what I love about watching SoHyang is how she wears her heart on her sleeve when she is singing. She is completely open and genuine, and I completely agree with what you said about her energy. She has an ability to look the audience in the eye and encourage them to connect to the song along with her. She's very charismatic. I would like for you to please react to her rendition of " lean on me".

fun fact : she's 42 years old.... amazing.....

💞💞💞What touches me the most is that for me she sings with her heart. soul and emotion, and she gets her feelings transfered over to me. She often makes me so emotionally that I tear up! Please ...please reacted to more of Sohyang! Thanks again for a great reaction. I feel I am actually learn from you despite just being a music listener!! 💞💞💞

SoHyang is a true vocalist and artist of this era. Thank you so much for your video and analysis.

Thank you for the reaction~ She is my favorite singer.

Sohyang is the best and an angel!!!!! So natural, humble, down to earth!!! THE QUEEN !!!!

i really love her voice❤️❤️

Thanks for the interesting analysis. The sliding of jawline during Sohyang's performances seemed particularly noticeable during the 2015 period. It's interesting to hear your hypothesis on its causes. I wondered about it as well at a time. Whatever its cause, I didn't notice it in her more recent performances. I also want to applaud you for making the point about bringing the emotional commitment to the performance. There are many wonderful vocalists, including some who are downright awe-inspiring or even shocking to hear. However, I don't find anyone else who comes close to provoking the level of emotional response in me the way Sohyang can. The willingness to expend the energy and to make the emotional connection is really something that sets Sohyang apart for me. She can stir up feelings in my no other earthling can. Appreciate your insight.

nice reaction, and thank you for the great analysis. what i most value in her performances is the ability for her to connect with my emotions on a level that no other singer can. for me it's not just about her perfect pitch or high notes, it's more about the emotions she put in her singing a great example would be her performance "Everyone" that i would like you to listen and react to. Thanks again!

My favorite thing about her is that she makes me FEEL DEEP IN MY SOUL!!! She sings from HER SOUL which is what gospel music is all about.

I like your reaction. Nice information. Maybe you can react to her other cover "i have nothing". She's full of technic and good range. For me she is a Legendary Vocalist.

So hyang is just amazing, thanks for the great review Dr. Mark

Queen sohyang

would you be willing to put your "fun facts" at the bottom of the screen? sorta like a pop up? the many breaks in the song kinda take away from the experience

Sohyang is just AMAZING no words to describe her she's so pure & ANGELIC... And I love her story & respect her so much

Please react to Raise me up from 2018, it is amazing performance too, notice that she was sick and very tired there. Also there are a lot of other songs like I have nothing, Everyone, Dream, Fate, King of Masked Singer collection ( this is interesting because she wears a mask and varies the genres, also she was so tired in between and before the performances that she started to eat meat even though she really dislikes it to keep her energy level somewhat high), Lean on me, It’s only my world etc. She is an amazing hard worker, who rehearses a new song for more then 100 times and rearranges it to suit herself. Also she says she is always very nervous on big stage( especially in the earlier part of her career), because she prefers gospel songs and finds high belting really tiresome, but i guess her extreme practice and belief in God helps. Now she is of course very accustomed to it already. Almost noone pays attention, but you may consider comparing her performances of same songs in 2012 and 2015 or even from 2015 to 2018.She is constantly working on improving her performances and technique which is amazing and really hard to do at this level. Thanks.

Teacher's listening is very moving.♡ 역시 우리들의 소향도 최고 최고☆☆☆☆☆

So Hyang is the best singer ever !!!

♪Sohyang Legend Stage♬ ▶Mask Singer◀ -hug me ☆ -home ☆ -monaliza ☆ -Breathe ☆ -do you know -dear love -day day -Atlantis princess ▶Immortal Songs 2◀ -Everyone ☆ -Bridge over troubled water ☆ -Lean on me ☆ -Arirang alone ☆ -You raise me up (2018) ☆ -Childish Adult (with JK Jim Dongwuk) ▶I'm a singer◀ -Where are you ☆ -Oh holy night ☆ -Dream ☆ -I have nothing ☆ -Fate ☆ -In tge flower garden -Never ending story -As i live -running to the sky -For thousand days (with The One) -It's only my world ☆ -I always Miss you ▶Etc◀ -Upon this rock ☆ -The prayer (with Michael Bolton) ☆ -Lean on me (with Michael Bolton) ☆ -[mixed C6] -Lean on me (with Kirk Franklin) ☆ -[mixed C6] -The only thing -Wind song ☆ -How far i'll go -The day was sunny kiss -The power of love ☆ -Only my heart knows ☆ -mermade ☆ -Close eyes -Let it go -My heart will go on

Thanks, I know I grind my teeth at night and I never knew it could be the cause of my jaw tension while singing, I will try those exercises...

