Brace yourselves guys, another super group featuring SM Entertainment’s top female idols in the company are currently gearing up for their official debut – and they are called Girls On Top (or GOT in short)!
Last night, SM dropped the news that they will be debuting a girl group in a similar style to the “Avengers-styled” boy group SuperM. As revealed in the statement, Girls On Top will not only perform a special stage on 1st January (most likely) at SMTOWN’s upcoming free online concert, they will also be releasing a single together, which will debut on 3rd January at 6pm KST (5pm Malaysia time).
Without further ado, let’s meet the seven members of Girls On Top:
1. BoA (보아)
- Solo artiste
- Position: Leader
- Some of her nicknames include: Beat of Angel, Best of All, Kkamshi, as well as the Queen of Korean Pop.
- She was scouted by SM at the age of 11, when she accompanied her older brother to an audition.
2. Taeyeon (태연)
- Original group: Girls’ Generation
- Position: Main vocalist
- She was cast after participating in SM’s 8th Annual Teen Best Contest in 2004. She was crowned the Best Singer and won the First Place Grand Award.
- She has a total of seven piercings (five in her right ear and two in left) and six tattoos.
3. Hyoyeon (효연)
- Original group: Girls’ Generation
- Position: Main dancer, Main rapper, Sub vocalist
- She has known former miss A member Min before either of them debuted. Both of them were in a dance duo called Little Winners.
- In 2005, during her trainee days, Hyoyeon went on stage as BoA’s “silhoutte” back-up for the Mnet KM Music Festival (now better known as MAMAs).
4. Seulgi (슬기)
- Original group: Red Velvet
- Position: Main dancer, lead vocalist
- She almost debuted with a different stage name – Rowoon.
- Seulgi was supposed to debut as a member of f(x). She trained together with members Krystal Jung and the late Sulli.
5. Wendy (웬디)
- Original group: Red Velvet
- Position: Vocalist
- She made her solo debut in April this year with the mini album “Like Water”.
- She’s able to speak in four different languages – Korean, English, Spanish and French.
6. Karina (카리나)
- Original group: aespa
- Position: Main dancer, Lead rapper, Sub vocalist,
- She appeared in the music video of Taemin’s 2019 song “Want”.
- She trained for four years.
7. Winter (윈터)
- Original group: aespa
- Position: Maknae
- Many fans think she resembles her senior Taeyeon from SNSD.
- She’s a certified EXO-L (EXO fandom name); and her bias is Baekhyun.
Are you excited for the official K-pop debut of Girls On Top? We know we are! 😍
Sources: Soompi, Kpop Profiles.
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