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Let’s talk about love.
Girls’ Generation stepped foot Into the New World a little over 3 years ago as a 9 member girl group, and many things have happened since then. With a dynamic that was very different from other artists, many downplayed the group’s ability to succeed in such a competitive environment right from the start. Some questioned the relationship, and whether or not the members actually liked one another; after all, you’re putting a large group of very competitive girls together. Even six months after the Beginning, their futures were uncertain as members were dragged into various controversies across the web.
Fast forward to today. Soshi has accomplished more than anyone ever imagined they could – fans, antifans, and grandmas included. They defied everybody’s expectations with sales, popularity, and awards, but the gold lies in the fact that they’re still together. No members have been added, dropped, or replaced; they’re still the same 9 so nyuhs from before, just a tad bit more mature. All of the struggling, hardships, and craziness they shared while up against the doubts of many have only made them stronger. Oh, and the relationship between the members? We like to call it soshi bond, thanks.
It’s interesting to look back at the comments people made in the past when the girls first started out, as it certainly shows how far they’ve come. Ironically, many of those individuals have since become very dedicated sones, making the connection all the more special. While all of us started practicing soshi-ism at different times, the girls have become an important aspect in everyone’s lives. To simplify it without understating the gravitational pull they hold, the lyrics You make my life complete is accurate for many across the globe. To break it down further? We’re in love.
There, I said it. For me, for you, and for the closet fans. We’re in love with So Nyuh Shi Dae. To some, it may seem like weird concept. To others, you may wholeheartedly agree. The amount of sweat and tears the girls put into what they do is only rivaled by the love and dedication sones bring to the table. The release of albums with posters and cards will inevitably drag us into oblivion, but we knowingly head down that spiral and would make the same decision again if given the choice.
Maybe it was just curiosity at the beginning, and we didn’t really know what we were getting ourselves into when we hit up that ‘related video’ link on youtube. And perhaps, we still don’t know why we’re involved in all of this or how it got to this point, but this much was for sure upon introduction: we wanted more. One thing lead to the next, and it eventually became somewhat of an addiction. Imagine, what would your life be like if you never got involved with them; if you weren’t introduced to SNSD? It’s hard, isn’t it – to depict such a reality.
*brief pause while you think*
But it wasn’t supposed to be like this. You’re a hardcore classical metal/*some other music* fan, and would never listen to kpop. You would be better off not heading to bed at 3am on every single school night because you’re up spazzing, and you might even be able to buy that new TV for your room if your ‘investments’ didn’t consist of CDs and photobooks. Now that you’re in this mess already however… is a life without Soshi worth living?
And what if we were all making a big Mistake, practically just giving SME’s new found monster anything it wanted? Even if we wanted to abandon it all and live a ‘normal’ life (pfttt.), we’d only just end up back at the Beginning.. and falling in love all over again. Once you’re in, there’s no escaping. We’re in it for the long run. The good, the bad, we’ll be there for it.
Is it really love though if we’re separated by oceans, and haven’t even seen the girls in person? (Who, by the way, are effing gorgeous) I mean, we only know of them from the internet, how can you call it love? Maybe it’s an extreme, but I dare say It’s Love. The impact that they have on our lives is tremendous to the point that it couldn’t be anything but. Even if you don’t meet them in your next 9 lifetimes, these emotions are still very real.
That’s not to say we don’t want to be right there with them in Korea, Japan, or wherever they might be. Of course we’d like to meet them, eat a meal with them, have them introduce you to their parents for marriage, etc., but just their existence alone gives us joy every single day… and that in itself is already a sign that you’ve gone crazy. But even then, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
SNSD is loved not only because of their looks that could turn a female ghey, but also because of their personalities – pure hearts that are sometimes kind to a fault, silly antics that would have you thinking these were 9 year old boys, and mistakes that show they are still human. Like A Star, sones will watch over them and shine a (pink) path in the darkest of times. Whether that be figuratively or literally, a light in the dark will only shine brighter.