What did I take away from this video? You just fell head over heels in love.

I enjoy her singing very much . I just watched another video on her the first time today on another channel . So I wanted to watch yours as soon as I noticed you were also reacting to her. She's very good . Great analysis !

Hi Dr Marc, Awsome So Hyang, great singer and vocal range emotion, and energy I love her👍👏this nessage tip you gave is also good for all tension in the face when we are stressed thx.

Amen brother.

Marc, something always gets in my eyes, too, whenever I listen to So Hyang! ;)

이 아저씨도 소향노래만 들으면 눈에 자꾸 벌레 들어가나보네? 나도 자꾸 벌레 들어가서 눈 오지게 비비는데..ㅠㅠ

She is Extraordinary & original .

she defo took us to church innit. it almost sounded like black church. i've watched this video many times now not just bc i'm interested in the reactions people have of that performance but also just bc it's so beautiful. what i noticed most this time, bc i'm focusing on that a lot, is the control she has over he air flow. wow.

Don't stop music.

Dr. Reynolds, si é commosso! ♥♥♥

please react to so hyang lean on me !!!

Good point on the energy. I would use the word "radiance". Whatever it is, Sohyang is beaming plenty of positive aura when she performs. Perhaps it's due to how her background and history shaped her into who she is, a genuinely humble and kind human being, making personal human connections with others via her vocal instrument. As for what she's doing with her jaw, it was noticeable for a couple of years, roughly from 2012 to 2015. (It kinda reminded me of Barbara Streisand in a way.) I don't recall seeing that in Sohyang's early performances when she was young (when her techniques was just meh). Feel free if anyone can clue me in with samples I haven't seen. I could be mistaken, but I believe it's just a phase. Sohyang could be experimenting or trying things, or maybe having temporary issue, such as health related or grinding like you said. So, she either had ended the experiment, or fixed/took care of whatever the issue/cause.

Finally - someone who knows and understands what he's listening to. Thank you for not talking during the performance. I understand the need for "fun facts" and they're much better than some kid saying "wow" or commenting on her dress every five seconds. Most people doing reaction videos look like they're going to sleep - not to awaken until the high notes. While her high notes are wonderful, the real beauty is to be found on the softer passages where her lovely tone is displayed. The fantastic straight tone at the end of the 1st 16 bars is absolutely beautiful. A word about her wonderful arrangements should also be given. I understand So Hyang and her husband write almost all of her arrangements. All in all, a great performance by a great singer - and a great reaction as well.

Love you~~

Oh !!! What the beautiful, powerful, emotional and amazing performance with her incredible singing ability ! I work as a doctor and have been in music for a long time. Since I was very young, I have been to several concerts by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. I have known about Sohyang in less than 8 months. At first I was very shocked and surprised that there was a really amazing and fantastic singer in the world. I thought there would be no singers in the world who would compare or surpass Maria Carey and Whitney Houston. But after I saw her, I found out that I was not well. I must say Sohyang is the only singer in the world that combines Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion. Thanks for your nice reaction. From N.Y.

ten of ten Perfect.

My Queen Sohyang♥

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Our Queen

Queen👑👑

Korean singer So Hyang(소향) is super awesome!

nice touch with sohyang information during the reaction

Please react to so hyang more.. 🙏 🙏 great analysis and reaction. Thanks so much..

