Girls' Generation "Fantasy Unit"

Girls' Generation "Fantasy Unit"
少女時代「空想ユニット」



Girls' Generation's first unit...will it be a shocking debut?

There is a possibility that the unit of K-Pop's representative girl group Girls' Generation will make a shocking debut. This will be Girls' Generation's first time releasing a unit.
According to multiple music industry sources, Girls' Generation plans to present a unit consisting of three to four members as early as May.
A source in the music industry said, ``Currently, there is a high possibility that this will be an album to express the tones of the talented vocalists.It is expected that about three or four of Girls' Generation members will form a unit. "The plan may change," he said.
Rumors regarding the unit's debut have been circulating among Girls' Generation fans, and expectations are rising as specific member names have been revealed.
Regarding this, Girls' Generation's agency SM Entertainment was vague, saying, ``No decisions have been made to date regarding Girls' Generation's unit.''
Girls' Generation, which consists of nine members: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun, and Tiffany, debuted in 2007 with the single album ``The World We Met Again''. After that, they had successive hits such as ``Gee,'' ``Say Your Wishes,'' ``Oh!,'' ``Run Devil Run,'' ``Hoot,'' and ``The Boys,'' and grew to become the representative girl group that led the Korean boom around the world.
(From K-POP News)



``Miss A'' and ``SISTAR'' who sing ``touch'' and ``alone'' are a four-member girl group. This article caught my eye while I was writing an article about their latest songs "touch" and "alone."
I rewatched "touch" and "alone" and it got me thinking.

The current K-pop girl groups, which are made up of 4 to 9 members, will likely become polarized into groups with 4 or 5 members and groups with 9 members.
After carefully watching ``touch'' and ``alone,'' I felt like I was in a good mood.

Earlier, T-ARA announced that they would be adding two more members and starting their activities with nine members. After that, one additional member was announced for "AFTERSCHOOL", making it a group of nine members. She probably learned it from the nine members of Girls' Generation.

It's a strange story, but I find it extremely difficult to remember the names of the players on the soccer team (11 members). However, I feel like I can remember all the names of the players on the baseball team (9 members).
The reason why it feels like there is a huge difference between the two people is probably due to the difference in impressions received by single-digit and double-digit figures. There is also a saying, ``all hands on deck.'' I have a strong impression that the numbers added after the second digit are included in the grouping rather than the classification.
Strictly speaking, the difference between two people is just the difference between two people. Therefore, if we used the decimal system, both soccer and baseball would be in the same single digits, and we would not have felt any difference beyond the actual difference.
　People would think that I was writing a lot of crap. However, 9 people is the maximum and last number in the decimal system that makes it easy to emphasize individual characteristics (this may be because they have been familiar with baseball for a long time. If they were familiar with soccer first, it would be 1 dozen). I may have been able to get to know the individual players from that sense (in soccer, I still can't line up the 11 players smoothly in my head). For example, the number 10 in the top ten ranking can be considered a supplementary number to break into the single digits.


"Girls' Generation" is made up of nine members. I don't know who made the decision, but this number seems to have been an excellent decision and choice for them to gain popularity. This is because they seem to have succeeded not only in gaining popularity as a group but also as individual members.
If the team starts with nine members, there will be a concern about the imbalance in popularity among the members. Even if the group's popularity rises, if only a few fans are cheering for it, even if they are close, jealousy and suspicion will eventually lead to feuds among the members, which could eventually lead to a breakup or even talk of leaving the group. In fact, shortly after the group arrived in Japan, there were reports in some media about their feud and the withdrawal of some members.
The agency was most concerned about this issue, and it seems that this was an issue that had been factored in from the beginning.
This can be seen in the fact that they have maintained a unifying force by assigning the right person to the right job, but not allowing them to do outstanding work, and prioritizing the work of ``Girls' Generation.''
It seems that the members have been refining their roles within the group while finding jobs that suit them.
As a result, "Girls' Generation" seems to have grown as a group with only nine members, but with less imbalance in popularity.

These days, I often see posts on the internet about the members of Girls' Generation in their favorite order. I don't think it's good, but I don't think it's bad either. However, I rather like the person who wrote the names of all nine people. If you don't like it, you won't have the desire or effort to write your name down. If it's the order you like, you'll probably like it even if it comes last. Even if I can remember the names of girl groups, I have a hard time remembering the individual names. Even if your name is the last one remembered, the person in question should be happy.

There are rumors that Girls' Generation will form a unit and debut.
If we were going to form a unit, I thought why not make 3 groups of 3 people each (I thought about 2 groups of 4 or 5 people, but the competitiveness of groups of 4 or 5 people was too strong, so I decided against it).
Personally, the allocation is as follows.


1st group → Taeyeon, Sunny, Hyoyeon

2nd group → Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun

Group 3 → Yuna, Yuri, Sooyoung


★ I feel a little uneasy about Yuna, Yuri, and Sooyoung's singing lines, but I would like to see a clearer version of the three's rich-scale dance performance.

If it were just one group, it would be Taeyong, Tiffany, and Seohyun.

If we are to think about teamwork as part of Girls' Generation, we should limit our activities to a minimum.



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