And for me, the reason why i wanted to start this blog was the return of a my favorite girl band KARA.
A little background information:
they started out as a four member band back in 2007 and then became a five member band when one of the members left and was replaced by two others in 2008.
In total they have three studio albums, five extended play (mini albums) and 11 singles in Korea alone. This does not include their work in japan which is a market k-pop is gradually expanding into and beginning to influence though slightly.
Now i won't get into a lot of detail and bio information because as i introduce songs of groups over the next little while in my blog I'll give out more info on each single. But let me at least introduce you to the members of the band!
in korean the last name comes first by the way
In order from left to right is:
Jung Nicole - aged 20
Kang Jiyoung - aged 18 - makne
Goo Hara - aged 21 (in the back)
Han Seungyeon - aged 24 and the main vocalist
Park Gyuri - aged 24 and leader of the group
I've always considered that Hara looked the youngest and thought she was the makne but i guess i was totally wrong!! Nicole is american born.
So anyways this first post is my asian music blog is devoted to them because rumor has it a mini album is coming out at the end of this month. kara has provided me with some of my favorite k-pop songs so my fingers are crossed for another good song.
So here is there Sep 2011 song. it's called "Step" . the album made it to number one on korea's Gaon chart and the single reached number 2. it also won on each of the three music show awards in korea including two weeks on M! Countdown and Music Bank
It's a very simplistic fun dance poppy song. neat foot movements in the music video , i've always liked their slinky moves.
i'll talk more about them later when i look back at some of their other stuff. But my next post is going to be about a boy band. i promised myself i would try and balance the boys and girls xD
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