Spazz Post No. 10: Right Now Is Girls' Generation!
Girls' Generation aka So Nyuh Shi Dae or SNSD, 少女時代/SJJD/Shoju Jidai is a nine-member South Korean girl group created by the money maker SM Entertainment. Do they ring a bell? Of course they do! You'd be living in a cave to not know about them!
SNSD holds the record for the longest running Music Bank k-chart win of nine consecutive weeks for their uber catchy song called "Gee". They've also won numerous prestigious awards in the span of three years that they've been active as singers. Their achievements consist awards from the Golden Disk Awards, Melon Music Awards, Seoul Music Awards and so on.
SNSD is known for having nine members who have successfully branded their own names in the industry. They were able to have each member be known for their own individuality and not for being a part of a girl group. Some had tried hosting, radio dj-ing, acting, modeling, and cast individually on different variety and reality shows.
To the newbie SONEs out there, why don't we get to know each of the members?
The members are arranged from oldest to youngest, starting off with SNSD's leader Taeyeon and ends with the Maknae, Seohyun.
Kim Taeyeon
Birth Date: March 9, 1989
Age: 22 years old (Korean Age)
Position: leader, lead vocalist
Something about her: She's often called the 'dorky kid leader' because of her five year old appearance and dorky attitude. Taeyeon has worked as a DJ for Chin Chin Radio alongside Super Junior member Kangin. Taeyeon was featured in a virtual marriage show with Hyungdon called 'We Got Married' and debuted as a stage actress in the play 'Midnight Sun'. She has some solo singles like 'If' and 'Can You Hear Me' and has sung for drama OSTs like 'Athena' and 'Beethoven Virus'. A duet with The One was released last November called 'Like a Star'.
Jung Jessica (Jung Sooyeon)
Birth Date: April 18, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main vocalist
Something about her: Jessica is known to be SNSD's 'Ice Princess' because of her cold demeanor. She was born in San Francisco but is fluent in the Korean language. She hates cucumbers or anything relatively similar to cucumbers like watermelon. Her seventeen year old sister, Jung Krystal, is a member of girl group f(x) which is also in the same company. She has a duet with Park Myungsoo called 'Naengmyun' or 'Cold Noodles' and another duet with label mate Onew called 'One Year Later' which was featured in SNSD's 'Oh!' album. Jessica had her stage theater debut as the lead in 'Legally Blonde' and recently released a digital CM single called 'Sweer Delight'.
Lee Sunny (Lee Sunkyu)
Birth Date: May 15, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main vocalist, resident aegyo queen
Something about her: Sunny used to live in Kuwait when she was young but was forced to move to South Korea due to the Gulf War, hence her phobia of loud blasting sounds such as fireworks. She is SME founder Lee Sooman's niece, but none the less gets equal treatment as with the other members. She is the shortest member of SNSD with a height of 153 cm. She replaced her co-member Sooyoung as the DJ of Chunji Radio with Super Junior's Sungmin.The members dislikes her overload of aegyo or cuteness, naming it 'The Aegyo that Calls for a Punch'. She used to be a regular member of 'Invincible Youth' together with co-member Yuri but had to leave the show due to overseas promotions. She featured in Super Junior's sub-unit Super Junior Happy's music video for their song 'Cooking? Cooking!'. Sunny was a former MC of a music show called 'The M' with 2AM's Seulong and SS501's Hyungjoon. She sang for Super Junior member Siwon's drama 'Oh My Lady', the song is called 'Your Doll'.
Hwang Tiffany (Hwang Stephanie/Hwang Miyoung)
Birth Date: August 1, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main vocalist
Something about her: TIffany was born and raised in California. Her mother passed away when she was young and so had a hard time performing SNSD's song from their album 'Gee' called 'Dear Mom'. Tiffany is famous for her killer eye-smile.She was a former MC for the popular music show 'Show! Music Core' with fellow SNSD member Yuri. She sang a solo single for the drama 'Jangmyeonggo' called 'By Myself' and released another solo song for the South Korean campaign 'Haru' soundtrack called 'Ring'. She has recently injured her knee and thus missing out on half of their 'Hoot' promotions, she is currently undergoing recovery for the year-end specials.
