[Sportschosun Reporter Kim So-hee] Singer Jeong Mi Jo will reveal the full story behind the absurd scandal involving the late André Kim.
On the 41st episode of Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN)'s issue-maker talk show 'Kim Joo-ha's Day & Night,' airing Saturday the 5th, Jeong Mi Jo recalls being known as the 'tallest female singer' in the 1970s, when her height of 170 cm was rare for a woman. She will also show her pride as the original tall female singer, heating up the atmosphere on set.
Jeong Mi Jo, who attracted unusual attention from the beginning of her debut because of her height and striking features, will also share the special story of how she began wearing outfits created by André Kim, the era's leading fashion designer, while she was still a rookie. She says her long association with André Kim began when she met him in a broadcasting station hallway, asked, "Could I wear one of your outfits, sir?" and then visited his shop. Jeong Mi Jo, who says she wore André Kim's glamorous designs whenever she appeared on television, explains that she "walked as a model in André Kim's fashion shows three times," describing how her height, Western features and elegant presence gave her a strong identity beyond the realm of singing.
Jeong Mi Jo will also recount how she strongly protested an absurd scandal article stemming from her close relationship with André Kim. After seeing a women's magazine report alleging a scandal between her and André Kim, she went directly to the publication and angrily asked, "How could you write about my relationship with him that way?" Jeong Mi Jo says she ultimately received an apology for the baselessly fabricated scandal, prompting Kim Joo-ha to express strong agreement: "In the entertainment industry, smoke rises even from a chimney where no fire was lit."
Song Chang-sik had a gentle voice when he was active with 'Twin Folio' in 1968, but he surprised everyone by identifying vocal cord nodules as the reason his singing style changed to one marked by a rough, distinctive tone. While broadening his musical world after his debut, he realized that his existing vocal style made it difficult to express rock music. He then formed a rock band with friends and spent four months shouting as he sang, eventually developing nodules on his vocal cords. Recalling that "my voice became rough, but I couldn't sing," Song Chang-sik says he faced a crisis in which he was virtually unable to sing. Determined that "I had to sing somehow," he retrained his vocal technique from the beginning and ultimately developed the highly distinctive voice he has today.
Jeong Mi Jo will share the story behind the special exhibition 'Ewha, 1970, Jeong Mijo,' held at the Ewha Womans University Museum in 2023, 51 years after her graduation. After returning from studying in France and working as an art college professor and painter, she rediscovered in a trunk the stage outfits by André Kim that she had stored for many years. She decided that donating the outfits would be better than keeping them to herself, even though they had been preserved like new for decades. She then donated around 20 stage outfits created by André Kim to her alma mater, bringing warmth to the set.
Meanwhile, Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN)'s issue-maker talk show 'Kim Joo-ha's Day & Night' is a new-concept talk show built around 'day and night, cool-headedness and passion, information and emotion.' It airs every Saturday at 9:40 p.m.
This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.
