Girls' Generation: SNSD’s Jessica As a Posh Housewife, “I Don’t Hate My Ice Queen Image”

Girls' Generation: SNSD’s Jessica As a Posh Housewife, “I Don’t Hate My Ice Queen Image”

SNSD’s Jessica became the cover girl for the magazine “First Look” on December 1. The concept was “Break the Ice” where she would break away from the image of an ice queen (typically the image that she portrays of being cold), and looked more like a posh housewife. 

SNSD’s Jessica

(The actual Korean term is Cheongdam-dong Daughter-In-Law, and it is used to describe the rich housewives in South Korea that live in the most expensive district.) Within the picture Jessica was basically luxury itself. She wore a beige one piece and a white coat on top. She also wore leopard sunglasses and brown long boots. Then she finished off the look with red gloves and held 3 different mini todbags. She also showed off her different feminine charms. In another picture, she wore a white one piece that showed off her glamorous bodyline. Her hair and also the clutch she is holding complement each other well. Read More

Girls' Generation: K-Pop Singers Lauded at MAMA Awards in Singapore

Girls' Generation: K-Pop Singers Lauded at MAMA Awards in Singapore

Korea's pop singers captivated Singapore on Tuesday at this year's Mnet Asian Music Awards held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Tuesday evening (local time).

Girls' Generation

MAMA is hosted by cable channel Mnet, and the recipients of the awards are chosen based on the votes of fans around the world, as well as input from a panel of experts.

Girls' Generation won the Best Female Group Award and the Artist of the Year Award; Super Junior's "Mr. Simple" won the Best Album of the Year Award; and 2NE1's "I Am the Best" won the Best Song of the Year Award. Ooh La La Session, the winner of this year's Superstar K3 competition, also made an appearance. The band's ailing leader Lim Yoon-taek, who is battling stomach cancer, said, "I was able to go on stage as my health improved. We sang on behalf of the 1.97 million people who came to the Superstar K3 audition."

The 2011 MAMA was a star-studded event, with Korean Wave frontrunners including Girls' Generation, Super Junior and 2NE1 joining U.S. hip hop musician will.i.am, Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang, and Japanese singer Kumi Koda.

Fans completely filled the 10,000 seat-capacity stadium and cheered and danced to the songs of the honored artists. Hundreds of fans gathered around outside of the stadium before the awards ceremony started to watch the stars arrive, with a huge crowd forming in the hotel lobby where the K-pop stars were staying. Read More

Girls' Generation: Super Junior, SNSD and 2NE1 take top honours at 2011 MAMA

Girls' Generation: Super Junior, SNSD and 2NE1 take top honours at 2011 MAMA

Popular K-pop acts Super Junior, SNSD and 2NE1 took home top honours at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.

MAMA awards

2NE1 received the award for Best Vocal Performance Group and the Grand Prize for Song of the Year.

"We are very happy to perform at the MAMA awards and are doubly happy that we have received the award for Song of the Year, thank you for your support," said 2NE1 leader CL.

Super Junior walked away with the Grand Prize for Album of the year, Best Male Group award and the Singapore's Choice award, while their SM Entertainment colleagues SNSD (Girl's Generation) picked up the award for Best Female Group, as well as the Grand Prize for Artist of the Year.

"We have to thank our fans for sharing this with us," said SNSD member Tae Yeon, trophy in hand at a press conference following the 2011 MAMA.

Super Junior echoed her sentiments.

"The fans deserve only the best, so we will always try our best," Super Junior's Si Won declared.

Other notable winners at the 2011 MAMA include Korean girl group A pink, who picked up the award for Best New Female Artist, miss A who won the award for Best Dance Performance – Female Group and boy band BEAST who took home the Best Dance Performance – Male Group award.

Korean singer Kim Hyun Joong was named Best Male Artist while the Best Female Artist award went to Baek Ji Young, who also won the award for Best O.S.T. Read More

Girls' Generation: SNSD Taeyeon Is #1 Female Idol Men Want to Date for First Snowfall

Girls' Generation: SNSD Taeyeon Is #1 Female Idol Men Want to Date for First Snowfall

From November 10 to November 30, a plastic surgery clinic did a survey of 1102 individuals. Taeyeon received number one with 41.1%. (453 people)

SNSD Taeyeon

2NE1’s Sandara Park was number two with 26.4% (291 votes), Wonder Girls Sohee was number three with 21.4% (236 votes), and T-ara’s Eunjung was number four with 11.1% (122 votes).