Kim Hyoyeon
Birth Date: September 22, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: lead dancer, resident gagster
Something about her: Hyoyeon is most likely one of the most underrated and underestimated member of SNSD. She is ambidextrous which probably why she's such a dancing machine. She's also a master at gags and judged by the fans as the funniest member of SNSD. She was sent to Beijing to study Mandarin with Super Junior's Siwon. Hyoyeon has received dance trainings from famous choreographers. In their pre-debut days, she formed a dancing duo with Miss A's Min whom she met in a dance school.
Kwon Yuri
Birth Date: December 5, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main dancer
Something about her: Yuri is dubbed 'the member with the perfect S-line figure'. She had a cameo in Super Junior's movie, 'Attack on the Pin-up Boys'. She also had a role in a sitcom with fellow SNSD member Sooyoung called 'Unstoppable Marriage'. Like Sunny, she is also a regular cast of 'Invincible Youth' but left the show for SNSD's Japanese promotions. Yuri is a former MC of 'Show! Music Core' together with Tiffany. She sang an OST for the drama 'Working Mom' with Sooyoung, the song is called 'Must!'. She translated the Korean lyrics for SNSD's song 'Mistake' which was part of their third mini-album 'Hoot'.
Choi Sooyoung
Birth Date: February 10, 1990
Age: 21 years old
Position: main dancer
Something about her: Sooyoung is nicknamed the 'shikshin' of the group because of her undying love for food. She is the tallest in SNSD with a height of 170 cm and has the longest legs. She was a former DJ of Chunji Radio with Super Junior's Sungmin before she left and was replaced by fellow SNSD member Sunny. Before debuting as an SNSD member, she debuted in Japan with another Japanese singer named Malina Takahashi; their duo group name is 'Route 0'. She is fluent in Japanese, and so Sooyoung is usually SNSD's spokesperson in their Japanese interviews.
Im Yoona
Birth Date: May 30, 1990
Age: 21 years old
Position: mascot, main dancer
Something about her: She modeled and featured in various music videos even during her trainee years like DBSK's 'Magic Castle', Super Junior's 'U' and 'Marry U', CSJH's 'My Everything', and Lee Seungchul's 'Propose'. She made her acting debut through the 2007 drama '9 Ends, 2 Outs' and had her starring role in the drama 'You are My Destiny' earning her prestigious awards.She landed the main lead in the 2009 drama 'Cinderella Man'. She is nicknamed 'Alligator Yoong' because her mouth tends to open wide when she laughs, and 'Im Choding' because of her child-like attitude. A number of male idols and actors have confessed in television that Yoona is their ideal woman. She was a regular cast of a variety show called 'Family Outing 2' with various idol group members until the show ended in July 2010. Yoona released her first solo song called 'Innisfree Day' for Innisfree Cosmetics.
Seohyun (Seo Joohyun)
Birth Date: June 28, 1991
Age: 20 years old
Position: maknae, main vocalist
Something about her: Seohyun is usually described by the older members as uptight. She oftenly tells the older members that if they eat unhealthy foods like hamburger 'they will die sooner'. She loves to eat sweet potatoes or 'goguma' in Korean. She is currently in a virtual marriage show called 'We Got Married' with C.N Blue's Yonghwa with two other couples. She can play the piano really well. She sang for the OST of the drama "Kim Soo Ro', the song is called 'It's Okay Even If It Hurts'. She featured in the music video of her label mate band The Trax for their song 'Oh! My Goddess'. Together with 20 other Kpop artists, they sang 'Let's Go' for G20 Seoul Summit's theme song. She was cast as a voice actress for the Korean version of 'Despicable Me' with fellow SNSD member Taeyeon.
I hoped it helped newbie SONEs!
Right now is Girls' Generation. Tomorrow is Girls' Generation. Forever is Girls' Generation!
