[original post!!!!] top twenty longest notes by k-pop stars

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

rules set with the entries (as said by the maker):
(this is what they wrote, word for word, in the info.)

1) one entry per singer. (yes, yes. we all know jonghyun has lots of long notes, but one appearance is enough.)
2) live performances only. no variety show challenges or lip synched performance. (yes, i know about luhan banging his head trying to extend his long note in that challenge for twenty+ seconds, but that is in a completely different context and setting and doesn't belong here.)
3) one breath only. (this pretty much eliminates the smokers in k-pop who have to take breaths in the middle of their runs. i could name names but i'll refrain.)
4) time will start at the beginning of the first word after the breath taken before the long run. (i implemented this rule because of sandeul mostly, as he extended his runs with trills. others slightly do it too and / or change octaves.)

source: daredb

i don't know if this'll be accepted but i thought it was interesting and more diverse in artist selection than a lot of other "popular" long note edit videos i've watched in the past. ie: editors just including the same vocalists over and over again. i saw the editor said in the comments that they were skeptical about g.o's entry because they couldn't tell if he was taking a breath or changing octaves but...! yeah. thoughts, share any other ones you know of, ect.

Comments

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

saw the title and knew it was onew.

kinda oot but i hope he cant attend jonghun's concerts and maybe perform a song like taemin did. i thought it was so cute his parents where there on the first day.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

me too. ;;;; he has nine shows left (including one in a few hours) and, in the three he's done already, he's had different guests every day: taemin for the first, jung in for the second, ha sang wook for the third. there's a lot of people kind of wishfully hoping that he'll have another member on as a guest, especially onew, or all of the members of different days but that feels too good to be true, lmao. i HOPE though.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

i know there's a handful of idols who're pretty widely known to smoke, like... yoochun and kikwang were caught smoking in the past. heechul's admitted to being a chain smoker at some point but he's not really a vocalist.

onew was still smoking as late as the end of last year which is pretty well known too b/c kim yeon woo brought it up on fm date with sunny and said something about how he's been trying to get him to stop / help him stop.

there's probably dozens and dozens more though.

[maghishaw.livejournal.com]

i feel like onew really enjoy this uncomfortably long note thing lol it is amusing tho, i remember him doing it during ready or not at some smtown and on their TD concert

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

i think he really enjoys doing things that are out there. like that time he sang opera in a smtown concert.

[cafeaulaitbunny.livejournal.com]

God, how much i love jinki's hair in this video.
I really like park hyoshin's note and so hyang's too,amazing.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

i became so emotional when se7en came up and then they had to put toki wo tomete ofc....also god damn jinki, 40 seconds...that's just...wow

also this makes me feel sad bc daesung really needs to get the vocal nodule surgery done but he isn't doing so and i'm just :( :( :(

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

The ONE thing YG needs to force Daesung to do, really. If he continues on, he'll screw up his voice permanently. I'd like to think he's waiting until Made era wraps up because he doesn't want to interfere with the tour as opposed to just not doing it because he's fine.

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

That BAP song did not need that note, Eunji's voice will forever not belong in Apink, Breathe brought back my old feels (that was my ERAAAAA), I choose to believe Haeri has a better example, lol @ Se7en slaying top 4, I'm surprise CM made it but not Junsu, cool that they had Onew higher than Jonghyun.

All in all, what I took from this list is that certain people have GREAT vocal technique while others are just theatrics tbh.

[narisa-rei.livejournal.com]

of course it's jinki!! ugh, the feels~

i'm also very impressed at sohyang performance. what a beautiful voice..

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

Lol unnie, rare seeing you here hahahahah XD

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaas my Jinki bb, rule supreme as you deserve!! Id like to share one of my favorite perfs ever by him, Rainy Blue in Tokyo Dome! I was crying my eyes out both days listening to it live, it was sooooooo good!!! ;~;

[episkia.livejournal.com]

ugh thank you for this <3
i haven't rly followed shinee properly in years but i still love them so much, and nothing will beat jinki singing live for me.
bawls.

[achan123.livejournal.com]

isnt Onew's frieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend gonna win this?

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

so hyang is incredible, i've become obsessed w her after watching some IS performances on yt
good day *__* when i fell in love w iu
jfc onew never ends

the long notes w no change were so awkward lol

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

oh god the first song!!!! i never knew the name of it but it brings back so many memories for me - thank you for linking it <3

and sonu nigam's voice still remains to be one of my favorite ever

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

YAAAAS MY TWO ULTIMATE BIASES AT THE TOP!!!

PARK HYO SHIN AND ONEW. MY BABIEEEES.

[velveteenkitten.livejournal.com]

I'm just so impressed with all of these. The lung capacity and the skill to hold and sustain that note and add variation always makes me like this O_O.

Jinki has slain me, as per usual. I need to lie down.

*edit* I completely forgot to thank OP for this post. How rude of me. (Let's blame Jinki a little, too.) Thank you, OP.

[ariellm13.livejournal.com]

This was cute and all but most of these weren't a singular sustained note.

[ah-mui.livejournal.com]

Thanks for including Minah. That was my absolute favourite song from Girls Day, definitely one of the most triumphant comebacks coming from a disastrous debut

[exo-cath.livejournal.com]

I love Taeyeon's whole performance of Hush Hush!

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

changmin's the one got me goosebumps
or maybe that's because that nostalgic feelings when i fell in love with db5k
sandeul of b1a4 also beautiful.. and yoseob's also

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

ailee's performance of fate was so good! sohyang is the queen.

some of these are so awk, like hyorin's note for example. added nothing to the performance.

[winegums.livejournal.com]

awww bb Yoseob and that high note....and Eunji, killing it right from debut. Also super impressed by the Shinee boys and IU, but some of those notes actually start sounding uncomfortable past the 10 second mark.

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

omg onew wtf I was expecting 20 seconds smh


That one lady with the hanbok and the kid from B1A4 tho #slayed

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

I don't think Sandeul's counts TBH, it sounded like he took a breath in the middle.

Damn @ Onew though.

[engraved-16.livejournal.com]

wow didn't realise how unecessary some long high notes are in songs till now lol specifically the ones that are on a constant note and never change in variation.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

O M F G Lee Fucking Jinki O_O. When/where was that??? I'm absolutely SHOCKED rn.
I love that there are 2 SHINee members in the top 10. When will your faves tbqh.
The woman in hanbok was impressive too.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

i refuse to believe that onew's is real, 40 seconds, thats almost impossible. damn.