Jyp's Wonder Girls (원더걸스) Official Thread 2

[Guest valentino_rossi46]

Here is the link that Uee, Yoo Bin,Hyo Sung congratulate Gina

It was shown before Gina debut in Music Bank

[Guest qoxie]

I already found a fanaccount of the concert [EDIT: Sorry, that was for an earlier gig ] but first things first...

BTW Don't take the pigeonholing below to heart. I think the phrase 'prefeb' was used in a fairly neutral way, so live & let live.

Otherwise, it's a well-meaning article &, more importantly, good exposure in the mainstream press.

The Wonder Girls

The Korean girl band is in a strong position to take K-Pop into the American mainstream

By John Berger, Honolulu Star-Advertiser

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 16, 2010

"The Wonder Girls are Korea's biggest contribution yet to the prefab  genre and have made big strides toward American pop stardom."

PREFABRICATED "boy bands" and "girl groups," you say? Record producers sorting through dozens of candidates to assemble a group that will appeal to a certain target demographic? It all started with the Monkees.

The prefab concept has been a winner many times since. The early '80s brought us the Mary Jane Girls—four women, each with a distinctly different look—assembled by Rick James. Seduction epitomized the "girl group" look of the late '80s—one Caucasian, one black and one Latina—while boy-band pioneer Maurice Starr assembled New Kids on the Block.

Since then we've seen *N Sync, O-Town, the Cheetah Girls, Eden's Crush, Danity Kane, the post-burlesque version of the Pussycat Dolls and many, many others along the way.

A local attempt in the '80s to fabricate a local version of Menudo fell flat, even though the producers had the original group to crib from, but Coconuts Musume, a locally recruited spinoff of J-Pop girl group Morning Musume built around Hawaii residents Ayaka Kimura and Mika Todd, enjoyed some success in Japan.

Fast-forward to 2010 and the story continues with the Wonder Girls, Korea's biggest contribution to the prefab genre and perhaps international pop, as well.

"The Wonder Girls"

WONDER GIRLS—Sun, Yenny, Sohee, Yoobin and Lim—is the creation of Korean entertainer/songwriter/producer Park Jin-Young. Also known as JYP, he is founder and head of one of the biggest entertainment companies in Korean entertainment. In a stroke of luck for many K-Pop fans, JYP is flying in to perform with them when they play their long-anticipated shows at Pipeline Cafe this weekend.

Park had been announced as the opening act for the Girls' two Honolulu concerts that were originally scheduled for last month. The shows would have been the start of the next leg of the Girls' "Wonder Girls World Tour," but the unanticipated death of Sun's father a few days before they were scheduled to arrive put everything on hold.

The Girls' management issued a statement on the group's behalf, thanking their Hawaii fans for their understanding and support, and the shows were rescheduled for this weekend.

Park, a Korean recording star in his own right, assembled the original quintet in 2007 and developed them first as a domestic Korean K-Pop act with television projects, a string of Korean hits and a memorable music video, then reached out to expatriate Korean communities. The Girls appeared as special guests when JYP played American concert dates in 2008 and again in 2009.

The Girls' next steps toward mainstream American pop stardom came last year, with the release of their first English-language record and a concert tour with the Jonas Brothers.

Less than a year later, the Wonder Girls are touring North America as headliners in their own right. YouTube clips of dates earlier this year suggest their American audience is still predominately Asian, but that could soon change: Their first English album, "2 Different Tears," has been released in conjunction with the tour, with English versions of their Korean hits "Nobody," "So Hot" and "Tell Me."

The Wonder Girls' first English single, "Nobody," charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and they seem positioned to take K-Pop into the American mainstream.

In the meantime this is probably Hawaii's only chance to catch them in a venue the size of Pipeline Cafe. Next time around, they'll probably be playing Blaisdell Arena.

The Wonder Girls were in Singapore last month and looking forward to visiting Hawaii. We reached out via e-mail and they responded collectively.

Q: What do you enjoy most about being in the group?

A: Performing together, experiencing new things and learning from each other.

Q: Is it difficult to sing in English?

A: Singing in English is pretty fine for us since we've been listening to a lot of English songs, but recording in English is kind of tough because everything has to be perfect.

Q: Is there a Korean song—a song recorded in Korean that was a hit in Korea—that you think would be a hit in the United States if you recorded it in English?

