Ep 133 April Kim - KPOP Interpreter and Emcee

April Kim gets one of the best seats at some of Singapore and Malaysia's biggest KPOP concerts!  She's literally on the stage with the artists!  April is a stage interpreter, who turns the artists' Korean into English for their fans.  I noticed April when some videos of her interactions with artists like Taeyeon, CN Blue, and IU went viral!  It really seems like the performers and the fans love April's ability to communicate the artists' intentions and feelings.  

We had a lot of fun chatting about how April got into this career as well as some behind-the-scenes stories from the concerts!  *Correction* During the last segment of the interview we got the surname of Bong Joon-Ho's interpreter wrong, her name is Sharon Choi, not Lee as mentioned during our interview.

Please listen to our episode #133 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow April @april.kim.sg on social media to see some of the latest KPOP stars she has been interpreting for (like BabyMonster and Hwasa)!

Soundbites taken from YouTube:

Taeyeon Interacts With Interpreter l The ODD of Love Concert in Singapore 230820 (Channel: Ming On Film)

Ment #2 IU H.E.R. World Tour in SIngapore (Channel: ChachiTiauzon)

IU Singapore HEREH Tour Concert 2024 (Talk & Opening Song) Part 1 of 8 (Channel: Sumi_fanclub_studio)

CNBLUE is impressed by the outstanding interpreter (Channel: GOKPOP Malaysia)

 

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