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I wonder, girls~!

January 21, 2008 · 2 Comments

There are something called the “Big 3″ when it comes to idol stars in Korea. The groups are Big Bang, which is a boy band with 5 members. Girls Era, which is girl-group, wich something like 9 members. Last but not least, Wondergirls, also a girl-group, with 5 member. In this article, I won’t go deep into introducing Big Bang, becuase I have no doubt why they successed, they have great vocals and shiny faces. Now something that I don’t feel comfortable about is the girls. The difference between two girls groups is the target audience. The group Girls’ Era’s main target is the younger people, like elementary school kids. I’m not a specialist on analyzing celebrities but you can kinda infer from the custom that they are wearing. Usually they have these Santa Clause outfits and all those customs that you have gotta be young to enjoy. If you live in Korea you can also infer that their target audience is the young kids, because they are the only ones singing those songs! This is nothing that of great accuracy, but my experience, that my friends who are in middle school, nobody listens to them. But some kids that I know that goes to elementary school, I hear them singing their song every goddamn time I see them. May be I’m friends with some weird people but still those people gave me an impression that Girl’s Era targeted young. However Wondergirls are kinda different. Their concept is a bit sexy and classic at the same time. Now most people around me have listen to their music, whether they like it or not, because they play the friggin’ song over and over again on television. I gotta say their music was pretty adictive, but these girls seem to have some problem too. You see the youngest member of the team is like 17 years old. Now it ain’t so comfortable when you watch these girls that should be at their school, on stage wearing sexy outfits and dancing. Further more I think I wrote about this problem, but their vocals are on the chopping block as well. The thing is that these girls became so famous in no time that they couldn’t handle the penalty of popularity. They are in lots of commercials and they are hottest guest for a lot of television shows. That’s why they were caught making mistakes on their songs on live music shows. Some people ask them to lip-sync, because they don’ t wanna see no more mistakes by people who call themsleves “singers”. I think all of those idol stars have great potential, that enough to conquer the entertainment business all around the globe, I just hope they stay on one path to reach there.

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2 responses so far ↓

  • eungji // January 24, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Well the two groups are different because of their management’s characteristics. SM’s image is like that of Japan, and JYP’s singers, they have sexual charm under Park Jinyoung.
    But their songs are pretty much horrible, in my opinion……………

  • brianleedongrae // January 25, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Both of them are more of a face-group than a vocal-group I must admit

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