Vocalists Who Will NOT Be Analyzed
Due to many fans not reading our rules carefully, we will provide a list of popularly requested vocalists that will not be analyzed because analyzing them would break our rules. Please read our rules before making a request.
2NE1’s CL
4Minute’s Hyuna
Big Bang’s Seungri
BtoB’s Hyunsik
BTS’ Jin & Jimin
EXO’s Chanyeol, Xiumin, Suho & Lay
f(x)’s Amber
Girl’s Generation’s Sooyoung & Yuri
Infinite’s L
Luhan
Miss A’s Suzy
Secret’s Hyosung
Sera (Former Nine Muses)
SHINee’s Key
Super Junior’s Heechul, Lee Teuk, Kangin, Siwon
T-Ara’s Jiyeon
Rappers
Rules
For analyses of members of idol groups, we only analyze vocalists. We do not analyze rappers, even if they may sing at times if their main instrument is rapping, we will not analyze them as it is not fair to them. If a rapper happens to have significant vocal skill then they shall be considered for an analysis.
We only analyze up to half of the vocalists in a group, and only the strongest half. If a group has 8 members but 4 are rappers, then we’ll only analyze up to half of the vocalists in that group. So in this case only up to 2/4 vocalists will be analyzed. If the vocalists in a group happen to be more vocally skilled and balanced, then more vocalists will be analyzed within a group, such as the case with SHINee, Brown Eyed Girls and Mamamoo.
We only analyze vocalists with sufficient material for an analysis. Therefore groups that debuted more recently, such as in 2016 and 2017, will not be analyzed due to the lack of material. We prioritize vocalists who have longer careers with more material for an analysis.
*******WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING REQUESTS ******* because the list of vocalist to be analyzed has reached a fairly lengthy size, we will be no longer accepting requests until the list decreases in size.
Disbanded groups or members who left their groups and are now not active anymore in the mainstream will NOT be analyzed. Even if they may be active, they’d need to be significantly vocally skilled to be considered for an analysis. If they’re active outside of Korea/K-pop, they’re not K-Contemporary artists anymore, therefore will NOT be analyzed.
With trendy TV shows like Idol School and Produce 101, we must inform you we will NOT analyze temporary groups as there will not be enough material within their one year together to write a full analysis for their main/lead vocalists. These vocalists shall be analyzed once they re-debut under a solo stage name or under another group in the future, following the guidelines provided above regarding material, positions and relevancy within their groups.
Updating Analyses
2018
Pandayeu
Kim SoHyang
New Analyses
2018 (Priority Analyses)
Pandayeu
(2015 debuts)
Gfriend’s Yuju
Ahmin3
(2012 debuts)
Melody Day’s YeoEun
Tahiti’s Jerry
(2013 debuts)
TOPP DOGG’s Sangdo
(2014 debuts)
Dreamcatcher’s Siyeon and/or Yoohyeon
Laboum’s Soyeon
Sonamoo’s Minjae & High.D
(2015 debuts)
April’s Chaewon
CLC’s Seunghee
Day6’s Sungjin
iKON’s Junhoe
Monsta X’s Kihyun
Oh My Girl’s Seunghee
Seventeen’s DK, Seungkwan
TWICE’s Jihyo
UP10TION’s Hwanhee and/or Sunyul
2018
Pandayeu
Juniel
Kim Dahyun
Ahmin3
4Men’s Shin Yongjae
Guckkasten’s Ha Hyunwoo
Gummy
Hwang Chiyeol
Kim Bumsoo
Kim Dongryul
Kim Tae Woo
Lee Younghyun
The One
Park Kiyoung
SG WANNABE’s Kim Jinho
Shinhwa’s Shin Hyesung
Seo Moon Tak
TOPP DOGG’s Sangdo
Ulala Session’s Myunghoon
Yangpa
2019 ~ Indefinitely
Ahmin3
2Bic
A.Kor’s Jiyoung
April’s Jinsol
Astro’s MJ &/or Sanha
Baek Ahyeon
Bernard Park
Berry Good’s Taeha
Blackpink’s Rosé
BMK
Buzz’s Kyunghoon
CLC’s Sorn or Seungyeon
Cosmic Girls’ Yeonjung & Dawon
Crayon Pop’s Choa
Dean
Eric Nam
G.Soul
Gavy NJ’s Gunji
Gugudan’s Sejeong & Haebin
Ha Dong Kyun
Hanbyul
Han Dong Geun
Huh Gak
In Sooni
Jooyoung
Junggigo
Jungin
Kim Feel
Kim Jongkook
Kim Gunmo
Kim Juna
Kim Kyungho
KNK’s Inseong & Youjin
Lee Eunmi
Lee Juk
Lee Jung
Lee Michelle
Lee Seung Chul
Lee Seunggi
Lee Sora
Legend’s Listen
Lim Chang Jung
Lim Jaebum
Lim Junghee (J.Lim)
Lim Kim
Lovelyz’s Jin or Sujeong
Lyn
Madtown’s Lee Geon &/Or H.O.
