Looks like those Kpop girls from South Korea are getting a little lonely in the states.  They hang out a lot along Korea town in NY and that’s because the JYP Entertainment headquarters are a few blocks away.  You’ll see glimpses of them together eating soondubu but never with a male companion.  It sure must get lonely for these pop tarts and they share a little bit from their de facto website WonderfulsWorld.com.

Hollywood hunks like Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, and Robert Pattison have found fans in Korean girl group The Wonder Girls. But men not blessed in the genetics department needn’t fret. These girls are equally open to just about anybody and everybody as Park Ye-eun (better known as Yenny) says, “We don’t really care about races or colours.”

But so far, their love lives have been anything but colourful, “We haven’t really met boys in the states. We are quite busy touring all the states (in America),” she continued to explain.

Currently busy with the promotional activities for their latest English single, Nobody, the girls (Park Ye-eun, Min Sun Ye, Ahn Sohee, Kim Yubin, Yu Hae Lim) have their hands full preparing for the May/June worldwide release of their upcoming music album. It doesn’t help that it will be recorded with songs in three different languages (Korean, English, and Chinese) to “satisfy fans from all over the world.”

They’re the most successful Korean girl group in the US market, but the start before the breakthrough was all but bumpy. They were sent to attend English classes in America and confessed that “the language” was the biggest obstacle” for them.

The girls have had intensive English lessons for less than a year, and while their grasp of the language is far from perfect, there’s already an American accent when they speak. “Except Yubin, we’ve never lived in the US before, so we really needed to learn English very hard. And we’re still learning English very hard [now],” quipped Yenny in crisp American accent.

Despite being far from home, the girls aren’t worried about the increasing competition or losing base with their Korean fans.

“This is just a miracle to be able to do what we are doing now,” Min Sun Ye gushed in response while Yenny the most eloquent speaker of the group, reiterated, “We don’t really try to keep our place on top [of the game]. We just try to deliver our music and try to interact with fans.”

And their game plan for keeping in touch with international fans? Social media networking platform, Twitter.

“To be honest, that’s why we try to tweet a lot. We can still talk to our fans through twitter,” the giggly girls agreed in unison.

The quintet changed the landscape of K-pop in the world with their catchy rifts and signature dance moves in their hit song ‘Nobody’. And despite all that fame and success under their belts, they remained unbelievably humble and grounded when asked to differentiate themselves from other girl groups in Korea.

The group’s leader, Sun Ye, replied with a slight drawl, “Yeah, I wonder too.

“We are really not that pretty, and not that smart. We are not that good at singing and dancing, I think. We are just really grateful that people are enjoying our music, dance, and everything. Yeah, so thankful for that.”

Looks like fans will be in for a surprise this coming May/June. The girls played coy and refused to divulge details of their upcoming new concept. They hemmed and hawed for a few moments before Yenny flashed a cheeky grin and chirped, “No comments!”

The Wonder Girl’s latest music single, Nobody, is available at all leading record stores.

Since the Wonder Girls are such a popular topic on Korean Beacon and have made history by being the first Korean pop group to make it big in the U.S., I will be showing you how to do a makeup look based on their hit video “Nobody”. The look is very Sixties style~ The Eyes are the standouts here.

I tried to do a quick and informative video that you could use minimal products to get a whole new look.  I used the Too Faced Natural Eye Palette to create the look.  I love this palette because you can do sooo many different things and create a ton of looks with this one kit.  I find that most Asians like a natural look, so this is a great kit to use for an everyday look, but can also be used to create many different dramatic looks.

The Too Faced Natural Eye Palette contains:

• 3 Large Eye Shadows (Heaven- A light Nude Matte, Silk Teddy- A Pinkish/Champagne Shimmer, Nude Beach- A Champagne Shimmer w/ Gold Flecks)
• 3 Medium Toned Eye Shadows (Velvet Rolver- A Taupe Matte, Push-Up- A Coppery Shimmer, Honey Pot- A Gold Shimmer)
• 3 Dark Toned Eye Shadows (Sexpresso- A Dark Brown Matte, Erotica- A Grayish Brown w/ Hints of Gold Shimmer, Cocoa Puff- A Reddish Brown w/ Hints of Gold Shimmer)

You can use the Eye Shadows in so many different ways. There are three cards that gives you directions to create a Day, Classic, and Fashion look.  You can also use the Heaven as a base for other eye shadows, the Silk Teddy and Nude Beach as Highlighters on the Cheeks, and the Velvet Revolver for Contouring.

If I were to recommend one Eye Shadow Kit for everyone, this is it.  It’ll last you forever, It’s a good price, convenient, So easy to use, and is a great all in one kit.

If you’d rather read or get more details on the look, you can go to: http://irenekimmakeup.blogspot.com/2010/02/wondergirls-nobody-inspired-makeup-too.html

So get yourself one of these kits and try out my “Wonder Girls Inspired Makeup Look” so that everyone will want “Nobody but you!” =)

*~ Have a Beautiful Day!~*

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The power of the Internet (or Korean netizens) made the music video “Nobody” by the Wonder Girls as the video of the year (2009), according to an online poll conducted by musiqtone.com.  The video received 37% of the overall vote among 80 eligible candidates.  That’s a lot of voting from the devoted Wonder Girls’ fan base and probably from South Korea.

