Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update July 2019

There are quite a few kpop girl groups comeback in July this year.




ITZY- Icy

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Itzy's debut EP, titled It'z Icy was released on July 29, 2019 along with an accompanied music video for its lead single titled "Icy".On August 5, It'z Icy debuted and peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard World Albums chart and at number 19 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums, making it their first entry on both charts. In Japan, It'z Icy debuted at number 12 and 32 on Oricon Albums Chart and Japan Hot Albums chart. It'z Icy also entered at number 10 on Oricon Digital Albums chart











GFriend- Fever

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On July 1, GFriend released their seventh mini-album, Fever Season, with title track "Fever". The mini-album consists of eight tracks, including an instrumental version of their title track. It debuted at number 10 on the Billboard World Albums chart.It topped the Gaon Album Chart.










GWSN - RED-SUN(021)

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GWSN released their third EP The Park in the Night Part Three along with the lead single "Red-Sun (021)" on July 23. The MV is huge success with over 21 million viewers so far.












Nature - I'm so pretty

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I introduce this group before, so I won't repeat again.On June 24, it is confirmed that Nature will make their comeback on July 10 with their first mini album I'm So Pretty. Member Gaga will not be involved due to her currently being on hiatus to focus on her studies.  The music video for I'm So Pretty was released on July 10, 2019. A Performance Version of the music video was released on July 24.











Honey Popcorn - De-aeseohsta

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I already introduced this girl group, so I won't repeat again. All the members are Japanese AV Idols in this group, and the group is funded by Mikami herself as a passion project, which causes some controversy in Korea.







Busters - Pinky Promise

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Busters  is a five-member South Korean girl group formed by Monstergram Inc. and JTG Entertainment in 2017.They released their first extended play "Pinky Promise" on July 31, 2019


Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update June 2019

There are not many kpop girl groups comeback in June this year.




Red Velvet - Zimzalabim

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On June 19, Red Velvet released their sixth EP, titled The ReVe Festival: Day 1, which features the lead single "Zimzalabim" and is the first entry of The ReVe Festival trilogy.
The CD version of the EP debuted atop the Gaon Weekly Album Chart, and sold 182,210 copies in June 2019 in South Korea, placing second for the month, while the kihno version of the EP placing forty-ninth in the monthly chart with 3,611 copies. Together, this EP has sold 185,821 copies in the first month, become Red Velvet's best selling album, surpassing Summer Magic.
he lead single, "Zimzalabim", has additionally been described as an "addictive electro pop with rhythmic drums and cool melodies".








Cosmic Girls - Boogie Up

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Cosmic Girls released their special album For the Summer on June 4, 2019, which consists of five tracks including the lead single "Boogie Up". It gets Gaon South Korean album Rank 1st place for that month.








Fromis_9 - FUN

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On June 4, Fromis 9 released their first single album Fun Factory, featuring the title track "FUN!".The album reached number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart, a new high for the group


Sunday, September 15, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update May 2019

There are quite a few girl groups comeback in May this year, but not many famous ones comeback.






EXID - Me and You

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In early May, members Hani and Junghwa had decided to not renew their contracts with Banana Culture Shortly after, it was announced that the group will release an extended play on May 15. It was agreed that all the members will participate in promotion activities and after the conclusion of this, the group will enter an indefinite hiatus so each member could focus on individual activities.Banana Culture later clarified that the group would continue activities as five in Japan for another year, with a Japanese tour entitled "2019 EXID Summer Live Tour" beginning in August.










Oh My Girl- The fifth season

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On May 8, they released their first Korean studio album, The Fifth Season, alongside its lead single, "The Fifth Season (SSFWL)". The album debuted at number 4 on South Korea's Weekly Gaon Album Chart and at number 16 on the Monthly Gaon Album Chart, selling 21,203 by the end of May.The title track also peaked at number 26 on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 7 on the Gaon Download Chart.












LovelyZ - Beautiful Days

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On May 20, 2019, they released their sixth EP Once Upon a Time with the lead single "Beautiful Days. The title track "Beautiful Days" was revealed with the release of the album's tracklist on May 16. The next day, Lovelyz released a longer version of the music video teaser for "Beautiful Days". Their EP officially released online and physically on May 20 along with their comeback showcase

The lead single "Beautiful Days (When We Were Us)" described as bright and airy synth-pop track with quirky retro synths by Tamar Herman of Billboard. Lyrically it tell the story of the most beautiful time













Weki Meki - Picky Picky

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The group released their second single album Lock End LOL on May 14, 2019, including the lead single "Picky Picky".
The single album debuted at number 6 on the Gaon Album Chart for the week ending May 18. In its second week, the single fell to number 40. In its third week, the single rose to number 18 and fell to number 27 in its fourth week.











