I don't know about her pronounciation, how is it ?
It's funny I thought her voice was higher here. Which makes a bigger difference with the English parts, they didn't blend together so well. Anyway, it's kinda working for me - I love this song too much. And I really enjoy that they changed the instrumental ! There is some nice bass line going on, and the verses sounded more Japanese, idk ? I will forever love the Korean version more but nice try, I guess !
Heard she learned Japanese specifically for this debut and I feel I can hear the drop in confidence in her singing because of it. Rudimentary myself but it just sounds really obvious compared to the Korean version, idk.
Haha yes of course... But I start with the principle that every Korean idol that starts promotion in Japan is bad lol. And then, maybe, there are some that can have it a little bit better (and lastly, the good ones like TVXQ or BoA, but I'm sure Ailee is not one of them)
The way she sings doesn't bug me - in fact, I like how different it is - I just find it weird that she's higher during the Japanese parts and then, low deep English part that feels like it was extracted from the first Korean version and put on here :/
I think it's in the same key, just they've changed her voice a little bit. During "strong" parts she sounds for me same as in korean version
EDIT: yep, I am sure it is the same key as in korean version - just listen first part in both version you will hear it. Same key but slight different colour of the voice - much "sweeter" in japanese, and because of that it may seem she sings higher.
Her pronunciation is good. It helps she knows fluent english. She can pronounce /tsu/ well, which is what a lot of Koreans seem to have problems with. Her intonation makes it clear she's not a native speaker but she's very clearly understandable.
her japanese is actually a lot better than what i was expecting! i think probably because she's a native english speaker and she uses romanji and can pronounce it better rather than korean? maybe?! but when she says anything "zu" you can tell it's a korean person singing it because of the way all koreans say it
I love everything EXCEPT for that one problem we always seem to run into: the lyrics are awkward when sung. Honestly, some of the lines could have been re-written so that it fit into the song nicely, yet wouldn't sound weird with the note being held out or sang at a specific tone.
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Date: 2013-10-22 04:06 pm (UTC)That's a new troll level
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Date: 2013-10-22 04:05 pm (UTC)It's funny I thought her voice was higher here. Which makes a bigger difference with the English parts, they didn't blend together so well. Anyway, it's kinda working for me - I love this song too much. And I really enjoy that they changed the instrumental ! There is some nice bass line going on, and the verses sounded more Japanese, idk ?
I will forever love the Korean version more but nice try, I guess !
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Date: 2013-10-22 06:02 pm (UTC)(and lastly, the good ones like TVXQ or BoA, but I'm sure Ailee is not one of them)
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Date: 2013-10-22 07:41 pm (UTC)EDIT: yep, I am sure it is the same key as in korean version - just listen first part in both version you will hear it. Same key but slight different colour of the voice - much "sweeter" in japanese, and because of that it may seem she sings higher.
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Date: 2013-10-22 10:45 pm (UTC)Iono, I'm just picky.
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Date: 2013-10-23 08:29 am (UTC)this is everything and she is a kween i LOVE the instrumental changes
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Date: 2013-10-23 08:30 am (UTC)ive been watching too much japanese porn
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Date: 2013-10-23 03:15 pm (UTC)I still love the song much more in Korean, but Japanese sounds fine too.