So Hyang (김소향) - Arirang Alone Reaction | He's Crying When She Sings This Korean Folk Song Live 

many korean people cry when listen Arirang(korea folk song during hundreds year or thousands year)because this song means korean tear,pain, secrefice, etc...

She is an ovarian cancer survivor. She grew up singing as a gospel singer at churches. She always sings for humanity. She sings to give hope to people. She was once coached by Michael Jackson's vocal coach when she lived in the US.

진심이 묻어나는 리액션 감사합니다 구독하고 좋아요 누르고 갑니다 리액션보고 감동하긴 또 첨음이네요 감사감사👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thank you for Wonderful reaction~💗💓😊 Yes~ This song is a famous “traditional folk song” that everyone knows, and Sohyang participated in arranging it.Her pretty dress is also the traditional "hanbok".The original song was "Arirang" and then the now deceased singer adapted it to "Arirang Alone" and sang it. This program reconstructs famous songs by singers. It is a song that includes the pain of aggression and war from a long time ago, the sadness of division into North and South Korea, and complex elements.I also became a fan of Sohyang's this song and it's my favorite song.All of Sohyang's beautiful performances are impressive~♡Have a Wonderful Day~♡

Arirang the most popular folk song in Korea, but there are many different variations from different parts of Korea. Arirang Alone is one of those versions, and as the folk songs usually are, easy to sing along yet bring strong emotions to the Koreans who sing and hear it. Sohyang's rendition turned a folk song into a magical experience.

Loved loved your gorgeous reaction to her!! SoHyang is a vocal beast with crystal clear angelic voice!! This.. still amazed me all the time!! I love her so much!! Forever SoHyang!!!!

Your reaction to Sohyang's song makes me happy. Thank you very much.

Arirang is the most well known Korean folk song. It’s believed to be first sang over 600 years ago, and passed down from generation to generation. It embodies the spirit of the people of Korea for centuries. Arirang represents the suffering and tribulation (Arirang 'Hill') overcome as people and the nation. If we’re together as one holding hands, we can make it over the hill. Arirang Alone is a modern adaptation of the original song written in the hope of reunification of Koreas. It’s a song of hope and peace. It tells a fantasy of the Island of Dokdo floating in the East Sea all alone singing Arirang. If Dokdo sang Arirang, alone in the Eat Sea, would North and South reunite? Dokdo is in the central location from Mount Baekdu (in northern border of North Korea) and Mount Halla (in Jeju Island, South Korea). Let’s ride a boat together from Baekdu and Halla. When we dock our boats at Dokdo, we’ll witness a new dawn together. The songwriter’s parents had to leave two sons and a daughter in North Korea during the war. His father’s dying wish to him was “when Korea reunite, go find your older brothers and sister and tell them that their parents did not abandoned them”.

역시 소향님은 신의 은총을 받은 천사! korean angel... so hyang! amazing grace... love you

She is also (to add to comments below) very happily married to her husband who supported her through it all . She sings to bring joy, love and hopefully faith to all . There is none better in world..

So Hyang won several rounds of this Competition, but did not win this round some say cause it was Arirang Alone Show round (they have different nights of different genre) Everyone loved her Modernized version...But because of the changes/arrangement a Totally Traditional singer won it. SoHyang has always struggled with her health during her lifetime with those many illnesses.. uterine cancer, hepatitis, chronic pneumonia, etc.. The night she sung You Raise Me Up ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-te_L9ofhUt8.html She just got out of Hospital and was advised Not to sing...So she did that....lol It's really a miracle this one of the most skilled vocalist of all time could be in such poor condition. And definitely she is much more than great technician and has Perfect Control of Her Gift...and Her singing is so special.

OMG !!! What a beautiful, emotional and fantastic song that was born with her unique voice and incredible singing ability ! So Hyang is ranked as a Star with Whitney and Mariah in the world's Top singer category by the American Critics of Music. Thanks for your nice reaction ! From the U.S.

❤️❤️❤️🌹Sohyang is such a blessing to listen... always!! 🌹❤️❤️❤️

소향님은 언제나 정답입니다!!~♥

its okay... im cry too at first time hearing this song im her die hard fans... keep looking someone react to her performance everyday

I am not Korean and have nothing to do with Asia even remotelly, but each time listening to So Hyang performing this song I need a good pack of handkerchiefs.

