There are various criteria for being good at singing. Vocalists that can comfortably reach four high notes like magic or can freely use various kinds of vocalization such as head voice, chest voice, full voice are praised for being good at singing everywhere. These days, the 'perfect voice color', which overshadows all those skills, is attracting attention. And there is Baekhyun is in the intersection established by all these talents. Baekhyun's voice, which debuted as a main vocalist of EXO in 2012, is the variety of K-pop charms itself.
EXO – Monster (2016)
There are many cases in which main vocalists usually sing high-pitched parts that are difficult for lead or sub vocalists to digest, but Baekhyun is also often in charge of the intros. Especially, "Monster," which had to create an atmosphere only by pushing and pulling without special melody, is the song that boasts about the highest level of difficulty among the roles he has played so far.
Baekhyun – Take You Home (2017)
[Main vocalists usually has to deal with songs that are full of fierce without any reason, they have the capacities to digest the desired concepts, but they might forget the tone and texture of their original voice they used to have] Baekhyun is a vocalist that has consistently prepared breathing hole with soft pops. "Take You Home" (along with Dream) is a great example to explain the current soloist Baekhyun, who has grown up as an R&B vocalist.
Baekhyun – Candy (2020)
In 2019, the direction of his first ever solo album "City Lights" since his debut was well-defined.
Baekhyun, who somehow left the first impression that he seemed to be pushed by the strong lineup (of producers and composers), returned after 10 months with his second mini album "Delight", which cleared all the doubts that his first album had. The title track "Candy" was a song that gave shape to Baekhyun's character and voice expressing the sweetness, which is soft but never light, in a trendy way.
SuperM - I Can't Stand The Rain (2019)
As expected that Baekhyun's voice, which is also in charge of main vocalist in the group, draws a quite interesting picture within this new framework.
[They have the ambition to dominate the global market] Baekhyun does his best to demonstrate the spirit of South Korea, K by going back and forth between chest voice and head voice. The only thing that safely guides listeners to K-pop and SMP zone is Baekhyun's vocal full of pop music essence and sensibility.
Baekhyun – All I Got (2021)
Through this song, for the first time Baekhyun shows off an image full of confidence that does not hide any charm and any energy of his voice. It's not only because of the high destructive power of the falsetto at the beginning. Baekhyun's voice is the one spraying paint, rolling, playing here and there on a white drawing paper, which seems to be finished calmly without any trouble. Especially, at Baekhyun’s solo adlib, which is after the bridge part made of only chorus at around 3’, it feels like a revenge of vocalist Baekhyun who wanted to play properly with his own voice. This is also the reason why there is in increasing of expectations where we wonder whether we will be able to see more things going beyond the safe fence of pop R&B in his next album.
Comments:
- I came thinking of UN Village.
- Especially Baekhyun's UN Village... everything like chest voice, head voice and vocal range about it is the top class... people knows may know but it looks easy but it is never easy. And because of wide vocal ranges or short of breath, I wonder how he sings it so easily. Among idols I think the reason why his collaborations and OSTs are successful is because of his efforts and capacity to easily move between head voice and chest voice, emotional and clean voice color which is pleasant to listen to. He is said to enlist, and it's such a pity that I can't listen to Baekhyun's new song for the mean time. Hope he goes and comes back healthily.
- He really sings well. I want to add here Love Again, Underwater, and Cry For Love.
- All I Got was insane...
- I want to add Love Again and Love Scene.
- I think Baekhyun always sings well, but I feel like (his talents) are surely confirmed after he released his solo albums. Seriously the quality of his solo albums is awesome and he sings so fcking well.
- His OST is also daebak. He is so good at singing.
- All the songs from his latest album are insane.
- When I first listened to All I Got, I still remember I was shocked. It was the first time I had the feeling that "He is a person whose skills are awesome to this extent, the person who reached nirvana playing with his own song as much as he wants to."
- He is so fcking good at his own job.
- Even the 5 songs that were picked have big differences. His spectrum is fcking wide.
- All I Got is really the peak... I think his latest solo album is all about showing an image of a vocalist, but All I Got is the best among the songs. It is like he has reached the stage where all his music abilities are completely perfect. His adlib gives me fcking goosebumps.
- His vocals are seriously fcking awesome.
- I knew there would be All I Got. I can never forget the tremble I had when I first heard it.
- Why are there no Bambi and UN Village?
- Deciding on 5 songs only doesn't seem enough. Please review around 100 songs.
