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. 😉
Welcome to Sohyang's world. Her name has two syllables "So" and "Hyang". There is no Wah sound as you did at 0:28 Keep the original H and Y sounds and blend. The H is not silent, its just difficult for English speakers to blend. :) The song has nothing to do with China, which is where Mulan is set. Arirang Alone is a very patriotic Korean song. The original folk song Arirang was about two lovers and this modern version is about the split between North and South Korea and the longing and hope they have to be reconciled. Think of the first half as the peace and then the swell is the war and the split. Immortal Songs 2 is a long running Korean TV celebrity singing content. Popular singers are invited onto the show and each show has a theme. The theme this time was 'traditional Music.' Each artist has to rearrange a song that fits the theme. Sohyang is one of the worlds top female vocalists. She can sing just about any genre, although if you like heavy metal that she wont do. But gospel, pop, some soft rock, R&B, jazz and even a rap, yes. I love how she fooled you during angel mode into thinking this is how she sings. When you said "maybe she will do something impactful" Right before she switches to beast mode I had to laugh. 😂 Sohyang in beast mode will give you the impact that you are after.
'Arirang Alone' is a traditional Korean folk song that expresses the desire for the unification of North and South Korea. Sohyang is a South Korean singer.
It's not often I see reactors pretty much write a song and singer off before it's even half way through, particularly as most songs climax towards the end! :) Glad you stuck with it though. This is a lovely traditional Korean folk song, but Sohyang has an incredible and varied music catalogue on TH-cam that is well worth exploring. In my opinion she's definitely one of the finest singers on the planet.
"We need her to like belt out." I laughed a little knowing you are listening to one of if not the best upper belter ever (no hyperbole) who demonstrates that frequently. If you watch more performances you'll discover she is perfectly capable of belting out long portions of songs that many other singers wouldn't have the stamina to do. Combined with her other incredible skills, use of dynamics, creative arrangements, etc. this leads to some amazing performances. I've heard numerous people say they would have enjoyed listening to the whole song sung like the first part. She did sing it beautifully so that's easy to believe. This guy: "We're going to start falling asleep in here you know." Not exactly the approach I would take if running a reaction channel. I think that about songs sometimes too, but with a bunch of fans of the singer you are saying that about watching if it was me I would go for a more diplomatic approach. But I'm also all for honesty so I'm glad you didn't pretend to like it.
Her performance of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' (in English) is one of the greatest live performances by anyone ever... KBS TV version. She is considered by many voice experts as one of the very best female singers on earth.
She is the best female vocalist in this world. She is next level. [Sohyang List] - You raise me up (Immortal songs 2) - Bridge over troubled water (Immortal songs 2) - I have nothing (I am a singer legend) - Lean on me (Immortal songs 2) - I'll always love you (begin again Korea) - Oh holy night (I am a singer 2) - Everyone (Immortal songs 2) - Arirang alone (Immortal songs 2) - Power of love (2014 live) - Never enough (begin again Korea) - Misty (begin again Korea) - I'll be there (begin again Korea) - I won't give up (Open Concert) - Amazing Grace (Global Church Blessing 2020) - Mona lisa (King Of Masked Singer) - Fate (I am a singer 2) - Wild flower (Immortal songs 2) - Where are you (I am a singer 2) - Dear love (King Of Masked Singer) - Never Ending story (I am a singer 2) - If I ain't got you (begin again Korea) - The prayer (Jeong Ui Geun & So hyang) - My favorite things (begin again Korea) - As I live (I am a singer 2) - Breathe (King Of Masked Singer)
SoHyang is in her own league! Her crystal-clear high notes pierce the hearts of listeners like shards of celestial light, leaving an indelible mark on their souls.
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. 👀😮💥👌😎🎸🎙👽🛸💖💖💖
Sohyang's vocal skills are recognized as one of the best in the world. Sohyang has already performed on stage with numerous global musicians, including Josh Groban, David Foster, Brian McKnight, Kirk Franklin, Michael Bolton, Israel Houghton, etc. In particular, the original writer of "You Raise Me Up", Brendan Graham praised Sohyang's version as the best in the world out of about 165,000 arrangements, and even gave Sohyang some songs as a gift. In addition, Sohyang is a singer who has received numerous contract offers from Boyz II Men producer, B.B. King agent, Golden Williams who made Beyoncé successful, Sony Music US headquarters, and the three major Kpop agencies etc. for decades. Seth Riggs, who created 126 Grammy Award winners, also praised Sohyang's vocals as one of the best in the world. Although Sohyang is not as globally famous as BTS or Blackpink, she is a singer who has reached the peak as a vocalist in the Kpop market, one of the largest music markets in the world. However, Sohyang is a person who has decided on comforting people rather than succeeding as a singer, so she has turned down many contract offers and has been working alone without belonging to any company since her debut. 😊
Holo Arirang is a song that was combined with a classical folk song in 1990 to express the pain of division and the desire for unification. Sohyang arranged it in her own colors.
