OP is not ready: Girls’ Generation Says Goodbye with ‘Mr.Mr.’ on SBS’s ‘Inkigayo’

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

On March 30th, Girls’ Generation ended promotions for “Mr.Mr.” on SBS’s “Inkigayo”. Girls’ Generation performed in white suits and fedoras for the final performance, while cheered on by a loud audience.

Overall, “Mr.Mr.” received nine wins on Korea’s weekly music shows, taking trophies home from KBS’s “Music Bank”, MBC’s “Show! Music Core”, MBC’s “Show! Champion”, SBS’s “Inkigayo”, and Mnet’s “M! Countdown”. “Mr.Mr.” also scored an all-kill on Korean music charts and topped iTunes charts worldwide. The mini album also ranked 110th on the Billboard Chart. The “Mr.Mr.” music video has received over 15 million views, the most for any K-Pop video in 2014. Where is the dance practice tho?

With the end of promotions, Girls’ Generation will next begin preparations for the group’s third arena tour in Japan.

Check out Girls’ Generation’s performance of “Mr.Mr.” on SBS’s “Inkigayo” below.

Soshified & SBSMusic1

This comeback was too short and Mr.Mr was not their best single.

I want a repackage. But I also know Japan is where the money is… so my hopes are low.

Comments

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

wow that was fast

[tees2mai.livejournal.com]

they only got 3 weeks of promos?! fuck you sm

snsd had a fanmeeting today and i'm so jealous of all the k-sones who got to attend it. the girls played games, answered questions, performed goodbye, shared unseen selcas, showed dance practice videos of mr.mr., the great escape, and bad girl + more NOW clips, hyoyul sang a little bit of "as time goes by" :c

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

Fml. I got to see them live twice but their contracts are almost up! I want to see them again before their eventual disbandment

[drfaith101.livejournal.com]

They renewed

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

Phew. So is real in WonSoKa

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

WonSoKa? o_O

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Wonder Girls, Soshi, Kara -- the three 2007 girl groups. Soshi's the only one still going strong(ish).

[shocko-o.livejournal.com]

i'm relieved and a bit sad that they have to continue with this tiresome career.
i hope their contract now gives them more control over their schedules.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

dance practice videos of the great escape, and bad girl

i hope k-sones put them on youtube

[tees2mai.livejournal.com]

they didn't film anything, unfortunately. there's an audio of the fanmeeting but no video :\

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

-.-

[pumpkinskin.livejournal.com]

UGH FUCK THEM!

[aridnili.livejournal.com]

wait, what, ALREADY? Is this some kind of Miss A promotions? They at least got 4 weeks of promotion? I need more of their pretty outfits ;-;

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Many groups only promote for 3-4 weeks tbh. That's why I'm not that surprised. I'm more surprised about the fact that they didn't win as much awards as I was expecting. I mean, 9 wins is pretty good, but you'd expect much more from SK's national group. I mean, even B1A4 won 8 times and they're not even a second tier group.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Still. Most have follow-up promotions soon after that. Soshi doesn't have any, and who knows when they're coming back after. Competition was strong with 2NE1 and Soyu&Junggigo. If anything, music show awards are more spread out among artists now compared to before, and it's harder to dominate for a long time.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

I heard that they probably were going to have 2 comebacks this year but who knows.
I'm still trying to understand the hype about Soyou+Junggigo's song tbh. I mean, I ended up liking it, but it's still super basic and boring imo.

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

(Especially with a subpar song like Mr.Mr, and a botched MV)

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Unpopular opinion, but I actually love Mr. Mr. I haven't liked a title song of theirs this much since Run Devil Run.

IGAB was a hot mess that my ears just cannot tolerate and The Boys had fabulous outfits in every performance. That's all I can say about those two songs.

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

lol the outfits for the boys were fabulous. i'm with you (although i really liked hoot) mr mr is one of their best title tracks in years. i know i am totally in the minority, but i love it. the mini has also grown on me alot.

[shirahimejj.livejournal.com]

ooh, same thoughts~ I only paid attention at Run Devil Run and then I liked Mr. Mr. more than the intervening singles.