Blog 1: I came to watch "Singing In The Rain" musical! Honestly I went without much expectation. Baekhyun is an idol, and this is his first musical, and it's also his first performance, so it's ridiculous to expect him to do as well as a musical actor. First of all, Baekhyun's acting... except for the big mistake at the end, it was beyond than I expected. It's impossible for an idol to do pronunciation and vocalization of musical sound all of a sudden, unless he's a genius, so if you take that into consideration, his acting and singing naturally melt into the flow of the play. Especially, his playful expressions and actions were very humorous. Sometimes he stammered, but it was probably because he was nervous as it was his first performance, overall, it wasn't like the lines went smoothly the whole play, other actors were also stuttering that much. The actor who played Cosmo Brown, a close friend of Don Lockwood, made a mistake, and the two of them quickly moved on with a joke and they did it very well. As he did the Act 1 well, he was better than I thought and I was like "Oh he was okay than expected". I watched Act 2. He did Act 2 in the play was as well as Act 1. Anyway, "Singing In The Rain" wasn't bad today. Baekhyun's acting was beyond my expectation, and he worked well with the female actor, and most of all, watching him work with his best friend Cosmo played by actor Yook Hyunwook, made me feel that he practiced really hard and I liked that. If he didn't let go of the tension and caught the full sense of the performance until the curtain call was over, I don't think there would be any more ridiculous mistakes like today. Blog 2: Baekhyun who appeared full of nervousness, wore a white coat and a white fedora.
I was like "Is it really Baekhyun?" and kept staring at him. I think it looks like he borrowed his dad's clothes. There is a part where his pronunciation keeps leaking because of his obvious nervous looks. When he pronounced 'siot' and when he said the names of actors, he tried to speak fast but he couldn't. I was also so nervous while watching him. I couldn't take my eyes off the tap dance he did with Cosmo. Wow, it feels like "You must have practiced a lot. But you must be nervous now, right?" That's when I started to feel emotional. Why does it feel like I don't watch it as an audience but with a heart of a mom... In fact, I have watched a lot musicals and I don't choose the first performance unless I am a fan of the actor. It's because the lack of teamwork with actors and awkwardness can be shown. It's also because why do I have to spend the money to see such a clumsy performance. But I'm a fan of that actor right now. It's natural that I want to be in that moment because it's his first stage of a new challenge. In fact, even musical actors and actresses who have been on stage a lot sometimes forget their lines and are out of breathe and stay away from the ensemble. If you look at that, Baekhyun did a really good job on the first stage of his life. Even in the scene where he put his own coat on Brown, the actor who played Brown put in his wrong arm, so he couldn't wear it. Baekhyun smiled and said, "Hyung, how do you wear it?" and the other actor laughed and said, "I'm going to wear it on my own" It's a joke, right? He wasn't in panic.
And I was happy to see him singing on stage because he was shining. When part 1 closed, he was singing ~Singing In the Rain~ alone in the rain. It was good even to die on the spot. Anyway, the first performance ended safely. Maybe if he can monitor it, he will see what he can fix. I think he will be better day by day. The puppy who did so well that I'm proud of him. He is pretty, our Baekhyunie. Baekhyun, who was spraying water on the audience during the curtain call, looked like an angel and mischievous guy. Blog 3: First of all, I was surprised because Baekhyun sings better than I thought. Baekhyun's voice suits musical well. During the break, another blogger and their relatives kept asking if it was live singing. Honestly, Baekhyun chewed up lines and stuttered several times. At that time, my immersion was slightly broken, but I would like to praise him on other parts. People say they just saw Baekhyun, but I think because of Baekhyun's original beagle personality, when he was acting with the actor who played Don Lockwood's friend, Baekhyun's expressions came out naturally. There is no awkwardness in dancing because he is a dance singer, especially since it's his first time, Baekhyun's talent is worth praising. Even when he must have been really nervous because it was his first time, but when he made a mistake, he didn't panic, and he moved on smoothly. That is the part where I thought Baekhyun was a celebrity and a professional. He didn't make many mistakes during the first performance as I thought, so I'm looking forward to his last performance. I think he will get better. Blog 4: It was three happy hours because I was able to be with Baekhyun in his first ever musical. I'm sure other Baekhyun fans were the same, but I was very nervous. As soon as Baekhyun first appeared, strangely enough, I felt relieved right away. Because he does so well. Baekhyun was in front of my eyes, his acting was that good, and his dancing and singing were impressive, so I wanted to explode all the time. It was the performance where there were the most mistakes I've ever seen, but the satisfaction level was also the highest. The first time is precious, right? When he and Cosmo did "Fit as a Fiddle", he was really tongue-tied. Tap dance is also tap dance, but his expression was smiley, then sticking out his mouth, making a funny face, then shaking his head mischievously, I can't express it as he is just a final boss of mischievousness. The lyrics that Baekhyun picked as his most favorite, "I think my heart is going to fly in the sky", comes out at this scene number, but as soon as I hear it, I get emotional... I thought it is worth liking by Baekhyun. I like it, too, Baekhyun-ah. Overall, I liked all the scenes where he is put with Cosmo. "Moses Supposes" and "Good Morning" are great too. Baekhyun's voice is freaking sweet in his first solo, "You Stepped Out of a Dream". I thought Baekhyun would not look good in real life because his real age is younger than Don Lockwood, but I don't know if he is a good actor or he's completely transformed into Don Lockwood, I didn't feel the awkwardness and the sense of incompatibility as I thought. I can't say Baekhyun has a good chemistry with Kathy, but Lockwood of Baekhyun really does... Baekhyun whom I call baby baby every day made my heart flutter. Manly Kyoongwood is soft, sweet and trustworthy. Personally, I thought the prettiest scene was "You Were Meant For Me", a scene of confession on the stage set. There is a ballet-like dance here, and Baekhyun's facial expression and dancing with fingers and feet are so beautiful. There are several dance moves to lift up Kathy, and I was just amazed and proud to see Baekhyun dance like this. I just watched him with a happy heart. Baekhyun, I love you. "Moses Supposes", this is really good. Baekhyun's tap dance while smiling, and he matches well with Cosmo. He jokes with the pronunciation teacher and sing. It was the best. I thought he must have practiced a lot. "Good Morning" is also good. All I have to say is that it's really good. Blog 5: If I start from a conclusion, it was beyond my expectation.
