TWICE’s Jihyo says she used to be told she “can’t sing that well”

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Jihyo has opened up about the criticism she received when she first debuted in TWICE.On August 22, the K-pop singer appeared as a guest on music talk show Leemujin Service to promote her debut solo record ‘ZONE’.

During the episode, Jihyo shared that she had struggled with her vocals early in her career.Jihyo opened the episode with a performance of her new single ‘Killin’ Me Good’, followed by a cover of John Park’s ‘Thought Of You’.

After her performance, host Lee Mu-jin praised the idol’s vocals, which he felt would also be suited to genres besides K-pop.“I suffered a lot when I first started my career in TWICE,” she shared. “When I was a trainee for 10 years, all we practiced were pop songs, and just two or three Korean songs.

So for me, this kind of song was very familiar, but the songs I had to sing were like ‘Cheer Up’ or ‘TT’.”The singer added that she was “scolded a lot” as a result. “Many people said to me that I can’t sing that well.