Yesterday, Ryeowook released his latest single album comeback Runaway, and just an hour ago he released Killing Voice as a super accomplished soloist celebrating his 10th anniversary since his solo debut!
I was kinda sad to see that it was only a single album as his last comeback with a mini album was in 2022 and it is his 10th anniversary as a soloist, but it is still a step up from the digital singles he released 3 years ago. But all three songs were really good, and show just how varied his music is. A lot of Super Junior fans know him as a balladeer because of his title tracks when around half of his music in the bsides explore a lot of other genres and sounds like R&B, rock, etc. Runaway is a chill summery pop rock song that has really sweet lyrics that fits his really bright warm tone with really gorgeous cinematography and aesthetic direction in the MV. The other two songs consist of a pop ballad that has been pleasantly different from the ballads he usually does, and an R&B song, which were really good!
Ryeowook is the R in Super Junior-KRY, which is known as arguably the best vocal line in all of kpop, and he’s known in the group for having a higher and brighter voice, so his vocal colour is really pretty and soft and warm, while having a really impressive vocal range so he can sing and access higher notes better and easier than the rest of the members. He’s arguably the most consistent and stable vocalist out of all of KRY. A huge highlight of SJ’s comeback last year was that he got a lot of standout parts in their songs, especially in DNA where he finishes off the song with a massive, stretched out high note which he did for effortlessly all the concerts for their world tour live. He’s definitely someone who blows people’s minds by how good of a live singer he is.
His Killing Voice last year as a member of Super Junior was so good, but I also think his Killing Voice as a soloist celebrating his 10th anniversary was even better. You could tell he loves to sing and he KNOWS he’s an amazing singer, so he would spend that Killing Voice having so much fun and showing off how good his vocals are, even adding little vocal parts and quirks to his performance that aren’t in the studio versions.
Ryeowook really killed it, and he only needed one take to go through it all. I’m really happy he has the initiative and the proactive determination to try and show the world how good of a singer he is – he was the one who pushed for Super Junior to go on Killing Voice last year, and he was the one who pushed to go on Killing Voice this year as a soloist. I really hope Killing Voice does give some boost among the general public to see him not just as some member of Super Junior but also a very capable vocalist on his own, when sometimes even among the SJ fandom he gets accidentally overshadowed by some of the other SJ members (he is one of the lesser popular ones). He’s definitely a top 3 vocalist in kpop and deserves to be appreciated more!
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