- Vocalization/dialogue: he sang cleanly. It was just Baekhyun's voice. He chewed up lines a little. - Acting: Baekhyun is an idol and his role in the musical is a movie star, so I think he played a similar role to himself, so his acting was lively.
- Tap dance: He is good. When he did tap dance, I just looked at his feet. If compared to the person next to him, he did really well. Not only Baekhyun but also other actors' tap dancing was cool. They were amazing. I've never seen tap dancing before.
- Conclusion: It feels like I watched a play with music rather than a musical. Um...It was his first musical, and it was his first performance, but wow, he did a great job. It's really perfect. I personal found it was really good. Blog 6:
Aside from everything else, Baekhyun wasn't awkward on stage at all. I think this is really important. An actor acts and sings as another person on stage. The most important thing is not that he sings well or he acts well, but how confidently he is acting and immersing in that character. It's awkward if the actor doesn't get into the character, or he doesn't pay attention. Baekhyun, whose musical is his first time, was not awkward at all on stage. Rather, he was showing a unique color of Don Lockwood. Especially, I want to praise Baekhyun for putting a lot of emotion into singing rather than acting. There was a sense of instability, but it was pleasant enough, and sometimes there was a sentimental feeling. Especially, his unique tone was very attractive. It shines even among many other musical actors. The reason why I was able to immerse into "Singing In The Rain" is not because of Baekhyun himself on the stage but it is because Baekhyun was immersed into Don Lockwood. There is totally no appearance of Baekhyun as a singer at all. He had no hesitation in acting, and he looked really happy when he sang and danced. He is an actor who can be happy without being afraid of the stage has a very frightening power to bring the audience up to the stage and make them happy and immerse together.
Naver Blog: An acquaintance shares stories about Baekhyun
OP has an acquaintance who has known Baekhyun since Baekhyun was a kid. OP and that acquaintance work together and they sometimes talk together when they have time. According to the photo having Baekhyun’s signature for the acquaintance. Baekhyun called him Hyung. First of all, since Baekhyun was a kid, Baekhyun and his older brother played together very well. Thus, Baekhyun also played well with his brother’s friends and Baekhyun often talked with the acquaintance as well. Baekhyun liked to joke a lot. As that acquaintance knows Baekhyun since he was a little, rather than cutting off his jokes properly, there were more times Baekhyun usually only stopped when he got scolded by his brother. Baekhyun pouted and made a long face. The acquaintance met Baekhyun at his brother’s wedding and there were so many sasaengs that they didn’t manage to talk. Baekhyun only apologized a lot. Later, Baekhyun also asked his brother to deliver his apologies to others. There was no separate contact as Baekhyun frequently changed his phone number. The last time the acquaintance saw Baekhyun, it was the first birthday of Baekhyun’s brother’s child, Baekhyun’s nephew/niece. That was the last time the acquaintance met Baekhyun. Fortunately sasaengs didn’t know about that, it was relatively easy to have conversations. However, Baekhyun is so popular that he was too busy to sign. Anyway, it had been awhile since they had a conversation, and the acquaintance was surprised that Baekhyun got much more mature. When the acquaintance saw Baekhyun with his niece/nephew, Baekhyun loved them a lot and he smiled very brightly, that reminded the acquaintance of Baekhyun as a kid before but he also got mature a lot. As the acquaintance saw Baekhyun lost weight and looked tired, he asked Baekhyun how his work was going? Baekhyun smiled and said he currently was very happy. Baekhyun showed him a photo of a concert or something but the acquaintance didn’t know well. He said there were many fans there. In a darkish place but there were many lights so it could be a concert venue. Another photo was full of fans’ face so it could be a music show or a fan meeting. Baekhyun also showed him the photo Baekhyun took with fans and the place looked like a theater, photos that there were lots of fans, screenshots of beautiful words fans gave him...(t/n: 😔😔😭😭) then Baekhyun said “My fans are beautiful, are they? Then Baekhyun added that fans told him beautiful words every day and Baekhyun proudly said that (t/n: why is he like this 😭😭) The acquaintance asked Baekhyun if he had a hard time because of that article and sasaengs, then Baekhyun said he was upset but there were so many people love him so he was very happy. As they were having a conversation, Baekhyun kept saying fans were beautiful and he was very happy.