*Source: Wikipedia and from interesting facts that I have gathered through out my fangirling days/years/months for SNSD.<3
SNSD holds the record for the longest running Music Bank k-chart win of nine consecutive weeks for their uber catchy song called "Gee". They've also won numerous prestigious awards in the span of three years that they've been active as singers. Their achievements consist awards from the Golden Disk Awards, Melon Music Awards, Seoul Music Awards and so on.
SNSD is known for having nine members who have successfully branded their own names in the industry. They were able to have each member be known for their own individuality and not for being a part of a girl group. Some had tried hosting, radio dj-ing, acting, modeling, and cast individually on different variety and reality shows.
To the newbie SONEs out there, why don't we get to know each of the members?
The members are arranged from oldest to youngest, starting off with SNSD's leader Taeyeon and ends with the Maknae, Seohyun.
Kim Taeyeon
Birth Date: March 9, 1989
Age: 22 years old (Korean Age)
Position: leader, lead vocalist
Something about her: She's often called the 'dorky kid leader' because of her five year old appearance and dorky attitude. Taeyeon has worked as a DJ for Chin Chin Radio alongside Super Junior member Kangin. Taeyeon was featured in a virtual marriage show with Hyungdon called 'We Got Married' and debuted as a stage actress in the play 'Midnight Sun'. She has some solo singles like 'If' and 'Can You Hear Me' and has sung for drama OSTs like 'Athena' and 'Beethoven Virus'. A duet with The One was released last November called 'Like a Star'.
Jung Jessica (Jung Sooyeon)
Birth Date: April 18, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main vocalist
Something about her: Jessica is known to be SNSD's 'Ice Princess' because of her cold demeanor. She was born in San Francisco but is fluent in the Korean language. She hates cucumbers or anything relatively similar to cucumbers like watermelon. Her seventeen year old sister, Jung Krystal, is a member of girl group f(x) which is also in the same company. She has a duet with Park Myungsoo called 'Naengmyun' or 'Cold Noodles' and another duet with label mate Onew called 'One Year Later' which was featured in SNSD's 'Oh!' album. Jessica had her stage theater debut as the lead in 'Legally Blonde' and recently released a digital CM single called 'Sweer Delight'.
Lee Sunny (Lee Sunkyu)
Birth Date: May 15, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main vocalist, resident aegyo queen
Something about her: Sunny used to live in Kuwait when she was young but was forced to move to South Korea due to the Gulf War, hence her phobia of loud blasting sounds such as fireworks. She is SME founder Lee Sooman's niece, but none the less gets equal treatment as with the other members. She is the shortest member of SNSD with a height of 153 cm. She replaced her co-member Sooyoung as the DJ of Chunji Radio with Super Junior's Sungmin.The members dislikes her overload of aegyo or cuteness, naming it 'The Aegyo that Calls for a Punch'. She used to be a regular member of 'Invincible Youth' together with co-member Yuri but had to leave the show due to overseas promotions. She featured in Super Junior's sub-unit Super Junior Happy's music video for their song 'Cooking? Cooking!'. Sunny was a former MC of a music show called 'The M' with 2AM's Seulong and SS501's Hyungjoon. She sang for Super Junior member Siwon's drama 'Oh My Lady', the song is called 'Your Doll'.
Hwang Tiffany (Hwang Stephanie/Hwang Miyoung)
Birth Date: August 1, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main vocalist
Something about her: TIffany was born and raised in California. Her mother passed away when she was young and so had a hard time performing SNSD's song from their album 'Gee' called 'Dear Mom'. Tiffany is famous for her killer eye-smile.She was a former MC for the popular music show 'Show! Music Core' with fellow SNSD member Yuri. She sang a solo single for the drama 'Jangmyeonggo' called 'By Myself' and released another solo song for the South Korean campaign 'Haru' soundtrack called 'Ring'. She has recently injured her knee and thus missing out on half of their 'Hoot' promotions, she is currently undergoing recovery for the year-end specials.
