This story sounds familiar...
Remember way back in the day when this group called The Wonder Girls came out with their 2nd single called Tell Me? I don't know if you guys heard about it, but it was kind of a big deal.
At the same time, this 9 member girl group called So Nyuh Shi Dae or Girl's Generation debuted with their first album. They would go on to create the longest running number one song in Korean history, but that's another story.
These two mega groups quickly became rivals, competing for the number one spot at every turn. Let's take a brief look at the history:
Round 1: Tell Me vs. Girl's Generation
Round 2: So Hot vs Nothing
Round 3: Nobody vs Gee
Round 4: Nothing vs Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)
Eternal rivals indeed, they match up almost exactly the same. Well, fast forward to the present, and you'll see a very similar story emerge. Girl group 4minute has been explosive with their sales for the new mini album "For Muzik". It is their SECOND release of music in their career. Meanwhile, a hot new girl group from SM Entertainment called f(x) is debuting with their first single 'La Chata'. Another eerie coincidence is that Cube Entertainment (4minute's label) is a sister company of JYP Entertainment (Wonder Girls) who are against SME (SNSD / Girl's Generation and f(x)) a second time.
To spice things up, the music videos for the respective groups were released on the same day.
Let's take a look at the girls' opinions as well as public opinions of the two groups.
On September 4th, female idol group f(x) will be released their music video titled “Lachata.” Because of the members' powerful personalities in the music video, their performance was very skillful and many people have been very impressed. f(x) is a female idol group from SM Entertainment and consists of five members named Victoria Song (Song Chi En), Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal Jung (Jung Soo Jung).
f(x) member Krystal Jung, also known as Girl's Generation member Jessica’s little sister, said, “As much as we have prepared and worked hard together for this moment, there was an equal amount of burden upon me.” She briefly took a breather and said, “In the past, when she was acting alone she was often very bored and is really glad to be together with her new team members.”
Even before debuting with her boyish image, f(x) member Amber had already garnered a lot of attention and was asked, “You have gotten attention from many female fans with your charisma. How did you charm them?” f(x) member Amber shyly and humbly responded, “Are you sure you aren’t talking about fellow member Joong Sung Mi?” The Chinese-American leader of the group, Victoria, said she will “work hard and do her best as the leader of the group” and “help f(x) to become the idol group every fan in Asia can love."
While f(x) has been busy with their debut, the 4minute girls have been working on a few changes in style.
Shortly after the release of female idol group 4minute’s explosive teaser “Muzik” grabbed everyone’s attention, it was announced on the group’s homepage, (http://www.4min.co.kr) that the full version of the music video has been released. Things that really shocked the fans were the major changes in the music video since “Hot Issue” such as, Hyunah’s new hairstyle. Finally the showing of Jun Ji Yoon’s face after wearing her sunglasses since the group’s debut till now satisfied many of the fans’ curiosity. The director for 4minute’s “Hot Issue” music video has also directed their new music video titled “Muzik.” The laser filled 80’s themed music video gives a very powerful electronic feel and the members’ 180-degrees turned concept shows off a very charismatic appeal and will be highly anticipated tomorrow.
Who will win the battle of the girl groups this time, 4minute or f(x)?
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