Some day down the road however, Girls’ Generation will probably cease to exist… but that doesn’t mean everything we’ve put into this was a waste; it won’t ever be a waste. There is no better way to spend time than on something you love, and that will hold true under any circumstance. All that we have experienced so far may one day only be a memory, but it will be a damn good one. Such an incident may very well be one of the biggest heartbreaks of our lives, despite being just a bunch of random people across the globe. But this love won’t be something we’ll regret; even if it were, it’s a love that we would rather regret being involved in than regret not knowing what joys would ever come of it.
We crawl, walk, run, and stand together with soshi – we are sone. Although there will come a day when all of this madness reaches an end, we will most certainly fall together as well. It won’t be today and it won’t be tomorrow…hell, there’s even the slight chance we’ll spend the rest of our lives together with ahjumma shidae; but right now, the world is ours.
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by; greeentee@snsdkorean
images; as tagged, SM Entertainment, ebc.
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a well written post. yep indeed these girls and us fans will eventually grow and move on with the next stages in our life. but every dedication, every effort and every success that the girls and us fans have created won’t go to waste and will never be forgotten. snsd and sones are connected forever.
You know..
I’m speechless and just completly agree..
We just love soshi more then our life.. 🙂
I love Taeyeon and mybe you love another angels..
But let’s make a bond just like them..
So oneday they can see us..
And make the soshi smile…
태연 당신을 사랑합니다
2011 will be an even greater year for SNSD and s♥nes alike. merry Christmas to us all 🙂
ahhh… thank you so much for the post @Greentee ^_^… 😀 it is great to read at this time.. you are very right on what you said .. The Girls are have pure heart… We may not see them in person but the Love towards the Girls are surely the greatest thing in the world for me to happen 😀 😀 😀 ♥♥♥… Proud to be a S♥NE … SOSHI BOND for the Girls… and for me a S♥SHIDICTED.. heheh ^_^ my own word for S♥SHI Addiction… SARANGAHAE GIRLS GENEREATION, (♥JESSICA, ♥HYOYEON, ♥SEOHYUN, ♥SOOYOUNG, ♥SUNNY, ♥TAEYEON, ♥TIFFANY, ♥YOONA, ♥YURI). it is Girls Generation now and forever.. hehehe ahjumma Shidae.. ^_^
OH! eeem Gee! i almost cried reading this, i mean this is how i really feel, my love for the unnies is “undefineable” and yes i wont regret it bcuz i saw my mom,
*i know this should be snsd stuff, juz wanna share*
i was there when her ultimate idol Michael Jackson died, even if she havent met him in person, i can really feel the love (as a fan) she had for him (my dad was once jealous) now she says that even if Michael already left his music will still be with my mom and to his millions of fans, and she said even if she havent seen him in this lifetime, they might meet in heaven one day.
and thats how im goona be as a sone, and i hope even if the girls became adjumma’s themselves, this blog will still be around so that we sones can still be one or “friends” even if its just online.
the girls and the other sones commenting really makes up my day when i have a bad day at school.
when i became a sone, i was sincere to this
JIGUEMEUN…
APEURODO…
YEONGWONHI… SONYEOSHIDAE! ❤
3 years ago my favorite color was blue
but now the color
Pastel Rose Pink
dominates my life…
SNSD hwaiiting!
Wall of text warning!
I posted this over in SSF, but I think it applies. In fact, we hit a lot of the same points. It’s my own realization of HOW I became a fan when I’ve never been a fan of anyone or anything before. They sneak up on you, all mysterious like, and the world is a something more than it was. Friendship, sisterhood, a family that redefines what striving together can achieve.
I don’t think I’ve ever posted it here, though it has been linked on Soompi, once or twice.
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FOREVER 09
I’ve been a fan of Soshi for a about a year now, really, ever since their Intimate Note appearance. What can I say? SNSD. I love the Nine. I love that their bonds come through in everything that they do. I love that they are individuals with an incredible ability to entertain us but even more, I love that their appeal isn’t additive, or even multiplicative, but exponential.