I think even though she is not able to have children, because of that pain, she empathize with the pain of more people, and her songs resonate with people

It doesn't matter if I'm happy mad or sad,, I always cry when I hear this version .... Its beautiful! My best friend had cancer twice and couldn't have kids anymore bud here we are in our 20s and she had a son now a month old.

I know it's been years, but you two are precious.

Arirang Alone, is a 600 yr. old folk song and is considered the Unofficial National Anthem of South Korea. Both South and North Korea added this song to the UN Cultural Heritage. Old people, Young people all generations know this song. Sohyang’s rendition is the best I have ever heard.

yeah yeah yeah... Arirang song is very simple. first time i heard, that song was so easy listening with their story.. but after i heard So Hyang sing that song.. my ears are blessed 🥰 angel's voice, so pure, so emotional but also give dramatic story.. 💚💛💙

I saw a comment from a person about this song which read "I was so proud to be Korean when So Hyang sang Arirang Alone! Then I remembered that I am German!" 💖 And all this from a tiny woman less than 5' 4" and _maybe_ 100 pounds soaking wet ... 😳🤷‍♂🎶

Thank you for SoHyang reaction~!

Love your reaction ❤ She is so beautiful😊

I love to see when people listen Kim So Hyang sing their expressions on their faces says it all, this was as always an awesome reaction guys. This song is one of my favorite of the many styles of Arirang songs that are out there. That song is a South Korean national treasure and is seen as a national anthem as well, its a song of hope that one day the country will unite and become as one. Anyway, the show is Immortal songs 2 and it's been around since 2011 and that show has shown so many wonderful South Korean singers and I fell in love with the show and I try not to miss any of the episodes. I just found that show about three years or more I really don't recall but that is when I first saw Kim So Hyang was on that show, I became a huge fan of so many singers, like Cho Yung-jin aka ALi, Park Kiyoung, Son Seung Yeon, Hyolyn, Song So Hee, the new Boohwal band, Kim Teo, and so many more all so wonderful and very talented singers and musicians. Here is a song that reflects this song that you just reacted to its a beautiful and very sad song and it can bring you to tears, it's called "Does anyone know this person" sung by one of my all-time favorite singer(ALi) here is a link to the song ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kAcZ2tgYWTA.html one other thing about ALi she is known as the Queen or Madam of Immortal songs as she is the one holds the record in wins and the highest score of the show. unless someone has already beat her wins like the cheater Jung Dongha who can only win if he calls all of his fan base to be there to vote for him, which is very wrong.

Thank you for the reaction~ More song.....please~^^

This song contains the very emotion of Korean people which is called HAN. HAN is JOY, ANTAGONY, SADNESS, etc.. You can see on her face.

You are right. She likes to add her own interpretations to songs. Her renditions always make songs more amazing to listen. This folk song is just as popular as the Korean anthem.

Thank you for reacting to Sohyang :) I hope to see more of reactions to her performances!

The best in the world!!!!!

One of the most genuine and sincere reactions I've watched. Really enjoyed the video. Thx guys

A testament to a great performance is if the vocalist can deliver the message of the song in all that he/she can in order for audience to interpret it and yield an emotional connectivity. A traditional folk song I am sure the original melody is but she brought it into such a modern interoperation of it and yet it still kept its core message and heart in the middle. I love it. Music is such a universal human experience.

Hello I’m Vietnamese and I like your reaction !!

I really enjoyed your reaction. So-hyang's song always gives healing. I'll wait for Sohyang's video next time.

The comment about this being magical is spot on. Sohyang's performance of Arirang Alone transports you to a different time and place to sense the emotion of Koreans in hope of unification through the ages of war and suffering. She turned the traditional, melodically simple song into an epic saga with her arrangement, not to mention fusing it with western elements to modernize its feel. (see this for the traditional take of the same song here if curious: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kPtTi8ougPU.html ) One thing about Sohyang is that she sings to communicate rather than entertain. That's why her performances always carry a lot of emotional punch. On any given day, we are amazed from listening to Sohyang. On a lucky day, our soul is touched and heart moved by her voice. You've listened a couple of gems from her but there are more. You sound fairly secular from your comments. Perhaps you would listen to her stunning rendition of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--G388dTAGOo.html

