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Gasoo History:Baby V.O.X and BoA
Topic Started: Nov 15 2003, 07:55 PM (93 Views)
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Baby V.O.X

The hot Korean female group: Baby VOX (short for Baby Voice of Expression) is the flame ignited by the five current members - Lee Hee Jin, Yoon Eun Hye, Kan Mi Youn, Kim Ez and Sim Eun Jin. But it didn’t all start this way.

The story of the Baby VOX began in 1997 when the name Baby VOX (Voice of Expression) was given to a five-member group of very talented females. With all the groups’ talent things looked good for Baby VOX in the beginning. However, success didn't knock on their door right away: the featured song "Haircut" reached only 47th on the Kpop charts, while the debut selling was disappointing. Poor selling led to separation, the record company decided to keep only two members of Baby VOX, Lee Hee Jin and Kim Ez, meanwhile they were scouting for three energetic, vibrant dancers to add to the team.

And thus the second generation of Baby VOX was born when new members: Kan Mi Youn, Sim Eun Jin and Lee Gai join Baby VOX. In their sexy, dynamic image, Baby VOX Vol.2 received much better responses and the featured song "Change" got to as high as 7th on the Kpop charts. Baby VOX didn't stop there and the record company aimed higher; Yoon Eun Hye was later introduced to replace Lee Gai who was less compatible with the rest of the group. The Baby VOX we listen to today was finally lined up.

In 1999, a new Baby VOX with a new appearance arises, they became much mature and more feminine. Their featured song, "Get up", from their new album topped the Kpop charts. Baby VOX hit the Chinese market in the same year. In their new album of the millennium "Why", Baby VOX's forth to date, they greeted the fans with satin elegance and grace; once again they attracted publicity and more fans. They soon went on to establish themselves as the biggest Korean female kpop up there in ranks with S.E.S. and Fin. K.L. besides being young and beautiful, Baby VOX excelled in dancing. The ever-changing characteristic of Baby VOX thrilled their fans, their constant changing in style and image is definitely the trump card for their status in the Kpop music industry today.

In their fifth album, "Boyish Story", Baby VOX again amazes us with their sharp turning from the ultra-feminine style to this sharp dressed, boyish look. Success and popularity grow not solely from image making, being a real musician is essential. Baby VOX has been enriching themselves throughout these years by practicing song and lyrics writing. Having composed 6 or 7 songs for "Boyish Story". It probably won't take too long to see Baby VOX producing, writing and making their own albums.

In May of 2002, Baby VOX released their most recent album, entitled 'Special Album'. It was a box set containing three cds with a VCD and a small photo book. The first two cds were comprised of past Baby VOX pop hits made into a non-stop dance mix. The third cd was full of ballads. The VCD consisted of the newest music video, 'Oo Yon' and self cams and other fun clips. A nice complete set to show off Baby VOX's accomplishments! A must for all fans! There is also hope for a sixth album, though that remains to be seen


BoA

SM's idea three years ago was to begin to make a huge star who would represent Asia. Their plan was to make a star who would use the Korean music industry as a stepping stone into Asia, and then into the world, in order to spread Korea's prestige abroad. At that time, the mainstream of the entertainment world was taken over by 13-16 year old female idol stars. The Japanese representative of an idol group, SPEED, was also composed of girls around 15 years of age. With that point given, it was obvious that it would be most favorable for Korea to put out a [young] girl who would go abroad. Also, [SM] figured that 'they needed at least 2-3 years in order to completely finish the casting and training of this future star', so they concentrated first on casting. They asked all of the candidates they met at national contests and talent shows, and even those who came to the studio to audition, if they had a younger sibling. And if they did, they went as far as to call those siblings in for auditioning. Through this never-ending effort to find their future star, the jewel that they found was BoA. At that time, BoA's older brother had come to the studio for an audition. The answer to the question "Do you have a younger sibling" was the one and only 5th grader named BoA. At the time, she was 11 years old. BoA has trained ever since that young age for this day. The fact that she sang at the audition that she had through her older brother was what guided her into becoming a future star. The dancing and singing that the young elementary student did at the audition showed plenty of potential to be a star. BoA's talent and passion, and her skills, although not yet fine tuned, were extraordinary in spite of her young age. The company did however worry about how well she could do at such a young age, but they couldn't just let this opportunity pass them by. As soon as SM found BoA, they quickly met with her parents to persuade them into permitting her training. BoA also showed her parents her strong interest in making her dream of becoming a singer come true. But in the beginning, her parents strongly opposed. Her brothers understood why their parents opposed this decision so strongly; BoA was bringing home very high rades, and they just wanted her to keep studying, not become a singer. But the company who had already found BoA's talents could not let go of her so easily. In the end, SM was able to persuade her parents with the certainty of her success, and BoA gained the opportunity of a lifetime to live out her dreams.

The road to making a world star...

As soon as the permission of the parents were received, the company immediately began a very focused training period to making a world star. The first thing that BoA needed to learn was neither dancing or singing, but foreign languages. She was given a private tutor who taught her both English and Japanese. This was something that BoA absolutely needed to learn in order to go abroad with her future music. BoA was even sent to Japan during her vacations in order to receive extra focused lessons. It may have been because of her young age, but her ability to learn these new languages was extraordinary. Also, after her graduation from elementary school, her start in the International middle school was delayed for six months in order to go to Tokyo, Japan once again. This time, not only did she learn Japanese, but she also received vocal and dance lessons. On top of that, she was only allowed to speak Japanese during her stay there. In order to pick up fine tuned pronunciations, she stayed with and was taught by NHK's GuMiKo. This intense training has given BoA the ability to speak Japanese almost perfectly, and also understand and converse in English.

When the manager of one of Japan's top entertainers, Yungsung Akanemi, saw BoA, they took upon themselves the responsibility of her dance and vocal training. As a result, they introduced one of the top instructors to BoA. Sakuma, who had been recognized as Japan's best dancer, gave BoA dance lessons, and Japan's top hip hop dancer Kazeu personally came to Korea to choreograph BoA's debut album. Sakuma even praised BoA saying "When compared to the Japanese dancers who do nothing but dance, her skills are right up at that level. And among the female singers who do both singing and dancing, there is no one who has the skills that BoA has. There has been no one this young who can dance so well."

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