Blog: Truly good-hearted! EXO-K's Baekhyunie is my friend (Originally posted on Pann. This is fully reposted) Hello. I'm a 21-year-old ordinary girl and I lives in Bucheon. I've finished my semester, but I still have to submit my assignment, I'm not in my right mind, so I'm going to use eum-seum-che kekeke (t/n: this (ending) speech style is appropriate if used when you’re not close enough to use banmal/informal speech, but not so distant that you have to use formal speech, reference) Like the title says, I'm a friend of Baekhyunie that went to the same elementary and middle school as him (Jungheung Elementary School, Jungheung Middle School) When we was younger, we were just as close as we were in the same class. After graduating from middle school, I went to Bucheon Female high school and Baekhyunie went to Jungwon High School. So I somehow don't hear news about him, but as we live in the same neighborhood, we sometimes happen to meet on the street. In conclusion, I was once close to him. But Baekhyunie's personality is very sociable and magnanimous, so he had amicable relationships with all the kids/students. When we were in elementary school, we were just acquaintances. When we were in middle school, we were in the same class. And in my early elementary and middle school days, people might be interested in idols and listen to music. Since then, I had no interest in music and idols at all.
Still, the reason I write this post about Baekhyunie is because..
This kid was a very good-natured kid. I was surprised that someone I knew made a debut as a singer and became famous, so I was searching for it. He became a singer by luck, SM's media play is awesome, who is EXO, why do they all look the same?, etc.
Because I saw those heartbreaking malicious comments. If you say this is a shield, it's a shield. But this kid was truly nice and kind. Because a lot of people adored him,
I wanted to let you know that truth ㅜ____ㅜ Then I'm going to talk about some episodes and stories about him that I remember! First of all, Baekhyunie was goofy! He made the atmosphere in the class fun? Aren't there so-called god of jokes? He was that kind of existence kekeke There was a day in middle school, he blew rubber gloves and wore them like a chicken on his head. He was pretending to walk around. He was that kid that was very cheerful and made friends laugh.
(An expression of cheerfulness that he showed!!! kekeke
I think he said it was spicy because he ate spicy food... it was long time ago ㅠㅠ
It's cute, so it's okay (to post), right?)
I wondered if it was Baekhyunie's personality that he came to talk to and got close to all the kids that were alone and quiet.
I was so envious of it in the meantime. There was once we went to karaoke. I was surprised that he sang so well. Even before that, he sang well and also had a lot of interest (in singing).
(This was saved in an old computer that I haven't used for a long time It's so slow that I can't even move it with the Internet. I found it and took a photo of it with my phone.
Please understand the quality!!! Maybe... it is the phone camera of 2005) In middle school, he came out on a festival and sang a duet with his friend. He was really so popular among hoobaes hahaha
(Festival photo at the end of the graduation album!)
The kids whom Baekhyunie were close to... those kids called him 'Byun Bi (constipation)' kekeke It's just a nickname that appeared because of his last name. But he was a person who has generosity and doesn't care about trivial things and still accepted the nickname happily. And Baekhyunie was pretty good at studying. He is just good at this and that and has a good personality. He is that kind of kid. When Baekhyunie went into SM for a long time and were going to debut as EXO, Everybody said he would be successful No, they said they knew he would be successful
Because he was as much as sincere and well-mannered. So I'm very happy to see that he is doing well now.
He is the kid whom I just want to support all the time. There is saying that a person will take back what they give someday, right?
He has been treating people nicely. I think it played a part in how he got to show all (his talents) and meet the people who recognized his talents right away. I think he had done very well, and in another way, I think it's just natural (that it happens)!
Anyway, I hope you love Baekhyunie more and help him lots so he won't get hurt! There are a lot of cute photos in the past, but since celebrities are sensitive, I will prove with my graduation album with some nice pictures!
Everyone works hard in the hot weather and I hope you will love EXO a lot! haha +photos!!
Elementary albums are cute, but... it's a burden for a person to reveal his or her past too much! huhu That's why I'm throwing out a great middle school yearbook! Please take good care of Baekhyunie. ^___________^ I wish him to get more love!
(I saw someone posted this on Pann a long time ago. This was when we were having a bazaar, he went up to the table and sold our stuff. The business was really going well at that time. How much attention did it get that it even appeared on the back of our graduation album!!!)
1. The boys did "We Are One" correctly together today. After everyone greeted, they became stiff while looking at the front, but Baekhyun looked at the camera and waved to it. 2. Baekhyun was showing his confident talent force, and it was treasurable.
3. Baekhyun's gestures were still fancy as ever. He was good at catching camera and eating it up. 4. Camera was weird today. When it came to Baekhyun's parts, they should have stayed with him a little bit longer. 5. Fireworks ashes got into Baekhyun's eyes. While Baekhyun was dancing, he suddenly fell forward while grabbing his eyes. Hesitantly, he was still trying to dance along with other members who were dancing. The music stopped and staff took him away. Inkigayo PD said the firework ashes got into his eyes, they gave him eye drops and removed the ashes. There was no big deal. Baekhyun also said he was okay. 6. At the mini fanmeeting, Baekhyun told fans once again that his eyes were fine. Suho said sorry because he was a leader who to protect(suho means protect) members, but he couldn't protect Baekhyun. 7. Baekhyun is said to be a "training king" at the fanmeeting.