If I'm not wrong this song is about the unification of Koreas and it's a very meaningful song that almost all Koreans know. But I'm not Korean so I'm not 100% sure

I was smiling through this whole reaction. I'm very familiar with this performance and watching you two was a blessing. I look forward to you reacting to more Sohyang! ❤

What you feel is Arirang 's feeling.

great reaction from you both! one request: let Lulu talk more before and finish her thoughts before you jump back in ;-)

You can't miss her performances below. Those are just perfect and perfect. -lean on me (You will be amazed and speechless😆 you can also see Michael Bolton, the original singer of this song, in the audience.) -you raise me up(from the same TV show with 'arirang'. The best remaked-version of this song. You will cry...😭)

John: YES. She DID create her own version to this song, so much so that it's virtually unrecognizable from the original (except for the part when she has everyone sing along). A purist might say she butchered it. Once you learn the original, it's super easy to play - just use the black keys on the piano (pentatonic scale) and you'll get it in seconds.

You have pointed out exactly. This song has been one of most populars songs in Korea.

so good♡♡

Almost all the songs she performs have profound meaning and specific messages, so it's helpful to see the lyrics and understand the meaning of them.

Please react to Sohyang - everyone. The legend among all her masterpieces❤️

This one popped up as a suggested view and I had to watch it again. I absolutely love this performance and idle loved your reactions!!! 💖 I've said before that I'm in love with Sohyang but not in a romantic way. But rather seeing her like a little sister of whom I'm so proud of!

amazing!

sohyang forever !

Then again once you were mesmerized you just listened. She does that to you!

"I'm 95 years old" bahahaha!!!! You two crack me uuuuuuup!! 🤣

❤

The song is about the Hope of one day of the reunification of North and South Korea, that's why it's so special to them...by the way fantastic review, love you guys...

🙏..... 고 맙 습 니 다.

I was crying right along with you man, I understand

Dang assumption much. She is a woman of god and her voice is for him. She shares his love with everyone when she sings. Not for money. She is also cancer survivor and does alot of charity events and missionary work. She is a christian worship leader.

sohang-everyone -very good!!

OMG💫

You are so wrong. She doesn't chase wealth. That is so offensive. Please know more before you make such a comment. She sings mainly in churches and charities for free. She does alot of missionary work and she also "preaches (some call witnessing)" in between her songs (usually 4 to 5). She rejected all big agencies from US and Korea that chased after her signature including that of the late Michael Jackson. Her manager is her father-in-law. For your information, she isn't rich. By the way, you guys are wonderful. Very charismatic. Easily one of the most fun couple who reacts to songs. KBS is ok but not MBC. MBC gives strikes. KBS usually block and if you dispute it, there is a good chance they will unblock. Sohyang is multi talented. She is an author of science/fantasy fiction and she has published several books. She is also a cartoonist. PS: Yes. She rearranged the cover songs and make it incredibly beautiful and super hard to sing. Pls react to Sohyang in King of Mask Singer i.e. Dear Love, Breathe, Mona Lisa, Home or Hug Me.

'Lean on me' by her please 😆

Omg the korean Man is a totallly RU-vidr. I love it

Please react to Sohyang's masked singer songs too!

Dr! Dr! There was one patient here! He had shortness of breath suddenly after listened sohyang's song. What can i do for him?

👍👍👍👍👍🇰🇷

You need to checkout her Everyone performance, very emotional . Find the one with the English subtitles for the best understanding of the song. You Raise Me Ip is epic as well . Thanks for the reaction.

Please react to so hyang lean on me!! another immortal songs performance which she sang in front of Michael Bolton and won

You're right. She makes the song difficult.

독도는 우리땅~ 대한민국 동쪽 바다에 있는 조그만 섬 . Thanks a lot ~

not sure where you are getting your information from, but she has not monetized her talent the way you are thinking. She has still never signed a record deal. She has done some tv, and a bunch of concerts, she has performed the National anthem at some NBA games. But for the most part, she still holds true to not selling out. Don't judge her by your standards of doing everything for the money.

Lulu, those beautiful Asian genes are very apparent in you! Great reactions. Immortal Songs 2 - remembering and honoring past greats (singers, composers, lyricists) by allowing new and current artists to present their favorite song in their own version. The competition part is to provide audience participation and spur artist creativity. It's a great show. Recommendation - Mamamoo Delilah. This young group quickly gained much love from fans due to their incredible vocal talent as displayed through this show. They have taken the trophy home three times!

