Saturday, June 25, 2011

Preview for All About Girls’ Generation “Paradise in Phuket” DVD released

Back in February, SM Entertainment released their photo book, All About Girls’ Generation “Paradise in Phuket”.

Now, the girls are set to release a DVD containing special footage from their trip to Phuket. The entire package will span across 6 DVD’s and totals a whopping 715 minutes! In addition, the package will contain a special music video for ‘ECHO‘ along with interviews, solo MV’s for ‘Hoot‘, various past performances and a special behind the scenes look for various album jacket photo sessions along with music video recordings.

The release date is June 30th but you can check out the preview for it below!

For those of you who want HD, a Blu-Ray version is set to be released but no release date has been given.

'I Want to Be Like Girls' Generation' Fever Spreads in Japan


Nippon TV's popular information show "ZIP!" recently reported on the "I want to be like Girls' Generation" fever that is currently spreading throughout the country of Japan. It was broadcast in the morning of the program's June 22nd episode.

The show featured different people who have been influenced by the 9 members, including an elementary school student who proudly said "I want to be Girls' Generation's 10th member". Japanese female fans of different age groups gave interesting and similar comments like "I'm on a diet to become like Girls' Generation", "I want to be like Girls' Generation" and even pointed out that "They are perfect in dancing, singing and everything else."

An elementary school girl, in particular, caught the attention of many when she said "I want to be a singer like Girls' Generation" and proceeded to spend millions of yen to convert one of the rooms in her house into a dance room.

A dance academy that focuses on learning Girls' Generation's choreography also attested to the girls' growing popularity. The academy has had over 1,000 people join to take lessons since the girls debuted in Japan last fall. The session consists of four 90-minute lessons to officially master a song's choreography.

In addition, a nail art shop run by Koreans has been experiencing a surge in orders with people asking to have their nails done like the girls. People would make special requests like "Please make my nails like Sooyoung's in Girls' Generation's "Hoot" album jacket."

The girls are currently riding the wave of their success and are receiving immense love from people in Japan. The Korean girl group has achieved milestones on the Oricon chartswith profits of approximately 34.7 billion won, and will continue their Japanese activities as planned.

Is Girls' Generation the New 'Frequent Flyer' Queen?


What exactly is the flight mileage accumulated by Girls' Generation?

Mnet's "WIDE Entertainment News" recently analyzed Girls' Generation's hectic schedules and looked further into their flight mileage and travel times.

The girls are often seen at the airport as they move between countries in Asia and even beyond the continent. The members had to travel to France for international activities, joining the SMTown family to perform for the "SMTown Live in Paris" concerts. Prior to their activities in 2011, the girls were already accustomed to the frequent flying as they made appearances in Japan, Taiwan and other countries for concerts and special events. They skillfully navigated around the world amidst their tight schedules and without complaints.

It was also revealed that the members of Girls' Generation have traveled out of the country in the period between June 8th to 18th alone. Using the distance of 456km from Seoul to Busan as a gauge, this equates to the girls traveling back and forth for up to 25 times, making their total distance traveled an approximate 25,086km.

Their busy schedules have been quoted as remarkable considering the number of times the girls have traveled so far. At the rate they are going, it would be of no surprise if they catch up to Rain's record of a staggering 670,000km throughout his 8-year career.

"All About Girls' Generation" Teaser released


SM Entertainment announced that they would release preview videos of the "All About Girls' Generation 'Paradise in Phuket'" DVD. The first teaser was released just moments ago as promised, check it out below!



The 5-minute long video showcases the girls running around for a competition, a clip of their "Echo" music video as well as other behind-the-scenes footage. Their bright personalities shown clearly reminds us of the Girls' Generation we all know and adore.

Stay tuned for the next teaser due to be released on June 28th, and be sure to preorder yourself a copy if you haven't already done so!