I’m sure a lot of you know about the Wonder Girls latest great Success with entering the BillBoard Charts with their year round (never dying) International Hit “Nobody”.
Well, Congratulations to them firstly, it is an amazing feat since they’ve done more than most K-Crossovers over the last few years. JYP held a press conference for the girls last week in Seoul and mentioned how they will be concentrating on the Western World with the Wonders and will not be further promoting in Korea. Since I prefer them in Korea it’s a darn shame, nonetheless there was something in that conference that made me blink twice, and that was YooBin.
Loving the look not the makeup
YooBin sported a new haircut framing her face and making her look fabulous yet I swear I’ve seen it all before and then I realised the insane resemblance little Miss YooBin has to cutesy pop star IU. For sake of funsies they shall be called I-Yoo.
Just because I love calling them that And I’m really considering making it a theme
I always liked 4Minute. Sure I made fun of HyunAh a lot (HyunAjumma!) but it was playful teasing honestly, and out of the horde of girl groups out there…. Man, are they most promising. They’re recent song “Muzik” is so much fun to just boogy down to, and what a refreshment after that horrible music video I just saw ( La ChA Ta Ta TA(?) )
Now THATS a car, f(x), effects, or whatever your name is, take note.
And I must say, now THIS is a HOT comeback stage, behold “Muzik” on KBS MusicBank:
The crowd is loving it
I never really had the chance to say this about them, but these girls are confident, have attitude and hella stage presence to back it up. Looking at that performance, you wouldn’t think this is their 2nd single promotions, looks more like they’ve been in the biz for a while. I don’t know why everybody’s talking about 2NE1s “stage presence”, which I think is non-existent, these girls give it off, while I feel nothing when 2NE1 performs, I’d much rather listen to their songs.
They’re the full package when it comes to performers. Appealing voices, stage presence and have some decent dance skills. JiYoon is a STAR and thank the lord they stopped HyunA from that squeaky singing and she stuck to how shes meant to sound. Bearable.
I see a lotta potential, and just because I like them…
Member Profiles:
Name: Nam JiHyun (남지현 ) Position: Leader, Vocalist Height:167 cm Weight:49 kg D.O.B: 01/19/90 Mini Homepage:Cyworld
Name: Heo GaYoon (허가윤) Position: Main Vocalist Height: 165 cm Weight: 47 kg D.O.B: 18/05/90 Additional: *2nd place in SM Entertainment 2005 9th youth Singing competition
* Featured in labelmate Marios Music Video “I’m Yours”
Name: Jun JiYoon (전지윤) Position: Vocalist, Rapper Height: 165 cm Weight: 47 kg D.O.B: 15/10/90 Mini Homepage:Cyworld
Name: Kim HyunA (김현아) Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist Height: 163 cm Weight: 45 kg D.O.B: 06/06/92 Mini Homepage:Cyworld Additional:* Former member of Wonder Girls
* Featured in AJ’s song “2009″ and music video for “Dancing Shoes”.
* Featured in Mighty Mouth’s music video “Love Class”.
* Featured in Navi’s song, “Wasteful Tears”.
* Featured in Brave brothers song “Bittersweet”
Name: Kwon SoHyun (권소현) Position: Vocalist Height: 162 cm Weight: 45 kg D.O.B: 30/08/94 Additional: Former member of Elementary school students group Orange in 2005 The one in the middle reminds me of what SNSDs YoonA used to look like….
Back on track, girls brought funky back, what do you think?
I think POminute (4Minute to be accurate) are quite promising, and I do like them, so when news broke out of them releasing their new single with a fabulous new teaser I was excited. I mean, something has got to clean out the sour taste in my mouth after the awful f(x) teaser.
They are also looking fierce! Although HyunAjumma can get annoying at times, she is actually one of the liveliest of the group, and her history in Wonder Girls was probably why they’re in demand so much with CFs. They just got themselves a Sony Walkman gig and are pretty much picking up all the CF deals that Wonder Girls dropped off. Lucky girls, that’s a nice chunk of change to get although they’re paid less than the WGs. 4Minute had a shaky debut stage but they recovered and started to improve daily with their confidence and performances, and that deserves kudos.
Nevertheless, I have my copy of the album and it’s a fun dance album, with a medium tempo (or two), making it almost Pussycat Dolls-esque but Koreanified.
(Speaking of Korean Pussycat Dolls, I miss After School, initially they were one of the most fun on stage girl group this year, they lit up the stage every time they performed and I liked it. Somehow they disappeared with the barrage of girl groups this summer, and I have missed them, even though their leader freaked me out.)
