I'm not an expert but have a bit better than a wikipedia-level understanding.
So, for what it's worth: I think @SirHairless is right to say that frequencies in simple fractional relationships sound universally harmonious, not just to humans but experimentally to birds as well (who prefer perching next to speakers playing Bach over white noise, and white noise over Alban Berg). The western division of notes into 12 tones of equal temperament means there are many opportunities for waves to match in simple fractions; it is, however, arbitrary, as there many other options. Much Middle-eastern music uses a 24-tone Maqam, some Indian music uses a Raga system of 22 unequally-spaced pitches, traditional Chinese music emphasizes the five tones of the pentatonic scale familiar to Westerners as the lick from "My Girl", and cultures from Zimbabwe to Indonesia use 7-tone scales that have almost no simple wave-matching. Furthermore, a great deal of music's emotional power relies on the buildup of tension with clashing discordant notes resolving into more familiar "home" chords, and different cultures consider different levels and kinds of dissonance "acceptable". Here physics offers no guides as to why some cultures ended up preferring some clashes to others; if forced, we would probably say that the point where a culture goes down one musical path rather than another is "symmetry breaking" as in quantum entanglement.
Newton himself never discovered the equations governing string harmonics, but his successors used his version of calculus to do so, applied this to waves, and from there were able to unify things as disparate as quantum mechanics, cosmology, and music. A wonderful description of the ways musical and mathematical exploration can parallel each other can be found in "The Jazz of Physics" by Stephon Alexander.
@@oceanchaos1 Thanks so much for that explanation!!!
exo MAMA or TEMPO please
It is a very informative and insightful analysis, as always.
It would be great to get your opinion on my video titled "Could Korean folksong called Arirang(아리랑) be based on Biblical Hebrew language, history & prophecy?" I have explained in detail what the first 2 words of this song probably mean. There are many theories, but none are convincing to me, so this is why I decided to take a new approach.
Vamos reagir ao gabriel henrique com músicas novas
One of the many beautiful traditional Korean folk songs, that are unfortunately largely unknown in the western world. There are also first-class VERSIONS of FORESTELLA, one as a group alone and one even more traditionally together with SONG SO-HEE, who sings in traditional MINYO style (one of the types of Korean TGugak singing). Song SoHee is also considered one of these child singing prodigies and is a master of traditional Korean throat singing. Incidentally, classical Korean music is, for historical reasons, subject to western influences and is probably therefore pleasant for our cultural musical well-being. Personally, I prefer listening to the two versions mentioned above than the version by Soyang, as they remain more authentic for me.
Oh yes. The forestella version is great too.
th-cam.com/video/72utqQgKWsc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aOvJBCOyeaiJuoyO.
About those strange harmonies.. I have heard it said that the lower notes in small upright pianos are produced by chords that are too short. They have to be out of tune to sound right because the overtones are not exact multiples of the fundamental. So maybe if traditional instruments of have strange overtones, traditional music may favor strange harmonies.
Forestella has recorded Arirang, too:
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ACK! @SirHairless ... I hope someone mentioned that Forestella also covered this song with a Very Different Arrangement: th-cam.com/video/72utqQgKWsc/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUSZm9yZXN0ZWxsYSBhcmlyYW5n It would be great to do a comparison reaction~
I know BTS did their arirang version with some other idols on stage.
Wonderful reaction as usual. I first heard this song by Forestella also on Immortal Songs - th-cam.com/video/72utqQgKWsc/w-d-xo.html
totally different interpretation of the song. the Korean government loved it so much they took them out to the island between North and South Korea and recorded it on a navel warship! th-cam.com/video/TBKv7x2JgCQ/w-d-xo.html. would be wonderful to see your reaction to they version. Note it was only the 2nd time they appeared on the show and their 1st win. Thanks Michele
As a Korean, this is uncomfortably close to my sense of Korean identity.
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This is the original version of this song.
Needs more pauses
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