90-412: We Got Married ( Korean : 우리 결혼했어요 ) was a South Korean reality variety show that aired on MBC from 2008 to 2017. The show paired up celebrities who pretended to be married couples and completed various challenges together. The show ran for four seasons and inspired several spin-offs , including a "global edition" of the show that featured non-Korean celebrities. The show's pilot episode
180-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
270-439: A backlog of footage for the couples Jo Kwon & Gain and Yonghwa & Seohyun. This resulted in the contents of their latest episodes being of footage recorded some months previously, rather than the normal 1–2 weeks of the original. During Lee Joon & Oh Yeon-seo 's season 4 tenure (broadcasting from September 2012 through February 2013), Oh Yeon-seo was observed meeting in public with Lee Jang-woo , her male co-star from
360-486: A contestant in MasterChef Korea Celebrity , the celebrity version of MasterChef Korea . On May 30, 2013, it was announced that Henry would make his solo debut. He was SM Entertainment's first male solo artist in 13 years since Kangta . His first solo extended play , Trap was released on June 7, 2013. The title track featured Super Junior's Kyuhyun and Shinee 's Taemin . The Chinese version of
450-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
540-413: A day for several months. Super Junior-M's second studio album, Break Down , was released on January 7, 2013, along with the title track. The album includes two songs, "Go" and "It's You", that were produced by Henry's production team, NoizeBank. NoizeBank is a music production team comprising Henry and his Berklee classmates Gen Neo , Neil Nallas, and Isaac Han. On February 6, he was confirmed to be
630-415: A hip hop dance style called boogaloo popping . He was heads of both the after-school violin club and popping club, where he came up with the idea of simultaneously doing both after the two clubs had conflicting meeting times. He never expected to become a singer and did not know anything about K-pop before his friends suggested him to audition for SM. For his audition, Henry performed a Vivaldi piece on
720-452: A judge on the Chinese reality shows Dance Smash [ zh ] and Miss Voice in the last quarter of the year. In February 2020, Henry released the single "Thinking of You" and its accompanying music video in collaboration with Atelier Cologne . The same month, he featured alongside AlunaGeorge on the electropop track "Nice Things" produced by Far East Movement . In May, he
810-541: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,
900-409: A limited income. Original couples Additional couples As of May 2009, the producers announced another change in the format with all four couples departing, cutting down to just one couple and shortening the show to just 60 minutes. The show will now portray a more realistic side to what a marriage is, instead of "the painted image of marriage based on romance" . For the first time, a real couple
990-559: A music label founded by former YG creative director SINXITY. In December, Henry became a judge on the Chinese reality show for bel canto and classical singers Super-Vocal ; the show earned high ratings. On December 26, 2018, South-Korean band g.o.d announced they would be releasing a special 20th anniversary album titled Then & Now , which will feature a remake of the group's 2001 song " Road ," rearranged by MeloMance 's Jung Dong-hwan and sung by Henry, IU , Urban Zakapa 's Jo Hyun Ah, and Yang Da-il . He returned as part of
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#17328700489611080-459: A new show based on We Got Married . The emphasis of the show was described as a shift from married life to the dating period. The head producer of Pit-a-Pat Shake was the original producer of We Got Married , when couples such as Seo In-young and Crown J as well as Shin Ae and Alex aired. The success of the earliest and most memorable couples gave people high hopes for the pilot. A Lunar Year Special
1170-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
1260-625: A self-composed English solo song, "Sick of Love", which remains unreleased. In 2010, he took a brief hiatus to study music composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts , where he learned to sing and produce music. At Berklee, he became friends with fellow student Gen Neo , and convinced him to go to Korea to work with him. He composed a song with Super Junior's leader Leeteuk called "All My Heart" ( Korean : 진심 ; Revised Romanization : Jinsim ) for Super Junior's fourth repackaged album, Bonamana , released on June 28, 2010. He
1350-491: A slew of reality shows including Sisters Over Flowers 2 and Are You Normal 3 [ zh ] , the latter of which he hosted with He Jiong . Henry co-composed the lead single of Se7en's I Am Seven , titled "Give It To Me", which was released on October 13, 2016. Next, he collaborated with Sistar 's Soyou on the song "Runnin'" which was released on October 14 through SM Station . On October 26, 2016, Henry and Mark released "I Want To Enter Your Heart" for
