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Wonder Girls have plans for China too!

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coolsmurf in General | 10 Jun 2009 - 08:30 AM

 
Wonder Girls have plans for China too!

The Wonder Girls were in Beijing, China today for a studio interview with Sina.com. There were the usual interview questions with the Wonder Girls which I am not going to write on much since we have ALL heard it before. What's important though was the interview with JY Park who revealed his masterplan outline about the Wonder Girls taking on America and China in the latter half of 2009.

JY Park confirmed that the Wonder Girls were indeed appearing on 13 shows for the Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 and said it would be a meaningful opportunity. He said that it was not simply taking 1 step but essentially going 3 - 4 steps away from others who were debuting at the same time. JY Park also said, "There's Toyota, Hyundai in America while Jackie Chan has also made a name for himself in Hollywood. But why isn't there an Asian artiste who can hold his own in the music industry? This is an excellent opportunity for us and although it's going to be a difficult one, I have to say that there is no better time for us to enter the industry then now."

Group photo with fans

JY Park also lavished praise on his charges, "When one goes to America, everyone has to start from scratch again. The Wonder Girls might be really popular in Korea because of Nobody, but it's nothing in America because no one knows about them. But I am very touched to see them being able to start from scratch again, with the same determination as they did before their debut in Korea and the strong will to want to excel again."

Being interviewed

'In Korea, there will be people helping them to clean their rooms, handle their daily lifestyles for them because of their star status. But after going to America, I told them that they were not stars anymore, they have to start from scratch again, being just like how they were before their debut. They have to get their own necessities, clean their own rooms, etc. It's pretty difficult to adjust from being a star to a nobody in such a short time, but they were able to accept it and just do it effortlessly, so I am very impressed.

Sun Ye and Ye Eun



JYP also talked about plans for the Wonder Girls in China, "Actually, our plans for the Wonder Girls have a concert in China has been pretty much finalized for this winter. We hope that a lot of people will come to support them. Besides releasing an English album this autumn in America, we are also going to release a Chinese album at the same time as well. All of them have a Chinese name and have been learning the language constantly, hoping to meet their Chinese fans with their album as soon as possible."

This pretty much confirms that we won't see them in Korea much for 2009.

JY Park

Sun Ye

Ye Eun

Yoo Bin

Sun Mi

So Hee



  
 

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theana93's avatar

1st! Wow. Wonder Girls is going to learn new language again? lol xD
i hope they’re getting more & more popular. WG ♥ fighting!

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 08:34 AM

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first

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 08:35 AM

3. piggyy (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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3rd ?

 
chibizel41's avatar

WG fighting! wavy hair is really in for summer in korea! :D

 
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GO WG ill support u all the way =]
AND LOLL @ 4’s PIC xDD

 
Standin by DBSK Forever's avatar

when the eng version gonna come out wasnt it supposed to at the end of may???

@4 loving your pic!

 
noura's avatar

wooohhh WG HWAITING!!

 
tRynhee's avatar

ehhh.. i’m not excited about the Jonas Brothers & wonder girls tour. Doesn’t make any sense.

 
EunHye's avatar

10th <3

 
kpop_music's avatar

woww wonder girls are gettting big

 
EunHye's avatar

The red hair really looks .. abit .. fake? :/

 
DBSDSJPMee's avatar

i think JYP is trying the chinese market cuz SM have gone to Japan..and JYP are producing a korean-chinese girl band…sounds cool!

 
HeartQuake's avatar

I love the wonder girls. they’re my favourite girl group, and even though i think sohee is a horrible live singer she has the cutest mandoo face ever, she looks adorable here, and all the girls have such stage presence.

I don’t really care about the jonas brothers (makes sense since i’m no preteen and the jonas brothers bug flew by me here in the UK), but i’m still glad wonder girls are getting some recognition!

 
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wow, I’m hapy for the girls,, but also worried.. cuz they’ll have busy nd hard times..
,,prayin that they will stay healthy nd give a nice performance as always..

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 08:52 AM

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OMG.. they are so pretty

 
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Hope they will succeed in anything they do~<3

 
ellievator's avatar

wow they’re all over the place

 
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JYP also said that YooBin is talented, YeEun is intelligent, SunYe is a perfectionist, SoHee is an oriental beauty and something about her fanshion sense too..he said that SunMi did not like vegetarian food and that she ate less dinner today??? cr:blazee@soompi
JYP should said SunMi’s 4D weird cutiepie..
Hwaiting girls..love all 5 wonders

 
purplestar23's avatar

I like YooBin’s hair like that. Even though I dislike the jonas bros., I still wish Wonder Girls success in America and China!

