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representasian growing women power in k-pop
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t a eye o n 09.03.1989 girls’generation
t o p s o n g p i c ks 1. no love again
born and raised in jeonju, south korea, taeyeon began her singing c areer as par t of the legendar y girl group, girls’ generation.
2. weekend 3.fine 4. stress 5. siren
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when singing, you need performing skills and a bit of imagination. you have to treasure the emotions, and to not deviate from the colour of the song while pouring your heart into it.
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within her time in girls’ generation, she has released nine studio albums with the group and three solo albums. in spite of being solo, taeyeon has also worked in girls’ generation sub-units such as T TS and Oh!- GG. dubbed one of the best vocalists in the k- p o p i n d u s t r y. t a e y e o n ’ s e m o t i o n a l and power ful voice is her greatest strength and it is what fans love best a b o u t h e r.
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g i r l s’
f(x)
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25.09.2009 victoria | amber | luna | kr ystal | the late sulli f(x) was formed in 2009 by the e n t e r t a i n m e n t c o m p a n y, s m enter tainment. from the beginning, f(x) d e f i e d n o r m a l k- p o p s t a n d a r d s w i t h their eccentric music concepts and c h a n g e d t h e k- p o p o u t l o o k o f b e a u t y t h r o u g h m e m b e r, a m b e r. f(x) has released a wide range of a l b u m s s u c h a s p i n o c c h i o , h o t s u m m e r, electric shock, pink tape, red light a n d a f t e r m e m b e r, s u l l i ’ s d e p a r t u r e , 4 walls. the eccentric vibes and unique music st yle is what really draws the listener’s at tention to the group.
t o p s o n g p i c ks
05.08.2007 taeyeon | jessic a | sunny | tif fany | hyoyeon | yuri | sooyoung | yoona | seohyun
t o p s o n g p i c ks
girls generation is one of the top girl groups in south korea. the girls dominated the char ts in 2009 with their s i n g l e ‘ g e e ’, w h i c h w a s d u b b e d t h e most popular song of the decade. the girls didnt just takeover korea, they took over the japanese music scene too, releasing several suc cessful japanese albums.
1.gee
1. 4 walls
2. run devil run
2. all night
3.oh!
3. i cant stop me
4. hoot
4. fancy
5. itnw
5. yes or yes
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one of my goals always, when i write music, is that it’s not only me sharing my stor y with the fans : it’s also a r e m i n d e r t o m y s e l f t h a t , ‘ h e y, i said this so that i need to g r o w f r o m i t .’
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if there’s something you want to do, then that means you have a goal. but that goal may change as you live. you never know when your interests may change direction, so always anticipate i t , d a y b y d a y.
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the group began as nine but continued on as a group of eight af ter the d e p a r t u r e o f l e a d s i n g e r, j e s s i c a . despite their music style being characterised as electropop and bubblegum pop, however their st yle has developed since then.
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r e d ve l ve t
twice 20.10.2015 nayeon | jeongyeon | momo | sana | jihyo | mina | dahyun | chaeyoung | tzuyu 1. what is love
01.07.2014 irene | wendy | seulgi | joy | yeri
t o p s o n g p i c ks
with their achievements, they have b e e n d u b b e d ‘ t h e n a t i o n ’ s g i r l g r o u p ’, s u c c e e d i n g t h e i r p r e d e c e s s o r, girls’generation.
t o p s o n g p i c ks
red velvet debuted as a quar tet in 2 0 1 4 w i t h t h e i r s i n g l e ‘ h a p p i n e s s ’. i n 2 0 1 5 , a f i f t h m e m b e r, y e r i w a s a d d e d following the release of ice cream cake.
1. psycho
formed through a television program 2. the feels called sixteen, t wice made their debut in october of 2015. however the nine 3. i cant stop me girls rose to fame in 2016 with their hit s i n g l e ‘ c h e e r u p ’. 4. fancy with their release of their first studio abum, t wicetagram, t wice was the first female korean act to simultaneously top both billboard’s world albums and world digital son sales.
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2. russian roulet te 3.dumb dumb 4. ice cream cake
5. yes or yes
5. red flavour
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instead of doubting yourself, love yourself more and the work you make for the world. before you know it, you’ll be at the top of the world
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When singing, you need performing skills and a bit of i m a g i n a t i o n . Yo u h a v e t o treasure the emotions, and to not deviate from the colour of the song while pouring your heart into it.
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their music al st yle is expres sed through their group’s name. red reflects their pop side which showcases genres such as electronic, funk and hip hop whereas velvet showcase a 90’s influenced r&b side with elements of jazz and ballads. their versatilit y with a variet y of musical genres has garnered praise from industr y por fessionals.
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wo n d e r girls
01.07.2014 sunye | yubin | sohee | sunmi | hyuna | yeeun | hyerim
top song picks 1.
nobody
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be my baby
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tell me
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like this
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why so lonely
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alongside girls’generation, the wonder girls have established themselves as one of the top girl groups in korea. the wonder girls topped char ts with songs such as so hot, nobody and be my b a b y. they made their way into the americ an market through the jonas brothers’ world tour where they became the opening act.
it’s not like we have superpowers or are super talented or super beautiful, but we have passion and we believe in ourselves.
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in addition to singing and dancing, the wonder girls have also starred in their own movie produced by teennick which is the sister channel of nickolodeon.
BoA 25.08.2000 k- p o p q u e e n
boa is a solo artist based in south korea. boa’s abilit y to sing in japanese, english and mandarin has allowed her to find fur ther success beyond korea. boa was the first korean pop star to breakout in japan and the only foreign ar tist with three albums to have sold more than one million copies in japan. beyond singing, boa has become one fo the most influential korean enter tainers with skills in songwriting, dancing, producing and acting.
t o p s o n g p i c ks 1. no.1 2. atlantis princess 3. my name 4.only one 5. valenti
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Yo u h a v e t o b e c o m e t h e ‘ f i r s t of yourself’ instead of tr ying to become the second of anyone. Wo r k i n g t e n t i m e s a s h a r d w i l l make you t wice as good.
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