2ndGen GG's Discovery - T-ARA, Miss A (Patreon), Wonder Girls, Sistar & 9Muses | HONEST Review 

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SISTAR were literally the vocal Queens in that gen, music was very chill on production and vocals were heavenly. Love them ❤️

I’m SO glad Sistar were thrown into the mix. Their discography is full of timeless bops that I still have in my gym & beach playlists! If you do deep dive Sistars catalogue, consider including Ma Boy by their Subunit, Sistar19, which was Hyolyn and the rapper, Bora.

Lmao irony bringing us back to Sunmi and HyunA in the same group. These groups did a good amount of walking for these newer groups to run. Not all of it aged so well, but it was an era.

Fun fact: T-ara's lead singer, Soyeon, was part of SNSD's original line-up! Don't miss Sistar19 in your deep dive. Also 4minute (Hyuna's OG group) and After School + their subunit-Orange Caramel. They're so fun and silly!

T-ARA and Nine Muses were my second gen bias groups

Sister was never just a girl group, they came out as a WOMAN group. That’s what set them apart from the beginning and their discography is definitely the most to your tastes Plus they made starship what they are today.

A fellow I Swear enjoyer????? YES!!!! I really think I Swear and Alone were Sistar's best songs. Also, I Swear was a thank you follow-up song for the success of Touch My Body and I love the contrast of TMB being a full on summer song while I Swear felt like a wind down from summer. ❤️❤️

I swear T-Ara has the best music in this industry. They literally have no bad songs, even b-sides. And yes their songs were really viral

once upon a time, t-ara closely rivaled snsd in popularity that i felt threatened as a sone back then haha. i really miss them. i was never really into wonder girls before but i actually loved their re-branding and they brought sunmi back in and became a band. they became super vibe-y and i loved that. but then they disbanded. :( sistar, the original queens of summer. but they are more than their summer hits! they can SING. Hyolyn is considered one of the best female idol singers especially during that time. 9muses i didnt get to know well but it's nice to know how appreciated they are now. they have really addicting songs!

"Why is no one's chorus chorus-ing?!?!?!?" LMAO that sent me When you started Be My Baby I was like omg nooooooooooooooo! I'm so glad you switched to I Feel You---the 80s vibe is so good even if the chorus isn't chorusing LOL. Even though not all the songs hit, revisiting these 2nd gen songs is a nice reminder of when Kpop had grown ass women. I LOVE the New Jeans of the kpop world, don't get me wrong, but real grown women hit different

I'd definitely recommend Brown Eyed Girls to you based off of this - especially Brave New World and Sixth Sense!

As much as I love the Wonder Girls they're not for everyone. When you decided to play "I swear" I knew you would like it. Hyolyn"s vocals perfection on it.

Im so happy you reacted to Sistar! They are my ult bias group. Hyolyn and Soyou husky voices compliment each other so well. I love how their concepts were fun and sexy. You should definitely listen to Give it to Me, Alone, and Gone Not Around Any Longer! They dominated the charts along with SNSD and 2ne1 which was impressive because they came from a small company at that time. Even their subunit Sistar19 songs were super popular

Ooh, this was fun! Even if you didn’t love a lot of the songs, it was interesting to hear your thoughts. I need to see a second part with Girls’ Day, AOA, Secret, Hellovenus and Brown Eyed Girls. They have my favorite music from 2nd gen GGs and I feel like you’d enjoy a lot of it^^ (I don’t think I’ve ever seen them on your channel, I’d I missed it then sorry🙈)

literally as soon as you clicked on sistar, i knew it was guaranteed a good time, i love them sm

As a SISTAR and 9MUSES fan, I am so glad that you discovered these 2 all-time iconic groups, especially 9MUSES. The thing is that we all know Sistar was a huge success in South Korea, or I can say one of the most successful groups among Gen2 groups; however, 9MUSES was also a hidden gem even though there were not recognized as much as other groups did. So glad you’re open to have a listen from non-mainstream group. Ticket is totally a great choice for you as a first time listener. I suggest you listen to Dolls, Wild, and News too!!