Recently a picture has surfaced of the middle Jonas Brother and his birthday party.
Some people were observant enough to realise a strange alien woman watching from afar behind a clever disguise…. Assorted color balloons!
And who was that clever lass? None other than MiMi of the Wonder Gurls Girls: if that doesn’t scream stalker behaviour, I don’t know what does.
No one else could have that strange hairstyle, and no other so called “human” can pull it off but SunMi, aka Agent MiMi, Jonas Brother stalker.
Could she be hired out by Joe’s estranged ex-lover Katy Perry? Could she be admiring him from afar? Or could she, which is the most unlikely option, be invited?
Or worse yet, crashed the party with some balloons inhabited by tiny alien monsters ready to infest the world with Alien Flu?
Don’t get me wrong, I like the Wonder Girls and I wish them all the success they want to achieve in the U.S, although, it doesn’t mean that they’ll get it, but… stop!
What the hell was this video?
Check it out, it’s from their official YouTube channel, probably an idea concocted by our dear JYP and he even makes a little cameo (watch the gorilla jump at 0:49). I don’t mind the voting ad on their channel with the tutorial, but the acting was just horrible…
Especially Yoobin, isn’t she meant to be the “sexy” one? Just have them stand there and say
“Hey to all our fans, we love and appreciate your support. We were elated to find us win by 99% on the Radio Disney poll and would be honored if you continue to show us your support by continuing to vote. Don’t know how to vote? Watch this small tutorial!”
Every girl can say a line and won’t be made to look like a fool O_O
Did y’all cringe as much as I did? And dagnabbit, doesn’t it look like a cheesy cut from a Disney sitcom? I so called it! At least let me in on it if you’re gonna use my idea JinYoung Ajoushi!
WG if you continue like this, Disney won’t give you your acting gig, I’m still rooting for it, but a little dismayed.
My brother, had (Ehem, still has) the same exact outfit about 12 years ago. But Lol, apparently some netizens seem to think that she looks like a plain Codi (Coordinator), awww. SoHee sweetie, thats not something you wear to an interview. Look at your unnies, you look like you haven’t gotten dressed yet and still in your home clothes.
At least this Codi can boogy…
On another note, Wonder Girls had an interview with Power Play… Bare-faced.
Nonetheless, when I woke up and searched ye olde Youtube, all I could find were fancams. Not fancams from the show, but of people watching it on the TV. O_O
What happened to DVD recorders or streams from the TV to the laptop?
So, discouraged I left the Internet for a while and waited for a good HD vid, and did I ever get one! Check out the great quality Daum video, and oh me oh my, Ms. Williams has some distracting cleavage!
The girls did superbly and Grand Master JYP was of course, thrilled. They looked tired and a little hazy at times, but as it went on they looked like they were ready to part-ay with Ms.Williams and the twins.
So, what now?
OK, I was one of those that was seriously skeptical when JYP announced his Wonder World Domination thing, and I thought he was getting way ahead of himself, since the girls are pretty much still noobs. And still Kids.
But this is Mr JYP, he always has something planned, and keeps it secret.
And while chatting to ze ShaBANG we came up with some seriously ridiculous future prospects with the WG girls in the US, but the most believable one, and the one we feel is most likely to happen is…
World Domination via…
.
.
.
.
.
Oh yes, oh yes my friends! BRING ON THE WONDER WORLD! ( I call copyright) A Sitcom for our very own adorable, little sister-like, overly-skinny Wonder Gurls.
Picture it now… 5 Korean exchange students coming to live life in the United States, to study English and try to break it in to the American Music Industry.
They can mix love, life and teen troubles. The girls can cry together, work together, deal with homesickness together, study together and fulfil their dreams together… the American Dream that is!
Disney, I officially call out to you to offer me the Creative Director job and a salary of $250K. I can even script-write!
I see Yenny having many a heart break with her quests for “true love”…
Yubin getting all the man lovin’ and staying sexy a la Bridget Hennessy.
Sun being the Soccer team Captain and caring mama.
Mimi trying to return to Planet Zion, Outer Space
and poor little Sohee and her growing pains…
If this isn’t a hit, I don’t know what is. And it does help that they’re already exposed to the Disney audience via Jonas Brothers.
That or they’re vying for a Burger King job (official sponsors of the Jonas Bros tour), but that’s just so far fetched!
