Taiwanese Girl Group Debuts In K-Pop! 🏁🔥(Vol.45)

2024.09.06 K-Pop Newsletter (Vol.45)

🔥 Taiwanese girls are born as a Kpop group 🔥

GENBLUE is a nine-member girl group picked through Taiwan’s idol survival show NEXT GIRLZ. They’re popular girlgroup in Taiwan, already topping the album charts, but six members of them are taking on a new challenge to K-pop! ✨

GENBLUE had already been gathering fans through its debut reality TV show in Korea even before its official debut in Korea🤩. It is a format in which K-pop seniors and GENBLUE members become ‘rice friends’, cook with each other, and have honest conversations between seniors and juniors. The program featured Super Junior Leeteuk, Kara‘s Heo Young-ji, Kim Jae-hwan, and iKON‘s Song Yoon-hyung, cheering for the start of GENBLUE!

⬆️ [MV] GENBLUE(젠블루) – COCOCO

The debut title song, ‘COCOCO‘ is GENBLUE’s commitment to racing toward their goal. Let’s enjoy the music video with powerful performances! 🎀🎀

Have you watched the 2022 film Decision To Leave, starring Tang Wei and Park Hae-il?

You might recognize some legendary vocals in the scenes – particularly ‘Mist’ by Jung Hoon Hee. Her debut song, Mist, released in 1972 when she was just 17, served as an inspiration for the film, and it is even featured in it! 📽️

⬆️ [MV] Jung Hoon Hee – Blooming In The Wind
This time, Jung Hoon Hee, known for conveying deep emotion through her music, has released a new album titled [Blooming In The Wind]. The song is based on a famous poem by poet Do Jong hwan, and Jung Hoon Hee’s soulful voice makes for a perfect collaboration!

💡INTEREST FACT: She has been active as a singer for 60 years! Her 60th-anniversary album is coming out soon 🤗

Here’s a legendary romantic comedy in Korean drama history: My Lovely Sam Soon.

It premiered in 2005 and reached a peak viewership rating of 50% in Korea😯. The ‘Sam Soon syndrome’ even spread across Asia! Now, in 2024, you can watch the series on Wavve with upgraded screen quality and a remake version of the original soundtrack!🎁

People were crazy by this drama not only because of the love story between Sam Soon (Kim Sun A) and Jin Heon (Hyun Bin)💘, but also because it empathized deeply with women in their 30s, who could relate to Sam Soon’s character!

This OST includes tracks ‘She Is’ and ‘Be My Love’. ‘She Is’ was originally performed by Clazziquai, it has been remake this time by LEE MU JIN and SOLE. Just hearing the beginning part brings back memories of the drama – it’s that impactful!🎉

⬆️ [MV] LEE MU JIN, SOLE – She Is

⬆️ [Making] LEE MU JIN, SOLE – She Is

Check sweet voice of LEE MU JIN and SOLE, and back to the 2000s! 🪄🪄