I've noticed that the Korean music industry trains their singers to proritize a bright, hyper nasal straight-tone sound. It blends well for groups and it carries over a densely produced track. The problem that you get from that is that you have to sing in a small amount of resonant space for that sound. The smaller the space, the less room for air to vibrate. In order to get a more natural vibrato she'd need to open up a bit, but that might compromise the tone quality she's going for. SO you get what the vocal world refers to as a bleating vibrato which typically happens when you try to push *too much* air into not enough space and your vocal folds vibrate faster than normal. I think she's likely not interested in changing this bc it's part of her distinctive sound but long term it can cause vocal damage and likely already has. Not altogether bad if that's the quality you want but it's probably difficult for her to sing other ways. But yeah in order for her to get that vibrato in that space she has to push harder to control the sound, therfore: tension.
A number of these songs were made with Tablo from Epik High or with his support because YG was just wasting her away in their dungeon so he directed an album for her in his sub label. She also got Breath because SHINee Jonghyun thought it would suit her but wanted his involvement secret so he contacted Tablo and it wasn't revealed until she recorded and YG approved it.
Bless Tablo for having her come out of the YG dungeon. Her and G.Soul got stuck in their label’s dungeon despite their incredible voices. Their stories make me so angry for them.
She is an awesome singer. If you want to get a treat, see her duets with Akmu’s Lee Su hyun. They compliment each other so well. I really love when they do Begin Again Korea show. It’s live, busking around in Korea and do either their own music or covers. Different singers, musicians and actors are invited. There are a lot of really good performances.
She really has a lot of amazing songs. I’m super glad she left YG. She was not producing any songs with them. Now I get to hear more songs and featuring
so glad you enjoy Hayi so much!! her voice has that special something for me that just makes the world stop for a little while when i hear it. and she’s so tiny but has so much sass that she conveys so well singing live. love her❤️ and as always, you pointed out really interesting things, i always learn something new watching your reactions:) and as others have mentioned, you should definitely check out her collabs with code kunst (o, x, and xi are the titles), really good songs
The No One song featuring B.I. was written by B.I., they’re good friends and have featured in each other’s albums. The song where she features are amazing, especially Epik High’s (Here Comes the Regrets), CODE KUNST songs, even Wonwoo and Mingyu (SVT) song Bittersweet. And FYI her name is pronounce like High or even High-ee and not hee. Thanks for the reaction.
I love Lee Hi voice. Also, there is a killing voice with Kwon Jin Ah, she's my favorite k singer and I definitely recommend it to you. Even if it is just to listen on your own (it won't get you many views since she is fairly unknown), I just want to point it out. Oh, and let's not forget Sam Kim's Killing Voice, he's fantastic too.
I liiiive for you vibing to HSKT, that was one of my favorite releases from last year and still is one of my #1 bops. the full song and feature are sick!!!! and the Rebecca Ferguson nod was so spot on, they really have a similar vocal approach, especially on that one!!!
I LOVE Lee Hi I just know her lower tones are beautiful and I wish Korean palate allowed for those more alto and baritone tones to shine. It’s kind of like everyone wants to sing high all the time. I don’t hate it but I would like a little more variety😅
P.s Micha you have GOT to check out the full version of Automatic that she performed because it has verses of a lot of K-r&b artists on it but the girls Slaaayed that track.
Lee Hi is featured on the 4th season of Begin Again, which I can send you. She does a mindblowing performance of Rose. And if you want to be shocked, watch her debut MV from when she was on YG Entertainment. They had no clue how to promote or style her, and you may not even recognize her.
Lee Hi is amazing ! I literally cried for hours after listening Only ! She also has another song with B.I in her last album that is absolutely amazing !
Plss check out g. soul too he has a killing voice as well and his voice is out of this world 😭 plus the way he writes his lyrics are just *chef's kiss* 😭
Lee Hi has such a good voice that I always melt when listening to her songs. I'd say AOMG is a way better fit for her than YG was. Even though she said YG was supportive...I don't think she would have the freedom to produce the music she wanted as much. Also, AOMG artists have a more similar taste/vibe as her and she has a lot of people she can work with and trust there.
