Wednesday, September 26, 2012

UP Girls - QQ仙境 Wonderland

Redditor here! I just found /r/cpop, so I just learned of this group UP Girls from China and thought I'd see if they could change my mind about how terrible Chinese girl groups are. They're supposedly better looking than ones we've seen so far, and I'll barely give them that. Their musical range is also supposed to be a little more varied. I'd also barely give them that, seeing as they manage to imitate songs with different styles. So they've only barely given me hope, but this song QQ仙境 Wonderland is pretty cute at least. The vocals aren't that strong or the sound editing's not quite there. There are some really apparent similarities in this MV and those of incredibly successful Kpop groups Kara and SNSD. It also takes the rap bit from Elva Hsiao's song 我的男朋友 My Boyfriend. It's the true Chinese way, imitation is the highest form of flattery. I think if they can keep making progress from their initial songs (like Love Me Boy and Love Yourself), which were just ghost-pale imitations of Korean songs, they can get to a greater stage.





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