Clip from The Man Concert

I heard a lot of good feedback about the recently concluded ‘The Man’ concert of Wheesung.  I was hoping someone would post a clip of the said concert.  I luckily stumbled upon someone from You Tube who happens to have a clip.  I’d like to thank Tokomary for sharing this link with me…see the clip from The Man Concert in Seoul.

He sang a song from his 4th album 내가 너를 잊는다 (Naega Noereul Ineunde – I Will Forget You) and another song from the It’s Real album If You Don’t Love Me.

Whee’s voice is so soothing.  He must have prepared well for this concert.  It’s like hearing the recorded version ~ I couldn’t even hear a shake in his voice. Wheesung really did great in this concert judging from these two songs.

Some Whee Pix

I just got this pictures from Tomokomary, i did not asked permission. I am sorry for that — I couldn’t help but admire how great he looks these days.

Wheesung look so fine. I love it when he is styled this way. 

I wish I have skin this smooth =)

I definitely like his side view angle! 남자 예쁜!

Interview @ Peppermint

Wheesung perfomed Insomnia first in Lee Hana’s Peppermint (based on airing).  Now someone really nice subbed the interview portion.  I admire Wheesung and Lyn’s friendship, maybe the lover rumor is not true at all.  Instead they are really good friends.  They seems to know each other well.

Lyn is so bubbly.  I guess this is the reason why she clicks with Wheesung.  They both have the same interest (Lyn is a good singer too) and they both got the humor.   Funny how Wheesung said he doesn’t have any fantasies about wedding… this guy really got some humor in him.

The wedding song he wrote and sang along with Lyn for Park Kyunglim (known as the square faced lady) is a bit different from the tradition wedding sings that I usually hear.  It’s upbeat and sounds joyous.   When the couple kissed after asking them to ~ they were surprised and Wheesung commented I am envious.  If he only knew… a lot of ladies out there would be in cloud 9 to kiss him =) 

So this interview seals the rumors of Wheesung and Lyn’s romantic relationship… seems to be they are just genuinely friends.  Lyn apparently is older than Wheesung.   In one of JeongYeop’s interview in the same show, I think he mentioned that Wheesung introduced him to Lyn.  I wonder how it progressed.  Wheesung is true to his words afterall…

credits to boother3d for the videos. 

If you want to take a look at that great collaborations between Wheesung and Lyn click here .  They sang Mirotic and

Wheesung Way Back in Star Focus

I missed watching this in Arirang TV although I have watched the live interview of Isak in her radio booth with Wheesung, I suppose this interview was filmed at the same time judging by the outfit that he wears.

I didn’t realize that some of his fans hated Love Is Delicious.   I actually enjoy that song and I also believe in what he says that as an artist variation is important.  He can always go back to his R&B roots but its refreshing to see him perform different music.  

I guess I am one of those fans who appreciated the 5th album like the other albums that he had.  When I made a review of Eternal Essence of Music, I thought on the onset that he is showing people who he can be flexible in his singing style by trying out different genre.

Watching this interview makes me smile.  I also liked Luv Shine that way he is describing it he got his voice well controlled that it sounded soft yet powerful enough to move you.   No wonder he gets easily distracted if he has conflict  (in one show he said he easily gets headache with stress) with such principle that he can never work perfectly if he has problems at home and with his ‘lover’.  Hmm so does that mean he got someone special these days? 

Wheesung is really very humble.  How could he say he wants to earn the title ‘true artist’ when he already earned it long time ago.  If he is not one true great artist at this point, then a lot out there in K-Pop scene are neither.

LSS: 차안남녀

I just got home after a one and half hour drive. Yes I did shuffle play again and I was like smiling of the thought which song gets to be played next.  It was a good shuffle, I heard 사랑은  and The Day We Meet Again.  BUT listening to 차안남녀 before logging off from the office got me inflected with the Last Song Syndrome. 

The song keeps playing on my head specially the part ‘pa pa rap pa’.   It’s one of a personal favorite from the 5th Album Eternal Essence of Music.   Google makes silly  translation of  this song title  but it just mean Man and Woman in Car. I can still feel the soul of this song coming from Wheesung’s voice. 

잘 자요!

Shuffle

I just thought that my addiction to Wheesung  has come to the next level.  Since I started listening to K-POP, i have maintained a Best of Wheesung Playlist on my iPOD and iTunes.   These are the Wheesung songs that I have totally abused for the past two years.