This is a Korean folk song about the Korean people 's desire to reunite North and South Korea, and ultimately reunite with family members who were trapped in the North because of the Korean War and the policies that keep families apart there. Not to mention Sohyang's emotional interpretation of it. She is a masterful singer and can sing gospel, ballads, folk, rock, even a bit of rap (think the song, "Day Day") found on the Korean live concert series "Begin Again". Thank you both for your honesty reaction to her.😊
Welcome to the world of SoHyang~!!! She is CCM/GOSPEL SINGER of South KOREA and cancer survivor. . She is one of the greatest vocalist in the world.But She wasn't known as well as popular because She sing for GOD and Comfort people who has hardtime Not for fame or money. ..In her youth, she turned down all offers from mega agencies for her beliefs...and now she is 46years old. .She has so many legendary live performances . She always sings with sincerity whenever and wherever. So it comforts those who listen to her song...That's why I love her...And her singing skills are the best, not to mention... This performance is just tip of iceberg.. . Thanks for your reaction of Queen Sohyang ♥ If you want to pronounce her name correctly, please watch the linked video below. th-cam.com/video/4sdbO-hTZbk/w-d-xo.html
You guys totally missed the meaning of this song! Not sure why both of you were acting in such a puerile manner, but to each their own. I thought SoHyang’s performance was amazing.
I don't like passing by people who react to Sohyangs without giving a like but I don't think you two appreciate the talent it takes to do what you just witnessed and I'm afraid if I do give you one then algorithm will show more of your inane reactions so I think I'll pass.
@@HitPlayWithKay You answering back like that makes you seem immature and childish. I watched your reaction and had similar feeling as the commenter. When you mentioned the first part of the song was just ok let's me know you are clueless about music. Most experts and vocal coaches always mention how amazing and skillful the first half the song is with the soft power and emotive storytelling.
@@robertmyers7383 Lol I was just telling her what I meant but ok, I am the immature one. Thanks for your comment! It's not like we said we ate our own words and that she's amazing or anything 🙃 Have a nice day, sir! 🥰
@@HitPlayWithKay If you're only impressed with vocal acrobatics and freakish belting like Dimash, you are missing out. I personally prefer when a singer can connect with me emotionally and take me on journey with them. With So Hyang you get both.
@@robertmyers7383 I am so confused lol... like, I am in total agreement with you here. So Hyang is incredible and we became fans during the second half of the song. You're only mad 'cause we said it wasn't for us at first, but like I said, we ate our own words and realized just how amazing she is.... I don't understand why you're still coming at me? Either way, I appreciate you and hope you have an amazing day! ❤
Oh… Disney princess… mulan….this is an interesting take. This is a really old Korean folk song (contrary to what people were told, this song goes farther back than Korean War) But it actually still a song of overcoming many hills of life, Arirang. It’s a song of sadness, despair, and new hope and an emotional song for Koreans as a nation reflecting on many hardships endured in its history -we call it “Han” 한. I’m a Korean American who grew up in Korea until the early teenage years. I didn’t understand this song much then. But when I heard this rendition, I felt all the emotions mentioned above and cried. Sohyang is an incredible singer
She is not a commercial singer. She originally started as a gospel singer and learned the technical aspects of commercial music from other singers through several TV competitions. She began to gain recognition from the public through some cover songs. What’s even more amazing is that she became rapidly known worldwide through new media, with many vocal experts and others reviewing her songs. Even now, she continues to reject commercial offers and pursues only her own music, remaining active.. th-cam.com/video/M7OXYs1J8p4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0eU2e7kRDiV0q-4i
This women is one of,if not the Best Female Singer I have heard in my 71 years on this World! She can literally sing any Genre’ and does Superbly! I I discovered he about 12 years into my U-Tube journey and have not found anyone better though some are close like Lara Fabian and Morrisette Amon! I would say Diana’s is at the same level and I enjoy them very much! It all a matter of individual taste ! I do have one suggestion and that is one of her own songs SoHyang and Petra Freedom th-cam.com/video/5-WPK-DlZ3Y/w-d-xo.html Composed by SoHyang and Petra
Es una canción muy bella, a pesar de que hablo español, pude conocer sobre la letra y es una canción tradicional de Corea que habla sobre un camino en común entre las dos Coreas, un sueño que todo el pueblo anhela, pero en libertad
You two were so far off on this one. No clue what so ever. Most everyone else can tell by the tempo and the sound of the song that it is an old traditional song. This woman is the best female vocalist on the planet and you just said she sang “good”. Wow. I’ll never come here again. You two have no clue.