I loved your fun facts section

Sohyang👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍💜💜💜💜💜

Hi Mark, I’ve just come across you when reacting to Jonathan Antoine & I am mightily impressed with both your knowledge & experience when critiquing these fabulous performers. What a beautiful performance by this lovely young lady &/such a great reaction. I would appreciate you reacting to a young Soprano by the name of Amira Willighagen who won Holland’s Got Talent at the age of nine without even a single singing lesson. I don’t agree to children attempting to sing opera arias for fear of vocal damage, but, this young person is truly the exception. Amira is now 16, but I draw your attention to her singing Ave Maria by Gomez at the Canisius Church at the age of 11. This performance shows the unique voice control & superb range Amira has for one so young & does so effortlessly using her natural voice without trying to sound like an adult which child classical singers tend to do. Please react to this incredible talent as she is simply amazing. I have subscribed to your Chanel, & keep up the great work. I’m impressed. ps.. Amira has an incredible story, so I hope you can come on board & enjoy what literally millions worldwide are enjoying.

갓소향

With her jaw moving to one side sometimes, I get the feeling that it is just 'boredom' - this stuff is so easy for her, and time must seem to go slowly during the less intense parts, that she mentally relaxes in some places and lets the jaw move. I also think maybe it is her way of mentally resetting herself for the next part. However it could also be tension I guess - as she can be paranoid and self conscious about her singing level, and used to wonder if she was good enough, even thinking of retiring at one stage. Believe it or not. She has mentioned health problems in recent times as well. THIS particular performance was actually part of a contest against other well known professional singers, on TV, and she did say she was exhausted afterwards, she was shaking. I believe she won as well. She participated in another of these contests, the Michael Bolton contest on tv, where she sang a So Hyang version of 'Lean On Me', which floored everybody, and she won that one as well, easily.

Ok this camera quality is lit

Personally, if it were a choice between interrupting the performance with comments vs intermittent fun facts, I think your comments would make for a better flow of the video. I understand the issue with copyright, and ideally, you and we would be able to listen to the full song, but here it's best to pick the lesser of two evils. Fun facts break the flow way too much with drawn out silences, and while comments do somewhat the same, at least we're still getting your great insight (and helps cut down on video length). Cheers!

She is top of the top singer in korea

another level...

korea angel... so hyang! amazing grace... love you

It's a good idea that you insert some information about her. I wonder which song you're gonna react to.

Welcome to So Hyang's world!!

I love the soft begin and then she exploded ! She did also by her song; "Arirang Alone". And in the end she sang agin soft ! OMG !

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👍 😊

Hello Dr.Marc

She is sister-in law of Jinjoo.L (guitarist of DNCE).

Your Fun Facts are an unfortunate interruption for those really wanting to take in a truly great performance.😬

Pls do some more Sohyang

I like So Hyang not because of the religion her adheres to even I don't want to know her religion, I like her because his voice is very beautiful and good, powerful

You still can put those words at the upper left corner of the clip without breaking too many times.

So hyang♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

재미있는 사실. 우리는 소향 노래를 좋아한다. 나도 모르게

In my opinion, there were too many breaks in the song. Half of the number would have still been too many. Your old format of using just a couple breaks made the reaction less frustrating. That being said, because I am familiar with your analysis, I will continue to watch regardless. However, if I was a new viewer, I would be too impatient with this reaction to continue watching.

Hello, I just subscribed to your channel and think you're an awesome reactor. Anyway, Kim SoHyang is one of the best in South Korea and is one of my favorite of many of the Asian music industry. I belong to a fan base club of hers on Facebook, Last month our administrator and another member went to South Korea to see her live and deliver roses and our letters we wrote to her. She is a wonderful beautiful God fearing woman. the interview was posted by my friend and the company of Kim SoHyang as well. Anyway, on my channel, I have over 90 of her music videos and several episodes of Immortal song 2 where she was on just now, it is a singing competition show where 7 of the best of South Korea gather to sing yesteryears songs. She eventually won that time and got the trophy its an awesome episode of many wonderful American pop Korean favorites. here is a link to another episode of Immortal songs with Kim SoHyang singing "You Raise me up" in a tribute to an Irish band of the 90 called Westlife and Shane Filan was the guest at that time. I hope you enjoy the wonderful arrangements she did, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qsuPf5ygy865pGw.html

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Like fun facts

최고야 전설이다

Watch Regine Velasquez a true Asia Pacific vocal champion and genuine superstar in Asia Region dubbed as Asia’s Songbird. She works with best singer songwriter in the world with the likes of Alicia Keys Brian McKnight Michel Legrand Peabo Bryson etc

Perhaps there's a way for you to put the fun facts as subtitles so that you don't have to cut away from the video when they come up to make the flow of the video easier

The denver cruz guy is hunting for Sohyang's stans haha he told me that i am delusional for commenting "you're trippin bro"😂

So Hyang n'est pas connue internationalement. Lol L'occident n'a pas détecté ou voulu croire en cette diva sud-coréenne. Incroyable ! Incroyable ! Nous sommes aveuglés par notre suffisance.

