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So Hot?

06-Sep-08

So Hot?

The official provider of broadband services to the LKL household has been looking East. As part of their Hot Girl Group series Virgin Media has noticed JYP's teenage girl band Wonder Girls. Number 8 in a list containing 7 other girl groups whose average age is at least 5 years older than them, the performers of annoying, catchy and perfectly crafted pop songs are brought to the attention of the UK public. Branson's pop researchers highlight Wonder Girls "comeback" single So Hot (did they ever go away?) as the one to listen out for. Who: Where Japan have J-pop (an abbreviation of Japanese pop), Korea have K-pop, and these five young ladies are leading exponents of the genre. Attempts to expand into ...
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That Wonder Girls song - and an antidote

13-Dec-07

That Wonder Girls song - and an antidote

This one will be quick. Once again, Matt over at Popular Gusts has has written the post that everyone wishes they'd written themselves. So, here's Tell Me, the song and dance that everyone's talking about, performed by the teenage girl band Wonder Girls - the creation of Park Jin-young (JYP), the man who invented Rain: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcDPr6b5o4[/youtube] A cartoon character has got in on the act... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTFKqrxWJsA[/youtube] ... someone's been inspired to make a bossa nova remake ... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-UFKz_Hi70[/youtube] ... and even traffic cops have the bug [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPS3BSqFeDY[/youtube] But JYP himself does it best: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKOjsQKDcq0[/youtube] So now the tune's really driving you mad, go and read something intelligent over at Popular Gusts. And I know I shouldn't have done this to you, so here's an antidote which will drive the tune out of ...
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