A: "I Wanna," because it's fun and fast rhyme, and also because of the '80s retro sound.

Q: Have any of you visited Hawaii before?

A: No, but we are really looking forward to going there because we've heard a lot of good things about it and also because some of our parents are going to come to our concerts there.

Q: Will you have time to do any shopping or go to the beach or go to cultural places while you are here?

A: We usually don't have time to do that when we are on tour, but hopefully we will soon!

Q: Is there any place in Hawaii—or elsewhere in the United States—you would like to visit?

A: One of the cities we would most like to go is Orlando (Fla.) because Disney World is there.

Q: Who are some of the entertainers—from Korea or from other countries—that have influenced you as a singer, dancer or entertainer?

A: Since our basic content is "retro," we've been influenced by Madonna, Stacey Q, the Supremes and most of the Motown artists.

Q: It looks like you have fun making your music videos. Do you have a favorite music video of the ones that you have made? If so, why is it your favorite?

A: When we made our "2 Different Tears" music video with special guest (Korean-American comedian) Bobby Lee, he made a lot of funny dance moves, and we had a lot of fun working with him.

Q: Do you think of yourself as a role model for your fans?

A: We don't know that we are, but it would be an absolute honor for us. We like to share a lot of feelings through our music (for our fans), just like we were influenced by others when we were children.

Q: What do you like to do when you are not performing?

A: Most of the time we try to get some rest. But since Yenny is really outgoing, she usually goes out and does something.

"The Wonder Girls' shows at Pipeline Cafe today and tomorrow may be isle  fans' best, last chance to see them at venue of that size in Hawaii."

'THE WONDER GIRLS WITH JYP'

Where: Pipeline Cafe, 805 Pohukaina St.

When: 8 p.m. today and 1 p.m. tomorrow (doors open one hour before show  time)

Cost: $32, $75 VIP; $150 "meet-and-greet" includes photo opportunity,  tour gift and general admission seating. Tickets sold at Pipeline Cafe  Box Office, Hawaii's Natural High, www.groovetickets.com and  www.pipelinecafehawaii.com

Info: 877-714-7668 or www.pipelinecafehawaii.com

Note: People with "meet-and-greet" tickets should be there at 7 tonight,  and noon tomorrow, when doors open.

"The TGIF cover of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for Friday, July 16,  2010."

Source:  http://www.staradver...nder_girls.html

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Link to the mentioned fan account: http://www.itsakpopthing.com/2010/07/tee-tee-goes-to-wonder-girls-concert.html

Turned out it was of the Vancouver gig, the one where 969 Media filmed the street-interview video with the queuing WFs.

The blogger also shot her own clip of the Caucasian Yoobinian & friends. Love her descriptions of the scene too!

... An hour into the line, and it had grown to the end of the block. The  line was filled with Wonder Girls fans ranging from Koreans, to Chinese,  Filipinos and the few Caucasians! After looking at the  line, I realized k-pop was huge in Vancouver, "Imagine if Super Junior  or Big Bang came here!" It was now 4:00 pm and nothing really happened.  The group of Asian guys plus one Caucasian guy kept screaming every ten  minutes. A car would just drive by and they'd be screaming, "WONDERRRRRR  GIRRRRRRRLS! YEEEAHH!! WOOO! I LOVE YOOOOU!" Then a man came  out telling us that if we were VIP ticket holders to line up opposite of  the line we were already in. [shown in photo 2 above, in vip line] Then  while in the VIP line .. this happened, LOL. AND EXCUSE MY TALKING,  I was pretending to look at a photo!

... More time passed by, 10 minutes approx. My friend, Jess unfolded her  poster of the Wonder Girls. A man walked by and stared. He asked, "Who is performing?" in broken  English. "Wonder Girls." "W-w-w-wonder Girls?!" "Yeaup."  *walks away with the O_O face*  .. I'm guessing he was a fan, LOOL.

Cr: teearrayo

[Guest r1988]

[Guest adikkeluangman]

Is there any Malaysian fans that excited that Wonder Girls will come to Malaysia? It will be like next two weeks. I'm so excited for this and at this moment trying very hard to get the passes to the show. Just a year ago their brother group 2AM come to perform on the same event but they only for after-show party but now the girls will be the performer for the night.

Based on the artists popularity and time frame given, I think Wonder Girls will be the second artist to perform after the local act band. 2DT already been played in a local radio here and they even got interview with the girls today but I missed that show.