Musiqtone.com is a website that provides news and multimedia content about albums and music videos in the U.S.

Source: Wonderfuls World

Gotta admit, that’s quite an accomplishment to have sold the most number of single CDs in North America. Those darn Wonder Girls keep the Nobody train moving.

Wonder Girls set the record for the most number of single CDs sold in North America in 2009. Billboard reported that Wonder Girls’ “Nobody” released last year in the United States topped the hot singles sales chart.

The five girls were Korea’s first singing group to be included in Billboard’s main chart of Hot 100 by ranking 76th. The sales of their first single record in America exceeded most people’s expectations, raising the bar for the girls even higher this year. “Nobody” is also currently placed first in the online poll for the year’s hottest music video on musictone.com. Other nominees in the poll include “Single Lady” by Beyonce, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, and “Boom Boom Pow” by Black Eyed Peas.

Source: KBS

Looks like the Wonder Girls are spending their Christmas in New York.  They seemed to be in a festive mood, lighting up the Christmas Tree at the JYP headquarters in New York City.

Source: AllKpop

How did an all-girl pop group from South Korea find itself on one of the biggest concert stages in America?  They did it by sheer will and ignoring the critics.  It also helped that they had JYP working behind the scenes for them.  No one would have thought that these young ladies would get noticed in America, but they caught the attention of the Jonas Brothers and there they were on stage all summer with them, opening up for one of the biggest summer concert tours in 2009.  Along the way, they made a lot of fans and believers that Korean singers could be successful in the biggest music market.  A year ago, they were the cute girls who stormed South Korea with their singing and dancing to “Tell Me.”  Fast Forward to today, and they’ve toured all of America with the Jonas Brothers, made numerous appearances at different red carpets, and found themselves singing in front of a nationally televised audience on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”  If more Korean artists find their way into the American market, they can thank the Wonder Girls and JYP for figuring out a formula and laying the groundwork for a path across the Pacific.  The Wonder Girls sang their hit song “Nobody” all year, but in the end, they became somebody and have sang their way to #6 on our list of top ten most influential Koreans in 2009.

This is probably the most unique pick and most controversial of our top ten most influential Korean-Americans for 2009 because it’s a website.  allkpop.com is the only website chosen because of its significant influence of exporting the Korean wave.  Based on our calculations, Johnny Noh and his gang has made allkpop.com the most web trafficked Kpop website outside of South Korea; this in a matter of two short years.  They’ve become so big that Korean entertainers and the agencies that represent them have taken notice and they’re now coming to allkpop.com for help to deliver their promotions and messages to the U.S.

The Korean wave had its biggest year yet with significant milestones like Korean actors Daniel Henney, Lee Byung Hun, and RAIN making their entry into Hollywood.  You had Korean singing acts trying to make their way into the American music consciousness with Se7en, BoA and the Wonder Girls taking big steps into the U.S. market.  And the website that was at the forefront of breaking and covering these events was allkpop.com.  And just to give you a little bit more perspective, this website that covers Korean pop culture and entertainers made the distinction of becoming the #1 retweeted account on Twitter this past fall and it’s currently a finalist for Mashable’s Open Web Awards for “Best Breaking News” website in 2009.  That is pretty impressive because they’re one of the finalist against well known websites CNN, Twitter, and the BBC.  How the heck did they end up among those big names?  That says it all and that’s why they’re #8 for 2009.

The Wonder Girls opened up the Q102 Jingle Ball concert and stopped by for an interview with a clueless interviewer who didn’t realize that the young ladies had opened up all summer for the Jonas Brothers.  Sadly this may have been the worst interviewer that the Wonder Girls have encountered while in the U.S.

The Wonder Girls finally made their first U.S. prime time appearance on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”  First thing I noticed was that their voices sound much better than previous performances and their English was fabulous; stronger voices and no accent.  Secondly, they were announced as “Asia’s #1 Pop Group.”  And finally, the “Wonder Girls” were the #1 hot search on Google Wednesday night. DAMN! Whether you’re a hater or a lover, you have to be impressed by the fact that they performed in front of a national TV audience in prime time and toured with The Jonas Brothers; one of the biggest concert tours of the summer.  Well, on “So You Think You Can Dance,” they sounded great and looked great!  Check out their performance before all the videos are pulled down.

Music producer Dave Stewart hints at a new song by the Wonder Girls on his twitter page. It sounds really good but is it really someone from the Wonder Girls really singing it? No Korean accent. Really? Well, here’s a clip from a photoshoot with the Wonder Girls and the song “Always Without Me” playing in the background.  Also, word on the street is that the Wonder Girls first U.S. album will be released in February 2010.  More to come, but for now enjoy the quick video of the song.

Source: AllKpop