Vocal Range
F#2 – C#6 (3 octaves, 3 notes and 1 semitone)
Supported Range
C#3 – G#4/A4
Voice Type
Tenor
Strengths/Achievements
- Extensive range
- Third most consistent mixed voice in EXO
- Has shown large improvement from debut to recently in pitch, support and placement
- Semi agile voice
- Relaxed falsetto up to F5
- Able to support notes as low as C#3 consistently
- Does better in the fifth octave than Chen and D.O.
- Able to produce a connected head voice
Points for Improvement
- Unbalanced, throaty mix above A4
- Notes below C#3 are more often than not, unsupported, coming out quiet or breathy
- Occasional sloppy runs
- Above F5, falsetto becomes airy and squeezed
- Forces his jaw forward during belts, causing jaw tension
- Sings with a lowered soft palate at times, causing a more nasal sound
- Worst Intonation in the EXO vocal line
- Head voice is inconsistent
Registers
- Lower register: Shows support down to C#3, with one or two supported C3s. Anything below this is unsupported, where the vocal cords become disconnected and the sound becomes unstable, airy and quiet.
- Mixed register: Bright and Resonant. Able to retain support and resonance up to G#4/A4. Anything above is strained, however. Generally a healthy and balanced full mix is used around his supported range, which then becomes very heady and pushed as he ascends above his supported range.
- Upper register: The most developed falsetto in EXO, able to produce relaxed strain free notes up to F5 consistently, has shown lots of improvement in this area in relation to pitch and control, as well as transitions.
Agility
Second most agile voice in EXO. Decent precision and pitch, though sloppy runs do occur. He has shown a large improvement in this area, showing good precision and note separation and simpler runs and scales, as opposed to earlier in his career where pitch in general would be an issue for him and vocal runs would result in him sliding through notes without a direction or clear idea of the vocal run he’d attempt.
Overall analysis
Baekhyun possesses a bright, masculine voice that shows more in his middle range. He is often chosen as one of EXO’s lead vocalists for solo performances and duets, and is often given the highest notes in EXO songs due to the brightness and headiness of his mix, which although strained, allows for him to stay in a high range for a longer period of time with less vocal effort than Chen or Kyungsoo would need. He has shown one of biggest improvements amongst EXO vocalists in his breath support, control and range, allowing for him to better show the naturally light but masculine characteristics of his voice, which sits in a tenor range and due to the lightness and youthful qualities of his voice, would most likely be classified as a Light Lyric Tenor.
Baekhyun has shown improvement in his consistency in support in his lower range, most notably in his musical performances, where he was able to vocalize down to C#3 with a clean, supported and forward tone, as opposed to the inconsistent quiet and airy tone he had shown earlier in his career. Because of the other lower voices in EXO such as Chanyeol or even Kyungsoo, Baekhyun usually stays above C#3. When he does sing below C#3, however, it is often quiet without support. Usually, whenever he sings C3 or lower, he tends to go off pitch, usually being sharp, because of how uncomfortable his range is to his voice, like in “Old Song” and “The EXO Low Note Battle“. Baekhyun’s lowest note is a F#2, which he hit in the EXO Low Note Battle. This is possibly the lowest note in his range as he was unable to process any lower.
Baekhyun’s most comfortable and developed area of his voice is his mix. When Baekhyun first started, notes like G4/G#4 were unstable with fast, uneven vibrato, like in “What Is Love” and some live performances of “Miracles In December“, or jaw tension from pushing his jaw forward such as in “Baby, Don’t Cry“. As time passed, he was able to develop consistent resonance on G#4, and begin showing resonance on A4, for an example “아직도 어두움밤인가봐“, “The Answer Is You” and some live performances of “Baby, Don’t Cry”. Baekhyun had at one point surpassed Kyungsoo in the F4 – A4 range, becoming EXO’s second most consistent vocalist behind only Chen. However now one can say they’re still quite even in consistency within that range up to G#4, whereas Kyungsoo seems to be slightly more consistent on A4/Bb4. Like Kyungsoo, Baekhyun’s mix above A4 becomes unbalanced, However, while Kyungsoo’s mix has too much chest, Baekhyun’s mix becomes too heady and also takes on a throaty quality. Examples of this are his Bb4 and F5 in “What Is Love”, the phrased B4s in “My Lady“, his sustained D5 in With You on Immortal Song 2, his Eb5 in the “Wolf Demo“, his E5s in “Wolf“, and his F#5s in the “High Note Battle“. Because of how heady his mix is, he is able to belt and sustain higher notes in the 5th octave and endure strain better than Kyungsoo and Chen.
