Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls performing at the launch ceremony for the South Korean Olympic team in July 2016
From left to right: Sunmi, Yeeun, Hyerim and Yubin
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Years active 2007 (2007)–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website wondergirls.jype.com
Members
Past members

Wonder Girls (Hangul: 원더걸스) is a South Korean girl group and band formed by producer Park Jin-young under JYP Entertainment in 2006, which debuted in 2007.[2][3][3] The group current line-up consists of Yubin, YeEun, Sunmi and HyeRim. They are co-managed in the United States by Creative Artists Agency.[4]

The group began their entry into the American market in 2009 as an opening act for The Jonas Brothers' World Tour, performing the English version of their hit single "Nobody". In late 2009, "Nobody" charted at number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making the Wonder Girls the first South Korean group to enter the chart.[5][6] In 2010, Wonder Girls entered the Chinese market with the compilation album Wonder Girls that included Chinese language versions of their hit singles "Tell Me", "So Hot" and "Nobody". In 2012, Wonder Girls signed with DefStar Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan, for their Japanese debut. Since 2007, group had released three studio albums: The Wonder Years (2007), Wonder World (2011) and Reboot (2015). To date, Billboard reports that the Wonder Girls have sold 19,000 albums in America.[7]

Wonder Girls are known for making music with retro dance-pop elements from 60s, 70s and 80s, which was heard on their hits "So Hot", "Nobody" and "I Feel You". The music video for "Nobody" is mostly inspired by African-American 1960's culture and famous R&B group The Supremes.

History

2006–08: MTV Wonder Girls, line-up changes, The Wonder Years and first EPs

Wonder Girls performing "Irony" at Hanyang University in March 2007. From left to right: SoHee, HyunA, YeEun, SunYe and SunMi

After Park Jin-young revealed the name of his first girl group Wonder Girls in May 2006, the Wonder Girls were introduced through a TV show titled MTV Wonder Girls.[8] The first four episodes outlined the characteristics and profiles of each member and showcased their schedules for the day. Shortly after selecting Yeeun as the fifth member, the Wonder Girls held their first showcase in the MTV Studio. They performed a cover version of "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls as well as their own songs, including "Irony" and "미안한 마음" ("It's Not Love"). Sunye sang her version of Destiny's Child's "Stand Up for Love", while Hyuna performed a showcase of her dancing skills. The other three members — Yeeun, Sunmi and Sohee — performed a cover version of Janet Jackson's "Together Again".

The Wonder Girls officially debuted in early 2007 on MBC's Show! Music Core, performing "Irony", the hip-hop single from their first album, The Wonder Begins. The album sold 11,454 physical copies in 2007.[9] The Wonder Girls official fanclub was established, with the name of "Wonderfuls". The group held several showcases in China after receiving Chinese lessons.[10] During the rest of 2007, however, members of the Wonder Girls were beset by various injuries and health problems. On June 25, Sohee was sidelined for a month after tearing a knee ligament in a fall from a running motorcycle during the filming of her movie, 뜨거운 것이 좋아 (I Like It Hot).[11]

The remaining four members continued performing until late July, when Hyuna was withdrawn from the group by her parents due to their concern over her problems with chronic gastroenteritis and fainting spells.[12] In autumn 2007, the talent agency Good Entertainment sent their trainee Yubin to JYP Entertainment as a replacement for Hyuna. She made her debut three days later in the group's live performance of "Tell Me" on Music Bank.[13]

Their first full-length album, The Wonder Years, was released the following week with "Tell Me" as the lead single. 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 rapping by Yubin. The single was a hit and reached number one on various Korean television and internet music charts, including KBS's Music Bank. The choreography for the song was simple and widely imitated: by October, many fan performances of the dance circulated on video sharing sites such as YouTube and Daum,[14] including one by a group of policemen who were eventually profiled on SBS's Star King. The dance's popularity was immense and the explosive attention it received became widely known as the "Tell Me Virus", earning the group the title of 'Korea's Little Sisters'. Videos of the dance came from fans in the Philippines and as far away as France, and the song also reach #1 in Thailand.[12]

