NateSparda 961 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Jessica Jung, known as just Jessica, is an american singer and businesswoman who is based in South Korea and a former member of southkorean girl group Girls’ Generation. Jessica joined SM Entertainment at the age of 11 and trained 7 years until she debuted as one of the two main vocalist of Girls’ Generation. Ever since her career as a vocalist has been recognized by many fans and Jessica has released a number of solo songs for OSTs as well as two singles with her ex group mates Tiffany and Seohyun. Later in 2014 it was announced that Jessica would no longer be a part of Girls’ Generation and that her and her former agency, SM Entertainment, parted ways. In february of 2016, Jessica announced that her first solo album, “With Love, J†would be released under her new agency, Coridel Entertainment. VOCAL RANGE: D3 – G5 – D6 (3 octaves) Supported range: G3 – B4 (1 octave and 2 notes) to F5 with falsetto. Since the days of her debut as a main vocalist of Girls’ Generation, Jessica distinguished herself from the rest of the vocal line because of her peculiar high pitched and thin voice color. As a solo act, Jessica has the tendency of staying into a relatively safe zone for her vocal abilities and perform songs that are not too high for her, even lowering a song’s tessitura if needed to make it easier and safer for her to perform it, as in “Gravity†and “Somedayâ€. In Girls’ Generation songs, however, she used to sing more challenging parts than the average of the vocal line, going outside of her comfort zone a number of times as shown in songs like “Into the New World†and “DIVINEâ€. As for agility, Jessica is not a singer who takes a lot of risks when it comes to vocal riffs and vocal runs. When she does, however, sing songs that demand her to change notes rapidly, pitch accuracy becomes a problem and the singer might go flat during the performance even in studio recordings, as shown in “Love Me The Same†and “Somedayâ€, which has always been an issue for Jessica. Transitions in between register have been always decently executed, as long as the vocalist is not out of her comfort zone. Vocal positives: Support in her voice is consistent within the G3 – Bb4/B4 range and can project forward when in good condition. Transitions in between falsetto and other registers are achieved effortlessly. Her chest voice has a decent projection and a good support as down as G3 and ocassionally F#3. Falsetto is well projected and relaxed in all its known extension up to F#5. Although inconsistently, Jessica has been able to produce resonant notes within and above her consistent supported range as high as D5, with more consistency in the A4 – Bb4 range. She is able to reduce and, at times, get rid of nasality by lifting her soft palate. Vocal negatives: Nasality is present in almost all her singing which causes a lack of projection and the sound becomes small in comparision to other vocalists. Above B4, her support is inconsistent and her throat might close that, along with nasality issues, reduces the projection of her vocals. In live settings Jessica has a tendency of going out of pitch when in bad (or lazy) condition. The usage and development of a true head voice has not been executed as the vocalist prefers to transition into falsetto, which might be due to an inability of connecting the vocal chords properly. Improvement in her technique overall has been almost absent since her debut days. LOWER REGISTER Jessica’s lower register is arguably among the best lower register of sopranos in k-pop. She is able to carry a strong support to G3 and G#3 more consistently with a very good projection until G#3, as shown in “FLY†and “Gravityâ€. Below G#3, her support starts to lose consistency as her F3s in “Big Mini World†and her projection might become less forward as shown in her G3 in “I Love Rock’n’Rollâ€. Although improvement in support is not present in this register, her consistency in projection has progressed in her last album, as her tone is present as down as F3. MIXED REGISTER The vocalist’s mixed register presents issues in projection and consistency. Although Jessica has been able to produce supported and resonant, notes above Bb4, as her B4s in “The Boysâ€, C5s in “Dear Mom†and “Mr. Mr.â€, her C5/C#5 in “Goodbyeâ€, C#5s in “The Boys†and “One Year Later†and numerous of her D5s of “California Gurlsâ€, her consistency above Bb4 is questionable since nasality can block any true resonance if the singer does not lift the soft palate as soon as B4, as shown in “Gravity†and “DIVINE†and support might not be present above B4 as her C5 and D5 in “Big Mini World†and her C#5 in “Golden Skyâ€, where her voice sounds tight and strained. Above that point, Jessica loses any consistency as her notes sound pushed and closed with a high larynx and a poor projection, as shown in the E5 of “Girls’ Generation†and “Kissing You†and the F5/F#5 of “Into the New Worldâ€. However, Jessica rarely goes above her supported range. Within her consistent supported range, resonance might happen when lifting the soft palate mostly below B4, as shown in her Bb4 of “Love Me The Same†and her B4 of “Falling Crazy in Loveâ€. HIGHER REGISTER The least used of Jessica’s registers, her falsetto is connected until F5 and it is what she mostly uses when dabbling into the fifth octave. Although probably unable to produce a head resonance and connect her vocal chords properly and thus creating a falsetto, Jessica projects her voice properly and make a soft and natural sound as she ascends until F5 as shown in “Love Me The Sameâ€. Above that point her consistency is, once again, questionable. Jessica still presents the same issues as when she started her singing career back in 2007, which are inconsistency with nasality and support, but her actual skills are more than enough for the type of music she is singing. However, if she wants to be taken more seriously as one of the top vocalists of South Korea, improving her consistency and removing nasality should be the first step. Recommended performance(s): “Love Me The Sameâ€, “Goodbyeâ€, “One Year Later†Check out my other analyses here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangry 1,124 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hyorin and jessica same place, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo's obedient gf 781 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I agree. Hyorin and jessica same place, Hyorin regressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semisomniac 3,852 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saἶlor✯Moonlἶght 1,587 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hyorin is a better Vocalist than Jessica, I love them both but Jessica isn't on Hyorin's level... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo's obedient gf 781 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hyorin is a better Vocalist than Jessica, I love them both but Jessica isn't on Hyorin's level... It's not like you know stuff bout technique??? & just cuz theyre placed under the same category doesn't mean they're on the same level. There's differences between the level of vocal talent between every idol placed under a category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