1440-605: A song called "Andante" ( Korean : 안단테 ; Revised Romanization : Andante ) for Super Junior's fifth repackaged album, A-CHa , released on September 19, 2011. He toured with Super Junior as a member of Super Junior-M for their fourth tour, Super Show 4 . Together with fellow Super Junior-M member Zhou Mi , he performed " Santa U Are the One " on SM Town 's eighth winter album, 2011 SMTown Winter – The Warmest Gift , released on December 13, 2011. In March 2012, he featured on BoA 's single " One Dream " alongside Key which served as
1530-605: A special exhibit recognising K-pop's global influence. Since 2019, he has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the nonprofit organizations International Vaccine Institute and Save the Children charity. In May 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism named Henry as the promotional ambassador for El Sistema Korea, also known as Orchestra of Dream, which supports the musical education of children and young people including those who are underprivileged. Henry performed with members of
1620-529: A violinist in South Korean group Super Junior 's music video for " Don't Don " in September 2007. The song features a violin part, which is performed by Henry. In October 2007, SM Entertainment announced that he would debut as a member of a Super Junior China sub-group, Super Junior-M , the following year. The announcement caused controversy among Super Junior fans due to rumours that SM wanted to add Henry as
1710-603: Is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from
1800-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
1890-473: Is cast in the show. Guest celebrities are invited to be show's commentators for each episode so that they can share their opinions on marriage on behalf of their age group. SG Wannabe 's Kim Yong-jun and Hwang Jung-eum also do the interview room together dressed in wedding attire. However, due to low ratings, the show returned to its old format with the addition of a make-believe couple actor Park Jae-jung and After School member Uee on 2 August 2009. For
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#17328700489611980-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
2070-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
2160-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
2250-534: Is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by
2340-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
2430-511: The Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which
2520-523: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By
2610-953: The Chinese film adaptation of the popular video game, Zhengtu . The film, under its English title Double World , was released globally on Netflix in July 2020. In August 2018, Henry was cast as Trent in A Dog's Journey , which was released in May 2019 and marks his American film debut. He was suggested to the filmmakers by Alibaba Pictures , which co-produced the film. On October 27, Henry held his first fan-meeting at Sangmyung Art Center in Seoul. In November 2018, Henry announced that he had joined Monster Entertainment Group, an agency based in South Korea that he founded with his brother, Clinton, to help build his brand globally. Later that month, he briefly signed with AXIS,
2700-570: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and
2790-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
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2880-579: The Trap EP was released on August 14. Follow-up promotions for the second single, "1-4-3 (I Love You)", which featured label-mate Amber of f(x) , commenced on August 23. In February 2014, Henry joined the cast of the Korean military-variety show Real Man with fellow celebrities Chun Jung-myung , Park Gun-hyung , K.Will . He quickly became the break-out star and variety favourite because of his natural optimism and eagerness to learn Korean culture, despite being Canadian-born and completely unfamiliar with
2970-682: The Zhejiang TV Autumn Festival in 2019, during which he performed using live looping and played drum pads, a glass bottle, kick drum, marimba, piano, and electric violin while singing. In May 2018, Henry opened Xiao Zhan, a Taiwanese cuisine restaurant in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam . He has since opened a second branch in Secho-dong . In October 2021, Henry's artwork was featured at the START Art Fair held at London's Saatchi Gallery as part of
3060-814: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
3150-408: The 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language )
