Kpop Girl Groups Update May 2017

           It's early June 2017 now, as usual, I will write a blog about kpop girl groups comeback at May 2017.

          There are two major event for kpop girl groups last month. The release of Twice Signal and Disbandment of Sistar.  Overall, there are only 6 girl groups comeback last month, which is far less than previous month, most girl groups enter inactive period.

Twice - Signal

                 Yes, Twice is back again with their hit single "Signal". On May 1, Twice confirmed the release of their fourth EP titled Signal with the lead track of the same name produced by Park Jin-young. This marked their first collaboration with Park. The EP, along with the music video for "Signal" was released on May 15 at . It contains six tracks, including "Eye Eye Eyes" co-written by members Jihyo and Chaeyoung, and "Only You" written by former Wonder Girls' member Park Ye-Eun.

Once are receiving the message loud and clear as TWICE's newest title track, "Signal" has achieved an all-kill on all 6 major music charts shortly after its debut! Their title song "Signal" managed to snag the #1 spot on all 6 real-time music charts, making for a clean all-kill despite strong contenders like Psy and Unnies. 

 Sistar - Lonely

        In May 2017, Sistar released a teaser photo revealing that they will be making a comeback at the end of May. Their new track titled "Lonely" which was composed by Black Eyed Pilseung will be released on May 31. On May 22, Starship Entertainment confirmed that the project will be the last comeback for Sistar and they will officially disband after their 7-year promotions as a group. All the members wrote their own personal letters of farewell to their fans, confirming their later disbandment.

     The girls had been discussing renewing their contracts with Starship Entertainment. According to insiders, however, they ultimately decided to go their separate ways after their upcoming single on the 31st.   

       For more information about Sistar disband and their history, please read this in detail.

      http://www.allkpop.com/article/2017/06/look-back-as-we-say-goodbye-to-sistar

Shortly after the release of their goodbye single "Lonely" on May 31, SISTAR have achieved an all-kill on major music charts! The single claimed the #1 spot on the realtime segment on all 6 major music charts, which include Melon, Mnet, Bugs, Soribada, Genie, and Naver. The girls have decided to disband as a group after 7 years together, and released the single album as a parting gift to fans, with the album containing both "Lonely" and "For You". 

 Lovelyz - now we

        Following their second studio album release, they made a speedy comeback with their second repackaged album titled "Now, We" on May 2. They also won their first music broadcast trophy on May 16, through SBS MTV's The Show.

       For new single “Now We“, the girls have continued to work with production team OnePiece. This results in a song that sounds very much like the rest of their work, though it doesn’t quite reach the heights of their best singles.

April - May Day

          Recently, April's activity and comeback increases a lot.  On May 8, the group started their second reality program titled "April Secret" on Naver TV. On May 15, DSP Media announced that the group's comeback was set for May 29 with their second single album titled Mayday.

Year 7 Class 1 - Oppa virus

         I have introduced this group twice in my previous article, so I won't repeat. There were rumors about they will disband, but it's not confirmed and they still continue the activity now, but they are not well known. And this group is typical school girl type girl group.

Girls' Alert - Dreamgirls

         I will introduce this group since they are brand new last month.“Girls Alert is a kpop girl group formed under Apha Music in 2017. they are expected to debut in 2017. They released their first single Dreamgirls at May 25th, 2017.

Kpop Girl Groups Update April 2017 (Second Half)

         Ok, so this is the second half of the article.

Momoland - Wonderful Love

            If anyone didn't get the information about Momoland, I will repeat here again.

            They debuted on November 10, 2016, with the mini-album "Welcome To Momoland". The members are the winners of survival program Finding Momoland on Mnet. MOMOLAND announced to have their first comeback with a single sometime in late April with a new member, Daisy. On April 9, 2017, former Produce One contestant, Kim Taeha was announced to have been added to the group as well.

             And they released their very first album Wonderful Love at April 26th, 2017.

Wassup - Color TV

            Even though this group is not famous, I introduced them a few times before, so I won't repeat.
On March 31, Wassup pre-released the track "Dominant Woman" a single part of their third mini-album titled ColorTV set to be released, on April 13, 2017

Loona - Sonatine

          I just introduced this group from my blog last month, so I won't repeat again.

          On April 5, it was confirmed that Vivi would be the next to release a single album. Her album was released on April 17, featuring the next member, Jinsoul. On April 23, Loona 1/3's repackaged mini-album "Love&Evil" was announced with a teaser for the single, "Sonatine"; it was released on April 27.

                                     A-seed - Shake It

         Now I will introduce some new kpop girl groups who debut at April 2017. A-seed is a 4 member kpop girl group debut under Luminant Entertainment at April 5th 2017. Because they are too new, no further information can be provided now, just know this group is a typical sexy style girl group.

Bonus Baby - If I become an adult

               Since I never mentioned this group before, so I will do a brief introduction here.Bonus Baby is a six-member kpop girl group formed by Maroo Entertainment in December 2016.
              They made their debut on January 1, 2017, with the single "We". At the time of the debut, they are the youngest girl group ever in Korea by average age. The group's eldest two members originate from an idol group of the same company, MyB, which disbanded in late 2016. (the eldest here means born on 1997 and 1998, omg, they are all so young)

                                                     Previous Girl Group MyB at 2016

  Bonus Baby at 2017, OMG, they look so young

Kpop Girl Groups Update April 2017 (First Half)

         Last month, there are not really any major comeback, but there are a lot of girl groups who made a comeback last month. I will start with the well known first again. (I assume anyone who listen to kpop for a while knows all the groups I mentioned in first article).

