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ABC KID · Joined: 14 Sep 2007

The Wondergirls are huge here these days. What do you think about them?

In my case, I don't think they are especially stunning to look at and the music does absolutely nothing for me. In fact, their current song is the most irritating song I have heard in Korea for two years since an incredibly tedious but popular song by a solo female artist whose name I don't know. I think the name of that song was 안 돼 and those words must have been used about 100 times in the same song. It was tortuous, but somehow it won awards.

legalquestions · Joined: 25 Mar 2007

not much; they simply ripped off "Two of Hearts, a 1980's hit) and made millions off of it (Google two of Hearts if you don't believe me). Not a creative bone in their bodies (how KOrean of them!)

legalquestions · Joined: 25 Mar 2007

it was by Stacey Q, by the way. I wonder how she feels about the Wonder Girls?

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:00 am Post subject:

They came to this small town for a concert performance during the local spring flower festival this year and so my students think they're number one!

Sexualizing 14 year olds by throwing in a couple of 17 year olds is sneaky and downright sick when you consider the middle aged Korean men you see in PC rooms hunched over their videos, looking quite intently at their performances.

Ugh.

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

Are any of them as young as fourteen? I thought a few of them were in their twenties.

Anyway, they don't really do anything for me. I see much more attractive women on the subway. As for hot Korean celebrities, Lee Hyori is number one in my books (and definitely not underaged, which is a plus).

cheeseface · Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi

manufactured pop. young girls singing someone's songs.

There to make money for some greedy producer.

As all pop bands/groups have been in the last 20 years.

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

I must admit, some of their tunes are catchy and sometimes I can't get it out of my head and it drives me to near suicide. And at the school festival it's repeated over and over again.

VanIslander, people tend to age as time goes by. Sure, they're sexualized, but almost any good-looking female under the age of 30 will be sexualized on TV or print. Unfortunate, but it's always been like that.

Ages courtesy of wikipedia, 16, 16, 19, 19, 20.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Girls

bogey666 · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Location: Korea, the ass free zone

milspecs · Joined: 19 Jun 2008

bogey666 · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Location: Korea, the ass free zone

yeoja · Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Location: Down south in South Korea

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

I like their music..the main singles anyway..

I dont think they are particularly attractive..although the rapper girl aint bad.

EuroFunk · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: jobless in Busan

I listened to 5 seconds of a song.
I immediately deleted it.

PohangCanuck · Joined: 22 Oct 2008

They're not bad looking, though I think that who ever manages them tends to emphasize one or two girls over the others. So its very possible that in my several years in korea I actually haven't seen all of their faces. As for the music, with it broad smattering of english it might not be that bad if it wasn't incredibly over play to the point that I want to physically launch myself at the radio it's playing on in order to make it stop.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004