I came here to see Bcz of so Hyang I try to not say anything but why do you guys talk like a person who does not even live in this century with some saying like her name is that hard to say SOHYANG ?? ... and later she says I don't know is she Korean or Chinese .. 2024 everything free and search is available for everyone to know more
I think you guys needed to watch through before coming to a conclusion. And do a little research too...? The name; not knowing the show; but still speculating? I have to say you were only expecting "belting" was a little telling. well at least you
Thank you for awsome reaction. I really love your reaction with true heart. Here is an updated list of Sohyang's performances for you can react to (many are with english subtitles); (Please ignore with ones if you have already reacted before.) (Also, be really careful and take caution on copyright issues as Korea broadcasters are usually strict on this.) ----------------------------------------- The Power of Love (2022.12.20) th-cam.com/video/aBWgX3Bgdkg/w-d-xo.html The star (Sohyang + Petra, Official MV 2022.12.16) th-cam.com/video/XcOBNGMT12c/w-d-xo.html Upon this rock (Concert 8k Fan cam 2022.08.27) th-cam.com/video/Joi9dubp6Bc/w-d-xo.html Dazzling (K-Drama 'Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist' OST 2022) th-cam.com/video/IDmS_81NbgM/w-d-xo.html Dream / I have nothing (2 songs at DMCF 2015.09.12) th-cam.com/video/gIKYsLWA4Co/w-d-xo.html Don't forget me (Cam version) th-cam.com/video/9bTwwuHIhzA/w-d-xo.html Vincent (K-Drama 'Why Her?' OST) th-cam.com/video/FbCgIfpIIEc/w-d-xo.html Sweet Dreams, My Dear (PC game "LOSTARK" OST/Soundtrack) th-cam.com/video/ENB-BSYCg1c/w-d-xo.html Sweet Dreams, My Dear [In Korean version (On stage, concert version)] th-cam.com/video/eU64oaCT-4o/w-d-xo.html Wild Flower (Immortal Songs 2 Duet with Min, Woo Hyuk 2022.04.30) th-cam.com/video/mND9oXFc36Q/w-d-xo.html (Small screen with English subtitles version th-cam.com/video/GAfueEvghbE/w-d-xo.html ) Pray (Open Concert 2022.04.03) th-cam.com/video/OJSe5qURrEg/w-d-xo.html Misty (Open Concert 2022.04.03) th-cam.com/video/WvaIAtRok5g/w-d-xo.html The prayer (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/VjH95hGRVAY/w-d-xo.html Misty (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/hJGZVghWOvw/w-d-xo.html Wind song (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/jG2ntiKars4/w-d-xo.html Only one thing (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/bktiF9_SzbM/w-d-xo.html You raise me up (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/vv-e_NFk03Q/w-d-xo.html Lying (With VIBE 2022.02.08) th-cam.com/video/kWx3U1TlfeI/w-d-xo.html The Prayer (Duet with Jeong, Ui Geun 2014.12.21). th-cam.com/video/rte-q3kunp8/w-d-xo.html Jesus Loves Me th-cam.com/video/wHPWBjU9AgY/w-d-xo.html My Soul Magnifies The Lord (Global Church Blessing 2020) th-cam.com/video/FidH9jT5XWg/w-d-xo.html Amazing Grace (Global Church Blessing 2020) th-cam.com/video/mBUVs3npVlY/w-d-xo.html I will always love you (2020 Life Concert). th-cam.com/video/6SjovhE1uVg/w-d-xo.html How can I love the heartbreak, you are the one I love(Duet with Shin, Yong Jae). th-cam.com/video/Kf9Nd02zyME/w-d-xo.html (Englsh subtitles version without live screen. th-cam.com/video/wekRYdX8Vik/w-d-xo.html) You raise me up (2021.01.01). th-cam.com/video/3C3lbaa68YA/w-d-xo.html Wind song. vimeo.com/456162652 English subtitle version: th-cam.com/video/AG3GtiehTdM/w-d-xo.html) Beautiful destiny (Drama OST: "Birthcare center" / Englsh subtitles can be on) th-cam.com/video/T4UZtd8OBng/w-d-xo.html On my way back (Duet with Ali). th-cam.com/video/WggXZ8Zt9tE/w-d-xo.html (Englsh subtitles version without live screen. th-cam.com/video/VVz2zRwu7Rw/w-d-xo.html) Misty (2021. 01. 12). th-cam.com/video/osdqVHnL62U/w-d-xo.html Hello (2021. 01. 12). th-cam.com/video/5BdsJQ_Ma7M/w-d-xo.html Stay (2021.01.03). th-cam.com/video/t81fnmYsqE0/w-d-xo.html Stay (with English subtitle). th-cam.com/video/zxtSxA0EZSo/w-d-xo.html I won't give up (2021.01.03). th-cam.com/video/bThQgPYR7bk/w-d-xo.html Love Poem (2020.12.29) th-cam.com/video/wSyhUL1DF-g/w-d-xo.html (Englsh subtitles version without live screen. th-cam.com/video/KT4V4z3ivWE/w-d-xo.html) I will always love you (2020.12.24.) th-cam.com/video/gPFBOabtHZU/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) Never Enough. vimeo.com/455493687 (Begin Again Korea) I will always love you. vimeo.com/439147472 (Begin Again Korea) If I ain't got you. vimeo.com/455499185 (Begin Again Korea) I won't give up. vimeo.com/440698037 (Begin Again Korea) Marvin Gaye (Duet with Henry) vimeo.com/455504727 (Begin Again Korea) My heart will go on(With the team). vimeo.com/442679478 (Begin Again Korea) Day Day (With the team). vimeo.com/455505812 (Begin Again Korea) Misty. vimeo.com/452452729 (Begin Again Korea) Can't take my eyes off of you. vimeo.com/439148918 (Begin Again Korea) I'll be there (Duet with Hareem). vimeo.com/441739626 (Begin Again Korea) Flashlight (Duet with Lee, Su-hyun). vimeo.com/440711585 (Begin Again Korea) Stuck with you (Duet with Crush). vimeo.com/442679579 (Begin Again Korea) Turn back time. vimeo.com/455507791 [English subtitles version] th-cam.com/video/mlljT1dwcDY/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) Please. vimeo.com/455828365 [English subtitles version] th-cam.com/video/a7HvyyzRjp0/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) Just the two of us (Crush/Sohyang). th-cam.com/video/ZLKZMP7lsN4/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) I'll go to you like the first snow(OST of the K-drama Goblin). vimeo.com/455829810 (Begin Again Korea) You are the reason (Duet with JUNG, Seung-hwan) vimeo.com/456157524 (Begin Again Korea) That I love you. vimeo.com/456158877 (Begin Again Korea) My favorite things (Duet with Lee, Su-hyun). vimeo.com/456159622 (Begin Again Korea) Let you only walk on the flower road (Duet with Lee, Su-hyun). vimeo.com/456161757 [With English subtitles] th-cam.com/video/zQM-XqZInBM/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) Wind song. vimeo.com/456162652 [English subtitles version] th-cam.com/video/K3tVeWWh-zs/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) Just