LEENALCHI 'Crying Softshell Turtle' Live and Teaser

Key Takeaways

LEENALCHI posted two videos for 'Crying Softshell Turtle' (별주부가 울며 여짜오되) 47 seconds apart on August 6 — a 1 minute 55 second live cut and a 52-second MV teaser.

The live video's description states the group played the historic Getty in Los Angeles, presented by KCRW, on their first-ever North American tour.

Between them the two posts name seven performers plus film, edit, visual, production, mixing and mastering credits; neither gives a release date.

Two videos, one song, forty-seven seconds between them. LEENALCHI put the live cut up first at three minutes past ten at night Seoul time on August 6 — one minute fifty-five seconds, titled for the Getty — and the fifty-two-second music video teaser followed at four minutes past.

The live description is where the facts are. It says the group played the historic Getty in Los Angeles, presented by KCRW, on their first-ever North American tour, and it names the stage: Ahn Yi Ho, Choi Suin, Park Soobum and Ra Seo Jin on vocals, Jang Young Gyu and Ejae on bass, Oh Hyung Suk on drums. Jacques Lang filmed it and Savannah Weymouth edited it. Observed shortly after posting, it stood at 44 views, 14 likes and one comment.

The teaser credits James Blagden with the visual interpretation, LEENALCHI with the arrangement and performance, Jang Young Gyu as producer, Oh Young Hoon on recording and mixing, and Vlado Meller on mastering. It points to leenalchi.com/touring, and both posts carry an Order Sugungga link. It stood at 57 views and 15 likes when we read it.

This is the first LEENALCHI article on this site, though our record already holds 44 posts from the channel — the official video for '떴다 저 가마귀 (Here Comes That Crow)' on April 21 with its announcement the day before, '삼강오륜을 아느냐 (Do You Know the Five Virtues)' on February 6, and a run of live videos and [Weekly Leenalchi] posts through January. Neither of today's posts gives a release date.

Context for International Fans

Both descriptions trace the song back to Sugungga, a Korean folk tale in which a turtle is sent to save an ailing dragon king and must bring back a rabbit whose liver is said to be the cure. Knowing that much changes what the title is doing — 별주부가 울며 여짜오되 names the turtle, not a mood. The credit blocks are worth reading too: a Korean release will often name the mixing and mastering engineers in the description itself, which makes a video post the most reliable place production facts exist at all.

Why It Matters

A first-ever North American tour is the kind of claim that gets repeated later without a source. Here it is in the group's own description, on a dated post, next to the venue and the presenter — and now on a record that starts today for this group. Two videos in the same minute also means the stage and the studio arrive together rather than weeks apart.

Watch: LEENALCHI Post a Getty Live Cut and a Teaser, a Minute Apart

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