When APink released L.O.V.E. Love song near the end of the last year, I was excited for few weeks and they got over 9 straight win for our Pandas , they were definitely on the top position in kpop at that time, and finally EXID's "Up and Down" took over APink's position and also took few wins......
However, if you still think APink or EXID are on the top of kpop girl groups right now, then you are definitely out of trend now, since there are many new girl groups debut and some very strong comeback until now, It's necessary for me to update my blog once again, and I will focus on talking about the current trend for kpop girl group right now at early 2015.....
1 After huge success of APink, new kpop girl groups return to "cute" and "innocent" concept.
1 G-Friend(여자친구):G-Friend (Hangul: 여자친구) is a six-member South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. From their name(여자친구, which means girlfriend), we know their audience will be mainly young male kpop fans. And the average age of this group is only 17( all in high school), and become the youngest active kpop girl group nowadays, the youngest member Uhmji just turned 16 this year. Their first single Glass Bead entered top 10 on various kpop music chart, and still now....
PS : OMG, they all look so young and so innocent(maybe a bit too young) , typical high school girl type, and there's one look like IU for some reason, and their debut single reminds me of the SNSD debut single "into the new world" from concept to choreography back in 2007 , which causes hot topic for many kpop fans. Personally I think G-Friend will have the biggest potential among all the kpop girl groups right now....
2 Lovelyz :Lovelyz (Hangul: 러블리즈) is a 7 member South Korean girl group, formed in 2014 by Woollim Entertainment. Their debut album, Girls' Invasion, was released on November 17, 2014 with the debut single "Candy Jelly love". Recently, Woollim Entertainment released their second album on March 3 with a new title track, "Hi~".
PS : I heard about this group when APink still top the chart, I think their debut single was not quite successful. However, their following single "Hi" just released last week was way better than their first single, and they are pretty much have very similar concept to G-friend like school girl type, these two girl groups will probably become rival in the future.....
2 fierce and talented girl groups still exist nowadays.
1 4 Minute: 4Minute (Korean: 포미닛) is a five-member South Korean girl group formed in 2009 by Cube Entertainment with music singles and albums released primarily in South Korea and Japan. The group debuted in June 2009 with its first single, "Hot Issue", which became a huge success back then. Over the years, they released many No 1 singles, which made them one of the solid 1st tier girl group right now.On February 9 2015, 4Minute released the EP along with the title track's full music video which won them their first Music Core trophy on February 2.
PS : 4 Minute was definitely one of the top tier girl group right now, after each release, they could probably top the chart at least for a while. The first time I watched their new single "Crazy", I was a bit scared of this new 4Minute, I thought they transformed into 2NE1 or sth. Then I got used to their new style(but I'm still a bit scared of Queen Hyuna in this MV for some reason), but overall I think it's a really successful start for 4Minute for the upcoming 2015.
2 Sonamoo:Sonamoo (Hangul: 소나무) is a seven-member South Korean K-pop girl group under TS Entertainment. On December 29, 2014, Sonamoo made their official debut with the "Deja
Vu.
PS : Among those new girl groups debut in recent few month, Sonamoo was definitely one of them really stand out. Their style is completely different from other girl groups who are try to be either cute or sexy. They have their unique style, some fans called them as the new version of "2NE1". All the members have outstanding dance skills. They focus more on their talent than their look.
3 Sexy and mature concept is still the mainstream in many comeback kpop girl groups right now
1 Hello Venus: Hello Venus (Hangul: 헬로비너스; stylized as HELLOVENUS) is a 6 member South Korean girl group formed by Tricell Media at 2012, and right now under Fantagio. When they just debut, they also have innocent and cute concept. Until late 2014, A music video teaser for their upcoming single "Sticky Sticky" was released on 31 October, featuring all the members in a sexy concept. And at the beginbing of year 2015, they made a strong comeback with the hit single "Wiggle Wiggle", that dance move went viral on Internet instantly, their success quickly followed EXID's "Up and Down" . After that, fans called them as Wiggle Wiggle group.
PS: I heard of this group when they released "would you stayed for tea(차마실래) back in 2013 with T-ara, and only thought some members are pretty back then, but not pay too much attention to them back then . When they came back with Wiggle Wiggle song, they completely changed their cute and innocent concept, totally go for sexy concept, and actually became quite successful, I think Hello Venus could probably break into 1st tier girl group in the coming year 2015....
