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On this website you can also search for the song or the artist that you like. I wish everyone could find their favorite artist in every country from this website!
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Today, I'm going to introduce you to my favorite female Korean singer. Her name is Sun Min. She's actually not very well known in Korea but I knew her from two years ago because she has been working in Japan since 2006.
First, let's start with the basic introduction!
Name: Sun Min Birth: June 4th, 1987 Height: 163cm (about 5.4ft) Debut: 2006 'Keep Holding U' Official Website
Currently, she released a song in Korea,the title is "Miss". This song is about a girl who regrets breaking up with her boyfriend and how she tries not to think of him. It's a song of a heart-broken girl. I think that was enough explanation. I think it's time to listen to it!
Lyrics: 먼저 연락 하지 말자 보고 싶다 하지 말자 "don't call first, don't say that I missed him" I say that to myself 그래 놓고 먼저 전활 해 but I pick up the phone to call him
사랑 한다 하지 말자 너뿐이야 하지 말자 "don't say you love him, don't say that he's your everything" I say that to myself 그래 놓고 먼저 말을 해 but I tell him first
착각인줄 알면서도 맘을 다지고 다져도 I know it's a mistake and I try to make myself stronger 고장난 내 맘이 미워 지우고 지워도 자꾸만 보고 싶은걸 but even though I erase and erase him from my heart, I miss him. I hate my broken heart.
사랑 이라 믿어 보고 맘을 열고 열다 I open my heart believing that it's love 다시 이별 앞에 서서 펑펑 우는 바보 but I cry our loud again, when it comes to breaking up. 멍청한 줄 알면서도 사랑 앞에 울고 I know it's stupid but I cry because of love. 아파하다 울다 망설이다가 또 놓치고 While I'm suffering, crying, and hesitating, I miss again. 놓친 사랑에 또 다시 우는 나 And I cry again because of the love I missed.
보고 싶다 말해도 돼 그럼 그러고 싶은데 If someone tells em, "You can say that you miss him" then I want to 그 말이 너무나 어려워 but those words are too hard to say.
혼자 집에 가는 일이 혼자 밥을 먹는 일이 Going back home alone, eating alone, 혼자 생각 하는 일이 자꾸 어려워져 and thinking alone just gets harder and harder. 사랑이 하고 싶은데 I want to love.
사랑 이라 믿어 보고 맘을 열고 열다 I open my heart believing that it's love 다시 이별 앞에 서서 펑펑 우는 바보 but I cry our loud again, when it comes to breaking up. 멍청한 줄 알면서도 사랑 앞에 울고 I know it's stupid but I cry because of love. 아파하다 울다 망설이다가 While I'm crying and hesitating..
사랑인줄 알면서도 내 맘이 걱정돼 I know that this is love but I'm worried about my heart. 속상한줄 알면서도 다시 사랑 앞에 I know it's annoying but I stand again for love. 그저 그냥 바라보다 다시 우는 바보 I'm a fool who just stares and cries again. 아파하다 울다 망설이다가 또 놓치고 While I'm suffering, crying, and hesitating, I miss again. 놓친 사랑에 또 다시 우는 나 And I cry again because of the love I missed. Don't you think this song is great? Her voice and the song fits so well! I've translated the lyrics for this song but some of it doesn't make sense because of the difference in grammatical structure between Korean and English but I wish you get a basic understanding of what this song is about. I wanted to share the lyrics because I thought this happens pretty commonly to young women in Korean when they're in love with someone. Many people miss there old boyfriends and they hesitate because they don't have the courage to talk to them so they miss their love. I think Sun Min does a really good job of expressing those feelings in this song. I really like this song!
This is another song of Sun Min. The title is "Keep Holding U" and there's a Japanese and a Korean version so you can choose to hear either of them, or both! Let's listen! Japanese Version:
Korean Version:
This song was a main theme song of a Japanese movie called "Sinking of Japan". Since this song is a duet song, she sang with male singers from Korea and Japan. For the Japanese version she sang with a singer named Kubota. He is a very famous singer in Japan, he has many hit song! In Korea, she sang with a popular Korean singer named Shin Hae-Sung. He also has many hit songs!
Her nickname in Korea is the Korean Beyoncé. She got this nickname because she covered many songs by Beyoncé. I think her voice really fits for Beyoncé's songs, I think they have a similar voice color. Listen to Sun Min's cover! 1. Listen:
2. Honesty:
It's amazing how a twenty three years-old girl can sing like this. I wish Sun Min gets more famous and popular in Korea. I think she's a great singer and she has the talent to become a singer to represent Korea. I wish you enjoyed listening to her songs too! Please support her!
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