[MY VOCAL ANALYSIS] OneHallyu #2 — Wendy from RED VELVET

[NateSparda]

 

Wendy Son is a canadian artist who debuted in 2014 as the main vocalist of the girl group Red Velvet, under SM Entertainment. Formely being a part of the project “S.M. Rookiesâ€, her agency released various performances including a music video for the drama 미미 as well as many performances including a cover of Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now.â€

 

 

VOCAL RANGE: Eb3 – Eb7 (4 octaves)

Supported range: G#3 – C5 / C#5 (1 octave, 2 notes and 1 semitone)

 

Wendy debuted in 2014 as a part of the girl group “Red Velvet†and instantly gained recognition due to her extensive range, that expands through four octaves.

 

Wendy possesses a light weight voice with a thin timbre that becomes headier as the she ascends. Although her style of singing could be deemed as very “pop-likeâ€, the singer has shown her ability to adapt her voice to different musical genres such as R&B, and has the ability to control and move her larynx for stylistic matters.

 

Vocal positives: As a very young vocalist, Wendy has shown a lot of improvement since her debut in 2014. She is able to show support up until C5 and ocasionally C#5 with mixed voice, and F#5 with head voice. She possesses a very wide vocal range. Resonance is present in her mixed voice from time to time, more consistenly in the G#4 – Bb4 range. Although not being fully developed, her lower register has shown improvement since debut and can be considered as “decent.â€

 

Vocal negatives: Wendy is very flat and imprecise when she tries vocal runs. Resonance is not achieved in every note of her supported range. The singer has intonation issues when in bad condition. She also tends to lower her larynx as she descends, even within her supported range (as shown in Because I Loved You). When in bad condition, the singer shows an inability to sustain high chest notes even within her supported range. Her lowest notes lack clarity.

 

 

• LOWER REGISTER

The register is not fully developed and shows inconsistencies in projection and support until G#3. A full tone is achieved consistenly until A3 (see Late Regret) although Wendy has shown support until F#3 every now and then (see Time to Time). Below G#3 / A3, the singer’s tone becomes less audible and loses clarity, with a missplacement of the larynx when in bad condition.

• MIXED REGISTER

Although showing inconsitencies, the mixed register of Wendy shows a better development than her chest voice, and is the one that has shown the biggest improvement since debut. The singer stays in a comfortable range when she performs in between G#4 and C5 consistenly, and has shown “bright†times with supported C#5s (see Goodbye Sadness, Hello Happiness), although resonance is only present in the G#4 – Bb4 range. The singer has shown great ability in phrasing in this register, as shown in Speak Now, but her vocal runs become flat and imprecise most of the time (see Shake That Brass) although they can be accurate in pitch (Speak Now). Above C#5, the voice becomes heady, warbled and strained most of the time, with a considerable difficulty in holding notes.

• HIGHER REGISTER

The least used voice of Wendy is her head voice, despite the fact that it shows the least inconsistencies among all her registers. Wendy achieves support until F#5 and shows a head resonance until E4 consistenly. She has shown a good improvement since her pre-debut days until now, as she was not able to support properly an F#5, like in Halo, where her head voice would become tight, to the point that now she can sustain the same note with relative ease, as shown in her performance of Shake That Brass, covering fellow singer Taeyeon’s part.

 

 

 

Wendy is gaining recognition in the k-pop worldwide community because of her singing abilities recently. Although the singer still shows a couple of issues, the improvement she has shown since her debut and pre-debut days is worth the watching, and her natural abilities as a singer leaves the fans and non-fans alike thinking about how promising she might be in the future. Although her group, Red Velvet, does not focus on showcasing her abilities as a vocalist in their title tracks, Wendy has performed several times in TV shows and radio programs to prove again that she is a vocalist to take in consideration.

Recommended performance(s): “Late Regretâ€, “안녕 (Annyeong).â€

 

 

 

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[Sailor Mars]

can u do dean but like in easy to understand words

[ETB5]

 

@ Ken on the vocal chart. 

[Oodles]

Jihyo and Eunji next 

[NateSparda]

can u do dean but like in easy to understand words

 

I think it is too soon to do it lol

 

 

 

@ Ken on the vocal chart. 

 

lol well yeah that's where he belongs

 

 

Jihyo and Eunji next 

I will do Eunji right after Onew and after posting other ready analyses

[Clay]

"Resonance is not achieved in all her supported range."

"although resonance is only present in the G#4 – Bb4 range. "


 

[NateSparda]

"Resonance is not achieved in all her supported range."

 

"although resonance is only present in the G#4 – Bb4 range. "

 

 

 

 

I meant resonance is not achieved in every note of her supported range lol yeah I guess I used confusing words?

 

I fixed it but well that statement is quite generic though, like 95% of the singers don't project perfectly in the entire supported range.

[Clay]

I meant resonance is not achieved in every note of her supported range lol yeah I guess I used confusing words?

aah I see, yeah

[Fruit]

Wendy is at least 80+, I think you should do some more research because you're clearly stuck in the happiness era.

 

 

 

Not that your analysis is worth comprehending anyways, given the idol in your badge section.

[NateSparda]

Wendy is at least 80+, I think you should do some more research because you're clearly stuck in the happiness era.

 

 

 

Not that your analysis is worth comprehending anyways, given the idol in your badge section.