a feeling (Lee, Suhyun/Crush/Sohyang/Jung, Seung Hwan). th-cam.com/video/gRrIoBdy9n4/w-d-xo.html (Begin Again Korea) Road (Henry/Seung Hwan/Suhyun/Crush/ Sohyang) th-cam.com/video/dq1xja1yjpY/w-d-xo.html Amazing Grace. th-cam.com/video/M7OXYs1J8p4/w-d-xo.html You are the reason (Duet with Greg Priester). th-cam.com/video/hkVRRHVFkdM/w-d-xo.html Arirang alone. vimeo.com/308253527 You raise me up. vimeo.com/310917048 Let it go th-cam.com/video/dccsZPXWWCA/w-d-xo.html Everyone[English subtitles version] vimeo.com/249195615 The only thing m.th-cam.com/video/aTespxrjDAM/w-d-xo.html (English sub version but low in video quality: th-cam.com/video/ZW4gWbpmc7M/w-d-xo.html) Bridge over troubled water. vimeo.com/308504033 I have nothing. vimeo.com/312040132 (No copyright version th-cam.com/video/CFtRUSPxcas/w-d-xo.html) Oh holy night vimeo.com/322716334 Lean on me. vimeo.com/306340349 Running in the sky. th-cam.com/video/9gRU76fMcmU/w-d-xo.html Where are you. vimeo.com/316342997 The day when sunlight kissed me. vimeo.com/263229356 (This is a song expressing the joy and happiness when she first time met Jesus Christ in her prayer.) All want for Christmas is you. th-cam.com/video/3klKU4FC1W4/w-d-xo.html Only my heart knows. th-cam.com/video/3qe2l2-c6-4/w-d-xo.html In The Flower Garden. vimeo.com/263713436 I always miss you. vimeo.com/263705701 For a thousand days (Duet with The One). vimeo.com/280965073 Childish adult (Duet with JK Kim Dongwuk). vimeo.com/367519682 Misty. th-cam.com/video/adg32TYKPWU/w-d-xo.html Breathe (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/298563165 (English sub version: th-cam.com/video/XCLYxdQR4O0/w-d-xo.html) Do you know (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/295168199 Hug me (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/296011392 Mona Lisa (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/297885714 Dear love (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/294589758 Home (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/299213995 Fate. vimeo.com/240652163 Dream. vimeo.com/312061203 or th-cam.com/video/k9XnwPSgsfA/w-d-xo.html
Fancy that. An american who FAILS at READING. What are you on about, if you read the lyrics WHICH ARE VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN, you'd understand it's a national tragedy put into song ages ago, being reprised to show the people that we made it and that we are strong.
so hyang--bridge over troubled water/i have nothing/o holy night/arirang alone/everyone/upon this rock/us national anthem/hero/power of love/let it go/breathe/hug me/amazing grace/i will always love you/misty/ if i ain't got you
So I have foolishly watched you react to one of the finest voices in the world because I'm a fair person and believe everyone deserves a second chance but now I can let you go about your business,which by both video's I've watched seems to be you both insulting the singer and now offending an entire country by belittling a culturally important folksong.listen we all like different styles of music and singers but you should stop being rude and infantile about people that frankly your too ignorant to comment on,.if she is not your thing that's fine just stop watching her video's it's that simple.
I suppose you look to all the mainstream shit that you're probably used to, when someone that is actually a brilliant artist like SOHYANG you try to make fun of actual talent, this is a 600yr old Korean folk song about dreaming of bringing north and south Korea together again, this is all her own work on the arrangement which is quite magnificent to say the least, this is real art from a once in a lifetime ARTIST, she has resisted the temptation of becoming a mainstream artist and for very good reason, she doesn't want to sell her soul to the devil 🇬🇧🔥👌❤️.
@@The_Sound_Doctor1957 They actually repented, as it were, and ate their words after the first pause. So they are actually big fans now--and we know they will be more and more committed to Sohyang as their reviews pile up! 💖💖💖
Like we said in our video, So Hyang is incredible!!!!!! We really ate our own words. Thank you to those who recommended her to us 🥰 She's amazing!
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. 😉
Welcome to Sohyang's world. Her name has two syllables "So" and "Hyang". There is no Wah sound as you did at 0:28 Keep the original H and Y sounds and blend. The H is not silent, its just difficult for English speakers to blend. :)
The song has nothing to do with China, which is where Mulan is set. Arirang Alone is a very patriotic Korean song. The original folk song Arirang was about two lovers and this modern version is about the split between North and South Korea and the longing and hope they have to be reconciled. Think of the first half as the peace and then the swell is the war and the split.
Immortal Songs 2 is a long running Korean TV celebrity singing content. Popular singers are invited onto the show and each show has a theme. The theme this time was 'traditional Music.' Each artist has to rearrange a song that fits the theme.
Sohyang is one of the worlds top female vocalists. She can sing just about any genre, although if you like heavy metal that she wont do. But gospel, pop, some soft rock, R&B, jazz and even a rap, yes.
I love how she fooled you during angel mode into thinking this is how she sings. When you said "maybe she will do something impactful" Right before she switches to beast mode I had to laugh. 😂 Sohyang in beast mode will give you the impact that you are after.
Welcome to The slaying Queen So in her pure mode 🎉😮
Thanks from Perú 😊
'Arirang Alone' is a traditional Korean folk song that expresses the desire for the unification of North and South Korea.
Sohyang is a South Korean singer.
It's not often I see reactors pretty much write a song and singer off before it's even half way through, particularly as most songs climax towards the end! :) Glad you stuck with it though. This is a lovely traditional Korean folk song, but Sohyang has an incredible and varied music catalogue on TH-cam that is well worth exploring. In my opinion she's definitely one of the finest singers on the planet.
