The History of K-Pop can never be complete without analyzing the efforts of ‘The Big Three’ K-Pop companies in shaping the course of the Korean Music Industry. SM Entertainment is one among these Big Three that has a huge number of popular artists who have contributed significantly to the K-pop scene Internationally as well as domestically.
SM Entertainment is huge and has its own unique style of creating groups and projects when it comes to K-Pop. One such project is ‘Girls on Top,’ which is a Super Group project of the most Legendary Female Artists ever that has been created by SM Entertainment. A male version of the same Super Group project is also made in the name of SuperM.
Debut
After the successful launching of artists for more than two decades, SM Entertainment has introduced the concept of Super Groups by picking up hot chunks from the creamy layer in the centrifuge of Legendary Artists.
The Super Group ‘Girls On Top’ is a special project in archiving the creations of legendary artists from SM. It is also quite a profitable marketing strategy and a good opportunity for artists to collaborate and create history.
This legendary group was formed in 2021 with the creation of its first Sub Unit, ‘Got the Beat.’ The world saw the release of its first single, ‘Step Back’ in 2022.
Member profile
The Super Group ‘Girls On Top’ was formed with the selection of Seven Legendary Artists. It consists of BoA, Girls Generation’s Taeyeon and Hyoyeon, Red Velvet’s Seulgi and Wendy, Aespa’s Karina, and Winter.
BoA
BoA, the Queen of K-Pop, is a South Korean soloist under SM Entertainment and a member of the South Korean Super Group ‘Girls on Top’. This East Asian Queen was spotted by the label at the age of 11. BoA not only worked for the Korean entertainment market but also for the Japanese, Chinese, and American markets as well.
This inter-generational singer has fans from children to parents to even grandparents and possesses a successful career of more than two decades and many more to come. She was introduced to the Korean industry with her debut Album ID, Peace B, in the year 2000, whose music video has also been remastered.
Even after such a glorious career, the artist has a humble personality and is a connoisseur of the Korean Entertainment industry who does not shy away from sharing her experience of the extreme diets of K-Pop Idols to having knowledge about other artists’ peculiar behaviors and habits.
Taeyeon
Taeyeon is a singer in the South Korean girl group ‘Girls’ Generation’ and the Super Group ‘Girls On Top’. She is also one of SM Entertainment’s solo artists. This captivating feminine beauty is not just pretty but is also extremely talented with her vocals owing to her Pre-Debut training of 3 years in vocals.
She is also nicknamed ‘Sharapova’ and ‘The Queen of OSTs’ due to her contribution of songs to various K-Dramas such as Hotel Del Luna, The King 2 Hearts, Beethoven Virus, To the Beautiful You, Hong Gil-dong and many more.
Hyoyeon
Hyoyeon is a member of the South Korean girl group ‘Girls’ Generation’, its sub-unit, and its Super Group ‘Girls On Top’. SM Entertainment was able to discover this artist at the age of 11 years through an audition.
She is known as the ‘Dancing Machine’ who can dance to any possible number of genres, from break dance to popping to even Tango. Her perfection in various dance forms as an artist is evident from the fact that the artist received training from Renowned choreographers Pre-debut.
She also had an opportunity to work for BoA and Janet Jackson. Hyoyeon was chosen as the celebrity representative of South Korea for ‘Vogue Italy’ along with Chai Si Won owing to her popularity in Europe and was also nicknamed as ‘Goddess of Europe.’ Her artful dancing skills also led her to collaborate with other dancers of SM Entertainment for the Unit ‘Younique’ in MV ‘Maxstep.’
Seulgi
Seulgi is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet, Red Velvet’s sub unit Irene and Seulgi, and Super Group ‘Girls On Top.’ She is a graduate of the most popular arts High School in South Korea, School of Performing Arts (SOPA).
This National treasure was known as ‘Girl Crush among Girls’ owing to her beautiful face. Seulgi is also known for pulling off red hairs quite well. She is also a soloist under SM Entertainment and has contributed to OSTs in one of the popular K-Drama ‘Hwarang.’ Seulgi is also a featured artist for songs of many renowned singers such as Bam Bam, Wendy, Moonbyul, Lee Taemin, and Zion. T.
Wendy
Wendy is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet and Super Group Girls On Top. During her student life in Canada and US, she became fluent in English and can sing like Native American singers. She entered stardom with her debut as SM Rookies and Red Velvet in 2014. She is a vocal masterpiece who possesses one of the most magical voices among K-Pop idols. Her fans have compared her voice to a ‘warm drink on a rainy day.’
Wendy has also blessed many famous K-Dramas such as Start-Up, The King: Eternal Monarch, The Beauty Inside, Uncontrollably Fond, Hwarang, and many more with the magic in her voice that one can almost get ‘teary-eyed’ while listening to the OST in the Dramas.
She also created history by collaborating with an American singer John Legend for an English melody, ‘Written In The Stars.
Karina
Karina is a member of the South Korean girl group Aespa and Super Group Girls On Top. This New generation Idol was cast by DM on social media by SM Entertainment. As a child, she wanted to be a Cabin crew. She is also the Visual leader of the group Aespa and is good at Popping, Dance, and Rapping.
Karina also performed in Lee Taemin’s ‘Want’ MV. She has a Jolly personality and jokes around with her Aespa members by conducting funny tricks on them. She is good at giving compliments and doing an impression of Cheon Seo Jin in ‘The Penthouse.’ She is also popular for doing headbangs and can control her hair and swirl them while dancing.
Winter
Winter is a member of the South Korean girl group Aespa and the Super Group Girls On Top. She is from a military family and was interested in becoming a Soldier. She is known as ‘Vocal Cords by Jin’ or ‘Vocal Cord Daughter’ due to her great vocals, just like SM Producer Yoo Young Jin. She possesses a soft sweet voice that can be perfect for a fairy tail styled romantic comedy K-Drama OST.
Winter has learned ‘Kendo’ and is quite a skilled Swordsman. She has the hilarious skills of twisting her wrists 360 degrees and tongue-clicking. It was revealed from ‘Knowing Bros’ that in high school, she was named as ‘Kim Min Kyung Hoon’ owing to her resemblance with Min Kyung Hoon.
Songs and albums
History was recorded on January 2022 with the Girls On Top’s debut Music Video ‘Step Back. The Group revealed that they filmed the music video over a period of 3 days. The song’s slightly feminist lyrics portray the maturity of women about love and their high self-esteem.
The lyrics and hip-hop-styled dance track were perfect for the legends to showcase their powerful dancing skills. The costumes laden with silver accentuated the legendary status of the artist in the music video.
Fans were Amazed by the iconic comeback that sent chills to their spines as the legends slayed the debut with their high vocals and fierce performance, thereby demanding another comeback.
History repeated itself on January 2023 with the release of another MV, ‘Stamp On It‘ by the queens, this time with more stylish and killer visuals, iconic rap, and the bossy charisma of the queens. The fierce lyrics narrate the battle that ensues on stage.
Fans from all over the world could not contain their excitement over their favorite idols contributing to this masterpiece. One thing was sure from this project; SM Entertainment has got quite some genius brains to bring forward this iconic creation which was also promoted separately with the creation of ‘Girls On Top’s’ very own YouTube channel @GirlsOnTopSM.
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