Matilda’s Haena
Mr.Mr.’s Tey
Navi
NCT’s Stronger Vocalists
Nell’s Kim Jongwan
Norazo’s Lee Hyuk
Nine Muses’ Keumjo
Hyuko’s Oh Hyuk
Oh My Girl’s Hyojung
Paran’s Ace
Parc Jaejung
Park Boram
Phantom’s Sanchez
Pentagon’s Jinho & Hui
Playback’s Woolim
Pristin’s Sungyeon
Jooyi
Royal Pirates’ Moonchul
Rumble Fish’s Choi Jini
Se7en
Seo Ingook
SF9’s Inseong
So Chan Whee
Stellar’s Hyoeun
Sung Shi Kyung
Sunny Days’ Sunkyung
Sunnyhill’s Jubi
Tim
TWICE’s Nayeon and/or Jungyeon
UP10TION’s Hwanhee and/or Sunyul
Urban Zakapa’s Jo Hyuna and Kwon Soonil
Vibe’s Yoon Minsoo
Vromance’s stronger vocalists
Wheesung
Yoo Seungwoo
Yoon Do Hyun
Zion.T
If any of you would like your idol to be analyzed, drop your request in the comment box. If you attach videos/recordings of their (preferably) latest live performances, it will be helpful. But then again, it will not guarantee that your idol will be analyzed since it will depend on our contributors. We can’t even guarantee when we will release the analysis of the above mentioned future projects. One other reason is that analyzing vocal when there isn’t enough material to judge them will be challenging and more or less inaccurate. This will explain why judging rookie idols is an issue.
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K-pop Vocalists' Vocal Analyses 
wondering whether your analysis still actively done…
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We haven’t quit but we don’t know when we’ll be back
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I’m curious about Lee Seung Gi, can you make an analysis about him?
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I am quite excited to see the future singers especially Kim Gun Mo, and Sung Si Kyung and like at least 15 more, it’s a shame that the list has gotten so long lol, I would’ve requested Shin Seung Hun definitely, Jo Sung Mo, and Lee Seung Hwan too, but that’d be asking for too much, keep up the good work it was fun reading these analysis on singers I was curious about.
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Damn this website has me wanting to see even more of singer analysis, one singer I would like to see would be Jo Kwan Woo too.
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Laboum has been promoting Journey to Atlantis again, years after the original release. Has there been any improvement in their main vocal? At the very least, they all look well rested compared to their radio show appearance years ago. So even if there isn’t technical improvement I think they sound a lot better
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F#5 at 8:36 of this video
G5 at 1:50 of this video
PLEASE somebody help me. None of them resonant?
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I made short Ha hyunwoo vocal analysis haha
Voice type
Tenor
Vocal range
B1~B5(4 octaves,1 semitone)
Supported range
A2/Bb2~A4/Bb4
A2/Bb2~G5(with head voice)
Strengths/Achievement
• Head voice is very well connected and often resonant
• Head voice is supported up to G5
• Mix voice is resonant up to A4/Bb4
• Has sung well placed notes above his supported range
• Chest voice is supported down to A2/Bb2
• Uses relaxed fry register with good sense
• Learned to lighten up and brighten up his tone over the years for better resonance/projection/ease
• Shows great control of dynamics and placement
• Can mix in the fifth octave for long periods of time without fatigue
Points for improvement
• Larnyx position is often too high
• Mix voice shows a lot of tension above A4/Bb4
• Head voice is strained above G5
• Chest voice loses support below A2/Bb4
• Tends to present nasality(arguably stylistic)
• Often too rocky and tends to sing outside of supported range
• Vocal fry is used too much
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waiting for Siyeon/Yoohyeon analysis!
