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After shaking the Japanese archipelago with nothing but his voice, singer Sung Si-kyung is also drawing buzz in Korea, setting the popularity algorithm ablaze.
On the Japanese TBS music variety program ‘Hamada Music Festival,’ which aired on the 28th of last month, Sung Si-kyung astonished local viewers with flawless vocals.
He seemed to be feeling out the mood at first, but when a song he knew came up in the next round he delivered a perfect rendition; as he kept nailing them in succession, people on set reacted that they wanted to hear more of his mellow voice, and the shoot instantly turned into a mini-concert.
His singing prowess and variety sense didn't stop there. On the 30th, on Fuji TV's ’Chidori's Oni Renchan’ he showed a commanding presence and stole Japanese viewers' attention.
Appearing on the family-viewing hit program ’Chidori's Oni Renchan,’ he took on a segment where you must match everything preciselypitch, rhythm, lyrics, and moreto pass. He breezed through the first challenge song, the pop number WHAM!'s ‘Last Christmas,’ and then drew focus by singing Elvis Costello's ‘She’ with a sweet tone.
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In this segment, said to be tough even to clear the early rounds, Sung Si-kyung cleared every songwhether J-pop or popas they came, coupling an exceptional interpretive sense that crossed borders and genres with unwaveringly accurate pitch, captivating viewers.
After succeeding in nine consecutive passes and going for a tenth, the panelists and audience members on site began to let out collective gasps. Though he narrowly missed it, local viewers responded that his flowing, natural timbre and the clean technique that freely shifts with a song's mood were flawless.
The dazzling performance Sung Si-kyung showed on Japanese variety shows has also crossed over to Korea, riding the popularity algorithm and drawing an explosive response. Praise and reactions such as “an absolute ear worthy of a top homegrown balladeer,” and “our country is even a ‘Sung Si-kyung-holding nation’,” are pouring in, winning fervent support from fans at home and abroad.
With a sweet voice and elegant expressiveness, Sung Si-kyung has sustained steady popularity as a top balladeer in Korea, and now, by taking even Japanese variety by storm, he is raising expectations for activity that transcends borders. Above all, instead of resting content as a top balladeer at home, he pushed into Japanese variety shows with a rookie's mindset, and the view is that his effort and passionhoning near-local Japanese skills and even his expression in Japanese songsare finally shining through, drawing loud applause from the public.
Meanwhile, Sung Si-kyung took part in the OST ‘On Some Day, With Some Heart’ for JTBC's new SaturdaySunday drama ‘Waiting for Longitude,’ pre-released on the 4th, meeting listeners, and he will meet fans at the year-end solo concert ‘2025 Sung Si-kyung Year-end Concert <Sung Si-kyung>,’ which sold out every seat, at KSPO DOME (Olympic Gymnastics Arena) in Olympic Park, Seoul on December 25 (Thu), 26 (Fri), 27 (Sat), and 28 (Sun).
