So before I talked about sexy or cute concept girl groups, I will need to mention two girl groups which are in trend. First, one is YG's new girl group Black Pink, second is the one which will disband very soon, Sunny Hill.
Black Pink - Whistle
Yes, after many YG kpop fans' waiting for years, YG Entertainment's new girl group Black Pink officially debut this month.The group consists of four members Jisoo from Korea, Jennie from New Zealand, Rose from Australia and Lisa from Thailand. Among them, Lisa was the first non-Korean member under YG Entertainment. So they have the exactly same number of members as 2NE1, their last very successful girl group.
First non-Korean artist under YG Entertainment Lisa
They debuted with two singles, "Boombayah" and "Whistle", from their single album Square One on August 8, 2016. Both songs ranked well after debut. Whistle ranked No 1 on Korea chart and Boombayah ranked No 1 on US World kpop chart as well. And both MV also pass 10 millions very easily, becomes a hot topic and trend in kpop as well.
If you listen to their new songs carefully and their new image, each member in Black Pink tried to imitate someone in 2NE1,especially Jennie imitates CL, spotted by lots of kpop fans.
BlackPink Jennie Kim VS 2NE1 CL
Can Black Pink eventually catch up and becomes the next generation of 2NE1 ? I'm not sure, they just start, so we will see. But from here, we can see kpop girl groups are really competitive nowadays, Black Pink maybe another girl group will join the 1st tier girl group competitioin.
Sunny Hill - On The Way
First I don't want to mention Sunny Hill at front since they are not that famous. But then I know they will disband soon, and I really like their old songs. so I decided to move this group above other groups.
Sunny Hill was NOT a girl group at the beginning, from 2007 to 2009, they are a co-ed group.After 2009, they changed the label, also members, becomes the Sunny Hill we know as of today. Unlike other dance girl groups, Sunny Hill focus more on ballad songs, which becomes one of their strength later on.
Original Sunny Hill at 2007 (that's the time I really like their songs)
Sunny Hill nowadays
Sunny Hill released fourth single album Way with title track on the Way Home on August 29, 2016. The title track is an upbeat mix of old pop and electronic that depicts the story about one's desires to return home, and get away from the tough side of reality, which also symbolize the disband of the group as well.
Next I will talk about sexy style girl group first, then cute concept girl group since sexy style concept is slightly more famous this time...
I.O.I - whatta man
I.O.I. is back on August 2016 again. Accroding to Wikipedia, On August 2, 2016, a group image teaser was released through I.O.I's SNS with a caption "WXAXTX X XAN". Two days later, YMC Entertainment revealed the music video teaser for the group's new single "Whatta Man (Good Man)".The choreography for "Whatta Man" was arranged by member Kim Chung-ha. It was revealed that three teams were contacted to make the choreography for the song but Chung-ha's was chosen because it was deemed to be the highest quality.
Spica - Secret Time
Yes, people probably didn't hear Spica for a long time. And Lee Hyori's girl group Spica is finally back. On August 25 2016, Spica made a comeback after two years with the title track "Secret Time".
Brave Girls - Yoo Hoo
Brave Girls are back again with their latest digital single: “Yoo Hoo.” The track, “Yoo Hoo,”Yoo Hoo” throughout different parts of the track is able to show the girls’ vocals and how nice it sounds to the ear. Also, each member was able to show off their beautiful body in the cute and unique bikinis in the MV.
Bambino - Moonlight Shower
I have mentioned about this group before, so they debut At 2015. Bambino is a four-member South Korean girl group formed by JS Entertainment in 2015.
Badkiz - hothae
Badkiz is a South Korean girl group under Zoo Entertainment. The group consists of members Monika, LuA, K.Me, Somin and U-Si. The group debuted with their song "Ear Attack" on March 24, 2014. Badkiz is scheduled to have a comeback in August with their fourth single "HOTHAE"
TWOX - OVER
Two X is a South Korean girl group formed by J. Tune Camp in 2012. The group consists of Jiyou, Eun, Surin, and Eunyoung. They debuted on August 16, 2012 at MNET M Countdown. Their debut EP "Double Up" was released on August 20th, 2012.
On August 17, Star Gaze Creative Ent announced Two X would return August 23 with a retro song titled 'Over'
Next, I will talk about cute concept girl groups....
Cosmic Girls(WJSN) - Secret
As Sistar's sister group from Starship, On August 17, Cosmic Girls released their second mini-album The Secret with all 13 members. The group promoted the title track "Secret", along with the track "BeBe".
Laboum - Shooting Love
Laboum is one of the relatively unknown girl group I used to like because of their music.On August 9, 2016 Laboum began teasing an upcoming comeback. After much anticipation they released the music video for "Shooting Love" and it's accompanying EP Love Sign on August 23, 2016.
I.B.I - molae molae
Who is I.B.I? 5 former 'Produce 101' contestants, whose attempts to debut in I.O.I failed by such close margins, have been confirmed to debut in a brand new girl group called I.B.I!. They also made a comeback around the same time with I.O.I last month.
A-Daily - Chu
A-Daily is a 4 member kpop girl group debut at 2014 under DK Entertainment. Like most other unknown girl group, they release not many songs over these 2 years.
That's all the girl groups comeback or debut at August 2016...