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We’re definitely getting a Yoohyeon analysis for sure (if they resume back again) since she’s the strongest vocalist and the only one who actually supports (I believe she supports B3-A4/Bb4 if my memory is serving me well…it’s not exactly “strong” per se, but it’s there) in Dreamcatcher.
For Siyeon, she doesn’t support her voice at all: the difference between her and Yoohyeon is more significant than the gap between the rest of the members despite the general consensus lol. From what I’ve seen so far, they don’t write analyses for vocalists who don’t support unless they’re like super popular or overrated. So for Siyeon, I think it can go either way (she doesn’t support, but at the same time some people (especially fans) think she’s one of the best in the 3rd gen lol and she’s the main vocalist of the group…so we’ll see).
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Yoohyeon A3/Bb3~Bb4
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Damn this website is so amazing, but what makes it so hard for me is just waiting till vocal analysis on my favorite singer’s are gonna be here, lol what’s worse to me personally though is that I still keep listening to more and more kpop and I’ve been getting into even more singers. A recent one is Byun Jin sub, I would totally request Byun Jin Sub if I could.
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I’m not sure if anyone has suggested Choi Jongho, the maknae and main vocalist of Ateez.
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Not you all thinking V is better than Jimin 💀
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I suppose this is it. This is the comment, right?
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I think it’s a troll or akgae of a certain member. Don’t bother, Ahmin lol.
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I wonder if you’ll reconsider analysing SHINee’s Key, especially now I think that he’s more stable than Taemin (in my non-expert hearing), though I know that you will only analyze up to half of the vocalists in a group, and only the strongest half.
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stability =/= good technique
Taemin is still technically better than Key by a long shot, so Key will not be analyzed for now.
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Hi!
Curious about something regarding Winter and NingNing from aespa. We’ve already established that these two have some form of support, at the very least within the fourth octave.
Obviously though most of the big high notes of ‘Savage’ (their latest single) are in the fifth octave – where they don’t quite support yet. ( “Normal” )
However, I find their voices to have…a “quality” that almost make them “”sound”” more “”supported”” than the usual idols who will just flat out strain a F#5, for example. The only “variables” I can think of that would give me this “”impression”” of a “”better supported sound”” (although it isn’t) would be:
a) an open throat
b) a lifted soft palette
c) vibrato
I do think the vibrato, even if not natural (it’s a little bit wobbly) since not supported, is present, but I don’t think that’s the reason I feel this way.
So I guess my question is… **Do the aespa vocalists sing with a lifted soft palette (for the most part) or do they keep their throat open, even if tension arises somewhere else (high larynx, for example)?**
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ningning has better and natural vibrato than most 4th gen idols. I would say Ning is consistent in C5 maybe C#5 but the best record is the low register
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ningning has better and natural vibrato than most 4th gen idols. I would say Ning is consistent in C5 maybe C#5 but the best record is the low register
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I still visit from time to time to read your analysis, I hope to see the team back with more updates soon!
Can’t wait for you guys to get to Kihyun from Monsta X. I think he’s the first vocalist since Kyuhyun from SJ that’s really impressed and delighted me whenever I hear him sing.
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Mann I still remember how often I used to visit this website in its early years. I came back cause I was curious on your opinion about Oh Hyuk from Hyukoh. Like can you possible tell me your general perception on his vocal technique? Plus the kinda raspy/grinding thing he does, is that harmful.
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As you guys said you will analyze NCT strongest vocalists, I highly recommend Xiaojun to be included, as I personally consider him one of the strongest and best vocalists of NCT. He is the main vocalist of WayV subunit alongside Kun (which I also would recommend, but I think he is considered more of a melodic and light main vocalist instead of a strong one, but he has a great tone and very good musicality)
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Really looking forward to Dean’s analysis!
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Hi! I think you have a slight typo in the title here that you may wanna fix.
It’s actually “Vocalists *Who* Will NOT Be Analyzed” instead of “whom.” Usually I wouldn’t correct someone on this because prescriptive grammar is pointless, but I thought I would point it out, especially since it’s in the title. It’s “who” because it’s actually acting as the subject of the noun phrase “X will not be analyzed,” the subject being “who” and the verb being “be.” Since this is passive voice, it doesn’t make “who” the object, so “who” needs to be in nominative (subjective) case (as “who”).
If the phrase were “Whom we will not analyze,” whom would then be correct, as the verb of that phrase would be “analyze,” the subject would be “we,” and the object would be “whom.” Here, however, “who” is still the subject of the verb “be.” “Be analyzed” (with the not before it) is simply a verb phrase with the linking verb “be” and the participle “analyzed.”