Sohyang,s I'll be there, Never enough , I always love you, Misty, i won't give up recently song react please

It is obviously her arrangement but there is noone in South Korea who does not know this song..

한국사람인가요 where are you from ? 소향님 퀸 so hyang is queen

Pls react to so hyang leon on me and more reaction of sohyang pls

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Please react to Yim Jae Bum 임재범. He's a legend in S. Korea. He did a cover of 'Desperado' by The Eagles for a show few years ago. Please. I think you'd like his colorful voice. There's other such as Lucia 루시아 (her real name is Shim Gyu Seon), Ha Dong Qn 하동균, Naeul 나을, and other more singular singers. Hope you'll read this and would enjoy those voices. Have a good day.

React to sohyang sing monalisa

this song is very sentimental to us koreans. it was a song to unite and bring hope for all koreans (north and south) against the terrible things the Japanese did to them while they were under Japan’s rule. Japan even tried to erase Korean language and burned books and did mass killings just for fun. this song was a beckon of hope for all and a reminder of how Korea overcame the hardships dealt on by Japan

Your face, girl, from 6:55 for like 10 seconds is everyone's face!!!

70% rearangement, 30% original folk

The amount of ads omg

please react to here own rendition of the song you raise me up

😛😇

I believe that in order to get a better idea of what this song is about, it is necessary to listen to the versions that are probably closer to the probable original. I think the North Korean version - except for the last stanza that has apparently been added to promote propagandistic aims - is truer to the original. Based on my own independent study of Korean language and history its vocabulary is largely based on Hebrew, Akkadian, and Geez, a language that has a similar relationship to Tigrinya (a northern Ethiopian language) as Latin does to Italian. All of these languages are classified as Hamito-Semitic or Afro-Asiatic languages, although it seems many Koreans probably don't have enough respect for Africa to consider the evidence that would support the belief Korean is one of these Hamito-Semitic languages. Recently, there has been some research to show that Korean has many similarities to "Sumerian" which is closely linked to Akkadian. I believe this song is probably much much older than the 600+ years that has been mentioned, and its author has apparently inserted Hebrew words in a coded way to remind Koreans of their spiritual roots. If you look at a translation of the North Korean version, it becomes more obvious. It seems that this Korean folk song has concatenated many Hebraic words in order to preserve a Messianic message for future generations. I believe the original lyrics of the chorus were Ariel, Ariel, Ari, Ariel - or alternatively Avraham, Avraham, Ari Ariel. Ari means "lion" in Hebrew, and Ariel is the ancient name for Tsiyyon ("Zion"), which is the holy mountain in the Bible, and one that is important in Biblical prophecy. The fact that Ariel, which apparently later morphed to "Arirang", was originally intended as the destination appears likely, because some versions use the preposition meaning "to" rather than "over" after the phrase "Arirang hill" (Korean 아리람 고개로), so this would mean that Arirang hill is not just an obstacle to overcome on the way, but rather the final destination. The allusions to rest appear to be references to the sabbaths that must be observed on the way there, since it is several thousand miles from Korea to the holy mountain. In the version sung in North Korea, there is a reference to a few Biblical narratives. One phrase says 10 "ri" (which would be equivalent to about 4 km, since almost 400 meters is equivalent to one "ri" - but in Korean, "ri" also refers to an administrative district such as a village) would not be reached before there would be a disabling foot ailment. (Apparently 1 "ri" is equivalent to 700-1000 paces, depending on whether one is carrying a load or whether one is an adult or child.) This is apparently very rich in symbolism of various kinds. I believe there are a few important Biblical themes being symbolised here. First is the prophecy found in Genesis 3 that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent's head while the latter bites the former's heel. Most Biblical scholars acknowledge that this is a prophecy about the Messiah (who as offspring conceived within a virgin is her seed) and most Christians believe the reference to the serpent's biting the Messiah's heel is a reference to the crucifixion. If one reads Matthew 10, where Yeshua commissions his 12 apostles to evangelise the 10 houses of Israel, who at this point were scattered around the world, it becomes clear why this song is saying that not all 10 districts would be reached before the foot injury occurs. A secondary referent of the symbolism seems to be Baal-Peor, which is represented by the Korean word "Baal-byeong"; although "byeong" means ailment or disease, I believe it came to mean this as it was borrowed from this name of a place where there was an altar set up for Baal; and in fact, the people who were sexually seduced into into idolatrous worship of Baal at Peor were struck with plagues. It was also the fact that Israel never managed to rid herself of Baal worship that became the reason YHVH allowed her to be conquered by her enemies and thereby scattered among the nations. The word "shibri" actually is the masculine form of the number "seven" in Hebrew; so the fact that a Hebrew word like that appears in a Korean folk song in such a context seems significant. Also the word "radah" means "enlarge" or expand, so the combination of "ri" and "do" appearing in juxtaposed fashion appears significant as well. The next concatenated Hebrew words seem to be the Hebrew word "chomot", which means "wall"; "mot", which means "established" (in Ge'ez, "mot" means "death", probably because sacrifice was a way of establishing or ratifying covenants); "azab", which means to "restore" or "repair"; and "aseh", which means "make" or "do". In essence, the song seems to suggest that the Messiah was ordained to die as a propitiatory death for the sins of the children of Israel before reaching the 10 lost houses of Israel (and Yeshua died after 4000 thousand years of human history (of which 6000 is ordained before the return of the Messiah, based on James Ussher's analysis); and a double meaning is that before 7000 thousand years are reached, we will be restored and be able to worship again at Tsiyyon. Interestingly, there if you read the conclusion of Kant's famous work "Critique of Practical Reason", it makes reference to the same glorious promise that this Korean song makes reference to. According to Kant: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder [Bewunderung] and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. I do not need to search for them and merely conjecture them as though they were veiled in obscurity or in the transcendent region beyond my horizon; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence” (Critique of Practical Reason, 5: 161)." According to the versions of Arirang that were probably earliest, "As the heavens are replete with many stars, in my heart are many dreams". I believe both are referring to the promise made to Abraham: "“By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” (Genesis 22:16-18).