But how did they come to reside in my affections so wholly? I consider myself not much given to the idea of fandom. Not for me the rush to breathe the same air as an idol, or to grasp a piece of signed paper as if it were a relic, or even to dream of somehow meeting a famous person. In fact I have a fairly poor opinion about the whole concept of fame and adulation. I think having fame is a fundamentally unhealthy state and decidedly unfair to the person or persons afflicted by it. The famous no longer have the freedom to leave the house without worries, they no longer have the ability to be anonymous, to be normal, in this case normal everyday girls with normal friends and normal dreams.
Surrounded by admirers, sycophants and assorted leeches, the famous can lose touch with reality. They can even lose sight of the necessary humanity needed to connect with their fandom. And worse yet, the saddest part of it all, is the lot of children, adolescents who become famous before achieving maturity and a healthy sense of self. For them fame becomes a vital part of life, sustenance that confirms self-worth and value to the people around them. Once the fame ends, what happens to those people? How many child actors or singers live to be happy adults?
But I have hope for the Nine, that they can weather the turbulent times ahead with grace.
Let’s look at them objectively. They’re not only good at what they do, they’re the best by any objective measure. An idol group, just past their third year together, at the top of their industry with no end in sight to their reign. In fact, their fandom comprises a wider demographic than any other idol group. There is no one in Korea who doesn’t know of SNSD. So I am not the only victim of their appeal. A small consolation for my puzzlement. They draw people to them, resonate somehow in a hypercritical and judgmental environment, among ever growing competition, and they make it look easy.
But the cost is enormous. They possess a work ethic that exemplifies and allows consistency along with a professionalism that wins the grudging admiration of industry insiders, people as reluctant to fall as I was. They work at a pace that would grind down any amount of native fortitude, ambition or determination. A never ending cycle of training and rehearsals and performances on minimal sleep, bombarded by demands on their time, rigorous learning, a cacophony of conflicting needs, all atop the normal confusion of late adolescence, and they’ve done it for three long years. Doesn’t this sounds like a recipe for a breakdown, or a meltdown or a crackup?
And yet, they do it and they shine while doing it. What is it about them that they can do this? How can they ride the wave without crashing?
By becoming something more than nine girls. With smiles and warmth and laughter, cat naps and teasing, frequent hugs and late night talks, fueled by snack foods and sweet potatoes, led by a girl who holds herself separate, trailed by another girl who lectures them on how to live a full life, bossed by a girl who tells it like it is and a couple other girls who encourage unfailingly, mothers and sisters and children, they can be to each other what they need of each other. Nine of them, each distinct, each a strengthening component that completes this wondrous alloy. There is no brittleness here, no lack of malleability or adaptability. They don’t break under the strain because they can bend, and then snap back to shape, supported, led, bound together, bonded and annealed by constant fire, they continue to become something more than nine individuals.
Chance? Luck? As it occasionally happens in nature, if rarely, equipoise can be found in the oddest of places. Balance in chaos, where none should be found. Looking at desert or alpine rock formations one can occasionally find a boulder perfectly balanced atop a slender spire, having been placed there through some chance occurrence of water or ice and further erosion. The work of ages and fate, resisting all leveling entropy for a span of time, at least until at some point, the boulder, the size of a house, tumbles to the distant ground below.
But for a time something remarkable and improbable existed.
That time is now. Three short years to us. It could be ten years, and it would be still feel too short.
For them, the Nine, these three years have been both faster and slower. Faster as only the rush to every challenge makes the days seem shorter, every compounded deadline, every shooting schedule; and longer for the sacrifices and pain. Every day earned in sweat and tears. Three long years of challenges, trials and pressure. I think the thing to understand here is that the span of time isn’t what’s important. Three years on top in an ever changing industry is a long time but like any statistics, numbers can only give a brief satisfaction. That isn’t what we should hold to. No, what we should treasure is that before our eyes, chance gave us something beautiful to behold. Something that enriches our lives, simply by being.
That is to say, we can look at their achievements and while we love their wins, their songs, their dances, what we keep, what we treasure isn’t what they do, but who they are. It’s a matter of chance in nature, but in this case, in this instance, it was the very nature of the girls that made this chance possible. Look at every other group with any length of history. How many have formed bonds of similar depth? Four member groups, five member groups. How many of them are still together, with the same people working together, day in and day out? For a nine member group to not have one or two dropped, burned out, failed for whatever reason by their management or pulled out by concerned parents, or arrested in some fit of adolescent incaution and scandal; this is beyond remarkable.
