Wonder Girls: Tell Me

The Wonder Girls are a South Korean girl group. They are produced by singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and are signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members was selected through auditions. Debuting in early 2007, they became popular in fall of that year with the song "Tell Me."

It’s the wonder years for the Wonder Girls as they became popular throughout Korea and starting to be acknowledge all over the world. Wonder Girls from South Korea is the newest Pop Girl Group. Wonder Girls are composed of Five members. They were actually selected through auditions. They were actually managed by Park Jin-Young Park Jin-Young who is a singer and a song writer and has talent agency called JYP Entertainment.

Their first full-length album, The Wonder Years, was released the following week, on September 13, 2007, with "Tell Me." Due to the last-minute addition of Yubin, the album version does not contain her part; however, the performance version of the song was reworked to include a bridge with Yubin's rap. The single was a hit and reached number one on various Korean television and internet music charts, including KBS's Music Bank.

Tell Me, video

The choreography for the song was simple and widely imitated. Many fan performances of the dance circulated on video sharing sites such as YouTube and Daum.

Tell Me, lyrics

noe-do nal jo-ah-hal jul-eun mol-lat-suh~
Uh-jjuh-myun jo-ah ~
Noe-mu-na jo-ah ~
Ggum-man gat-ta-suh na neh ja-shin-eul ja-ggu ggo-ji-bo bwa
noe-mu-na jo-ah~

ni-ga nal hok-si ahn jo-ah-hal-kka-bwa~
hon-ja eoul-ma-na ae tae-un-ji mol-la~
gue-run-dae ni-ga nal sa-rang-han-da-ni
uh-muh~! da-shi han bon mal-hae-bwa~

Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
Na-rul sa-rang-han-da-go
Nal gi-da-ryo wat-da-go
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
neh-ga pil-yo-ha-da mal-heh~ mal-heh-jo-yo
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
ja-ggu-man dut-go Sipoh
gae-sok nae-gae mal-hae-jo
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
ggun-i ah-ni-rah-go mal-heh~ mal-heh-jo-yo~

uh-jjum nae ga-su-mi i-ruet-gae ddwe-ni
ga-su-mi jong-mal to-jil geot ga-ta
ni-ga nal ball dde-myon jon-ki-ae kam-john-dwen
sa-rahm-cho-rom joen-ki-ka ol-la~

ol-ma-na oh-reh ki-da-rin-ge mol-la~
ol-ma-na oh-reh ggun ggwot-nun-ji mol-la~
gu-rohn-dae ni-ga nal sah-rang-han-da-ni~
uh-moh~! da-shi han bon mal-hae-bwa~

Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
na-rul sa-rang-han-da-go
nal ki-da-ryo wat-da-go
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
neh-ga pi-ryo-ha-da mal-heh
mal-heh-jo-yo~
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
ja-ggu-man dut-go shi-poeh
kae-sok neh-keh mal-heh-jo
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
ggum-i ah-ni-rah-go mal-hae~
mal-heh-jo-yo~

[dancing]

Tell me tell me tell me you want me want me want me too
Tell me tell me tell me you love me too love me too

--------------[rap]-------------

Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
na-rul sa-rang-han-da-go
nal ki-da-ryo wat-da-go
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
neh-gah pi-ryo-ha-da mal-heh~
mal-heh-jo-yo~
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
ja-ggu-man dut-go shi-po
keh-sok neh-keh mal-heh-jo
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me
ggu-mi ah-ni-rah-go mal-heh~
mal-heh-jo-yo~~~~
Tell me tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me tell tell tell tell tell tell me

I found these two different videos on YouTube. It's very helpfull for those who want to lear this dance. Not that easy, but the teachings are very clear and good. This is the original Wonder Girls Tell Me Dance Tutorial but it's mirrored so that its easier to learn!

Hinoi Team - King Kong/ Ike Ike

Hinoi Team ( Hinoi Chīmu) is a female J-pop group formed around Asuka Hinoi with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases are covers of Eurobeat songs.