Love you guys but some of your stopping points..... earth! And a few too many..

BTS also performance Arirang another version (their version) at 2017 Kcon In Paris for the opening! Please definitely react to it...it is so lit! Link below: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vwc5zTayVJw.html This link might be safer to react to for copyright issues cuz it’s on BTS channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FIboLdbZMEA.html Yes, this is her own version which no one else cannot do the same way she did! She’s the queen Diva

not to be too much of a "dude" here ... but damn, the violinist has some great legs ...

아베가 이노래 들으면 자다가 벌떡

I love your reactions, John you look absolutely amazing for 95... Wow... ; ^) Lulu, you have got to be one of the most beautiful women on the planet, even your "watching SoHyang and making that ugly face" face is gorgeous... unbelievable! I am addicted to SoHyang's voice, my favorite's are Everyone vimeo.com/249195615 and Misty vimeo.com/278186580 and O Holy Night vimeo.com/322716334 Please react to any or all of these.

Magnífica reacción. So Hyang; Dream ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n71eIWRmEtY.html

deepflow????

독도 일본 정치인들이 잴 실어 하는 노래 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

She had Cancer.....

Try not to stop so much and in middle of great part..

Young or old there are no koreans who do not know this song lol. its more like an unofficial national anthem. The current anthem of korea has been on the spotlight for quite some controversy after its been known that the song was written by a japanese composer during the colonial period, which is the most painful memory within the korean history, and this fact alone shows that there are still remains of the bloodshed, marks left by the enemy who still feel no remorse for their crimes and this angered the korean people. Arirang on the other hand has been a folk song thats been known to be around for approximately 600 years. "Arirang Alone" is a modern remake of the particular folk song written in hopes for the reunification of the North and the South. It was written by a man whose parents lived a life in remorse grieving in loss of their children, two sons and a daughter, who they were forced to leave behind the North during the war. He says that his father's last words before he died was "if the north and the south unites once again, go find your siblings, tell them that their parents never abandoned them". Basically Arirang contains all the "HAN"(sorrow, greivance, suffering) of the people of korea within its LONG LONG history and never ending anguish (you will know what i mean if you have some korean history background). Which is why the song is very hopeful at the same time quite sorrowful. Many emotions blended into this single song.

Banyak Bacod 👍

너네도 많이 끊는구나., 집중력 겁나 떨어진다.