You should react to Katrina velarde go the distance

형님 목소리 좋아요 ㅎㅎ 소향 최고

Pls react you raised me up!! By so hyang

다시시작하자요

So Hyang is a cancer survivor from the age of 20, cervical cancer, and no doubt if she grinds her teeth at night, she comes by it honestly.

Please react to Hua Chenyu singing Nunchucks in the Singer competition (the song is not his, but the arrangement is). I would love to hear your thought about his singing and performing, he is a unique performer, you'll see.

가자요 소향노래 사랑해요 💜 💜 아미도왔어요

Wow~~ How couldn't anybody subscribe to your channel? And 👍.🔔 Different reaction from others !!!! Thank you, coach 'nim' ^^ (nim means sir or lady in korean -- represents a respecting and an obeying to elder or better people than me)

React to Sohyang's Fate pls!

STARTTime... 소감 훌륭합니다. 고맙 !! 🌉...

I think her jaw tension is probably from her bout of cancer when she was 20 or so. If it is, it's doubtless earned honestly from all the pain and stress she suffered. From comments I've heard on KZfaq, she almost fell over backstage after this performance due to all the emotion she poured into it. There are lengthier versions of this performance that show her exhaustion backstage. It is the same with her performance of Arirang. The Vimeo version of Arirang show her collapsing into a chair with her tongue hanging out backstage. She seems to have a great sense of humour about it all!

Whether or not the singer's voice is more because of hard work, often practicing, discipline, and of course giving from God, but it has nothing to do with embracing a particular religion, music and songs are universal, anyone can sing whatever the type of song.

One thing i want to tell you is that Korean doesn't use thin and high whistle such as 5octaves. Usually use thick and powerful whistle such as 4octaves

He start like a commercial

Please, react to Kim JinHo Saldaga 🙏🙏🙏🙏

The continuous comments and breaks does not do credit to the beauty of her performance. This is an unbelievable performance by a non-English person and we should be left tot least enjoy and be entertained for just those few minutes! What a pity that you comments super seeded her fantastic performance and was made to be more important than her singing.

I just wanted to comment that there's something slightly weird sounding with the audio on this video. I can't quite tell what it is. It sounds just slightly muffled and like there might be 2 audio sources being overlaid with a slight delay creating a slightly out of phase effect, but I'm not exactly sure if that is what's going on. You might want to look into that and see if you can find something in your recording setup that might be causing that.

그렘린 그사람 또 오겠지...?...

Thanks for your reaction & analysis !!! Please check out this Korean R&B singer “Memory of Wind” - live. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adJ-dsio3KezdIU.html “Feel Like” - MV. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eauHYNyD2cqZomw.html “Gloria” - MV. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMqjnbul3tfdhY0.html

I really like your reactions and explanations, but the fun fact breaks are very distracting, maybe you could flash them on a side of the screen without interrupting the song.

Please react to little mix paper penthouse.

Don't cut the video for the fact pls 😂😭

Can you react to Aliee (i will always love u)live performence too.also chen&baekhyun(exo)live performing of( really i dont know)..thanks

Love so hyang but once you react to the following KZfaq video , you will know why Park Ki Young is on a par with so hyang . ( they are the best of friends ) Please ( even if only privately) watch and listen to my favorite song by her. It will silence your mind and rip open your heart. One of the The best performances by a female Korean vocalist in the last decade and all you who are reading my comment and love so hyang do yourself a favor and KZfaq this: “ Hit Lee Jang Park Ki young” I promise all of you who listen that you will be amazed and add Park Ki young to your favorite list of vocalists. Once a fan, here are a few other Park Ki young KZfaq performances that will blow your mind: “ Spring Rain” “ wound” “ Nella Fantasia” Al

The informtion is nice, but stopping the music everytime you show it makes it kind of annoying and it also kills the build up of the music. Maybe have the text as a blurb beside the video simultaneously is a better option.