Some thoughts on the recording of “Queendom” (2021), Red Velvet. This behind-the-scenes video is interesting because (maybe) it reveals something about the way K-pop companies and singers think about English lyrics.
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#KpopEnglishProject #RedVelvet #Queendom #Wendy #Irene
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#KpopEnglishProject #RedVelvet #Queendom #Wendy #Irene
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The video is the standard compilation of candid clips of the recording process. There are three places in it where Wendy (a fluent English speaker who spent part of her childhood in Canada) gives Irene some pointers about her English pronunciation:
The video is the standard compilation of candid clips of the recording process. There are three places in it where Wendy (a fluent English speaker who spent part of her childhood in Canada) gives Irene some pointers about her English pronunciation:
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“We are queens in the RED castle”
“Don’t need crowns, 타고났지 [born to] DAZZLE”
“모일수록 아름답게 [The more we’re together, the more beautifully we’re] shining BLING-BLING”
But isn’t that good? Isn’t it good if Wendy (who has this stuff down) coaches Irene? Of course!
“We are queens in the RED castle”
“Don’t need crowns, 타고났지 [born to] DAZZLE”
“모일수록 아름답게 [The more we’re together, the more beautifully we’re] shining BLING-BLING”
But isn’t that good? Isn’t it good if Wendy (who has this stuff down) coaches Irene? Of course!
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But here’s my question:
What if Wendy wasn’t there?
I’m not suggesting it would have been a disaster. If Irene’s pronunciation of “red,” “dazzle,” and “bling-bling” had been a bit off, nothing bad would have happened. “Queendom” would still have earned its seven wins.
But here’s my question:
What if Wendy wasn’t there?
I’m not suggesting it would have been a disaster. If Irene’s pronunciation of “red,” “dazzle,” and “bling-bling” had been a bit off, nothing bad would have happened. “Queendom” would still have earned its seven wins.
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But it makes me think SM (Red Velvet’s company) isn’t watching this aspect of the production vigilantly. Wendy was there and took it upon herself (it appears) to give some tips. Is the company’s (presumed) attitude about English lyrics themselves the same?
But it makes me think SM (Red Velvet’s company) isn’t watching this aspect of the production vigilantly. Wendy was there and took it upon herself (it appears) to give some tips. Is the company’s (presumed) attitude about English lyrics themselves the same?
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Are they similarly casual in that regard? Is this how we get the kind of sometimes-lacking, sometimes-worse-than-lacking English I’ve been chronicling and correcting here? Is this a valuable, instructive peek behind the curtain?
Here’s the video:
Are they similarly casual in that regard? Is this how we get the kind of sometimes-lacking, sometimes-worse-than-lacking English I’ve been chronicling and correcting here? Is this a valuable, instructive peek behind the curtain?
Here’s the video:
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