I wouldn’t correct someone on using “who” when it “should” be “whom,” but I’m just pointing out the “incorrect” use of “whom” here for the blogger’s sake!
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Oh that’s actually so true. I didn’t think of be as the verb and assumed it was like whom we will not analyze but indeed since who is the subject and the verb is be, who is correct. Thank you for the correction!
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Hey ahmin, not sure if this would count as part of her range since she is speakiing, but i came across this video of the main vocal of lightsum speaking what sounds very low, also what notes do you hear? I believe i heard a A#2, but it may have been an A#3,
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Where’s the video,
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lol my bad, it happens around 6:27 https://youtu.be/oSQGWzZPUdw
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That’s just a very low larynx, it’s nothing outside the third octave.
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thank you, i had a feeling
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Hello, Ahmin. I realize you are not taking requests, but I was wondering if you could give a brief impression of the below performance. The singer, Kim Yuna, is both a solo artist and the vocalist of the modern rock band Jaurim.
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It’s seem that my comment was deleted
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What comment?
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It was about Giselle from aespa
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Also NingNing was critizised because in aespa’s performance at Coachella she wasn’t “stable” and her high notes “shaky”
I wandering what is you though about it
3:48
4:37
7:05
9:14
9:40
10:01
12:07
12:34
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Hi. Can you help me about the ” who is a better vocalist? EXO’s Chen or Ateez’s Jongho”. Thank you in advance
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Sorry but I don’t answer questions about who’s better than who anymore.
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Chen is better in every aspect LOL!!
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Do anybody know if 5:50 of this video is head voice, or falsetto?
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It’s a form of head voice
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Thank you. Not a question, he is a very interesting singer because he sounds like baritone rock singer, who is very rare in Kpop.
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Hi I would like if you could analyze LOONA’s Yves Heejin Chuu and Kim Lip imo I think Yves is the best Female W-A in KPOP so I would like if you could analyze Yves and the others please!
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Hi !
I have question, i know that Jimin of bts damaged his voice with his stylistic Choices, but if he learn how using his voice in a healthy and proper way can he get rid of all of the damages that he has or will he keep some sequelaes ?
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If he’s not gotten any serious vocal damage just a change of vocal habits should suffice, since he’s still young. If it’s too serious, he might need surgery but he’s young enough not to have a problem.
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Thank you for answering me ! he said in a live stream fews months ago that he take vocal lessons because he used his voice wrongly and that he relearn it again.
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Hello,
I’m not sure if you’re still doing this.
But would definitely like to know the vocal range of each Forestella member, knowing that they have a Bass to a Counter Tenor member according to their profile.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pen2guaGRxs&feature=youtu.be
C5 in 4:05
B4 in 3:08
They sound like kind of diminuendo, but I’m not sure.. Can you tell me?
Thank you.
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Yes sure, that’s basically what diminuendo is.
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Is agility entirely useless ability in rock singing? I know that Jung dongha have shown some simple but good vocal runs in his singing, but most rock singers look like having no agility at all. Sorry for my bad grammer
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Not entirely, but it isn’t the main focus in rock singing which is why rock singers don’t give it much thought or go out of their way to develop it. Your grammar is fine!
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Thank you! Recently I have heard that Ha hyunwoo using vocal run in some performances, but I don’t know if those were well done runs.
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>Interesting…As a singer, songwriter, musician myself, I know Jungkook is BTS’ MAIN Vocalist & Jimin is LEAD Vocalist for a Reason-tho Jimin’s not analyzed)?? >You seem to think less of lighter voice types, as if supported belting strength is the main criteria?…Jimin has a remarkable voice, range, flexibility + tone LIVE >saw them live 3x, up close seats..I only wish he’d dance amazingly at only 100% instead of 150%, which can affect their breathing live, sometimes. >Disappointed atthe Non-analysis +hope these aren’t biased ‘Taekook’ analysises (like the supposed ‘professional’ “Psychic Video” analysis of JK + V’s Friendship > who maliciously, sickly stated that Taekook’s ‘lovebond’?? may be in real ‘danger’ of Jimin really ‘hurting’ one of them, from ‘jealousy)!?#!@$?…Need No Response
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because jimina is weak asf there is no need to analyze someone as weak as him, he can’t even properly support, he strains his notes and his technique is harming
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