Rain + Megan Fox
WonderGirls + Jonas Brothers
Hehehe .. WE DIG!
A Question: why is it that’s always the middle one involved in all rumors?
Watch out from Taylor Swift girls, she tends to have a thing for writing songs about the ones she doesn’t like! Next thing you know you’ll be the title of her next album! BTW is she really over him for real?
You kept telling me not to envy people and keep myself away from jealousy
B/C you created all of us the same way! Sorry that i was in doubt about your fairness!
The woman who swept the attention of the KPOP industry with her so called HOT image!
Turned out just to be like us in love with food and capable of growing in all sides and angles!
*Bowing to HEAVEN*
XOXOXOXOOXOXOOXOX
SHENYUE!
BEFORE PICTURE
P.S. For those who read my private letter to God ^^…
Took you that long to miss me? No shame? It had to be months till you find out you missed my horrible grammar and sarcasm that end up making tantrum for the updates? ^^/. Well the truth is the negative comments really got out of control for a while and we made the forum and updates there ever since! Forum allowed us to have more control on the commenters! I heard from the staff you guys really been wanting updates .. well .. i will repost couple posts from the forum on here for the start and see how things are going here! If you piss me off again .. you know you are going to be in loss ^^…
It looks like Rain has hired out some YMCA trainers for the shoot
Rain is releasing his Fifth Korean Album soon and has entitled the album “Rainism”. What is with Celebs these days and their strange Comeback Album names? Lee HyoRi started it with her “It’s HyoRish”, and the DBSK men tried thier go with the name “Mirotic”. Rain will start his promotional activities this week with a performance in the MBC Dream Concert on the 9th and MBC will air his comeback showcase on the 17th.
Talented actress Ha JiWon will be staring in his Music Video “Love Story”, teasers have been released and are “interesting”, we’ll post the video in it’s entire release. Mostly because I hate the “teaser” trend, it’s too annoying for words.
But it will be interesting to hear and see what he does without Grand Master JYPs backing.
Big Bang release their new MV
The Big Bang boys have released their new MV, which I’m guessing is for Japan since it’s subbed in Japanese. They shot the MV in Seoul, because I actually recognise some of the dancers, that is as detailed as my research is. Watch it for yourselves and tell us if you think it’s going to be a big hit.
Big Bang feat. Aimee Lucas “Number 1″
G-Dragon needs to be told that glasses are made to improve your eye sight, not bar you from seeing completely. Sometimes I commend his boldness, but the glasses thing is getting boring. Plus it makes you look like a fly, or your eyes are wearing nappies. It sounds childish but seriously there is no other way around it.
“crazy hottie, mad party” Sing it…
JYP desperate for China and the U.S
Well, it sure looks like it.
JYP announced earlier this week that a “Chinese Wonder Girls” are in the works to take over the Chinese charts like their Korean counterparts. He actually sounded a lot like LSM to me, when he claimed that Zhang LiYin was the “Chinese BoA“, and well, it’s only a matter of time to see the “Female Big Bang” (Thank God YG isnt branching out to a Chinese Headquarters, the Korean Music Industry is in a bad enough slump). Everyone wants to remake they’re most successful artists I guess, don’t they know that individual charm is most successful? If you label them something beforehand, they wont be able to shine on their own and won’t be taken seriously.
JYP tells you, tells you, tttttetells you, he looks strange dancing the “Tell Me”
Apparently the Wonder Girls are also going to be either making it as singers or actresses in the States, when they plan to debut there. What’s so bad about the K-Music Industry that everyone wants to be anywhere but there? Shouldn’t the big Cahoonas try and improve the Industry and make it so fresh and lively that people from abroad will take a huge liking to it, without having to try every method under the Sun trying to make it big somewhere else? I like the “make them come to you wanting more” method, rather than the “try to make it big without that much interest” method.
It’s seriously infuriating that Big Record Companies and every one else involved, complain about the slump and do nothing about it. Instead of complaining, how about putting more effort in to the “music”, in to the promotions, make people interested instead of running to other Industries abroad where more money is available. The HallYu wave spread because of foreign interest in the Korean culture, not because they sold arms and legs to get their Music, Movies and Dramas to garner some interest abroad. Something needs to be done about these Companies and their lack of Nationalism, funnily enough their reasons are “for the sake of Hallyu”, sure, I believe you(!).
_________________________________________
Credits: Newsen, Empas, Youtube, Naver
Credits for SYP: noonoo_shoo, Tangera
SYP forums list some Credits
And I’m really considering making it a theme 
