Park Hyoshin, "Taeyeon's vocal is mature for her age..."

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

Recently, Park Hyoshin, a singer, sang together with the SNSD's leader Taeyeon; he has complimented her, despite the ongoing controversy over her ability to sing.

On 13th, Park Hyoshin has posted a message on his mini-homepage, "It has been long time since I was on stage, I liked it"
"On top of that, I had a chance to be on stage with my hoobae(younger), I'm also her fan, so it was very enjoyable. At the same time, since I was sick, I was unable to deliver the best performance to you; so I would like to apologize to you.

He continued, "Among your opinions about our duet 'Snow Flower', which we sang for the Seoul Drama Awards, I have found some distressing comments. Even though you might have different thought about our duet, please listen to what I have to say".

According to Park Hyoshin, since 'Snow Flower' is his solo song, it was a challenging task for Hyoshin and Taeyeon to decide which parts to sing, while they were practicing. Also, he added that the man's range of voice is different than the woman's range of voice, and the song itself had wide range of pitch. As a result, it wasn't easy for both to be satisfied with their duet.

Park Hyoshin said, "I saw some people comparing Taeyeon with Nakashima Mika, the original singer for 'Snow Flower'...this is a different situation".

He complimented Taeyeon saying, "As you know, for Taeyeon's age, her ability to sing is mature and has the emotion when she sings. I also follow up on Taeyeon through her radio shows and on TV.

"At her age, it is difficult to have the kind of emotion Taeyeon has when she sings. In fact, it is even harder to express that emotion...She shows another side of her, when she is with other SNSD members. Taeyeon's hard work and tears she had shed, while pursuing her dreams, has allowed her to be a faultless singer. I would like to say that I look at her as my sunbae(senior) and my fellow singer".

"Among many idol groups, I think Taeyeon's existence is very important. Moreover, for those who have criticized Taeyeon because you care about her and would like to see her improve as a singer, I hope you will enjoy listening to Taeyeon's voice and cherish these moments with her. This is fans' and my part.

On a ending note, he said, "It was first time for me to post a message and talk about such things...I wasn't going to post this message up because I thought I would be presumptuous. However, I decided to post it up anyway, hoping no one will be hurt and feel depressed regarding this matter.

Original Source: Star News
Source: cathode@soshified.com/forums

Park Hyo Shin is awesome as a singer and senior to Taeyeon. I'm so glad that more celebrities are speaking up about netizen criticism and whatnot.

Comments

[mandyyy.livejournal.com]

I L.O.V.E. Him!

[breathe-ai.livejournal.com]

Taeyeon's voice may not be to my liking, but it's ridiculous to say the girl can't sing or isn't talented. It's good he said something, but whether netizens will listen is another question...

[angelonair.livejournal.com]

IAWTC.

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

IAWTC x 2

[stopthedisco.livejournal.com]

despite the ongoing controversy over her ability to sing.

lolwhat. I'm not a huge SNSD fan and I've only heard a few songs and some solos, but to say that Taeyeon isn't a good singer is ridiculous.

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

IKR. When was there even a controversy? :/ Stupid media.

[stelf.livejournal.com]

ia. I'm struggling to remember what controversy took place.

[spunspider.livejournal.com]

'controversy' is a bit strong, but she's been criticised since Gee-era, since her vocals seemed to take a turn for the worse, and she's been a lot less consistent since. But, whatev. Headlines.

[stelf.livejournal.com]

oic. I always thought she was a pretty good singer, never noticed if her vocals had gotten worse, but then again, I don't watch a lot of SNSD performances to begin with.

P.S. your Fuuta profile is &hearts

[seagull-life.livejournal.com]

omg, i love this man ♥

and Taeyeon ♥ *bias* XD

[bbgroove.livejournal.com]

I'm not an SNSD fan at all. But I can't deny that Taeyeon is talented. Though, I agree this song isn't very well matched with her voice.

[musikq.livejournal.com]

... i effing love Park Hyo Shin.
he's so talented and a genuine guy

YOU GO DUDE <3

hwaiting taeyeon :)

[psychedelicred.livejournal.com]

yeah, Taeyeon has good vocal cords but their duet was really weird and awful.

[albeitalways.livejournal.com]

well i'm glad he spoke up about it anyway.

ngl, their duet was really 'off'. if you've heard nakashima mika first before listening to taeyeon's rendition, you'll get the impression taeyeon's voice is flat and emotionless as compared to nakashima's.

imo, park hyo shin should've that song on his own instead.

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

All of them can sing. :|

[meccamputech.livejournal.com]

i love that he is defending her.
though tbh that was a bad perf on her part.
however she can sing.

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

MTE.

I even typed a responds and than realized this said it all.

[riiche.livejournal.com]

I love this guy, such a gentleman :)

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

he's such a sweetie

[lostscene.livejournal.com]

PARK HYOSHIN ♥

[sweet16een.livejournal.com]

Park Hyoshin is so sweet

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

I know Taeyeon can sing very well, but I just don't like her tone.

[dissuade.livejournal.com]

Go Park Hyo Shin ♥
but what? he was sick ? ... he sounded amazing, i couldn't even tell :X

[anaaga.livejournal.com]

dunno why, 4minute pop out from my brain when i read this xD

[blabby-lwy.livejournal.com]

Taeyeon does have a nice voice, but I wouldn't exactly say her voice is mature for her age. She IS 20 years old.

But to be honest, Taeyeon still needs to touch up on her live performances. She DOES stand out when she's in SNSD though, LOL.

[crimsonredd.livejournal.com]

I know that there's a reason why I'm his fan. :)

[theweathertoday.livejournal.com]

to be honest, the duet wasn't all that great :x I know Taeyeon is a pretty great singer but I guess it was just one of her off days. I think it was cool of him to respond to netizens' criticism though.

[-endofdecember.livejournal.com]

The duet was kinda hard to listen to. She really was off key the entire time. I don't really care for her voice, but that's just me. She's a decent singer--not terrible, not great. This was a particularly off day for her.

And I mean, tbh, only a handful of kpop singers have really great, strong voices anyway.

But yes, props to him for standing up for her.

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

the 'controversy' derived from the fact that taeyeon was awfully off in their duet performance and she's being hardly critizied for that.

[letseaticecream.livejournal.com]

Have to admit that she was terrible during that duet (And please people, stop saying she was brill in that song. It'll only make others think that that's the best she can do -- which it isnt)
That perf isn't a very good one to base her singing talents on. Everyone has off days.

[stardustii.livejournal.com]

Of course taeyeon can sing =_=
since when was that even a controversy?

people were just saying she butchered the song. lol.

[cherise.livejournal.com]

yeah-haaaa. I'm glad he's sticking up for her. :D

definitely not a strong suit for her, that song. she even sounded sick to me! all of his comments about her maturity as a singer were so spot-on, and I hope that people can stop criticising her.

[jing-16.livejournal.com]

why is everyone coming up with excuses for her when she obviously screwed up quite a couple of lives.

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

Because everyone screws up. Which lives are you referring too?

[jing-16.livejournal.com]

see, it is a fact that she screwed up.yes everyone screws up, but as a professional singer, she shouldn't go off tune so often right?
i'm not a soshi fan so i don't really follow their performances.
her solo in sm town thailand and goose dream in some show were kind of bad.

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

She was good during the Thailand performances? I don't know about that show you were talking about, but Taeyeon has always been one of the consistently best singers in kpop. She doesn't go off-tune often.

This just sounds like I'm blindly defending her, but eh. *shrugs*

[jing-16.livejournal.com]

She was good during the Thailand performances?
eh?i said she was bad.she entered the song with a wrong note.

but Taeyeon has always been one of the consistently best singers in kpop.
i can only say that she is one of the best in snsd, but kpop?idk.
no offense, but maybe you can try to listen to more kpop.

[angelic-ice.livejournal.com]

Meh. Taeyeon bias, but I have to admit she wasn't the best at all during that performance :/

Park Hyoshin <3 he's so sweet, lol :D

[hanjae.livejournal.com]

I'd have to agree with those who said she butchered it; my eardrums were seriously questioning what I was hearing the whole time, because she was barely in tune.

But that said, it's ridiculous to say she can't sing. Girl can sing, and she's one of the best female idol singers out there right now, though it's too big a stretch to say she's one of the best in kpop. Even the best singers sometimes have off-days and messes up perfs; Yoon Do Hyun's voice cracked during his duet with Lena Park, for heaven's sake.