Under the Radar - Naomi
Naomi participated in a high school youth festival held in Cheonan in 2001 and won the grand prize. Lee Young Hyun, of Korea’s talented music group Big Mama, recognized Naomi’s outstanding singing abilities and helped her as a dependable teacher. After seven years of long and bitter practice, she released her catchy ballad “사랑을 잃다 (Losing Love)” in November 2007. The arrangement to “Losing Love” is the same as Jessica Simpson’s “When You Told Me You Loved Me,” as the style of the song suited Naomi, being able to show off her emotional vocals.The song topped various online charts upon its release. She participated in SBS’s Power FM “Haha Ten Ten Club” Corner Battle with new rookie artists in a showdown with three consecutive wins. She was even noted for her 4 octave vocal.
With the “Price of Ballad” Sung Shi Kyung, Naomi participated in the first part of the Rhapsody, The Soul of Sound single. Other artists who had participated in it were Bobby Kim, Son Ho Young, Drunken Tiger, Lim Hyung Joo, Lee Eun Mi, and Yoon Mi Rae. Naomi has been a guest singer at one of Wheesung‘s concert as well. Furthermore, she is part of a charity called Compassion Band/Compassion Korea with various artists like Je-A of Brown Eyed Girls, Hwangbo, Ricky Kim, Joo Chan Yang, Park Chan, Jung Jae Yoon and Shin Ae Ra. Naomi has collaborated with other artists like L.E.O. and EZ-Life. She has also participated in many OSTs like “Hero“, “Obstetrics and Gynecology“, “Road No. 1“, “Rebirth-NEXT“, and “Suspicious Family” as an artist as well as a lyricist.
Naomi just released a new single “The Red” with the title track being of the same name. It is a jazzy ballad song showcasing her strong unique vocals. Hopefully she will be able to do promotions for the new song.
Profile
나오미 (Naomi)
Born: October 16, 1984
Physique: 160cm, 52kg, AB
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Management: 튜나사운드 (Tuna Sound)
Debut: 2007 Single Album “사랑을 잃다”
Awards:
2001 CheonAn Youth Festival, Grand Prize
2001 KTF Gold Festival
2002 KBS Radio Grand Prize
2002 KBS Youth Music Contest Young Star 4U
Career:
2004 Uhm Jung Hwa Vol. 8 “Self Control” Chorus
2005 Koyotae Vol. 8 “必Up” Chorus
2005 MBC Drama OST – Lyrics
2005 “미안해요 (환생-NEXT (Rebirth Next) OST)” – Lyrics
2006 Typhoon Vol. 1 Chorus
2006 “내사랑 못난이 (Ugly Baby)” OST, “Game Over”
2007 Wheesung Concert “Whee Show” Nationwide Tour
2007 TTL존 Naomi Mini Concert
2008 SBS POWERFM’송채환의 그대의향기’Logo Song
2008 KBSCOOLFM’이훈.지현우의 미스터라디오’Logo Song
2008 Movie “Crossing” movie premiere concert
2008 North Korea Helping Children project album ‘CRY WITH US’
2008 탈북청소년지원기금마련 “Beautiful Dream Concert”
2008 듀크 김석민 (Duke Kim Suk Min) Digital Single (JUST.1)Party Lady – Featuring
2008 조장혁 Vol. 6 – The Present ‘함께’ Featuring
2009 컴패션밴드 미주투어공연 (Compassion Band American Tour)
2009 컴패션밴드앨범 I AM COMPASSION’ (Compassion band Album I AM COMPASSION)
2009 MBC드라마 히어로OST’그게나에요’발표 9 (MBC Drama ‘Hero’ OST)
2009 Mighty Mouth “Smile” – Featuring
2010 산부인과OST(PART.2)’you are my everything’발표 (Obstetrics and Gynecology OST)
2010 WE Online O.S.T액터스초이스(장동건,김승우,황정민,지진희,공형진,이하나)-WE(우리)참여
2010 리오(LEO) Vol.3 보물섬 ‘SUNNY’ Featuring
