Pardon this slight digression into my personal enchantment with this musical group and its catchy hit song "NOBODY". Even if you've never heard of the Wonder Girls, a girl group from South Korea, I would suspect that many of you would have heard strains of this tune being played on TV, radio, music stores or even someone's mobile ringtone.
The five person Wonder Girls, are managed by singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young of JYP Entertainment (who formerly managed that other Korean sensation, Rain ... tho' I must say I'm not as impressed by him!). This is an artifically constructed group with each of the five original members selected through auditions (kinda like the UK's Spice Girls a generation before). The Wonder Girls debuted in early 2007 and became popular later that year with the song "Tell Me." They have scored three consecutive #1 hit singles: "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody". In 2008, they won two Daesangs ("Artist of the Year" Awards).
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Even more impresssive was the fact that the group entered into the American market in 2009, with the lead single "Nobody" - which also became the first song by a Korean artist to enter the Billboard Hot 100.
Enough from me ... Turn up your speaker volume to the max and enjoy the music video ...
Like it? Share your views on this and other music groups you like.
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Why would Chew or Chiu surnamed people be flattered, WJ?
ReplyDeleteYA, I HEARD THIS ONE TOO. VERY NICE BEAT. K-POP IS DOING WELL.
ReplyDeleteI will hate to be the man looking for toilet roll after the BIG job!
ReplyDeleteHa Ha....Nice one WJ, Jimmy Boy!
Yeah, nice song that 'Nobody', even my children like listening to the group.
ReplyDeleteI want nobody like choo
ReplyDeleteI want nobody like chew
nobody nobody ...
Oops, my mistake on the lyrics. It shd be
ReplyDeleteI want nobody but choo
I want nobody but chew
nobody nobody ...
ha ha ha!
great song, nicely choreographed dance
ReplyDeletepretty cute lasses too ;-)
ReplyDeleteBen, can we stop in Seoul on your China trip too? Maybe we visit the Wonder Girls. LOL
ReplyDeleteGot concert or not? Seems like good to watch live.
ReplyDeleteI m daughter of one of your classmates and I luv the Wonder Girls. The names of the Wonder Girls are Sun Ye, Ye Eun, Sun Mi, So Hee & Yoo Bin. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ReplyDeleteI still like my oldies from the Carpenters.
ReplyDeletethe Wonder Girls are just another example of Korea's ongoing economic push into new global markets. just look at how many industries they have been successful in - ship building, steel production, construction, automobiles, consumer electronics, electronic games, TV drama series ...
ReplyDeleteAccording to Statistics Korea, the number of unemployed female college graduates was 196,000 last month, the highest number since 1999. 107,000 women graduated from a 4 year college, and the rest 2 years.
ReplyDeleteI guess there will be more of these groups soon...............
yeah and they will be called The Wonder Boys, The Kim Chi Kids, The Seoul Singers etc etc ... ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteI want somebody to chew
ReplyDeleteI got nobody to chew
How's that WJ?
That can be YOUR new song, Norbert. I'm sure it will be a hit !
ReplyDeleteI liked the Spice Girls many years ago too. Especially that cute Baby Spice one. wow.
ReplyDeletei prefer the Pussycat Dolls
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