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We also have the 2 new songs for Sealook OST which will be released in November and will also include vers in English so technically 4 songs more
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I actually prefer their Japanese concerts because their Japanese discography is amazing. Compared to most groups where I feel like their Japanese songs are filler songs I don't get that feeling with snsd.
their jp music is the best but hearing their live vocals so clear like in the kr concerts for me are just too perfect
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Like comon SM, I know it was new technology back then but couldn't you do blu ray??? Why only Japanese concerts???
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I hope if the user see how motivated and happy SONES are with this motivates him to doing the rest of them
just wanted to share something I found and I'm sure many will appreciate
this are SNSD CONCERTS REMASTERED in 4K you can notice the huge improvement of quality
I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I do and appreciate the person hardwork because I tried doing this before and is a huge work and it takes really a huge ammount of time
ENJOY
#GG4EVA
it seems PHANTASIA and GG in Seoul are coming next
no idea how to tag sones so if someone can do it will be appreciated
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The teen K-pop group made a buzzy entrance in 2022 — and Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein are aiming even higher with new music this summer
IN THE SHORT but exhilarating story of NewJeans, there’s one date that stands out above all the rest: July 22, 2022, the day they went from being unknown teens to one of the buzziest groups in the world. “I knew that it would be a date of excitement for the rest of my life,” says Minji, one of NewJeans’ five members. “I was so happy, and nervous, too.” Her fellow member Haerin remembers waiting for the video for their debut single, “Attention,” to drop: “All we could think about was the debut. I remember counting down the actual seconds!”
Since seemingly appearing out of nowhere that summer, Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein — who are all between ages 15 and 19 — have taken K-pop by storm. Their four-song debut EP made them one of last year’s fastest–rising emerging artists, with more than 83 million global on-demand streams, according to data from Luminate. In less than a year, they’ve scored branding deals with McDonald’s, Levi’s, and Coca-Cola — and that doesn’t even cover the fashion ambassadorships with Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and more. “We say this a lot, but it really is hard to believe,” Danielle says in English with a big smile.
In late February, the members have gathered at a studio in Seongsu-dong, a hip Seoul neighborhood that’s transformed over the years from an industrial area of small factories and auto-body shops to a trendy spot full of cafes, galleries, and fashion pop-ups. There are several huge NewJeans billboards scattered throughout the neighborhood. Just a block away from one of them, NewJeans are there in person, laughing and chatting.
Though they’re disarmingly down-to-earth, NewJeans are part of one of the biggest companies in Seoul’s entertainment industry. Their label, ADOR (an acronym for All Doors One Room), is a subsidiary of the global powerhouse HYBE Corp.; ADOR is led by president Min Hee-Jin, a veteran of the K-pop industry who previously worked with major acts like Girls’ Generation. They’ve worked together to build a strong visual concept for NewJeans that embraces Y2K-era nostalgia, from their music videos and fashion choices down to the fonts used in their marketing materials.
The day we meet in person happens to be the day it’s revealed that their single “Ditto” has broken the record for the daily charts on Melon (think the Spotify of Korea), having been at Number One for 10 consecutive weeks. “Things like that are also just as unbelievable to us: ‘What’s going on? What just happened?’ ” Danielle says. (She and Hanni are both Australian; Minji, who lived in Canada briefly, is also fluent in English.)
The surprise release of the “Attention” video last summer, with almost no advance information about the group, was unconventional: Typically, K-pop labels tease their new acts by revealing members one by one before releasing any music, as a way of generating excitement. But NewJeans’ strategy worked. The next day, July 23, they released their even more addictive single “Hype Boy,” along with four different music videos that told connecting stories, and the world finally learned NewJeans’ names.
“Before debuting, our president would invite us each into her home for a meal, and there was one time she invited us over as a group,” Hyein, the youngest member, recalls. “She asked us, ‘How would you want to roll out teasers for your debut?’ I think she was curious about what we would say. I just said, ‘I think it would be fun to just have no teaser at all,’ and she said ‘Oh? That’s actually what we’re planning on doing!’ ”
The New JeansEP exceeded 444,000 pre–orders within four days, setting a new record for a debut EP by a Korean girl group at the time. This year, they broke their own record by almost double that with their OMG EP, which spawned TikTok trends that ranged from simple dance-challenge videos to re-creations of the camcorder aesthetic used in the “Ditto” videos to silly memes built around the chorus to “OMG.”
When I meet them, we’re still a few months away from the summer 2023 release of the group’s next mini album, and the members are just as excited about the new music as their fans are. “Everything about our new songs is … fresh,” Hanni says. “Compared to our previous releases, this new mini album definitely has a lot more variety to offer, in not just genre of music and dance style, but what we are striving to express and show to you.” She adds: “I think we are stepping into an area of music that hasn’t been experimented with or tried very often before.”