2011 MAMA, SNSD

A representative of the clinic stated, “Taeyeon’s cute looks are the traditional female style that males like a lot. We believe that it is her ideal looks that made men pick her.” Somewhat related to SNSD and beauty, we recently found out right before the 2011 MAMA, that SNSD takes nearly 3 hours when they are doing their makeup. SNSD’s Tiffany stated, “Although it is different depending on the stage, it usually takes us from 3 hours to more than 3 hours to do our makeup.”

At the 2011 MAMA, SNSD won the “Year’s Singer Award.” Read More

An event celebrating the establishment of SNSD’s new show on JTBC

An event celebrating the establishment of SNSD’s new show on JTBC

On December 1st, the members of SNSD attended ’Show Show Show‘, an event celebrating the establishment of SNSD’s new show on JTBC and was held at the JoongAng Newspaper office building in Seoul. It was here that they introduced ‘SNSD and Troubled Teens‘, the program they will be leading.

SNSD

When asked who they felt was the most ‘dangerous’ member among their own group, leader Taeyeon remarked, “This is just how I feel personally, but I pick Hyoyeon“, evoking much laughter.

“Not neccessarily ‘dangerous’, but she is the most individualistic, and has a lot of personality. You never know what she’s going to do next“, she continued. Member Yuri added, “When we were filming, Hyoyeon created a lot of fun and entertaining scenes with the teenagers“, further praising her fellow member.

Hyoyeon was then asked how the filming for the first episode was like. “At first, we looked at video clips of these teens and got to know what their day-to-day lives were like in more detail. After watching the videos, I didn’t have the slightest clue as to how to begin helping them resolve their issues. But when I met them in person, they weren’t bad kids, and we shared some good conversations. They listened really well“, she answered.

‘SNSD and Troubled Teens’ is a new program in which the girls become mentors to rebellious teens who are trying to begin a new life. The first episode airs on December 18th at 7:30PM.Read More

Girls’ Generation (SNSD) first concert in Singapore in Feb 2012 - Running Into The Sun (RITS)

Girls’ Generation (SNSD) first concert in Singapore in Feb 2012 - Running Into The Sun (RITS)

K-Pop fans are in for a treat and the guys won’t be left out; wildfire rumors and speculation about the award-winning, record-breaking and incredibly sexy nine-member Korean girl group to arrive in Singapore has finally been confirmed by concert organizers, Running Into The Sun (RITS) and Conceptual. Korea’s most popular girl group by far – Girls’ Generation, also widely known as SNSD – will perform their first solo concert in Singapore in Feb 2012. Ticket sales are expected to launch end of 2011, and further details will be revealed shortly.

Creative Director of Running Into The Sun, Beatrice Chia-Richmond, who has been responsible for bringing Singapore the finest of Korean acts such as Super Junior Super Show 3 last December and the recently-announced SHINee World upcoming on 10 Sep 2011, is excited to bring a female Korean girl group for the first time.

“Now the guys can’t say they’re left out. We’re extremely thrilled to bring Girls’ Generation for their first solo concert in Singapore. Concert-goers will be mesmerized by the girls’ synchronized dance moves and heart-melt-worthy winks,” Beatrice Chia-Richmond says, “We’re sure the temperature at the Singapore Indoor Stadium would rise a few degrees with the arrival of the girls.”

Girls’ Generation consists of nine girls in their 20s and they’ve hit a global phenomenon with flash mobs around the world inspired by their dance moves. The nine members are: Taeyeon (Leader), Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. They are often referred to as SNSD mainly outside Korea, an acronym of the group’s Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae.

2011 Girls’ Generation Tour, the group’s second concert tour, made a debut in Seoul on 24 Jul 2011 with some 20,000 fans from all around the world. At least 100 Singaporean fans were present, most of whom travelled on a tour package organised by the Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO). The girls sang a total of 32 songs, while switching outfits seven times, during the three-hour performance.Read More