Heize’s Appearance on Mnet’s Unpretty Rapstar 2
For your information, Unpretty Rapstar 2 is a South Korean competition program that focuses on the female rappers. It is the second season of Unpretty Rapstar, which premiered in January 2015 on Mnet and was hosted by Korean rapper San E.
In the semifinals, Heize, who was up against ex-SISTAR’s Hyorin, rapped to “Don’t Make Money,” with lyrics dedicated to her family, saying that she will make money on their behalf so they don’t have to work so hard. Her guest performer was EXO’s Chanyeol, whose featuring rap he wrote himself, according to SOOMPI. But unfortunately, she didn’t make it.
According to koreaboo.com, Heize was also upset about the show’s editing, which was the ‘devil editing’ from Mnet.
In one episode of the second season of the show, the contestants were asked by the staff who they did not want to work with in an upcoming mission. In the episode aired, the episode was edited with Heize saying she did not want to work with Kasper.
However, this didn’t seem the case as Kasper revealed in an interview with international bnt that the scene was maliciously edited by Mnet for drama.
She revealed, “I know there are scenes that have to be edited to make the show work but there were times I wondered why they would do such a thing. Especially when they intruded and edited personal parts. Heize unni said, ‘I want to work with Kasper’ but in the show, it said she didn’t want to work with me. She was so upset she called me and told me what happened right after it aired. They edited the scene where they asked the contestants who they want to work with and then switched up the question during editing.”
Heize’s Debut as a Multi-Talented Artist
Heize made her debut in 2014 with the release of her EP titled as her stage name, Heize, which included a total of six songs. And then, in 2016, Heize released her digital single Star in December.
In 2017, she released her third EP You, Clouds, Rain and in 2018, she released her fourth EP called Wish & Wind.
Heize’s Controversy
Heize’s career has not always been simple and clear. There was a controversy about her work for Korean drama TvN’s Goblin about the soundtrack.
According to www.soompi.com, the issue first came up when viewers realized there were two singers for the final soundtrack and opening track “Round and Round.”
When the drama’s viewers were really excited and expected to hear the voice of Han Soo-ji, who sang the opening for the drama, however then what they heard was the singer-rapper Heize singing most of the song. Meanwhile, Han Soo-ji was only a featured artist for this song.
Suddenly, some arguments arose between the fans. In order to calm down the controversy, Heize posted a message on her personal Instagram account, saying that she never had done anything shady and doesn’t plan on doing so in the future.
“I’ve never done anything shady and I don’t plan on doing so in the future. We are currently in a situation where we’re waiting to get feedback on the featuring notation. I haven’t stolen anything from anyone,” said Heize, while CJ E&M released an official apology and some explanations to the fans and viewers.
“First of all, the full version of this song was written by music director Nam Hye Seung before the broadcast began. It was then chosen for the drama’s title video. In order to have an opening with an impact, Han Soo Ji was chosen to record the first 50 seconds of the song. But ever since he wrote ‘Round and round,’ music director Nam Hye Seung had another voice in mind for the rest of the song.”
“Because there were requests to release ‘Round and round,’ Heize participated in singing the rest of the song. This was the song’s original conception at the time it was written. The opening contains two measures that are different because the song needed to fit the length of the broadcast title video. But other than that, Han Soo Ji’s part was included without any modifications. Her 50-second part was not released separately because the full 50 seconds were featured in the opening.”
“However, we will take into account the opinions of the viewers and consider releasing the 50-second version of Han Soo Ji’s part. We would like to deeply apologize to both Han Soo Ji and Heize, who were confused during the process. We are also sorry for not satisfying the viewers. Thank you.”