Welcome to Sohyang world.
She is world best singer.
Please react to another song by her.
Amazing SoHyang! Thanks for reaction! ❤🎉
"We need her to like belt out." I laughed a little knowing you are listening to one of if not the best upper belter ever (no hyperbole) who demonstrates that frequently. If you watch more performances you'll discover she is perfectly capable of belting out long portions of songs that many other singers wouldn't have the stamina to do. Combined with her other incredible skills, use of dynamics, creative arrangements, etc. this leads to some amazing performances.
I've heard numerous people say they would have enjoyed listening to the whole song sung like the first part. She did sing it beautifully so that's easy to believe. This guy: "We're going to start falling asleep in here you know."
Not exactly the approach I would take if running a reaction channel. I think that about songs sometimes too, but with a bunch of fans of the singer you are saying that about watching if it was me I would go for a more diplomatic approach. But I'm also all for honesty so I'm glad you didn't pretend to like it.
Her performance of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' (in English) is one of the greatest live performances by anyone ever... KBS TV version. She is considered by many voice experts as one of the very best female singers on earth.
This song is very old and is the song in hoping for the reuninifcation of North and,South korea.
She is the best female vocalist in this world. She is next level.
[Sohyang List]
- You raise me up (Immortal songs 2)
- Bridge over troubled water (Immortal songs 2)
- I have nothing (I am a singer legend)
- Lean on me (Immortal songs 2)
- I'll always love you (begin again Korea)
- Oh holy night (I am a singer 2)
- Everyone (Immortal songs 2)
- Arirang alone (Immortal songs 2)
- Power of love (2014 live)
- Never enough (begin again Korea)
- Misty (begin again Korea)
- I'll be there (begin again Korea)
- I won't give up (Open Concert)
- Amazing Grace (Global Church Blessing 2020)
- Mona lisa (King Of Masked Singer)
- Fate (I am a singer 2)
- Wild flower (Immortal songs 2)
- Where are you (I am a singer 2)
- Dear love (King Of Masked Singer)
- Never Ending story (I am a singer 2)
- If I ain't got you (begin again Korea)
- The prayer (Jeong Ui Geun & So hyang)
- My favorite things (begin again Korea)
- As I live (I am a singer 2)
- Breathe (King Of Masked Singer)
her song"lean on me " with michael bolton on show ask her t tour with him after seeing her sing his song..
Also sohyang song "you raise me up" is epic as well
SoHyang is in her own league! Her crystal-clear high notes pierce the hearts of listeners like shards of celestial light, leaving an indelible mark on their souls.
"I wish somebody would come and take me away and go on an adventure" ... wish granted, immediately!
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. 👀😮💥👌😎🎸🎙👽🛸💖💖💖
Sohyang's vocal skills are recognized as one of the best in the world. Sohyang has already performed on stage with numerous global musicians, including Josh Groban, David Foster, Brian McKnight, Kirk Franklin, Michael Bolton, Israel Houghton, etc. In particular, the original writer of "You Raise Me Up", Brendan Graham praised Sohyang's version as the best in the world out of about 165,000 arrangements, and even gave Sohyang some songs as a gift. In addition, Sohyang is a singer who has received numerous contract offers from Boyz II Men producer, B.B. King agent, Golden Williams who made Beyoncé successful, Sony Music US headquarters, and the three major Kpop agencies etc. for decades. Seth Riggs, who created 126 Grammy Award winners, also praised Sohyang's vocals as one of the best in the world. Although Sohyang is not as globally famous as BTS or Blackpink, she is a singer who has reached the peak as a vocalist in the Kpop market, one of the largest music markets in the world. However, Sohyang is a person who has decided on comforting people rather than succeeding as a singer, so she has turned down many contract offers and has been working alone without belonging to any company since her debut. 😊
Holo Arirang is a song that was combined with a classical folk song in 1990 to express the pain of division and the desire for unification.
Sohyang arranged it in her own colors.
This is a Korean folk song about the Korean people 's desire to reunite North and South Korea, and ultimately reunite with family members who were trapped in the North because of the Korean War and the policies that keep families apart there.
Not to mention Sohyang's emotional interpretation of it. She is a masterful singer and can sing gospel, ballads, folk, rock, even a bit of rap (think the song, "Day Day") found on the Korean live concert series "Begin Again". Thank you both for your honesty reaction to her.😊
Perhaps listen to her sing Amazing Grace or Bridge Over Troubled Waters. So Hyong is one of the best female vocalists in the world. ❤❤
To answer your last question, sohyang stands alone. Here’s really no one like her
Great reaction. I recommend her cover of Bridge over Troubled Water next!
incredible amazing voice !
So hyang South korean ccm Amazing singer.writer.
queen angel.
World best amazing singer
I hope to listen to your singing soon to compare.
Welcome to the World of Sohyang.
Welcome to the world of SoHyang~!!!
She is CCM/GOSPEL SINGER of South KOREA and cancer survivor. .
She is one of the greatest vocalist in the world.But She wasn't known as well as popular because She sing for GOD and Comfort people who has hardtime Not for fame or money. ..In her youth, she turned down all offers from mega agencies for her beliefs...and now she is 46years old. .She has so many legendary live performances .
She always sings with sincerity whenever and wherever. So it comforts those who listen to her song...That's why I love her...And her singing skills are the best, not to mention...
This performance is just tip of iceberg.. .
