The Evolution of Girls Generation

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Think about Girls Generation; the group of nine girls who seem to keep getting prettier and prettier. Let's review where they started, what they did, and how they turned into one of Asia's leading music groups!

2007: Back in '07, Girls Generation debutted like most other girl groups - with a fresh faced concept. Most of the members seen here have natural black hair, minimal makeup, and innocent clothing. Typical for a girl group back in 2007. However, most groups at the time had 4 or 5 members at most - debutting with nine members seemed like a suicide mission. And the girls attracted alot of attention for it - be it good or bad.

Their debut song, 'Into the New World', all of their voices weren't autotuned, they all had a fair amount of lines, and everything just seemed... fair. Their songs were uplifting and happy as well. See how everyone (with the exception of Hyoyeon and Tiffany) had the same straight, naturally black hair? Their songs sounded the same - they were very simple and kept things cute and happy.

2008: They started out promoting their song 'Baby Baby', but that led to a 9-month hiatus. During these nine months, members worked with each other and individually to create music for other companies. In the drama department, Yuri and Sooyoung worked together to produce a trot song for the drama 'Working Mom'. Sunny sung for the drama 'Story of Mom', while Taeyeon did two songs for 'Beethoven Virus'. Our lovely Tiffany, Jessica, and Seohyun created two songs for the online game 'Maginobi'. It may have been a dull year for their group activities, but individually, they proved to be amazing and talented singers.

2009: This was when SNSD claimed their place in the K-pop world - when Gee was released, it created the "Gee Fever" - and it took Korea by a storm. SNSD was everywhere - advertisements, music shows, concerts, music stores, etc. They also hit the hearts of fans with their ballads, including the emotional 'Dear Mom'. 'Genie' was released shortly after 'Gee' - but recieved controversy and not-so-great reception. There were copyright issues with an Uzbekistanian singer, and comparisons between Nazis and the Genie concept. Despite their constant attention throughout the year, some of the members teamed up with Super Junior to create other songs.

2010: In January and Feburary, the group started promoting their next album - 'Oh!'. It went on to win 5 K-pop awards. Only two months afterwards, in mid-March, the 'Run Devil Run' images were released, then promoted. In June, Girls Generation signed on with a Japanese record label Nayutawave Records for their Japanese promotions, while a DVD of them was released in September. Amongst their Japanese activites, they participated in the SMTown '10 World Tour.

2011: Most of this year was spent repackaging their songs for the Japanese market. "Hoot" and "Run Devil Run" were oftenly promoted. Their first original Japanese song, "Mr. Taxi" was also released. In September, "The Boys", co-written by member Tiffany, was promoted, and achieved an 'All-kill' on all major music ranking websites.

2012: 'The Boys' was promoted in America early on in the year with less-than-expected results. However, the girls quickly bounced back after releasing their first subunit, 'TaeTiSeo', made up of members Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The summer included lots of Japanese song releases, including the wildly popular 'Paparazzi'.

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