Wonder Girls does wonderful in the U.S!

It's the Wonder Girls!

The Wonder Girls are a popular Korean Pop female group from South Korea that consist of five members, they are affiliated with several labels all over the word, these labels include JYP Entertainment in Seoul, Korea, Sony Music and DefStar Records in Japan and even Jonas records in the United States. These girls have been active in the Korean pop industry since their debut in 2007. Two years after their debut, 2009, Wonder Girls successfully broke into the American music industry and became the first Korean group to enter the Billboard Chart 100 hits with an English version of their song Nobody. Their success in the U.S began during a tour with the American boy band The Jonas Brothers for over 30 concerts in the U.S. Explaining why they are affiliated with the U.S label called Jonas records. Since then the Wonder Girls and other Korean pop groups and artist have tour in countless cities in the states. With this success, JYP, mentor of the girl group and the Wonder Girls plan to make an all English album using already released songs but in English along with new tracks as well for a U.S Debut.  

Earlier in the year, in January a trailer for “The Wonder Girls” was aired on the popular network Teen Nick in America. Teen Nick is a network associated with nickelodeon, the famous children network on cable television. However, Teen Nick is mostly targeted for teenagers and pre-teens.  A month after the trailer was aired the movie premiered on Teen Nick at 8PM EST (allkpop.com). The film displays the Wonder Girls making a debut in America and achieving success as Korean Artist in the states, but all is not well as the American group School Gyrls appear and a musical rivalry develops with the Wonder Girls creating amusing scenes of drama between the two groups and within the groups as well.

I viewed the movie for the purpose of this blog entry recently, like many Teen Nick movies it was amateur in the aspects of editing and acting. The Wonder Girls were quite good with their acting, much better than the American co-stars. Overall, I will say this film was okay as a television aired only movie on a teenage targeted network. I rate this movIe a six out of ten, but I am in way shape and form a professional movie critic of any kind. There were several ideas brought up in the film that I find to be controversial. The rival group and even the Wonder Girls American allies always brought up ideas that reminded viewers of their foreignness or perhaps that the Wonder Girls can’t assimilate into America and emphasized their otherness. There was also an idea of the Yellow Peril and Asian competition, this can be seen with the alas for the group as the Asian Invasion when competing in a talent show in America. I feel like it was a “cute” way to disguise the Yellow peril. Despite these ideas, it was a pretty decent movie with a simple plot. This movie will play a significant role in not only making the Wonder Girls popular in American mainstream media but also Korean pop in general. Although the movie was cheesy, it is at the same time ground breaking for Korean Pop and U.S. pop culture.

Here is a link to the Wonder Girls song Nobody with english subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnVycboTpI0

Here is a link to the Wonder Girls Movie Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMLzWRYZLhs