Please show your support by buying a "Official MooMoo Mobile" sticker. Click attached link www.ebay.com/usr/thetalkingmu... INTRODUCING MAMAMOO PART 1. MetalHead Reaction. Let's get to know SOLAR and MOONSTAR.
I see moomoos have answered most of your questions. I don't think anyone has done a video explaining Mamamoo's history in depth. The info is out there but you have to piece it together from various sources and you'll probably mostly hear it from comments by fans. You get some of it in part 2 of Moo YT's guide to MMM.
Purple Hawke did an amazing job, this is by far the standard for getting to know the members personalities which is a highlight, even tho it’s a few years old. There are some more guides for how the group is formed, and they have a Netflix doc that was done about them that’s coming to US Netflix soon that is good. Couple of quick notes, Byul had auditioned for a few companies previous to RBW and found her groove with the members. While making the switch to rapper helped her debut with Mamamoo, her vocal confidence was shot for a few years. Thankfully over the last few years she’s started singing a lot more and won a vocal competition. Solar actually started very late for idols, many start in their young to mid teens but she was an adult ready to be a flight attendant and travel the world, but had amazing raw vocal talent. Basically as a one last hurrah auditioned and to her surprise (being the younger sister and typically younger person in her personal life) ended up as the leader of Mamamoo. It was a challenge but something like you saw her passion for her YT channel that she took on. There’s a great 20min video about her as the leader that gives great looks at how they operate when they aren’t performing and their absolute adoration for each other. They really have clawed their way from the bottom where they had to do their own choreo and make up, to the success of their just finished world tour. Great reaction, and you are correct it’s Mamamoo. Mememoo was just an old joke. I greatly simplified all the info, I think you’ll enjoy discovering all their stories in reactions and in your own time cuz there’s a lot to absorb!
This intro video is a good one. It doesnt get into some of their early years being told they are basically ugly better be the best vocalists. Solarsido is worth checking out, Solar has been at it for a few years. Besides the challenges, she has incredible covers, like Michael Jackson man in the mirror, Dance covers, Mukbang which hilarious. She has switch up videos for example Moonbyul singing Solar's solo and Solar singing Moonbyul. Also interesting videos like a serious tour of the war museum in korea, interesting because she gave the perspective as her own people knew the korean war, rather than what we hear here in the US. Moonbyul eventually started Moonbyul2da which is does have a couple of covers and singing but more vlogs and doing things. Wheein also started a channel Whee In, which is mostly vlogging, those two have only been at it a year. Hwasa has a channel but doesnt really produce content. Studio Moon Night is Moonbyul's radio/streamed show. She does in fact do interviews and that type of thing including interviews of the other members when they have solos. She has had the show a few years and is popular. Hwasa has done a couple of TV shows and streamed shows. The most recent had mamamoo perform a medley live and it was great. They have appeared on TV shows, in contests individually and as a group. and Last year Solar starred as the lead actress in the musical Mata Hari. No videos but Solar did release and End of year Karaoke where she did one song from the musical.
Solar talks about singing on a show called Life Bar (i think) on Diggle Classic channel. She was training to be a flight attendant and street busking on the side. Someone tried to recruit her then and she turned them down. Later she changed her mind. And got turned down 50 times before she got recruited by RBW. She sang I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston's version). There is a pre-debut video of her performing it. You can hear her raw talent in that video. She hadn't learned how to use a mic properly yet. And it's still pretty amazing.
The one in the video is from her Famous Byul cafe show, it’s like a radio show but only for a short while, then she went on again as a part of the Naver’s Avengirl radio show host, then been given her own slot by Naver, her own radio show called Studio Moon Night ( it’s good, she talked about music and everything with her guests) but since they went on tour last year, with the group comeback and her participation in a vocal competition called Second World (she won btw) Studio Moon night has been put on hold and we don’t know if it will be available again or not. She also once participated in a soccer variety show and scored one of the goal that given their team promotion to super league but she has to leave due to her busy schedule. She has youtube channel as well, i’ll let you guess her channel name tho 😅
OK maybe this is where i finally say something about the "handsome" vs "pretty" translation. So basically they are actually saying "good looking" which is used primarily towards men in korea, but not exclusively. I dont know exactly why it translates to "handsome" when its translated more as "good looking". the korean word for pretty however is almost ALWAYS used for women which MIGHT be why the other is translated as "handsome".
I had soju in the military. Was terrible by itself. We put it in Hawaiian punch and couldn't taste it. Was great until I stood up and fell off the planet
