Soyeon from LABOUM and WSG Wannabe has been spotted in the trailer for the new JTBC show 'Girls On Fire'!
Girls On Fire is a survival show for all kinds of female vocalists and will ultimately result in a vocalist (project) group. It is set to air in April 2024.
How LONG it took each K-POP GROUP to get their first win!
Brave Girls - 3628 days after debut
SUPER JUNIOR-D&E -2685 days after debut
NU'EST - 2610 days after debut
U-KISS - 2378 days after debut
N.Flying - 1981 days after debut
Dreamcatcher - 1923 days after debut
NCT U - 1656 days after debut
Jewerly - 1490 days after debut
PENTAGON - 1471 days after debut
CLC - 1426 days after debut
DAY6 - 1416 days after debut
VERIVERY - 1414 days after debut
Shinhwa - 1361 days after debut
fromis_9 - 1322 days after debut
BTOB - 1309 days after debut
ONF - 1308 days after debut
DKZ - 1273 days after debut
BF - 1265 days after debut
SF9 - 1198 days after debut
VICTION - 1098 days after debut
Girl's Day - 1096 days after debut
ASTRO - 1071 days after debut
DIA - 1065 days after debut
EXID - 1057 days after debut
ONEUS - 1043 days after debut
OH MY GIRL - 1008 days after debut
LABOUM - 974 days after debut
WJSN - 950 days after debut
Lovelyz - 916 days after debut
MONSTA X - 915 days after debut
Block B - 912 days after debut
Golden Child - 850 days after debut
CSJH The Grace - 769 days after debut
BABY V.O.X - 761 days after debut
B1A4 - 756 days after debut
B.A.P - 748 days after debut
Epik High - 739 days after debut
KARA - 707 days after debut
BTS - 691 days after debut
Brown Eyed Girls - 631 days after debut
GOT7 -628 days after debut
MAMAMOO - 626 days after debut
TEEN TOP - 603 days after debut
f(x) - 601 days after debut
LOONA - 570 days after debut
2AM - 566 days after debut
Treasure - 565 days after debut
VIXX - 561 days after debut
AOA - 459 days after debut
Bolbbalgan4 - 545 days after debut
THE BOYZ - 517 days after debut
Billie - 510 days after debut
INFINITE - 487 days after debut
Secret - 457 days after debut
EXO - 432 days after debut
MOMOLAND - 427 days after debut
Crayon Pop - 408 days after debut
NMIXX - 400 days after debut
BIGBANG - 384 days after debut
GFRIEND - 382 days after debut
Stray Kids - 375 days after debut
NCT 127 - 350 days after debut
Seventeen - 344 days after debut
B2ST (BEAST) - 343 days after debut
After School - 339 days after debut
Stayc - 306 days after debut
TEMPEST - 273 days after debut
Apink - 261 days after debut
Wonder Girls - 257 days after debut
2PM - 245 days after debut
ATEEZ - 239 days after debut
Red Velvet - 238 days after debut
Super Junior & MBLAQ - 231 days after debut
Twice - 198 days after debut
Sistar - 196 days after debut
Everglow - 187 days after debut
NCT Dream - 173 days after debut
CNBLUE - 163 days after debut
T-ara - 156 days after debut
Enhypen - 155 days after debut
CRAVITY - 140 days after debut
CSR - 128 days after debut
SHINee - 116 days after debut
4Minute & I.O.I - 104 days after debut
JBJ - 100 days after debut
SS501 - 99 days after debut
TVXQ! - 93 days after debut
Davichi - 90 days after debut
NU'EST W - 86 days after debut
Girls' Generation - 67 days after debut
AESPA - 61 days after debut
FT ISLAND - 42 days after debut
2NE1 - 39 days after debut
GOT the beat - 27 days after debut
(G)I-DLE - 20 days after debut
New Jeans - 17 days after debut
EXO-CBX - 16 days after debut
Gaya-G (WSG Wannabe) - 14 days after debut
Blackpink & AB6IX - 13 days after debut
IKON & Hi Suhyun - 12 days after debut
EXO-SC & Irene and Seulgi (Red Velvet) & NCT DOJAEJUNG - 11 days after debut
IZ*ONE & Kep1er - 10 days after debut
Itzy & Girls Generation-TTS & Wanna One- 9 days after debut
TXT & Le Sserafim & Highlight & BTOB 4U- 8 days after debut
Ive & Viviz & CIX & WSG WANNABE - 7 days after debut
X1 & SSAK3 - 5 days after debut
Winner - 4 days after debut
Kinda long list, you know? It's really sad that most of groups need to wait that long for their first win... What's your opinion about this? Comment below!
