A real singer is one who proves their value on stage. This applies particularly to someone who made a debut after being selected as one of the best singers on a television talent show program.
This is the key reason a 17-year-old Lee Hi’s first exclusive concert on May 12 in Seoul’s Sogang University Mary Hall dubbed RE-HI was so important to her.
Lee Hi came in second on a talent show program K-Pop Star season 1, which was aired as part of SBS’s Good Sunday. Since then she successfully made a debut with her song “1,2,3,4” and continued on to release her first regular album “First Love.” Despite all this success, YG Entertainment became a double-edged sword for the rookie artist.
YG Entertainment is one of Korea’s largest entertainment agencies to which mega stars like Psy, BigBang and 2NE1 belong.
This already shows that it is very unlikely for the entertainment giant to produce an unsuccessful artist, although in this case we should also keep in mind the enormous talent Lee Hi possesses. But this also means that there is always a possibility that Lee Hi could be unintentionally devalued.
However, Lee Hi’s first concert proved that YG Entertainment’s reputation had not led to over-estimation of the artist’s musical talent. The concert was not an official one, and the tickets were given to 250 people and their plus ones from a past event. Although there were just 500 people at the concert, Lee Hi had the pressure to run the 90-minute show all on her own. Her talents and capacity were ready to be tested.
Cutting to the chase, the concert was a great success. “One Sided Love” and “Dream” were two of the many songs to kick start the concert with her soulful voice, which then continued to her big hits including “It’s Over”, “Rose” and “Turn It Up”. She made everything look too easy. Her powerful and soulful voice was even stronger when “One Sided Love” and “Dream” were recreated in an acoustic version.
When she was performing on TV as one of the many candidates, she showed off her magical voice through Lim Jae-bum’s “For You” and Duffy’s “Mercy”. She demonstrated her maturity of her music to the public. On May 3 she appeared on SBS’s show Thank You, where she sang along with a 53-year-old singer Lee Mun-sae’s guitar of “Whislte.”
The closing song was undoubtedly her biggest hit Soul genre “1,2,3,4.” This debut song was the greatest contributor to Lee Hi syndrome, which also fired up the concert hall on the day.
Yang Hyun-suk, the CEO of YG, stood at the back of the stage, watching his hugely successful rookie artist perform. Lee Hi has triumphantly steered away from the double-edged sword.
The concert dubbed RE-HI is named the way it is because it is a chance for Lee Hi to “re-look” at the path she has walked on since K-Pop Star. She was and she still is a unique musician, not simply an artist who belongs to YG Entertainment.
A big portion of the audience was middle-aged, and they were as fired up as younger audiences. This is another testament to her potential as a real artist, not just a young idol, who can cut across all generations.
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