Sorry for the skipped week of Music Mondays. There’s a lot going on cough BLACK LIVES MATTER coughs
Eleven years ago (to the day, no less), one of the most iconic kpop songs/fashions/videos/dances/everything was dropped: “Gee” by Girls’ Generation.
I don’t want to talk about how many collective hours that I have spent listening to this, practicing the large arm flourishes and the pointing dance. There was something so damn catchy about the song and its dance. We saw the beginning of the 10s fashion with those insanely brightly-colored pants and shorts. We saw the beginning of Choi (“man standing next to Melania Trump”) Minho of SHINee’s career, and the beginning of the force that was… Girls’ Generation.
They’ve been through some shit. The Black Ocean scandal, the dating and plastic surgery rumors, the whole situation with Jessica (was she or wasn’t she kicked out of the group?) and the fact that several members decided in 2018 not to resign with SM Entertainment, pretty much signalling an end to the group as we knew it. A second sub-unit group was created with the five remaining SM members but in my eyes, Girls Generation has passed on its crown as the “Nation’s Girl Group” to Twice.
“Gee” is so iconic people are still performing covers of it to this day… some even cross-dressing to do so. If you listen to kpop and don’t know “Gee,” then… then what are you even doing??
Koffee & Kpop 