Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Kpop Girl Groups Update Feb 2017 (First Half)

         Ok. It seems like more and more and more girl groups are in kpop right now. So from now on, I need to write two blogs every month. So the first one is for more well known girl groups, the second one is for like less well known girl groups.





Twice- Knock Knock

          On January 18, 2017, JYP Entertainment also announced that Twice would release a special album in February after the Korean leg of the concert tour. The special album, named Twicecoaster: Lane 2, is the reissue of Twicecoaster: Lane 1. Lane 2 and its lead single, "Knock Knock", were both released on February 20, 2017. After its release, it was reported that the new album sold more than 310,000 copies in pre-orders within a week.
         Just after few hours, the song achieved an all-kill by placing #1 on 8 real-time charts including Melon, Mnet, Bugs, Naver, Olleh, Genie, Monkey3, and Soribada.
          Because of the high popularity, and due to the enormous response from fans. the agency is considering lengthening their promotions  A rep from JYPE stated in an interview on March 4, "This comeback was for a special album, so we planned for the promotions to end after 2 or 3 weeks. However, due to an explosive response from fans and requests from broadcast networks, we're carefully considering an extension."

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Red Velvet - Rookie Rookie

         On January 20, 2017 SM Entertainment announced that Red Velvet will have a comeback in February.
         On January 24, the group's comeback was confirmed with the release of their fourth mini album Rookie, on February 1. The EP contains new six tracks, with the title track "Rookie" and a solo song of Wendy entitled "Last Love" (마지막 사랑). The album topped the Weekly Gaon Album Chart and also become their next album to topped the Billboard World Albums Chart. Red Velvet took home their first music show win for "Rookie" on The Show on February 7, followed by a wins on the Show Champion, M Countdown and Music Bank
         Oh, and by the way, I won one of their poster from VPP meeting, they look funny, lol...

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Gugudan - A Girl Like

       On January 20, 2017, it was reported that gugudan was set for a February comeback. On February 3, 2017, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that Gugudan would make their first comeback since debut with their second mini-album, on February 28.
      On February 15, 2017, Jellyfish Entertainment released a teaser annoucing the titles for the mini-album Act. 2 Narcissus and the title track "A Girl Like Me".  On February 19, 2017, a group teaser image and the album cover were revealed. On February 21, 2017, the album tracklist composed of five songs, as well as the highlight medley were revealed. On February 24, 2017, Jellyfish Entertainment released the first MV teaser and annouced that the release of the album was changed to February 27.

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LovelyZ - Wow

       Woollim Entertainment announced that Lovelyz was set to release their second studio album "R U READY?" on February 27.  Woollim Entertainment announced that Yein had injured her ankle during practice for comeback and maybe unable to promotion.
      The song definitely sounds catchy and the MV is so bright and colorful. You could also say the visuals in this MV are quite lovely. 
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Melody Day- Kiss on the lips

       Assume Melody Day is well known enough to most readers if you follow kpop constantly. On February 8, Viewga Entertainment announced that Melody Day was set to release their second mini-album, Kiss On The Lips and its title track of the same name, on February 15, 2017.

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I will write the rest of the groups for my next blog, thanks for reading.

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