(t/n: Baekhyun has this nick name as he is good at leading/dealing/communicating with fans) 8. Baekhyun is totally an expert. It was like he looked exactly at someone then showed his heart fluttering eyes. At the fanmeeting, people would lose their minds if they made eye contact with him. 9. Baekhyun was like having heart fluttering date in every moments with every fans. 10. Another fanaccount about Baekhyun's firework incident When they recorded for next week's stage, fireworks got into his eyes. At that time, the sound of fireworks was so big on stage that everyone could tell fireworks would get into eyes. There was still no stop sign for almost 10 seconds, fan could feel Baekhyun was holding back his pain and trying to continue while enduring his pain to the point that he couldn't bear it any longer. Eventually, right after they put out the stop sign, Baekhyun collapsed right on that spot. He turned his face toward the members and cried. Other members ran toward him right away. Chanyeol kneel down in front of Baekhyun and looked around to check if he was okay and raised Baekhyun up and they took him away. Staff explained it wasn't fireworks got into his eyes, but the ashes. After taking a short break, as soon as Baekhyun got back to stage, he said he was fine, and took the mic to comfort fans. He focused on to the topic that when he was a kid, he got surprised at everything he got to know and cried when he got hurt to reassure fans. Source: XXX
Byun Baekhyun who had thought to be always thin since birth
> there was only this period that he was chubby (145cm 48kg)
> Elementary school Grade 4, he started dreaming of being a singer (or a celebrity)
He told his friends that he wanted to become a celebrity.
> Elementary school Grade 6, he got the nickname 'Byun Bi'
The nickname was made just because of Baekhyun’s last name. His friend said Baekhyun happily received the nickname as he was a ‘tae-in-bae’ (a widely generous person, doesn’t care about trivial things)
Even Byun Baekhyun couldn't say no to Haduri (webcam) (t/n: Baekhyun once replied to this photo of him on Twitter that this was his 'Baek Chubby days')
This was when Baekhyun went to karaoke with his friends. He was singing very well. He sang a lot and had a lot of interests in singing.
This was when he ate spicy food, he said it was spicy.
In Elementary and Middle school, Baekhyun usually talked to quiet and calm kids and he became close to all of them.
13 years old (2004)
Grade 6 Class 1 Byun Baekhyun
Subject: Son siang nim~ [teacher~] (t/n: it is supposed to be ~sonsaengnim~ he wrote it cutely 😭)
Baekhyunee's diary Title: Soccer Date: Tuesday 23rd November 2004 After finishing school, Hakhoon, Jaejoong, Hanbyul, Sangmin, Kyungjae, Sangwook and I hurriedly ran to Gilju park. Hakhoonie and Jaejoongie did rock, paper, scissors to divide teams. I was in a team with Hakhoon, Sangmin, and Kyungjae. But, Kyungjae is so tall that he was heading the flying ball. Hakhoonie is short, however, he has speed and kept looking for the ball at all costs. And time flew, some high school students came and said, “Let us play too”. We couldn’t help but let those hyungs play with us. But those hyungs only watched the keeper, they didn’t kick or shoot the ball. That was because if they kicked the ball with their feet, we would get injured. Those hyungs were nice hyungs.
His friend's diary There was a day after school, Baekhyun and his friends came to Gilju park to play Escape. “But once the “it” was Baekhyunie, within just a few seconds, the “it” had to change. The reason was that Baekhyunie peeked. That was why when Baekhyunie became the “it”, we firstly were in panic shouting “Yah, Baekhyunie is the “it''. Once Baekhyunie was the “it”, I had to win with speed. Otherwise I would become the “it” no matter what. Although Baekhyun peeked, it was fun.”
Questionnaire 1- Who will be the most handsome at 25 years old? 3- Who is the most popular male student? 6- Please create a couple that match each other the most. 7- Who is the best ulzzang in the class? 9- Who is the most shameless person? 10- Who is the most talkative person? 13. Who will healthily live the longest life (...)? (t/n: Baekhyun is mentioned with the questions above)
Hapkido black belt
Baekhyun graduated from Elementary school
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3. Middle school
JungHeung Middle school
> Middle school Grade 2, he lost weight and grew taller.
> Past videos slowly started being shared
When Baekhyun was in middle school, he took private lessons from a teacher, so he came to their house many times. He came to take lessons but he talked a lot. The teacher was like ~Baekhyun-ah, let’s have our lesson now~ but he was like ~ah, ssem (teacher)~~ and he kept babbling. It was during the lesson, but he pretended to be a celebrity and said these expressions in this pictorial were interesting and he followed and posed like that. He danced very funny. But he also liked kids. He plopped down on the floor cuddling the son of the teacher, reading fairy tales for the baby and wiped his saliva. (the teacher’s child posted this with a signature from Baekhyun)
In middle school, Baekhyun was a mood maker when the atmosphere in his class went down. There was a day, during the 6th class (the last class of the day), something bad happened and the class atmosphere was going down, so during Baekhyun’s cleaning time, he was blowing a rubber glove and put on his head and walking around pretending to be a chicken. He also made a sound imitating a chicken.
Baekhyun was studying very well. His personality was nice and he was good many stuff.
