As usual, I divide the girl groups into sexy style and cute style.And for this month comeback, I will add another section ballad song girl group, I will talk more about one girl group called As One, if you are interested, just go to the end part of my article.
I will talk about sexy style girl group first since more popular girl groups in this category....
Sistar - I like that
On June 1 2016, it was revealed that Sistar will be coming back in June with a title track produced by Black Eyed Pilseung who also produced Sistar's song, "Touch My Body". On the same day, Sistar released the first teaser for their fourth EP, then releasing two riddle images the next day.
On June 4, Sistar and their fans celebrated Sistar's 6th Anniversary, displaying a picture of the girls with the gifts and cakes that they received.
On June 10, Starship released a mash up collaboration of Sistar and DJ Soda. On June 14, it was revealed that the title song of their fourth EP, 몰아애 Insane Love, is called "I Like That" On June 20, Sistar had a live countdown for their music video and album release. On June 21, Starship released the "I Like That" music video on their official YouTube channel and officially released 몰아애 Insane Love physically and digitally.
EXID- L.I.E
On June 1, 2016, the group released their first full-length studio album titled Street with the title track "L.I.E". On the 8th of June, EXID won first place with L.I.E on Show Champion and not much later, they the won first place on Inkigayo and The Show as well.EXID are back and sexier than ever; maybe a bit too sexy. On May 31, EXID released the MV of their new title song "L.I.E". The girls are already topping several music charts, while also recording more than 1 million MV views in less 24 hours.
Unfortunately, not everyone welcomes EXID's sexy return. In fact, many netizens have targeted the group for the numerous sexual references found in their new MV.
And I really like the performance of this song and their dance MV as well:(if anyone wants to learn this dance, you can let me know as well, I can help you find a good dance instructor)
The only thing I don't like about EXID comeback is my fav member Hyelin's hairstyle, I don't know why she cut her hair so short, it's a bit too short I guess,lol....
Brave Girls- High Heels
In February 2016, It was announced that Brave Girls will be comeback as 7-members group with five new members and two original member, Hyeran and Yoojin after a two and a half year hiatus. Brave Girls release their digital single "Deepened" on February 16, 2016. On June 19, it was revealed that the group will be releasing their third mini-album, High Heels on June 27. They released their third mini album on June 27, along with the music video for the title track of the same name.
Wanna.B - Why
WANNA.B (워너비) is a South Korean girl group under Zenith Media Contents. A pre-debut was made on November 17, 2014 with the single "My Type". On July 20, 2015, the girl group officially debuted with "Attention"
And at June 2016, they made a comeback with single "Why".
O21- Show me
O21 (O To One) is a six-member South Korean-Chinese girl group under Houxiu TV. They debuted on June 20, 2016 with the single "Show Me". So it's a brand new girl group.
Now, I will talk about the cute concept girl groups for the next section,
Gugudan - wonderland
So first of all,I will introduce one new girl group called Gugudan. So how is this group formed?
According to Wikipedia, In January 2016, Kim Na-young, Kim Se-jeong and Kang Mi-na were introduced as Jellyfish Entertainment's first female trainees on the Mnet survival show Produce 101 where 101 female trainees from various companies competed to debut in an 11-member girl group that would promote for a year under YMC Entertainment. After placing 2nd and 9th respectively in the final episode, Sejeong and Mina eventually debuted as members of I.O.I in May 2016.
Despite denying earlier reports about Sejeong and Mina debuting in a 7-member girl group in June, the company confirmed on June 7 that the two I.O.I members would debut within the month in what would be the company's first girl group. Because of YMC Entertainment's special terms in which I.O.I's members are allowed to do activities under their respective companies while IOI was on break or while the group promoted in sub-units, there were no complications with the plan.
So this is another girl group which members come from survival show after I.O.I.
Sonamoo - I like u too much
As I said before, the girl group version of "B.A.P" is back. But this time, they changed the image completely to become a cute concept girl group. On June 10, 2016 TS Entertainment announced to group have a comeback with third mini-album I Like U Too Much.
DIA - on the road
Still as a rookie group, I really like their debut song before. Now, DIA's first mini album Happy Ending was released on June 14. The group will be release three version music video for lead single On The Road consists of main version, drama version and dance version.
Pledis Girlz - We
Who is Pledis Girlz?
Pledis Girlz is one of the new kpop girl group under the creation of Pledis Entertainment. All 7 members of Pledis Girlz have been introduced to fans through Mnet's 'Produce 101'. So it's the third girl group I list here which comes from Produce 101, (also I.O.I and GuguDan)
The very last section I will talk about one of my fav comeback for July 2016, it's As One.
As One - The Pain I Caused
So before I talked about As One comeback, I will briefly introduce this group and talks a bit of their history in case many kpop fan nowadays don't know much about them.
As One is a South Korean R&B duo consisting of Korean-American singers Lee Min-young (known as Lee Min) and Chae Da-hee (known as Crystal). They are currently signed to record label Brand New Music
(As One picture at 1999)
Debut at 1999, As One was definitely one of the best female R&B duo I ever know since then. As One debut at the same time with Fly To The Sky(FTTS), many old kpop fans considered them as the female version of FTTS, which is considered one of the best male R&B duo in the history of kpop....
As One were discovered by well known Korean R&B group Solid back in late 90s, they officially debuted at 1999 under Rock Record. They released the First album Day By Day at the same year with two hit singles " Day By Day" and " 너만은 모르길". The first single "Day By Day" was a huge hit , and As One became a hot topic during that time. The second single " 너만은 모르길"was also very popular until today, a lot of kpop artists still covered this song nowadays.
From 1999 to 2006, As One released 5 albums in total, they also moved from Rock Record to EMI Korea at 2004, but they didn't their music style through out the years. I personally recommend their 3rd album Never Too Far which released at 2003.
(As One picture at 2003, at peak of their career)
After 2006, similar to Fly To The Sky, As One disappear from the kpop music industry, fans gradually forgot once really popular duo.
Exactly after 10 years, As One finally came back with their 6th album Outlast, with the single The Pain I Caused
(As One picture at 2016)
If you are interested, you can check out the below video, As One basically talked about their past and why they didn't change their music style for 17 years even after kpop evolves after so many years, and some of their opinions about current kpop as seniors.
One thing I like about them is they start from friends to group, so they are friends first, then music career next, this is probably one of the reason why they lasted for 17 years and still keep good relationship with each other even nowadays.(They don't look that old today, actually)