I don't remember lovey dovey being so repetitive. I love the song but even I was annoyed hearing it over and over again. Alot of t-aras music was meant to be viral. I wish you had seen day by day. It is easily my favorite t-Ara song and one of their more mature songs. I voted for 9muses but Sistar slays everytime. I hope you finish hurt locker, they were robbed of a win with that song.

funfact the girl who did the rap in wonder girls irony is actually The Hyuna! she was there before debuting in 4minute later on

I swear the world stopped when WG came back from their hiatus with I Feel You

Woah these were the groups that got me into kpop but you can totally tell the difference between how they did music back then til now. I feel like the underdogs did better in 2nd gen like Brown eyed girls, secret and AOA. Especially Brown eyed girls they are soooo talented and the songs are sooo iconic. Gain and nasha from this group even have iconic solo career that I feel like you would totally like their music for sure!

SISTAR is an all-time legend. Especially Hyolyn...........

Sistar are the summer queens 🥰🥰🥰 I watched them perform in real life back in 2015. Bro their energy is immaculate

T-ara, wondergirls were like up there along with Snsd, 2ne1 & Kara...then Sistar tagged along soon...2nd gen truly a good era for k-pop

When you were complaining about the lack of ad-libs in the songs, I was like “oh we’re good,we got sistar” 😂 They weren’t considered the summer queens for nothing!!

im soo glad you liked sistar's songs! i had a feeling you would lol. small rant but this really makes me miss older women and slightly more mature concepts in kpop. even just reading "i like that"'s lyrics were so refreshing bc it felt like it had a bit of depth and was relatable to me at my big age lol. even in "i swear", its not the girl's getting out from grade school, but getting off of work and driving down to the beach to hang with friends. its just nice to see ig.

Yesss I LOVE Sistar! Looking forward to your vids of more of their stuff ^_^ tbh Starship's girlgroups have had me in a chokehold for going on 3 generations now with Sistar then WJSN and now IVE.

Sister definitely needs a deep dive all their songs are top tier

wonder girls suddenly becoming a band was such a moment.. never had i been so gagged in my life we love 2nd gen like we love pitbull remixes

Man this was a trip down memory lane! Wonder Girls is also one of those groups that went through a ton of lineup changes! Sunmi actually originally debuted with Wonder Girls when she was 15 (along with Hyuna who was 14), left the industry to go to university, and came back to the industry as a soloist then rejoined Wonder Girls for this comeback. If nothing else you might want to check out Why so lonely, which ended up being their last comeback, where they actually played the instruments on that album. As well, the vocalist you liked in I feel you is Yeeun, whose stage name is Ha:tfelt and has released a couple of albums since leaving JYP. I'd also recommend Yubin's music too. (I assume I don't need anyone tell you about what Sunmi's been up to since 2016 lol) I'm not surprised you ended up liking Sistar so much, they were the queens of bops and they could all really sing and dance. I would actually really recommend watching the dance practice and some lives of I Like That because the choreo was super cool. Also if you need more 2nd gen recs After School and 4minute were also big back in the day!

A reaction video with 2 of my top 30 kpop songs of all time??? (9muses' Drama and Sistar's I Like That) HELL YEAH!

Not you adding SISTAR last minute that’s not fair 🤣 they’re great though. My fav by them is Alone. Dolls is my fav 9muses song it’s like crack to me.

SISTAR THE ONLY QUEEN OF SUMMER

This was funnnn I love Soyu's voice I don't know how to explain it but her breathy hoarse tone ALWAYS gave me goosebumps her & Hyolyn being in the same group was the best thing ever!! I've been wishing for a collabo with them two T__T Dasom & Hyolyn had one a while ago but I need SOYUUUUUU!!! I miss Hyolyn x Soyu's radio covers good times good times

i am so glad you decided to check out i swear. sistar are one of my favourite groups and i swear is one of my favourite songs by them so im really glad you liked it!! please do a full video on them~ maybe react to sistar19 (hyolyn and bora unit) too within that. soyou is my favourite sistar member and she has a solo career, if you'd like to listen to here she mostly releases ballads but her song "gotta go" is very fun and upbeat!!

9muses yesss!!! you should react more to them, i love ALL of their titles… they’re are amazing and iconic

Please, I need you to do a Sistar deep dive for sure.!