But chance, other than the one that grouped these nine together, really doesn’t enter into it.
I’ve written elsewhere about the unique benefit each of them brings to the group, and I believe that it’s because of who they are that Soshi succeeded and continues stronger now than ever. Taeyeon and Seohyun set the boundaries and direction, Tiffany and Hyoyeon the nurturing, Sooyoung the truth speaker, Sunny’s brilliance, Yuri and Jessica the flair, and Yoona their center. Remarkable people individually but together they are incredibly tough and resolved, resilient to tribulations, gracious and kind, witty and genuine. More than most sisters, more than most families, they truly understand each other.
The girls. Nine people who make mistakes, flub their choreography, fall victim to bad mics or vocal cord nodules or respiratory infections or broadcasting errors or falling audio packs and power outages or anything else that mars their performance. But what we know, what we treasure are the moments when they look at each other and smile or hug or laugh or tease. The silly adlibs, waving at the fans, the little bit of extra effort when they’re already beyond exhaustion, the moments when they move beyond the routine to show us who they really are. The group hug as the curtain closes, the tears of triumph and pain, the wistful knowledge that they lost their childhoods to these dreams, but for them the future isn’t something to fear. They’re not afraid because they know they’ll have each other. Forever.
This is what we enjoy. This is what calls to us. Watching Horror Movie Factory or Hello Baby, or any of their group appearances on innumerable shows, we are warmed by the love that is so evident, the good natured teasing, the inside humor, the quirks and un-ladylike habits are only more appealing. When one of them makes a mistake, we love them more. Is that right? Is that normal? How have they earned their way out of our critical eye and fickle judgment?
What we see, because they have the strength to show it, is the simple joy that they evince in their lives together as idols and that is powerful. Understanding and absolution, open arms, joy, gladness at the others’ triumphs and the healing of shared pain are all part of their daily lives. There’s no artifice, no calculation, nothing scripted or faked about how much they enjoy being together and especially performing together for their fans. Us. When they perform, we’re with them. Scattered all over the world, through different mediums, of varying means, we watch and smile and cry. What we react to, what comes through to us on a level that speaks to our inner selves is their connection to a shared humanity. By being true to themselves they appeal to everyone from younger children to the elderly. Beyond language, beyond conventions and societal norms, beyond national borders the only thing we have in common is humanity. They know they are idols, special, sought after, desired, but they’ve never for an instant lost sight of what matters.
They’ve shown us how they succeed. But they also show us how to be their fans. If you count yourself a fan of one of them, realize that their favorite people in the world include the other eight. You can’t say you’re a fan of Taeyeon, but don’t care for Yoona. Or say that Hyoyeon doesn’t belong. Have your favorites. That’s human nature. Selfish and small, we’re trained from early on to have preferences, to be concerned about rankings. But take this opportunity to learn from the Nine and grow beyond inborn pettiness. Realize that loving one of them means you should love all of them. Love is inclusive. Get that. Understand that. That is the crux of this fandom, that is what it means to count yourself a SONE. Do that and you will be rewarded with a deeper understanding. That is, each of them can shine because each of them has eight other sisters, holding their breath right along with us.
The Nine show us that ambition doesn’t have to be about selfishness, that success can be measured in feeling good about one’s efforts and in the triumphs of others, and that it’s not a matter of ‘beating’ another group. Just watch them on any winning stage, and by that I mean not just theirs. Before the encore they’re happy to share, hugging and chatting with their friends in other groups. They know the sacrifices the others idols on that stage have made, that those people, win or lose, are all in the same boat.
Looking at them, watching them, it’s so clear to me that beyond their talent, their beauty, their charisma, these Nine are nice people. Nice people. In their industry their decency, their respect, their attention to detail and gratitude to all those around them is more than evident. This is who they are. They can’t be any other way. Production staff on whatever show or shoot they attend goes the extra mile for them because they know that the girls will appreciate it, and yes, they too have been beguiled. They too are fans.