3240-460: The Chuseok special, Brown Eyed Girls ' Gain & 2AM 's Jo Kwon and SG Wannabe 's Lee Seok-hun & host Kim Na-young appeared as two new couples. The episode achieved Season 2's highest rating, and Gain and Jo Kwon were announced to be a permanent couple. Couple List (New Format) Couple List (Old Format) Season three officially begins on 9 April, with two additional couples upon
3330-494: The Gaon Album Chart. SeoulBeats described the album as "captivating" in their review and noted that it "[gives] nods to his complicated musical past", being a multi-instrumentalist and idol turned singer-songwriter. The writer notes Henry's "penchant for interesting instrument choices, loop peddles [ sic ], and electronic mixing" that makes Journey "[stand] out from most other solo releases as of late". Henry
3420-597: The Korean military. In addition, his appearance in Star King along with his appearance in Real Man propelled his rising popularity. This led to more variety show and CF work, such as being chosen as the first guest in JTBC's Crime Scene , and solo endorsements with KFC Korea and Sprite Korea. After almost seven months of production, his second EP, Fantastic was released on July 14, 2014. Henry made his Japanese debut with
3510-519: The OST of Sweet Stranger and Me ; the track was written and composed by Henry. Henry appeared on the Chinese reality show Back to Field , which aired in January 2017, as one of the three fixed cast members alongside He Jiong and Huang Lei . The same month, he guested on the popular South-Korean reality show I Live Alone which shows the single lifestyles of celebrities. His appearance led to an increase in
3600-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
3690-613: The cast of Begin Again for its third season, which was broadcast in July 2019. On May 9, 2019, he released "Untitled Love Song" ( Korean : 제목 없는 Love Song ; Revised Romanization : Jemok eomneun Love Song ), his first release under his new label Monster. He previously teased the song in April during an appearance in Idol Room . In August, he released the R&;B ballad "I LUV U" which he performed live for
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3780-408: The collaboration song "Home" with Roy Wang , a track he co-composed for Wang's album Summer Time . Henry is a multi-instrumentalist and plays the violin, piano, drums, and guitar. He is known for his performance style which often involves the use of multiple instruments and loop pedals during live performances. He has been nicknamed "one-man band" by Chinese netizens after a viral performance at
3870-469: The departure of Yonghwa & Seohyun, as well as a new format. Park Hwi-sun and K.Will are added for Season 3 to the cast as MCs. Couple List Couple List In late March 2010, MBC stopped broadcast of new episodes due to labour strikes, with repeats airing instead. This event, compounded with the ROKS Cheonan sinking incident, which caused cancellation of most variety shows at the time, resulted in
3960-403: The drama series, Here Comes Mr. Oh . When pictures and videos were released in January 2013, media and WGM fans surmised Oh Yeon-seo and Lee Jang-woo, formerly of WGM (Season 3), were in a romantic relationship. Because Oh Yeon-seo and Lee Joon were in the midst of filming WGM at the time this news was released, the integrity of their virtual marriage was questioned by fans. The negative reaction
4050-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
4140-566: The first time in Amalfi, Italy during the filming of Begin Again . He released the single "Don't Forget" ( Korean : 한강의 밤 ; Revised Romanization : Hangangui bam ) in October which was co-written by and features indie duo Rocoberry . He released the Chinese version of his single "I LUV U" titled "But, I Love You" ( Chinese : 可是我愛你 ; pinyin : kě shì wǒ ài nǐ ) in December. He also appeared as
4230-450: The fourteenth member of Super Junior, which led fans to form an "Only 13" campaign. Henry described the situation as "if Backstreet Boys wanted a new Boy," and the backlash led to him "being on the sidelines for years." Super Junior-M debuted by releasing a promotional single " U ", a Mandarin remake of Super Junior's 2006 best-selling Korean single on April 8, 2008. They also debuted in China on
4320-425: The fourth season of the Chinese reality show Perhaps Love . In January 2018, it was announced that Henry will arrange and perform a new version of the 1986 song "Daughter's Love" ( Chinese : 女兒情 ; pinyin : nǚ ér qíng ) for the soundtrack of the film The Monkey King 3 . In February, he released the soulful R&B single "Monster" in three languages - English, Chinese, Korean. On April 30, 2018, it
4410-484: The group a nomination for 'Best Vocal Group' at the 21st Golden Melody Awards , the Chinese equivalent of the Grammy Awards . He featured on the track "Love Me" (Chinese: 愛我 ; pinyin: Ài wǒ ) from label-mate Zhang Liyin 's first single album, Moving On , which was released on October 29, 2009. He performed on Super Junior's second Asian tour, Super Show 2 , as part of Super Junior-M, and also performed