Amid preparations for the new release, Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein are busier than ever, but they have a cute way of trying to savor each moment. “There were times when we’d bring our Polaroid camera, just because, in the recording booth,” Danielle remembers, laughing. “At the end of our recording session I would take a selfie with the mic just to remember that particular recording session.” (Haerin, who joined in on the fun, recalls, “I also took Polaroid pictures after the recording, but it was difficult to find the right angle. I remember taking more than five pictures.”)
Although NewJeans have only been together officially for about a year, they spent considerably longer than that preparing and practicing together before their debut — and their chemistry is comparable to industry veterans who’ve been together for years. They describe their group dynamic as a sandwich, and while the analogy is partly a joke (and a nod to their routine of squeezing their hands together before each performance), they’re impressively committed to the details.
Teasing one another, they explain that Hanni is the bread; Danielle, who is always smiling and speaks with such enthusiasm, is a mix of crunchy and fresh root vegetables and lettuce; Minji is the egg; Haerin is a soft avocado; and Hyein, who loves to crack jokes and is adored as the youngest one by her members, is the ham and cheese.
While these ingredients might not add up to a traditional sandwich, that’s OK with NewJeans. “We need to have them,” Minji says. “The sandwich would be lacking without these.”
It’s striking the degree to which Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein are in sync with one another. You can see it if you watch any of their performances, and in person, it seems like they can communicate anything they want to say with a glance. “If we’re nervous, we say that through eye contact,” Minji says. Onstage interactions between the members happen to also be a key element of NewJeans’ signature performance style, something that first happened naturally, but then became encouraged by the group’s performance director.
With each release outdoing the last, the members have gotten into a rhythm and have a routine for going into recording sessions. “It’s important for us to be really familiar with the song,” Hanni says. “It’s more comfortable that way. We try to listen to the music a lot together, talk to each other a lot.” Danielle adds with a smile, “We also help each other with things like pronunciation, since there are members who are more comfortable in certain languages.”
At a time when it can seem like everyone is listening to NewJeans, what does NewJeans listen to? “I also listen to NewJeans,” Minji says with a laugh. They’re particularly entertained by remixes of their own work: “Earlier in the greenroom, we listened to an R&B remix of ‘OMG,’ ” Hanni says. “A few days ago, we listened to a city-pop remix of ‘Hype Boy.’ It’s so fun to see those.”
They’re even more into the music on their upcoming release. “Although I’ve loved every song we’ve released to date, the music on our new mini album is exactly the type of music I enjoy,” Hanni gushes. “Being able to call these songs ours makes me feel both incredibly happy and grateful.”
The future holds so much for Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein, and the girls themselves are hoping to exceed expectations with each new release. They get together in their practice room and rewatch past performances for growth and improvement. “It’s easier to see things in retrospect,” Haerin says. (Minji jokingly emphasizes that they don’t do this at home, as “home is for rest!”)
Looking into the rest of the year with much anticipation, the girls share keywords like “unknown,” “emergence,” and “no man’s land” to describe their journey so far. While there’s a lot that NewJeans has already accomplished, there’s still so much that they haven’t done yet, too. “We’ve come a long way in a short amount of time, but we talk amongst ourselves too, like ‘We haven’t done x, y, or z, yet!’ ” Minji says. “There are surprisingly a lot.”
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SM'S incompetence when it comes to touring is astonishing
But I'm truly not worried for Taeyeon and her future
I don't think leaving SM will do any harm to her and her popularity
She will do well in a medium size company that has their ducks in a row
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same here. Not worried at all I just wished the company appreciated her more because she's literally the ones that's feeding the company at the moment with aespa
the problem with the venues of the tour... I still can't believe that can happen to a company that's supposed to be one of the top ones
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Because they were counting them out already after the mess of Girls era and such a long hiatus of more than a year and many new groups debuting and taking the spotlight.
They really made a solid fanbase that waited for them and is paying it off.
I just hope that now the GGs battle is stronger than ever sm won't make them take such long hiatus after each release
Happy for them spicy is my fave release of the year and the mini album is solid af
aespa's stability with Spicy shows the GP actually listened to the song and they liked this comeback (the promo haven't really even started.) I'm pretty sure the song will go even higher on the charts after the promo starts.
aespa is having not only a hit single this time. Their b-sides are also charting extremely well and are being steady
What aespa is achieving rn is even more wow for me because they are coming from a disaster era like Girls
Their recent comeback for me is gold though and this new mini is incredible so I'm so happy for them that they are back on track
Their cb was announced already no? For july, and june pre-release
Yeah Hybe CEO confirmed it was going to be in the 3rd Q but never shared any info about being a digital single, a mini or a full album though
I hope the pre-release + mini release later turns out to be true (Probably it will) but if the album is being produced already then the photoshoot of the album is ready and the hairstyles the girls have now is the ones that will be in the booklet
I feel like all this will be released like almost at the same time (not like aespa for example with 1 month of dif in the US) and their physical numbers will totally explode