Against all odds - Lena Park

Korean singer Lena Park (Park Jung hyun)
(22,Dec,2006)

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Entertainment

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• lena
• park
• against
• all
• odds
• Phil
• Collins

[AmberFaithChloe]

She has a very very thin voice....

[mminnjjang]

What's so wrong to have korean accent if you're korean... no matter what the paperwork says.. if you're carrying korean blood, then you're korean

[THECAT8th]

1.Shes asian. Whats wrong for an asian(korean) to have an accent? Only american or canadian or australian can sing in english?

2.Actually shes born in US. So her accent- when she speaks english totally american. No british accent or no korean or japanese or other chinese accent. 3. Fun to find out people who talks about her accent aint born in or american at all :D

[juandenz2008]

I don't know why people don't like her ! I think she is great ! And LMAO at people criticizing her pronunciation saying she has a korean accent !!! She is Korean-American, was born and raised in the US !! I see this a lot on youtube, people criticizing the accent of Korean stars not realizing that some of the people they are criticizing are actually Korean-Americans !! I'm guessing the people who are doing it, are not native speakers themselves.

[BlueDubuJJang9]

You know? When people say she sings bad I laugh, cos, honestly, it reminds me of the people (a lot who think they know something about music) that listen to someone singing really high notes and falsetto perfectly and say "agh, it's horrible he/she can't sing at all." No dear, only cos you can't stand it, or it's not pleasant to you doesn't mean he/she is not doing it well.

Like with Lena Park. She has a very unique voice, that's easy to not like, but she is a great singer after all.

[BlueDubuJJang9]

@dotkyo Bad? Lmao this sounded way too different from Phils and Mariahs performances. She did beyond good, though I prefer Collins' version.

[dotkyo]

this sounded pretty bad compared to phil collins and mariah carey... i admire her courage to try doing her own rendition... but it sounded pretty bad

[kit33389]

@spl0uf that's funny...... u have an American accent. what are you talking about? american english is superior?

[dhom100]

I prefer the original by Phil Collins. she's very good though.

[RededicatedDaily]

Here you go, this is the definition of Accent:

Noun: A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, esp. one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.

So you understand why this is not disrespectful, just an observation.

[RededicatedDaily]

@atomist21 Because I know you can't be that dumb, to see that I gave her a compliment and still feel the need to make a smart remark, I will assume that you meant that comment for someone else. Saying someone has an accent should not bother anyone. I am told I have an accent and I have lived in the US all of my life. I take it as a compliment. You should feel no obligation to respond, as I understand, we all make mistakes and any comment further would be a waste of everyone's time.

[spl0uf]

@WWLOVEDoubleHJ

"the way she pronounces some words are different than an american"

that's the very definition of an accent... What are you talking about?