His upper register is the best in EXO. He is able to sing in a relaxed falsetto without strain up to F5, such as in”진정 난 몰랐네“, but once he goes above this, he begins to push too much air through his cords causing him to produce strained, unstable notes. He has once shown the ability to sing in a connected relaxed head voice, such as the F#5s in the studio recording of “Moonlight”. However his ability to produce a connected head voice can be inconsistent. This is a large improvement as closer to debut, Baekhyun’s falsetto was shown be rather nasal, pushed, strained, and airy even in the middle 4th octave, like his performance of “Love Song“. His highest note is a C#6 on “EXO High Note Battle“.
A light lyric voice, Baekhyun’s agility is the second best in the group. He is easily capable of performing scales on both extremes of his voice with precision such as in the A2 from “Love, Love, Love” and the F#5s from “Moonlight”, and can also perform runs in his mixed voice, like in “아직도 어두움밤인가봐“, “Open Arms“, “Miracles In December” and “What Is Love”. Despite this, Baekhyun still produces sloppy runs such as when attempting Kyungsoo’s “Black Pearl” run on live performances. Earlier in his career, he would consistently produce sloppy, imprecise runs as most, if not all, of the runs on his “Love Song” performance with Chanyeol. Baekhyun used to have rather bad problems with pitch, to the point of being nearly unable to remain in key while singing “Acapella“, also shown in this “Compilation“. While Baekhyun’s pitch has improved, he still has tendency to go off pitch more frequently than ChenSoo. Earlier on, Baekhyun also didn’t sing with a risen soft palate, causing a more nasal placement when singing. This has been corrected though, as nasality appears far less than before.
The most popular member of EXO’s vocal line, Baekhyun’s voice is distinct and easy to recognize in their songs. Due to his extensive mixed range, he is often compared to label mate, TVXQ!’s Changmin. With Baekhyun’s growth rate, it’s quite possible that he might be able to fix his issues with time, most importantly correcting his pitch issues and evening out his mixed voice.
Musicianship
Baekhyun has some knowledge of musicianship, having a decent ear of when to add in runs. Baekhyun prefers to avoid straying too fair from the original, not adding many runs or changes to avoid messing up. Despite this, Baekhyun has the ability to add dynamics in order to emphasize the feeling in the song, such as in his duet with Chen on Immortal Song 2 where he sings the beginning softer and more airy to show sorrow over the person he loves leaving as compared to later in the performance where he sings in a more powerful dynamic to show anger at the bitter betrayal of his trust.
Label (Type of Vocalist)
MB Vocalists: Mid-Range Belters
ML Vocalists: Mid-Low Range Vocalists
Vocal Range Video(s)
Video by: gangertae (Pedro_0508)
Videos by: Edgar Cárdenas
Best Vocal Performance(s)
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Analyzed by Haruko & Ahmin
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Is baekhyun getting any better or he still the same as before, because he has said that he is taking vocal lessons.
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I mean this example provided wouldn’t be a good way to determine whether he’s improved or not. I can’t respond because I haven’t heard him later.
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I couldn’t find much, he doesn’t do performance like when he was a rookie on TV anymore.
But here is maybe a dumb question but can a male ever hit a supported g#5.
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I suppose it’s possible but it’s not only extremely difficult, it’s almost unnecessary. The need to mix that high isn’t there most of the time, it’s hard for sopranos to do it so a tenor or male in general mixing a supported G#5 would be kind of unreasonable since their instrument isn’t built to mix that high most of the time, at least if we are thinking of their tessitura.
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Update the page…
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By the way what do you think about the clips of him singing. Is any of them showing any improvement.
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even after all these years he still stan his fav tenor slayer Hwanhee
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Hey Ahmin! https://twitter.com/exoflexed/status/1213085686363897856
What note did he sing? And is it supported?
