Is GFRIEND's music a blessing from the predecessor "Girls' Generation"?
GFRIENDの音楽は先達”少女時代”の恩恵か？
GFRIEND, No. 1 on 7 music charts.. Dominating the charts during the Lunar New Year holidays
The girl group GFRIEND has a long run on the music charts.
The title song "Rough" from GFRIEND's third mini-album "Snowflake" released on the 25th of last month went backwards on the charts. It topped the real-time charts of seven music distribution sites including MUSIC, Mnet, Monckey3, and soribada.
Such a retrograde first place began on February 4, when the Lunar New Year holiday began, and has been holding the top spot on major charts for eight days. Added a long run to the retrograde.
GFRIEND, which debuted last year, has emerged as a rookie girl group this season and swept the rookie awards of various music awards ceremonies.
On the other hand, GFRIEND showed their school-themed gym clothes and school uniform fashion from their debut song 'Glass Bead' to their hit song 'Me Gustas Tu' to their new song 'Rough'. solidified a new image. They succeeded in making 3 hits in a row with pure power and school uniform fashion. (From K-POP News)
This article overlaps with the text I analyzed on my blog, but when I see articles related to GFRIEND, I want to post it on my blog right away.
Basically there are no girls I don't like, but GFRIEND has risen to a position next to Apink and Girls' Generation in my opinion. It's like a bolt from the blue that you're making such a leap forward all at once...!
The last music last night was the same, but the first music I listened to when I woke up this morning was their "Rough". This song seems to have been the deciding factor.
When I listen to GFRIEND's music, I feel like Girls' Generation's music also overlaps in the back of my head.
Isn't GFRIEND the one who extracted only the core of the essence (goodness) of SNSD and appeared in a retro youthful and remake style?
"It was a sudden explanation, so let's follow the order from the beginning."
Girls' Generation was sent out with thorough preparation and confidence by SM Entertainment, a music agency that has produced super-class K-POP boys such as TVXQ and SUPER JUNIOR. In addition to meeting the requirements of an idol (appearance), they also reached the highest level in singing and dancing. Once they started gaining popularity, they climbed to the top of K-POP girls without a single setback. They became popular as soon as they came to Japan. Its popularity in Japan gained momentum, and the speed at which it became known to the rest of the world was even faster.
With their overheated popularity and many fans, it was only natural that they took on the challenge of creating a wide variety of music.
It started as a small specialty store called "Idol" and has grown into a high-class department store with many items.
Other girl groups also tried to follow Girls' Generation with various music. However, no group surpassed Girls' Generation.
As time went by, there were no groups left that made music that varied from innocent to sexy like Girls' Generation, and there were only groups with narrowed image colors such as 2NE1, SISTAR, and Girl's Day.
Girls' Generation secured a wide territory with innocence in the middle
I kept going.
There was a group that popped out of the Girls' Generation area. It's Apink from Fairy Girls. They were born from the concentration and amplification of cuteness in innocence. Groups such as Lovelyz were born after seeing his back.
Kiyoshi and the academy are easy to connect with, but Apink's music doesn't strongly overlap with the image of the academy. Make-up, after school, and individual time rather than friendship create the world.
If Apink is music that connects after school and society, GFRIEND's music is a continuous flow of time that cannot be separated from school.
The music that Apink and GFRIEND are doing now has a taste of carefully digging up what Girls' Generation couldn't do because they have too many different kinds of music.
For example, TWICE's music is the same. Listening to TWICE's "OOH-AHH 하게 (Like OOH-AHH)" somehow reminds me of Girls' Generation's "I GOT A BOY" and "THE BOYS".
I wonder if TWICE is aiming for this kind of music, but although this kind of music has gained a lot of support worldwide, I feel that it is a difficult field to explore and develop in Asia. It will be difficult to acquire many fans.
"If that's the case, what style of music will you pick up?"
In any case, there is no doubt that the vein is in Girls' Generation's music.
It seems that the music rush of girls who have benefited from Girls' Generation's music will continue.
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GFRIEND welcomed the Lunar New Year, dressed up in hanbok and gave New Year's greetings.
On the 7th, the girl group GFRIEND showed off their innocent appearance by wearing luxurious light-colored hanbok. The 6 members of GFRIEND attracted attention with their graceful charms while wearing gorgeous and elegant hanbok from head to toe.
GFRIEND, who showed off their beautiful hanbok, recently dominated the music charts with the title song of their 3rd mini-album, 'Running Through Time', and topped terrestrial music programs, including cable music programs. Appeared in "Recent Trends".
In addition, GFRIEND will also appear in various special programs during the Lunar New Year holidays, and will perform well in line with their popularity. Starting with SBS 'The President is Watching' on the 6th, KBS 2nd 'Departure Dream Team' Season 2 on the 7th, and the youngest Umji on the 8th KBS 2nd 'National Idol In-laws' Appearing in "Nodojiman".
Also, on the 9th, Yuju will appear on MBC's "Idol Star Athletics, Silum, Futsal, Archery Championship" and MBC's "Instar Wars", and on the 10th, MBC's "Idol Star Athletics, Silum, Futsal, Archery Championship". Yuju will appear in the 2nd episode and KBS 2nd "Olympics".
In this way, GFRIEND will be active on the cathode ray tube during the Lunar New Year holidays, fully demonstrating their hidden talents. In particular, since the Lunar New Year special program is planned in a format that the whole family can watch, it has proved that GFRIEND has positioned itself as an icon that all generations can sympathize with, beyond the teens.
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