The Wonder Girls (Korean: 원더걸스) are a South Korean girl group.They are produced by singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and are signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment.Each of the five original members were selected through auditions. Debuting in early 2007, they became popular in fall of that year with the song “Tell Me.”
The Wonder Girls debuted on February 10, 2007 on Show! Music Core, singing “Irony”, the hip-hop single from their debut mini-album, The Wonder Begins. The mini-album went on to become a minor hit, selling 11,454 copies in 2007.
Throughout the rest of 2007, however, the Wonder Girls were beset by various injuries and health problems. On June 25, So Hee was sidelined for a month after tearing a knee ligament falling off a motorcycle during the filming of 뜨거운 것이 좋아 (I Like It Hot).The remaining four members continued performing until late July, when Hyun Ah was removed from the group by her parents due to their concern over her health—in particular, chronic gastroenteritis which had her hospitalized briefly in March and April. Although there are rumors of Hyun Ah returning to the group, JYP denied these rumors.
On September 5, 2007, Good Entertainment, the talent agency for the popular boy band Shinhwa, sent their trainee Kim Yoo Bin to JYP Enterainment as a replacement for Hyun Ah. She made her debut three days later in the group’s live performance of “Tell Me” on Music Bank.
Their first full-length album, The Wonder Years, was released the following week, on September 13, 2007, with “Tell Me.” Due to the last-minute addition of Kim Yoo Bin, the album version does not contain her part; however, the performance version of the song was reworked to include a bridge with Yoo Bin’s rap. The single was a hit and reached number one on various Korean television and internet music charts, including KBS’s Music Bank.
The choreography for the song was simple and widely imitated: by October, many fan performances of the dance circulated on video sharing sites such as Youtube and Daum, including one by a group of policemen who were eventually profiled on SBS’s Star King. Even Big Bang had done a special stage with them on many music shows and SBS’s Star King. Many celebrities also included their own performances, including Shin Hye Sung, Kim Heechul and Hong Kyung-min, who sang and danced to the song at their own fan meetings.
Wonder Girls had an extensive promotional schedule for their album and by December 2007, also began performing the second single from the album, “이 바보” (Fool), ; they made numerous appearances on variety and game shows, sang live on radio, at music festivals, on music shows and in special joint performances with other groups such as Big Bang. MTV has also hosted The Wonder Life, a reality TV series starring the girls. In February 2008, however, they ceased promotion of their album to allow Sun Ye and Ye Eun to prepare for their coming college entrance examinations.
Expanding overseas
The Wonder Girls have had several showcases in China shortly after their debut in 2007 and have been receiving Chinese language lessons.[9]
In January 2008, the Wonder Girls joined their producer Park Jin-young for his month-long concert tour through Korea and the United States (including New York City and Los Angeles) as special guests, and took the opportunity to film the music video for “Wishing on a Star” while in New York City. Park had stated that the concerts were also meant to be a showcase for his other protégés, such as Min, G-Soul, and Lim Jeong Hee.
Return to Korea
Over the course of 5 days a picture of each member, sporting their new “sexy” image, was released starting with Ye Eun and ending with So Hee. Following this a preview track from the upcoming single was released. Their new single, “So Hot”, was released on May 22, 2008; the song topped online charts in the next few days.They began their comeback performances on May 31, 2008 on MBC’s Music Core, performing “So Hot” and “This Time”. The full single was released on June 3, 2008, containing the title track, the rap version of “Tell Me”, “This Time”, and “You’re Out”. Due to vocal chord problems, Yoo Bin has been lipsynching her parts and will continue to do so, under doctor’s orders.
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