4500-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
4590-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
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#17328700489614680-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
4770-466: The language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until
4860-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
4950-561: The latter being a duet with co-star Yoo Sung-eun . Henry teased his upcoming album in February 2015 but the project was delayed for an unknown reason. In March 2015, it was confirmed that Henry had joined We Got Married and was partnered with Yewon . In June, he appeared in the second season of Always Cantare . In November, he played a supporting role in the drama Oh My Venus acting alongside So Ji-sub and Sung Hoon . Throughout 2016, Henry became more active in China appearing in
5040-489: The most streamed Korean original soundtrack song on Spotify for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Henry left SM Entertainment following the expiration of his contract, and subsequently joined Monster Entertainment Group. Henry made his Hollywood debut in 2019 with the film A Dog's Journey produced by Amblin Entertainment . In 2020, he starred in the action-fantasy movie Double World . The film
5130-458: The official song of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship , alongside Jeremy McKinnon and MAX . In October, he was confirmed to play the male lead in the second season of the American series Dramaworld , which was released on Lifetime in April 2021. On November 18, 2020, Henry released his third EP, Journey , alongside its lead single "Radio". The album peaked at number one on
5220-466: The opening song for SBS 's audition program K-pop Star . The single was included in BoA's seventh Korean studio album, Only One , released on July 22, 2012. He became a member of the project group Younique Unit with Eunhyuk , Taemin , Kai , Luhan , and Hyoyeon , for a collaboration between SM Entertainment and Hyundai . Their single " Maxstep " was released on October 31, 2012. The same year, Henry
5310-522: The outburst and cursing at her after she had left the scene. The public then turned their back towards Kim, cancelling her and calling her behaviour "victim-playing". After the announcement that the Ye-won–Henry couple will be leaving the show, Kim posted an apology on her Twitter. In it, she apologized to Henry, the We Got Married staff, the viewers, the fans and finally to actress Lee Tae-im. MBC aired
5400-567: The piano from his mother at the age of four, and began taking violin lessons at the age of five. His teacher was Arkady Yanivker, a soloist and former violinist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . He later learned to play the electric violin in 2005. He received the Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Regional Gold Medal for Level 10 in violin, and has also achieved Level 10 in piano. In high school, he learned
5490-507: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by
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#17328700489615580-459: The recorded material is then played in front of the participants, MCs, and audience who add commentary or clarification. Beginning with a Lunar New Year's Special in 2009 with three new couples, a new format is introduced into the show, first forecasted through the addition of Kangin and Lee Yoon-ji. Each couple is given a concept to portray; in Kangin and Lee Yoon-ji's case, a college couple living with
5670-517: The rest of his high school years. In his last year of high school, Henry was chosen at the 2006 SM Entertainment Global Audition in Toronto; he was one of two out of three thousand applicants who were recruited. He was accepted by the University of Toronto for both music education and violin performance programs, but chose not to attend after accepting SM's offer. Henry started learning how to play
5760-522: The same day at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards. Their debut album, Me was released on April 23, 2008 . Together with the Super Junior-M members, Henry made a cameo appearance in the CCTV2 drama Stage of Youth in 2009. A year and a half after debut, Super Junior-M made their sophomore release with the mini-album, Super Girl , on September 23, 2009. The mini-album won many awards and even earned
5850-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
5940-539: The show's ratings and he attracted attention for using live loops to reinterpret " Uptown Funk ". Subsequently, Henry became a fixed cast member. During his appearance on the show, he composed a brief passage of a song which was then informally titled as "What should I do?". The song continued to garner attention through his appearance on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook for its beautiful melody and its eccentric "revolutionary" lyrics. The finished track, titled "Girlfriend" ( Korean : 그리워요 ; Revised Romanization : Geuriwoyo )