WSG Wannabe هي مشروع مجموعة فتيات مكونة من 12 عضوًا وتتألف من: Navi و Eunhye و Boram و Kota و Jin Joo و Hyun Ah و SOLE و Uhm Jiyoon و Soyeon و Kwon Jin Ah و HYNN و Jung Jiso. تم تشكيلها من خلال “Hangout with Yoo” على قناة MBC ، والمعروفة أيضًا باسم “How Do You Play?” اسمهم ، WSG Wannabe ، هو محاكاة ساخرة لمجموعة Kpop الحقيقية SG Wannabe. تاريخ ترسيمهم غير معروف حاليًا.
أعضاء فرقة WSG Wannabe:
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Perasaan Seorang Ibu Melepas Anaknya Pertama Kali Ke Sekolah
Ini kisah pertama yang aku pilih untuk dibagikan. Aku menyukai dan mengidolakan begitu banyak penyanyi dan idol korea. Salah satunya adalah Hynn (Park Hweyon). Aku menyukai lagu-lagunya, suaranya, kepribadiannya dan yang paling menarik cara dia bereaksi terhadap sesuatu seperti orang tua, aku menyebutnya omma style.Kami lahir di tahun yang sama namun dia selalu kelihatan sangat dewasa, jadi aku memutuskan memanggil dia kkotchi Unnie. Melihat Hynn mengikuti kegiatan ISAC membuatku merasa seperti seorang ibu yang pertama kali melepas anaknya pergi ke sekolah, ada sedikit kecemasan namun juga perasaan antusias. Melihat dia mengikuti yena dan yuri (Solois line) seperti anak bebek membuatku merasa aneh, karena aku selalu melihat dia sebagai seseorang yang sangat dewasa . Berbeda dengan yena dan yuri yang sebelumnya berada di dalam group, Hyewon adalah solois sejak awal. Aku kurang tahu mengenai pertemenannya di dunia artist selain CLC yeeun, WSG Wannabe member dan The Listen member, namun aku tidak melihat dia bercakap dengan siapapun selain Seyeon Laboum dan Solois Line (mungkin ada percakapan dengan yang lain dibelakang kamera, aku kurang tahu). Di saat seperti ini aku berharap The Listen member ada disampingnya terkhusus Oh My Girl Seunghee (Cintaku) dan EXID solji, menjadi teman ceritanya di ISAC dan memberi tips mengenai memanah (mereka berdua merupakan salah satu dari idol yang terbaik dibidang memanah). Ini adalah kedua kalinya aku melihat dia sebagai seseorang yang seumuran denganku, pertama saat di SBS variety show The Listen: Wind Blows, karena dia maknae dia sangat dirawat oleh member yang lain dan aku bisa melihat sisi barunya. Aku berharap dia menikmati kegiatannya, dan aku ingin lebih sering melihatnya di variety show.
not that there should be underage idols of any gender but tbh it would make sense if companies wanted to debut younger male trainees because of the military requirement. that wouldn't make it morally okay but it would be a logical reason. but no, most of the egregious age issues have been with female idols because of bs "expiry dates" like 😭
우리 처음 만난 날 그 봄이 생각나
조금 낯설긴 했지만
내 맘에 피어난 작은 꽃잎처럼
설레던 그날이 떠올라
많이 울고 웃었던
우리 사이 새겨졌던
참 푸르던 날
저기 저 태양 아래
여전히 너와 내가 함께 노래하네
새하얀 눈처럼
환히 빛나는 우리 시간
지금 함께 걸어가고 있는
아름답고 찬란한 우리의 계절
기억해
아주 멀기만 했던
그곳에 닿을 때면 이 순간을 잊지 마요
우리의 추억을
함께한 이 시간을
가슴 깊이 또 새겨봐요
작기만 했던 나를
포근히 감싸주던 그대 그 목소리
서로 눈을 맞추고
입을 맞추어 다시 함께 노래하네
새하얀 눈처럼
환히 빛나는 우리 시간
지금 함께 걸어가고 있는
아름답고 찬란한 우리의 계절
우연한 작은 마음이
오늘 하루가 되어
지금 순간이 된다면
함께 걷는 우리 계절들을
나 영원히…
SoYeon (LABOUM, WSG Wannabe) - Goodbye (잘 지내고 있니) M/V
Soyeon finally released 'Goodbye', which is promoted as her official debut as a soloist! The MV currently has <500 views after hours, so check it out. There's a recording version video too and a youtube short on the channel too. 😊
Who is WSG Wannabe? Female version of MSG Wannabe also go viral and top all charts
Who is WSG Wannabe? Female version of MSG Wannabe also go viral and top all charts
New project girl group WSG Wannabe has taken over South Korea as their track ‘At That Moment’ topped all music charts: Bugs, MelOn, FLO, VIBE and Genie. ‘I Missed You’ followed at #2 and the third single ‘Clink Clink’ is steadily climbing the charts. In fact, ‘At That Moment’ has been at #1 on MelOn for five days straight and crossed 1 million unique listeners on MelOn making it the fastest…
Periodic Rookie Group Reports are a series of biannual reports that seek to put a number to how many rookie groups debut and make comebacks in a given year. For Report No. 22, I cover the activity of '22 rookie groups between July and December 2023 and the total number of rookie groups that debuted in 2023.
