What is it with Korean pop groups these days? Since I've been here, there have now been two different Korean groups (with a total of 18 singers) to have somehow taken Taiwan by storm. Even though Ja Rule is performing live and Lady Gaga is coming through the night club speakers every other song, Super Junior and Wonder Girls have conquered the hearts of mainstream music and ring tones in Taiwan.
It's for damn sure that you can't go a full day without hearing, if only by indirect reference, of either group's hit single.
So what do you get when you add the Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, and 98 Degrees together, then mix in some Asian?
If you answered "A 13-person Korean boy band called 'Super Junior'," then contact me for your prize. Actually, you'd be hard pressed to find anybody on this island who hasn't heard of Super Junior, or at least their mega-hit, "Sorry Sorry." I'm pretty sure the only English lyrics in the the song are "sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry......... shorty shorty shorty shorty," but it's so catchy that you can't hate it no matter how much its played out. At my school, every kid from age 3-13 knows the signature "Sorry Sorry" dance move of rubbing the hands together, and every apology is followed by another, and another. And yeah, it was a morning warm up song, so I know a dance routine for the whole thing. Jealous?
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The more recent pop song tidal wave to drown Taiwan is "Nobody," by the Wonder Girls. They are also Korean, but have 8 less in their entourage. The impact of "Nobody" became very evident when I saw a kindergarten student of about 2 and a half feet singing and doing the dance to this song. Adorable. Much like "Sorry Sorry," the Wonder Girls' hit is something that I'd love to hate, but mostly I can't help but get a kick out of how awesome everybody thinks it is.
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What do you think?
4 comments:
A 13-person Korean boy band called 'Super Junior'
do I get my prize now???
and when are these bands going to get big over here... I would love to see them in concert!! wee!
apparently Wonder Girls have an album out in the US already... go see them.
likelikelike I was cooking breakfast on the international floor here yesterday and, coincidentally, that sorry song was being played!...loudly i might add, or whatever... haha
Yeah, the "sorry sorry" or "shorty shorty" line is basically the same pitch played in eighteenth notes over and over again. Trouble with this method is, there are only 12 possible songs you can make this way.
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