The Wonder Girls had an extensive promotional schedule for their album and in late 2007 they began performing their second single, "이 바보" ("This Fool"). They made numerous appearances on variety and game shows, sang live on radio shows, at music festivals, on music programs, and in special joint performances with other groups such as Big Bang and Girls' Generation. MTV also broadcast four seasons of The Wonder Life, a reality TV series starring the girls. The Wonder Girls returned to Korea in spring 2008. In May, a picture of each member was released over a period of five days, starting with Yeeun and ending with Sohee. A preview track from the upcoming single was then released. There were rumours that Hyuna would be returning to the group; JYP Entertainment, however, said that the story was untrue.[15]

A new single, "So Hot", was released on May 22, 2008; the song topped online charts soon after.[16][17] In mid-2008, they performed on MBC's Show! Music Core, performing "So Hot" and "This Time". The full single was released soon after containing the title track, the rap version of "Tell Me", "This Time" and "You're Out". Due to a vocal cord injury, Yubin temporarily lip-synched her parts under doctor's orders.[17]

Wonder Girls performing "Nobody" at the 2008 BICHE opening ceremony in October 2008. From left to right: SunMi, SoHee, SunYe, YeEun and YuBin

After a very short break, the Wonder Girls made a comeback in early fall 2008. The full music video for "Nobody" was revealed, and the single was digitally released simultaneously. They performed the following weekend on Show! Music Core, Music Bank and Inkigayo. The song went to No. 1 on KBS' Music Bank, staying there for four consecutive weeks,[18] and also won Cyworld's "Song of the Month" award in September and October 2008.[19] Like "Tell Me", "Nobody" also sparked a dance craze.[20]

At the 2008 MNet KM Music Festival Awards, the Wonder Girls received three awards: the "Song of the Year" award, "Best Music Video" for "Nobody" and "Best Female Group".[21] The group also won an award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards a month later for high digital sales.[22] At the 18th Seoul Music Awards, the Wonder Girls won the Daesang ("Artist of the Year" award), the highest award offered, for "Nobody", and two other awards.[23]

In February 2008, the Wonder Girls joined their producer Park Jin-young for his month-long concert tour through Korea and the United States (including New York City and Los Angeles) as special guests, and took the opportunity to film the music video for "Wishing on a Star" while in New York.[24] Park had stated that the concerts were also meant to be a showcase for his other protégés, such as Min, G-Soul, and Lim Jeong Hee.[25] They were also selected as a top girl group by Virgin Media.[26]

In October 2008, the Wonder Girls were signed by the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). By the end of 2008, they had earned ₩12 billion (equivalent to $9 million US) as a group.[27]

2009–10: Focus on international activities, touring and line-up changes

Wonder Girls performing "Tell Me" at The Fillmore in San Francisco on June 13, 2010. From left to right: Yeeun, Sohee, Hyerim, Yubin and Sunye.

The Wonder Girls tour started on February 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with their mentor, JYP, they held concerts in the United States, visiting Los Angeles on March 5, La Mirada on March 6, and New York City on March 8.[28] They also performed for a small crowd at MTV Iggy on March 10. The group then returned to South Korea, holding concerts in late March in Seoul and Busan.[29] This tour was documented in the M.net reality show Welcome to Wonderland.

After the end of the tour, the Wonder Girls debuted a music video for "Now", a cover of Fin.K.L's single from their third album. They also created a commercial for LG; a version with only the dance was released online on April 9, 2009.[30] The Wonder Girls also started their official MySpace Music account.[31] The page confirmed that the group would launch in the United States with the official release of an English version of "Nobody" in summer 2009.

In June 2009, JYP Entertainment announced that the Wonder Girls would be joining the Jonas Brothers on the North American leg of the Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009.[32] The company also announced that "Nobody" would be the first English single, followed by "Tell Me",[32] and that an English album would be forthcoming.[33] It was later revealed that in order to concentrate on their American debut, both Sohee and Sunmi had dropped out of high school.[34][35]

The Wonder Girls released an English version of "Nobody" on June 26, 2009, the day before the start of their tour with the Jonas Brothers. The Wonder Girls were initially signed on for 13 concert dates across the US, but they were eventually given the opportunity to join the Jonas Brothers for a total of 45 concert dates.[36] "Nobody" eventually entered the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2009, making them the first Korean group to enter the chart.[5][37] The song also topped the Taiwan and Hong Kong music charts.[38]

On January 22, 2010, JYP announced that Sunmi would be postponing her musical career to pursue an academic career and that Hyerim (Lim), a JYP trainee, would take her place.[39][40] Sunmi continued as a member of the Wonder Girls in February in order to complete scheduled events.

