Valentina Hassan ( Ken Lee) VS Mariah Carey ( Without you )

Ken Lee (correct pronunciation: "Can't live") is a garbled interpretation of the song "Without You", performed by Valentina Hasan , a contestant auditioning for the Bulgarian show Music Idol in February 2008. For the first time I hear her singing I thought it was a language that I never heard before. The sound really weird and funny. But, when she said it is English, I really surprised. How can she sing like that?

In an interview, she explained to the Bulgarian media that she had no knowledge of English. She had just learned the song by heart and by ear, by listening to it repeatedly on a cassette recorder, and "sang it the way she felt it”. Now, I know why she singing like that way. If I in her shoes , I will do the same think. For example, when singing a Korean or Japanese song. I am not really good in their language but I will sing that what I heard.

I am proud of her because she brave to sing the Ken Lee in front of audience even they laughing at her. She have to learn more to improve her English. She should know the original lyric and she can feel the song better when she sing it. Furthermore , we should respect other language. For me, when she sang like it seems like she destroy the English language.

I think Mariah Carey will feel so sad when her song got a very bad sound ever and Ken Lee more famous than her original song “Without you” (^_^) . However, Valentina Hasan is a good performer. She can learn more about singing because she have a nice voice. She really entertain me. Thank you.