Personally, I think ballet is the most prominent dance form in Haechan's dance style. It's evident in his fluid and graceful movements, his extensions, his form and technique, as well as his awareness of shapes and imageries.
"Ballet Dancer Analyzes: NCT HAECHAN - Why Efficiency is Elegant"
This is Episode 1 of @shakyraindrop's series on "Anatomy of a Dancer" where they analyzed Haechan's dancing. They're a professional ballet dancer, so their analysis is very detailed and informative. It's one of my favorite videos made about Haechan, and I urge you to watch it, too!
🪴 Elements of Ballet
🌿 Five positions: the basic positions of the feet and arms through which most ballet skills move through
The cutest thing about Ballerino Haechan is how his feet are always in a basic ballet position at the most random times. He can be standing idly in their Youtube content or spontaneously posing for photos but bet he will stand like he's just waiting for the music to play.
🪶 Haechan being a ballet dancer by lhcsunace
It's no surprise that he carries this in his dancing, as well.
It gets even more evident next to others.
🌿 Well-maintained posture, extension, and precision
The easiest way to explain Haechan's posture, extension, and precision is using this specific "Superhuman" fancam. Not only is he alone in the video, but he's also wearing black and well-fitting clothes that highlights the shapes he creates with his body.
Observe how tall and long he looks. This is possible because of the extended movements of his limbs, and the way the moves follow through until his fingertips.
He leans backward at 2:20 to extend his body. His awareness of shapes enables him to add an illusion of more length to his neck, arms, and legs.
🌿 Body alignment: the rotation of the legs from the hip so that the feet are facing outward (known as "turnout"), correctly placed arms, and centered upper-body
The 'Sticker' dance practice video shows Haechan's application of techniques in ballet such as préparationis and spotting, correct arm and foot placements, and having a centered axis when doing pirouettes, among others.
🪶 Haechan being compared to ballerinas by xu9yu
🪶 Haechna doing ballet in the Sticker dance practice by sugar2runes
🌿 Complicated patterns of dance moves, challenging steps such as leaps and turns
There are a lot of Haechan spins, leaps, twirls, and turns seen in their choreographies. There is a Twitter thread featuring these linked below:
🪶 Haechan being the "Spin King" by sfwithfs
Haechan incorporates the techniques mentioned above like spotting and having a centered upper body whenever he does his spins, and it's so satisfying to watch.
Here's a Haechan spin moment that is my personal favorite:
🪶 A ballet dancer's analysis on 'Love Sign' by haechu
To end this long ramble on Haechan and his ballerino tendencies in dancing, here's 'Love Sign' and its dance break that he choreographed himself.
It's filled with various elements of ballet (as well as other dance forms he learned), and it's a very accurate culmination of all the aforementioned observations.
Not only can Haechan sing, dance, rap, compose, and choreograph, but he is also good at directing the camera. In fact, the camera directions for the ANL and LISGO live clips were his idea. (It was also his idea to have live clips for their B-side tracks!)
He has a really good grasp of Tiktok. He knows what will fit the vibe and attract the audience. He even made a Tiktok-worthy clip on the spot based on the Kick It dance break where he was center.
The Tiktok challenge in question in case Sunflowers want to recreate it! (He got shy and apologized after 😭)
🎶 NCT 127 - Kick It
Haechan is very particular about his dancing. We already know this, but he takes time to understand the choreography before adding his own flare to it.
He can roughly tell when the fancam was shot based on his facial expressions and the nuances of his dancing. He really watches his fancams, and it makes sense why he constantly improves and changes things up every performance!
He realized he fits R&B more and he's listening more to the genre. We're all seated for R&B HOLO.
New unisex perfume!
A lot of Baekhyun and EXO short covers, plus he sang some parts of their songs.
Not to be a Sunflower, but it's really fun to watch Haechan's solo lives because he's interesting. No exaggeration but I can listen to him talk all day about any topic under the sun (😉), but especially when it's about his craft.
Hearing him last night dissecting his recording process, vocal parts in different songs, his thought process on their choreographies, watching his fancams, singing short covers, and sharing bits and pieces of his life is very endearing to me. Looking good bare-faced and in his comfy clothes is a plus!
Here's the 2nd out of the 3 songs that Haechan made with Taeil and Deez! Even when they only sang a snippet of it, I kinda get why it's his favorite.
🎶 Haechan & Taeil - N.Y.C.T.
Released: 23 October 2022 for NCT 127's NeoCity: The Link+
🌿 Why It's Haechan's Favorite
Refer to 26:07 on MUSIC SPACE: The OST Trio's Live Clip & Our Music Journey
Haechan:
"To tell you briefly, among the songs that I, Taeil-hyung, and Deez-hyung wrote together, there's a song that I like more than "Love Sign". I'm not sure if I can play that song, but I want to if I get a chance. It feels like a computer has generated my favorite song. It is my style itself."
