Will the Girl Group craze continue in 2010?
Will the Girl Group craze continue in 2010?
The first keyword of the Kpop is undoubtedly ‘Girl Group’ craze. Unlike in 2008 when Wonder Girls and Girls Generation took a central place, TV screens were filled with a number of girl groups in 2009.
Girls Generation, Brown Eyed Girls, 2NE1, 4minute, T-ara, Kara, f(x), Secret, Ham, After School, JQT … the music programs were full of girl group members for a fairly long time. And they swept every entertainment program. They were featured in the entertainment programs titled ‘Girl Group Special’ and eventually the real variety program, ‘Invincible Youth’ was made, which consisted of only girl group members.
The K-pop’s main concern is if the Girl Group craze will continue in 2010. There are three opinions on the question.
The first one is that the Girl Group craze is still alive, Girls Generation and other groups almost swept the year-end music awards, and the spending trends of the public will not change so easily. It is evident in the ‘Pink Paper’ issued by Mnet. Among singing ability, appearance, friendliness, trend, album, entertainment program, performance, broadcast, commercial and so on, ‘Bigmama’ was chosen in the singing ability section and ‘MC Mong’, in the entertainment program section but Girls Generation was picked in all the rest by male fans. Especially the fact that there’s no other way of attracting the eyes of the male fans supports the effectiveness of the girl group craze.
The second one is that the late-comers and the groups preparing for their debut might not be able to call public attention in a condition where it is focused on the front-runners. T-ara and f(x), they are said to be the last one. The girl groups who had appeared after their debut dropped the curtain after receiving attention for a short time or appearing on TV once or twice. The Rainbow produced by the large agency, DSP got attention even before their debut, but after that, their impact was so small.
On this account, the late-starters without any distinct features will have a tough time while Girls Generation, Brown Eyed Girls, 2NE1, 4minute, T-ara, etc, the front-runners continuing their activities in 2010.
The third one is that the power of the girl group craze will completely disappear. If they become similar to each other, they cannot receive any more public curiosity and interest. Also 2PM, Mblaq, Beast, ZE:A, Big Bang and so forth will probably start their activities again. It was not the absence of male groups that led to the success of girl groups. But you can predict that the craze will die down with the appearance of the boy groups.
So some people say that as the Wonder Girls are acting on the world stage, it is the practical way of sustaining the craze to advance into foreign markets. The Girls Generation’s Asian tour next year may not differ much from it.
An official from the music industry said, “What is clear is that the public cannot find a distinct character from each of the girl groups. Becoming similar to each other, the front-runners will just remain as mere girl groups not as the leading role of the craze”, but also said, “If the society continues to have an atmosphere of solemnity, the influence of the girl groups will continue to some degree, though it cannot be a craze.”
[Source:Segye]
[Translated by FromWonderland]
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i hope it does but right now i only care about wonder girls being successful internationally. this might sound mean but i dont have time for the other girl groups, literally
Wonder Girls is the all time great
Wonder Girls is the all time great
they’re lengends
and their legendary career will be in my heart forever
me too sunmikiwangjang,.i only care about Wonder Girls..don’t have time with other girl groups..
Wonder Girls Fighting!!!
The reason I posted this article is that I want to tell you about what situation the country’s music has been in and what opinions exist while WonderGirls are acting on the world stage. :) I will always try to post the useful and valuable informations that are related to WG :) Thank for reading this article :)
That reminds me of Golden Fishery. The reasons JYP gave one year ago when asking the Wonder Girls to move to America were that remaining in the [Korean] entertainment industry would have required a lot of effort just to maintain their position. Now this is evident to anyone.
Thanks for the translation^^
Yes .. “Because i love The Wonder Girls, i don’t care about any girl group” – JYP pd-nim used to say that.
I believe in my WG’s power and sending my love for them only!
WONDER GIRLS = WORLD SINGER
believes in Wonder GIrls..
ok so this article is.. more about the sudden rage of Girl groups in the scene…. while our Girls are away.. haha i find it smart and wooo that they are far from all the expectant public eyes in korea… now all are waiting for themm :D
Yeah me too! I only care about the WG right now! I lyk the other groups but I love the WG.
[...] [Fuente: Segye & WonderFuls World] [...]
Sorry, I’m only interested in WG after all they’re the ones that open up K-pop to me. WG – my K-pop first-born will always remain special and moreover they are what romantic and exciting stuffs are made of – being pioneers and trailblazers. They have a good and capable producer in JY himself (another pioneer and brilliant forward planner/thinker). I’ll leave the usual stargazing to others but i’ll ravel in delight in Wonder Girls for their names, i believe are inscribed on Stars (yes even in Hollywood).
very lucky,
no one can imitate their style
there are awesome and talented!
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