Clara C Auditions for 'Superstar K8'

[reasontowander.livejournal.com]

During the September 29 episode of “Superstar K8,” Ailee grabs the attention of the rest of the judges when she suddenly yells, “Oh my god!” as an unexpected figure walks onstage when it’s her respective turn. Shyly waving to her friend, the contestant turns out to be none other than Clara C, a well-known YouTuber in her own right.

Ailee explains to the other judges, “She’s my friend. It’s been about five or six years since I’ve seen her in person.” Taken aback by the turn of events, she then asks Clara C why she is here auditioning for this show when she’s already successful in the United States with several solo concerts and albums under her belt.

She replies, “I may have been born in the United States, but I wanted to succeed in Korea as well since I’m a Korean myself. So, I tried out.”

For her audition, Clara C performs her very own rendition of Far East Movement’s “Rocketeer,” and captivates the judges with her soulful voice accompanied by a jazzy piano melody. Notably, her original cover of this song on YouTube has over 2.5 million views as well.

She manages to successfully move on to the next round, with the judges voting six to one in her favor.

Were you just as surprised as Ailee to see Clara C on this show?

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Totally unexpected to see her audition for this, but I think she'll do well. Plus she has already been featured on the OSTs for "It's Okay, It's Love" and "Age of Youth" so she might actually make it pretty far on the show.

Comments

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

I love her! I used to follow a lot of asian-american musician/singers on youtube before and she was one of them. I'm curious to see how far she'll make it.

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

I love her! she is so good :)

[juhli.livejournal.com]

I wish her the best of luck. Besides Clara, Sarah Lee, another youtuber musician, also tried out for Superstar K.



Still, it's sad that all these Korean Americans singer-songwriters have to go to Korea because there is little chance to succeed in the American market.

[niyarav.livejournal.com]

I've never heard her before but this was so good, I love her voice.

[electric-mole-x.livejournal.com]

I love Clara C so much! Her voice and arrangements are so great. Heart strings is my favorite track of hers <3

I wish her the best of luck though! She deserves more recognition

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

Whoa that was really good. I feel like I've heard of her, but I haven't listened to her stuff. Hope she goes far.

[tree-star123.livejournal.com]

same here i feel like she did collabs w/ wongfu and davidchoimusic tho

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

I loved this performance! The twins on this episode who did the Gummy song were really good too but they didn't pass :(