The Wonder Girls had been preparing their first English album, with half (six tracks) to consist of English versions of Korean singles and the other half of brand new material, initially scheduled for release in February 2010.[41] They were also planning to have a headlining tour in January 2010;[41] however, due to the departure of Sunmi, plans for both the tour and the album were delayed.[42]

Due to the popularity of the group in Asia and worldwide, the electronics brand Sony Ericsson chose the girls to be the ambassadors of Sony Ericsson in the Asia Pacific Region involving promotional activities in South Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan as well as Australia and New Zealand. After the announcement, they flew to Singapore where they held a press meeting performing their songs "So Hot", "Tell Me" and "Nobody".[43]

On April 5, 2010, the Wonder Girls announced a 20-show tour of the US and Canada, the Wonder World Tour, which was to include fellow label mates 2PM for nine dates in Washington DC, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Francisco in conjunction with Live Nation.[44] The tour was to be a combination of the English and Korean versions of their hits, covers of popular English-language songs, and new songs from their upcoming album, as stated by Yeeun during their Ustream webchat with fans on April 17, 2010.[45] The first leg of the tour began in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2010.

On May 1, the Wonder Girls performed at the Korean Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.[46]

The Wonder Girls followed up their tour announcement with the unveiling of the newest single/EP, titled "2 Different Tears". The title track was recorded in three different languages: Chinese, Korean and English. The music video for "2 Different Tears" was premiered on YouTube on May 15, 2010; it was shot in the Gyeonggi-do province of South Korea. The music video includes Park Jin-young and the Korean-American comedian Bobby Lee. There are three versions of the video: Korean, English and Chinese.[47] Their album was released on the same day.

Wonder Girls at Concept Korea Front Row Spring 2011 MBFW on September 8, 2010.

Between May 15 and 31, 2010, the Wonder Girls returned to South Korea to promote the Korean version of "2 Different Tears". They appeared on M.Net's M! Countdown on May 22, 2010. On May 27, the Wonder Girls won their first No. 1 award for "2 Different Tears" on M! Countdown. The group ended their last week of promotional activities in South Korea by performing on MBC's Music Core on May 29, 2010. During this two-week period, the Wonder Girls also appeared on several Korean variety and talk shows, including KBS's Win Win and Happy Together, as well as SBS's Family Outing 2 and MBC's Come to Play.

In May 2010, eight more US cities and two Canadian cities were added to the second leg of the Wonder World Tour. In addition, it was announced that label mates, 2AM, would open for the Wonder Girls in San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Englewood, Atlanta, Chicago and Seattle.[48] During this time, the Wonder Girls' American promotional activities continued to earn them recognition: the popular concert venue House of Blues named them "Artist of the Month" for June 2010[49] while the online concert authority Pollstar featured them in a special article titled "The Wonders of K-pop".[50]

On July 29, MTV Korea premiered season 4 of Wonder Girls, which introduced the Wonder Girls' everyday life in the United States, such as at their New York home and studio, and preparations for the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010.[51] The MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010 was held at the Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach on July 31. The show was broadcast on August 21 on MTV Asia.[52] On July 30, M.net premiered a new show Made in Wonder Girls that took viewers behind the scenes of the Wonder Girls first American tour as well as their promotions in Singapore and Indonesia.[53] On August 3, the Wonder Girls performed in Singapore's SINGfest 2010 at Fort Canning Park.[54] On September 3, The Wonder Girls performed in Seattle for Aion. On September 8, group made an appearance at Concept Korea Front Row Spring 2011 MBFW.

2011–12: Wonder World, further international ventures, first movie and EPs

Wonder Girls performing "Be My Baby" at 2011 Korea Entertainment Awards. From left to right: Sohee, Sunye, Yubin, Yeeun, Hyerim

In January 2011, more information was released about the American album. JYP Entertainment's CEO Park Jin Young hinted on his Twitter account that he had written a new song for the girls while recording in the drama Dream High.[55] He later tweeted that he was not the only producer for this album.[56] Rainstone (Rhee Woo Seok) of JYP Entertainment, the songwriter behind "Nobody", said that the album was expected to have six to seven tracks. Producer Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins and the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Claude Kelly were also revealed to be participating in the album and that the album was to be released by one of the three major labels of America.