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Hi!
Do consider updating this analysis, it’s been 5 years and I think Baekhyun has certainly surpassed Chen by now.
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Hi dear. We always update analyses if there’s new information. We don’t rewrite, just change and add details. Saying that Baekhyun has surpassed Chen is a very bold statement. Why do you think that?
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Thanks for replying.
Well, I don’t know much about vocal technique so I am really sorry if I sound ignorant.
From what I have read in the analysis the gap between the three vocalists doesn’t seem to be huge each having their own strength (Chen- lower register, D.O.- mixed register and agility, and Baekhyun-upper register). Baekhyun is taking vocal lessons and as mentioned that he may ‘fix his issues with time’, I believe he has as he seems to sound much better now. I think he ‘might’ be on Chen’s level if not better.
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No no baby it’s alright, I feel ignorant is a strong word. You sound just fine don’t worry. Well yeah but that’s not a specific reason, right? I mean I don’t think it matters who’s better than who personally but I haven’t heard that significant of an improvement from Baekhyun although his approach in his lower range is a bit better. Chen actually has been improving his mixed voice too.
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With that logic Seohyun can easily surpassed Taeyeon too. It’s not like Pokemon evolution at all
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Well, the gap between Baekhyun and Chen is not as large as that between Taeyeon and Seohyun. Plus, Baekhyun has been constantly improving and has surpassed D.O., so it’s not ‘impossible’ for him to be as good as Chen.
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Who said he surpassed D.O.?
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Baekhyun still hasn’t surpassed D.O.?
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What do you mean still? He would to actively be striving to surpass D.O. in order to get surpass him. It’d have to be an active goal of his to focus on improving his technique in contrast to him.
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I think everyone seems to believe that Baekhyun has surpassed D.O. (or least in on the same level) Most place him above D.O. in vocal rankings and others place him on the same level (objective rankings)
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Yeah but why? In what ways is he better?
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Sorry I said ‘still’ cuz I thought Baekhyun already surpassed D.O. , and I was just asking…
I think most people think Baekhyun already surpassed D.O. because D.O. is currently serving military, and also Baekhyun did so many high notes.[and I think you already know that most KPop fans always been obsessed with High Notes]..
Sorry if I made you misunderstood..
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Baekhyun is the ‘relatively’ the most well rounded vocalist in EXO (he isn’t the weakest in any area unlike Chen and D.O.).
His lower register is slightly more developed than D.O. and his upper register is by far the most developed. People also say that D.O. lacks ‘range’ because he doesn’t do really high notes like Baekhyun, which supposedly makes the latter better.
I don’t know what to believe I just assumed that he was better because the majority claim so.
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@Commentor i do agree that baekhyun is the most round, what you insinuate by “unlike Chen and D.O.”??? even in the upper range it not like baekhyun is consistently supporting his head voice , he only has a slight edge over his two teammates in that register
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@Commentor I actually think Baekhyun is the weakest in Mixed Register [between EXO’s vocal Line obviously], cuz from what I heard so far his A4 is still not as open as ChenSoo [ChenSoo is more open], and also his highest resonance is [I think, I always am not sure] G#4.[Chen : A4, D.O. : idk]….
Btw I might be wrong cuz like I said I always not sure[not confident enough with my comment that I wrote].. (sorry if my english is not good)
Thank You for understanding!
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Baekhyun highest note now is G#5,we’re the update wtff
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In mixed voice? Would updating his highest mixed voice note change anything about his technique?
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How does he sound here, does he support those notes
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Some notes in head voice in the mid to end part were well connected. He pushed quite a bit towards the end and the phrased A4’s in the beginning carry support with pushing. He’s not too throaty, just really pushy.
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Do think he improved or is he still the same as before.
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This one video alone is not enough to come to such a conclusion I’m afraid.
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If you have time, please consider watching this clip of Chen performing the same song:
Is it head voice at 3:06, 3:41?
(Ps: I don’t know much, I am just trying to figure out)
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Between baekhyun, kyungsoo and chen who do think has improved the most when it comes to their vocal technique in recent years.