Sistar, the UNDERDOG? 😂 How time have changed, they used the be the queens of summer. "Alone" was a whole cultural reset

OMG you reacted to MY TWO OF FOUR FAVORITE SISTAR SONGSSSSSS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH IM SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Ooooo if you want VOCALS, you gotta check out the early 3rd Gen group SPICA. You don’t Love Me and Secret Time are ones to check out, and Lonely is a personal fave

You should do Hyolyn firts album/songs

So, T-ara. They’ve had several different number of members but they don’t have lineup changes like some other groups. The OT6 were there for almost the entirety. As of now, there are only 4 left in the group (Boram and Soyeon aren’t in it anymore, maybe partially due to age and stress). So they’ve started as OT6 then 7 then 8 then 7 then back to OT6 and now 4. (It was rumored that their CEO wanted to make T-ara be like SNSD and they had plans to add a 9th member, she was revealed and everything, but never made her official debut, likely because the 7th member left and created a HUGE scandal). For Wonder Girls, I’m not 100% that you’ll vibe with most of their title tracks. Nobody is quintessential. I really like So Hot and Like Money the most. With SISTAR. NO ONE DOES IT LIKE THEM! Literally who out here doing sexy?!?! This is why we love grown WOMEN in Kpop. SISTAR literally started the trend of “make it big with a sexy concept and next release is a summer bop.” The literal queens of classy/sexy concepts and summer concepts. 9MUSES. The underrated queens of synchronization. These women are TALL. With them long ass limbs, it’s honestly so surprising how in sync they are. Basically every title track is a bop, even including what is considered to be one of the worst debut tracks EVER (it’s good in a post-ironic like this is so bad it’s good way). My favorite era was 2nd OT9 era (Dolls-Wild-Gun-Glue). Their company said we finally had nine muses again so let’s crank out FOUR comebacks in 1 year. Also want to point out this group NEVER won 1st on a music show but peep them album sales. They were definitely heavy hitters but never could jump that hurdle to fully mainstream. (Did you peep fellow K-reactors Sera Ryu btw?👀). Now THIS group is the one with most lineup changes. You actually ended up reacting two 2 videos with 8 members (not the same 8!). 9Muses originally debuted as 9. 4 left almost immediately after debut (one was sooner than the others and they already had her replacement) and then one of the ones that left almost as immediately came back. So they were OT7 for almost a year before the 8th member was added, which was for about another year. Ticket happened during this time. Then the 9th was added and my favorite era/year of 9MUSES is born (and only lasts this 1 year). 3 more members leave around the same time (from original OT9). That means only 3 of the original group are left. 2 new members are added and that brings us to Drama (that was the first release with this OT8). Group never gets back to 9. This lineup lasts 3 comebacks until 3 more members leave around the same time. 2 of which are OT9 and the 3rd was the girl they had on standby from predebut. One of the 5 left goes on hiatus, so the other 4 form a unit NINE MUSES A. Hiatus girl eventually leaves so the subunit is now the full unit and the promote under the full unit name as 4. They had 3 comebacks and then they disbanded, only 1 of OT9 making it to the end. We fully blame the company for the mismanagement.

9muses had a graduation system so the artists you saw in Ticket were not necessarily in Drama. I only think there was one original member left. I recommend anything when Sera Ryu was in the group. I love SISTAR but I can’t help but notice now looking back it just seems to be the Hyolyn show.

Wonder Girls has the best discography

I didn't follow kpop back in the day but had a bunch of friends who showed me mostly SNSD, so most of this is new to me. Cry Cry sounded like it was right out of the Britney era. Lovey Dovey though, that's my image of T-ara, alongside Bo Peep and Roly Poly. I had friends that would share these ironically just to inflict upon me these annoying earworms that repeat ad infinitum. Miss A had the most modern looking camerawork out of the bunch. There was a part in Ticket that reminded me of Rainbow - A and I was surprised that it actually was a Sweetune song. I have to agree, Sistar and 9muses seem like the most interesting overall.

