February 01, 2012

February 1st, 2012

Taeyeon and Seohyun To Join Tiffany as Hosts of MBC’s ‘Music Core’

 

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and Seohyun have been casted as the new MCs for MBC’s “Show! Music Core” alongside fellow member Tiffany. Park Sukwon, the PD of “Music Core”, revealed in a phone call with TVReport, “Taeyeon and Seohyun will take over for the role of Yuri. We have decided to use a three MC formation.”
This is not the first time that Taeyeon and Seohyun will serve as MCs on “Music Core”. They have proven their talents in the past as special guest hosts. Park Sukwon also said, “Taeyeon and Seohyun are not temporary special MCs. Starting from this week, they will continue to work with us as permanent hosts.” After leaving “Show! Music Core” last week, Yuri is expected to begin acting and will take a role in the SBS TV drama “Fashion King”, which will start in March.

Source: TVReport
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‘The Boys’ Surpasses 30 Million Views on YouTube

 

As if Girls’ Generation’s “Gee” surpassing sixty million views on YouTube was not enough, the music video for “The Boys” Korean version on SMTown’s YouTube page has just passed thirty million views.

“The Boys”, in contrast to Girls’ Generation’s previous songs such as “Gee” and “Oh!”, showed off a more feminine and sexy side of them instead of a cute and bubbly style. The song was written and produced by Yoo Youngjin and Teddy Riley, while the dance choreography was created by Rino Nakasone.

The girls have also achieved some amazing feats despite not promoting in Korea until later in the year, such as winning six consecutive times on KBS Music Bank K-Chart for “The Boys”, and winning a triple crown on both M! Countdown and Inkigayo as well. Congratulations to Girls’ Generation on their latest achievement.


  Source: SMTOWN@youtube.com
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Girls’ Generation Signs Autographs Outside Ed Sullivan Theater


At roughly 1PM, before heading into the Ed Sullivan Theater to film their performance of “The Boys” for “The Late Show with David Letterman”, Girls’ Generation took time from their busy schedule to give autographs for several lucky fans. Many fans had waited several hours to show their support for Girls’ Generation. “The Late Show” will air tonight at 11:35PM Eastern Standard Time, or 1:30PM Korean Standard Time. You can check out videos from the brief autograph session and a teaser of Girls’ Generation’s appearance on “The Late Show” below.




Sources: Girls’ Generation USA
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Wall Street Journal Online Covers Girls’ Generation

 

Girls’ Generation was recently featured on the website for the “Wall Street Journal”, one of the largest newspapers in the United States, with many readers worldwide. An entry posted on the website’s “Scene Asia” blog discussed Girls’ Generation’s appearance on tonight’s “Late Show with David Letterman”, their global popularity, and the recent SMTown concert held in New York.

The Wall Street Journal continued their coverage with a video segment on “Asia Today”, which focused on introducing Girls’ Generation and detailed their popularity worldwide. Unfortunately, the correspondent who was interviewed in the segment portrayed several members of Girls’ Generation as only being singing or dancing specialists. She also incorrectly suggested that the group’s fanbase in Korea was made up of only one gender and age group, namely older males. However, the correspondent accurately stated earlier in the video that Girls’ Generation’s fanbase is spread throughout all age ranges and among both males and females. You can check out the clip below.



Source: Wall Street Journal Blog, Wall Street Journal Online
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J.ESTINA Releases New Video Advertisement


J.ESTINA has released a new S/S fashion film advertisement. Modeling different bags along with J.ESTINA jewelry, each Girls’ Generation member portrays individual unique charms in the video. Each shot focuses on a member with a purse, bag, or piece of jewelry. The ad has managed to display J.ESTINA products, all the while capturing Girls’ Generation’s elegance. SONEs have grown accustomed to seeing Girls Generation carrying J.ESTINA products in both advertisements and in public.
J.ESTINA’s commercials seem to have taken a simple approach to the concept behind every set. Rather than a distracting environment, they place Girls’ Generation in simple rooms that bring focus to the members and their products.
You can watch the videos below.

Behind-the-Scenes Footage


Source: jestinacom@youtube.com
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Sunny to MC on SBS MTV’s ‘Music Island’


Sunny, along with other notable celebrities, will be part of the star-studded cast on SBS MTV’s “Music Island”. She will be the main MC of this show, making it her first time as a solo MC.
Sunny was also recently cast for the musical “Catch Me If You Can“, with her playing the role of Brenda, who is the lead female character of the musical. Sunny is also currently filming “Invincible Youth 2″ along with her fellow member, Hyoyeon.

The first episode of “Music Island” is set to air on February 24th, 8PM KST. Be sure to tune in to Soshified’s stream to catch Sunny on her first episode of the show.

Source: MTV Korea
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Girls’ Generation Performs on “Late Show with David Letterman”


Girls’ Generation kicked off an historic week of events as they performed “The Boys” on “Late Show with David Letterman”. The official SMTOWN Facebook page updated with several pictures documenting the girls’ arrival in New York and the Ed Sullivan Theater where “Late Show with David Letterman” is filmed. Also, before the recording, Girls’ Generation signed autographs outside the Ed Sullivan theater for fans.

Girls’ Generation has finally arrived in New York~! ‘Girls’ Generation BUS’ will be running around New York City during the promotion period in the U.S.A. 
[from FACEBOOK SMTOWN STAFF]
 
Girls’ Generation is now at the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ studio and getting ready to perform on the show. Go Girls~!! :)
[from FACEBOOK SMTOWN STAFF]
 
Guess whose pass this is??
[from FACEBOOK SMTOWN STAFF]
Fans were even waiting in front of the ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ studio~! 
[from FACEBOOK SMTOWN STAFF]
Fans were even waiting in front of the ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ studio~! 
[from FACEBOOK SMTOWN STAFF]
Fans were even waiting in front of the ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ studio~! 
[from FACEBOOK SMTOWN STAFF]
 The girls matched the special occasion with an equally special version of “The Boys”, which featured two dance breaks and a strong drum background instrumental. Girls’ Generation showed off their signature dance moves and powerful vocals, dazzling not only the studio audience in attendance, but millions of people throughout the United States as their performance was broadcast across the entire country. Also, during the performance, #WeLoveSNSD reached the third spot on the trending topics on Twitter in the United States.




 

After the broadcast of “Late Show with David Letterman”, a picture surfaced online of Girls’ Generation posing together with Bill Murray, who was the other guest on the show. Bill Murray smiled brightly in the picture as he was surrounded by the girls. Afterwards, the members of Girls’ Generation were quoted as saying, “Our hearts were pounding from the moment we heard that we were scheduled to perform until we completed the performance. Our “Late Show with David Letterman” appearance was an enjoyable and fun time.”

 

Girls’ Generation’s incredible journey into a new world continues tomorrow with their appearance on “LIVE with Kelly” and then the first ever fansigning in the United States on the following day. Earlier today on “LIVE with Kelly”, Kelly Ripa and her co-host Daniel Radcliffe mentioned the girls’ upcoming appearance. Kelly Ripa noted that she had been getting messages on Twitter from all around the world expressing interest and excitement for tomorrow’s show. Daniel Radcliffe also said that someone had given him Girls’ Generation’s CD (presumably “The Boys”), but that he had yet to listen to it. Further details about all of the girls’ American events can be found here.

Kelly Ripa and Daniel Radcliffe talking about Girls’ Generation
  Credits: HollanderSSF@YouTube.com, yurilegs1@YouTube.com, SMTOWN Facebook, Newsen

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