Me and my friends are planning to make t-shirt for ourselves to wear to the show.

[Guest spicy pink]

wow~~yubin lookin' HOT and smexy every now and then~~LOL

and sohee!!!lookin gorgeous and so matured...and love it love it!!

btw..i thought it also that suzy is look like sunye's younger sister..hahahahaha....

wonder A~~ <3

thanks for the pics and infos~~

[Guest MissBoAngel]

Uh-oh it seems the girls are hinting that they will release 'I Wanna' in English.

Hm, I really don't think that will do much for them .. Anyone else think 'I Tried' would be a great bet for American audiences?

[Guest goldenGAZE]

Uh-oh it seems the girls are hinting that they will release 'I Wanna' in English.

Hm, I really don't think that will do much for them .. Anyone else think 'I Tried' would be a great bet for American audiences?

Really? That's totally unexpected. Actually after their world tour performances, i've really been in love with "Goodbye", their outfits and the choreography for the song look so fantastic. I wanna is a great song too though, it really showcases their powerful vocals (i remember i used to be soo obsessed with the song when i first got their album). JYP always has stuff planned up their sleeves, we'll just have to wait and see...

Those pictures posted above are soo gorgeous. Sohee looks adorable and kinda sexy, she's lost her mandoo cheeks a bit. Is it bad that i want an X10 mini phone now after seeing wondergirls with it (hahahaha but seriously it is actually a pretty great phone and my old phone is dead).

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followWG

The Wonder Girls will be performing live on the Sunrise morning show at 8:20AM Hawaii time! (2:20PM EST) http://bit.ly/d1EJW5 LIVE!

[Guest sunmikiwangjang]

Wonder Girls on Hawaii News Now "Sunrise"

[Guest QutieAZNgirl]

KEEP THE WONDER GIRLS ON THE TOP 12 LEADERSHIP BOARD!

VOTE ATLEAST 10 TIMES A DAY!

http://musiqtone.com/music/thecount/

[Guest vietboi_tuan]

^^^

I love the girls and all but there seem to be a new poll every month

and they don't really get anything when they win. There really is

no time to sit down everyday to vote for the girls. It also seem

like the poll are rigged so the girls can't win anyways.

Can't believe their tour is ending already. Seem like yesterday when

I got my ticket to see them. WOW! Amazing job girls. I bet SunYe

and YeEun will cry at the last concert!

[slrigrednow]

Wonder Girls HawaiiNewsNow Sunrise Interview/Performance

cr. pipelinecafehawaii

[Guest kwantawank]

WONDER GIRLS WORLD TOUR by Mark Pd @Hawaii

Cr:Mark Pd@facebook

[Guest Mia_Mia]

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awww..... Mark PD and Sunye at the beach....she just looks so adorable.. I guessed that it'd be her when I saw her back..keke

[Guest ♪ LeeNa ♪]

here some old sunhae moments

and here you can see donghae look at sunye when she was singing her part :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMoYyaZEVq0

[Guest kimny]

Hmmm. Maybe they're fatter than they at Korea, special YeEun

Or I'm wrong.

I miss them. Hope they can comeback Korea soon.

[Guest i.said.goodbye]

WONDER GIRLS WORLD TOUR by Mark Pd @Hawaii

Cr:Mark Pd@facebook

sunye looks so pretty in the sundress!

I'm so happy to her smiling... she looks happy

[Guest i.said.goodbye]

UKISS are total wonder girls fanboys!!

This is a clip of UKISS talking about wonder girls. They were talking about how 4minute and WG's should be friends because of Hyuna and then kevin asked who they would want to perform on stage with. Alexandre picks wonder girls because they are international like them and eli picks wonder girls because he likes Yubin. Alexandre then talks about Lim and Yubin and Kevin says that sohee is so cute

Starts at 6:58

[Guest ariadne32391]

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really??? that's awesome to hear!!!! kyaaah.. i'm a major fan of both... (but more of a wonderful).. anyways.. it's nice to hear other idols talking about the wonder girls.. coz' eversince they've been inactive in Korea.. they have been mentioned lesser and lesser.. it's nice to hear these kinds of things..

[Guest spicy pink]

wah!sunye look good in that dress~~

i miss walking in seashore...lol

lol@ukiss...im happy that eli like yubin...cuz they're both my fave~~woot woot!!!ahahaha