Someone reacting to Nine Muses in 2023!? Whaaat!? If you're looking for Nine Muses with 9 members, you'll only get that from No Playboy (their debut in 2010), Ladies (also 2010; performed as a follow-up with one member replaced), and their releases from 2013 (Dolls, Wild, Gun, and Glue). They've had members leave (or be kicked, very unfortunately) and join throughout the years with a total of 14 members. Of the 8 that you saw in Ticket, only 5 are the same members that you saw in Drama and Hurt Locker. Fun fact: Only one member who was part of the lineup at debut was still with the group when they officially disbanded as a quartet in 2019.

T-Ara's choreos were "simple" because they were meant to be danced by the audience in the clubs. They were "popular" dances, not just for the performers. And it worked. People actually danced those dances.

Awww for t_ara they are a good singers with good vocals, they didn't tackle their vocals in their music so much but their debut song did its called lies. And they used to have a member (jiwoo) who left later and become spica member another great group with focus on vocals, members were vocal teachers. Hope u gave them a chance too 😍😍

I’m crying in joy😭 these are my memories right here, back in high school! Oh my lord, I was OBSESSED and could keep up with everything but shiiiiiiii, now I’m too tired to even keep up with my favs hardcore anymore. So glad you’re taking a dip into 2nd gen girlies🤍 they were a whole ass experience I miss kinda even though I love 3rd and 4th gen so dearly!!!

12:31! That's Sunmi! she's one of the successful soloists now! You might recognize her! Gashina, Siren, 24 Hours, Tail etc.. 14:00 the one who throws that notes is Sunye! The leader & main vocalist of the group! After almost 10 years of get married & leave the group she's finally back with her solo debut album 'Genuine' & the title track called 'Just a Dancer' is such a underrated bop! & Yeah that's Sunmi!! 17:14

my god you were sick for listening to sistar before 9muses lmao. but you listened to ticket and drama yess!!!! You got to hear the two different sounds from the member line up prior to 2015, and the members after. nine muses had quite a few member changes since debut. by their last release in 2019, there was only 1 original member (hyemi). They had a terrible company is all i can say rly. If you decide to check out more title tracks i recommend Figaro, News, Wild, Sleepless Night, and Remember from their 6th ep (they have two tracks titled Remember). btw i wanted to ask if double chorus is common in pop music? and if you could give me an example or two of kpop songs that do have them? (i know nothing about music) thanks for reacting to nine muses!

Thank you for reacting to Wonder Girls ❤️

Idk if you have seen it but i think you would love Dolls by 9MUSES

gyeong ree from 9muses actually released a song that you would love it's called blue moon and she brought the gworls in the mv!!

If ur gonna check out Wonder Girls B-sides I highly HIGHLY recommend “I Wanna” cause I just know ur gonna luv the high notes n all in that song 😂

Nine muses deserved so much more their discography was stellar!

OMG U NEED TO DO A DEEP DIVE FOR SISTAR AND SISTAR19 (hyolyn and bora sub unit) you won’t regret!

You need to check out more Sistar! our Queen of Summer :)