And for us? We get to join the Nine, somewhat. Their successes elevate us, make us feel like we’re a part of something greater and that our support counts. It does count. They know it. Trust me, they know it.
So here we have it. Nine girls, women really, holding onto each other, striving everyday to do their best and welcoming us, the people who would love them, even if sometimes we can’t quite understand why we love them. They get what friendship and sisterhood mean and even if we don’t open our eyes fully, they’ll still grab us tight.
I see now that I never had a chance.
I read the whole thing, and I have to say, I’m impressed.
Off topic: You used 56 words of acrolectal standard. Yes, I counted all of them.
yeah….despite all the antifans, scandals or “unwanted” incidents happened through all the way since they debut
they still stay strong n are together…..
their relationship are like the chemistry bond….wan de waals bond….haha…(dont know y it pop in my mind…^^)
snsd, we SONES will oways support u!
SNSD, fighting! ^^
“Right now the world is ours!”
I love this piece of abstract so much 🙂 It’s really interesting to see how far our girls have come… and how much they have achieved the past few years. Sometimes i think that someone is truly successful only when they have gone through hard times and achieve success. I love SNSD so much, and even though it’s highly probable i will never get to see these nine awesome girls up close and in real life, but it wouldn’t stop me from loving them.
To quote someone (but i never quite managed to find out who said this in the first plac):
In next life if you girls are still SNSD, then we will still continue to be SONES 🙂
Apologies if this sounds offending.
To put it blatantly, while this post makes sense and is relevant to many SONEs’, I find that most of what is stated here doesn’t relate to me and/or isn’t true of me at all, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m a Neutral who takes a lot of things into perspective.
An individual like me could wind up doing many other things in life that normally people would attach sentimental value to or not, I could end up as a SHINee fan and give them the same amount of love as I would to SNSD had I not found out about the ladies. Or I could end up as an nonchalant, black-hearted and indifferent lawyer who does nothing but his job and eveything around him is meaningless.
That being said, I will acknowledge the fact that this post summarizes everything that SONEs’ have done over the past few years to support and love the ladies and loving every reason for it, but I don’t. Not because I’m indifferent, but there’s a virtually unlimited number of things out there in life and sticking to one thing(SNSD, K-Pop, anything) is not my style.
Taking a ton of things into perspective(A ton, I won’t name any unless I’m asked) is more my style as it won’t mean I’m prejudiced or predilected or biased about anything. Sure, I do like SNSD and other groups, but for some reason, I end up knowing them more than any other due to multiple circumstances, but the same can be said for different senarios.
To end this comment, while the post is good and all, I find it untrue to me and that’s my two cents.
Your faithfully.
I beg a moment’s clemency from the site staff for a bit of a… tangent. After all, this stuff keeps coming up without ever being addressed, and I don’t know of another way to approach this (other than not to, so again, I’m hoping for a bit of a reprieve).
I understand we’re guests here, so I’m not asking for a response, but I wonder if I have anything for your intellectual curiosity.
1) Have you ever heard an argument for the view that a human cannot be perfectly objective (if you haven’t, you sound like someone able to fill in the blanks)? Or do you compare your interest in neutrality and objectivity to an athlete’s pursuit of running as fast as s/he can even though a human cannot, say, break the sound barrier?
2) I assume you have specific reasons for pursuing said. So how far are you willing to go for in this pursuit? Are you willing to be unbiased about yourself? As in, your rights to happiness or the pursuit of your own aims? Why would you or why wouldn’t you, and what would that mean to you?
3) You’ll have to forgive me, too, if I can’t help but leave something rather like advice: the possibilities may be endless, but a single human being is a finite quantity. So the saying goes, one ought to have a general knowledge of all things, but an expertise in at least one of them. Even if you knew five hundred words of every language in the world, you still wouldn’t even be bilingual. I don’t know how old you are but… well, it would take too long to say it all, but it would be difficult to earn a living without a specific commitment to something.
