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Kim Yuna in a rare off-the-ice performance

Wow, that was fast. World-famous figure skater (and reigning — two-time — world bronze medalist) Kim Yuna showed her little-known singing skills when she recorded a segment as a guest on SBS’s new program The Star Show on May 8. The segment is to be broadcast on the May 12 episode, but the clip is already online.

Kim Yuna professes to enjoy going to karaoke rooms (noraebangs) frequently, and sang the song “만약에” (What if), originally performed by Girls Generation’s Tae Yeon — which you may recall receiving significant airtime in the recent drama series Hong Gil Dong.

Granted, it’s not exactly a perfect performance, and she chose a difficult song to perform live — but dude, I’m not going to rip on the singing skills of anyone who can propel themselves more than their own body length through the air while spinning multiple times and landing upright on the edge of a blade. Mad respect to skaters (figure and otherwise).

(And besides, she still sounds a lot better than, say, any or all of the Wonder Girls live. Talk about nails on a chalkboard. Screeeech.)

Via Hankyung

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Tae Yeon – “만약에” (What if) from the Hong Gil Dong OST. Used most prominently in Episode 7.
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wow couldnt she leave any skills for the other people in the world? ive always been jealous of how pretty and talented she is, as well as the dedication she seems to always portray.

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i love watching Kim Yuna's performances on youtube and i chanced upon a clip where she was singing... she's really very lovable...

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can't one of the wonder girls sing? is it sun ye? keke.

i actually think yuna sang the end a little better pitch-wise than taeyon in the recorded version (around 3:40?) i always winced when that part came on in HGD.

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I just love the song 'What If' even if I didn't understand a single word of it. Just makes me all sad and melancholy inside after listening to it. That's what music so beautiful isn't it ?

Also love the range of genres of music you showcase here and applaud your newest project - semi-regular music intro. Keep it up !

cheers and Live Live, Love and Laugh :-)

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Ooh. I've always liked her after discovering her through the affair with Super Junior's Lee Teuk.

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She does an okay job with the song, knowing that Tae Yeon sang it. Not bad, not bad at all. How old is she? She's really pretty. =)

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The only reason I watch figure skating is Kim Yu-Na. She is sensational. Everyone should see her short skate program at the World's in Japan last year. She holds the world records for the highest scores both in short and free skate. She is both technically and artistically fantastic. She is magnificent.

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whoa she's actually not bad at all! what a talented girl =)

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kinda sucks that to accompany her good singing, they showed clips of when she was falling on ice...-___-

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Yes, wayyyy better than any of the wonder girls!

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i wish i could hear her better. was something wrong with her mic? she is so talented in many ways.

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HGD OST is awesome ... :-D

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Beautiful girl, lovely voice, world class athlete....the talent that comes out of Korea, Japan, China, and the Asian continent in genaral, is staggering. And I remember a time when we in the States were the ones that set the standards. I salute our friends in the far east. Keep that line of superior products coming.

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I'm so sad about the Wonder Girls comment. :(

I have to admit that So Hee needs to work on her vocals but the rest of the girls are pretty good singers.

Check out this clip of Sun Ye, Ye Eun + Sun Mi -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qCsNgBiXkkI

and this one - they're singing Chain of Fools -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y85165JJfq4

I'm not a crazy Wonder Girls fan, I promise! I'm just trying to show that, in my opinion at least, they are not horrible singers. ^___^;;;

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Wonder Girls aren't horrible singers; they're just suck at singing live. It's rare to find a performance that's decent without one of them cracking or out of breath.

Anyways, Yoona sounded great. :)

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not as good as tae-yeon but has the potential to be! she is definitely better live than most "singers" out there.

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Hmmmm, after never hearing The Wonder Girls sing, I checked out the youtube links provided for by K Says (entry #14, above) and found that they sounded very good, indeed. Is there a reason to invite negative criticism for this particular group of singers while treating your readers to the performance of Kim Yuna? In both the radio clip and the live performance they seemed, to me, to be as capable as most professionals out there. The live crowd appeared to enjoy them. (Why did they provide subtitles when the girls sang in perfectly understandable English?) As for being breathless during live performances, I'd rather hear a performer be out of breath and blow a few words than pay good money to hear someone lip-synching to pre-recorded music.

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i have to check it out, i just want to say that you always make me smile when you give your comment.

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yuna rocks socks!

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ROFLMAO

you think Wonder Girls are good live??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItBk0L7S73U

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hahahaha omg dramabeans you're damn funny. man, that clip so speaks for itself

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BUAHAHAHA. javabeans, that has got to be the worst Wonder Girls' performance ever.

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LMAO - May 11, 2008 at 5:50 pm
ROFLMAO : you think Wonder Girls are good live??

Ohh... my you're laughing so hard your ass literally fell off...
I'm a nice person so I'll hand your ass back to you... here ^.^
it's not good for your health laughing at other people while you yourself might be just as miserable, or worse
be careful next time, ok?

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