to be fair a lot of older productions don’t have as many changes as recent releases 😭 so i wish you did old and new for the groups instead of like 2 old for some or 2 new for others because the new ones are always likely to have more production diversity as the times have evolved and changed, but loved the video and i hope you do more 2nd gen groups! (you’d LOVE secret! very beyoncé inspired and actually the originators of the dual-concept a lot of groups do now; they were cute and sexy! aoa, girls day you would ADOREEE and 4minute is always fun too!) a bit of a musical background for these groups if you’d like to take the time to read it to help with your choices! on the groups: t-ara: contrary to belief one could argue they’re actually the vocally strongest group amongst them all (even sistar if you take away hyolyn lol) they’re actually a ballad pop group which you KINDA picked up on when you said that their voices were very different and unique and more somber and solemn, however you were on the nose saying their music seems to be made to go viral, the majority of their title tracks are very edm crazy hitmaker and “I CANT GET THIS SONG OUT OF MY HEAD” fun fact: among like the top 10 highest selling idol songs in south korean history t-ara has three of them LMAO, brief discography note: very much as i described you’ll hear edm tracks and then you’ll hear strong vocal tracks but not auto-tune heavy, you’ll really hear their vocals! miss A: an extremely strong group, i don’t know where you heard that they might comeback but a miss A reunion chances are at 0% i fear, they have member discourse with one of them 😭 their title tracks are actually genuinely unique for the times; i’m not sure which songs you reacted to because i didn’t watch on paetron yet! but jyp really gave their songs strongly unique productions such as touch and hush, even compared to tracks now those still stand out in my honest opinion brief discography note: a VERY strong discography as well, you genuinely cannot go wrong with jyp group discographies ESPECIALLY in the 2nd gen, you’ll hear a variety of stuff! wonder girls: truly special…. not only did they revive kpop and are legends and pioneers (especially with Tell Me lol, they’re the ones who invented killing parts and the main reason groups did keypont choreo!) but their sound developed and matured and grew up with everyone, their rebrand with them turning into a band is legendary i can see why you yearned for more in i feel you chorus but like why so lonely, they were like newjeans before newjeans lol very vibey and melodical heavy when they revamped VERY easy to listen to and love; their title tracks pre-band revamp are extremely strong and hits for a reason! brief discography note: you are absolutely right i’ve been watching you for a while now and the REBOOT album (the one with I Feel You as title) you would absolutely love, it’s an entire 80’s inspired album SELF-COMPOSED, SELF-WRITTEN and the music is PHENOMENAL i always tell people that’s the best kpop album ever made and even if you don’t choose them PLEASE react to this album it is a REAL TREAT! the rest of their discography is really good as well! sistar: HITMAKERS. they have the most number one singles for a reason their title tracks are extremely very feel-good and almost all of them are of a summerish kind of vibe, like i said their earlier music is definitely edm heavy as well and hyolyn is definitely one of the best vocalists kpop has ever had without a doubt (ailee number one of course lol) but she’s definitely top 5! brief discography note: their discography is pretty solid in my opinion, they don’t have a discography where you’d hear a song and be like “this could’ve been a title track!” which is kind of a good thing if you look at it; starships puts their all into title tracks tbh 9muses: their title tracks are SOOOOOOOO good, it’s always been a mystery as to why they never got popular but they were decently popular i would never call them “nugu” it’s one of those everyone knows them but people don’t really stan them type of things brief discography note: i’ll be honest, as much as i love them compared to the others their discography is on the weaker side but there’s a few gems!

Currently 27 and I've been listening to a lot of bands since 13. Over here got me singing in the moment lol!

Wonder Girls was my Bias for nearly their whole career (Sun Ye, Yu Bin, and Ye Eun being my faves) Irony is definitely a classic I like musically Other classics are "Tell Me", "So Hot" (

Damn I miss Sistar so much

Wonder Girls "Reboot" (I Feel You was the title song) is for many people the best kpop album

brown eyed girls, secret, rainbow, girls day, aoa 🙏 this brought back a lot of memories

9muses had some of kpop's best producers on their side during their heyday, definitely check out their singles Glue and Dolls

You've got to listen to crying by Sistar

Glad you're giving love to 9Muses. I loved their more mature concept and songs.

9muses are worth exploring, they’re a prime example of music getting better as their career went on

MORE 9MUSES REACTION PLS (DOLLS AND WILD)

I like all of these groups! But if we're talking about vocals, Sistar and Nine Muses really stand out, despite numerous line-up changes for Nine Muses. If you want to check 3rd generation girl groups, I recommend BESTie. Try their songs Excuse Me and Love Options! And if you want vocals, check out their cover of "A Goose's Dream." If you want to check out 3rd Generation boy groups, please please check out VIXX if you haven't yet. I recommend Shangri-La, Fantasy, and Scentist if you really want to hear the vocals of all the members. :>

Urgh 2nd Gen girl groups were just built different! And Your reactions are so refreshing! Like the way you’ll skip a song if you aint feeling it sends me 🤣✨But yess Sistar and 9muses definitely atee but for 9muses I recommend you watching Wild, Dolls, and Glue from them. Those are my favs that only hot people will understand and I’m sure you’ll appreciate their music 🥰🫶🏽