And by the way, I don’t take issue with what you say about your level of devotion to the Nine, or the goals you state for yourself, you just remind me of someone who had no one to talk to.
Night night! Thanks for your time and thanks SNSDKorean for the space to say things like this. Were I one to make promises, I’d make one not to do this any more than extremely rarely.
Ah, you gotta love ambiguity.
Haha, okay, I’ll try to explain it in detail and brevity, pardon me if I sound off-context.
I come from a gaming background, an industry which has similiar intentions and methods of work to other industires like music, but has a fluctuation of consistency and approach that is unparalleled and easily distinguishable to other industries of the same agenda. However, just like there are many types of gaming cultures like Korean ones, American ones, etc, but I’ll focus on the one I came from, a multitude-esque internet gaming culture.
I hope you can excuse the self-conceited paragraphs, but really, there is no way to express without sounding egoistic.
Just like there are many different fans of different groups out there, there is equal number of gaming fans of multiple genres. When these two different types of individuals meet, there tends to be a lot of ambiguity abound, like how’s it not accepted in the real life, etc. The trait is similiar in the sense of how cultures work, people like you or even anyone from anywhere are liable to judge people like me based on how their opinions influence them, because that’s how cultural analysis work. A Korean person can judge me on first meeting as to how I look or how I think or work as a foreigner, culture works that way, the same can be said for gaming to K-pop.
However, the way the gaming industry differentiates from the K-pop industry or any other industry in the sense that over the years, it has gone through a fews changes that cause turbulence for some, but a walk in the park for others.
You stated that ‘one ought to have a general knowledge of all things, but an expertise in at least one of them’. True, but only to a certain extent, that’s where I come in.
A certain sub-culture of gamers like me exhibit idiosyncratic behaviour which I assume you wouldn’t understand, but we’ve accepted that fact. Over the years, let’s call us IBG for short, as I’ve been gaming for longer than you can imagine, many things don’t turn out in our favour, even if the multitude of genres like shooting and racing mean variety, we’ve been influenced in the same way that culture does. ‘Once you tried/seen one, you’ve seen them all’, not entirely true(Contrast BF:BC2 to CoD:BO and you’ll find that they have different flows and playstyles) but true for the rest.
IBGs’ tend to get tired of these and the irrefutable fact is that we’re so good at it, we’re still bored and unimpressed, even if we have no prior experience in a certain genre. This type of thinking, over a elongated period of time, elevates like depression, but the way it has already influenced our view on other professions like singing and dancing stays in our brain forever, a form of mental tampering, even if we look happy doing whatever.
When I play a game, you would think that I would have practiced a lot to be this good, truth is, I didn’t have to practice, nor am I even trying, and I’m on a game which I’ve never played before or heard of in my life. Improbable, I know, but IBGs’ are like that. Are we fully commited to the games that follow? No. Do we have an expertise in it? Yes, but we’re so tired of it, we wish we didn’t have it. Which is why I sound more like an average person who has never heard of the ‘argument for the view that a human cannot be perfectly objective’ than a guy who truly is an expert.
As a result, we contrast every profession in the world to gaming like singing as it is to shooting games to racing games, because we have this general control scheme which I don’t know how it got there which involves logic enough to make unrelated professions or skills seem feasible. Even if we’ve never tried it before, the concept can be related.
As an added bonus, with other aspects of life careening towards you with no end in sight, you finally get away from gaming, but like I said before, the influence you get from views of other professions stays, a form of indifference. With so many things to do in life, you tend to have that ‘gaming-relation-concept’ in mind all the time. The innumerable amount of activities sort of become our general knowledge, via reading and many other forms of communication.
So what happens when one of that many things to do in life just happen to be SNSD? My aforementioned comment happens. No, I’m not what you think, that’s why ambiguity is ubiquitous.
So there is my wall of text explaining blah blah blah , feel free to ask me anything you don’t get and I’ll respond. I
hope you’ll understand, actually, no, I don’t.
The end.
Nearly forgot, the ‘general knowledge’ part can refer to nearly anything, what people listen to, what people do, views on virtually anything and actions done and whatnot. You name it.