6030-483: The single "Real Love" ( Korean : 사랑 좀 하고 싶어 ; Revised Romanization : Sarang jom hago sipeo ) and its acoustic version on May 10. On June 23, he released the single "I'm Good" featuring rapper Nafla. In July 2017, Henry joined the Naver TV variety show Snowball Project , a collaboration between artists from SM Entertainment and Mystic Entertainment . He co-produced the song "Lemonade Love" with Yoon Jong Shin , which
6120-460: The single album Fantastic on October 8, which included Japanese versions of the songs "Fantastic" and "Trap". In December, he appeared in tvN 's classical music variety show Always Cantare . In January 2015, Henry made his Korean acting debut in Mnet 's music drama Persevere, Goo Hae-Ra [ ko ] . He released two songs, "The Way#Lies" and "Love +" for the drama's original soundtrack,
6210-540: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Henry Lau Henry Lau ( traditional Chinese : 劉憲華 ; simplified Chinese : 刘宪华 ; Korean : 헨리 ; born October 11, 1989), known mononymously as Henry , is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer based in South Korea and China . He debuted in 2008 as a member of Super Junior-M and launched his solo career in 2013 with Trap . His song "It's You", released in 2017, became
6300-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
6390-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
6480-496: The violin while incorporating popping during the piece's fast passages, as well as a cappella singing; he received an offer from the company the following week. At the time, he applied for colleges for classical music, but ultimately decided to go "down the K-pop road", as he explains, "I'll be dancing and singing, but that doesn't mean I won't be able to play the violin anymore or piano. I decided that I had to go down this road because that
6570-419: Was aired on 6 February 2008 as a Korean New Year special. On the episode, four arranged celebrity couples had to prepare dinner with a fixed amount of money. With a new format and slightly different couples, newlyweds are given a mission to complete each week. As during the special pilot episode, interviewed participants provide a unique perspective on the ongoing relationship conflicts and developments. All of
6660-415: Was announced that Henry had completed his contract with SM Entertainment and had decided to leave the agency. He then set up his own studio in China. Henry joined second season of the busking variety show Begin Again , which aired in May 2018. He returned for the second season of Chinese variety show Back to Field , which aired from April to June 2018. The same year, he was cast in the lead role in
6750-429: Was announced to participate in the fourth season of Begin Again (the first season to be held in Korea due to the pandemic), which aired from June to September. In August, he was selected by Forbes Korea as a '2020 Korea Power YouTuber' for spreading "positive influence" through his YouTube series 'Henry Together' where he collaborates with young musical prodigies. On September 17, 2020, Henry featured in "Take Over",
6840-528: Was awarded the '2020 Art Patron of the Year' in December by the Arts Council Korea in recognition of his furtherance of arts through his original YouTube series 'Henry Together' and his role as the ambassador of Orchestra of Dream. In August 2021, he joined the fourth season of Street Dance of China as one of the four team captains alongside Wang Yibo , Lay Zhang , and Han Geng . The same month, he released
6930-644: Was born on October 11, 1989, in Willowdale, Toronto . His father is from Hong Kong with Teochew ancestry and his mother is from Pingtung , Taiwan. His father works in real estate while his mother was a stay-at-home mom. He has a younger sister, Whitney (born in 1993), and an older brother, Clinton (born in 1988), who also serves as the CEO of his current label, Monster Entertainment Group. He attended Zion Heights Junior High School , then North Toronto Collegiate Institute for grade 9 and A.Y. Jackson Secondary School for
7020-441: Was broadcast starting on 19 April 2015. It has the same basic format except that the couples are not 'married' but 'dating'. This change was made in order to present a more realistic story in which couples first must be in love to form the basis of marriage and then get married. First season (2015) Second season (2016) Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ )
7110-416: Was cast as the lead in his film debut, Final Recipe , alongside Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh . The film tells the story of young aspiring chef Mark, played by Henry, who participates in an international cooking contest to save his grandfather's restaurant from going out of business. In preparation for the role, Henry studied under chef Lee Yeon-bok [ ko ] and practised cooking 3–4 hours
