Seen them before? They're known as Girls' Generation to international fans and So Nyeo Shi Dae (SNSD) to the Koreans. Heard of them? No? Yes? 

Well, truthfully, I never paid attention to the girls until 3/9 starred as DBSK's love interest in the series of Haptic cellphones commericals. I was hooked on the theme song for the commerical. HAHHAHA! It's extremely catchy and easy to sing along, that's why. I think Haptic was the first thing I came to know about the girls and I hated 2/3 out them for their nonsensical crap just based on the show 2-3 minutes of commerical. The one girl who stood out was Jessica for me.

Anyhow, that commercial or Jessica didnt make me a fangirl yet. It was when Junsu was rumoured to be dating someone from SNSD, I became this big kaypo and had to found out who. HAHAHAH. I'm just gossipy by nature. :D I trust the members of the DBSK LJ community a lot so when some, who knew who the female lead of the rumour was, commented that they make a good pair since both are great singers, I went to youtube-search her.

And this was what I found (not this video but another performane of the same song):

I liked the song instantly. It was one of those killer soundtracks which captivated me! Yeah! I'm a sucker for OSTs. After watching a number of performances of the same song, I watched some short (less than 5 minutes) clips of her. She has such a lovable character and her zest and sense of humour are her 2 most attractive characteristics. I think her bubbly self made up for her loss in the good looks department.

I also went to youtube-search her group as well to watch her performance when she's with 8 other girls who are all trying their best to lure the filthy-minded middle age Korean men. I found this song:

Aish! I hate to reveal such embarrassing facts but I really like the song a lot. Despite the dissonance of the girls' singing and the fact the only about 4/9 are carrying the tune and out of the 4 just 2 are decent singers, the song grew on me. *starts digging a HUGE hole for hiding*

I have feistish for girlgroups who are marketed with the cute image because:

1. They have the kinda album artwork I like. 

2. I can refer to their style or dressing sometimes.

3. The songs have this chaste-innocent theme going on.

When I heard that Taeyeon was given a second shot at singing solo on an OST, I youtube-searched and found this other great OST track:

By then, I was already somewhat a silent fan of hers.

After Dongbang made their Korea Comeback, news of a SNSD Comeback were spreading wildly. Was I excited? I guess I was curious! Taeyeon had finally proven herself and I'm sure the other girls would've captured a fair amount of fans who love them just for the things they do, either singing, dancing, acting cute or being funny and entertaining.

Cut to the chase! This is the comeback song:

Even more catchy and karaoke-friendly. I mastered the entire chorus after a few replays. After "stalking" their first comeback performance on youtube, I was deeply attracted to the girl who caught my attention during the Haptic days. Here's a picture spam of her.

I adore her new haircut. I think the main reason why I actually like her now is because of her haircut and that I find her dressing nice most of the time. Oh wait, NO! That's not the real reason.

Here's the truth. When I was watching their comeback performance, I couldnt help but noticed how skinny she is. I love skinny people! 

As for Taeyeon, I think she looks even weirder now.  I've also noticed that her live singing has been badly affected by her poor health conditions. Poor girl....

These 2 girls are the few Korean girls who dont bug me thus far. Because of them, I can even bear to listen to the horrid "Tell Me" originally by Wonder Girls, their one and only rival. This song by WG was one of the 2 hit kpop songs of 2007 and I really hated it until I heard a more tuneful version, which is this: 




Wonder Girls performed their rendition of Kissing You on the same music programme as well.

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