Thanks for your reaction of Queen Sohyang ♥
If you want to pronounce her name correctly, please watch the linked video below.
th-cam.com/video/4sdbO-hTZbk/w-d-xo.html
Pls react too sohyang "Dear love" from masked singer it's a underrated one but really good ❤️
You guys totally missed the meaning of this song! Not sure why both of you were acting in such a puerile manner, but to each their own. I thought SoHyang’s performance was amazing.
I don't like passing by people who react to Sohyangs without giving a like but I don't think you two appreciate the talent it takes to do what you just witnessed and I'm afraid if I do give you one then algorithm will show more of your inane reactions so I think I'll pass.
Couldn't agree more. They know nothing. It's embarrassing.
So you wanna hear some belting? Try her song "Everyone"
'I'm not paying attention' yes and it shows
Lol I meant to the lyrics, but ok 😅🥰
@@HitPlayWithKay
You answering back like that makes you seem immature and childish. I watched your reaction and had similar feeling as the commenter. When you mentioned the first part of the song was just ok let's me know you are clueless about music. Most experts and vocal coaches always mention how amazing and skillful the first half the song is with the soft power and emotive storytelling.
@@robertmyers7383 Lol I was just telling her what I meant but ok, I am the immature one. Thanks for your comment! It's not like we said we ate our own words and that she's amazing or anything 🙃 Have a nice day, sir! 🥰
@@HitPlayWithKay
If you're only impressed with vocal acrobatics and freakish belting like Dimash, you are missing out. I personally prefer when a singer can connect with me emotionally and take me on journey with them. With So Hyang you get both.
@@robertmyers7383
I am so confused lol... like, I am in total agreement with you here. So Hyang is incredible and we became fans during the second half of the song. You're only mad 'cause we said it wasn't for us at first, but like I said, we ate our own words and realized just how amazing she is.... I don't understand why you're still coming at me? Either way, I appreciate you and hope you have an amazing day! ❤
Mulan is Chinese
So Hyang is Korean
Embarrassing ain’t it. She’s the most white washed Asian reactor.
do on emore song from her before you give up as all her songs are epic..try "bridge over troubled waters"
천사의 ❤목소리 ❤같이들어서좋아요 🎉🎉🎉🎉
SOHYANG 👸🎤🎶🔥
좋은❤노래들어요!!!!❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for good reaction ^^
🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🔥
소향 ❤❤❤❤
Oh… Disney princess… mulan….this is an interesting take. This is a really old Korean folk song (contrary to what people were told, this song goes farther back than Korean War) But it actually still a song of overcoming many hills of life, Arirang. It’s a song of sadness, despair, and new hope and an emotional song for Koreans as a nation reflecting on many hardships endured in its history -we call it “Han” 한. I’m a Korean American who grew up in Korea until the early teenage years. I didn’t understand this song much then. But when I heard this rendition, I felt all the emotions mentioned above and cried. Sohyang is an incredible singer
She is not a commercial singer. She originally started as a gospel singer and learned the technical aspects of commercial music from other singers through several TV competitions. She began to gain recognition from the public through some cover songs. What’s even more amazing is that she became rapidly known worldwide through new media, with many vocal experts and others reviewing her songs. Even now, she continues to reject commercial offers and pursues only her own music, remaining active..
th-cam.com/video/M7OXYs1J8p4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0eU2e7kRDiV0q-4i
Queen Sohyang
😍😍😍😍💕💕
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This women is one of,if not the Best Female Singer I have heard in my 71 years on this World! She can literally sing any Genre’ and does Superbly! I I discovered he about 12 years into my U-Tube journey and have not found anyone better though some are close like Lara Fabian and Morrisette Amon! I would say Diana’s is at the same level and I enjoy them very much! It all a matter of individual taste !
I do have one suggestion and that is one of her own songs
SoHyang and Petra
Freedom
th-cam.com/video/5-WPK-DlZ3Y/w-d-xo.html
Composed by SoHyang and Petra
😱👍
you just stumbled across the best storyteller ever.....sorry Willie but your stories don't measure up. Well, they are second best.
Es una canción muy bella, a pesar de que hablo español, pude conocer sobre la letra y es una canción tradicional de Corea que habla sobre un camino en común entre las dos Coreas, un sueño que todo el pueblo anhela, pero en libertad
음악에 깊은 조예가 있어 보이진 않는다, 그냥 즐기는 수준의 리액터, ~
영......................... 준비가,..에거거
Try her I will always love you ull be surprised
You two were so far off on this one. No clue what so ever. Most everyone else can tell by the tempo and the sound of the song that it is an old traditional song. This woman is the best female vocalist on the planet and you just said she sang “good”. Wow. I’ll never come here again. You two have no clue.
Mulan?? Sohyang is Korean like be fr
You say the H with the Y and the A is said like a U. So like So Hyung.
I came here to see Bcz of so Hyang I try to not say anything but why do you guys talk like a person who does not even live in this century with some saying like her name is that hard to say SOHYANG ?? ... and later she says I don't know is she Korean or Chinese .. 2024 everything free and search is available for everyone to know more
I think you guys needed to watch through before coming to a conclusion.
And do a little research too...? The name; not knowing the show; but still speculating?
I have to say you were only expecting "belting" was a little telling. well at least you
Thank you for awsome reaction. I really love your reaction with true heart.
Here is an updated list of Sohyang's performances for you can react to (many are with english subtitles);
(Please ignore with ones if you have already reacted before.)
(Also, be really careful and take caution on copyright issues as Korea broadcasters are usually strict on this.)
