As usual, I divide the girl groups into cute style and sexy style, and some other ballad groups or other concept as well.
First of all, congratulations to GFriend to get 7th win on Music Bank last night, so GFriend trend is back again. Because of this, I will start with cute concept girl group this time...
Gfriend - Navillera
On June 29 2016 , Source Music started teasing for GFriend's first studio album LOL, signifying at the same time "Laughing Out Loud" and "Lots of Love". LOL was released on July 11 with the title track "Navillera" , and reportedly had more than 60,000 pre-ordered copies worldwide.On July 19, GFriend earned their first music show win for the album's single "Navillera" on The Show. Until July 29th, GFriend earned 7th win already on various music program." Navillera" is a reference to Cho Chi-hun's poem "The Nun's Dance" , and is a phrase used to describe a fluttering action similar to the movement of a butterfly.The song's lyrics describe a girl's feeling of wanting to fly like a butterfly to be with the person she loves
Influence: The album was a commercial success in South Korea, reportedly selling more than 60,000 physical copies in pre-orders before release. It entered the Gaon Album Chart at number three, while "Navillera" topped the Gaon Digital Chart. "In the United States, LOL charted at number seven on the Billboard World Albums chart, while "Navillera" was number 12 on the World Digital Songs chart.
GFriend in Roller Skates in the MV teaser...
GFriend Navillera dance also becomes a trend for kpop girl group dance right now.....
the other 3 girl groups I will talk about are Oh My Girl, C.I.V.A and Matilda
Oh My Girl - A-ing
For all the relatively new girl groups, I think Oh My Girl is the most similar to APink. These days, their popularity seems to be good than before, I would say Oh My Girl is probably ranks pretty good in second tier right now.On August 1, they released a special summer album containing four remake songs, including Papaya's "Listen to My Story" featuring Skull and Haha.
Before I move on, I have to mention about the original version of this song, it's from Papaya(파파야) back in 2000, this one was popular once a while at that time. And 4 years later at 2004, there was one Chinese version of this song as well by Taiwanese singer Cyndi Wang，and this song became really popular , so most people actually recognize this song from either the original Korean version and Chinese version.
C.I.V.A - Why
Following the post from last month, after both I.O.I and Gugudan , C.I.V.A will be another girl group debut from the music program The God of Music 2.
C.I.V.A is a three member girl group under LTE Entertainment, they made their debut on July 8th, 2016 with their first single Why and made their debut stage on July 7th, 2016 with the title track of the same name on M! Countdown.The three members from this group are Lee Sang Min, Kim So Hee and Yoon Chae Kyung.
(However, there are some bad rumor about this group after they debut,C.Bar (also stylized as CIVA), sounds eerily similar to popular Korean curse word 시발 , a word often used to insult someone. In Korean, the group’s name C.Bar is written as 씨바, With the two words being so close, Korean fans can’t help but to wonder if the name was chosen on purpose to gain attention.)
Besides their group name, their debut single "Why" is also highly controversial, this song is actually the remake of another popular 90s kpop girl group DIVA'S song, the Korean name of this song is called 왜불러( from DIVA'S 1998 hit single) . After just listen to 30 seconds, I quickly realize that....
The original song and MV from DIVA 1998 왜불러( DIVA was one of the most popular girl group back in late 90s, they debut even before S.E.S. , after S.E.S. debut, DIVA was considered one of the major rival from my fav girl group S.E.S at very early days. At both 2009 and 2012 Korean audience ranking, DIVA both rank in top 10 of the most influential kpop girl group of all time.(even better than 4 Minutes, T-ara those groups) C.I.V.A really copy the wrong artist, most old kpop fans will know that)....
Matilda - summer again
MATILDA (마틸다) is a four-member South Korean girl group under Box Media. They debuted on March 17th, 2016, so it's also a relatively new group within half a year.
next section, I will talk about the major part of this blog, the sexy style girl groups are still the majorities, I talk about cute concept girl group first only because of the success of GFriend.
Wonder Girls - why so lonely
Yes, the Wonder Girls are back again. On July 5, Wonder Girls released the second single "Why So Lonely". The song is a reggae-pop dance track written by members Hyelim, Sunmi, and Yubin, It is the first Wonder Girls single not written by JYP Entertainment producer Park Jin-young, and marks their tenth anniversary as a group.
The single was commercially successful in South Korea, the digital download topped the Gaon Digital Chart, while the CD single charted at number three on the Gaon Album ChartTo promote the single, Wonder Girls performed "Why So Lonely" on South Korean music programs, winning awards on The Show, M! Countdown, and Inkigayo. With certain degree of success, however they lost the competition to GFriend for the most recent M CountDown and Music Bank as well.
Hello Venus - Paradise
Hello Venus is back as well. On July 10, Fantagio Music announced that the group will be releasing a second collaboration song with Devine Channel, called Paradise. The song was officially released on July 18 as a digital download and a music video for the song was released on the same day.
Stellar - Cry
On July 10, 2016, it was officially announced that the group will be releasing their seventh single album called "Cry" on July 18.In order to promote the song, Stellar appeared in several South Korean music programs, including Music Bank, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo. A music video for the song was released in conjunction with the single. However, The title track "Crying" failed to enter any major chart.
Melody Day - Color
Melody Day was one of the relatively unknown girl group I really like before.On July 1, 2016, the group released their EP Color with the title track of the same name.
And I saw their performance version, every time have a different color of outfit.
D.Holic - Color Me Red
D.Holic (디홀릭) is a four-member kpop girl group under H.Mate Entertainment. They debuted on October 23, 2014.Color Me Rad is the second digital single by D.Holic. It was released on July 7, 2016.
PPL - Watch Me
PPL is a six-member South Korean girl group formed by Parksal Entertainment in 2015. They made their debut on October 30, 2015 with their single Rush. Their name stands for 'Perfect Performance Lady'.
Now, I will talk about some other girl groups also made comeback this month, f(x), Gavy NJ and Unicore.
f(x) - all mine
As one of the SM Entertainment seniors, On July 20, 2016, SM Entertainment confirmed that the group was set to be releasing an EDM track and its MV titled "All Mine" through SM Station on July 22., It was announced that f(x) would be the next artist to release a single for the SM Station project, with the title "All Mine".
Even not a group specific song, the MV also managed to have more than 2 million views. So we still could see the popularity of f(x) as first tier girl group.
Gavy NJ - Shubirubiru
The girls are cute and innocent as they talk about their crush on Jota from MadTown because of his smile and how their hearts melt when he looks at them.
First generation Gavy NJ at 2008
Unicorn - Blink Blink
who is Unicore? Unicorn is a four-member K-pop girl group produced by veteran R&B singer Kim Jo-han under Show Brothers Entertainment. According to Kim, “the name refers to the group’s goal to heal people with music, just like a unicorn’s horn is said to have the power of therapy.” The band debuted on September 3, 2015.
who is Kim Jo han? He's stage name as George Han Kim, was one of the original member of SOLID which was first R&B group and one of the biggest idol group in Korea back in mid 90s,record sales exceeding 4 million.(when I start to listen to kpop back in 1998, their songs were still really popular at that time) After SOLID disbanded, he became solo R&B singer which was popular back in early 2000s, some of his songs are really classic. I won't go much in details about him, but if you want to know more about him, you can ask me as well. 
Now, he produce the girl group Unicore. So this group probably have one of the best producer among all of them.
The Boss George Han Kim
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