Around 2005-2007, secondary school students did this customized hairstyle. When they went to institute, after enrolling, they took a photo on the spot.
14 years old (2005) (t/n: Baekhyun saw a stray cat that got injured by being hit by a cleaning lady or something. He went to the hospital and they said the cat was injured around its hip and the cost was 300,000 won. He asked for the surgery cost at another place)
16 years old (2007)
Byun Baekhyun opened his class’s bazaar booth There was an anecdote telling that they didn’t sell well, so Baekhyun sold his phone number and the stuff got sold out after 1 minute. He told them only texted him before 10PM ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
+++ Another version: At a school festival, Byun Baekhyun’s class couldn’t sell their bazaar stuff well, so 4 of his friends stepped in to sell. At that time, Byun Baekhyun went up on a table and said if they could sell out their stuff, he would give out his phone number. Then they managed to sell out within a minute? While he was giving out his phone number, he said “Don’t text me after 10pm, oppa has to grow taller!!” I heard that he replied to everyone (didn’t leave out anyone’s text).
2007.08.04 13:54 "I have raised it tooㅠ hihi...it's big!?" 2007.08.04 15:46 "ㅠ.ㅠ if it dies, what should I do!!" 2007.08.05 13:58 "Poor Mimi..ㅠㅠ" (t/n: Mimi is assumed to be a puppy)
(t/n: in picture is a soccer player Park Jisung) Title: Soccer player Name: Byun Baekhyun Aptitude: Liking soccer, and working hard. Physical condition: Tall, and need to be fast. Interest: I like it. (t/n: I'm not sure whether he meant soccer or being a soccer player, or something else) Personality: Well-mannered player. Prospect: Working hard to be a soccer player.
Middle school Grade 3, Baekhyun sang 'Nice Guy' at a festival. It was a duet. He was really famous among hoobaes.
And there was a 'dressing as girls' contest ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Baekhyunee’s soliloquy
(T/n: All questions and answers are in informal speech)
1. Do you like Youngminie?
A: Yes.
2. Is school life boring?
A: Somehow.
3. Do you hate going go middle school?
A: No.
4. Are you ugly?
A: Yes.
(t/n: 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔)
5. Do you want to be a singer?
A: Yes.
6. Do you want to play computer every day?
A: Yes.
7. Do you want to be a rebel?
A: No.
8. Imagine about my future?
A: Yes.
Baekhyun was totally a playful boy. He liked to come outside standing? Friends usually teased him like ~Byun Baekhyun comes outside standing again~
Baekhyun was so popular and he was even more popular after he participated in a talent show. Friends told Baekhyun that he had to go and recommended him, so he joined the show.
Also, when they had school lunch, his friend got water into a cup to drink, Baekhyun took the cup away and drank it. The friend is said to suffer from it every day.
During break time, Baekhyun and his friends ate bubblegum and had battles to see who would blow a bigger bubble.
Baekhyun told his friends that he would become a singer since middle school. He created his own signature, then signed into his friends’ workbooks. While he was signing, he asked them ~What’s your name?~ His friend (OP’s coworker) was very sad because he threw that paper away.
I’m a hoobae of EXO-K’s Baekhyun at middle school.
Fans must already know. Baekhyun oppa is a Bucheon boy. I’m a Bucheon girl.
In middle school, I was in Year 1 when Baekhyun oppa was in Year 3.
Baekhyun oppa was one of the playful oppas. That’s what I remember.
He was very popular. He was at school festival and the bazaar too.
Junghueng Middle school was that school that had the most students in Bucheon. So the auditorium was also quite big. Year 2 and Year 3 were in the First floor. Year 1 was in the Second floor. Baekhyun oppa and his friends came up on stage to sing. There were 3 of them.
Oh he did very well. But it’s such a pity that I didn’t remember the song. At the time for the bazaar, oppa’s class sold their clothes.
But they didn’t sell well and there were a lot left. Thus Baekhyun oppa and his friends took a move. They got up on a table and started selling. But they still couldn’t sell them. They only gathered all the people. That’s why Baekhyun oppa put a skirt on his tallest friend. That was a white Shalala one skirt. Then, they sold one by one. But if they wanted to sell everything out, it was still far away.
So, Baekhyun oppa said “If everything is sold, I’ll give out my phone number!” Then everything was sold out in a minute. He gave out his phone number. A man who kept his promise. I also noted it down.
But while he was saying his phone number, he said “Don’t text me after 10pm, oppa has to grow tall”
I also texted him. As he was like a star, I also wanted to try once. Of course he didn’t ignore it.
Baekhyun graduated from Middle school
It was famous to bite a rose in a mouth when taking graduating photo back then.
JungHeung Middle school’s summer uniform was told to look like clothes of a cleaning man, so they changed to a new one in around 2009.
Nowadays JungHeung uniform is different.
