Kpop Girl Groups Update March 2017 (Second Half)

        This is the second half of the blog. I will talk about few new girl groups and also some very new concept in kpop last month.

Loona - Love&Live

             LOONA, (in Korean 이달의 소녀 "Girl of the Month") is a pre-debut girl group project created by Blcokberry Creative., a subsidairy of Polaris Entertainment.

               Each month, beginning in October 2016, a new member is revealed and releases a single featuring one solo song, and one or more songs including the previously revealed members, with all songs accompanied by music videos. This will continue for a whole year, and at the end of the project the twelve girls will debut as one group. And this is a brand new interesting concept in kpop.

              The sub-unit LOONA 1/3 consisting of members Heejin, Hyunjin, Haseul and new member, Vivi, released Love&Live, accompanied by the single of the same name on March 13

Six bomb - Becoming Prettier After/Becoming Prettier Before

            If you ever thought plastic surgery can change someone's life, or even a business, Six Bomb will be the group which might interest you.

            Debut at early 2012,  Six Bomb is a 4 member girl group created under Pacemaker Entertainment.(I don't know who they are actually).  One thing unique about this group, their company spend so much on plastic surgery on this group.

            Six Bomb revealed, "Plastic surgery cost about 100 million KRW (~ $88,000 USD) for the 4 members. We can't explain exactly where we got procedures but you can basically say that we got work done in parts above our waists.

             Oh, wait...so 88000 USD for plastic surgery for this 4 members girl group???..what

This is their picture before the plastic surgery.

                               This is their picture after the plastic surgery.

Not only this, not long after, the news reported that one member in six bomb involved in a 19+ movie. I don't know if this is true or just try to draw attention from fans again, but overall this is pretty bad, also speaking the truth about the kpop industry plastic surgery issue...

BABA - Funky Music

                 Before I introduce the group, the name of the group is not normal already....anyways

Accorind to kpopinfor114 (which cannot even find in wikipedia anymore), BABA is a 6 member kpop girl group debut at 2015 under PR Entertainment.(I don't know them either)

                 Since it's a comeback single, I didn't see their MV, or they might delete it due to low budget, which I am not sure either, but it actually exists last month.

   (the kpop wiki says this group had 6 people, but I only see 5 members, I don't know too)

LipBubble - Popcore

            Ok, now it's time to introduce some new girl group each month. LipBubble is a 7 member kpop girl group debut under Zenith Media at March 22th 2017. They are too new, so I don't know much about them, just know they had debut single "popcore".
           Same as BABA, I can't find MV, maybe the company run out of the money to even film an MV, I am not sure, but they have a dance practice version.

HINT - tang tang tang

            Ok, this is NOT Gfriend tang tang tang, it's a different group, called HINT.
            Debut date: Unknown.
            Company : Unknown
            However, their debut single was out on last day of March, which means this group will debut very soon. No further information about this group.

Kpop Girl Groups Update March 2017 (First Half)

          So it's time for me to update the blog once again every month...Compare to previous month, there are not many girl groups comeback(still some, just not as many as previous 2 month).
           For March 2017, 3 major girl groups comeback, GFriend, Girl's Day and Red Velvet, with a few other groups.

                                GFriend - FingerTip

            As most buddy expect, GFriend didn't disappoint them. They released the 4th EP The Awakening both digitally and physically at Source Music on March 6th 2017.The album consists of six songs, including the single "Fingertip".

            The title song "Fingertip" is composed by  Lee Gi and Yong Bae, who have been writing all their hits since their debut,  and it talks about how strong women love. It's a dance song with a funky disco genre and G-Friend's own rock sound. 

             And How popular is this track? Since they released the MV, They've already reached over 2 million views with almost 150,000 likes as well in just 14 hours. And G-Friend got their 1st #1 with their comeback title, which made them the most successful girl group comeback at March 2017.

                               Girl's Day - I'll Be Yours

           Besides GFriend, another major girl group comeback will be Girl's Day. On March 2, 2017, Dream T Entertainment announced that Girl's Day was set to comeback after 21-month long hiatus during which the members focused on solo activities. The agency revealed that the group is in the process of wrapping up recording for their title track, and the comeback was set for late March 2017.On March 17, Dream T Entertainment released the group's comeback schedule and revealed that the new album would be the fifth part of the "Everyday" series. 

           On the day of their comeback, the official music video for "I'll Be Yours" was released simultaneously on the official Girl's Day YouTube channel and 1theK's channel at 12pm Korean Standard Time.

  Red Velvet - Would You

                 At the same time, SM Girl group Red Velvet also made a comeback after Rookie. On March 31st, 2017, the group released the first single for SM Station 2, titled "Would You".

                 The song is a medium tempo pop song depicting the moment a girl's love comes true. The MV stars Red Velvet's Irene opposite actor Kim Min Jae, looking great together in the warm, spring atmosphere. And recently, besides cute dance tracks, Red Velvet made few good ballad songs as well, and some of them in their previous albums as well.

                                                   Red Velvet member Irene

Brave Girls - Rolling

                 Other than the big 3, Brave Girls comeback draw some attention, On March 17, it was announced that member Yujeong will halt activities due to health issues and the group will promote as a four-member group for the time being. She returned back to the group promotions on March 21 on 'The Show'.

              the group performed "Rollin'" on several South Korean music programs, including M Countdown and Inkigayo. A music video for the title track of the same name, was also released on March 7. The EP was a moderate success peaking at number 30 on the Gaon Album Chart,which is not too bad for a relatively unknown girl group.

Pristin  -  Wee Woo

               Pristin are not that famous, but most people who follow kpop regularly knows who they are, so I decide to include in the first part of my blog.

             Pristin , formerly known as Pledis Girlz, is a 10 member kpop girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2016. Several members of the group appeared on the television show Produce 101 and, as the prize for becoming two of the top contestants, members Nayoung and Kyulkyung went on to debut as part of the project girl group I.O.I. 

             The group officially debuted on March 21, 2017 with their first EP Hi! Pristin.

      

    So here is the part one of the blog, the part 2 I will focus more on the new girl group or less famous girl groups....