Berry Good - Oh, Oh.

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They released their third mini-album, Fantastic, on May 25, 2019 as a five-member group, with Daye resting due to health issues. They started comeback promotions that same day on Show! Music Core,but, two days later, Taeha announced her contract had expired and she would no longer be in the group. Berry Good therefore discontinued the album's promotional activities.












Cherry Bullet - Really Really

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On May 9, it was revealed that Cherry Bullet will comeback on May 22 with their second single Love Adventure with title track "Really Really".  Cherry Bullet collaborated with LG U+ to establish an AR / VR experience zone and actively introduce it. LG U+ will set up an AR / VR experience zone on the scene of the Cherry Bullet comeback showcase


Sunday, September 1, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update April 2019

There are not many girl groups comeback at april this year, but all famous groups like BlackPink, Twice and Izone.



Blackpink - Kill This Love

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As of 2019, Blackpink is the highest-charting female K-pop act on both Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, peaking at number 41 with "Kill This Love", and peaking at number 24 with Kill This Love, respectively. They are also the first and only K-pop girl group to enter and top Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. They are also the first female K-pop group to have four number-one singles on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart..Blackpink's second EP, Kill This Love, was released on April 5, 2019. Blackpink performed at the 2019 Coachella Festival on April 12 and 19, 2019, the first female K-pop group to perform at Coachella.
                          














Twice - Fancy

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Twice made history as the first female K-pop girl group to hold a Japanese dome tour, named Twice Dome Tour 2019 "#Dreamday", with a total audience of 220,000 during five shows in Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya was held in March and April 2019.On April 22, they released their seventh EP Fancy You. The music video of "Fancy", which garnered over 42.1 million views in a single day, also reached the seventh position in the list of YouTube's biggest debuts during the first 24 hours.The release of Fancy You made Twice the best-selling Korean girl group of all time with a total of 3,750,000 copies sold from their twelve Korean releases, surpassing the twenty-year-old record of S.E.S.Twice has also sold over approximately six million albums worldwide













IZone - Violeta

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 On April 1, the group released their second EP, Heart*Iz, with "Violeta" as the album's lead single.Heart*Iz sold 132,109 copies in the first week which is a new record for girl groups at the time.Off the Record released a special video in commemoration of achieving 40 million views for "Violeta" music video.



Sunday, July 28, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update March 2019

           Not like Feb , many groups comeback at March this year.





Mamamoo -gogbebe

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Mamamoo released their ninth EP, White Wind, on March 14, 2019, with its lead single "Gogobebe"
This EP is the fourth and final album under the 4 Seasons, 4 Colors project. During that time, Mamamoo won 6 times in various music program such as Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, made them a strong comeback.
 









Momoland - I'm so hot

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Right now, Momoland became the top girl group, not ranked much behind other famous girl groups anymore. Momoland held promotional events in Tokyo and Osaka from February 28 until March 4, 2018. The group garnered 25,000 spectators at an event held in Japan over four days. Approximately 100 media also participated in the showcase held at Tower Records in Shibuya. Momoland also performed songs such as "JJan! Koong! Kwang", "Freeze", "Wonderful Love" (EDM version), and "Bboom Bboom". Momoland also signed with King Records to release their debut in Japan on June 13, 2018, as well as a Japanese version of their single "Bboom Bboom".











DIA - Woowa

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On March 19, 2019, DIA released their fifth mini-album titled Newtro, after previous reports of a release on March 28 and 21.When it comes to girl group DIA, each comeback feels like a minor miracle. 












EverGlow - Bon Bon Chocolate

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I never mentioned this group before because they are new, so I will briefly introduce them here.
Everglow  is a six member kpop girl group under Chinese company Yuehua Entertainment. The group consists of 5 Korean members  E:U, Sihyeon, Mia, Onda, Aisha and one Chinese member Yiren. They made their debut on March 18, 2019, with the album Arrival of Everglow.
Their songs actually got popular when it just came out.











S.I.S - Always Be your girl

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I mentioned this group before, their style is very similar to GFriend, with same number of members and similar look. And this song is a non-album single.
       






DreamNote - Hakuna matata

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DreamNote is not a brand new girl group, I mentioned about them last year. They released their second album Dream:us on March 12th, with the single Hakuna Matata.











GWSN - Pinky Star

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  This group is not new as well, I mentioned about them last year. On March 13, 2019, GWSN released their second EP The Park in the Night Part Two, with the lead single "Pinky Star (Run)"

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update Feb 2019

      Since many groups comeback at Jan. So very few made a comeback at Feb this year.