2022 Rookies
In the previous Rookie Report, I covered five groups that had debuted in 2022, only to disband less than a year after their debut. I have two additional groups to add to that list. They are as follows:
WSG Wannabe: A project girl group (July ‘22) created for MBC’s Hangout With Yoo, the group concluded their activities following the show’s August 6th, 2022 episode.
X4: The project co-ed group (July ‘22) was formed to promote Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo. Following voting on November 28, 2023, Busan ultimately lost its bid to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Consequently, it is safe to assume that the group disbanded.
This brings the number of disbanded groups to seven—two boy groups, four girl groups, and one co-ed group. Factoring these seven groups brings the number of groups that debuted in 2022 and were still active in 2023 to 69 groups—20 boy groups, 37 girl groups, and two co-ed groups. Of these 69 groups, 52% or 36 groups released new music at least once in 2023. 34% or 24 groups did so between January and June, while 17% or 12 groups did so between July and December. 30% or 21 groups released new music in the first and second half of 2023.
Korean Releases from ‘22 Rookie Groups: July - December 2023
Note: Releases marked with an asterisk (*) indicate an additional release from a group following their initial release
July
06 FIFTY FIFTY - “Barbie Dreams feat. Kaliii” (Single)*
06 Kep1er - “RESCUE TAYO” (Single)*
06 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife (English Ver.)” (Single)*
06 Queenz Eye – “UN-NORMAL” (Single)
10 ARTBEAT v – “DUBI DUBI” (Single)*
11 NMIXX – A Midsummer NMIXX’s Dream (Mini Album)*
14 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife feat. UPSAHL” (Single)*
21 NewJeans - Get Up (Mini Album)*
21 Pattern - “Miro” (Single)
25 ILY:1 - New Chapter (Mini Album)*
26 Liberty - “One Summer” (Single)
28 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife feat. Rina Sawayama” (Single)*
August
01 XEED – Blue (Mini Album)
02 The Wind - “We Go” (Single)
03 ABLUE – “MAD” (Single)
03 Nine.i – NEW MIND (Mini Album)
04 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife feat. Demi Lovato” (Single)
11 TAN - TAN MADE [ I ] (Mini Album)*
30 H1-KEY - Seoul Dreaming (Mini Album)*
2023 Rookies
In 2023, 95 groups—44 boy groups, 46 girl groups, four co-ed groups, and one queer group—debuted. Compared to last year this marks a 25% increase in the number of new groups debuting. Similarly, boy groups, whose numbers had been declining since 2020, made an about-face, with a 100% increase in the number of new debuts versus last year. Meanwhile, girl groups, who posted a record-setting number last year, saw a small decline slipping 10%. For their part, co-ed groups saw a modest increase from three groups last year to four groups this year, a 33% change.
Yet even with girl group numbers taking a dip, these are some of the best year-end numbers for rookie groups the industry has seen in years. Certainly, the numbers have not been this good since the beginning of the pandemic. So, what changed?
As always with rookie group numbers, context matters. Technically, rookie group numbers did rebound because agencies began to debut more groups, but what is meant by groups has expanded. That is, while once the dominant image of an idol group was a group assembled by an agency created from trainees who had been under and remained with a company for years striving for stardom, that has now changed. As I have written about at length, Rainbow E&M intends for their Future Idol Asia groups to be temporary stops for members rather than their permanent groups. Meanwhile, university k-pop departments, like Howon University in Gunsan, have been debuting their groups. Similarly, television shows have also served as an unconventional conduit for minting new, often temporary, groups. And this is all to say nothing about the recent influx of virtual and "AI" groups that have become part of the industry.
To give this a number, around 40% of the groups that debuted in 2023 qualify as idol groups under this broader definition. Looking to the next year, I expect to see a similar number or more, given that survival shows, Future Idol Asia project and virtual idols are not going anywhere in 2024. Beyond that only time will tell if this is the product of convergence of multiple trends or a fundamental shift in the industry.
Miscellaneous stats:
January saw the most amount of debuts with the debut of 13 new groups: five boy groups and eight girl groups.
Once again, December saw the least amount of debuts with the debut of only three new groups.
For the fourth consecutive year, more girl groups debuted than boy groups.