Girls' Generation - 소녀시대 - So Nyuh Shi Dae - 少女時代 - Shoujo Jidai

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From the titles of SNSD news articles being put out now

"Dominating the music of Korea and Japan"
"A feat unseen for 30 years"
"The tour de force of simulataneous domination"
"Rewriting the history of Oricon"
"No peer under the sky"

One day in September of 2007 I remember some people at my church were discussing SNSD, including a reporter for Korean radio station so they know their stuff (or so they thought). At that time I was interested in SNSD but didn't really know about them I hadn't watched any of their videos yet I didn't join the discussion but I just sat there listening.

A: "SNSD, ah the SM warehouse clearance sale"
B: "Yeah those trainees take a lot of money to maintain, their trainee pool has become too big no choice but for SM to release them in a bunch"
C: "Creating an idol group is a way of providing talent pool for the entertainment industry, often the group itself can disappear it won't mean a thing. I think in two years it'll be over and a couple of them can try to become actresses on their own once they gain some recognition through the group"
A: "Even for SM idol it's impossible for them to gain enough fans now since it's a girlgroup. The old Finkys are gone. They might get some high school boys for fans but those kids don't really buy albums." (* Finky - Finkl fans)
B: "Well after couple of years SM will probably send them off to an Asian country and SM can try some promotion there, But history has shown those overseas plans never work for girlgroups."


That warehouse clearance sale would become the biggest girlgroup in kpop history, the most celebrated bunch of nine mischievous girls to ever grace the Korean entertainment landscape. An untold number of records being broken and newly established, in Korea and beyond.
And the story continues.

Words from a staff recently who worked with the girls on several projects.

"These girls deserve to be world stars. They're down-to-earth they make people around them forget about their greatness... They have hearts of gold they've sent me message of contratulations for my wedding, when I'm merely one of thousands of staff that went past by them over the years"
"The fans go wild over them but these girls really have it, or more than what fans know. They are overburdened with attention and high expectations but they transform it into challenges and know how to enjoy it, and watching that I learned a lot from them"
"I believe that on their own without outside forces they will become the longest running female group in Korean history. The energy they radiate when all the members are together is just beyond anything imaginable. Especially all their pranks that often made us staff dazed and confused..."

God, I am such a party pooper.