       

 (G)I-DLE - Senorita

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(G)I-DLE is becoming more famous since early this year. And since not many strong comeback at Feb, so they become the most popular girl group at that time.
(G)I-dle released their second EP, I Made, on February 26, 2019. The EP contains five songs, including the lead single "Senorita", written and composed by member Soyeon and Big Sancho
                                
 The lead rapper of G-Idol Soyeon.

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Dream Catcher- Piri

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On February 13th, Dreamcatcher released their fourth EP, The End of Nightmare. As with the title, the album heralds the end of the 'Nightmare' concept. This overarching theme the group has been promoting in their past title songs since their debut single "Chase Me" has finally ended and culminated in their new single - "PIRI", a song showcasing Dreamcatcher's signature rock acoustics and incorporation of music from its namesake musical instrument. On the same day, Dreamcatcher's agency, HappyFace Entertainment, also announced that they will henceforth be renamed as DreamCatcher Company.










Loona - Butterfly

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on February 19, 2019, they had six additional tracks, including a new single, "Butterfly". The music video was shot in France, Hong Kong, China, the United States, Iceland and Korea. LOONA’s visual director DIGIPEDI toured around 5 countries from 3 continents for LOONA’s Butterfly effects to capture the freedom and courage of girls worldwide in the music video of ‘Butterfly.’


Saturday, June 15, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update Jan 2019

         Ok,  since I was busy with all kinds of stuff, I will write the first blog for 2019 today.
         January is the month for a lot of important girl groups comeback, which includes APink, GFriend , CLC and few others.



APink - Eung Eung


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The first Monday of 2019 saw a new release from girl group APink! 'Percent' contains 6 fresh tracks, including the title track "%%." This is their eighth EP, a follow-up to last July's 'One & Six.' In a press conference, they revealed that they've been retooling their sound, starting with "I'm So Sick." This release is just the next step to a more mature-sounding A Pink.
The lead single is "%%," (응응 or eung eung) which means, essentially, "okay." When angled it looks like percent signs, hence the song's title. It sounds a lot different than a traditional A Pink song.
 Its use of  snapping beats, and slapping percussion as the members sing about the type of person one should love' make %%(Eung Eung) another song that is a departure from much of Apink's earlier work.










Gfriend - Sunrise

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On January 14, GFriend released their second studio album, Time for Us, with the title track "Sunrise". Time for Us became the group's highest selling Korean album with more than 86,000 copies sold based on Gaon Chart.
Time for Us is GFriend's second studio album, released two years and six months after their first studio album, LOL. Time for Us was released on January 14 in 3 versions: "Daybreak", "Daytime" and "Midnight", following this, a limited version of the album was then released on January 25. GFriend started their promotions with Mnet's M Countdown on January 17, where they performed "Sunrise" and "Memoria (Korean ver.)". On January 19, they performed their side track "A Starry Sky" on MBC's Show! Music Core as part of their comeback stage. During the 2nd week of promotions, GFriend took 1st place on all music shows, making them the first artist in 2019 to achieve a grand slam.















CLC - No

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On January 30, 2019, CLC released their eighth EP, No.1, with the title track "No"."No" is co-produced and co-written by label-mate Jeon So-yeon and co-written by member YeEun. No.1 debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's World Albums chart.  On February 12, CLC earned their first music show win on The Show with the title track "No".

The blonde hair member YeEun from CLC wrote the title track No.
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WJSN - La La Love

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On January 8, 2019, Cosmic Girls released their sixth mini album WJ Stay?, which consists of seven tracks including the lead single "La La Love". The group continued to promote as ten members, with the Chinese members, Cheng Xiao, Mei Qi and Xuan Yi, unable to participate in the comeback due to prior commitments










Favorite - LOCA

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I have mentioned this group twice before. So Favorite is a 6 member kpop girl groups debut at July 2017 under Astory Entertainment. Like most other kpop girl groups, they failed to become famous, but they still exist until today. Favorite made their second comeback on January 15, 2019, with Loca












Cherry Bullet - Q&A

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So this is the new group. I will briefly introduce them here. Cherry Bullet is a 10 member kpop girl group formed by FNC Entertainment(same as AOA). They debuted on January 21, 2019 with their debut single album Let's Play Cherry Bullet.  They were also  models for Korean uniform brand Smart for 2018, alongside BTS. The members were also selected to represent the brand in 2019

   







NeonPunch - TicToc

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So this group actually not brand new, but I will briefly introduce them here as well. Neon Punch is a 5 member kpop girl group formed by A100 Entertainment. They debuted on June 27, 2018 with their 1st Mini Album "Moonlight". On January 16, 2019, A100 had revealed that Terry would permanently leave the group for health reasons. Instead, new member Dohee joined the group prior to the group's January comeback. On January 30, NeonPunch released their 2nd mini album "Watch Out" and its lead single "TicToc"