In February, the Chinese distributor Starsing Records unveiled the best-selling albums for 2010, which included American artists such as Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, but also the Wonder Girls Special Edition album.[57]

During the 2011 Chloe Fashion Show in Shanghai, China, leader Sunye said it was not clear if they would add their Mandarin songs to the new album and it was possible there would be a Mandarin album for their Chinese fans. Yeeun said she was interested in composing songs for this album. Yubin said that they would be going for a bolder approach and that they would indeed raise the stakes in their dance music, but still have elements of retro.[58][59][60]

On April 6, on SBS Power FM’s Kim Hee Chul’s Young Street, Sunye hinted at a possible comeback in Korea when asked about the Wonder Girls’ activities by a listener.

On June 24, Wonder Girls were awarded the "Top Gross Selling Digital Downloads" award in the foreign group category at the China Mobile Miguhui Awards for 5,371,903 downloads sold of their singles "Nobody", "Tell Me", and "2 Different Tears".[61]

On June 30, it was announced on their official website that the girls had been invited to perform at the 2011 Special Olympics closing ceremonies in Athens, Greece. They performed the traditional Korean folk song "Arirang" along "Nobody" sung in English and "Tell Me" sung in Korean. The performance was held on July 4.

In early summer 2011, it was falsely reported on several fan websites that the Wonder Girls would be performing the US national anthem as well as a new song from their upcoming album at the New York Mets game.[62] On the official Wonder Girls website, Park Jin Young explained the false events to fans in a news announcement: "Unfortunately, Wonder Girls are not scheduled to be at the Mets game. In addition, the Wonder Girls’ new song release will officially be announced by JYP Entertainment through all official Wonder Girls websites when the official date is determined."[63]

On August 5, The Wonder Girls appeared on Billboard.com's Mashup Monday program, performing a self-arranged cover version of B.o.B and Bruno Mars' "Nothin' on You".[64] On October 9, 2011, a representative revealed, "The album will be produced in a movie OST format. We’ll be planning our concept to fit around the feel of the song, so as opposed to retro, we feel that it will be more pop. The Wonder Girls will definitely be coming out with a new image, so please look forward to it."

On October 23, JYPE and the members revealed a new poster, "R U Ready?", hanging over their company's building with a new version of the Wonder Girls' logo in a chic new design in black. JYPE confirmed the digital music distributors who revealed, "The Wonder Girls’ second official album will be available starting November 7." The Wonder Girls would only be promoting for a month, however, before they prepared for their Asian promotional tour in December. They enlisted the help of some big figures for their comeback. In addition to having Beyoncé‘s choreographer, Jonte, on their team, the girls also had the designer Johnny Wujek, the fashion stylist for Katy Perry, for this album. The album, Wonder World consists of twelve new songs with one remix. The song "G.N.O" was composed and written by Yeeun, Lim wrote "Act Cool" and Yubin wrote the raps for the songs "Girls Girls", "Me, in" and "Sweet Dreams". The full album and music video was released on November 7 with promotions for Wonder World with a comeback stage on Music Bank on November 11.

Wonder Girls performing during the Wonder World Tour in Singapore on September 8, 2012.

In January 2012, the girls were in Taiwan to promote the album at "2012 Superstar Red & White Red White Music Festival" (2012超級巨星紅白藝能大賞), with labelmate Miss A.[65]

They returned to American activities with their made-for-TV movie The Wonder Girls, and released the soundtrack for the movie titled, The DJ is Mine featuring School Gyrls, on January 11. "The DJ is Mine" reached No. 1 onseveral Korean charts. The girls attended the 2012 CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow. They also promoted a new line of Monsters headphones, called "Diamond Tears". They attended the premiere for their movie at the CGV Cinemas in Los Angeles on January 20. The television premiere was on February 2 at TeenNick channel.

Due to a delay in Asian promotions, Wonder Girls promoted later than planned. During March, they attended a Chinese dance show "Let's Shake it" (舞林大会), performing "Nobody" and "Be My Baby" to promote the Asian version of Wonder World'.

JYP tweeted that the American album would include 12 new tracks along with the "biggest scale ever" music video with a huge surprise on the first single, scheduled for release in the summer, waiting on US distributors and marketing. Wonder Girls’ new album in Korea was confirmed by their company and was scheduled to be released in early June. The Wonder Girls would be stepping away from the retro hits to focus on more powerful dance tracks for the summer season. J.Y. Park recently wrote on his Twitter page, "Wonder Girls’ US album now complete, and all the songs on their Korean album have unanimously been approved."