Kim Hyoyeon
Birth Date: September 22, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: lead dancer, resident gagster
Something about her: Hyoyeon is most likely one of the most underrated and underestimated member of SNSD. She is ambidextrous which probably why she's such a dancing machine. She's also a master at gags and judged by the fans as the funniest member of SNSD. She was sent to Beijing to study Mandarin with Super Junior's Siwon. Hyoyeon has received dance trainings from famous choreographers. In their pre-debut days, she formed a dancing duo with Miss A's Min whom she met in a dance school.
Kwon Yuri
Birth Date: December 5, 1989
Age: 22 years old
Position: main dancer
Something about her: Yuri is dubbed 'the member with the perfect S-line figure'. She had a cameo in Super Junior's movie, 'Attack on the Pin-up Boys'. She also had a role in a sitcom with fellow SNSD member Sooyoung called 'Unstoppable Marriage'. Like Sunny, she is also a regular cast of 'Invincible Youth' but left the show for SNSD's Japanese promotions. Yuri is a former MC of 'Show! Music Core' together with Tiffany. She sang an OST for the drama 'Working Mom' with Sooyoung, the song is called 'Must!'. She translated the Korean lyrics for SNSD's song 'Mistake' which was part of their third mini-album 'Hoot'.
Choi Sooyoung
Birth Date: February 10, 1990
Age: 21 years old
Position: main dancer
Something about her: Sooyoung is nicknamed the 'shikshin' of the group because of her undying love for food. She is the tallest in SNSD with a height of 170 cm and has the longest legs. She was a former DJ of Chunji Radio with Super Junior's Sungmin before she left and was replaced by fellow SNSD member Sunny. Before debuting as an SNSD member, she debuted in Japan with another Japanese singer named Malina Takahashi; their duo group name is 'Route 0'. She is fluent in Japanese, and so Sooyoung is usually SNSD's spokesperson in their Japanese interviews.
Im Yoona
Birth Date: May 30, 1990
Age: 21 years old
Position: mascot, main dancer
Something about her: She modeled and featured in various music videos even during her trainee years like DBSK's 'Magic Castle', Super Junior's 'U' and 'Marry U', CSJH's 'My Everything', and Lee Seungchul's 'Propose'. She made her acting debut through the 2007 drama '9 Ends, 2 Outs' and had her starring role in the drama 'You are My Destiny' earning her prestigious awards.She landed the main lead in the 2009 drama 'Cinderella Man'. She is nicknamed 'Alligator Yoong' because her mouth tends to open wide when she laughs, and 'Im Choding' because of her child-like attitude. A number of male idols and actors have confessed in television that Yoona is their ideal woman. She was a regular cast of a variety show called 'Family Outing 2' with various idol group members until the show ended in July 2010. Yoona released her first solo song called 'Innisfree Day' for Innisfree Cosmetics.
Seohyun (Seo Joohyun)
Birth Date: June 28, 1991
Age: 20 years old
Position: maknae, main vocalist
Something about her: Seohyun is usually described by the older members as uptight. She oftenly tells the older members that if they eat unhealthy foods like hamburger 'they will die sooner'. She loves to eat sweet potatoes or 'goguma' in Korean. She is currently in a virtual marriage show called 'We Got Married' with C.N Blue's Yonghwa with two other couples. She can play the piano really well. She sang for the OST of the drama "Kim Soo Ro', the song is called 'It's Okay Even If It Hurts'. She featured in the music video of her label mate band The Trax for their song 'Oh! My Goddess'. Together with 20 other Kpop artists, they sang 'Let's Go' for G20 Seoul Summit's theme song. She was cast as a voice actress for the Korean version of 'Despicable Me' with fellow SNSD member Taeyeon.
I hoped it helped newbie SONEs!
Right now is Girls' Generation. Tomorrow is Girls' Generation. Forever is Girls' Generation!
*Source: Wikipedia and from interesting facts that I have gathered through out my fangirling days/years/months for SNSD.<3