About the tongue thing you're mentioning, she's always using it in hug me performances. It's just the tone she wants for it.

@w8stral

4 жыл бұрын

That is what he said...

Normally so hyang gets emotional performing this song, she was also sitting (she usually stands when performing this) and she constantly gets sick because of pneumonia. Maybe that’s the reason for her tongue. She also had sung 2/3 more songs in this festival before this performance

Hug me is always so emotional to me..the first time I heard it I really was crying hard. You get emotional and you don't even know what's she saying..

@novaimnida6915

3 жыл бұрын

Mee too... I m crying like baby when first listen it. My heart so hurt. Sohyang like tear me up like crazy. So damn. That song TT_TT but she sing well while sitting... Isn't it ?

This came over as very touching and vulnerable performance, looked very heartfelt. Almost everybody noted how genuinely emotional it was. It goes to show, that a 'perfect' performance doesn't mean best performance for an audience. Another little fact about So Hyang - she usually plans the production of her songs down to the nth degree and then will practice it endlessly. Nothing is by accident, unless she is unwell, which she quite often is sadly.

Thanks a lot for the reaction. i love the song it's so beautiful and the lyrics are captivating. The combination of her singing while sitting and her pneumonia issues might be the reason of her tongue position. Nerveless she did amazing and that high run was just eargasmic for me :)

Ahhh thank youu !!! I have been waiting for another So Hyang analysis. I'm gonna enjoy this !

There was nothing wrong about that note in 7:30. She always sing that part same way with head voice. This is her arrangement.

@DrMarcReynolds

5 жыл бұрын

I agree - I don’t think there was anything wrong either but her limbic response in that moment makes me think that something about it bothered her.

@whyhihigh

4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Marc Reynolds it could be that she wanted to do it clearer or stronger. It sounds great but maybe lacked some strength :)

@47_angry19

3 жыл бұрын

She wasn't well during this festival. Btw it's her note. She does it this way always. Nothing wrong here. She just doesn't have her all at this performance aas I mentioned she wasn't well

Thank you for the reaction~ Very emotional song~!!

Really enjoyed this format for analysis!

Thank you, Dr. Marc, for another great lesson!

Another amazing artist I’ve never heard before. Another amazing analysis. I’ve always been fascinated to listen to a true master’s analysis that goes well beyond my understanding. Thank you for the lesson!

@DrMarcReynolds

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris!!! Need to do some Depeche Mode here soon too 😉

Plsss... react to Its only my world by So hyang! This song will shock you! Thank you for this reaction Luv it😊😊

I think that gesture about removing her hair was somewhat similar to what she once did when she sang this song but in different part. Near the end, after that high note she touched her forhead and lowered her head as if she was in pain. I think that it's her way of expressing what's she feeling particularly in this performance because she said on several occasions that this song means a lot to her. I think that was the case here too.

I 💖 your attention to details, Dr! Another great reaction and analysis video. Well done! 👍 "Hug Me" is my 2nd most favorite from Sohyang, when it comes to emotive performance, especially her first "Hug Me" performance in the "King of Mask Singer". Although we couldn't see her face due to the mask, we could feel the emotions *infused* in her vocals. At some points I even felt my heart ache. 😭 She felt the song, and it was transmitted to me. 🤯 I've seen other videos of her concerts where Sohyang can be seen/heard visibly feeling this song when performing, even more than this particular stage you're reviewing. (BTW, my *#1* favorite of Sohyang's emotive performance is "Where Are You". In case you wish to review it, please be aware that video "Where Are You" found in KZread is incomplete. There are interruptions in the middle of the performance. I don't know why the video is edited like that. The complete version can be found in Vimeo. Here's the link: vimeo.com/254194327 )

@crazyr2113

5 жыл бұрын

Where are you is my favorite too! The climax is heartbreaking..

Interesting feedback. This is the only time I saw Sohyang sing this song sitting down. I would assume it's related to her physical condition. There were other times she sang O Holy Night on her knees but it reflected the lyrics of song and her devotion of her faith. I was a little surprised not to hear more about the impact of singing while sitting down from you. Nice video.

I was in this performance, and I was even more moved. 😢😭

@oklenabrianlymait8099

5 жыл бұрын

Do you have fancam about this performance ?

