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4minute does Tell Me

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coolsmurf in Music | 02 Jul 2009 - 06:00 AM

 
4minute does Tell Me

It wasn't so long ago, well almost 2 years ago, where the Wonder Girls made a big splash with Tell Me in 2007 and the rest they say is history, as they are now making headlines all over America as guest performers for the Jonas Brothers concert tour until the end of the year.

Many wondered what might have been if Kim Hyun Ah had not left Wonder Girls before Tell Me due to health issues. Well, 2 years later, Hyun Ah is now fully recovered and back as part of Cube Entertainment's 5 member girl group, 4minute. We were given a taste of what might have been as Hyun Ah performed a shortened version of Tell Me with her fellow 4minute members on the 2nd July episode of MNET M! Countdown for the Countdown Heroes segment.

A breakdown of who's playing who.

Hyun Ah - Sun Mi & Yoo Bin
So Hyun - So Hee
Ga Yoon - Ye Eun
Ji Yoon - Sun Ye
Ji Hyun - Generic dancer

I wonder if Ji Hyun is really the leader because she doesn't sing at all unlike the other 4. Hyun Ah once again has the most parts, taking even the rapping part which I thought Ji Yoon or Ji Hyun might be doing. I don't care if they were lipsyncing or anything, as it was great to hear Tell Me again on Korean tv after so long and probably for a long while to come. I like the 3-shot Omona portion by So Hyun at 1:58.


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BTS of Hyun Ah filming Tell Me MV before her departure.


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Rate their Tell Me performance

  
 

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02 Jul 2009 - 06:41 AM

51. 123grr. (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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Okay, I’m starting to like them as 4minute…why drag hyunah’s past again? I mean really, it feels like the company’s still cashing on hyun-ah ex-wg shebang two years ago. just move on.

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:43 AM

52. cc (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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Ji-Hyun is kind of useless.

 
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Just another worse performance from 4Minutes.

Gals… why don’t u stop trying to embarrase yourself?????
Shut HyunAh up please…
It makes me dizzy

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:43 AM

54. tika (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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omg I try so hard to love 4minute. but I agree, hyunah dance is too much! not natural. maybe she’s too excited for her comeback but I won’t blame the audience if they see hyunah as an attention whore. poor her, some1 pls drag her to the right way. that girl just need some good direction. I stil give some respect for her passion to perform

 
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holy fuck hyunah sounds so annoying. even more than sohee, so that’s saying a lot. well at least the maknae is cute, but what’s with the triple omona lol, and the rest has decent voices.

 
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i wonder y ji hyun didnt sing eeek :x

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:44 AM

57. ..le.. (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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@34 minnie..that exactly what i think…i like WG they way they are now..most of the reason that makes me like tell me is yoobin rapped..her rapped fitted the song so much..if u see tell me with hyuna in it there’s no rapping part..and most of sohee n sunmi part were belong to hyuna..hyuna is one great dancer..but tell me wont be big without yoobin rapped..i think hyuna fit 4minute image much more than WG image..both WG n 4minute fighting!!!

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:45 AM

58. Ver (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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It was bound to happen, since the media (and Cube) seem to keep on going on about HyunA’s ex-WG status, and Korea loves having idols perform songs of others whom they have some connection to. I don’t think she herself keeps mentioning that she used to be in WG.
Anyway, Mnet asked them to perform, that’s why they’re performing it. I’m still not liking HyunA’s voice, can the old HyunA please come back? And Ji Hyun… I really wish she can prove her worth soon D:

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:47 AM

59. Yuki (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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I WANT MY WONDER GIRLS BACK !!! .. it was BAD and some bits sounded lip synced.. and NO one can beat Yoobin unnie rap… hahah SNSD were better !

 
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i don’t even like the original song. really, what’s so good about it? the catchy lines?! no really…..i don’t get why so many people like it….
i only like Navi’s cover of it….hm….but Hyun Ah gets so much attention…oh well…..
hopefully the others will get even parts some time..

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:48 AM

61. dnw (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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Hyun Ah saved WG by LEAVING, but unfortunately she’s ruining 4minute by BEING IN IT.

 
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Hyun Ah=annoying
They should’ve made Ji Yoon sing her parts.

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:50 AM

63. hahaha (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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makes me realize….thank god for yoobin!

 
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cube wake up and please remind Hyunah to be in her real voice grrrrr
I like the other girls y make them just 3 Ji yoon, Ga yoon and So hyun ahhhhh but i like Ji hyun

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:51 AM

65. save (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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Um….snsd did this song better, to think that hyun-ah was an ex-wg member.

 
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they don’t look cohesive…

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:52 AM

67. orangesmartie92 (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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4minute should have done this perf after they established themselves more. they have too many antis already. I kind of feel sorry for them. they’ll get better. they always do.

 
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OMO!!!! @61 EXACTLY!!!!  i couldnt agree more!!!! ur so right!

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:54 AM

69. DaDa (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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HyunAh sings VERY TERRIBLE!!!!
I’m glad that she left the WG.
God bless the other 4min members.

 
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that’s horrible….that squeaky voice…oh gawd! I’m glad she’s not in WG! WG rocks now as it is! Give me Yoobin anyday!

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:56 AM

71. Chels (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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IMO, I don’t like this version. No offense, but I can tolerate WG’s Tell Me live better than this. But both WG and 4M got 5 members, why does HyunA do both Sun Mi & YooBin? o.O

 
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Hyuna’s voice is like a teeny tiny speaking girl LOL i don’t like her song. end of comment about. no one can replace the original version. that’s it.