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The Power of Love (2022.12.20) th-cam.com/video/aBWgX3Bgdkg/w-d-xo.html
The star (Sohyang + Petra, Official MV 2022.12.16) th-cam.com/video/XcOBNGMT12c/w-d-xo.html
Upon this rock (Concert 8k Fan cam 2022.08.27) th-cam.com/video/Joi9dubp6Bc/w-d-xo.html
Dazzling (K-Drama 'Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist' OST 2022) th-cam.com/video/IDmS_81NbgM/w-d-xo.html
Dream / I have nothing (2 songs at DMCF 2015.09.12) th-cam.com/video/gIKYsLWA4Co/w-d-xo.html
Don't forget me (Cam version) th-cam.com/video/9bTwwuHIhzA/w-d-xo.html
Vincent (K-Drama 'Why Her?' OST) th-cam.com/video/FbCgIfpIIEc/w-d-xo.html
Sweet Dreams, My Dear (PC game "LOSTARK" OST/Soundtrack) th-cam.com/video/ENB-BSYCg1c/w-d-xo.html
Sweet Dreams, My Dear [In Korean version (On stage, concert version)] th-cam.com/video/eU64oaCT-4o/w-d-xo.html
Wild Flower (Immortal Songs 2 Duet with Min, Woo Hyuk 2022.04.30) th-cam.com/video/mND9oXFc36Q/w-d-xo.html
(Small screen with English subtitles version th-cam.com/video/GAfueEvghbE/w-d-xo.html )
Pray (Open Concert 2022.04.03) th-cam.com/video/OJSe5qURrEg/w-d-xo.html
Misty (Open Concert 2022.04.03) th-cam.com/video/WvaIAtRok5g/w-d-xo.html
The prayer (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/VjH95hGRVAY/w-d-xo.html
Misty (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/hJGZVghWOvw/w-d-xo.html
Wind song (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/jG2ntiKars4/w-d-xo.html
Only one thing (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/bktiF9_SzbM/w-d-xo.html
You raise me up (Going On Concert 2022.03.29) th-cam.com/video/vv-e_NFk03Q/w-d-xo.html
Lying (With VIBE 2022.02.08) th-cam.com/video/kWx3U1TlfeI/w-d-xo.html
The Prayer (Duet with Jeong, Ui Geun 2014.12.21). th-cam.com/video/rte-q3kunp8/w-d-xo.html
Jesus Loves Me th-cam.com/video/wHPWBjU9AgY/w-d-xo.html
My Soul Magnifies The Lord (Global Church Blessing 2020) th-cam.com/video/FidH9jT5XWg/w-d-xo.html
Amazing Grace (Global Church Blessing 2020) th-cam.com/video/mBUVs3npVlY/w-d-xo.html
I will always love you (2020 Life Concert). th-cam.com/video/6SjovhE1uVg/w-d-xo.html
How can I love the heartbreak, you are the one I love(Duet with Shin, Yong Jae). th-cam.com/video/Kf9Nd02zyME/w-d-xo.html
(Englsh subtitles version without live screen. th-cam.com/video/wekRYdX8Vik/w-d-xo.html)
You raise me up (2021.01.01). th-cam.com/video/3C3lbaa68YA/w-d-xo.html
Wind song. vimeo.com/456162652
English subtitle version: th-cam.com/video/AG3GtiehTdM/w-d-xo.html)
Beautiful destiny (Drama OST: "Birthcare center" / Englsh subtitles can be on) th-cam.com/video/T4UZtd8OBng/w-d-xo.html
On my way back (Duet with Ali). th-cam.com/video/WggXZ8Zt9tE/w-d-xo.html
(Englsh subtitles version without live screen. th-cam.com/video/VVz2zRwu7Rw/w-d-xo.html)
Misty (2021. 01. 12). th-cam.com/video/osdqVHnL62U/w-d-xo.html
Hello (2021. 01. 12). th-cam.com/video/5BdsJQ_Ma7M/w-d-xo.html
Stay (2021.01.03). th-cam.com/video/t81fnmYsqE0/w-d-xo.html
Stay (with English subtitle). th-cam.com/video/zxtSxA0EZSo/w-d-xo.html
I won't give up (2021.01.03). th-cam.com/video/bThQgPYR7bk/w-d-xo.html
Love Poem (2020.12.29) th-cam.com/video/wSyhUL1DF-g/w-d-xo.html
(Englsh subtitles version without live screen. th-cam.com/video/KT4V4z3ivWE/w-d-xo.html)
I will always love you (2020.12.24.) th-cam.com/video/gPFBOabtHZU/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) Never Enough. vimeo.com/455493687
(Begin Again Korea) I will always love you. vimeo.com/439147472
(Begin Again Korea) If I ain't got you. vimeo.com/455499185
(Begin Again Korea) I won't give up. vimeo.com/440698037
(Begin Again Korea) Marvin Gaye (Duet with Henry) vimeo.com/455504727
(Begin Again Korea) My heart will go on(With the team). vimeo.com/442679478
(Begin Again Korea) Day Day (With the team). vimeo.com/455505812
(Begin Again Korea) Misty. vimeo.com/452452729
(Begin Again Korea) Can't take my eyes off of you. vimeo.com/439148918
(Begin Again Korea) I'll be there (Duet with Hareem). vimeo.com/441739626
(Begin Again Korea) Flashlight (Duet with Lee, Su-hyun). vimeo.com/440711585
(Begin Again Korea) Stuck with you (Duet with Crush). vimeo.com/442679579
(Begin Again Korea) Turn back time. vimeo.com/455507791
[English subtitles version] th-cam.com/video/mlljT1dwcDY/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) Please. vimeo.com/455828365
[English subtitles version] th-cam.com/video/a7HvyyzRjp0/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) Just the two of us (Crush/Sohyang). th-cam.com/video/ZLKZMP7lsN4/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) I'll go to you like the first snow(OST of the K-drama Goblin). vimeo.com/455829810
(Begin Again Korea) You are the reason (Duet with JUNG, Seung-hwan) vimeo.com/456157524
(Begin Again Korea) That I love you. vimeo.com/456158877
(Begin Again Korea) My favorite things (Duet with Lee, Su-hyun). vimeo.com/456159622
(Begin Again Korea) Let you only walk on the flower road (Duet with Lee, Su-hyun). vimeo.com/456161757
[With English subtitles] th-cam.com/video/zQM-XqZInBM/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) Wind song. vimeo.com/456162652