As for their U.S. activities, it was reported that after the Wonder Girls TV movie had been shown, they had received proposals from the major broadcasting companies in the United States, and were in talks concerning full U.S. promotions and activities for the debut album.[66]

After much speculation, Yeeun revealed that the girls would make a comeback in early June. The group released their mini-album titled Wonder Party on June 3, 2012. The music video for the album's lead single, "Like This", was premiered on the same day. It has topped several real time charts such as Daum and Soribada. On June 12, they won their first music show award for the song on MBC's Show Champion.

It was later announced in mid-June that the group would be making their debut in Japan and that their record label, DefStar Records, had expressed interest in the group's single "Nobody" after listening to the girls' previous tracks and albums, leading to the choice for their first Japanese single entitled "Nobody For Everybody" which was released on July 25.[67] The group had already been chosen as CF models for the Japanese brand Kowa for the Marshpuff products. The CF included a backtrack of their first Japanese single.[68]

On July 3, 2012, it was announced that the group's new digital single "Like Money" would be released on July 10. The song had appeared in their TV movie "The Wonder Girls". Akon features on the song and appears in the music video. On July 21 and 22, the Wonder Girls had a collaboration performance with Akon at the Green Groove Festival 2012.

On September 5, the group performed three songs from their upcoming American album at their iHeartRadio concert: "Ouch", "Stay Together" and "Wake Up". Towards the end of October, Wonder Girls had an interview with Nick Cannon and they were talking about a new show showcasing the Wonder Girls, coming from their original movie. Also in October, their new song "Best Christmas Ever" for A Very Special Christmas 25th Anniversary CD was released. Wonder Girls also released a new Japanese album titled Wonder Best on November 14, including a new song, updated versions of older hit songs and Japanese versions of their songs. The album was a mix of English, Korean and Japanese.

2013–15: Group hiatus, line-up changes and comeback with Reboot

Sunye announced in November 2012 that she would get married in January 2013 (as the first K-pop idol of the current generation); JYP announced that the group would be on hiatus.[69] The Wonder Girls performed for the last time before their hiatus at the Winter Special Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea on February 5, 2013.[70] Sunye gave birth to a daughter in October. In December 2013, Sohee left JYP Entertainment and signed to Big Hit Entertainment to focus on an acting career.[71] However, there appears to be no desire to completely cut her off from JYP Entertainment and her singing career. Sohee is open to return to promote with the group as agreement between JYP Entertainment and her new agency. BH Entertainment said, "Her exclusive contract with JYP merely expired; it is not true that she will completely halt her singing activities. If her previous agency offers her an album or another form of collaboration, the door to opportunities is wide open. We will reflect on Sohee's opinion to the utmost."[72]

Due to the departure of these members, many media outlets in Korea began to speculate on the group's disbandment. JYP reassure fans and the public that they were not disbanding. They also denied Sunye's retirement from the group and stated that she will still remain as a member regardless of her inactive status.[73][74][75][76]

In December 2014, Sunye officially retired and said that she won't be an entertainer anymore. Instead she would focus on her family and missionary work in Haiti with her husband. Former Wonder Girls members HyunA and Sunmi reunite on Instagram!. HyunA uploaded two pictures on Instagram and wrote, "Heart, heart," and the two are making little hearts with their fingers for some WG love!.[77]

In an April 2015 interview, group's main rapper Yubin spoke about her collaboration with Justin Thorne but also said that she lives with Yeeun, Sunmi and Hyerim and that Sohee is often in their apartment. On June 24, JYP Entertainment announced that the Wonder Girls would be making a comeback after a two-year hiatus. A representative of the agency confirmed that former member Sunmi would re-join the group for the first time since withdrawing in 2010. While it was initially stated that member Sunye would remain active and take part in the promotional activities, it was confirmed on July 20, that she and Sohee had officially withdrawn the group, confirming their final group status on the Wonder Girls' official fan cafe.[78]

The Wonder Girls returned as a four-member band rather than a dance group with each member playing an instrument: Yubin (drums), Yeeun (keyboard), Hyerim (guitar), and Sunmi (bass). The group released their third studio album Reboot on August 3.[79] Album was a commercial success, charting number five on Gaon Albums Chart and number two on Billboard's US World Albums. On August 2, lead single from album "I Feel You" was released.

It was reported that group's former members Sunye and Sohee came to support Wonder Girls at Music Core on August 8, 2015. Also, Yeeun said that Sunye came to the filming of "I Feel You" with her little daughter. In September, Sunye denied her retirement from entertainment industry, saying that she will come back someday. She also said that she would like to perform with Wonder Girls someday, if there will be a chance.