 
Carmen's avatar

Wow can’t wait for their Chinese album

 
pangstar's avatar

you gotta admit The Gorilla is a smart man.

 
takaraS2taemin's avatar

these girls are taking over ! love them ^^

 
tRynhee's avatar

I’m not a big fan of the Jonas Brothers or Wonder girls but since they’re having a concert in my hometown. i might go just for the heck of it.

 
bbTEMPO's avatar

sounds like a lot on their schedule.
i hope they find some free time too.
don’t want them to end up in the hospital like other stars from exhaustion :|
wonder girls fighting!

 
lilxjkx's avatar

idk… i just have to see what happens

 
Sapphire Blue's avatar

They need to hurry and release Nobody!

 
JeD's avatar

...WONDER GIRLS IS GOING soooooo far .... farther than expected…..

 
lilnguyen's avatar

wow their taking over

 
yoobin_wg's avatar

ooh… I want the English AND Chinese album!!!!
Ohhhh~ I wanna know their chinese names too!!!!
I wish them good luck at China and America!
The Philippines is late for having the Nobody virus smile)

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 09:18 AM

31. rury (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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I know it’s hard for WG U.S debut since no asian artist make it big in U.S..
english album in october while chinese album in winter .
OMG…My babies will get super busy this year. hope they can endure it.
Idk. why JYP always get rushed to all WG activities,
Bring them to philipines, please

 
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ohhh…that’s cool >.< i wanna see them…..

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 09:23 AM

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It’s amazing how much that gorilla can business.

 
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I can see them making it in China, but I’m still iffy about the States.

 
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Those girls are machines.  The amount of work they are taking on to make a successful US debut… and now they reveal that they have been planning a simultaneous Chinese debut?!  I don’t even want to think about how stressed out they probably all are right now. 

As much as I love the exposure the Girls are getting, I can’t help but think that JYP might be pushing them a little too much.  US debut okay, China debut… it just feels like they are avoiding the Korean fans at this point.

 
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good on them hope their hard work pays off but i feel bad for all the fans in korea!!

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 09:24 AM

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Despite the huge amounts of promotion and exposure they will gain from touring with the Jonas Brothers, I doubt they’ll make it. In terms of talent, only Ye Eun and Sun Ye carry the group and even then they’re not that great either. They can’t win over America with their “personalities” like they did in Korea because they don’t have the same types of scripted variety shows over there. If you’re going to be an Asian female in the American music industry you better be damn hot, but the Wondergirls aren’t really, despite how sexist and racist that is it’s the way the industry works. Sohee who was considered cute in Korea, would be considered ugly in America. I’m not hating on them, I’m just writing down my thoughts about their chances from an objective(?) point of view (no source is completely unbiased so rip at it all you want). While I applaud their efforts they would benefit much more from raking in the cash in Korea and maintaining their fanbase.

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 09:27 AM

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^ Not to mention their cringe worthy english evidenced in their latest videos.

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 09:27 AM

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I’m a Chinese-American so what I’m about to say is no way meant to insult China or America or Korea for that matter. Seriously though, Korea needs to keep their pop stars in their own frickin’ country. First off, exported Kpop is always way less awesome than the homegrown stuff. It’s not fair to the Korean fans who make these people popular in the first place, only to see them shipped off somewhere else. Also, I really don’t like how Hallyu is affecting China. I think Korean entertainment has too big of a stake in China at the moment, to the point where it actually overshadows local acts. Finally, I don’t really care about the america thing even though I think all of them will fail. Sure JoBros is hugh for WG, but there’s still a lot of latent/blatant racism and stereotypes toward asian artists here and I just don’t see them truely succeeding.

 
sks020's avatar

WG hwaiting!!! They’re really working hard to gain more success all over the world! Hope they’ll be successful….

 
laixis's avatar

sounds like the girls arent getting a break. and ughh at the star treatment crap

 
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i would like them spend more time in China too

 
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@1,they have been learning Chinese for a very long time lol
JYPE requires their trainees learn at least one foreign language,they learn both smile

 
Meru's avatar

JYP wants them to take over the world lol.

 
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Wow. 2009 is a big year for them. I wish them all the best and I hope they don’t wear themselves out too much!

 
Cristal Green's avatar

wow cool! <3
Hope they’ll decide to invade europe some time too! <3

 
CloudCatcher's avatar

ow yea Europe is waiting for y’all

 
iJellyx's avatar

I agree @12!
But I still love the Wonder Girls!
I think their getting really big now :D

 
k-addict11's avatar

WOW, that’s a lot of work.
Hopefully, they’ll get recognize in the U.S….SOOOON!!!

 
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10 Jun 2009 - 09:50 AM

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I don’t think they can make it big in america…....but maybe in china they can….

 


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