Korean Pop’s 5 Hottest Girl Groups
Long live the Korean pop scene, where nobody really cares that much about authenticity—or even singing talent for that matter—as long as the girls look cute and the songs are catchy.
American girl groups like Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls have to throw on their sluttiest getup to grab anybody’s attention, but in Korea, girl pop stars can find success by just singing mindless ditties in sugary voices while executing the simplest of non-sexual dance steps. See, that’s the thing—the more you sell a product as overtly sexy, the less sexy it becomes. But push a product as “cute” and “innocent” and “pure”—well now you’ve piqued our predatory instincts! Our fam in Seoul hipped us to the hottest K-pop girl groups of the moment. Watch all their videos below.
Group: Wonder Girls
Debut: 2007
The most popular girl group out today, the Wonder Girls are the brainchild of K-pop Svengali Park Jin-Young, who also discovered heartthrob (and Stephen Colbert nemesis) Rain. The Girls’ much-anticipated second album is coming soon, complete with a “sexier” look. Since two of the five are under 18, hopefully it won’t be too soon.
Watch “So Hot”:
Group: Jewelry
Debut: 2001
Call ’em the Korean Destiny’s Child—Jewelry is known for replacing (and re-replacing) members for various reasons. Still, O.G. member Seo In-Young remains the Beyoncé of the bunch. Jewelry is responsible for the “ET Dance” craze that swept the nation earlier this year.
Watch “One More Time”:
Group: Brown Eyed Girls
Debut: 2006
The BEGs are another four-girl group with a recent hit record (“L.O.V.E.”) and a cringe-inducing rapper (Miryo). The video below is for their new single. But wait, don’t all girls in Korea have (naturally) brown eyes? What’s next, Black Haired Boys?
Watch “Love Action”:
Group: Girls Generation
Debut: 2007
Formed by famed talent agency SM Entertainment, this nine-member group was put together somewhat like one of Diddy’s Making The Band experiments. Likewise, the group has faced some skepticism from fans, but fuck it, they’re still cute.
Watch “SNSD”:
Group: The Grace
Debut: 2005
Also created by SM Entertainment, this quartet is actually bigger in Japan than Korea. Unlike some of their peers, they can actually sing. The video below is of their first hit single, which was flagged by the government for having suggestive lyrics. Word?
Watch “One More Time, OK?”:
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very interesting !!
they are cute, sexy and lovely.
i think that Jewerly is the best k-pop g.g.
Comment by YGeun — June 30, 2008 #
Truly the world has come to an END to consider these
disasters “music”….
Stay Tuned for my new Korean girl group called “Happy Endings”… horrible videos, bad songs and yet a free HJ with each “box set” sold!!
Comment by ObamaISaMuslim — July 2, 2008 #
good lookin findin these cuties… lol this music is very laughable but at the same they are very innocent… too bad north american music had to become the slut that it is in comparison to the standard set by that around them… *sigh*
Comment by chiney — July 14, 2008 #
BEAUTIFFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!N SWEET N I AM FROM INDIA N BEST OF LUCK IN FUCTURE
Comment by ARCHANA — July 24, 2008 #
I think the best girl group now is The grace..They can really “sing” and dance unlike other groups that only dance and make a cute face so everybody will like them..If we look from The grace history, many of other groups that debuted after the grace follow the grace like fashion style, song name,really similar..
Comment by andrew — October 3, 2008 #