On October 2, it was announced that Wonder Girls would host an episode of Saturday Night Live Korea season 6 which would air on October 10. They performed their hits "I Feel You", "Nobody" and "Tell Me". On December 27, they performed at SBS Gayo Daejeon. They also performed at 2015 MBC Gayo Daejejeon on December 31, where they performed two of their biggest hits "So Hot" and "I Feel You". Their third album Reboot was ranked on The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015 by Billboard magazine. Reboot was placed at #1.

2016–present: "Why So Lonely" and fourth studio album

Wonder Girls arriving to Music Bank on 8 July 2016

In mid-2016, group started promoting their upcoming fourth studio album. On June 18, they released the lead single from the album, titled "To the Beautiful You".[80] On July 5, Wonder Girls released the second single "Why So Lonely".[81] A single album of the same name was also released. The night before, they had a live premiere on Naver's V app at 11:30 PM KST. On July 12, Wonder Girls performed the dance version of "Why So Lonely" for the first time on SBS MTV's The Show, winning the trophy for that week. This was their first win on a music program since the release of "Like This" in 2012.[82] The group performed the song at the launch ceremony for the South Korean Olympic team on July 19.[83]

Members

Current

Former

Timeline

Discography

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Note
2010 The Last Godfather Cameo Performed "Nobody"
2012 The Wonder Girls Themselves Television film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006–2010 MTV Wonder Girls Themselves Wonder Girls first reality show
2007 Show! Music Core First live performance ("Irony")
SBS Gayo Daejeon Music Drama[85] With Big Bang
Music Bank Yubin's first performance ("Tell Me")
2008 Wonder Bakery[86] Wonder Girls second reality show
Show! Music Core Performed "So Hot" and "This Time"
Performed "Nobody"
Music Bank
Inkigayo
2009 Welcome to Wonderland[87] Wonder Girls documentary
The Wendy Williams Show "Nobody" performance
So You Think You Can Dance? Season 6
2010 M! Countdown Hyelim's first live performance ("2 Different Tears")
Win Win Interview
Family Outing 2
Come to Play
MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010 Recorded on Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach
Made in Wonder Girls Wonder Girls third reality show
2011 Monday Mashup Performed a cover of B.o.B and Bruno Mars song "Nothin' on You"
Music Bank Sunye, Sohee and Yubin only
Weekly Idol episode 22
Star Life Theater Reality show documenting their Wonder World comeback
2012 Let's Shake It Performed "Nobody" and "Be My Baby"
Gag Concert Guests for two episodes
Star English English interview, Sunye and Hyelim only
Love Request Performed "Like This"
The Beatles Code Performed "Good Girl Bad Girl" cover
Running Man episode 117, Guests: Yubin with miss A's Bae Suzy
Cocktail Culture Interview
2015 Weekly Idol episode 211
Midnight TV Entertainment Comeback interview
Today's Room episode 6
Non-Summit episode 63, Yeeun and Hyelim only
Pops in Seoul episode 3000 special, Hyelim only
Off to School episode 66-68, Yeeun only
Saturday Night Live Korea Season 6, episode 10
Running Man episode 265, Yeeun only
On Style Body Show 2 Guests: Hyelim with miss A's Meng Jia
Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Performance of g.o.d's "To Mother" by Shin Yong Jae featuring Yubin
SBS Gayo Daejeon Performance of "I Feel You"
MBC Gayo Daejejeon Live performance of "I Feel You" and "So Hot"
2016 Entertainment Weekly Hyelim interviews Leonardo DiCaprio
My Little Television Yubin only
Get It Beauty Hyelim only
K-pop Star 5 Performance of "With You" Bernard Park and Hyelim duet

Music video appearances

Year Title Artist Role
2008 "Cry with Us" Various artists Themselves
"I Love Asia / Smile Again"
2010 "This Christmas" JYP Nation
2016 "Fire" Park Jin Young

Special Stages

Title Venue Date Source Notes
"Tell Me" / "Lies"
(featuring Big Bang)		 Music Bank 12/28/2007 [88]
"Kissing You"
(originally by Girls' Generation)		 Music Bank 7/4/2008 [89] Part of a song trade - Girls' Generation covered "Tell Me" on the same show

Tours

Headlining
Opening acts

JYP Nation

Awards and nominations

References

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