Yesss😍😍😍❤️❤️

I wish all the negative people would get off this girls back. This lady could sing her weekly shopping list and I would have goosebumps she is simply awesome. Thank you So Hyang my ears have been blessed.

Hi Marc! Love your videos and the varied approach you take, it's all fascinating. I never had chance to do voice lessons when I was younger and I'm recovering from surgeries now so I've been singing tons because I have so much empty time. My chest voice sounds really pop/rock ish but my head voice sounds so choir esque that I can't really use it very well in full songs. So I tend to find I have to stick with either or except for occasional notes. When I was at school I had to sing with either the tenors or the sopranos because altos were singing around where my switch is and my voice always popped out the texture too much if I sung with them. I'd never figured out my range before and I used an app called "vocalise" to check it and its b2-d6 but is hoping to be a little more consistent out of reach with such disparate sounds? No worries if you can't respond, hope you have a lovely day and the question isn't too vague. Take care Dr. :)

Sohyang has a tear in her right eye at the end and rolls her head back until her eye absorbs it again before smiling at the audience! What a fast thinker! Oh Sohyang! 👌💘😎

Outstanding analysis Doc! I've seen this performance many times and have wondered about that time when she gos into the head voice and then pulls her hair back. She is a perfectionist. I love SoHyoung! She is my favorite singer!!

I wish you would have seen the translation the words are heartwrenching

그냥 들었는데 기술적으로도 훌륭했었군요! 9:45에서 몸을 튕기며 리듬타는 부분은 볼 때 마다 놀랍니다.

I watched a lot of So Hyang, and i think something was going on during this concert, she seemed a bit unwell and more emotional than usual. Hence her having to sit during this performance. I have never seen her sit to sing before this.

Great analysis, as usual Marc--so informative. Watch her performance (behind a mask!) of "hug Me," on the Korean show, "Masked Singer," with English subtitles (link provided below, for your convenience). (You'll see one of the male Korean panelists recognize the intro and announce, to someone nearby, "Oh no, it's Hug Me!" By this time in the contest, they'd already been previously reduced to tears several times, by her voice alone, and dreaded what she was going to do to them with this song!) The song is about a spurned lover, desperately pleading with her now cold, devoid-of-any-remaining-love ex-lover, to try again--but she's struggling to remain calm, while alternately resentful of his splitting. Yet, still so in love that she admits she's stripped of any self-esteem and is reduced to begging, ending her plea with a heart-rending "Please, just Hug Me." In an interview, Sohyang has admitted this is one of the hardest songs for her to get through and avoid breaking the "4th wall", every single time she sings it. It evokes such emotion in her that she usually just winds up almost yelling her character's desperation (thus the brighter, razor-edged mix notes) and the frustration of the encounter. In the numerous performances of this song I've seen, she never strays from the character's almost-sobbing plea for reconciliation--consistently, the same timbre changes at every "building point" in the song. Hope this helps provide a little insight into what she was singing. Watch this performance, for voice-only emotional manipulation! Masterpiece! (If you find your eyes brimming with tears, as you read the lyrics, it might be an interesting followup reaction, on how a supreme artist expertly manipulates audience emotions, even without being able to emote with facial expression.) kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKx7yc5xZtCnl8o.html You're welcome! :)

Also if you want to see another performance where she changes the colour of her voice for the darker sound please react to "It's only my world". That's one of my favourite performances from her.

Such a beautiful song and performance, wonderful analysis. I honestly can't believe no one else has been asking for Lara Fabian, her concerts From Lara With Love (Adagio, Je Suis Malade, You're Not From Here, Caruso, Broken Vow) and Mademoiselle Zhivago (with Igor Krutoy and includes the songs Dimash covered- Mademoiselle Hyde, Vocalise/Ascolta La Voce, and her cover of Love is Like a Dream) are both master classes. Dimash learned how to emote from her, I often see her coming through when he performs.

@kevinnguyen6731

5 жыл бұрын

A very underrated song that most people do not recommend enough if ever is Voir Un Ami Pleure in her En Toute Intime concert! I think it would be best to react after seeing one of her more popular performances to see the kind of artist she is.

