YMGA (Young Men Gangsta’s Association), YG Entertainment’s newest act, recently had it’s debut on SBS InkiGayo with their single Tell It To My Heart. They had a humorous faux pas involving some scrolling text displays and an unparsed repitition of their group name.
Maybe it’s me being immature but I think that’s pretty funny.
Uhm Jung Hwa, one of Korea’s first successful actress turned pop singer turned actress, has recently come back with her new single Disco featuring Big Bang’s TOP. My initial thoughts when reading about the collaboration on paper was, “OK Uhm Jung Hwa just wants a popular feature so she chose someone from Big Bang”. However, after watching the video my first thought was “Wow, could she be any more of a cougar?” Given it wasn’t too intense, but she was getting kind of cozy with somone nearly 20 years her junior.
Note: UJH was born in 1969, TOP in 1987.
More power to her I guess.
More thoughts and the video after the jump.
The KPOP industry, like almost any other music industry, is all about duplicating success. If one type of act or group or genre begins to do well, suddenly the scene is filled with more of the same.
The past few years have seen the rise of talented albeit oversinging groups that are all about the vocal runs and emotional ballads. Brown Eyed Soul, MtoM, Monday Kiz, SG Wannabe, See Ya and so on have all popped onto the scene, singing their hearts out as if their life depended on it.
Also, the comeback of girl groups has become a huge thing as acts such as Wonder Girls and Jewelry have dominated the KPOP charts. SNSD, Kara, CSJH, Baby Vox Rev V, and others are all also in the quest to become the most beloved girl group.
So I can see how this new group camed to be. H7, a new all girl group had their debut a couple weeks ago and yet their seemed almost nothing new about them. It’s as if their management company thought, “Team, what if we took the success of See Ya and the outlandish popularity of Wonder Girls & SNSD and created a new group!?” “Bye Golly Mr. Kim, that’s genius!”.
