A Love for 4Minute Renewed

4Minute Girls: Sohyn, Jiyoon, HyunA, Gayoon and Jihyun

 I have been REALLY getting into sultry Cube Entertainment group 4MINUTE recently. On one of the (mostly J-Pop) forums I follow, they posted up some 4Minute Albums, and after listening to them a few weeks, I think I am going to have to purchase some of these, especially "For Music" and "Hit Your Heart", they are soooo good. MAN, when I listened to "Hot Issue" for the first time, I. WAS. FRICKING. BLOWN. AWAY. That is such a KILLER song, and MAN, the BASS in that song is so dense, when I threw the song onto my ipod and blasted it in my car, the windows were shuddering like I was driving a Low Rider!!!

After that I began going online to look for more videos and live performances of 4Minute, and  boy, there was so much more to discover! Unbelievably, though 4minute was pretty much the first K-pop group I really liked, I have to say that in reality I didn’t know too much more about them beyond the songs I knew of theirs like "I My Me Mine" and "Volume Up"…I'd never even seen a live perf of "Huh" before! 

A Sexy Rendition of "Mirror Mirror"

 Diving into their back catalog was like discovering a whole new band and each video and live performance gave a new and exciting dimension to them- and GADS, the chicks are so WICKED in those clips! Watching the performances of "Hot Issue"....Holy Crap, Hyuna really showed me why she's so damn popular, I tell you. I didn't realize it was their first single, so it was really cute to see the original MV for the song and then contrast it with a smoldering recent performance. From cute and girly to sultry and SEXY!

Fun Beatles Code with Jihyun, HyunA, Jiyoon and Sohyun

And while we're on that subject of girly, when I first saw 4Minute, the girl I focused on most was Gayoon. Her looks were so exotic and striking to me (kind of Israeli-ish looking, if you know what I mean...come to think of it, I thought that the first time I saw Gyuri in the "Mister MV, too.) Later when I fell in love with Hyuna from Invincible Youth, I had to go back and re-watch I My Me Mine 'cause I didn't remember her at all.  But now that I've been watching a bunch of stuff from them, all their MVs, Live Performances, etc , I kind of know all of them, and I have to say for the record: HOW IN THE HELL DID I NEVER NOTICE JIHYUN BEFORE??? 

Nam Jihyun

Jihyun on Beatles Code

OH MY GOD, this girl is sooo DAMN pretty, such a feminine girly-girl! I just watched a recent Beatles Code, and every time Jihyun was onscreen, I couldn’t stand it!!! Such a CUTIE, I can't believe she is the oldest and the leader. Not only did I think Jihyun was the MAKNAE, I thought Gayoon was the leader! And she really seems like it when I watch her on Travel Maker. Very commanding and no-nonsense, such a cool chick.

Gayoon

In fact, after watching a few epsidoes of this Travel show, I really began loving ALL of the members, Gayoon, Hyuna, Jihyun, Jiyoon and the adorably picked-on maknae Sohyun…all of them together make the 4Minute experience such a joy to watch! And I find when I go back and watch the live performances and videos again, I have a new appreciation for it since I now KNOW them all! 

HyunA decides Sohyun should test the water...

Poor Sohyun! LOL

Travelmaker is such a fun show, unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be all that many episodes translated and subbed! So far all I've got is four episodes to watch (with the rest RAWs) so I've got to make the most of it!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com