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4. (Long-awaited) High school
JungWon High school
In High school, a female classmate had bad eyesight and she didn’t wear glasses. During class, she was trying to narrow her eyes to see the clock(time) but she couldn’t see. Baekhyun saw that, then raising his 3 fingers and mouthed 3 o’clock to her. She got a crush on him after that. Baekhyun is said to be the one who greeted every student at the hallway in high school even though they weren’t close friends. OP said Baekhyun was her first love and he was very popular and many students were fond of him. He was like a person who was worth liking. If she could go back to their school days, she still liked him like that. She said he was playful, handsome and nice. He tended to make people feel heart-fluttering. She got heart fluttering for days just because he waved at her once. She used to hate going to school, but only if there was Baekhyun, she might come out in the hallway so she might happen to see him. She said he is still cool back then and even now.
In high school, Baekhyun tent to take care of his team mate very well. There was a day his team mate didn’t bring their pencil case and they were nervous. Then Baekhyun lent them his pencil case. His team mate was touched but Baekhyun told them to take notes for him too. “There was a time I heard a story about Baekhyun when he was in high school from my teacher. During class time, Baekhyun was chatting with another friend. The teacher told them to get out of class, so the other friend told teacher that he didn’t chat. Meanwhile Baekhyun apologized teacher saying ~ I won’t talk anymore ㅠㅠㅠ please??~ he’s cute. The teacher said Baekhyun was cute and he was close/nice to teachers. The teacher said during class time, when Baekhyun was asked to sing, he did quite well.” (X)
> High school Grade 3, Baekhyun got cast while he was warming up his throat at Seoul Institute of the Arts
High school Grade 1 (2008)
Grade 1 Class 6 Number 12 Byun Baekhyun
“I think our class is going to be a fun class^^ I’ll write y’all a famous saying. Because there’s a saying ~Well begun is half done~ uhm work hard ....^^ㅋ Take care! babies~ ⏤100 Hyun
Byun Baekhyun sang ‘Proposal’ by Noel at a festival. The guy standing in the middle was Baekhyun. The guy started firstly was Baekhyun. (080409)
Sports contest
High school Grade 1, Baekhyun learned ocarina. There was a time Baekhyun teased a female classmate, the classmate was mad and left the class. Baekhyun was wandering around the hallway, playing ocarina while shouting “I’m looking for XX who left the house”~~ +++ Another version: When Baekhyun's class was learning ocarina, a female classmate couldn't play it, so Baekhyun teased her. The classmate was mad and left the class. Baekhyun was going around the hallway, playing ocarina while shouting “I’m looking for XX who left the house”~~
High school Grade 2 (2009)
Grade 2 Class 11 Number 22 Byun Baekhyun
> Storm and gale? school trip
In front of a rest area
Hummel pants were a trend in 2009 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ And Byun Baekhyun who was playful in the motel/dorm... First day (of the trip)
Legendary Light dancing
Second day
090531
At a training camp recreation - Baekhyun sang ‘Butterfly Grave’ by TAKE Baekhyun was wearing black clothes.
100% of his class picked him as a guy who was good at words and the most playful ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
(t/n: a video got deleted ><)
At the training camp, there was something like a will and one of things Baekhyun wrote on it was “Bring Han Ga In here” (t/n: Baekhyun once said his ideal type is Han Ga In)
The recreation ended and exhausted Byun Baekhyun went to sleep
(t/n: a video got deleted ><)
In Bucheon, there was a talent contest for teenagers, Baekhyun won the grand prize with his JungWon High school band called ‘혼수상태’ (Unconscious State). The song was ‘Love Foolosophy’ by Jamiroquai
Bucheon MF Practical Music Academy’s Vocal Byun Baekhyun won the grand prize at Bucheon City Youth Art Festival.
This year 2009 Byun Baekhyun (student of Professor Yoo Jinha) won the grand prize at Bucheon City Youth Art Festival. He also participated as a representative at Gyeonggi-do Province Festival.
There were 821 people participating in the contest, Baekhyun won the grand prize of Vocal category (there are varied categories).
Baekhyun was qualified and recommended for the final at the Gyeonggi-do Province as a representative for Bucheon City.
There was a MF Practical Music Academy in Bucheon holding a concert to celebrate its 10th anniversary and Baekhyun passed the audition then he performed on the stage.
High school Grade 3 (2010)
(t/n: a video got deleted)
A ball of energy
Byun Baekhyun was quite sensitive with trends
Baekhyun was said to go to help his freshman hoobaes. He gave resources for them to use. (t/n: Baekhyun sunbae 😍)
Baekhyun whose talents aren’t hidden. When Baekhyun was in high school, he loudly sang Noel’s songs at the school hallway every day. Many people said he was cute and funny. He was very popular. Baekhyun said he would become a singer every day. Baekhyun signed and put his signature into his friends’ hands. But his friends didn’t take it and jokingly told Baekhyun to buzz off. Now even if they wanted it, they couldn’t get it.
Among old photos, the red fleece that has been seen a lot was his trademark. Until now, whenever that unnie sees that kind of clothes, she thinks of Byun Baekhyun only. When he went to school, he didn't carry his bag properly, and he didn't have pencil case. He didn't study very well. In fact he didn't study rather than not studying well. He wasn't seen at self-study time at night. At that time, she said he did singing, so he didn't attend self-study time at night, but went to an institute.