⊿ 2,282 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Taeyeon lower than Jonghyun ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceprince 2,268 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Here i am, reading this and not understanding almost anything except she is good and bad. I still like these threads because they give me a different perspective. Are you going to do BEG's vocals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruit 8,880 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Jess was at her best vocally here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boooo 2,469 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Very interesting! Thank you! The one thing i would love to yell at Jessica is how she stopped caring about her vocal technique. She has so much potential but with hard work, it would never be reached. I kinda lost hope now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugoose 11,398 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Taeyeon lower than Jonghyun ? They're both Competent Vocalists according to Kpopvocalanalysis so idk what's going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffybubbles 2,699 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 nice! let us bless ourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateSparda 961 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hyorin is a better Vocalist than Jessica, I love them both but Jessica isn't on Hyorin's level... I'll quote this since it's pretty much what I would answer besides maybe for the first part: It's not like you know stuff bout technique??? & just cuz theyre placed under the same category doesn't mean they're on the same level. There's differences between the level of vocal talent between every idol placed under a category. as she said, Hyorin even got a much higher score than Jessica, and Hyorin regressed. Taeyeon lower than Jonghyun ? Yes lol by a bit Here i am, reading this and not understanding almost anything except she is good and bad. I still like these threads because they give me a different perspective. Are you going to do BEG's vocals? Yes I will eventually! Very interesting! Thank you! The one thing i would love to yell at Jessica is how she stopped caring about her vocal technique. She has so much potential but with hard work, it would never be reached. I kinda lost hope now. Unfortunately she has not improved as much as Taeyeon, Tiffany or Seohyun but let's see what happens lol They're both Competent Vocalists according to Kpopvocalanalysis so idk what's going on Taeyeon has a 78 score I think while Jonghyun has an 82, so he qualified for a higher "tier" in the vocal chart although they are not very far from each other in the score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw_ 8,023 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice as always! With her issues in nasality and pitch, I was surprised she made it on the γ+ level. I'd say she's sitting at the bottom edge of γ+, and it's just as easy to say she's a high γ. (She's got a nice chest voice so I get why you'd put her there though, looking forward to your next post!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saἶlor✯Moonlἶght 1,587 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It's not like you know stuff bout technique??? & just cuz theyre placed under the same category doesn't mean they're on the same level. There's differences between the level of vocal talent between every idol placed under a category. Hyorin on her worse day is still better than Jessica on a normal day...but that's just my opinion. I'll take my leave and not give your ignorant self the satisfaction of arguing with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugoose 11,398 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I'll quote this since it's pretty much what I would answer besides maybe for the first part: as she said, Hyorin even got a much higher score than Jessica, and Hyorin regressed. Yes lol by a bit Yes I will eventually! Unfortunately she has not improved as much as Taeyeon, Tiffany or Seohyun but let's see what happens lol Taeyeon has a 78 score I think while Jonghyun has an 82, so he qualified for a higher "tier" in the vocal chart although they are not very far from each other in the score Ah, okay but can u do Exo's main vocal line sometime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateSparda 961 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice as always! With her issues in nasality and pitch, I was surprised she made it on the γ+ level. I'd say she's sitting at the bottom edge of γ+, and it's just as easy to say she's a high γ. (She's got a nice chest voice so I get why you'd put her there though, looking forward to your next post!) Yes I knew she was going to make it to the γ+ level when Tiffany made it to the high edge of γ She has a nice chest voice and other than that I would say she is average at least, Tiffany has a chest voice and the rest are average at best lol so there's a considerable gap in there Hyorin on her worse day is still better than Jessica on a normal day...but that's just my opinion. I'll take my leave and not give your ignorant self the satisfaction of arguing with me. I agree but Hyorin strains worse than Jessica because she goes above C5 more often Ah, okay but can u do Exo's main vocal line sometime? Yes I will do EXO as well, most likely Kyungsoo, Chen and Baekhyun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary rose 566 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hyorin should be higher, she's amazing as vocalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StepOnMeJas 3,806 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Lmao. Actually read Hyorin's analysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellarum generatio 3,628 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 They're both Competent Vocalists according to Kpopvocalanalysis so idk what's going on they're both competent but that doesn't mean they're on the same level. Jonghyun got 83 and Taeyeon got 78, they could have ended in the same category. It depends on the chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateSparda 961 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 they're both competent but that doesn't mean they're on the same level. Pretty much, I would like to think they would also place Jonghyun above Taeyeon all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saἶlor✯Moonlἶght 1,587 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yes I knew she was going to make it to the γ+ level when Tiffany made it to the high edge of γ She has a nice chest voice and other than that I would say she is average at least, Tiffany has a chest voice and the rest are average at best lol so there's a considerable gap in there I agree but Hyorin strains worse than Jessica because she goes above C5 more often Yes I will do EXO as well, most likely Kyungsoo, Chen and Baekhyun true, she does strain recently, I hope she works to improve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateSparda 961 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Lmao. Actually read Hyorin's analysis. Totally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StepOnMeJas 3,806 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 So, who's next? Bom? Since it looks like they're not having a comeback this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateSparda 961 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 So, who's next? Bom? Since it looks like they're not having a comeback this summer. I was thinking about Bom but I think I will wait until June/July to see if they come back or not Maybe she improved? or maybe she regressed once again lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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