2 Rainbow: Rainbow (sometimes stylized as RAINBOW; Korean: 레인보우) is a seven-member South Korean girl group signed to DSP Media. On November 12, 2009, the group released their debut EP Gossip Girl; two days later, they made their television debut on the MBC program Show! Music Core. They went through several concept change from sexy to cute and back to sexy concept again. At Feb 2015, they made a comeback with their hit single "Black Swan".
PS : Speaking of the girl group Rainbow, I did have a lot of things to talk about. I know them since their "A" song back in 2010. Rainbow was supposed to be the the next big girl group after KARA under DSP Media. Initially, DSP Media created Rainbow was to against the f(x) from SM Entertainment.and f(x) also debut at 2009. However, after over 5 years, f(x) became top tier girl group, whereas Rainbow was still second tier girl group due to the poor management of DSP Media and their confused concept change. Rainbow was actually a talented girl group which had several visuals in this group, but poor management lead to their popularity in kpop today. And their new single bought them back to sexy concept again....
3 Nine Muses: Nine Muses (Korean: 나인뮤지스, sometimes stylized as 9MUSES) is a South Korean girl group under Star Empire Entertainment. The group debuted in 2010 with the single "No Playboy" from the single album. They experienced several lineup changes, and at 2015, they made a comeback with Drama released on January 23.
PS: I just heard about this group like last year, they are just like second tier girl group. However, their comeback Drama was quite strong, they have on various music chart for top 10 for like almost 3 month now, and their popularity was actually more consistent than any other girl groups nowadays, and they probably could made solid 2ed tier to 1st tier girl group now.
4 Fiestar: Fiestar (Korean: 피에스타) is a five member girl group from South Korea formed by LOEN Entertainment, but due to LOEN's multi-label system they are currently under Collabodadi. They made their debut in August 31, 2012 with their single "Vista". They also changed from innocent concept to more sexy and mature concept. At 2015, they just released You're Pitiful like last week.
PS: I know Fiestar back in 2013 when my bias IU had a collaboration song with them since they were under the same company LEON Entertainment. Also the visual of this group Cao Lu is from China just like f(x) leader Victoria Song, which I heard about her even before she debut as a kpop girl group member.
4 Ballad kpop girl group still have some place
Davichi :Davichi (Hangul: 다비치) is a South Korean pop-ballad duo that consists of Lee Haeri (이해리) and Kang Minkyung (강민경). The duo was formed in 2008 by Mnet Media.Davichi was derived from the word "Dabichi" which means the light to shine over the world, illustrating their voices to be spread over the world, They were very few popular ballad duo in kpop in recent years. And at 2015, they made a comeback for "Cry Again"
PS : I know Davichi probably back in early SNSD days already, but not really into their songs back then. Nowadays, as one of the very few ballad duo still have some place in kpop , they did the best compare to other ballad girl groups such as Sunny Hill and The SeeYa. Especially the environment in kpop nowadays, it's even more difficult for ballad group to gain huge success.
Overall, this is the list of relatively well known girl groups who debut or made successful comeback at the beginning of 2015. Actually there are way more girl groups debut or comeback in just first 2 month in 2015, and I only write the few most famous ones here. Most kpop girl groups will still follow the sexy and mature concept, with few cute, innocent concept or some unique concept. Right now, it's hard to tell who is more popular now, but from the list, I would say G-Friend, 4 Minutes, Soonamo, Hello Venus will potentially get themselves into top girl groups for 2015.
And almost forgot, I didn't write one group Red Velvet. Actually they just released a new MV tonight, and I am very disappointed with this group until now. Red Velvet was created under SM Entertainment at 2014. They were basically considered the next "SNSD" since SM Entertainment didn't debut any girl group after f(x), which is 2009. But from now, I don't know if they could actually make it even reach f(x) level. I have no idea how much SM Entertainment invest or spend on training Red Velvet to become the next "SNSD", they probably feel too much pressure and expectation from fans nowadays. SM Entertainment was really good at market their idol groups, which they created like H.O.T, S.E.S, Shinhwa,TVXQ, Super Junior, SNSD, SHINee, f(x), EXO those legendary idol groups in kpop, and they wait for like another 5 years to debut a Red Velvet, I feel they will be really big in a few years.
I just spent like one hour to write this post. All the groups I listed above are potential competitors of APink, but it's ok, I will go back and listen to "슬퍼하지마 no no no 혼자가 아냐 no no ". Have a good night.
Side Note: last week music core winner boy group VIXX's "love equation" was actually a remake song from 90s kpop group R.ef back in 1995(20 years ago), and it's funny that most their fans thought that song was new from VIXX released at 2015....
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