Hello
안녕하세요
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)
It's time for me to introduce you to a girl group called Brown Eyed Girls, back in 2015, I introduced you to member Gain when I posted about her album Talk About S. Brown Eyed Girls are a 4-member South Korean girl group, they made their debut in 2006 under Nega Network, but are now with Mystic Entertainment.
The members are:
JeA
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Track Candy Man was the first song from the album to be unveiled, with it being released on the 8th of July 2009.
Owned by Nega Network
On the 20th of July 2009, their lead single Abracadabra was released, and the very next day on the 21st of July 2009, their 3rd full length album SOUND-G was released digitally and physically. Not long after a performance version of the M/V was released.
Owned by Nega Network
The M/V for Abracadabra sparked controversies as the group sported a substantially more provocative visual style, with criticisms arising for the suggestive and erotic themes that the video presented. But even with the controversies the track was hugely successful for the girls. By the end of 2009 the song was downloaded 3,095,468 million times, becoming one of the best-selling singles in that year. Then in December 2011 it was reported that the song was actually one of the biggest hits in the history of South Korean music.
They later released a repackaged version of the album as well as making their Japanese debut with the same album.
Abracadabra won Brown Eyed Girls 5 music show trophies; with 1 win through Music Bank, 2 wins through Inkigayo and 2 wins through M Countdown.
Member Miryo wrote her own raps for 8 of the tracks on the album which were; Glam Girl, Abracadabra, 중독 (Addiction), Candy Man, Moon Night, 이상한 일 (Strange Days), 못 가 (Can't Go) and 여자가 있어도 (Even If You Have Another One).
Member JeA wrote and composed her solo track on the album titled 잘할게요 (It'll Do Well).
SOUND-G peaked at No.3 on the Gaon Albums Chart and No.54 on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Gaon Sales:
92,367+
Oricon Sales:
4,563+
Giving the album a total sales of 96,930+ copies sold.
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
The M/V for Abracadabra has so far gained 33,585,753 million views, with the views still continuing to increase on a daily basis.
SOUND-G is set out in a fold out case containing 2 Cd's and a DVD, all together in a slipcase. The album comes with a booklet and Chinese lyric book. Cd 1 contains the SOUND-G album, Cd 2 contains 7 remix tracks of their previous releases and the DVD has both the M/V and performance M/V of Abracadabra as well as song teasers.
Track List:
Glam Girl
Abracadabra
중독 (Addiction)
Candy Man
Moody Night
이상한 일 (Strange Days)
못 가 (Can't Go)
여자가 있어도 (Even If You Have Another One)
잘할게요 (I'll Do Well) JeA Solo
Abracadabra (Inst)
Candy Man (Inst)
잘할게요 (I'll Do Well) (Inst)
I remember when I first listened to this album, I was left feeling a little underwhelmed, but I think that was because it was a sound I wasn't really familiar with, at the time the only K-pop girl group that I listened to was Girls Generation. For the first time in quite a while, I listened to the album again and was blown away by each track and their vocals and was in love with tracks I wasn't on my first listen. I have the Hong Kong version release of the album so I got a bonus DVD that has the M/V's for Abracadabra as well as teaser videos for some of their other songs. I think the concept of city girls really comes through in their album cover as well as photo book, while I'm not 100% with the styling, Brown Eyed Girls are good enough to really pull off the looks. I think SOUND-G is an album that will stand the test of time and never really age, I also think the same with Abracadabra. I think from this release their return to the music scene is always something that K-pop fans look forward to. Their voices really blend together to make beautiful harmonies in this album and they all get their chance to shine vocally, without any one member being forced into the spotlight to look better than the others.
Glam Girl
Abracadabra
중독 (Addiction)
Candy Man
Moody Night
이상한 일 (Strange Days)
못 가 (Can't Go)
여자가 있어도 (Even If You Have Another One)
잘할게요 (I'll Do Better)
For me Brown Eyed Girls, still remain to be the only girl group that for me can pull off a sultry and sexy concept and all love pretty hot doing it. They even have voices that can melt anyone down. It's been so long that they've had a comeback, they're last comeback was was nearly 3 years ago, members have insisted that they are still together as a group but just focusing on individual projects. Fingers crossed we get a comeback some time in the future.
Are you a fan of Brown Eyed Girls?
Who is your bias?
When did you become a fan?
Whats your favourite track from SOUND-G?
Let me know in the comments below.
See you soon!
안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye
