Ailee's music stops mid performance at Kcon + Interview with Fuse

[yohan94.livejournal.com]

When Ailee's back-up music unexpectedly cut out at KCON 2016 New York, the singer didn't miss a beat and slayed the rest of chorus and hook a cappella. Not easy at all, but K-pop fans have come to know the diva for always being extremely confident in herself both on and offstage. Behind the scenes at KCON, we asked the Jersey-bred star to share her stage-slaying tips:

"In Korea these days, a lot of the culture is changing and a lot of the women are becoming a lot more confident—and I would like to think it's because of my music! [Laughs] A lot of things are changing right now and I feel like confidence is key for everyone, whether you're a woman or not. I always think, 'Who cares? Who cares if you mess up?'"

Not that she even needed to care about messing up when it came to her KCON stage.

Fans also love how KCON brings top K-pop acts all to arenas in America. Ailee added how excited she was to share the Prudential Center stage with fellow Day 1 performers Seventeen, with whom she featured on the 2015 single "Q&A" with SVT members Woozi, S.Coups and Vernon. Ailee gave us new details on how the collab went down:

"Woozi hit me up one day and he asked me, 'Noona, it would be really good if you helped us out with this song. I don't know if you'll like it, but I'll send it to you and let me know if you want to help us.' I was like, 'You know what? I don't even need to hear the song. I'll do it.' I didn't think of me as me helping them, I've always wanted to do a collaboration with them ev
er since we were trainees."

source: kpopmaypop, fuse, 일리아드 Zero

ugh she's so sweet and nice, plus she killed that performance

Comments

[xxhna.livejournal.com]

what a performer! she can really sing!

[setsuna16.livejournal.com]

Ailee is precious and I love her and if she would have gone to the KCon in LA I would have felt compelled to get a ticket and head over there, but New York was not my bag.

I hope to see her live one day.

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

I already knew she had a great voice, but damn. When they restarted the music I was bummed out. Her music drowns out her voice

[abcd123.livejournal.com]

it was so flawless how she recovered from it that I thought she meant for the audio to go out - it just seemed so seamless. I loved that they brought her out the second day too because her and Eric nam were so cute together!!

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

Work it, queen!! And I ship her and Jihoon so damn much lol

[yohan94.livejournal.com]

i ship them musically, i hope they give us another collab

[jessicamariek.livejournal.com]

"I ship them musically" is a perfect way to phrase it lol, their friendship is adorable as anything and they sound incredible together.

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

I ship them everything - musically, platonically, romantically lol

[yohan94.livejournal.com]

eh romantically is a bit weird for me bc he's like 19 and shes 27 + she knew him when he was a teenager and she was in her mid twenties

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

As long as they are both legal and consenting adults, I have no problem with big age gap relationships, but I totally understand your point and your concern!

And Ailee is 27, what! I thought she was younger than me lol

[caipirinhas.livejournal.com]

such a presh queen. She definitely gained a fan in me because of her performance and MCing over the weekend. Loved her.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

haven't there been a bunch of acts ~mysteriously~ losing their backing music suddenly after one girl group got a bunch of positive press from it (I wanna say either t-ara or EXID?)

[yohan94.livejournal.com]

i dont really think ailee has anything to gain from it being on purpose, everyone already knows shes a powerhouse vocal

[existingisfunny.livejournal.com]

agree with both

it's obviously set up pr but also ailee doesn't need it

[msgrottesca.livejournal.com]

LOL yes, after it happened to EXID it has been happening to pm everyone. I find it a bit sus but maybe I'm just cynical.

[kaykaydelight.livejournal.com]

My exact thoughts. Seems like a new subtle pr move to show that the idol(s) in question can actually sing live.

[noonakaia.livejournal.com]

Love her! Her voice is so flawless and she's beautiful inside and out <3

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

such a great profesional reaction

Queen!!

[skidadler.livejournal.com]

She is incredible and such a lovely person. I had the distinct pleasure of sitting behind the control booth that night and witnessed the tech crew all scrambling to fix the situation. Ailee is a queen and handled it like a pro. I can't wait for her to come back and perform again in the States. I will definitely be there.

#slailee

[trancexperiment.livejournal.com]

This is cute

She reminds me of Tiffany when she speaks, like the inflection in her voice... Maybe it's a result of being in Korea/speaking Korean for so long?

[jazzygyu.livejournal.com]

You could tell she was a bit nervous about what happened but she recovered quickly and the crowd was so hyped we just kept shouting her name when that was happening trying to encourage her. She was such a sweet heart, you could tell she would like to promote more in the US if possible. I hope she continues to gain support so maybe she can have US or world tour.