7200-441: Was due to his overbearing workload and/or Oh Yeon-seo's alleged relationship with Lee Jang-woo. A few weeks later, Lee Joon and Oh Yeon-seo ended their tenure on WGM. On March 20, 2015, two new pairings were announced. One of them being Henry Lau and Kim Ye-won . The couple went on to appear in a few episodes. On June 2, it was confirmed that the couple were to leave the show as a video involving actress Lee Tae-im and Kim Ye-won
7290-592: Was featured on Jonghyun and Jinho 's duet titled "Don't Lie" from SM the Ballad 's first album Miss You , released on November 29, 2010. Henry joined Super Junior on the Super Show 3 Tour . Henry's solo song "Off My Mind" ( Chinese : 表白 ; pinyin : biǎo bái ) was included in Super Junior-M's second EP Perfection which was released on February 25, 2011. The lyrics to the song were written with Geo Neo while studying at Berklee. He worked with Leeteuk again on
7380-547: Was filmed and aired as the pilot episode. The female idols in the spin-off Pit-a-Pat Shake were KARA 's Seungyeon , After School 's Lizzy , SISTAR 's Hyorin , and SECRET 's Sunhwa . Super Junior 's Sungmin was partnered with Hyorin. MBLAQ 's Lee Joon was paired with Lizzy, actor Lee Tae-sung with Seungyeon and comedian Park Heeson with Sunhwa. The Chinese version of We Got Married paired Korean and Chinese celebrities. Two out of three pairings were international: T-ara 's Hyomin and Super Junior 's Kyuhyun . It
7470-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of
7560-522: Was further exacerbated by Oh Yeon-seo's multiple declarations of romantic interest in Lee Joon (e.g. as her "ideal type" and wanting to meet with him outside of filming). This backlash and perceived broken trust resulted in fans voicing their desire for Oh Yeon-Seo to exit WGM. Shortly after the rumors of Oh Yeon-seo and Lee Jang-woo's relationship surfaced, Lee Joon publicly expressed his frustration about not having his voice heard, with online fans suggesting it
7650-415: Was leaked to the public. In the video, Lee was seen repeatedly cursing at and threatening Kim on the set of MBC 's My Tutor Friend . This led to Lee facing severe backlash from the public. She then apologised to Kim and the latter accepted her apology in kind words. However, a full video was later revealed, showing Kim being rude to Lee first by not using honorifics , glaring at the senior actress during
7740-492: Was officially released on March 18, 2017, and peaked at number one on multiple South Korean daily digital charts and number three on the Gaon Download Chart. The track is a soulful R&B piece that incorporates the sound of strings and piano. The lyrics expresses the heartfelt sadness and longing for a past lover, which correlates with the Korean title of the song "그리워요" (lit. Missing you). On April 29, 2017, he released
7830-726: Was produced by MBC to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of South Korea's diplomatic ties with China. It aired as a Valentine's Day special in China on an entertainment channel of Shanghai Media Group and on MBC on 25 February but with only the Korean segments. A global edition spinoff of the widely popular We Got Married , get to see how the on-screen virtual marriage between idol celebrities from different countries work out through weekly missions and candid interviews. Couples are paired from Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Release date: April 7, 2013 - July 14, 2013 Release date: April 5, 2014 - July 12, 2014 The licensed remake of popular South Korean Variety Show We Got Married, titled "We Are In Love"
7920-499: Was released by Mark and Parc Jae Jung . He also rearranged Yoon Jong Shin's 1996 song, " Rebirth ", for Red Velvet and released the collaboration single "U&I" with Sunny on the show. On August 30, he released "That One". In October, he released "It's You", which he co-composed for the original soundtrack of the drama While You Were Sleeping (2017). The song became the most streamed Korean OST on Spotify for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019. In December, he appeared on
8010-589: Was released on Netflix and the Chinese streaming service iQIYI , becoming the first movie produced in Mainland China to have a simultaneous global release. Henry is also known for his television work in the programs Real Man and I Live Alone , for which he received the Best Newcomer Award (2014) and Excellence Male Award (2017) respectively at the MBC Entertainment Awards . Henry Lau
8100-498: Was the only way I could do pretty much everything." He initially declined the offer because his father wanted him to go to university. After his mother was impressed during a visit to the company in South Korea, she convinced his father for him to accept the offer. Henry is able to speak four languages. Aside from speaking native English, he is fluent in Mandarin and Korean and can speak conversational Cantonese . Henry appeared as
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