Their debut was decided on February 2, 2005 with the single IKE IKE. But it was cancelled maybe because they aren't ready yet. IKE IKE is a eurobeat song and the choreography focuses on the para para genre. They are new to everything about para para, so they did undergo a lot of training for it. Also, their group name changed from HINOI TEAM to Hinoi Chīmu. Not much of a difference except TEAM is now written in katakana. They also appeared on a bunch of avex-related promo tours, like the Osaka Automesse 2005, and also the one in Sapporo.

Their debut date was moved to May 18, a pretty long wait for fans. On April, they opened a website for HINOI TEAM. It was more like a page then, but it had enough info to introduce us to them. The site opened fully on April 29. Even before they debuted, their second single has already been announced. KING KONG, another eurobeat/parapara song, will be released on July 27. It's clear now that this will be HINOI TEAM's kind of music.

For their KING KONG single, Koriki Choshu collaborated with HINOI TEAM with a new version of IKE IKE, Koriki version. It was a hit and the collaboration was said to be a one time thing only.

KING KONG

HINOI team's second single went on sale on July 27, 2005 in Japan. The single also features the song "SUPER EURO FLASH" as well as a New Generation mix of the previous single, IKE IKE and a Eurobeat version of KING KONG, as well as a TV Mix of both KING KONG and SUPER EURO FLASH. The DVD version has a PV, Para Para video for KING KONG, a Koriki version of IKE IKE and an offshot video

King Kong ( Lyrics )

Dakishimete king kong do it right
Kono machi wa janguru all night long
Kimi dake o sagashiteta
Kono koi o zettai tsukamou

Tatta hitori no king kong hold me tight
Hajimete no love chance dakara
Furimuite onegai yo
Ima sugu ni ding dong my king kong *

Let's go out
Yozora o meguru ano ryuusei
Kokoro ni ochita no kimi no sei
Machi de wa dare mo ga koe kakeai
Garasu ni utsuru lonely eye

Koi no risou wa bijo to yajuu
Hanareta tte itsumo muchuu
Tobidashitai hontou sa
Doko datte tsuite iku

** Dakishimete king kong do it now
Mayoisou janguru all night long
Nani mo ka mo kaetai yo
Futari nara zettai kanau

Kitto watashi no king kong only you
Itsu datte jitto shitenaide
Omoikitte saratte yo
Kokoro kara ding dong my king kong**

Doko ikitai nani ga shitai
Shiranai umi mo mite mitai
Hayasugiru tte iwarete mo
Ha-to wa kyuu ni wa tomaranai

Rakuen motto betsu no basho
Deguchi kitto mitsukemasho
Koete mitai hontou sa
Soko kara saki wa soutou ii

Repeat *
Repeat **

IKE IKE

The HINOI team's debut "IKE IKE" went on sale on May 18, 2005 in Japan. The single also features the song "SING NA NA NA" as well as an extended version of IKE IKE and instrumental versions for both IKE IKE and SING NA NA NA. The DVD version has a PV, Para Para video & off-shot video for IKE IKE. "IKE IKE" was also used as the ending theme for the anime Ichigo 100% and as the ending during the month of April for the Chukyo TV. Broadcasting show Sarudie.

IKE IKE ( lyrics )

Misete koi wa dokyo ni aikyou
Mitete ato wa nariyuki desho
Kokoro no junbi wa CHANTO shitokou
Wow Wow
Eight beat yori mo sexy dance de
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Omotta toori ni hajikete hora tenshi no power

Ike Ike happy night noritai dake
Ike Ike motto atsuku feel the power
Odoritai shoudou tanoshinde shimaou
Wow Wow
Ike Ike forever owaranaiyo
Ike Ike party time yo ga akeru made
Seishun no toki wa jiyuu na ima dake
Yeah! Yeah!
Ike Ike

