Suzy reveals how learning pansori affected her singing

By jubilantj Thursday, November 19, 2015 25,384 8,267 23

During her November 19 interview with Newsen in which she discussed her new film 'Dorihwaga' in detail, Suzy admitted that learning pansori (traditional Korean musical storytelling singing style) vastly helped her singing.

The singer explained, "I wondered if it would help [me sing better] because it was completely different genre but it really helped a lot. Truthfully, the way I sang up until now was J.Y. Park's method of 'half air half noise' and I was using more air when I sang. But for pansori you have to use all noise. The vocalization itself is very loud, strong, and majestic."

"Typically, when I'm recording [in the studio] I would always get the pointer to use more of my vocals. But this time, I was told to use more air. It's the first time I heard that so it was fascinating to me. I thought 'Did [my voice] change after learning pansori?' I think I will continue learning it."

dramakrules • Friday, November 27, 2015

Well, she did not help the movie, it sank like a Titanic big time. Stick with singing , you can sell more albums. Leave the acting to professional.

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daranee • Thursday, November 19, 2015

QueenNanA • Friday, November 20, 2015

Thanks for sharing!! Love the song

Sweet_Milk_Tea • Thursday, November 19, 2015

To those who don't know what pansori sounds like, here's an example by a professional: ; ;youtube. com/watch?v=BazfH6yrtjg (Chunhyangga is a famous Korean love story) ;It's a difficult traditional singing style and you need to have a proper training to do it. It also takes YEARS to master. Plus since pansori singers need to memorize an hour or so's worth of storytelling lyrics, it's very difficult. You might also notice how in the video example, the pansori singer's voice is very nasal and throaty sounding-- that is how pansori is supposed to sound like. So Suzy's gonna be all nasally and throaty when she sings pansori.

moorg • Thursday, November 19, 2015

Listening to that video, the pansori sound has some striking similarities to blues vocals.

PeachParrot • Thursday, November 19, 2015

lol jyp's half air half noise method!! XD

mindyourbusiness • Thursday, November 19, 2015

pink_oracle • Thursday, November 19, 2015

Watch out JYP, next thing you know she'll be trying to teach all your other artists the 'right' way to sing. ;

starrdreamlove • Thursday, November 19, 2015

Make fun of JYP's singing style all you want, but his half-air half-vocal technique is the best type to support and protect your voice

kitteauaena • Thursday, November 19, 2015

uh no it's not? The people over at kpopvocalanalysis have stated over and over again that the half-air half-sound technique is terrible, and they've been musically trained. Jimin from 15& doesn't use that bogus half-air, half-sound technique and she's one of the best female singers in JYP in terms of vocal technique.

Sweet_Milk_Tea • Thursday, November 19, 2015

No it's not. It's terrible vocal technique