Sohyang is a South Korean vocalist who debuted in 1996 as the lead singer of the CCM group POS. She became more widely known to the Korean public through MBC’s I Am a Singer in 2012 and later continued to draw attention on music programs such as KBS’s Immortal Songs and MBC’s King of Mask Singer. She is known for her power in live performance, wide vocal range, and ability to control the emotional intensity of a song. Although her career began in CCM and gospel, her repertoire has expanded into ballad, R&B, soul, and pop.
“Til You Love Me Again” is not a cover. It is an original English-language song released by Sohyang in 2024. The video featured here is an official performance from the KBS program Moving Voices, known in Korea as Nara-neun Gaso, filmed during the show’s time in Spain. Moving Voices is a music travel program in which Korean singers visit other countries, experience their musical cultures, and perform for local audiences. That makes this performance more than a studio session: it shows a Korean vocalist performing her own English-language song in front of an international audience.
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If You Have Never Heard Sohyang Before
For many international K-pop fans, Sohyang may be far less familiar than the biggest idol groups. In Korea, however, she has long been recognized as a singer whose strengths are especially clear in live performance.
Her ability is not simply about reaching extremely high notes. A major part of her style is the way she holds back power in the lower registers, gradually increases volume and vocal density, sustains long phrases with steady breath control, and saves her strongest belting for the climax of a song.
This kind of control is part of why Sohyang has drawn so much attention on Korean television music programs. She has stood out on stages where singers reinterpret familiar songs in their own style, which is also how some international listeners first discover her: through covers and televised performances.
“Til You Love Me Again,” however, shifts the focus.
Instead of interpreting someone else’s song, Sohyang is working with material written for her own voice.
An Original Song, Not a Cover
“Til You Love Me Again” was first released in August 2024 and was later included on the album DIVA, released in November of the same year.
The lyrics were written by C.P.K, while C.P.K and DUNK participated in the composition and arrangement. Among the session musicians are several names that may be especially familiar to international listeners.
Nathan East plays bass on the track. One of the most experienced session bassists in American pop, R&B, and jazz, East was a founding member of the jazz group Fourplay and has recorded with artists including Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Beyoncé, and Stevie Wonder. His career includes thousands of recording sessions.
Drummer Donald Barrett has also spent years working as a session and touring musician in the United States. His credits include collaborations with artists such as Lady Gaga, Seal, Prince, and Chaka Khan, as well as work connected to television and film.
Their experience can be heard in a production that blends elements of international pop and R&B while leaving plenty of space for Sohyang’s voice.
A Song Built Around Waiting and Uncertainty
As the title suggests, “Til You Love Me Again” centers on someone waiting to be loved again.
But the emotion goes beyond the sadness of separation. There is also the hope that the other person might return, the anxiety that grows as time passes, and the difficulty of moving on from a relationship that still carries emotional weight.
There is no need to follow or translate the lyrics line by line to hear that progression.
Sohyang does not begin the song at full power. The performance starts in a more restrained place and gradually expands. As the song develops, both the volume and vocal density increase. By the time the performance reaches its most intense moments, the high notes feel less like an isolated display and more like the release of an emotion that has been building throughout the song.
The high notes are only one part of what makes Sohyang’s performance compelling. Just as important is the way she holds that power back, manages it throughout the song, and builds toward the moment when she finally needs it.
Why This Song Fits Moving Voices
Moving Voices is a KBS music program in which Korean artists travel abroad, encounter different musical cultures, and perform in front of local audiences.
In that setting, an original English-language song is a particularly natural choice for Sohyang.
The audience can connect more directly with the song’s general meaning without knowing Korean. At the same time, instead of seeing a Korean singer interpret a familiar Western hit, the audience is hearing a Korean artist present her own music outside Korea.
For many international listeners, Korean music is still strongly associated with idol groups, choreography, music videos, and charts. But there is also another side of the Korean music scene where the focus is on vocal interpretation, live performance, and the ability to carry a song without depending on a large visual production.
This performance shows that side clearly.
How to Listen to Sohyang’s Original Music
Listeners discovering Sohyang through this performance do not need to wait only for the highest note.
It may be more revealing to pay attention to how restrained her voice is at the beginning, how she finishes each phrase, how the vocal texture changes through the middle of the song, and how long she allows the tension to build before reaching the climax.
The original recording supports that gradual build with an R&B and pop-ballad foundation that gives her voice room to expand. Sohyang gradually fills that space until her voice becomes the center of the song.
“Til You Love Me Again” may not be one of the televised cover performances for which Sohyang is best known.
But for an international listener discovering her for the first time, it can be an especially useful place to begin.
It is a chance to hear how Sohyang builds a song around her own voice.
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