Yu Huiyeol's Sketchbook (You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook / 유희열의 스케치북)

Hello, it's nice to meet you. Welcome to Sketchbook, everyone.

I'm Yu Hui Yeol.

I've hosted Sketchbook for more than seven years.

And I've seen many people...

who ended a week with Sketchbook instead of enjoying Friday night.

From next week, Sketchbook will be aired at 12am...

on every Saturday.

From next week,

I will see you at midnight.

It is a big change.

Our programme even started at 1am before.

Many people had to wait until late at night to watch Sketchbook.

I hope you will end a week with a more relaxed mind...

watching Sketchbook from now on.

We will look forward to it.

I'm glad that he's here just at the right time.

It's already been 20 years since he made his debut.

Some of his famous songs include...

"Can I Love You?"...

and "To My Bride".

A man with many hits,

he is Lee Se Joon of Yurisangja.

Thank you.

Please welcome Lee Se Joon. - Hello, I'm Lee Se Joon.

It's been a while since I visited the show.

I know.

How have you been? - Lately,

I went through a huge change.

Which is? - Yes, I became a dad.

Really? - Finally,

I became a father after seven and a half years of marriage.

The baby's 54 days old. - Oh, my.

So I've been focusing on fatherhood.

The baby must be adorable. - He absolutely is.

When I'm outside, I want to rush back home.

To see your baby? - Yes.

And when I'm home, I want to escape.

I know. You can't help it. - You should know.

So what's his name? - It's interesting.

It's Kang Woo.

Kang Woo? - Kang is my wife's last name,

and Woo is a fixed name on my side.

So you added her surname. - That's right.

Right now,

everyone's surprised at how you haven't aged at all.

You and Lee Seung Hwan are known for that.

I'm nothing compared to him. - You haven't changed.

I'm grateful to hear that, but you know we haven't...

seen each other for a few years. - Right.

Well, you seem younger than you did back then.

Your face is like a genius.

I'm not kidding.

You seem much at ease. - Faces like mine...

are referred to as genius. - Of course.

For your first song, I thought you'd sing one of your own,

but you sang Kim Kwang Seok's. Can you tell us why?

Singing a song by Yurisangja on my own...

on a show like this, Seung Hwa...

Right. - Well,

I'm afraid he might feel left out.

I released an album to celebrate my 20 years in the business,

so I sang a song from that album...

which is "Love That Was Too Painful Was Not Love".

That's so thoughtful of you.

You didn't want to make Seung Hwa feel left out.

We both get easily upset...

and hate upsetting others. - He sulks, you know.

Don't even mention it.

Still, it'd be sad not to hear...

a Yurisangja number from you today.

Let's hurry and give him a round of applause.

It can be short. - Okay.

I must say 20 years in the business is a huge milestone.

Yes, of course.

The first digit changes, you know. - Right.

To be honest with you, not many people would be interested...

in keeping track of how many years it's been since my debut.

However, I still wanted to use it...

as an excuse to release a new album, so I did.

Yurisangja will also release a new album next year.

When musicians release new albums, - Yes.

many have concerns about releasing full official albums.

Yes. When I say that my album has 10 songs, people say it's too many.

That's right. - But...

when I say it's for my 20th anniversary,

they say, "I see. Then do it." - Right.

Title tracks in the album are surely important,

but as musicians, we think about so many things.

Yes, we do.

What's the last track?

The last track in any album is actually very important.

The last track...

is a song for my son.

I wanted the song to have my son's voice in it.

Many musicians do those things. - Right, they do.

However, he was due...

way past my recording deadline,

so I didn't think it'd work out. But he's such a good son...

because he was born three weeks before his due date.

Miraculously, he was born on the day I was mixing my album.

The day you were mixing that song? - Yes.

You know the very first cry, right?

I was able to record it. - At the hospital?

Yes. I recorded it there and used it while mixing the song.

So the song has Kang Woo's first cry in it.

His nickname is Hee Mang, so I put "featuring Hee Mang" on the title.

We'd love to hear it. - Sure.

Thank you.

So was that your baby's voice?

Yes. His very first cry.

I almost got goose bumps.

He has a voice of a balladeer.

You think he sounds like a balladeer?

He can also sing notes very accurately.

He's so cute. - It sounded like rhythm and blues.

He cried like this.

Se Joon has been a musician for two decades.

We'd love to hear one of your many songs. Which one would be good?

My new title track will be good. - Yes, that's right.

I want to say something to today's young people to cheer them up.

However, the environment I was in at their age is very different,

so I can't even give them advice. - Right.

We can't fully understand. - Exactly.

Saying that it used to be worse in my days would sound irresponsible.

Despite the difficult circumstances,

we can't keep blaming everything on our not so ideal environment.

"We shouldn't settle for a mediocre life. Let's rise..."

"above the difficult circumstances." That's the message I wanted to give,

so I wrote this song, "Fly High".

It's perfect for this album. - Thank you.

All right. With this song, we'll say goodbye to Se Joon here.

Thank you for joining us today. - Thank you!

Please clap along.

Thank you!

As the host of Sketchbook, I've had many grateful moments.

There are some musicians...

who never appear on any television shows...

but make an exception to join us and perform live for us.

Lim Chang Jung, who was here recently is one of them.

He only performs on this stage.

This artist's song...

also ranked high on music charts,

but she didn't appear in any TV shows, so we couldn't see her.

She'll be performing this song live for the first time today.

Her singing sounds even better when it's a live performance.

Let's welcome Korea's Beyonce.

Please give it up for Ailee.

Every time I see her, I feel like life is not fair.

How can she be so good at singing?

She is a great singer. She is Ailee. Hello.

Hello. It's nice to meet you. I'm Ailee.

She is very professional.

She was having a bad cough...

just before she sang on the stage.

I heard you have a bad cold. - Yes, I caught a bad flu.

In fact, I was surprised by my good voice on the stage.

Maybe that's adrenaline.

It sounds croaky now, but you sang very well.

I tried not to make a sound the whole day to save it for tonight.

For Sketchbook. - I was...

And for you.

Ailee recently joined an audition programme as a judge.

The programme sounds similar to Sketchbook. It's Superstar K.

I will ask her to give a customised commentary on something.

It can be tricky, though.

You should evaluate the singer, Ailee, as a judge.

What do you think of her appearance?

I guess its a 5 or 6.

Out of 10? - Yes.

See? They are booing...

as you are being too generous. - Oh, I see.

It should be three. - Okay.

What about her sexiness?

Sexiness? - Yes. You have to be honest.

I say 8 out of 10.

Don't you think? - I like that voice.

That's good. - Eight.

This is an easy one.

What's the score for Ailee's singing skills?

Out of 10.

A hundred.

That's nice. She's a good judge. - This is embarrassing.

Actually, I checked the list of the songs Ailee has released.

The song titles are like this.

"I Will Show You", "Don't Touch Me" and "Mind Your Own Business".

So in summary, "I'll show you, so don't touch me and mind your business."

It seems like the songs are about rejecting your ex-boyfriend.

That's right. I'm good at it.

Okay. What is the title of your new song then?

It sounds totally different.

It is called "Home".

"Home"? - Yes, the house.

You don't need to interpret the word.

I know the word, home.

The song title is "Home". - Gosh.

It doesn't sound tough.

It's not? What is the song about?

I talked on the phone with my ex-boyfriend...

saying hello and asking how he's been doing.

And I think of what he told me when we were together.