Note: They left "N.Y.C.T." unreleased on purpose, with "Love Sign" being featured on The Link concerts instead since it's a song made as a concert piece.
I'm glad that he got to show a snippet of his favorite self-written song. Haechan's always happy to share his craft with the fans, and I am just in awe listening to it and watching him perform.
He's grooving to it so playfully, too. The laid-back vibe of the song makes me bounce to it, but damn is it a difficult song. The high notes are insane!
Needless to say, I want to hear the full version.
March 5, 2022, the release date of Good Person (2022) - Haechan's first solo activity outside NCT and first OST ever - also known as the only peaceful day in sunflower history💆♀️
Not gonna lie, I'm already attached to Choi Hyoju's face. She was the profile picture on Haechan's Spotify page for so long 😭
🌿 The Announcement
No exaggeration, we lost our minds.
Before Good Person (2022), Haechan has 0 solo activities to his name. Six years and nothing! You can only imagine how this announcement from Playlist Korea shook sunflowers.
We have been praying for a Haechan solo activity for so long, to the point that we don't even care what's it going to be: a solo magazine shoot, a variety show guesting, or even a short interview somewhere.
To be honest, it's sad to see all the members except Haechan have at least one solo activity in 2021. It's unfair that his schedule is so packed that he can't even fit one solo schedule in between. So, we hoped that 2022 is a more generous year for him, and it is.
It's more than whatever first solo activity we hoped for. It's an OST! A main vocalist having his long-awaited first solo activity outside the NCT brand and it's an OST! We were feeling over the moon (or the sun 😉).
🌿 Good Person (2022)
It is the OST for the drama PLY FRIENDS: Seo Yeon University Class of 22 released by Playlist Korea. Good Person (2022) is the latest rendition among the various remakes of Toy’s “Good Person” released in 2001.
Haechan's Good Person was supposed to be released on the 6th of March, but the company in charge decided to move it a day earlier due to the positive response and excitement from fans.
🌿Achievements
Indeed, Haechan's first OST was well-received by the fans and the public.
Compiled by haechancharts on Twitter
Haechan was also chosen by the TTA as the Best Artist of K-Drama OST among Malaysian fans for Good Person (2022).
🌿On the Recording Process
Of course, none of this will be possible without Haechan's hard work. In Music Space with Taeil and Doyoung where he also sang "Good Person (2022)" live for the first time, he shared his thought process regarding the song's recording, and some specific details that he had to do for this endeavor.
Refer to 19:42 on MUSIC SPACE: The OST Trio's Live Clip & Our Music Journey
Haechan:
"While recording the song "Good Person", one of the hardest parts about it is that I wasn't telling my own story, but I was telling a story of the main character of the drama through the song."
On the technical aspect of recording "Good Person (2022)"
The pronunciation which I worked on, or other habits that I had, I got rid of all of them. The director also asked me to make it sound as natural as possible.
As you know, I don't sing like I talk. I can't sound like this when I normally sing, but I tried hard to sing like I was talking as much as possible. It was hard, but it was still worth trying. So, that was a bit different.
In a group, I can do what I want to do. When my part comes out, it's nice if it's impactful. But for this, I have to do the entire development by myself, so I had to sing accordingly.
🌿 Fan Reception
Being a sunflower is hard, but once in a while, you get a Haechan OST, and it becomes your anthem.
Personally, Haechan's "Good Person (2022)" is really meaningful to me. I had to repeat it so many times when it came out and I had goosebumps just listening to the instrumentals, waiting for Haechan's voice. I cried when it did. Legit.
I used to get confused at people who have "comfort songs" or whatever they call it but middle finger to the younger me because comfort songs are real and to present me, it's Good Person.
Sure, we're not all in an unrequited love like the character in Haechan's OST, but I know for sure that Haechan's voice brings all of us comfort, and I think that's enough to keep listening to it.
I just want to add that if you're playing "Good Person (2022)" nonstop as well, don't fret. You're not the only one.
In fact, we have an idol fanboy in our midst who even sang a cover of it on a radio show. He also reacts to the song the same way we do.
This is DRIPPIN's Joo Changuk who is among the growing number of 4th gen idols who look up to Haechan. He's the original idol sunflower so check out Changuk and Drippin's music, as well!
🌿 Good Person (2022) on Music Platforms
Listen to Good Person (2022) for a bright Fullsun day!
🎶 Melon ➫ https://t.co/hLri4hmhPV
🎶 Genie ➫ https://t.co/rrewctQZPq
🎶 FLO ➫ https://t.co/QsHcV8DAg2
🎶 Bugs ➫ https://t.co/AK4ALTkDYI
🎶 VIBE ➫ https://t.co/n0y26Yz2Di
🎶 Spotify:
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