ENHYPEN’s Sunoo: Moving Closer towards the Hearts of His Beloved

Kim Sunoo (Weverse Live, 2024- Translation from momentssonder on X)

“Ah, today Heeseung hyung sang a song during the concert… while watching, a thought came to mind that I want to do it as well. If the opportunity arises in the future, I’ll do it. It’s cool~”

That’s what Kim Sunoo, a member of the South Korean global band ENHYPEN, dreamed and uttered when He saw his Heeseung Hyung hymned a song cover during their Fate Tour stop in Taipei. In their last Fate Tour stop, which is New Clark City (NCC) Philippines, his wish to showcase his passion for music through a song cover was granted. On that night with the cold breeze of air, a beautiful angelic voice echoed inside the NCC Stadium hearing the “Moving Closer” song cover by the Filipino band Never The Strangers from the voice box of Sunoo. 

Kim Sunoo (Weverse Magazine, 2020)

The people who were singing and dancing on the colorful stage looked really happy. I thought, “Wow, I want to be like them.” “I want to be on that stage.”

Sunoo was born to be on stage, and the fiery love he had for music when he was a kid is still burning brighter today. His versatile great vocal is a channel of that fire emitted into the heart of the fans during his Moving Closer cover surprising thousands of ENGENES (Official fandom name) and Sunoo Baragis (A Collective name for Sunoo Stans) live and online:

Fans’ Emotional Reaction

The video above is a compilation of fans’ reactions present in that night. The different point of view on their phones shows how they waited for this to come true. Video clips are filled with emotional sobs, screams, astonishment, and praises for the K-pop Idol they cherish.

Talk of the Town and PH Media Noise

https://twitter.com/blckpnksn/status/1754126507478593546?s=20

His cover was noticed by the original Filipino band of Moving Closer named Never The Strangers (NTS) praising his cover describing it as “beautifully sung” and posting it on their Instagram account. Members of the band posted their reactions too on Twitter. Rico Blanco, who’s a famous veteran Filipino singer-songwriter, record producer, and the founder of the Filipino record label ‘Balcony Entertainment’ (NTS is under this label), posted on his official X/Twitter account mentioning NTS and Sunoo.

Sunoo’s song cover was also featured in famous Philippine media/local news and huge platform accounts showered with love by netizens: 

https://twitter.com/goldenksunoo/status/1754096707217060320?s=20

He also went trending last February 03, 2024 and it continued for almost three days! 

https://twitter.com/kimsunoolab/status/1753650993269719468?s=20

https://twitter.com/kimsunoolab/status/1753777495504195681?s=20

https://twitter.com/kimsunoolab/status/1754134474076656126?s=20

https://twitter.com/kimsunoolab/status/1754391481220223153?s=20

Moving Closer: a fan version on Heart’s Day

The long-awaited Sunoo song cover for three years by ENGENES and Sunoo Baragis inspired them to create their version with sweet messages and photos attached in the video on Valentine’s Day as a surprise gift for their loved artist and co-fans. You can watch it in the post below: 

Moving Closer – Never The Stranger (Piano Cover by Sunoo Baragis) (youtube.com)

ENHYPEN’s Sunoo: Moving Closer towards the Hearts of His Beloved
ᵒⱽ¹ᵁᵖ⁷⁴⁰ᶜʳᴴᵈᴿᵒᵏ / ENHYPEN OFFICIAL YouTube Shorts screenshot

That kid who once dreamed of being a singer performing in front of his family and classmates, participating in school competitions, and watching music TV shows along with his older sister, grew up to be a fine talented man and a member of a famous global group ENHYPEN letting his gifted voice be heard all over the world. His first solo cover, which lingered in the minds of the fans, is only a continuous beginning of his golden hours. 

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