And he sang in class every day. He changed the lyrics himself and sang the songs very interestingly. For example, if the lyrics are ~~ go ma wo yo (thank you)~, he changed into ~~ go gu ma wo yo (t/n: go gu ma means sweet potato, I'm not sure if there is another meaning).
He didn't study and he liked to chat and be noisy, but he wasn't mean or a trouble maker. He was a type of person whom everyone liked, so he was close to everyone in his class without any exception. He wasn't an iljin like people often heard about, but it was true that he was very playful.
When I saw his old photos, I said he wasn't good-looking, and that unnie said ~no, even in the past he was also a heart-warming handsome guy~ I told her I looked at his photos and it wasn't like that, then she told me his skin was fcking nice, he was popular to girls and she was also fond of him.
When that unnie was crying because of her boyfriend, Baekhyun came and he was doing very funny dance moves, and told her not to cry. As he told her that, she was crying and laughing at the same time. Then he told her "If you are crying while laughing, you will grow hair on your butt" (t/n: a common Korean saying). That unnie's boyfriend is also a friend of Baekhyun.
In his school too, he was close to others without any exception, and even when he didn't study, the teachers still adored him. She said he was very noisy, he couldn't stay still or be quiet for even just a moment. He is cute.
And this one is not a story of Baekhyun:
When I was working in Bucheon, there were also time when I worked by myself. I was really playing EXO's song every single day. There were also some regular customers, they came at the same time every weekend and ordered waffle. Because I played EXO's song every day, so there was a day, they asked me "Are you EXO's fan? EXO's songs are played every day here." I cosplayed as an ordinary person and told them "I'm not." As that unnie also worked here but at another time, I brought her up, and told them~she is a friend from the same school, so she got an album~ That man suddenly asked "With Baekhyun?" I was surprised, I was like "What? ah unnie just said she attended the same school with one of the members." He was like "kekekekeke there is one member from Bucheon. He's Baekhyun." I felt like they are like friends... I was like "Ahhh woah" and I felt very regretful for cosplaying as a nonfan. Those two men kept talking about EXO and Baekhyun while eating waffle then left. Afterwards, I quit my part-time job there and couldn't see them anymore. Everyone, apply for a part-time job in Bucheon, such thing could happen occasionally haha And the friends are handsome *thumbs up*.
He finally graduated from High school
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5. Trainee (2011)
("Whip it whip it?" ft. Kim Jong Kai and Chanyeol)
Is this when he was a trainee? I am not sure
When they recorded 'Into Your World'
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6. Debut (2012)
OP: Please let me know if there are any false information or errors by leaving comments! I’m planning to look for more photos. Yo it was fun to see Baekhyun’s past. Why past Baekhyun is even more heart-fluttering than current Baekhyun ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. Bucheon Prince Byun Baekhyun, I love you ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Some anecdotes I translated but I don't know what the timeline was: ++ In Baekhyun’s school days, he was talkative, cheerful and he liked to hang out with other people, so he was close to everyone at school. He was a mischievous guy who liked to joke with other male friends but his heart was of a nice kid. In class, there was a female student who was overweight and she was shocked because she was called a pig. Baekhyun saw that and said “Y’all those words are harsh, shut up”. ++ Baekhyun wore shorts in the summer and some girls said his legs were pretty. He covered his legs and said “These perverts!!” ++ When Baekhyun was a student, during a break at school, he rubbed his leg hair and said “Someone ordered Jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles)”. His friends said “It is dirty”. Another version is: When Baekhyun was sitting at the schoolyard, he saw his leg hair and told his friends who were there “Someone ordered Jjajangmyeon” ++ Baekhyun had a nickname that is ‘The ruler of hallway” during school days.
++ There was a classmate who was like an outsider in Baekhyun’s class. Baekhyun saw his/her drawing, and praised her for drawing very well. He asked that friend to draw for him and he put the drawing on the corner of his table. He was proud saying to other friends that XXX drew it for him. ++“I remember EXO’s Baekhyun. At that time, because I really was over 80kg, those classmates saw me and when they speak ill of me, (Baekhyun said) “Be quiet! she is pretty though”. I still vividly remember his words for years until now. As we have grown up, I searched for him ~so you have become a member of a group EXO... You in that image, me as an EXO debut fan, once I definitely go to the fansign, I’ll smile broadly and tell you
#Baekhyun-ah #Now I #54kg #At that time your... (t/n: the screenshot was half cut) Baekhyun-ah, I like you a lot. Baekhyun is heart.” “When I was in Middle school Year 1, my social studies teacher used to teach Baekhyun. She was really nice. There was a time in the summer, I was waving a fan and she saw it and said “Oh It’s Baekhyunee?”. I was surprised because I wondered why she knew him as she was quite in her old age. I asked her how did she know Baekhyun. She said she used to teach him before. She said Baekhyun was that one playful boy in the class, rather than studying, Baekhyun was a kid who liked to sing and play with his friends. Baekhyun was a mood maker. I don’t know when she taught him, but the teacher was nice and fun. Later she told me to ask Baekhyun if he knew her if I came to fansign. Teacher! Can I even go there?”
