I quite like all three. From the sound I'd say that SNSD don't have a lot to do with The Wonder Girls other than their both being girl groups, but maybe that's a huge connection. In 1999 I wouldn't have thought of much similarity between, say, *NSync and Destiny's Child but by 2000 the *NSync audience had embraced Destiny's Child and *NSync were staying in business by crossing back to r&b with stuff like "Gone." "Gee" makes me think of Hi-NRG Stock-Aitken-Waterman perhaps as reimagined by various Swedes aiming at the North American market, but that's just a first impression that obviously has nothing to do with the group in its own context (or maybe it does
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By no means I’m an expert in K-Pop (and maybe some of my prejudices come from listening to J-Pop, but not all of them), but seems like this groups are like omnipresent in the media so the public kind of make factions, still not sure about this, but the mechanics that one appreciates in forums and blogs is that people are very obsessive and gossipy (usually to such a high degree that pisses you off) about the groups they love (also boy bands, but usually I don’t listen to them so I can’t talk about that) and kind of work as haters for the rest (or at least of the ones that can work as competence). About the music I think is great when is great and usually (at least in my case) is when it works in a “superficial” mode, this naïve (but very charming) vision of relationships that also works in the consumerist mode of love/hate reactions, and not so much when they are set in a “sentimental” mood. But also, I think, I see what you said about the groups searching for spaces to express themselves in the musical styles available at the moment
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During the Dream Concert held on June 7, 2008 in South Korea, a silent protest was held against Girls' Generation by various other fan groups, notably E.L.F, Cassiopeia, and Triple S.["Girls' Generation" is, I guess, the best English translation of their name, but the group are known as SNSD internationally, SNSD being the initials of their Korean name: So Nyeo Shi Dae/So Nyuh Shi Dae. This according to Wiki, anyway
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And totally unrelated, but also would love to know your opinion about this couple of tracks…
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During the Dream Concert held on June 7, 2008 in South Korea, a silent protest was held against Girls' Generation by various other fan groups, notably E.L.F, Cassiopeia, and Triple S.["Girls' Generation" is, I guess, the best English translation of their name, but the group are known as SNSD internationally, SNSD being the initials of their Korean name: So Nyeo Shi Dae/So Nyuh Shi Dae. This according to Wiki, anyway ( ... )
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