Videos from 'The Moon that Embraces the Sun' musical press call

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

SSTV

MyDaily (audio so-so)

Love letter

Midnight rendez-vous (Kyuhyun focus)

Tregedy and despair (Kyuhyun)

Interview (no subs)

From opening night

Sources:

SSTVnews
MyDaily via krisbrows04
David Lee 이상무 (1, 2)
secretkyu
Honey mallow
conkyubinedlite

A bit lopsided towards Kyuhyun. Sorry about that.


cr: marcusandmax

Comments

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

문이 닫힌다 is my favorite from what I've seen (and there's a longer version uploaded by Secret; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPp-YEPrl2c). Both the singing and acting really impressed me in that cut (where I think he's having a dream/nightmare about the girl (calling his name?), and then where a friend of his (idk) dies and they stop him from seeing the body).

Everything about the confession/interlude was ridiculous and adorable (especially the third time's the charm kiss and heart arms after running off), but the anguish/tragedy/all was incredibly serious and heartrending.

It'd be nice if there were fancams of opening day with Lina so we could see where Seohyun is compared to her (because she didn't sound bad here even if Kyuhyun completely overpowered her a couple of times).

A+, would love to see this live.

Edit: wow that bonus. Wow.

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

It's my favourite too. I chose honeymallow's fancam for the angle. From what I can see from vids and pics, and having read some fanaccounts, it seems he did really well with the acting in this. I had a feeling he would since he has been devoting himself to rehearsals for well over a month now but still, I'm so proud. I can feel his anguish in the way he sings and how he looks. It's good.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Those Maknae Line shippers are going to get a bit crazy LOL

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i feel bad for the seohyun and kyuhyun fans that don't like them as a couple, becuase sm keeps on throwing them together so much, and even me, who isn't a fan of any of them, gets tired of seeing them together.

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

Sure, and it's so obvious that it's for promotional purposes only. E.g. for this musical, out of the 12 shows Kyuhyun does, only three actually are with Seohyun. Most of them are with Lina. But you'd never guess from the way this thing gets promoted.

It just leaves a bit of a sour taste in the mouth, especially since both of them are trying so hard to just do a good job. The whole thing becomes gimmicky and it's less than they deserve.

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Is this SM's package-deals at work again?

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

wow seohyun's voice is not for musical.

[mycorrhizoid.livejournal.com]

Honestly, as much as I like listening to them individually I've never thought their voices suited each other. They actually pulled this off better than I was expecting.

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm thinking...does Seohyun sound good with anyone (when she's not harmonizing like with SNSD)?

[uniqlos.livejournal.com]

soehyun's voice doesn't suit anyone lol, she sounds lovely singing solo but then put her in a duet (with kyuhyun or yonghwa or a trio like tts) and then something goes haywire.

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

i have to relisten to twinkle songs but i thought her voice sounded fine in tts. it's funny because she harmonizes quite well within snsd but like duets idk. though iirc that one time with yonghwa something was wrong with his ear piece so he was like off.

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

yeah she harmonizes really well

[porcupinegloves.livejournal.com]

her voice goes rly well in tts tho

[malhy.livejournal.com]

What? She sounds great in Soshi, TTS and solo songs.

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

seohyun's face is just so odd. idek what's going on but it's just become too weird and it's so distracting

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

The hair being pulled back/up makes the roundness of her face stand out (her cheeks), I think.

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

nah i've been thinking that since i got a boy. even on naver if you type in her name the next recommended term is plastic surgery. idk

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Oh, if you mean since then I can see what you mean. Yeah, they've definitely been getting stuff touched up here and there, idk if I'd be really surprised if Seohyun got stuff done too. She has looked different since IGAB promotions.

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

it's distracting me too and really i don't understand why those girls who are told every day that they are the goddess of beauty keep changing their faces! especially when it's for the worst... Seohyun was one of the most beautiful for me before. and honestly, when they look at older actresses it should prevent them from doing plastic surgery.