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

they had alot of competition though, not just from 2ne1 (who i think have mostly beaten soshi in the past, digitally) but also from other non idol soloists. plus their song leaked, sm messed up the mv etc. i actually surprised they still did so well since so many things went wrong. i mean, they are korea's national girl group, but they haven't really done songs that korea likes for the past few years now, and yet they're still at the top.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel that they're basically riding on their popularity now tbh. That's why SM don't even try anymore, they must think that the Korean general public (and Sones) are gonna eat up everything only because they're SNSD.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

[torontok.livejournal.com]

I feel bad that I could care less.this entire promo cycle (loosely using that term) has been so unexciting

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

Somebody at SM needs to get fired imo

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

I'm more surprised about the fact that they didn't win on Inkigayo either tbh. It's weird to see them not getting any triple crown ._.

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

This song is too weak to sweep all the awards, even for SNSD.

Plus the competition is here: 2NE1 is slaying digitally with Come Back Home, and 4minute is rising atm.
Contrary to what SM seems to think, the girls need bops if they want them to stay the national girl group…

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

But IGAB was even worse (musically) and snatched a lot of awards (triple crowns included). I guess at least IGAB had a really fun and dynamic choreography while Mr Mr is just...underwhelming.

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

IAGB was fun. Mr.Mr is boring.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

IGAB had practically no competition, at least from what I can remember.

[srybutno.livejournal.com]

errr it's all about luck, music core didn't air (or give any awards) during the 2 weeks they were supposed to win, they didn't attend music bank once so they lost by a few points and the next week kbs randomly gave them 0 broadcast points so they could give cn blue an award?? and they had actual competition.. 2ne1 is a hugely popular group that released their first album in 3 years at the same time snsd released theirs and they won like 3 times (?) despite the fact that the album is doing really well

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

I thought CNB's win was legit. I mean, since they're also doing well digitally and stuff.

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

some were pointing out that snsd were still higher etc etc

[setsuna16.livejournal.com]

SM doesn't routine repackage mini-albums, does it?

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

i really hope their next promo cycle is not as fucked up as this one

[blue-rin.livejournal.com]

Their next comeback better be sooner than a year later.

[cagallisakura.livejournal.com]

the only reason i wanted them to win was for the encore stages rofl wanted more soshi ghei but i can wait until the tour for that

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

that picture, those outfits, that pose *_*

[impatiences.livejournal.com]

i don't even want to go on, this promotion cycle gave me life.

[pumpkinskin.livejournal.com]

Good. Now they can work on something better to dish out.

[xredada.livejournal.com]

thank GOD

[misoras.livejournal.com]

you don't have to see them for a while?

[xredada.livejournal.com]

thank GOD it's the goodbye stages. the song was atrocious.

(but they looked great, i liked most of the looks)

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

wall of rambling text ahead, lol::

i have so many mixed feelings... i don't think the song was originally meant for all 9 (i think it was meant for taetiseo), & for whatever reason sm gave the song to be their comeback. i didn't really like the song, but after a few listens it grew on me. the outfits were so on point & fabulous & i lovedlovedlovedloved the fashion this promotional period. i wish that they had a little bit of a lighter schedule (mr.mr. comeback, japan tour, seoul concert, korean comeback, arena tour, full album... all in 2014) so that they could come back w/ a concept they all pretty much enjoy/is mature/age-appropriate/a jam. but that's the price you pay for being the nation's girl group who's trying to reach out to become huge stars in other countries. there's an huge difference between happy & rested snsd (see: igab in the beginning of the promo cycle) vs bored & overworked snsd (see: mr.mr. promos). i still love the girls, but idk what sm is doing w/ them anymore.

i will miss seeing them on variety, & those fab outfits they've been wearing for performances.

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

mr mr is one of snsd's catchy promote song for me so argghhhhh why they must promote it for a short time?
full schedule, ok
and best style for snsd's promote song
and unfortunately they must skip so many music shows grrrr that's why they can't get many awards

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

itunes fucked it up big time

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

goodbye girls! please come back with a tolerable song!

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

lmao mte