[English subtitles version] th-cam.com/video/K3tVeWWh-zs/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) Just a feeling (Lee, Suhyun/Crush/Sohyang/Jung, Seung Hwan). th-cam.com/video/gRrIoBdy9n4/w-d-xo.html
(Begin Again Korea) Road (Henry/Seung Hwan/Suhyun/Crush/ Sohyang) th-cam.com/video/dq1xja1yjpY/w-d-xo.html
Amazing Grace. th-cam.com/video/M7OXYs1J8p4/w-d-xo.html
You are the reason (Duet with Greg Priester). th-cam.com/video/hkVRRHVFkdM/w-d-xo.html
Arirang alone. vimeo.com/308253527
You raise me up. vimeo.com/310917048
Let it go th-cam.com/video/dccsZPXWWCA/w-d-xo.html
Everyone[English subtitles version] vimeo.com/249195615
The only thing m.th-cam.com/video/aTespxrjDAM/w-d-xo.html
(English sub version but low in video quality: th-cam.com/video/ZW4gWbpmc7M/w-d-xo.html)
Bridge over troubled water. vimeo.com/308504033
I have nothing. vimeo.com/312040132
(No copyright version th-cam.com/video/CFtRUSPxcas/w-d-xo.html)
Oh holy night vimeo.com/322716334
Lean on me. vimeo.com/306340349
Running in the sky. th-cam.com/video/9gRU76fMcmU/w-d-xo.html
Where are you. vimeo.com/316342997
The day when sunlight kissed me. vimeo.com/263229356
(This is a song expressing the joy and happiness when she first time met Jesus Christ in her prayer.)
All want for Christmas is you. th-cam.com/video/3klKU4FC1W4/w-d-xo.html
Only my heart knows. th-cam.com/video/3qe2l2-c6-4/w-d-xo.html
In The Flower Garden. vimeo.com/263713436
I always miss you. vimeo.com/263705701
For a thousand days (Duet with The One). vimeo.com/280965073
Childish adult (Duet with JK Kim Dongwuk). vimeo.com/367519682
Misty. th-cam.com/video/adg32TYKPWU/w-d-xo.html
Breathe (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/298563165 (English sub version: th-cam.com/video/XCLYxdQR4O0/w-d-xo.html)
Do you know (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/295168199
Hug me (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/296011392
Mona Lisa (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/297885714
Dear love (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/294589758
Home (King of masked singer) vimeo.com/299213995
Fate. vimeo.com/240652163
Dream. vimeo.com/312061203 or th-cam.com/video/k9XnwPSgsfA/w-d-xo.html
^^
Fancy that.
An american who FAILS at READING.
What are you on about, if you read the lyrics WHICH ARE VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN, you'd understand it's a national tragedy put into song ages ago, being reprised to show the people that we made it and that we are strong.
so hyang--bridge over troubled water/i have nothing/o holy night/arirang alone/everyone/upon this rock/us national anthem/hero/power of love/let it go/breathe/hug me/amazing grace/i will always love you/misty/ if i ain't got you
You guys are now comparing 600 years old Korean folk song to Disney song. Very interesting comparison but they are two different genres.
So I have foolishly watched you react to one of the finest voices in the world because I'm a fair person and believe everyone deserves a second chance but now I can let you go about your business,which by both video's I've watched seems to be you both insulting the singer and now offending an entire country by belittling a culturally important folksong.listen we all like different styles of music and singers but you should stop being rude and infantile about people that frankly your too ignorant to comment on,.if she is not your thing that's fine just stop watching her video's it's that simple.
You're in the wrong business.. Good grief..
It makes me sad that you were able to monetize with your lack of knowledge
It's true, we don't know anything, so we are extremely grateful for those who help us discover amazing artists! 🙌 So Hyang is incredible!
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I suppose you look to all the mainstream shit that you're probably used to, when someone that is actually a brilliant artist like SOHYANG you try to make fun of actual talent, this is a 600yr old Korean folk song about dreaming of bringing north and south Korea together again, this is all her own work on the arrangement which is quite magnificent to say the least, this is real art from a once in a lifetime ARTIST, she has resisted the temptation of becoming a mainstream artist and for very good reason, she doesn't want to sell her soul to the devil 🇬🇧🔥👌❤️.
You just made yourself look like idiots by dissing one of if not the best female vocalists on the planet.
What? they just said the song wasn't for them
@@allmyxiaotingthat isn't all they said. I saw enough and heard enough from them to know I won't be back for any of their other "reactions".
@@The_Sound_Doctor1957 They actually repented, as it were, and ate their words after the first pause. So they are actually big fans now--and we know they will be more and more committed to Sohyang as their reviews pile up! 💖💖💖
@@ToddSauveyou must have watched a different video than I did.
@@The_Sound_Doctor1957 No, watch it again and don't stop watching when you get offended. They DID change their minds!