[NEWS] 111015 U-Kiss’ Soohyun impresses by singing 3 songs live in spite of vocal cord nodule

On October 15th, U-Kiss' Soohyun moved fans and impressed officials at the ‘2011 Asia Song Festival‘ by singing three songs live — a normative feat, to be sure, but Soohyun was diagnosed with a vocal cord nodule.

The boys returned to ‘Asia Song Festival’ as acknowledged Hallyu stars after winning their rookie award at the same festival two years ago. They demonstrated their global growth by greeting fans and press members in Korean, Japanese, and Mandarin-Chinese.

Soohyun stated, “I’ve been resting after being diagnosed with vocal cord nodule. Today, however, I’m willing to die on stage.” He went on to sing “Neverland“, “0330“, and “Man Man Ha Ni” in perfect unison with the rest of his members, impressing everyone at the event.

Dongho added, “At the ’5th Asia Song Festival’, we won the rookie award. Now that we’ve returned, I’m both excited and grateful. It’s an honor to be able to stand on stage with so many famous singers in Asia, and I hope to continue to participating in the festival until its 100th.”

Rookie girl group April Kiss, who also participated in the festival’s ‘Asia Rookie Singer Showcase’, had nothing but praise for their seniors. “We met them at a waiting room backstage and exchanged CDs. They treated us very comfortably. It was amazing to be able to see them so close during rehearsals. They truly amaze us, and we respect them a lot.”

They continued, “We heard that it’s been a few years since their debut and it’s very cool to see that they haven’t lost their roots and are still working so hard. Watching their rehearsals made us realize that we have so much to learn from them. They make us want to go back to our rehearsal room and practice more.”

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[NEWS] 111015 U-Kiss’ Soohyun talks about Japanese promotions + updates on his vocal cord nodule

On October 14th, U-Kiss' Soohyun attended the press conference for the ’2011 Asia Song Festival‘, where he revealed the plans for U-Kiss’ Japanese promotions.

Soohyun said, ”We plan to officially begin Japanese promotions in January. We’ll aim to appeal with our friendly charms, and we hope that our Japanese fans will forward to it.”

He continued, “Truthfully, the fact that we are sharing the ‘Asia Song Festival’ stage with famous Japanese singers makes me nervous. We will show a good image as a representative artist of Korea.”

Soohyun also spoke about his condition after being diagnosed with a vocal cord nodule. ”I’m currently taking medicine diligently and I got an IV as well, so I am much better. I took a long break in order to participate in the ‘Asia Song Festival’. I will show a good image.”

U-Kiss will be sharing the stage with Japan’s electropop trio Perfume and mixed dance group AAA. China’s Zhou Bichang, Taiwan’s Peter Ho, Thailand’s Tata Young, and other famous singers will be joining them for the event as well.

The ’2011 Asia Song Festival will be opening on October 15th’ at the Daegu Stadium. Super Junior, SNSD, Lee Seung Gi, B2ST, G.NA, miss A, and U-Kiss will be taking the stage as Korea’s representative artists.

 

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[NEWS] 111012 U-Kiss' Soohyun shows vocal chord problems and halts 'Neverland' activities

U-Kiss main vocalist Soohyun's "Neverland" activities has been halted due rising problems with his vocal nodules.

On October 12th, according to U-Kiss' agency NH Media, the group's 2nd studio album activities were halted earlier than planned. Soohyun, who is in charge of the group's main vocals, is currently under care for his vocal chords and will be until the end of October. This event has cancelled all of U-Kiss' broadcasting activities for "Neverland" and the group's follow-up activities are being questioned.

Activities for "Neverland" has proven to be exhausting for his vocal chords as he must dance vigorously to the intense choreography accompanying the song, in addition to being in charge of the main vocals.

For 3 months, he underwent training and attended dance practice for 6 hours a day. Leader Soohyun is in charge of the more intense vocals in "Neverland," a difficult high pitch tone.

The mixture of appearing on various programs and the burden of the intense choreography for "Neverland" has resulted in vocal fatigue.

The agency have stated that they will take Soohyun's recovery period in consideration and that the worst case scenario is that Soohyun be absent from follow up activities. 

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