By Admin Migo
PETALING JAYA: Friday, April 13 2012 was the day RED SOUL meeting the Malaysian media for the first time. M.E. Malaysia alongside with Natural Sound brought this 5-member acapella group to the Media Listening Party. It was held in a lovely afternoon, 3pm at 3rd floor of the Fullhouse Sunway Giza (Official Lifestyle Restaurant).
From left to right: Kang In Chang, Jun Tae Ik, Hwang Tae Ik, Kim Ki Hyun and Lee Hanul Yi
RED SOUL (레드소울), a 5-member acapella group comprises of Kang In Chang, Jun Tae Ik, Hwang Tae Ik, Kim Ki Hyun and Lee Hanul Yi. They have been active for the past 6 years in various music festivals and competitions in Korea. They won Korea’s Acapella Competition in 2007 and gained mass appeal after being featured twice in Korea’s famous variety show Star King which immediately propel the, to massive popularity. They mainly perform for niche classier clients in Korea due to their genre and have strong viral based international fans RED SOUL is well known for their eclectic and fresh acapella uptake on famous contemporary music. They aim to redefine ‘acapella’ and to create a memorable memory for everyone via their performances.
RED SOUL greeted the media handsomely in white suits. Although all of them are dressed out in the same outfits, with the accessories wore, 5 of them are able to portrait different styles and characteristics. The Media Listening Party began with their sweet voice, performing on the first song, 사랑이야 이런 느낌 (This Feeling is Love). This is one of the songs recorded in their first album, 있어줘 (Stay).
Following on, they performed acapella version of So Sick by Ne-Yo. Kim Ki Hyun’s guitar melody matches well with the members’ voice. Before proceed to the next performance on Ting, another song which was included in their album. These 5 charming boys asked audience to sing along with them during the chorus part “부드럽게 달콤하게 budeureobge dalkomhage”.
They then surprised media by performing current hit song in Korea, which are Blue and Fantastic Baby by Big Bang. They have rearranged the songs and gave brand new feelings to the songs by performing in acapella mode. There was a special performance of Lucky by Hwang Tae Ik and Kim Ki Hyun, duet with Esty from “Once Upon A Time There Was A Sausage Named Bod”. It was the first time Esty collaborates with RED SOUL but their voice matches each other well. They ended the Media Listening Party successfully with a round of applause by performing I'll Make Love to You. They have vowed everyone in the seats with total of 6 songs.
Press Conference
During the press conference, they were asked about their impressions of Malaysia. They said that they were happy to be here, temperature is better than they expected and they also praised that Malaysian are polite. When they were questioned about their favourite Malaysian delicacy, Lee Hanul Yi quickly looked at the names of food he had written on his palm by saying ‘Nasi Lemak’ and ‘Nasi Ayam’ were the best. This action caused everyone into laughter.
RED SOUL has done 6 projects on YouTube, covering on popular songs of various artists. For each project they did, it took them 3days to rearrange and divide the parts for each members. They were inspired to do these projects because those are the hit songs and they would like to have more people know about them through the videos. Recently, they have received massive respond on YouTube from the clip You & I by IU. IU even invited them to perform with her during the “21st Seoul Music Award”. When they were asked how they feel about IU, the 5 boys praised that IU is cute, lovely and angel-liked. Kim Ki Hyun also said that he would like to collaborate with Girls’ Generation in the future.
After the tour in Malaysia, RED SOUL planned to release single album in coming June, solo albums will be released in Autumn and they will have concert in Winter as well. They also shared their experience of performing on television programme and on the street. Being on television, more people will get to know about their music whereas when performing on street, they can directly receive support and cheers from the crowd which both bring them different experiences.
Besides Kang In Chang, the rest of the members are good in beat box too. The boys have proved their talents in playing musical instruments, singing, rapping and beat boxing. When they were asked if they are good in dancing as well, Jun Tae Ik and Kim Ki Hyun volunteered to dance. This made the silence atmosphere hyped up again. Both of them shuffled on the floor, with their funny expressions and movements. After that, they said that this is the reason why they don’t dance, aren’t they cute?
The press conference ended with photo session. All of them posed comfortably and gave their big smiles to the cameras. Later on, the boys were lead by the organiser and they greeted the media one by one politely. Overall, it was an enjoyable moment with RED SOUL. They are 5 charming boys who are passionate in music and they are very humble, gave good impressions to everyone on the floor. There were private interview sessions conducted and there will be first fan meeting at night in the Fullhouse. Packed schedule for the boys, hope they have a great trip in Malaysia!
The event is organized by M.E Malaysia together with Natural Sound as Artiste's Management. It is supported by Fullhouse Sunway Giza (Official Lifestyle Restaurant) with special thanks to Bentley Music and Gokpop.com.
K-Gen is a non-profit club set up in Taylors University, Lakeside Campus, aiming at providing a platform for youths in Malaysia to gather and share their interest in Korean culture and entertainment. They can be contacted through Facebook at K- Generation @Taylor’s University, or email kgen.tlc@gmail.com. 2 members of K-Gen were sponsored by M.E. Malaysia to attend the showcase.
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