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Gugak star Song So-hee: ‘Gugak is my destiny’

 
Young singer Song So-hee confidently stated that she is meant to sing gugak, a genre of traditional Korean music. Gugak, which she first started singing at the request of her parents, has now become the all consuming element in the life of the 18-year-old starlet, according to Korea. net.

The government news provider had an interview with the guakak singer. Born in 1997 in Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong Province), the young singer started performing gugak at the early age of five. Her first encounter with gugak was when she was brought by her parents to a gugak academy.

When she sang, “Gyeonggi Minyo,” a traditional folk song originating from Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), she showed outstanding virtuosity, brilliant for her age, and she wowed the audience enough to make them believe that she had a real knack for gugak, the report said.

The parents’ beliefs proved true when Song won the National Sijo Contest in 2004. She then won the grand prize on the popular KBS show, "The National Singing Contest," in 2008.

The sweet-faced 11-year-old singer showed off such jaw-dropping singing ability that the audience was instantly captivated by her singing and got curious about who on earth was this young woman. Since then, she has been called a gugak prodigy, according to the online government news outlet.

In 2010, the government chose Song as "Best Korean of the Year," a yearly award, who graced and enriched the nation. (From news report)