                                  APink - Always

       At April 18th 2017 , it was revealed that Apink would be giving Pink Pandas a special gift in honor of their sixth debut anniversary. Apink debuted on April 19, 2011 with their EP “Seven Springs of Apink” and title track “I Don’t Know.” Over the past six years, the group has received a great deal of love for their consistently innocent, youthful image and undeniable talent.
      The members also thoughtfully dedicated handwritten letters to their fans, thanking them for their love and support over the past six years. Apink Says They Will “Always” Be With Their Fans In MV Commemorating 6th Anniversary

                                                    Rabbit APink leader Chorong

                                      

             

                              EXID - Night rather than day

            Besides APink, the other relatively major comeback is from EXID. Due to Solji's remaining health issues, the group's comeback was delayed until April. On April 10, EXID officially released their third mini album Eclipse and their title song "Night Rather Than Day." The album peaked at number one on the Vietnam iTunes album chart, number two on the Hong Kong iTunes album chart, and within the top ten on the iTunes album charts in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. Eclipse debuted at number four on the Billboard World Albums chart, becoming the group's best-charting — and first top-five — album on the chart to date.
        On April 25, 2017, EXID won first place on The Show with "Night Rather Than Day". This was followed by their second win with this song on Show Champion the following day.

Oh My Girl - Coloring Books

            On March 13, WM Entertainment announced on Oh My Girl's fancafe that their next album is scheduled to be released in April. JinE will not be taking part in upcoming album promotions and activities in favor of continued treatment and recovery. WM has also stated that JinE's health has improved since last year, and WM is focusing on long-term treatment for JinE. Oh My Girl's fifth EP, Coloring Book , was released on April 3, along with the title track of the same name

Dream Catcher - Good Night

            I introduced Dream Catcher in my previous article, so I won't repeat again. On April 5, 2017 Dreamcatcher made their comeback with the single album "Fall Asleep In The Mirror" and its title track "Good Night".

            The very first time I watched the MV 'Good Night", I got a bit scared, actually. Then I listened to their whole albums, it sounds like the music from some horror movie, but overall they did have few really good ballad songs. It's their unique style ,very different from all other girl groups.

                                       Laboum -Hwi Hwi

         On April 17, 2017 their second mini album 'Miss This Kiss' was released with the music video for the lead track 'Hwi Hwi'. They took home their first ever music show win on Music Bank on April 28, 2017 with 'Hwi Hwi'.

        I actually like this group for a while back in 2015, they are so funny at that time. Later their popularity gets better, and they moved from 4th or even 5th tier group to somewhere between 2th and 3rd tier group now, gradually becomes well known by most kpop fans, they even took home their very first win recently.

                  Berry Good - Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo

        I also introduced this group for my previous article, so I won't repeat again.  A third Makestar project was launched on March 9, 2017 to finance their sixth digital single "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo". While the song was released on  April 16, its music video was uploaded to the group's YouTube channel the day after. 

         Berry Good has very similar style to Laboum, and the difference is that Berry Good is slightly more focused on vocal, but they are not as famous as Laboum. Recently, Berry Good adds EDM element into their music as well.

  Next article(Part 2), I will introduce not well known girl group and some new girl groups debut at April 2017...

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....

Kpop Girl Groups Update Feb 2017 (Second Half)

          Ok, so this is the second half of the article...I will introduce kpop girl groups who is either not famous come back or brand new girl groups debut last month.


   

Gavy NJ - An Obvious Melo

            First I need to introduce a little bit about the girl group Gavy NJ. Thought I talked about their history before, so Gavy NJ debut at 2005, right now they were the seoncd longest running kpop girl group(2005 - now) , the first one being Jewelry.(2001 - 2015).

                                                           Gavy NJ at 2005

Gavy NJ at 2017 (of course they changed few members during 12 years)

    

     Moving away their previous ballad concept, Gavy NJ turns to an all new sexy approach. The members themselves participated in writing the lyrics to the new song, and it's a minor medium tempo song with a retro sound.
      Since their long history, I won't list their previous work in details. If you are interested in their past, check out: http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Gavy_NJ

H.U.B -  Our Time Together.

          So this is a new girl group H.U.B – Hope U Bounce (허브), is a 4 member new kpop girl group debut under  New Planet Entertainment at Feb 28th 2017.  Until now, they released 2 singles, which is Girl Gang and Our Time Together. 

           Because they are too new, I have no comment for them so far.

PIT A PAT- Sign

          Ok, today I will introduce the second new girl group PIT A PAT ,(피터패트), PIT A PAT is a five member girl group under pit a pat entertainment who debuted on february 7, 2017 with their debut song sign.

           Don't think they have a MV so far, but they have dance version for the song already. I also have no comment for this group because they are too new, but it seems like they come from a dance studio called HY Dance studio.

Rubber Soul - Freedom

                 This is not a new group, but relatively unknown to the most kpop fans. Rubber Soul
(러버 소울) is a 3 member kpop girl group debut under HC Entertainment at 2015. And I don't have much information about them either.

Various - Barbie Girl

           Various (베리어스) is a 5 member girl group debut at April 2016 under Cowl Entertainment. I don't think they are famous, so I have no comment about this group either.

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."

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...

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.

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. 

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.

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