Been listening to Lee hi since 2016 and from the same album where 'Breathe' is (jonghyun made it for her) the song 'Missing u' I find it so emotional in such a different way than ONLY. You should check out the album 4Only it has great songs ^^
idk if you already watched these, but if you didn’t i really recomend you to check out the live performance videos she released for her most recent album: part 1 ua-cam.com/video/fF4UF6VaBSc/v-deo.html part 2 ua-cam.com/video/BktE3Ta8Mhg/v-deo.html she is so good!!!! 🤌
You’re right for her straining at high notes, bit tension compare to her young self back in 2016. You should check her performances for Immortal Songs with Jeon Inkwon. You could listen her notes are clearer there, it seems like she changes her way of singing since 2019(?) that way it’s sounds quite straining now
i think you would pretty much enjoy her songs and albums. she's very rnb, especially her latest album "4only". also seoulite album! produced under highgrnd/epik high tablo, dj tukutz. it's more on hiphop/rnb/soul side than kpop because yg didn't know what to do with her lol and passed her to tablo's label.
Hey! I really enjoyed your reaction, do you think you could react to jannabi in killer voice? they're a korean band, their vocalist has a very unique voice, despite them being pretty well known in korea I think they deserve a lot more recognition overseas. Would love to see you react to them.
1,2,3,4 was her debut song ten full years old when she was only 16 (and looked even younger).
I've noticed that the Korean music industry trains their singers to proritize a bright, hyper nasal straight-tone sound. It blends well for groups and it carries over a densely produced track. The problem that you get from that is that you have to sing in a small amount of resonant space for that sound. The smaller the space, the less room for air to vibrate. In order to get a more natural vibrato she'd need to open up a bit, but that might compromise the tone quality she's going for. SO you get what the vocal world refers to as a bleating vibrato which typically happens when you try to push *too much* air into not enough space and your vocal folds vibrate faster than normal. I think she's likely not interested in changing this bc it's part of her distinctive sound but long term it can cause vocal damage and likely already has. Not altogether bad if that's the quality you want but it's probably difficult for her to sing other ways. But yeah in order for her to get that vibrato in that space she has to push harder to control the sound, therfore: tension.
Let it be known that I LOVE Lee Hi
Yes exactly, you’ve explained it perfectly!!
oh yaaaaas, so excited for this react!!!! my girl has such an beautiful and unique vocal tone and can sing SING!!! she's one of my favorites soloists
A number of these songs were made with Tablo from Epik High or with his support because YG was just wasting her away in their dungeon so he directed an album for her in his sub label. She also got Breath because SHINee Jonghyun thought it would suit her but wanted his involvement secret so he contacted Tablo and it wasn't revealed until she recorded and YG approved it.
Bless Tablo for having her come out of the YG dungeon. Her and G.Soul got stuck in their label’s dungeon despite their incredible voices. Their stories make me so angry for them.
She also has a song with Epik High named Here Comes the Regret and it's simply incredible !
She is an awesome singer.
If you want to get a treat, see her duets with Akmu’s Lee Su hyun. They compliment each other so well. I really love when they do Begin Again Korea show. It’s live, busking around in Korea and do either their own music or covers. Different singers, musicians and actors are invited. There are a lot of really good performances.
Lee hi has one of my favourite voices ever
My favorite song is her “No Way” duet with G.Soul
That is such a good song. I love both them.
She really has a lot of amazing songs. I’m super glad she left YG. She was not producing any songs with them. Now I get to hear more songs and featuring
FINALLY OUR HAYI! I have been hoping you’d do this Killing Voice..❤❤
so glad you enjoy Hayi so much!! her voice has that special something for me that just makes the world stop for a little while when i hear it. and she’s so tiny but has so much sass that she conveys so well singing live. love her❤️ and as always, you pointed out really interesting things, i always learn something new watching your reactions:) and as others have mentioned, you should definitely check out her collabs with code kunst (o, x, and xi are the titles), really good songs
Thank you!! You're so sweet.
The No One song featuring B.I. was written by B.I., they’re good friends and have featured in each other’s albums. The song where she features are amazing, especially Epik High’s (Here Comes the Regrets), CODE KUNST songs, even Wonwoo and Mingyu (SVT) song Bittersweet. And FYI her name is pronounce like High or even High-ee and not hee. Thanks for the reaction.
