I really think she does, but I wanted to ask others' opinions because I wanted to make a little video about LOONA's vocal line's support range. I think it's cool that 6(?) out of 12 of LOONA OT12 can support (IMO). It doesn't mean that the members who don't support their vocals are bad singers, though. Support is just a cool thing, it's important for vocal health and preservation.
I posted something similar elsewhere a while ago. My post went like:
I know the KPOP vocal analysis community is a thing, and they like to use vocal tiers based on the (obsolete) KVA system, and often discuss whom they agree supports or doesn't support. But it changes. In LOONA, they used to say that only Haseul and Chuu supported (sometimes another member too, like Kim Lip or Heejin). But now they tend to say that everyone in the vocal line except Jinsoul supports (i.e. Heejin, Haseul, Kim Lip, Yves, Chuu). The consensus keeps on shifting, from what I've seen. The online KVA community used to say Yves had no support at all, but now the consensus is that she has the best vocal support in LOONA OT12.
But with the few trained singers I've spoken to about K-Pop, they say that Jinsoul does support sometimes? IDK, though. I think she's pretty consistent about supporting notes particularly in the D4-G#4 range.
Some examples of performances where it sounds like she's supporting some of the notes to me?
https://drive.google.com/file/…ed8ffns4/view?usp=sharing (her prechorus -- the first one -- and her chorus line in PTT; linking to Drive bc boycott)
I just think her voice is also heavy. She now raises her larynx a lot more (sometimes it's healthy but sometimes too much, making her sound unnaturally cutesy, more nasal, higher-pitched) especially when going for high notes. But that's a stylistic choice, and I'd honestly say she has definitely shown that she can support...
I've also seen a few people say that she doesn't produce vibrato at all but I clearly hear healthy vibrato in her singing. But I don't know. Even this analysis from 2020 (apparently by a formally trained vocalist?) which ranked Jinsoul last in vocal line rated her 5.9, higher than MiChaeng in TWICE, and the same rating as Yeji (who do have a support range, according to the KVA community nowadays): https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopt…cal_rankinganalysis_by_a/
Also some more videos:
https://twitter.com/sheoru/sta…&t=Pm7ytI3uHL3x552wl1BV3w - her F4, G4, and G#4 belts sound hella good and healthy here to me?
https://twitter.com/juaintnoli…&t=CPV107iauGjOH-U_KgTaiQ (near the end)
I'd say if she had a support range, highest would be G#4 (she's produced some healthy-sounding A4s but she's not as consistent beyond G#4)? I'm not sure about her lower notes, though. I heard that she's improved a lot on her lower range, but the lowest one I found of Jinsoul that sounded supported was G3... which is on the higher end of low notes
Thoughts on this? Just want to make a cute little video but if people don't agree she supports, I won't do it.