Last week i tried to shuffle play using all of Wheesung’s songs.   I know how intelligent the apple applications are so chances are it will be able to recognize the songs that I frequently listen to along with the least ones and do a mix of it during shuffle.  Funny but I find thrill with it.. guessing the first song to play and waiting for the next song, trying to figure out the title and the album to which it belongs.  Crazy isn’t it but I get a bit excited .    It’s refreshing to hear a mix of his songs.   I know its crazy to say or in some extent unbelievable, that you can stand to hear all his songs but there are honestly some songs that you play just once in a while.  So in an album perspective the 4th Album – Love? Love! Love… is what I can tolerate to hear every song again and again. 

While doing this shuffle play, I  thought of Wheesung songs that I suppose did not hit the mainstream but were so good…at least on my opinion and taste.   Well, this may not be true at all but my basis for saying ‘non-mainstream’ is that these songs were not as popular as the case of  Andwaenayo,  Inyeon Imyeon, With Me etc.

Maybe the other Wheesung fans out there got their own list of non-maintream Wheesung songs that they are truly in-love with.   These are some of the songs that I definitely consider one of his bests.

사랑은 (Sarangeun – Love Is) of course tops my list.  Up until now, I still have hopes of searching for a video of its live performance.   To me this is his best R&B song that never made it mainstream. 

Love Hero I guess got the same fate with 사랑은.  I almost thought that this will be the second song for promotion after Love is Delicious.  Surprisingly it was 다쳐도 좋아 (Dachyeodo Choa – Even if it Hurts) which is actually good as well. I was thinking this collaboration song with ‘J’ is equally great.

차안남녀 (Cha.an.nam.nyeo – A Man and Woman in Car) is another song  worth listening to over and over.  You will be able to appreaciate Wheesung’s control of voice in this song.  I must say Wheesung is just too good in singing sad songs.  I know this song is about break up in a car — and you can almost hear his heart in the way he sang it.  Reading the lyrics it was very true… a break up is always sad and in a situation where it happens in a car, I bet you wouldn’t even have the sense to hear the noise outside.   (Trivia: cut and paste the Hangul title in Google Translate — you will be surprised to see how Google translates it)

가 (Ka – Go) -  I love how this song seems to endlessly unravel to climax. I am not sure if this perfectly fits how I feel listening to the song but it’s like a roller coaster ride that after the song finishes you would say ‘oh it’s done’  when your emotions are still up there.  Just like 차안남녀 it shows  the beauty of Wheesung’s voice without going to far on belting for the high notes.

커다란… 너무 커다란  (Kodaran… Neomu Kodaran – Great… So Great)  This is a very short song, in fact I am thinking it’s  seems to be an Outro to the 4th Album being the last song before the bonus track.   Setting aside again the lyrics, this song got one of the best falsettos from Wheesung — I love it.  I don’t know what this song excatly means.  It speaks of the pain of loving someone more than one’s self but towards the end it seems to be sending a message of ‘change’ driven by a deep scar.  And this is the last album after YG.  I don’t know if this is really a song for a girl but maybe for a different kind of love — considering himself a fool for listening and believing.   Nevertheless I love it for the piano and the voice.

하늘에서 (Haneuleseo – From the Sky). This song gets to be performed by Wheesung once in a while but I guess this is likewise not as popular as the other songs.   I always say the jazzy undertone makes a song for easy listening.   I can actually imagine a good black R&B singer singing this like as if it was a jazz song — voice raises and dips in a nice tempo.

Luv Shine gets to be performed once in a while too. It’s from the 4th album and I like it’s beat.  As usual, Wheesung’s rendition does it.  Sings it from the heart.. makes me really wonder the number of break ups he had.  How can there be so much feelings for songs of this type.   I am specifically moved on the last part of the song that goes…

세상에서 가장 슬픈 얘기라고
아파 할 때마다 죽도록 빌어오던 일인걸

오늘만은 예전처럼 웃지 못해요
너무 기뻐 눈물만 자꾸 삼켜서
오랜 시간 맘에 가둔 사랑한단 말 하지 못해서 나 애가 타요
정말 많이 기다렸는데 정말 많이 미안했는데
꼭 안겨준 그대 고마워요

This is the last 2 lines of the second to the last stanza and the last stanza.   Maybe I should post the lyrics of this song in the Lyrics tab.  It’s nice even if its a bit sad.