 
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ji hyun should have parts too~

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 06:59 AM

74. BBandSHINee (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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is it just me,
or it really sounded like the 4 lipsyncing it?
it really sounded like WG
especially on SunYe’s parts ..
except the voice of Hyun Ah.
it doesn’t sound like SunMi & Yoobin,
of course.. that’s Hyun Ah’s real voice,
but the 4, lipsync it..
PS: i’m really not feeling her voice ..
it’s really annoying!
>.<

 
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If HyunA’s voice always sounds like that I am so glad she isn’t in the WonderGirls. Maybe 4Minute will be the right group for her but I think that the WG’s needed Binnies deep voice to kind of even things out. But good try anyway.

 
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EUWW HyunAh’s voice! seriously annoys me. wtf. her dance, it’s too much! her face ohmyyyy! & why the leader didn’t sing? wonder why HyunAh took all the parts. she took the rap & solo dance part?

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 07:03 AM

77. WG ftw (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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THEY LIPSYNCED AND HYUN AH STILL SOUNDED HORRIBLE.

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 07:05 AM

78. RB (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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where are my wonder girls ? :((((((((((((((((((((((

 
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I think they didn’t put much effort in doing each move, they just did the move and “i’m done”

 
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THEY SOUNDED LIKE THEY LIP SYNCED cause if you watch real closely the other girls release the mice early but the voice/singing is still there… and hyun ah’s rap is lip synced!!! FAIL!

 
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Hmm was hyunah’s voice always that squeaky?? I remember her performances in Irony, her voice was deep.

 
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I just Cant Seem to like Hyun Ah! Sorry
her voice is annoying to me!
i always thought she was the Leader…Hmmm

 
Crazy4JaeJoong's avatar

wonder girls cant sing nor dance, i cant believe they got this popular :S..Yuck!!!

 
Shinnie's avatar

Here I thought Sohee’s voice was really bad. She’s making Sohee seem like a good singer. Sorry but Wonder Girls won’t be the group we all loved if Yoobin had not replaced her. I don’t think Tell Me would be a hit if it wasn’t re-recorded. It doesn’t sound right without Yoobin’s rap.

 
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i thought this was 10x better than the original.
i liked hyunas voice on sunmis part.
but she kinda ruined it on yoobins.
lol but sohyun did great on sohees part.
i like this group minus hyunas voice.

 
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they suck ASS! LOL what an embarrassment dosent seem like they practiced it cause the orangish haired girl made a mistake and i heard so hyuns voice crack and HOLY FRICK hyunas voice is the last thing ill hear

 
Minzilla's avatar

i liked the old hyunA’s voice better, but I still think that 4minute did great for the TELL ME performance. I hope they come out with another song soon cause I never really liked ‘Hot Issue’ too much.


Omona x3 (=

 
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Well now we can clearly see it’s a good thing YooBin replaced HyunAh.

 
luckyimpact's avatar

Honestly, Hyunah is she cocky that she was suppose to be part of wondergirls. It so annoying how they put her in the spotlight in performances and music videos when she is one of the lesser talented. Jeon Ji Yoon and ji hyun most talented x33

 
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alright then LOL. i do like 4minute but they sound weird. who sings first? her voice is very like high/squeaky

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 07:19 AM

91. gaia (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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LOOKS LIPSYNCED. REALLY. TAKE A CLOSE LOOK

 
arago's avatar

HyunAh’s voice is not pleasing to the ears. I don’t remember her voice being like that before. WTF happened & why did she get most of the parts?

 
k3faith's avatar

gosh hyun ah’s voice is annoying…i dont understand how they can sing bad even in a lipsynched performance. if thats how hyun ah was going to sing as a wonder girl..im sorry to say but thank gosh she isnt a wg. they will never have as much charisma and stage presence like the wonder girls.

 
purple_chopsticks's avatar

I seriously think it’s ‘4Minute does 2ne1’... tsk tsk… they could pass for a parody.

 
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8-) no comment

 
AnnaLoves's avatar

i dont ilke hyunah eitherlol.. seriously her voice is annoying. But i’mnot surprised at the partsshe got, thsoe were her original parts, so i guess its kinda fair she got them back.

 
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Hyunah makes it realllllly hard for me to like 4minute. Did she/ANYONE even listen to Hyunah’s singing when they recorded this song? =\ It literally gave me the creeps.. it sounds even worse than when she sings live for Hot Issue..

Jiyoon & Gayoon are way too talented to be pushed into the backlight by Hyunah.

 
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I like 4minute,, but I think tell me doesn’t fits them x3
it fits Wonder Girls more,, nd yoobin fits Wonder Girls more than hyun ah..
hyun ah fits 4minute more,, than Wonder Girls x3

 
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02 Jul 2009 - 07:47 AM

100. ShinAimee (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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I can’t believe I’m saying this, but even SNSD’s Tell Me was better than this. I mean, HyunA’s voice is unbelievably irritating. I’m irked by SoHyun because she lipsynched SoHee’s part (the vocals were digitized).GaYoon was alright, but she lipsynched SunYe’s big note at the end. JiYoon is the only one I like so far, despite having the smallest vocal part. / I mean, what happened to HyunA?? She was so COOL back then! Now I sorta want to punch her in the face. She’s all squeaky and shrill now, and her dancing hasn’t improved at all. Despite conducting YooBin’s rap in a mouse’s voice, I won’t deny that HyunA was/is still a very good rapper. YooBin’s more ‘aggressive’ with her rap. HyunA has a more natural flow.

 


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