@elizabethwhite1068

5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinnguyen6731 Yes, agree, it is beautiful.

@elizabethwhite1068

5 жыл бұрын

@@pamrenee6906 Because that's not a rule. I asked for a female artist under a female artist I like and respect and I commented first on this performance. The only thing that matters in making requests is to be respectful, I did that. And Sohyang is Korean. Duh yourself.

@elizabethwhite1068

5 жыл бұрын

@@pamrenee6906 What difference does being American have to do with anything? I am, too. So what? Lara Fabian is Italian/Belgium/Canadian. Are we only allowed to request her under other Italian/Belgium/Canadians? Maybe you could find a new hobby and stop harassing strangers on the internet. I'm done here.

[ I looked at her eyes they where dark like she was ill but she still was great

Nex week please react to her you raise me up Immortal song 2 . That was also performed when she had a pneumonia , even the doctor said not to sing first , but she just did it .

Wow.. nice reaction. Very informative.. Pls react to Sarah Geronimo the popstar royalty of the Philippines her version "i love you" by celine dion 🙏🙏 pls

About what you’re saying about the tongue, you can find it ONLY in her Hug Me performances. It’s just the tone she wants. She’s extremely versatile

@AnimeMovement

5 жыл бұрын

You can find it in many songs.

@uiteren2845

5 жыл бұрын

KoreanMusicSubs maybe the “only” was exaggeration, but she does this more often in her Hug Me performances

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeMovement no, you can only find it in performances when she's sick and in hug me performances it's intentional.

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

@@uiteren2845 I've been saying this. She has that issue mainly when she's sick but in hug me performances it's purely intentional.

@AnimeMovement

5 жыл бұрын

@@shh4874 It's not just when she's sick. And it's not intentional.

Please react to her You Raise Me Up performance on Immortal Songs 2018. She had pneumonia days before the performance and was advised to NOT SING in Immortal Songs that day. But she still sang, and gave a technically proficient and powerful performance even though sick.

@uiteren2845

5 жыл бұрын

Or you can react to her singing Oh Holy Night in a concert while kneeling.

I think her Heavenly hair was misplaced. She delivered this the same as she did originally.

she was sick that day.... but still amazing done

First comment from indonesia.. Nice analyzes.. Good job !!👍👍👍

2018 was a tough year healthwise. Her performance in May 2018 of You Raise Me Up was against doctors orders having been advised to not even talk let alone deliver that performance. Pneumonia has been a recurring thing since her cancer battle.. This was an amazing performance sitting down. As far as her tongue, if it was different it's because she wanted it to be.. She is an angel.. Watch her perform same song on King of Masked Singer for comparison..

OMG! Finally this song. Thank you so much for your great reaction. This is one of the most emotional song I've ever heard and seen. It always makes me cry. She touches me. It's just amazing and breathtaking. I am happy to hear this song with your reactions. I'm expecting your another reaction to Sohyang. Have a nice day. God bless you. ○ Hug me (eng. sub. DMC Festival 2018) kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpeClLBpipC5YZc.html

I'm sure you're getting lots of requests, but if you're interested you should check out Kihyun singing Y si fuera ella and maybe compare it to jonghyun's, and point out like cool technical differences and show how two people can sing the same song differently

When she was in bad health, I heard her sing this song LIVE at her concert. She had, till now, chronic pneumonia but as she started singing, I couldn't find any trivial flaws from her. She might have some difficulties in performing those songs difficult to sing, but her powerful and sweet voice canceled out all the hard-to-notice problems.

Can I give you my opinion? My story behind this performance is what I was feeling while she was singing it. I feel the lyrics of the song got to her, she feels like a person who is feeling loneliness and is desperate for a hug, her face while performing the last bridge looked like she was trying hard to hold back tears. Please look for the lyrics in English Hug Me was written by Jeong Jun Il. Awesome reaction Doctor Mark, another amazing Wednesday with SoHyang reaction.

@DrMarcReynolds

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@MinuDeIcaza

5 жыл бұрын

Dr. Marc Reynolds it’s my pleasure, there are many reaction videos up but they don’t compare to how completely you dissect a performance, from lightning to stage, to costume choices to vocal technique analysis you provide your watchers with a complete one stop tutorial. Awesome format I am a fan. Thank you Dr. Mark, my new favorite phrase is the pikachu effect👍🏻

I've realised there's some confusion about her health in the comments because I see some people saying some stuff about her not having pneunomia (I'm not referring to this performance, just in general). I've seen a video that was released yesterday. It was an interview back in the middle of 2018 when she went to vietnam and when a fan asked her about her health she said she gets pneunomia. She literally used word pneunomia so I think there shouldn't be any confusion about that topic anymore.

My guess is as she gets more emotional, her tongue wants to pull back?

@uiteren2845

5 жыл бұрын

Rosannasfriend It doesn’t all the time. She only does this on her Hug Me performances, not with Breathe, You Raise Me Up, or her other emotional performances

I've never seen her sit.. interesting..

Sohyang has been sick on and off for years now and I believe she was sick too during that performance. When she's sick the strain starts creeping in in her upper register, so she has to slightly-moderately-desperately strain the notes out. I've seen many of Sohyang's live performances where it was clear she was very sick and had blocked vocal cords. She definitely wasn't in a good health condition in that performance but being Sohyang, she didn't lip sync, no backing tracks. She gave it all despite her sickness.

Watching this even if I'm a Baritone xjwjshhs

On this day, she was sick so she sat on the chair and sang...

Please react to jungook's covers ♥️ please please please

she has had some extraordinary health issues (cancer) in her lifetime and has been known to perform when sick with pneumonia (against the advice of her doctor). I personally think she looks extremely tired here. The fact the she is sitting through this entire performance makes me think its because she is not feeling at all well and makes me rather concerned for her though she still does an outstanding job.

Did you understand lyrics? The words are so sad and deep. ㅠㅠ..It is like a God's saying, "Don't leave me, my son. I love you. I am always waiting for you. Do not worry."

I think Sohyang & Hyorin from Sistar are the top 2 female vocalists in South Korea. Sohyang's technic is amazing! Although, she can make some unflattering faces at times.

@tom7471

Жыл бұрын

No she can't.

이 아저씨는 사기치면 금방 떼부자될 거 같다. 너무 믿음가게 생겼어. 분석과 리액션 잘 봤어요~

...I was reading she was noit well at this point...(from Wiki: "...Sohya was diagnosed with uterine cancer; due to the early detection, she was able to survive the cancer...") Sohyang is and will always be my Queen of Singers no matter what!

@pamrenee6906

5 жыл бұрын

Do you think Uterine Myoma at age 20 in 2000 made her sing a sad song on a stool at age 40 in 2018?🙄🤷🏽‍♀️

@dulanjala

5 жыл бұрын

@@pamrenee6906 i think "Britta G. Pedersen" mention that past incident to give reference to why she's said to be weak and get sick often than normal person. don't be like this..

@pamrenee6906

5 жыл бұрын

@@dulanjala she is sick often due to Hepatitis B virus. She was treated preemptively for Uterine cancer after discovering Uterine Myoma in 2000. They are not related. Hepatitis B virus has weakened her immune system and weakened her liver and made her vulnerable. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I read she was not feeling well she gets pneumonia alot

@DrMarcReynolds

5 жыл бұрын

My apologies. My intention is not to ruin it. It is an emotional and excellent performance no matter what.

@jccabatuan2147

5 жыл бұрын

He didn't ruin it, he just analyzing it! I luv the way he analzing this video!😊

@bstb1958

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrMarcReynolds sorry will edit that out

Always love your reaction and analysis👍 informative and enjoyable. Can you react to Taeyeon Concert, please? She is one of top korean singer nowadays, well known as main vocalist of GIRLS GENERATION (KOREAN NATION GIRL GROUP). She is amazing and hardworking. I love her coz her amazing talent. Her vocal, her movement and dance, her charisma, her love for music and fans, her performance. Just loved it ❤ For first time I recommend you react to her songs, All night long or Baramx3 or Fine from 'S Taeyeon Concert Kihno Video, really showing her aura and ofc her great vocal🔥her solo concert has a live band and choreographies, make it more interesting. I'm sad coz other vocal coach didn't recognize her talent, I hope you can check her soon, you'll not regret it, thank u so muchh😍😍

