{"id":326,"date":"2020-11-23T14:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T14:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/?p=326"},"modified":"2020-12-09T06:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T06:39:27","slug":"a-review-of-into-the-new-world-by-girls-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/2020\/11\/23\/a-review-of-into-the-new-world-by-girls-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review of “Into the New World” by Girls’ Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you haven\u2019t heard of Girls\u2019 Generation or their debut song \u201cInto the New World\u201d yet, then you have been sleeping under a rock. Girls\u2019 Generation debuted on August 5, 2007 under SM Entertainment with their song \u201cInto the New World\u201d. At the time of their debut there were 9 of them. The name of the members are (starting left to right) Sunny, Seohyun, Yoona, Jessica,Yuri, Taeyeon, Sooyoung, Hyoyeon and Tiffany. Jessica left in 2014 after 7 years. When they debuted, they received a lot of hate\/criticism because before them, the most members a girl group had was 4. Another example of the hate they received was known as the “black ocean”<\/a>. In 2008, just two months before their one-year anniversary as a group, Girls\u2019 Generation was invited to perform at the Dream Concert in June. This concert is very popular and so it\u2019s a bit rare to have rookie groups perform. Fans of Super Junior, which is another boy group under SM, were mad that Girls\u2019 Generation was always around them, meaning stuff like commercials or events and so in protest of Girls\u2019 Generation, they turned off their lightsticks, giving Girls\u2019 Generation a black ocean. When I learned about this I thought it was very immature of the fans to do but in K-Netizens are known to be harsh on idols, regardless if they like them or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This song talks about the girls\u2019 experience as trainees and how long they had to train because the formation of this group didn\u2019t happen overnight. Taeyeon, who is the leader of the group, called out a person after they claimed on a TV show that they were almost a part of the group and she said, \u201cUnless you manipulate the members\u2019 memories somehow or have actually worked hard and sweat with us, I wish people would stop bringing up Girls\u2019 Generation\u2019s name so easily. It makes us uncomfortable.\u201d Taeyeon then reiterated that the members had worked so hard and overcome so many obstacles to get where they are today. She said, \u201cThe eight of us put everything on the line and worked as hard as we can in order to debut under the name Girls\u2019 Generation. We\u2019re not a group that was made in a day. It\u2019s true that we had to work towards creating the best synergy between the members, but we went through so much together before the public even knew about us.\u201d When Taeyeon said this, she shed a little bit of light on the process to becoming an idol, mentioning that it was not easy and that they weren’t just picked for the group overnight, they had to work for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a line in the song that says, \u201cI leave behind this world\u2019s unending sadness. In the many unknowable paths I follow a dim light. It\u2019s something we\u2019ll do together to the end. Into my new world.\u201d That line right there talks about exactly what Taeyeon mentioned, that they had to go through years of training and bumps in the road to get where they are now. Ex member Jessica trained the longest out of the 9 of them. Her training time was 7 years and her whole family moved to South Korea from California in order for her to pursue her dreams, that is a big challenge right there. The song starts off with a soft piano sound repeating the same few notes over again (about 30 seconds) until Taeyeon’s voice comes in with the first line. The song starts off soft with the piano until the drums come in. In the beginning only three of the members have lines until about 1:22 when the chorus hits and all 9 sing it, signaling they are one and that they are heading into this journey together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When this song first came out, it didn’t get that much attention at first even though the girls did get their first music show win<\/a> just two months after they debuted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might be thinking why is this song so popular, why is Girls\u2019 Generation so popular? Well the reason is because when they debuted there weren\u2019t that many girl bands, especially a girl band of 9 people. It was a big deal for them because the last girl group that was under SM was a group called S.E.S and they debuted in 1992 and disbanded in 2002 so Girls\u2019 Generation was their newest girl group in 5 years. The other reason they are so popular is because girl groups don\u2019t usually last more than 7 years, if lucky. There is a \u201ccurse\u201d that girl groups have where between 5 and 7 years, they could end up disbanding, the curse being called \u201cthe 7-year curse\u201d. Girls\u2019 Generation is the longest active running girl group ever. They just celebrated their 13th<\/sup> debut anniversary<\/a> in August 2020. Without knowing it, they paved the way for future girl groups because they proved to the world that anything is possible. Because of them, rookie girl groups dream to be like them, lasting over 10 years. I\u2019ve included a video of two girl groups singing and dancing<\/a> to the song, which just shows how important Girls\u2019 Generation is still to this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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