[love-allure.livejournal.com]

she has face bloats. i'm not gonna say what i'm thinking but yeahh.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

idk I say that about kyuhyun honestly his face borderline creeps me out

[tree-star123.livejournal.com]

I think she always had a roundish face but idk she might have got something done, lol I can never tell.

seohyun looks so awk in the pics lol

[xoxgoodbye.livejournal.com]

she looks like a female thomas the train

[malhy.livejournal.com]

It started to look really bloated around the corner of her lips, then her whole face got puffy. Whatever they are doing to her needs to stop, she was really stunning...no need for all that

[mercury-sound.livejournal.com]

OP, you are the greatest!
... And I don't even know how to further comment on this b/c Kyuhyun is taking my breath away. It's not just his voice, which always comes out amazingly when he does musicals, but also his whole stage persona - he is acting quite well here (more than I would've expected from that ridiculous SS5 thing where he/Donghae had that girlfriend and had to protect her or w/e, Idk it was not his finest hour), and I love seeing these little Kyu!facial expressions slip through.
Also special shout out to that body wave b/c that is a thing of overpowering delightfulness.

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

No worries=)

Just wanna say about the acting, yeah stuff like that VTR and The TRAX's Blind mv, I don't think they're a very good way to gauge what he could do acting-wise. The way they're set up with 'stand here and look emotional' doesn't really give the 'actor' much to go on and then it just becomes a test of how natural you can look in front of the camera. Kyuhyun... is a bit on the awkward side but when working with a director and proper scenes, it's obvious that he can do better than that.

And I don't mean to babble on here, it's just something that's been on my mind these last few days. Right from the beginning with Suju's mini-drama in 2006, I have seen these moments of brilliance that made me think that with proper direction and practice he could do quite well. I'm glad his hard work is paying off. Or that's what I think is happening anyway. It's not like I've actually seen the musical...

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

LOL the mini-drama...it's hard to get past his awkward af dancing with Solbi (or the fact that he hid behind a transparent door), but I do agree...some parts of it were surprisingly not bad. It's times like this that I sort of wish Kyuhyun would move into acting (dramas and whatnot), but I can obviously see why that's not happening for tons of reasons.

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Honestly between his cute/friendly sociopath there, SNL Korea, and maybe even how well he tells stories on Strong Heart sometimes, he's been pretty decent at acting. That 'decent' turned into 'pretty damn good' somewhere between everything and this musical IMO, which is stunning. It makes me wish that the child-trafficking mini-drama had really been a thing.

[uniqlos.livejournal.com]

argh this shitty drama. idr the emperor's name but it sucks that his sister had to suffer even if she was the only female character with any agency during the whole thing.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

The part where he kissed Seohyun and ran off is legit the cutest thing I've seen this year. I can't believe that I actually squeal when I see that haha! XD

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Question, why I see no mic on Kyu at all? Is this thing not live? But it sounded live though...

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's the only one that doesn't look ridiculous with the forehead mic because his bangs actually cover it up. They look really silly sometimes.

[p3rk3le.livejournal.com]

they're sooooo cute!!! <3

i love their vocals, and personally i think seohyun sound eally good. although I agree that generally their voices dont quite match each other...

[sweet16een.livejournal.com]

I want to hear Lina sing with Kyuhyun I think both their voices would match really will.

I can't find Lina's solo( Does Seohyun have any solo?) anyways Lina parts are around 2:00 and 4:15

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

You and me both. The security must mad tight at the venue since barely nothing got out when usually there are some ELF who just can't help themselves... Not that I'm condoning their behaviour but I just really really wanna hear...

But they still have many more shows together so perhaps eventually something. Just today a bit of audio from opening night was uploaded online but it was a Kyu solo song.

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Oh, what was uploaded from opening night? o.o

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

The song is called 'Nightmare'. He sounds awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wbM3jijoPo

Also fyi Lina and Kyuhyun from yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEDEnQU3T6o

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

A short clip from yesterday's show. Too short, but they sound so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEDEnQU3T6o

[sweet16een.livejournal.com]

I agree they do sound really good together