@vienamarshalindagusnissa7273

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for mention this, but when you react to EXO concert again? Their concerts were insane! A total package!! Actually you have to react a whole performance of Elyxion (EXO 4th Concert Tour)😂because they're more focusing on vocal performance rather than extraordinary perfomance like in Exordium ( EXO 3rd Concert Tour). U can clearly hear what they're singing, not just scream loud and not using a lot of backtrack. I think you'll like it. U can react and analysis their performance as u like, good luck sir🔥 Here some parts of their concerts : *Hype and epic performance (high energy level 🔥, their amazing vocals 🔥, and amazing stage performance🔥 ) : Diamond+coming over+run this+drop that+power remix - Elyxion in Seoul The eve+forever+kokobop+growl - Elyxion in Seoul Intro+call me baby+touch it+chill - Elyxion in Seoul Drop that+keep on dancing+lucky+run - Exordium in Japan Wolf remix- Exordium in Japan El dorado - Exoluxion in Japan Full moon+machine+drop that+run - Exoluxion in Japan *Ballad performance (ofc their vocals😍, and beautiful stage😍) : One and only - Exordium in Japan Baby don't cry - Exoluxion in Japan Promise - Exoluxion in Japan Walk on memories - Elyxion in Seoul Don't go + angel - Elyxion in seoul Cosmic railways - Elyxion in Japan *Fun and enjoyable performance (relax song, a lot of interaction with audience, their funny side😅) : What u do + Lucky one + Tender Love - Elyxion in Seoul Boomerang, Ka Ching - Elyxion in Seoul Heaven+girlxfriend - Exordium in Japan Unfair+acoustic section - Exordium in Seou Growl+lucky one+angel+ending - Exordium in Japan Peterpan+XOXO+lucky+365 - Exoluxion Sorry if this is too much, I'm really excited of your honest reaction and review about EXO, hope you can check it soon, thank you so much 🙏

Dr. Reynolds please react to So Hyang and Charice Pempengco singing together When You Believe!

I feel like this is more of a reaction to sohyang video rather than a how to sing like sohyang video. This video had like nothing about how to sing?

형님 속눈썹 이뿌게 말으셨내 원래 말려있으신건가?

저렇게 말많이 해야 똑똑해보이는줄 아나?

가사도 모르고..표정으로 때려잡나? 저때 소향 너무아팠어. 얼굴에 병색이 만연하쟎아. 아파서 서있을힘도없어 앉아서부르고..😅😅

React to MAMAMOO - Delilah please 😁

@DrMarcReynolds

5 жыл бұрын

On its way in the next few days! It’s already recorded just needs to be edited so stay tuned 😊

She was not feeling well

This performance, I believe, was done right after she was recovering from her illness. She had to suspend her TV appearances and singing performance due to her physical condition for some months. You can see it in her face even with the heavy make-up she has on...and the same reason she's sitting down which is very uncharacteristic of Sohyang.

Sohyang has a completely unique, God-given, voice which she has honed to a laser-like accuracy. She is flawless. Picking at her technique is insulting. You CANNOT teach anyone to sing like Sohyang.

@daveg.6820

Жыл бұрын

@@ofisblagoevgrad6424 Arrogant nonsense! I have seen the early video. Nonetheless, Sohyang was born with that unique instrument which she has honed to excellence. I am 84 and have NEVER heard anyone with such abilities. Female or male, you do not have such an instrument. You really know that - you must simply be jealous of Sohyang. How pathetic. Do not bother me with your ignorant chatter again.

I like your info but this is not a reaction. It's an analysis and lesson..

Please react to jungook's covers ♥️

좋은노래는 그냥 듣는거다.분석?! 아니 즐기는거다...

진짜 눈이 착하게 생기셨네 ㅡ.ㅡ;;

Oh no. Not the pneumona story again🙄. She did 2 songs before this and was fine. They brought the stool out and she put some sad emotion on it. Now to you Dr. Reynolds. She is amazing. 😇🎤

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

She didn't have pneunomia but she said she was sick at that time I believe.

@AnimeMovement

5 жыл бұрын

She's always "sick," but the truth is that you can find a lot of issues like this if you just watch her fan cams or know what you're listening for. She's great, but not flawless. But that's okay. No one's without flaws--it's just that people shouldn't prop her up so high. Its an impossible standard to meet.

