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\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nOn April 28, JTBC aired the Kim Hyun-jung installment of ‘Hidden Singer 8.’ Round 1 featured the song “Honja-han Sarang” (“A Love I Had Alone”).<\/p>\n
Kim said she promoted “Honja-han Sarang” for only about a month, so she hadn’t performed it often and planned to sing it more freely. Her comment suggested that Round 1 would be technically demanding.<\/p>\n
She recalled, “I recorded this song 30 years ago.” Preparing for the show gave her insomnia \u2014 trying to replicate the voice she had three decades ago, she said, “nearly killed me.” She described the preparation as grueling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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