For your personal amusement, search for her audition video (it was on a casting show).
Definitely need to listen to the B sides. Lee Hi is a lovely vocalist.
Lee Hi is queen when it comes to K- R&B.. Happy she's with AOMG now..💛💚❤
I love Lee Hi voice. Also, there is a killing voice with Kwon Jin Ah, she's my favorite k singer and I definitely recommend it to you. Even if it is just to listen on your own (it won't get you many views since she is fairly unknown), I just want to point it out. Oh, and let's not forget Sam Kim's Killing Voice, he's fantastic too.
I love Sam Kim!
I liiiive for you vibing to HSKT, that was one of my favorite releases from last year and still is one of my #1 bops. the full song and feature are sick!!!! and the Rebecca Ferguson nod was so spot on, they really have a similar vocal approach, especially on that one!!!
I LOVE Lee Hi I just know her lower tones are beautiful and I wish Korean palate allowed for those more alto and baritone tones to shine. It’s kind of like everyone wants to sing high all the time. I don’t hate it but I would like a little more variety😅
P.s Micha you have GOT to check out the full version of Automatic that she performed because it has verses of a lot of K-r&b artists on it but the girls Slaaayed that track.
Lee Hi is featured on the 4th season of Begin Again, which I can send you. She does a mindblowing performance of Rose.
And if you want to be shocked, watch her debut MV from when she was on YG Entertainment. They had no clue how to promote or style her, and you may not even recognize her.
Lee Hi is amazing ! I literally cried for hours after listening Only ! She also has another song with B.I in her last album that is absolutely amazing !
Such an amazing voice
Gurrrl got soul!
My 👑
Plss check out g. soul too he has a killing voice as well and his voice is out of this world 😭 plus the way he writes his lyrics are just *chef's kiss* 😭
Lee Hi has such a good voice that I always melt when listening to her songs. I'd say AOMG is a way better fit for her than YG was. Even though she said YG was supportive...I don't think she would have the freedom to produce the music she wanted as much. Also, AOMG artists have a more similar taste/vibe as her and she has a lot of people she can work with and trust there.
She is magic
Been listening to Lee hi since 2016 and from the same album where 'Breathe' is (jonghyun made it for her) the song 'Missing u' I find it so emotional in such a different way than ONLY. You should check out the album 4Only it has great songs ^^
YOOO do this reaction for iKON too
idk if you already watched these, but if you didn’t i really recomend you to check out the live performance videos she released for her most recent album:
part 1
ua-cam.com/video/fF4UF6VaBSc/v-deo.html
part 2
ua-cam.com/video/BktE3Ta8Mhg/v-deo.html
she is so good!!!! 🤌
You’re right for her straining at high notes, bit tension compare to her young self back in 2016. You should check her performances for Immortal Songs with Jeon Inkwon. You could listen her notes are clearer there, it seems like she changes her way of singing since 2019(?) that way it’s sounds quite straining now
OMG you guys should react to Jamie!!!!!
Also love Leehi, really enjoyed the video
I love her songs and her voice, but I do think she used to have a way stronger vibrato and the high notes were reached more easily.
Could you please react to Jamie Park's Killing Voice😊
i think you would pretty much enjoy her songs and albums. she's very rnb, especially her latest album "4only".
also seoulite album! produced under highgrnd/epik high tablo, dj tukutz. it's more on hiphop/rnb/soul side than kpop because yg didn't know what to do with her lol and passed her to tablo's label.
Hey! I really enjoyed your reaction, do you think you could react to jannabi in killer voice? they're a korean band, their vocalist has a very unique voice, despite them being pretty well known in korea I think they deserve a lot more recognition overseas. Would love to see you react to them.
please react to SOLJI performances compilation on KING OF MASK SINGER
She kinda reminds me of pink just a little less rasp idk just me😅
I recommend Killing Voice singer...
Park Jung-hyun, Lyn, Jung In, Punch
They are singers with their own unique colors...
Omg I’m here because you found Lee hi 🥹🥹🥹🥹 she’s my favorite
Please react to Ha Hyun Woo - Killing Voice he is best of the best