@bnanaaasbrown9529

4 жыл бұрын

AsianMusicSubs Thank you! As someone who genuinely loves Sohyang, I'm so sick of her being regarded as some perfect being. Whenever there's any hint of weakness in her voice, all the comments are like "oh, she almost died before this performance, her doctor said she had 5 minutes left to live but she went on stage anyway". Come on guys, she has flaws like anyone...it doesn't detract from the fact that she's one of the greatest vocalists alive imo.

You may be a stage director, but the PHENOMENAL So Hyang is not an actress. Therefore, what you stated in the beginning, about why she has her eyes in a certain position, is to play to the balcony, doesn't make sense. She does what's in her heart and soul. You can't even see a balcony. So Hyang is that rare artist who can convey the meaning/message of a song with her eyes and voice, because she not only hears the music, she feels the music. In my never to be humble opinion, you lose all credibility,when you interpret whether a note was intentional or a mistake. Unless you wrote the arrangement, you don't have the credentials to interpret the meaning of it. You need to stop reacting to So Hyang as if she is an actress performing a song in a Broadway musical. It appears to me, you just want to comment for no reason.

are u crying doc?

She was sick with pneumonia

@DrMarcReynolds

5 жыл бұрын

Well there it is. It seemed like something was a bit off from usual for her but she is so excellent she still gave an amazing performance. Kudos to her!!

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

Yes she was sick but not from pneunomia. And in all her hug me performances she chose to use that approach with tongue so it's simply by choice.

@alexandrapereira4051

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrMarcReynolds thanks for replaying. Hugs from Portugal

@pamrenee6906

5 жыл бұрын

No she wasn't. She did a duet and the Wind Song just before Hug Me. They brought a stool out, she put on an emotional performance. That's all🤷🏽‍♀️

@bnanaaasbrown9529

4 жыл бұрын

That's crazy if so. Most people can't even move when they have pneumonia, let alone execute such breath-intensive phrases like in this song...

She seemed pale and a bit drawn here...I suspect she was ill and likely too weak to stand. It would be far from the first time she performed ill.

Yeah, I don't like to watch this performance. She was not in top form, for whatever reason. Having watched her rendition of this song in the "King of Mask Singer" countless times, having recognized its faultless brilliance, it's hard to watch this performance. It's just not up to her nearly unparalleled standards, and I don't like to think that there may be viewers out there thinking that this is all she can do.

말이 너무 많어

This was after her battle with breast cancer. She's probably tired

@downcastlashes1085

5 жыл бұрын

No her breast cancer went away years ago!!! She had pnumonia

거참 말많네 졸 분석충

Sohyang often has issues with her tongue. It's quite characteristic of her.

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

It's not that often tho. I've heard some of tongue tension in performances when she was really sick but when she's not she only chose to sing like that in hug me performances. Literally every hug me performance is sung like that, meaning it's intentional.

@AnimeMovement

5 жыл бұрын

@@shh4874 Or meaning she just can't sing the phrases there that well. And she can't sing it well consistently.

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeMovement that makes no sense

@AnimeMovement

5 жыл бұрын

@@shh4874 It's makes perfect sense. You'll find that she often has tongue issues as she ascends in the fifth.

@shh4874

5 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeMovement okay, whatever you say.

노래는 생물인거야. 더우기 이런 겉핧기 분석은 정말 바보같지. 노래를 알고 가사를 알고 듣지 못하는 이런 보컬 코치라는 외국애의 분석이 한계를 가지는건 어쩔수 없긴 하다만 기본적으로 겉핧는 기술적 분석말고 노래 자체를 듣길 바란다.

@lifetellermr.5240

4 жыл бұрын

직업적으로 보컬을 분석하는 사람보고 분석하지 말라는 건 무슨 말도 안되는 소리입니까.. 소향은 고도의 감정표현과 함께 완벽한 기술로 완전한 곡을 부르기 때문에 큰 반향을 일으키는 것입니다. 단순히 감정만으로 되는 게 아닙니다. I apologize instead for this inappropriate saying.

Please react to jungook's covers ♥️