WG are House of Blues' Artist of the Month + Mao Asada skates to "Nobody"

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

As the leading creator of Asia's biggest superstars, JYP Entertainment brings you their next biggest phenomenon, Wonder Girls. The Wonder Girls, five female teenage sensations hailing from the east as music royalty, is finally making their highly anticipated new single "2 Different Tears."

The Wonder Girls were featured on Virgin Media as one of the top 8 girls groups to watch in the world, along with the Pussycat Dolls, Girls Aloud and Danity Kane. Most recently, they were featured in People Magazine (April 2009) as one of the "leading Asian pop stars to cross over to the states."


The US audience got a sneak preview of the Wonder Girls in 2008 when the #1 entertainment blogger in the US, Perez Hilton featured not one, but two of their hit music videos on his blog site. Perez Hilton says, "So fab…we loves it!"

The Wonder Girls have accrued 3 no. 1 hit songs in Asia within the last two years, each having won an unprecedented amount of awards and digital downloads. They also have accrued over 20 endorsement deals with major brands such as Samsung and Baskin-Robbins.

March 2009 will have marked the Wonder Girls' "The 1st Wonder" Tour, which included 3 US cities including New York, Orange County and Los Angeles, and 3 Asian cities such as Thailand, Seoul & Busan. This tour proved the Wonder Girls' status as an international force to be reckoned with, supported by a massive global fan base.

Also during the summer of 2009, Wonder Girls opened for Jonas Brothers on 45 of their highly successful "Jonas Brothers World Tour" shows.

This summer, the Wonder Girls are once again coming near you with their own 28-city "Wonder Girls World Tour" presented by Live Nation!

Are you prepared to heat up the summer with the Wonder Girls??


In other news, Olympic figure skater Mao Asada (Japan) danced to "Nobody" a few days ago at the Hyundai Card Super Match X - Medalist on Ice show in Seoul.



Here's a clip of her program with "Nobody" at the end (starts at ~2:07):

"Nobody" cut only:

Source: House of Blues; Wai2Chan + finklksr

Comments

[nice-vibe.livejournal.com]

Mao is so cute
too bad Japan is so butthurt

[inchywermy.livejournal.com]

A+ comment

[prince-of-lies.livejournal.com]

I think it's really cool she isn't like 'RAWRIHATEKOREA;ASIEF;LOIJ' and has used a Korean song. Stay classy Mao :]

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

ikr? I find that really cute.

[tasheila.livejournal.com]

there was a rumor she was in love with dbsk junsu but turns out it was her sister, lol.

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

I wish Perez would stop being quoted in every American Wondergirls article. What he says doesn't matter and never influences shit anymore, his "career" has been dead for some time now.

[shortysc22.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that. He gives the "dirty on the thirty" every morning on the pop radio station 92.3 in NYC. And apparently will now have his own Fab30 every Sunday morning.

He has influence over what's going on the radio now and that's how to make it big in American music.

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

Maybe on the east coast because I haven't heard of any of his radio shows.

[klaux.livejournal.com]

I agree. I get tired of seeing him act as if he discovered them and that he was the reason they came to the US.

Plus, whenever he posts a KPOP video on his site, most of the comments are negative. He obviously hasn't been able to get the people that come to his site to like the Wonder Girls.

I don't consider posting a video or two up, influencing anyone.

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

most of the comments are negative
Exactly. He doesn't influence anything. And about him having power of what gets put on the radio, I don't know anyone who listens to the radio to find the hottest artist anymore.

[corrakun.livejournal.com]

just because the comments are negative doesn't mean that he isn't getting them exposure. it's not like all the gaga comments on yt are positive either.

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[choseri.livejournal.com]

men also skated to heartbeat after nobody! :D

[music3chick.livejournal.com]

haha, that's awesome

[ohaimark.livejournal.com]

2PM and Male Figure Skating. It's a match made in gay heaven.

[t-icklesthesun.livejournal.com]

2PM + "without u choreography" + 'gay dance instructor' concept is a match made in gay heaven.

[brassbikini.livejournal.com]

The article was actually a blurb that listed WG, Se7en and Hikky. And well.... :\

[appare.livejournal.com]

Ehhh, I know little girls who like them and there were little teeny boppers at the Chicago concert last night.

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

relative to who...? boa? se7en? utada hikaru? Yes...considering those are the only Asians who have really tried, I don't see how that's a bad comparison.

i doubt people who have never listened to kpop know or really care about them. Hmm, not necessarily. I actually have friends that don't give a shit about Asian music (and these are Asians themselves lol) and yet I just told one of them I was going to a Wonder Girls concert and he was like, "Oh THOSE girls. Nobody nobody but you? *clap clap*?" And I had no idea where that came from... Also, if you look at the reviews of the Jonas concert on Ticketmaster, you can see a lot of the concert-goers (the ones that came for Jonas Bros. only) said positive things about WG.

I think "lasting" is a subjective word. I don't think they'll ever be as mega-famous as Beyonce or Gaga or even Shakira, but I think they have it in them to enjoy a moderate level of success (maybe indie-level like Feist or She & Him) and be representative of their country/continent. All with time.

[brassbikini.livejournal.com]

Does Feist still only qualify as indie-level success?

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

In my opinion, yes. She had a surge in popularity due to the Apple campaign but she never sells out large venues and little of her work is known outside "1234", and to a lesser extent, "I Feel It All".

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

Thought I should but in and say I love Feist.

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

No, I agree! :D I think she's way too underrated.

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

mte. Her voice is so soothing for me.

[gogoparty.livejournal.com]

figure skating in my omona?! 8D
anyways gah chairman mao ♥

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

mao is so cute omg

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

They need to promote on SYTYCD again or go on Ellen.

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

I always fear how people will think of the kpoppers I love. It's so nerve wrecking.

They just need someone influential enough to pick them up and support them.

ia But hopefully news sources will stop looking to Perez. That man's entire existence vexes me greatly. Shows like Ellen, SYTYCD, and this is a stretch but MTV would be great ways to get their names out there. I would say give them a diary type show for MTV. I would say go back to the Wendy Williams show as well. Sometimes it's best to work with people you worked with you before. They just really need something to show their personalities I think.

idk idk I just want to see them actually promote 2DT. Not just concerts. I was overly ecstatic when Rain was on my screen. Even though people had no idea who he was it just opens another door and people question. That's all it takes.

[ohaimark.livejournal.com]

Yeah I don't know how this tour will make them successful in the American market but I do know those girls put on ONE HELL OF A SHOW! I'm not even that big of a WG stan but they KILLED IT in NYC.

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

Wow. Mao dancing to "Nobody." How ironic.

[moldface.livejournal.com]

they were pretty kickass tonight.
but they did so many covers, which was kind of redundant.

[yunhongem.livejournal.com]

I was able to catch their show @ the House of Blues on Tuesday. I gotta say ... IT WAS AMAZING!! Loved every minute!