Sister before 9muses is sickkkkkk 😭😭😭

Lovey Dovey is a club classic that I think it was supposed to mirror those viral dance hits that were released in the West around 2011-2012 (Party Rock Anthem) so it’s supposed to be repetitive and give that “ear candy” feel. Their group is pretty much known for the dance classics like Roly Poly which was the best selling song in 2011 in Korea. It was at that year that they were about to dethrone SNSD actually and SM tried their best to do shady shit as usual. Wonder Girls had the classics too from their debut till they were sent to the US which pretty much changed their popularity when SNSD came out with Gee. Nobody was THAT K-pop song back in 2008 that were all over RU-vid and how a lot of people became K-pop fans 🤭 SISTAR is the OG Summer Queens! Only certain groups/soloists back then were able to release songs in the summer that were meant for summer and gain traction but SISTAR was able to take that title since they always made a comeback during that season. They’re one of the few girl groups in Korea who has 9 consecutive #1 songs till their disbandment. 9MUSES deserved better! One of the many reasons they never made it was because they debuted as a 9 member girl group in 2010 which was literally during SNSD’s peak so everyone was kind of side-eyeing them as a replica of some sort. Most of the members were scouted as models so they’re known to be one of the tallest girl groups ever. They had so many underrated classics that just never got the wins they truly deserved. Star Empire literally one of the worst companies ever to exist 🫥

Thank you four reaction to wonder girls

Ohhhh Sistar❤❤❤

T-ara original MV for Cry Cry is a drama, this is like a performance video 😅

Definitely need some girls day in here 😍😍

I mean it was a very different time back then which is why there are no crazy chorus switch ups like it is today. late 3rd gen/4th gen have WAY more western producers involved.

I’ve gotta wonder if T-ara’s “Lovey Dovey” M/V was inspired by LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” what with the dance zombies and shuffling dance. I mean, clearly there’s some MJ “Thriller” in there in the end, but LMFAO was more contemporary.

Como extraño a la 2da generación.

I’m so glad you reacted to 9Muses! Their music is so good and it’s a shame they weren’t in a better company 😢

React to Ma boy by SISTAR as well😊

I don't know if you've heard of them but I think you would love some AOA music like Miniskirt and Excuse Me

Wonder Girls the best! 🔥

my god i love these songs

Sistar for me the best of all time QUEENS

More sistar songs pls ✨✨

Something I'd like to note for 2nd gen groups from small companies like 9Muses and T-ARA - they have members who would slay adlibs but they ended their contracts in debt. Groups pay for studio time and their payments for activities go to their companies with pennies split among members. Usually the busier members buy food for the ones who get no schedules. I think it's good as you explore them to keep in mind small companies will buy less expensive songs and the groups can't afford extra studio time. They are extremely exploitative and in the case of T-ARA and 9Muses sometimes members are forced to do... gross stuff. There is a very famous CEO who was sent to prison for what he forced artists to do... and the CEO of 9Muses' company was publicly threatened by a male idol and through 'negotiations' the remaining members of 9Muses were allowed to finish their contracts in peace (don't applaud said idol; he is not innocent).

One way ticket from 9muses is not a fair song to listen to 1st. DOLLS GLUE and GUN are their strongest title tracks

One thing about 2nd gen is they focused on the stories told on the MVs a lot and would alter the songs to fit the length or the pace of the MV, the albums contained the actual version of the songs

yES PLEASE i beg you to deep dive into sistar!!

Oh my god t-ara queens please react to t-ara number nine and sugar free i love this reaction ❤

what i miss about 2nd and 3rd gen girl groups is the GROWN WOMEN music and music videos i feel like its all bubblegum music now with minors performing and while bubblegum music is fine i miss when grown women were giving us mature and sensual songs to feel good to

Chile Secret would have blown you away

Be my baby is my favorite wonder girls song 😢

Is that you singing the SNSD song at the intro?

2nd gen ggs are my girls. Idk why the current gen gg doesn't appeal much to me but I love this reaction!

Will you ever react to other 9muses songs at some point? 😢 I need that

Ik you did a couple gfriend songs, but I'm recommending you to do a dedicated gfriend video. Their songs were so good and their choreos are great. They were known as the most synchronized gg. I suggest reacting to their older music (choreos) since you did a couple of their more popular "new" songs. I recommend LOVE Whisper, Crossroads, Time for the Moon night, and Me Gustas Tu, but there are actual so many more.

2nd gen girl groups are great! I feel like you'd really like Brown Eyed Girls (you've probably heard of one of the members Ga In), they have some of the best kpop vocals and their songs are so dynamic and interesting!