What in your opinion that they need to work on to become better vocalist.
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Between baekhyun, kyungsoo and chen who do think has improve the most when it comes to their vocal technique in recent years.
What in your opinion that they need to work on to become better vocalist.
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not ahmin but i would say it chen he improved in all his 3 registers, he even has some connection now on his upper range
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This will be a long list, but do see any improvement from those clips. It is his most recent singing.
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Oh baby, this is a lot of videos…and they’re of him singing along to songs which is doable but one specific night wouldn’t be enough to tell you.. I’m afraid I’m hearing..some moments of a brighter lighter mix around G4 and G#4, but I am not sure that alone would be considered improvement especially if I’m having to listen to him battling over for dominance in volume with the original singer of a song in their original key..such as Bruno Mars or Whitney Houston. The Bruno Mars one showed exactly what he’s always doing, whereas the first one had some nice moments.
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In https://youtu.be/nyzhtvtJWDQ
What note did he reach/sing at 2:42 and 2:58 ?
And also does he supported the note at 2:42 ?
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Just out of curiosity I was wondering who the most chesty singer is between all the singers you’ve analyzed so far. I’m doing this on baekhyuns analysis because I know he’s pretty chesty but I don’t know if he’s the “most chesty”
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Off of the top of my head Sandeul, Yesung, Ailee, Solar and such come to mind.
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This is supported head voice?
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the “ooh”s seems supported to me but when he hit the highest part it’s not
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The “Ooh” on the Eb5 and F5 are close to a falsetto than a head voice.The highest part which is a mask placed head voice G5 is well placed but not supported
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Not admin, just trying to help – No, those notes aren’t supported, except the Eb5 at 00:02 which is a bit yes/no to me. (The Eb5 at 00:05 is not supported)
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Hi, So baekhyun is the main vocal in superm and he is singing these highnotes in their songs… do you think it’s out of his range? Or that he is using an unhealthy technique that might damage his voice? Is it higher then his highnotes in exo?
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It’s for sure out of his supported range, but not range.. for the other question I’ll just let Ahmin answer 🙏…
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the first clip he did show some support on the lower notes of that head voice sequence in my opinion, around D5 I guess? the other clips I’m not sure but it didn’t sound supported to me.
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Does he produce resonance? and if so in what range and how consistent?
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“Mixed register: Bright and Resonant. Able to retain support and resonance up to G#4/A4.” = consistent resonance E4 up G#4
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Does that mean Kyungsoo has better resonant than Baekhyun? because I thought they were on par in resonant…
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Hello there Ahmin, there’s an F#4 done by an NCT member in one of their songs and I’d like to know if it was supported or not
https://youtu.be/U08OSl3V4po at 1:10
Thankyou
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I think it was pretty strained even with autotune. From what I know Jungwoo doesn’t support that high.
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Wait are you Reggy Vu in youtube? Your name is similar?
Also yeah I think that note wasnt supported, or maybe it is but barely (?)
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Ahmin I would like to ask, a belt generally needs more chest voice right? does that mean most of Baekhyun’s upper belts (where his mix is very heady) isn’t really a belt?
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not ahmin! but I can help. whether or not the belt is head or chest dominant, it’s still a belt! the most favourable belt is generally a balanced mix but having a head dominant can be better for enduring strain than a chest dominant belt 🙂
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Hello sir , i want to ask u why u refuse edit this page by the new baekhyun abilities ? Actually he did improve more and more .. I can give u many recent videos for him singing live ..
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I don’t refuse anything. What new abilities? What’s the significant change in his singing?
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not really recently Baekhyun had an A4 being pushed by his throat and end up pretty gritty
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Well, about his range actually not, because he sung a C#6 before, but his support is truly better and obviously his agility too. Baekhyun has even a great G5 so yeah, obviously he improved so much.
I honestly think, Baekhyun’s supported range is wider now, he improved so much specially in support.
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A great G5? What’s his supported range now? May I see examples?
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When you say he has the worst intonation in the EXO vocal line, does that include Suho and Xiumin?
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no, that’s only between the main vocal line
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Did he improve???