Now I sound like reviewing the fourth album becausese 왜 나만 (Wae Naman – Why Only Me) is a good as it get song.  There is groove in it… the rap infused in the song was a good complement.  I am not sure if it was Wheesung doing the background rap since at some point he entered with his vocals. 

Oh no.. I don’t think I can end this post.  I’ll go crazy thinking about all his songs.  I’ll just go on shuffle play later when I drive way back home.

MNET Intro to Wheesung

Here is some tribute of MNET to Wheesung for being chosen to host that Pre Star1 program.   It’s nice to see how he is being recognized from his early achievements unravelling the present Wheesung who just matured his music and image gracefully. 

I wish there is an English Sub.  I could barely understand what he said as it was really fast.  Though the first question asked is about the meaning of his name.  He said  Wheesung means ’shining so bright’  (some sort of brightest actually).  I think Janis mentioned about this in one of her comments in a previous post.  

I thought I heard him say he wanted to become a singer known in the world when asked what is his goal as a singer.  Wheesung is too humble, if only he knew he got admirers all over the world.  People who love his voice and performances regardless of his outfits and style.  I bet there are a lot like me who sincerely likes Wheesung for being him.   I love you Wheesung! Nyahahaha =P

Andwaenayo @ LA Disney Hall Concert

Someone posted this in You Tube.  Despite the no cam policy in Disney, still lucky to get a sneak peek  at this concert.  Singing his all time hit Andwaenayo.

Credits to Seunghankm for the post.

Andwaenayo — Acoustic Flavor

If you think that the Andwaenayo with a classical twist is amazing (as in the performance in Wheeshow Tokyo), listen to this one.  This one is almost kinda acoustic — form the MTV Stage performance.  MTV has been characterized for unplugged and acoustic performance– and I’m glad Wheesung does one for them.

 Now compare this performance with this debut days way back 2003.

They always say his voice changed. I guess yes but it is still as wonderful as it was before.  I even notice how he improved on his singing…the stiffness that he had before is no longer found in his recent performances.   The thickness was not as it was before but it isn’t bad either because the huskiness is still there. 

His nose is always a point of comparison as well.  In his recent profile shots, you will see comments like did he went under the knife?  Way back 2003 his nose is like just good and sexy as it is today. He clearly lost all those baby fats in his face and what’s more?  His skin turned GREAT. In short – Wheesung is maturing gracefully.

Thanks to tomokomary for the first video and to RealX360 for the other one.

Insights to Wheesung and Lena Park US Concert

Wheesung lovers in the US once again got the chance to see his live performance Friday night (June 19, 2009) at the Disney Concert Hall in LA.  Got the chance to hear some of the concert feedback from fellow Wheesung addict Malu and Yan.  Thank for sharing to me what happened.

Wheesung sang 10 wonderful songs; Yan did a wonderful job of remembering the order of the songs. Wheesung opened the stage with his super hit song Insomnia followed by Love is Delicious, Choco Luv and Fading Star, The Day We Meet Again, Narak, A Walk in The Sky, Andwaenayo, With Me and Incurable Disease.  I know how it feels to want more of Wheesung, so hearing just 10 songs is really not enough to feed a Wheesung-hungry soul. 

It was strict at the venue that cameras are not allowed, however someone got the luck to video the above performance secretly.   Thanks to emogrlx for sharing this in You Tube. Hats off to your courage.

I can hear the screaming in the two videos… I can imagine myself screaming out my lungs had I been there.   Hearing his voice.. I’ll never get enough of him =)

Malu did share one annoying incident during that concert (aside from the cameras that are not allowed inside the hall).  Right after the last performance of Wheesung,  Lena Park entered and then started to talk.  She said something that is suppose to mean thank you for allowing Wheesung to show his talent and thanking the audience for supporting him.

Well what can I say?  Maybe its the sunbae thing since Lena is senior than Wheesung.  In a non-Korean context it’s a bit proud to say that as if your talking to someone whom you think is of lower skills or ability than you.  It’s not different from saying — I being popular or number 1 is thanking you all for showing the same support to this person.   I am just giving Lena the benefit of the doubt… and that its the concept of sunbae that prompted her to say those lines because at this very point in time, I suppose Wheesung is far popular than her or even in the context of achievements I guess Wheesung is at par.  So it really must be the sunbae thing unless Lena thinks she is still very popular nowadays.

Credits to Yan for the pictures.