They have aggressive management – I truly think that Park Jin Young, founder of JYP Entertainment, knows what he is doing. He’s striking while the iron is hot getting the girls to learn not only English, but Japanese, and Chinese as well.
Fashion Sense – I’m often jealous of petite Asian women because they often can wear a combination of different clothes and mysteriously pull it off. The girls have a very colorful fashion sense and all of them could be trend setters. The “Nobody” video is a take on the film Dreamgirls but they often perform the song in different outfits. If one looks online they have different costumes spreading out the gamut of 60s fashion when they perform “Nobody” in different venues. Their fashion will not stagnate at 50s/60s girl group clothes, but rather be influenced by both European and Asian fashion trends.
They are young – There is the slight chance that the girls will fail in the US, but they still have time to attempt another hit. They have the youth and stamina to tour their songs. They know the usefulness of websites like Facebook and MySpace. They all have Twitter accounts. The girls can make a grassroots push using the internet fan base to gain fame.
As an Asian-American, I hope that the Wonder Girls succeed. Young Asians don’t have many Asian role models, and very few (a few American Idol contestants) are singers.
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Article comments
1 - lydia
i think they can (wonder girls)
2 - eric
i personally think their musical talent is enough for korea but sorely lacking for the US market. In korean entertainment industry they survive through their sex appeal, and their tv image from all the tv shows they go on every week. In the US, there are plenty of women with sex appeal, and less tv shows that is dedicated 1-2 hours a day to create an image.
3 - mymama1993
I think they're perfect idols for kids and teens and people of any age out there, they're very cute and attractive, also they have great personalities!! I became a fan when they debut in the US (I'm Asian and I did not attend any of the concerts) I love them! seriously I think I'll love them 4ever ^^ I have no doubt in them in anyway, they always care for their fans and strive for the better!! They're talented. They already sold 17k copy units of their single "Nobody" in 4 days!! I'm so happy for them ^^
4 - omg
Looks like they just did!!!
#76 on the Top 100 chart, % #4 in the Heatseeker chart!!!
5 - WMok
This article is very well written, the analysis is precise and the argument is sound. Kudos to the author for almost answering the question to the article itself ahead of it's time. The Wonder Girls had impacted America within a short period of just 4 months from their debut in the Jonas Tour. The question asked by this article by now has been convincingly answered as the result speaks for itself. My appreciation to the brilliant author and the hardworking, affable and talented Wonder Girls. Cheers.
6 - DoubtIt
The WonderGirls will end up being just like all the washed up acts in Asia. In a matter of months, they'll be back in Korea for good. Here's my in-depth analysis: look at all these aggressive promotions they've had in the US. They promote like crazy yet there's no significant result. They toured with one of the most popular tween band in the US, yet they didn't get noticed. They've gone out to local malls to promote and appeared on a second rate talk show that nobody even watches, and tried to partner up with some little tween store to sell their single. Results, after constant and excessive promoting, BARELY a #76 on the charts and they were already gone in an instant after the next week. The point is, that 76 means nothing. It just so happened, it was a slow day for the Billboard Charts. Call me a hater, critic, whatever you wanna say, but it's only obvious to so many people except their die hard fans. Look at their so-called hit, NOBODY, hardly did anything in the US. If they're translating all their "hit" songs in English and NOBODY was their best bet, they might as well already pack their bags and go back to Korea already. JYP is obviously trying to save face. He doesn't wanna go back to Korea so soon so he'll just wait it out for a while. Just look at the price for their album, $15? Who would care to buy that except their Asian fans? Even popular artists in the US sell their albums for less. JYP knows he won't sell millions of albums, let alone 100,000s, so he jacked up the price in order to get more money by the time he goes back to Korea. It's alright to dream as should anybody in the world should be able to do, BUT some articles I've read about the WondeGirls' so-called success in America is just ridiculous. Nobody even knows them. Only Asians and their friends they forced to listen to the WG know about them. THEY are the ones buying these CDs and most likely the insane fans are buying more than 5 copies just to make it seem like they're selling fast. Trust me, they'll be back in Korea no later than 6 months. Until the WG hit the Top 50 of the Billboard Charts and stay there for a while, and hit Top 10 on iTunes & Amazon, and guest on popular shows in the US, then I am still not impressed. Just K-Pop entertainment trying to hype up their artists going abroad.
7 - DoubtIt
Examples of past "failures": BoA, Rain, Utada, Se7en....
Only significant success: CoCo Lee hit mainstream USA. People still know her hit songs here. She did a music video for the Hollywood film "Runaway Bride". Lea Salonga hit Broadway & International waters. She's won many awards and paved way for Asians aspiring to be in Broadway. Famous for Disney songs such as "A Whole New World" & "Reflection". I know there are a couple more Asian artists that found fame in the States, but those are 2 that made significant strides.
8 - Tae Rin
BoA did not fail. She got #3 on the Hearseaker Charts!
The Wonder Girls are ok. I didn't like Nobody to begin with and the English version sucks. They got #71 on the singles charts, but it took them six months.
I also did not like their 50's mod style. And the fact that they changed their names for an English debut is stupid and completely takes away from being a Korean group trying to make it in America.