2010 MBC수목드라마 로드넘버원OST 타이틀곡’멍하니’발표(MBC Drama Road No. 1 OST)
2010 이지라이프 (EZ-Life) Digital Single ‘그여자를못잊더라’ Featuring
2011 경북예술고등학교 실용음악과 출강
2012 SBS PowerFM최화정의 파워타임 logo song 제작&노래
Discography
사랑을 잃다 (Single)
Released: 2007.10.29
01. 사랑을 잃다
02. So Hot
03. 사랑을 잃다 (Club Remix)
04. 사랑을 잃다 (MR)
05. So Hot (MR)
Vol. 1 – Bad Love
Released: 2008.02.12
01. PRELUDE 풍경
02. 풍경
03. 나란 여자
04. 몹쓸 사랑
05. SENTIMENTAL
06. 타래
07. GO AWAY
08. 사랑을 잃다
09. 몹쓸 사랑 (INSTRUMENTAL)
Sung Shi Kyung & Naomi – Rhapsody
Released: 2008.04.24
01. 사랑하는 일 – Sung Shi Kyung
02. 행복하니 – Naomi
Cho Jang Hyuk – The Present
Released: 2008.12.09
02. 함께(Feat. 나오미)
Vol. 2 – Soul Child
Released: 2009.10.08
01. Prologue “Soulchild”
02. Calling
03. 사랑인데
04. 어둠속에서
05. 행복하니
06. I Will Run To You
07. 사랑을 잃다 (Club Mix)
08. Calling (MR)
09. 사랑인데 (MR)
10. I Will Run To You (MR)
히어로 (Hero) OST
Released: 2009.12.02
03. 그게 나에요 – Naomi
산부인과 (Obstetrics and Gynecology) OST
Released: 2010.02.16
04. You Are My Everything – Naomi
리오케이코아 (Leo Kekoa) Vol. 3 –보물섬
Released: 2010.07.08
03. Sunny ft. Naomi
Naomi’s Storming
Released: 2010.07.08
01. Storm (Feat. H-유진)
02. 이유 같지 않은 이유 (Feat. H-유진)
03. You Are My Everything
04. 난 줄 아오
05. Storm (Sungol Remix)
06. 그게 나에요
07. Storm (MR)
08. 이유 같지 않은 이유 (MR)
김창석 (Kim Chang Suk) Vol. 1 – 행복한 예배자
Released: 2010.08.04
14. 그 이름 예수 (Chorus김명식, 나오미, 심종호, 이민섭, 정신호, 천관웅, 남궁송옥)
Road Number One OST
Released: 2010.08.04
05. 멍하니 – Naomi
EZ-Life -그 여자를 못 잊더라
Released: 2010.09.08
01. 그 여자를 못 잊더라 (Feat. 나오미)
산을 넘는 사람들 – 신앙사계 (Four Seasons of Christian Life)
Released: 2012.03.23
04. 내려놓음 – Song Jae Kyung & Naomi
07. 세움 – Joo Chan Yang & Naomi
09. 죄에서 자유를 얻게함은 – Joo Chan Yang & Naomi
수상한 가족 (Suspicious Family) OST
Released: 2012.05.31
03. Love is Over – Naomi
04. Love is Over (Inst.)
The Red (Single)
Released: 2012.06.22
01. The Red
02. The Red (Inst.)
Videos
Music Videos
[MV] Naomi – 사랑인데 (Love Is)
[MV] Naomi – 몹쓸 사랑 (Bad Love)
[MV] Ez-Life – 그 여자를 못 잊더라 (Feat. 나오미)
[MV] Naomi – 사랑을 잃다
Live Performances
[080314] Naomi – 몹쓸 사랑 (Bad Love)
Naomi – 사랑인데 @ Music Bank
마이티마우스 (Mighty Mouth) – 웃어 (Smile) feat. Naomi
[091120] Naomi – Mercy + 사랑인데 (Love Is) @ Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook
Sources/Credits : Daum, Naver + Nate (profile information), maniadb.com (profile + album information), miss.mardi09@Youtube, mardiluminositylive6@Youtube, hdhankok@Youtube, koreanpride@Youtube, moonchild516@Youtuebe, DucDuyDao@Youtube, Mardi09@Soompi.com (compiliation, photo editing + translations)
About:
“Under the Radar” is a special monthly column where underrated Korean artists are featured. Artists are chosen based on a few criteria like popularity, activeness, and availability of information.
The rotation goes as: male solo, female solo, male group, female group and mixed group. If a certain month has five Saturdays, two artists will be featured. If so, the first artist is a veteran artist (debuting at least one year or more) and then follows a rookie artist (debuting less than a year.) Under some circumstances (i.e. it becomes too difficult to find an artist under these criteria), the rotation is subject to change without notice.
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