Sugar Time Again

  So I was talking to a friend the other week about older K-Pop groups like S.E.S., FIN K.L. and of course Baby V.O.X. (which was the whole reason I was getting so interested in the earlier acts) and asking him which groups he knew of and/or liked.
 He said that though he'd heard a few songs here and there from all of the above groups, he didn't know them too well. He DID mention a group that he WAS into, though, and it came from a rather unusual source- seems he's been a fan of a Korean traveling show called "Tasty Road" and had fallen in love with one of the hosts. There was something about her that made his sure that she MUST be more than "just a host", and going online, he was to find that this girl, Park Soo Jin was indeed more than that- she was from  an early 2000's K-Pop band, and the band's name was... SUGAR!
 Sugar! You know, the whole time I've been into K-pop I don't think I ever connected Sugar with K-pop at ALL! Though in the back of my mind I knew they were from Korea and had a long Korean career, they have always seemed like a J-POP band to me! But I DID love them so, and even did a blog entry about them and my favorite song of theirs, "Himawari', from the Fukada Kyoko drama "Shiawase Ni Naritai"!

 Man, I was SOOO EXCITED when he told me that he was into Sugar! I  began blathering on about how much I loved them, in particular Himawari and its parent album COLORS 4 WISHES, which ironically enough, was just about the last album they put out before breaking up! I promised him I would be making a copy of this album for him and have subsequently been replaying it over and over again!

Ahhhh, sure brings back some happy memories!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com

A Song to Brighten Your Day: "Himawari" by Sugar

Sugar-Himawari

A few years ago there was this Kyoko Fukada drama co-starring Yuki Matsushita about a poor girl who goes to work as an apprentice in a major Television studio, called Shiawase Ni Naritai. While the drama itself wasn’t anything too spectacular, (although Fukakyon was adorable as usual) the theme song was a catchy little pop tune called “Himawari”, and I'm telling you, this song really MADE the show, so cute and catchy that I found myself actually anticipating hearing the song at the end of each episode!

The song was sung by a Korean J-pop quartet called Sugar. I’d never heard of this vocal group before, but that song was a must have! A single from their album COLORS 4 WISHES, it was one of those songs  that stuck with you even after the show had ended, and it never failed  to bring a smile to my face!  In fact, I’d even confess that towards the end of the show, it was the main reason to keep tuning in to the drama!

Later, I was able to download the PV of the song, and was blown away by how gorgeous these four girls were! Featuring the talents of Ayumi, Soo-Jin, Hye Seung and Haleen, I was kind of surprised that this group didn’t have a bigger following, as their look seemed part Morning Musume and part MAX!

I was saddened to find that the group has since split up, but with songs like Take It Shake It, Real Identity, Go The Distance, Heartful, and Loveaccele, they’ve left behind a few great little singles for us to enjoy!