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Cheoeum (2011)
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Sung Si-kyung's 오 나의 여신님 drew a ghost-voice controversy after release, and the source says it has never been clearly explained.
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Overview
- Sung Si-kyung's seventh full-length studio album (정규 7집), released 15 September 2011
- Contains 12 tracks, including two bonus tracks: 그대네요 and 너는 나의 봄이다
- Reissued in May 2014 through CJ E&M
- Follows the 6th album 여기 내 맘속에, released in June 2008
- Released after Sung completed military service and returned in 2010, three years after his previous album
- His 5th album The Ballads, released in 2006, was also self-produced
Background
- Originally planned for release in April 2011
- The title track 처음 was released first, in May 2011
- The second track 오 나의 여신님 was announced on 10 September 2011
- The full album went on sale on 15 September 2011
- Presented as a comeback record after Sung's military service
Recording
- Sung produced the album himself, as he had on The Ballads
- About half of the tracks were written by Sung himself
- Park Jung-hyun, Hwang Se-jun and Yoon Sang also took part in the album
- 우리 참 좋았는데 is a duet with Park Jung-hyun
- 그대네요 features IU
Sources: ko.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | 처음 | 4:24 |
| 2 | 노래가 되어 | 4:19 |
| 3 | 네가 불던 날 | 3:53 |
| 4 | 난 좋아 | 3:52 |
| 5 | 우리 참 좋았는데 | 4:16 |
| 6 | 아니면서 | 4:11 |
| 7 | 태양계 | 3:38 |
| 8 | 오 나의 여신님 | 4:07 |
| 9 | Thank You | 3:15 |
| 10 | 끝에 | 4:10 |
| 11 | 그대네요 | 4:34 |
| 12 | 너는 나의 봄이다 | 4:31 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Career
- Born April 17, 1979 in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea; raised there.
- Attended Korea University.
- Debuted in 2001.
- Has released eight studio albums in Korean and three studio albums in Japanese.
- Hosts and appears on numerous South Korean variety shows, including 2 Days & 1 Night, Witch Hunt, Non-Summit, Duet Song Festival, Vocal War: God's Voice, Battle Trip, The Voice of Korea 2020, and On & Off.
- Comeback track "난 좋아" (Even Now), from his 7th album, debuted at number 5 on Billboard's Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of September 22.
- Announced his first U.S. concert tour in 2019, a six-show trek across most major U.S. markets.
- Released the English song "And We Go" in May 2020.
- Released his eighth Korean studio album, Siot (ㅅ), in May 2021, his first full-length album in ten years.
- Gained significant popularity on his personal YouTube channel, notably the restaurant review series Mokgeultende (먹을텐데).
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Released 15 September 2011 as Sung Si-kyung's seventh full-length album
- The album was described as the seventh regular album in his catalogue
- Track list of 12 songs, with 그대네요 and 너는 나의 봄이다 added as bonus tracks
- The title track 처음 had already been released in May 2011, before the full album
- The release followed a planned April 2011 date that was pushed back
- Reissued in May 2014 through CJ E&M
Reappraisal
- 오 나의 여신님 was released on 10 September 2011, days before the album went on sale
- Soon after its release, a woman's voice was reported in the interlude around 2:50, sparking a ghost controversy
- Since the song is performed by Sung alone, the controversy grew
- The source notes the controversy has still not been clearly explained
Sources: ko.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The music video for 난 좋아 was shot in Hong Kong and featured actress Jo Yeo-jeong as the female lead, drawing much attention
- 처음 was released in May 2011, months before the full album
- 우리 참 좋았는데 is a duet with Park Jung-hyun
- 오 나의 여신님 was Sung's first dance-style song in about nine years
- 오 나의 여신님 drew a ghost-voice controversy after its release
Sources: ko.wikipedia.org