'Las' Sunmi "Recorded '24 Hours Is Not Enough' for 3 Days Because of One Word"

On the 12th, the MBC entertainment program 'Radio Star' featured former Wonder Girls member Sunmi, Park Jin-young, Kim Hyung-seok, and Defconn. Photo by MBC 'Radio Star' broadcast capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Sunmi, former member of the girl group Wonder Girls, revealed an anecdote about recording the song '24 Hours Is Not Enough' while working with Park Jin-young.

On the 12th, the MBC variety show 'Radio Star' aired a special episode titled 'Who Is the Teacher,' featuring Park Jin-young, Sunmi, Kim Hyung-seok, and Defconn.

During the broadcast, Sunmi said, "When recording '24 Hours Is Not Enough,' we recorded one syllable for three days."

Sunmi explained, "Because of the syllable 'mo' in '24 Hours Is Not Enough,' we repeated the recording, but PD Park Jin-young said the 'mo' didn't feel right and told me to do it again. I kept blaming myself, wondering what was wrong, and then suddenly he said it was good."

Hearing this, Kim Guk-jin asked, "What was different?" Park Jin-young replied, "I record while listening from the listener's perspective. But from the listener's perspective, the feeling comes through until one syllable slightly misses the mark, breaking the emotion, which I didn't like."

Then Kim Hyung-seok explained, "Jinyoung directs the vocal style and feeling in detail according to his own style. On the other hand, in my case, since there is auto-tuning, I let the artist do as they want with a bit more freedom."

Kim Gura then joked, "Would listeners be so obsessed with the 'mo'? I only saw the choreography where they tap the clock," causing laughter.

Sunmi continued, saying that Park Jin-young's attitude has recently changed: "I recently worked on a new song recording with PD Park Jin-young, and I wondered how long it would take and which syllable he would focus on, but we finished the entire song in two hours, and he didn't get angry."

Kim Hyung-seok then said, "Maybe it's the difference between when Sunmi was a singer under Park Jin-young's company and now," which made everyone laugh.

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