(an entry by a fangirl)(though i had numerous cases of people mistaking me as a guy)
i cannot help myself but fall deeper in love with super junior everytime i watch them or hear them..today it's especially kyuhyun and ryeowook whom of course i had fallen in love with long ago because of their voices..i know many ppl can sing..i have always known this and always felt bewildered..how come so many ppl can sing and sing so well?but ryeowook and kyuhyun are definitely the best singers who are from an 偶像团体 i have ever seen and heard..maybe there are better ones(i heard from my friend that the guys from DBSK can sing super well too and though i have never sat down quietly and hear them sing,i tink that shld be true since they have like so many fans and wiki says they sing acapella often too)..but i dun care..i jus know i m in love with super junior now..
seen ryeowook play the piano and kyuhyun play the clarinet today for the first time today(through videos of course i mean)..i have to sigh again..i really have to say this..since i have always been listening to mando pop and mainly coming from taiwan,i was quite limited and i tink the concept of 偶像 being unable to sing is quite sub-consciously deep rooted in me(and many ppl too)..until i started knowing kpop..the "偶像" in their sense aren't jus ppl who looks good..they are singers and dancers and actors because they really can sing and dance and act well..they spend most of their youth undergoing training in these aspects and are really passionate about what they do(unlike some taiwan celebrities who are just 'founded' on the streets by some talent scouts)..ok first i have to do a disclaimer..i m not against or insulting taiwan celebrities or wat..i still love mando pop and like taiwan artistes..at least i can sing the songs while understanding what i m singing and so sing with more feelings..i m jus trying to express some thoughts which might not apply to everybody of course..
ok anyway back to topic..kyuhyun's bassy voice is super soothing and it's not like he cannot sing high notes too..when he sings u forget that he's the mischievous magnae(i.e. youngest) of super junior who likes to talk back to his hyungs(i.e. elder brothers) and tease ppl and do lame stuff and play computer games..he's just that romantic guy who is singing a song for the girl he loves..i always love how super junior can change between their roles as normal ppl who are jus like your friends (in variety shows where they never fail to make me laugh) and professional singers/actors/dancers (with their powerful and VERY in-sync dances/voices which can melt ppl/convincing acting skills) so effortlessly..and how all this doesn't seem to have any conflicts..
ok going back to kyuhyun,he can really pronounce mandarin very well..i guess that's cause he mastered the 四声 of pronuncing mandarin..the 抑扬顿挫 might be difficult for ppl whose mother tongue dun have this kind of weird things..jus like how i m finding difficulties in pronuncing korean with their un-distinguishable 'ae' and 'e' and the aspirated and glottalised vowels..i mistook kyuhyun's singing for hangeng's on many occasions in sjm's chinese songs and everytime when i found out i have been wrong,i get amazed again at how he can pronounce mandarin better than half of my chinese friends..guess that it jus proves that anything can be achieved by determination and practice(or maybe he jus had the talent for anything related to the vocal cords?)haha..
ok now to ryeowook..i saw somewhere that they call him the eternal magnae..not without a reason really..he looks more like the magnae than kyuhyun seriously..being so shy and humble all the time..and of course cute!that is the feeling u will get initially..but u know he is more than that after u get to know him better(or maybe i shld say after u watch more videos about him)..he can play piano,compose songs(both on piano and also the songs in SJ albums) and sing well..him being the tenor,sing any high notes nicely..although i think his voice is less stable than kyuhyun's,i tink it's cause he have to sing the high notes so often and so it's quite hard on him too..and that brings me to another big point..
just now i was suddenly thinking..would kyuhyun and ryeowook do better if they were not in super junior?i know i will get beaten by many SJ fans (ELF) out there by saying this and i myself dun wan them to leave SJ of course,but i was thinking IF they didn't join SJ they can have a career more dedicated to music stuff..their voices can definitely bring them to great heights..they have the abilities to be popular and famous without needing the boosting by other group members..
the industry is more unfair for dancers i guess,since it is called the MUSIC industry and not dancing industry in the first place..they are called singers,not dancers,though they need to dance too..ok what i m trying to drive at is that an artiste in the music industry need to be able to sing and dancing is sort of like an added bonus..i mean like if u are good at dancing but cannot sing for nuts,u can become a dancing teacher to the artistes at best..to come out with an album requires u to be able to sing..that's y there are so many music groups in korea i think..those who cannot sing that well get to be an artiste and be popular too,helped by their groupmates who might not be able to dance as well but can sing well..
kyuhyun and ryeowook are like those who can sing well and cannot dance as well..of course,they can dance much better than the average person,but i sometimes wonder whether that is really what they really wan to do..the most intolerable thing for a 'music person' is to lipsync for a performance,but it is inevitable for them to do it for some of SJ's songs since the dancing part is too intense and it's impossible to dance properly and sing well at the same time..
ok i realised i have written too long and lost the point somewhere..dun even know what i wan to say now..o ya..back to the point..ryeowook like composing and he does have some talent there as can be seen from the few songs he had composed..if he cld spend more time on this (which is what he wants actually) and not need to dance(which needs lots of prac and especially so with their big group),i tink he wld be happier and progress much faster in the music area..
ok i realise this entry is too long liao..it's now 3.10am,meaning i spent 1hour+ jus to write this entry..not that good since i haven't done anything constructive since fri after sch..not that i m going to do anything constructive now..but i'd better be done with my videos so that tml i can get started with work(after the 拜年 and movie trip)..meanwhile,anticipating SJ's next album and ryeowook having more compositions in it!though i know it wld not be complete without 3 members..sigh..
listening to: Love you more by Super Junior
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