Love wa jibun aisuru koto
Love wa totemo okumukai
Hoshigaru bakarija tenihairanai
Wow Wow
Moyaru shikanai
Can you feel it! Can you feel it!
Kokai na deshinai kokoro subete dekiru kagiri

Ike Ike kimochi hitotsu ni naru
Ike Ike motto suyoku feel the power
Odoritai shou risk tanoshinda monogachi
Wow Wow
Ike Ike forever kawaranaiyo
Ike Ike party time eien ni tsuzuku
Seishun no doki wa kagayaku mirai e
Yeah! Yeah!
Ike Ike

Ike Ike happy night noritai dake
Ike Ike motto atsuku feel the power
Odoritai shoudou tanoshinde shimaou
Wow Wow
Ike Ike forever owaranaiyo
Ike Ike party time yo ga akeru made
Seishun no toki wa jiyuu na ima dake
Yeah! Yeah!
Ike Ike

Shanadoo - Japanese Boy

Although Shanadoo is not Japanese but Geman,the four girls deserves a place on this blog for their fantastic music and video. Shanadoo is an all female member group made up of four young Japanese women from the Platinum Production agency. Chika, Junko, and Manami have worked together in the past as part of Avex's promotional group, Vivace. Vivace's works include promotional work as race queens, bikini pinup modeling, and even a few eurobeat style recordings for various Avex music compilations such as Girl's BOX. Marina was later added to the group as lead vocalist once the project went into production with noted German record producer, David Brandes, at the helm. Brandes' production works include numerous international hits with acts such as E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue, and Vanilla Ninja. Released on June 16, 2006 through one of Brandes' record labels, Icezone Musc, Shanadoo's first single, "King Kong", a cover of E-Rotic's 2000 work of the same name, later recovered in 2005 by Hinoi Team in Japan, was met with great success. Shanadoo's works were exclusive to Germany and other European markets, such as Austria, until December of 2006, when Avex announced that a then untitled debut album would be released on February 28, 2007 in Japan. In January of 2007, it was announced by Icezone Music that Shanadoo's fourth single, to be released on March 9, 2007 in Germany, would be original content instead of a Japanese cover of E-Rotic.

Shanadoo’s fifth single realesed on October 5, 2007 was Japanese Boy. This is a remake of a 1981 song by Bobby Heatie with Aneka ( Mary Sanderson ). This was a big hit in all countries ( a UK # 1, 8 th august 1981 ), but not so much in Japan as they thought it sounded “ too Chinese”. Later Polydor covered it with a little Japanese “ buriko” ( “cutesey-pie”) singer named Yukano as “ Mai Chyainesu Boi “ ( “ My Chinese Boy”) that sold quite well.


Discography:

Singles

[2006.06.16] King Kong (Germany)
[2006.09.15] My Samurai (Germany)
[2006.11.17] Guilty Of Love (Germany)
[2007.03.09] Hypnotized (Germany)
[2007.10.05] Japanese Boy (Germany)
[2007.12.07] Think About (Germany)

Albums

[2006.12.01] Welcome To Tokyo (Germany)
[2007.02.28] Welcome To Tokyo (Japan)
[2007.04.27] Welcome To Tokyo - Limited Edition - (Germany)
[2007.12.07] The Symbol ( Germany )





Japanese Boy ( Lyrics )

He said that he loved me never would go
oh oh oh oh
Now I find I'm sitting here on my own
oh oh oh oh

Was it something I've said or done
That made him pack his bags up and run?
Could it be another he's found?
It's breaking up the happy home

Mister can you tell me where my love has gone?
He's a Japanese Boy
I woke up one morning and my love was gone
Oh my Japanese Boy
Ooh I miss my Japanese Boy

People ask about him every day
oh oh oh oh
Don't know what to tell them what can I say?
oh oh oh oh

If only he would write me or call
A word of explanation that's all
It would stop me climbing the wall
It's breaking up the happy home

( REPEAT )

This is an extended version of Japanese Boy,
mixed and produced by Ernst Petry