 

Unless she made some dramatic improvement in the last days I would not consider her to be that good

I pretty explained her issues and why she is 74 in the analysis so I won't say it again lol

[Bluegalaxy]

Can you also do Luna?? 

[Fruit]

Unless she made some dramatic improvement in the last days I would not consider her to be that good

I pretty explained her issues and why she is 74 in the analysis so I won't say it again lol

 

 

Ok but you're not qualified, stop trying to use a big layout with the dramatics. You don't have the credentials, the car fax, the degree to be assessing someones vocals.

 

Not when you stan Tiffany and are awaiting her album, you wanting to hear a full album of Tiffany's "vocals" tells me enough that you aren't qualified.

 

So keep your vocal analysis hun!

[NateSparda]

Ok but you're not qualified, stop trying to use a big layout with the dramatics. You don't have the credentials, the car fax, the degree to be assessing someones vocals.

 

Not when you stan Tiffany and are awaiting her album, you wanting to hear a full album of Tiffany's "vocals" tells me enough that you aren't qualified.

 

So keep your vocal analysis hun!

 

Says the one who has Hyuna in her/his dp

 

 

Can you also do Luna?? 

 

I will, eventually, as well as Krystal

[UNNIE]

Says the one who has Hyuna in her/his dp

 

 

 

 

I will, eventually, as well as Krystal

That's Yoona in the dp. You mean hyuna in the signature?

[NateSparda]

That's Yoona in the dp. You mean hyuna in the signature?

 

I was gonna say "Hyuna in the signature and Yoona in the dp" but I got distracted and posted just that lol

[Messica]

what's your view on Jessica's supported range?

do you think its F#3-C#5?

[AhMin]

what's your view on Jessica's supported range?

do you think its F#3-C#5?

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[Messica]

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Gur dont be presumptuous now

[NateSparda]

what's your view on Jessica's supported range?

do you think its F#3-C#5?

Lol no, no 5s

More like G#3 to B4, same as Seohyun

[Messica]

Lol no, no 5s

More like G#3 to B4, same as Seohyun

Oh i was asking bc your akp analysis said she was like F2-G2-C#5

 

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[NateSparda]

Oh i was asking bc your akp analysis said she was like F2-G2-C#5

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I think you meant F3 - G3 - C#5 and yes. She has been able to support down to F3 but what I take in consideration when making a "supported range" or a consistent tessitura are those notes that the artists is consistent with, so despite Jessica is and should be able to show support all or most of the time from F3 to C#5, she is only consistent in the G#3 to B4 area, mostly because her C5s are not well executed at least like 70-80% of the time? Same as her G3s and F#3s.

I don't know if I explained it well lol

I mean if that was the case, Tiffany also has shown good C5s occasionally but she is only consistent until A4 unfortunately

[shashasha]

You can see this is a joke when you see Jonghyun above Wendy. Jonghyun is at Taeyeon's level and Wendy was already said to be better than her, also, you say Minzy is at Sunny's level when, in fact, Minzy's at Tiffany's level and Sunny is under both. 

Btw, its already know Luna>Wendy>Taeyeon>Seohyun/Jessica>>>>>>Tiffany>>Sunny so your list doesn't make that much sense to me. 

 

Check some pre debut videos of Wendy, because that's where most of her potential is, since SM is showing nothing

[VanillaMint]

Too much text haha (I can't understand anything :/) Well all I know is they're great singers hehehe yeah!

[NateSparda]

You can see this is a joke when you see Jonghyun above Wendy. Jonghyun is at Taeyeon's level and Wendy was already said to be better than her, also, you say Minzy is at Sunny's level when, in fact, Minzy's at Tiffany's level and Sunny is under both. 

Btw, its already know Luna>Wendy>Taeyeon>Seohyun/Jessica>>>>>>Tiffany>>Sunny so your list doesn't make that much sense to me. 

 

Check some pre debut videos of Wendy, because that's where most of her potential is, since SM is showing nothing

 

First of all Jonghyun is not Taeyeon's level, whoever who said that must have been underestimating or hating on Jonghyun or maybe overreacting on Taeyeon's skills.

Wendy is Taeyeon's level, Jonghyun is not, he is above both of them and the gap is not quite small. Facts? Jonghyun's lower register is far better than Taeyeon's and better than Wendy's, and although his mix could be considered worse than Wendy's and Taeyeon's, his head voice balances him. As you could see he is a more balanced singer than the other two ladies, and he is more consistent in the three registers.

 

If you read the analysis you would realize I named many of her "pre debut videos" that you recommended me to watch (or re watch in this case which I won't because I don't have the time).

 

Also, again no, you're now underrating Tiffany or overrating Seohyun and Jessica

there is not a Luna > Taeyeon > Jessica/Seohyun >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tiffany > the rest

such big gap in between Seohyun/Jessica and Tiffany. Actually the gap in between Jessica/Seohyun and Taeyeon is much larger, and Luna is even higher than you make it appear

The list would be more accurate as

Luna >>> Taeyeon / Wendy >>>>>>>>>> Seohyun > Jessica >> Minzy > Tiffany > Sunny

 

Sunny is indeed below Tiffany and Minzy, if you actually read the analysis you would realize each vocalist has a rating and even if two singers are in the same "tier" they are not necessarily equal, there you have Hyorin and Ken, both of them are in the same tier cathegory but Hyorin is far far better than Ken even when she regressed.