writing this post because i realised how much she really has improved after watching this video. maybe to some this isn’t very impressive, but considering i have been listening to her since izone and i can see how much work she put in despite all her crazy schedules, she deserves appreciation for it.
if u watch izone’s encores, she basically never ever sings her parts and it is obvious that she isn’t confident at all. it was okay though because there were so many other girls to cover her parts. this doesn’t come as a surprise either because im pretty sure she barely had vocal lessons or maybe even none while in izone considering their short contract time. the focus wasn’t on improving but on making money. she had to do her job as a center.
after izone’s disbandment, wonyoung mentioned that she went back to basics and trained with a vocal trainer. and even in that 8 months of training (while still being active and working), we could hear a massive difference in her singing with IVE’s debut.
and then she upgraded herself again. this is her performing royal in germany in may. although her face was WORKING and the stage charisma was on MAX level, 95% lipsync, can barely hear her. compare that to this recent fancon performance of royal (shoutout to my IVE girls as a whole they sound great there). she’s obviously way more confident in singing live.
im just really proud to see how far she has come and i know that wonyoung will continue to put in the work to improve herself. it is commendable that she isn’t staying stagnant and despite the overblown lipsync controversy, she (and leeseo) didn’t put her head down at all and just proved herself like this. every single time she gets hit by something, she comes back stronger. last clip is her best part in my satisfaction because we need more of wonyoung singing in this range…
(This is reddit post no me)