Only two weeks after their official debut Girl`s Day have released another video for a previously unreleased song called “How Do I Look” .Last week Girl`s Day skipped out on doing any lives and instead filmed a new video at a water park.
It`s a song and video that will go a long way if they start doing lives for it, to erase their poor debut start.
“How Do I Look” is an action video, showing the members enjoying, what turned out to be a rainy day at the pool. The vocals set to an audio track, so we do not get any look at the dance performance related to the song.
“How Do I Look” is a song that could have easily and likely should have been their debut song.
Girl`s Day had their debut stage performance earlier and it was not auto tune ,however the performance was lacking .It comes off as being a poor job of trying to impersonate our JPop cute idol style.
Which makes this even harder to wrap my head around as to why they decided on that concept for their debut, when you hear the rest of the album?
Honestly Girl`s Day is very good, but this single was not a good idea to start with. I mean the song is fine, but trying to force their voices to sound 10 years old is not.
Their other tracks are well done and I am looking forward to them getting past this debut track.
Granted I didn`t much care for T-Ara at the start of their career as well, but they have grown into wonderful performers and I wished Morning Musume could have some T-Ara influences. So I have the same hope for Girl`s Day as they grow in the future.
Here is their debut live stage and no doubt some nervousness
Proof that this unit has the goods to make it.
Girl`s Day- Control
Girls Day - SHUPPY SHUPPY
Girl`s Day had their 2nd debut stage a few hours ago and they seem a little bit more relaxed and some of the problems they had yesterday have been corrected ,such as the breathing into the microphones .
Overall, I think they are making the best of a difficult debut and they are already receiving anti fans in Korea and the internet community making the situation harder for them.
It`s easy for anti fans to make harsh judgments when they have never been in a band, group or even made a live debut and can not understand the emotions that a band or group faces or the difficulties of entering a highly competitive market .
I am looking forward to watching Girl`s Day growth as a unit.
Girl`s Day 3rd debut stage
Improvements continue .As they improve their airtime is getting smaller [4Minute had 3.1/2 minutes to Girl`s Day 1.1/2 minutes], sadness is starting to show on their faces, their voices are getting weaker and they are getting just polite response from crowds. Today the response was almost nothing by the crowd [I watched videos of other performances ,just to make sure it was not just the show and this was the coldest response to any group] .
I truly feel for them . A strong comeback with a song style like the one they showed in their flash mobs and a strong vocal performance will put this behind them as quickly as people have questioned them.
In case you do not know what I am talking about see for yourself.
Some good news for Girl`s Day
Maknae member Min Ah has been selected to be an MC for an MBC game show. The show will air every Tuesday and Thursday.”
After days of teases we had the single debut another KPop Idol unit Girl`s Day, to go along with the other debut in the last couple of days Miss A.
After all the dance video buildup, the vocal teases, I have to be honest here I was somewhat let down by the video. It`s not the video itself, as the visual concept is fine, it`s the digital auto tune voices in the entire song that let me down and the limited dance.
For a group that was described as excellent dancers and powerful vocalists, we saw little to certify those claims. I can overlook the digital vocals and not write off the group, as the song is not all that bad .If they had sung in unaltered voices it would be a 100% win to me. Instead, I have to go with 80 .For JPop fans it feels a little bit like a Perfume track only not as powerful, cutesier.
If you do not like it on first spin, it will take several spins to adjust to it.
Girl`s Day So Jin Singing in English, she has an accent on some words .It adds a certain charm to her vocals, that makes them cute.
From the start, DreamTea Entertainment has said that this unit was skilled singers, dancers, their debut single will be released in Korea shortly, and it will be interesting if we will get vocal previews from the other members before their debut video is released shortly.
The next preview released is that of the member who steps out of the flash mobs [reports are she had been sick and was not able to learn the dance in time], Girl`s Day Leader So Jin.
So Jin is Girl`s Day Leader and a Lead vocalist and has been described by her management as having the “charisma and wisdom to lead the rest of Girl’s Day members.”
So Jin`s goal’s as leader in her own words are “I will try my best as the oldest in the team to establish Girl’s Day as a stable girls group in the singing world.”
DreamTea has released a preview for Ji Hae
Ji Hae was born in 1989 and like Ji Sun, she has won dance competition awards in her school days. Ji Hae and Ji Sun are regarded, as two of the best dancers in all of Korea, a central theme that is building around this group is that they are highly skilled dancers.
In High School, she earned a 2nd place finish in a national dance competition. She followed that up with a 1st place in a modern dance competition. Ji Hae is 163 cm tall and 45 kg. She is described at the groups Rapper.
Ji Hae and the rest of Girl`s Day will start their main promotional activities on July 9.
DreamTea Entertainment has released the introduction video for the third member of Girl`s Day Ji Sun.
Very little details other then this video was given .For some reason at times she looks like Uee of After School with her hair down and certain camera angles
EDIT:
DreamTea has released a little bit more information on Ji Sun.
Ji Sun was born in 1989 and received numerous awards in dancing competitions during her junior and high school years.”
Dream Tea Entertainment the company that is behind Girl`s Day have started to release videos on each member .Again a very creative way of promoting a new unit. JPop could learn a few things in regards to promotions from their Korean neighbors.
First up is the maknae [youngest] Min Ah.
As of now Dream Tea is being very guarded with the groups songs , giving no previews at all .Instead they are using other artists .For example Min Ah video feature uses Jason Marz .
I really like Min Ah`s facial expressions in the flash mob dances, so far everything this agency is doing is sparking my interest in the group, I hope the final product, will not be a disappointment.
In her second preview we do get a preview of her voice, again singing another artists song.
Min Ah passes the vocal test, even with a little feedback from the speakers and surroundings. Hard to control a street live quality.
Interesting side story, some Korean fan sites are debating if she is related to G-Dragon, with claims that her face has shared features to him. Guess that news will come later if true.
What do you think ?
EDIT-A loyal reader of Pure Idol Heart and fan of G-Dragon has confirmed that he has no younger sister. However, she does look like him some, so I can see how the rumor or wishful thinking by fan girls could have started.
Min Ah`s Bio
She was born in 1993 and is currently 17, 2 yrs older then I guessed, lol. She was recruited two years ago to start training for Girl`s Day and has been trained as an Idol/actress, so we should be seeing her in dramas as her popularity grows. Min Ah comes in at a height of 164cm and 47kg. Min Ah has personally expressed that she is really stressed out ahead of their imminent debut, but she will live courageously because this is a dream for hers and she will show everyone her best side.
Had a technical issue while working on part 1 ,so here is a follow up
Here are the members; I do not have their ages yet, however their official debut is July 9.
from left to right the members are: Ji In , Ji Hae , Ji Sun , Min Ah , and So Jin .Based on what I have read of the unit ,they will use social networking methods to their advantage to promote as much as possible.
If you can follow Korean language, then you can show your support for the group here.
There is a new KPop Idol unit about to make their debut in July Girl’s Day and as part of their pre debut activities they did something that in the Korean genre is called “Flash Mob Dance” .This is one of the best ideas I have seen in recent times .
It works like this, camera men are positioned in the crowd, as are the members of the unit and their support members. One by one, they will just walk up as if they are passing by and join the dance performance .At the end they do not wait for the audience to respond they simply separate and walk away as if nothing ever happened.
Even if you are not a fan of KPop, this is a creative way to get the buzz going about a new unit.
PIH will keep a watch on them and see if how they develop .If their singing skills match their dance skills, they will be a great add to our Idols across Asia coverage.
So what do you readers think, willing to give them a chance?