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hehe you’re fast ,Baekhyun hits C6 and that’s literally the highest note of a female soprano’s range and it’s 3 nothes higher than 100 G5 note ,is amazing enough because even many female soprano singers struggle with a C6
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He’s already sung C#6 before so this isn’t new
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Hi ahmin, I can’t reply directly to your comment for some reason but wanted to ask if you remember where Baekhyun sang C#6 before? You mean high note battle from Weekly Idol? 🙂
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yeah he means from a high note battle
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Yes I mean that.
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Hi I was wondering what exactly is stopping Baek from being a well rounded vocalist? since it seems like all of his registers are not completely under developed.. is it because his low range is not good enough or is it one of his other registers?
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it would be his upper register. his headvoice isn’t consistently supported yet to be included in his supported range
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Hey Ahmin, I thought I would ask this on exo’s most popular page, I saw a youtuber claim that chanyeol has a supported range, and from F#2/G2 to B3/C4, that seems like it’s very untrue to me especially with the 2nd octave support but the comment section seemed to suggest that he has around C3 to C4 with very inconsistent support. So does chanyeol have a supported range or is it too inconsistent to call it one?
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Hi. I haven’t heard Chanyeol in a while but most pop singers stay stagnant throughout their careers and to me he’s never been consistent with support. I find it unlikely that he’s suddenly learned how.
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Would you say it’s a similar case with xiumin and suho, that they have a shallow supported range (up to E4 ish) but are also very inconsistent with it compared to exo’s 3 main vocalists but still more consistent than chanyeol?
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Yes I would say so.
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Hey Ahmin, would you agree with this person on the resonant A4, it sounds quite pushed to me, but would love to hear your thoughts.
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Hi, I think Baekhyun has a wider supported range now, Baekhyun’s support in G5 is amazing, also his low register is more supported now, same with his agility, I think he improved more especially his mix and head voice… I heard some vocal coaches saying the same, but I’m not pretty sure, what do you think?
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I need more specific examples. How high does he support in his mix now? Where’s this G5? Can I see examples?
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His high note is SuperM “100”, I’m pretty sure that was a G5, was that supported? … That sounds supported to me but I’m not pretty sure so that’s why I’m asking to you… Everybody say he improved in his support, hearing his recent releases (as soloist specially in his Bambi album, but also in SuperM and EXO’s new album “Don’t Fight The Feeling “) I think he improved specially in his support and agility but again I’m not pretty sure, so that’s why I’m asking all this. And wow you are so fast, thanks for reply 😊
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You sounded like you were making statements, not asking questions lol the reason I asked you is because I didn’t hear this massive improvement.
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Enjoy your reviews of these stars. Wondering if you could speak about improvements in solo work as Baekhyun stated he worked with vocal coaching to relearn how to approach songs as a soloist
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If you want specifics maybe cry for love, bambi, All I Got
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If he’s able to use a balanced mix, does that mean he can also control the balance between head and chest voice smoothly like Kim JaeJoong?
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Not necessarily!
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Hello, I want to ask sth concerning about intonation. Lately, I have been binge watching a lot of idol vocalists singing raw live without auto tune, voice filter etc., I just came to the exact same conclusion that the likes of baekhyun ryeowook, changmin , luna, tayeon, V tend to be way more flat or sharp compared to others. Baekhyun for me has the worst intonation among the singers mentioned above . His acapellas, raw vocals in live streams, radio shows and concerts have a lot of pitch issues and I’m sure you’ve listened to many of them while reviewing. Like in this v live below many times he ain’t hitting the notes correctly and its just painful to listen. Ik sometimes when there are vocal filters and tuning, he sounds fine but he’s just not improving enough in intonation in my opinion throughout all these years . Some weak singers like jungkook, henry have way better hearing/intonation than him. Even other members in his group who doesn’t have vocal support like lay and chanyeol have much better raw live vocal performances than him without being pitchy. So my question is, are some people more innately gifted in vocal intonation than others? can it be learned and improved over time through many live singing experiences? and lastly, why do some singers like baekhyun have many pitch issues even after hours of practice, is it just not a learnable skill to some?
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Thank you for your misjudgments, Baekhyun is laughing all the way to the bank. Question, can you sing as well as you analyze?
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