DIA aims for a sudden breakthrough with a trot song
トロットソングで一気のブレイクに賭ける（DIA）
トロットソングで一気のブレイクに賭ける（DIA）
What kind of trot (Korean enka) will the girl group DIA sing?
Chaeyoung, a member of DIA, posted a photo on her SNS that reminds us of "Flowers, Moon, Wine".
Chaeyoung is smiling shyly with cherry blossoms in the background.
Today (4th), DIA's agency MBK Entertainment said, "We will release the track "Flowers, Moon, Wine" from our second full album "YOLO" at noon on the 6th.
It is a song written by the members themselves, and "Enka Queen" Kim Yonja and "Trot Goddess" Hong Jinyoung feature on it."
(From K-POP News)
The girl group DIA has formed a trot collaboration with trot singer Hong Jinyoung and the Queen of Enka Kim Yonja.
Here's what happened: DIA has begun preparations for their fourth mini album, aiming for a comeback in mid-April.
DIA will be writing all 7-8 songs on the album herself, and it seems she plans to try a variety of music, not just dance and ballad genres, but even enka.
So they've been joined by big names like Hong Jinyoung and Kim Yonja.
Expectations for the new album are apparently high.
I got to know Chaeyoung through her work on "Produce 101," and through her I got to know the group DIA.
At the time, they were a pure group.
Chaeyoung's purity felt like a perfect fit for the group.
However, their popularity was dispersed due to overlapping with that of GFRIEND, who exploded with popularity with their school songs, and the popular girl group WJSN, and DIA's pure songs did not sell as well as expected.
For their summer comeback, they devised a more pure image and made a comeback with anime-like characters, but again, they did not achieve any notable results.
Around the same time, new girl group BLACK PINK debuted with a fresh image.
Their unprecedented, unconventional music style and fresh stage performances took the living rooms of homes across the nation, and they quickly became popular girls.
As the year turned, it seemed as if the girl group world had entered an era of three powerful young girls (TWICE, BLACK PINK, GFRIEND).
At the beginning of the year, AOA, WJSN, and other girl groups made a name for themselves, but when TWICE made their comeback, the other girl groups seemed to have been thrown out of the ring and their impression faded.
The only group that was making waves was Red Velvet from SM Entertainment.
Now GFRIEND has made a comeback and is making waves.
Their combination of singing and dancing is overwhelming, and it seems that there is no room for other pure girls to take advantage of them.
Trot songs have been added to the music that DIA is banking on to survive.
Given past trends, it is hard to imagine that other pure songs will become a hit and become unexpectedly popular.
However, if a trot song sung by Hong Jinyoung and Kim Yeonja becomes a hit, it is not impossible that the girl group DIA could suddenly become a hit.
Overall, with the vitality and boom of K-POP, it seems that the girl group world has become a situation where anything goes.
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