More Pre-debut footage of Miss A

Fei and Jia were featured in 2PM’s Anycall Corby CF MV. They are the two girls in pink behind Nichkhun.



Fei and Jia, as part of JYP Sisters, were regulars on the Chinese program If You Dance, You Will Become More Beautiful. Lim (Wonder Girls) was also included in this. In the first video they are dancing to Um Jung Hwa’s Invitation, which is a song that was written by Park Jin Young. The second video features Fei and Jia dancing to Sean Paul’s Temperature.





On the same show, Fei and Jia, along with other Sisters member danced to Coco Lee's No Doubt and Jolin Tsai's True Man




Jia dance to Rain's I'm Coming


and so many more from that show...

Min and SNSD’s Hyoyeon used to be in the same dance crew, Little Winners, when they were 13 and 15 years old, respectively.




Min had trained in JYPE USA for 5 years in hopes of debuting as Lil’ Jon’s protege. She even opened for the JYP Concerts in LA and New York in 2008 with her solo songs Go Ahead and Boyfriend. Here’s a rehearsal clip of her song Boyfriend.



More of Min's dancing when training in US:





Min in Korea (2008):



source: allkpop and youtube

What are the strengths of the top 5 K-pop girl groups?

Today, the entertainment industry is overflowing with idol groups that are armed with each of their own strengths and colors, particularly girl groups. With such a huge variety of girl groups blooming in this ‘Girl group Golden Age’, Osen ran an article where five of the top representative girl groups of K-pop were examined and compared for each group’s strengths. Amongst the countless cliche girl groups currently on the market, it is these girls who have maintained their own territory with their unique set of charms and separated from the rest of the pack.

SNSD – Good coordination between members, capable of pulling off a variety of styles

With as many as 9 members in the group, the myriad of strengths of SNSD are distributed equally within the group, allowing for their specialty in overall coordination to be accentuated.

The vocally talented Taeyeon and Jessica, the luxurious and feminine visuals of Yoona and Yuri, the consistently skinny Sooyoung, the cute and innocent charms of Seohyun and Tiffany, the fun and cute Sunny, and dancer Hyoyeon – it is these diverse strengths which permit for a greater number of people to match their tastes with the group and pick their biases, making them all the more appealing.

In addition, the group has an excellent ability of adapting easily to numerous concepts and styles, such as the sexy, cute, innocent, lively and fresh images. People also take fun in watching out for that one member who receives a complete makeover for the group’s new concept.

 

2NE1 -  Individuality, creativity, a powerful hold of the stage

The four member group, consisting of Park Bom, Sandara Park, Minzy and CL, are known to possess individuality that clearly differentiates them from other female idol groups. They also gain their popularity through their ‘aspiring, longing image’, along with their unconventional personalities.

With their powerful music, and doubly powerful stylists, they crossed to the high fashion world wearing unusual outfits directly made by world famous designers. This plants a perception of creativeness for the group. In addition, instead of wowing the crowds with the typical bling-bling, feminine concepts, they showcase very non-girl group-like charisma on stage with the use of their powerful choreography and energy.

KARA – A sense of familiarity, all members of equal beauty

KARA’s strength is that all members are so equally beautiful that one can consider all of them to take the ‘visuals’ role of the group.

The group led by lead vocalist Park Gyuri, Goo Hara, Kang Jiyoung, Han Seung Yeon and Nicole all possess a feminine and mature beauty, making themselves known as a visually appealing group. However, instead of looking so perfect that it’s burdensome, the group holds a sense of familiarity in their attractiveness, which makes it easier for girls their age to relate to them.

Brown Eyed Girls – A sophisticated and defiant concept

When the Brown Eyed Girls (Jea, Narsha, Miryo, Ga-in) stepped foot into the K-pop scene with ‘Your Story’ back in 2006, their original concept focused mainly on their strong, charismatic vocals. However things changed when they released their 3rd album ‘Abracadabra‘. With this they showcased a new, sexy concept, which ultimately was a national jackpot and took them to the next level.

Everything about the ‘arrogant dance’ for ‘Abracadabra’, starting from their outfits, the dance itself, and the performance, showed exactly how important concepts are for girl groups. Furthermore, Narsha’s extravagant change in concept for her solo promotions had also received a great deal of attention.

Wonder Girls  – A group full of effort

After the Wonder Girls (Sunye, Ye Eun, Sohee, Yubin, Hye Lim) advanced into the American market and succeeded, the results they achieved earned them images of a hardworking group. They even honestly revealed to their fans the difficulties and trials they faced during their time overseas, but the portrayal of the group running to reach the top nevertheless created a strong image for idol groups to follow.

The group may not be as strong in the visuals category as SNSD or KARA, but their subtle charms are what have attracted not only Korean fans, but also their fans across the globe as well.

Source: Osen
Article: allkpop

MNet: Top100 Kpop Idol List

MNet recently released a top 100 K-pop idols list: "Super 100" Idols. The list consists of artists both old and new. Here is the full list. This is the rank according to Korean people. Let's see what rank is your idol?

The Struggle of Less Popular Members in Idol Groups

Idol groups, such as SNSD and Super Junior are currently two of the most definite active idol groups with large number of members.

Although SNSD, Super Junior, etc enjoys immense popularity, but because of so many members, the ones who are able to take center stage belongs to just a selected few. The other members can only stand by the side and become “extras”. And those members who aren’t as popular has to fight for their survival in the competitive industry through other areas in order to raise their profile and popularity. Thus, they engage in hosting, acting, etc to make a name for themselves and constantly reminds the public that they are around. Anyway, each member has their distinct personality but are just showing it through many areas of the entertainment industry at their own pace.