Nihilism and depression sucks. Which is probably why I don’t have them any more thanks to SNSD and other aspects and things in/of life.
Now that the main post is off the first page, hopefully the people in charge won’t mind our “renting” this space. Right?
I actually don’t remember a life without gaming. I think I recognize what you’re talking about in the gaming part; you sound better with the sticks than I am, but if you rate in the ninetieth percentile, I think I can claim to be in the seventieth or eightieth percentile. And I can ballpark what you say about (to paraphrase) being tired of being good at things because in life, as in gaming, I know it can get to you when you don’t necessarily have to try at these things to be good (or better) at them. I can justifiably claim that save for one thing (learning how to sing) I’ve never succeeded at anything I cared about. And it only gets worse every time you hear people say things about “life being about the struggle” and all that philosophical stuff.
First things first, though, I generally assume myself to be older – if at times only by a bit – than most of the people who write in here, so unless someone dates him or herself, I tend to default to that assumption. But it sounds like you’ve put in some time on Earth yourself, so I apologize for any such thing as a patronizing tone in the other comment.
But that was the idea behind what I wrote – I toyed with the idea of neutrality (I think I called it something else) to the point that when a serious accusation was made against me, I refused to defend myself, and, shall we say, unhappiness ensued. It led to unpleasant things. I was unsure of whether or not you might be headed that way too, so in 1 and 2 I decided to make the slightest effort towards a warning about that kind of thing. To err on the side of caution – but it sounds like you’re not in danger of falling into that same pitfall, so an error it remains. And then 3 was just “job advice” directed to an assumed younger audience.
And I didn’t bother to out and ask, because of the format of all this, I thought it would be inconsiderate to ask you to say things without having said anything myself. And anyway, I apparently dramatize things, perhaps as a way of dealing with my own disappointments.
And I hope I didn’t mess your Christmas up. I wasn’t thinking about the timing of it either.
Awwww *tears* You wrote it so well~ You’re right, we’re all in love with SNSD haha XP it’s unbreakable. This is a path I’m happy that I got walk on and will continue to do so.
Soshi Bond forever~
This post is so beautiful . I’m feeling quite teary at the moment … but seriously you’ve put a lot of effort into it.
One thing. We won’t end. ❤
An extremely well written post. Emotions that all SONES feel have been shared and I agree with everything that has been said. Looking at how SNSD has progressed, It’s still surreal to me. I enjoyed every minute of being part of this and will continue to do so. Thank you for this.
Such a nice post GT, good work 🙂 Every Sone needs to read this!
Yeongwonhi So Nyuh Shi Dae! Yeongwonhi Sone!
ahhh.. so this is what you needed the “9 entrances no exit” picture for… xD
hehe, when you said that u needed it urgently i was totally expecting some awesome post to come up soon….
didn’t let me down Tee… ^_^ thanks for the awesome read. 🙂
Nice =)
I’m sure the girls will do even and even better just for SONE like us =D
And i’m sure they would be happy to spend a christmas with all the SONE. But it’ll be a little too chaotic counting the heads of all the SONE in the world =P
” the world is ours. ”
wonderful post. it’s like you read my thoughts exactly. then again, (almost) every sone has similar thoughts about these girls ^^
Hey snsdkorean. You should seriously consider putting a like button somewhere on the blog sooner or later (: Very very good post. I love it. And i love the girls even more (:
yes. indeed. Im in love with SNSD.
oh my this is one of the best post i read!!…i so so agree with this:
“Maybe it was just curiosity at the beginning, and we didn’t really know what we were getting ourselves into when we hit up that ‘related video’ link on youtube. And perhaps, we still don’t know why we’re involved in all of this or how it got to this point, but this much was for sure upon introduction: we wanted more. One thing lead to the next, and it eventually became somewhat of an addiction. Imagine, what would your life be like if you never got involved; if you weren’t introduced to SNSD? It’s hard, isn’t it – to depict such a reality.”
haha i realli cant recall how i fell for SNSD!…hope they stay together 4eva!
BEST. POST. IN THIS BLOG. this is my first time commenting here and i just have to comment right here. this is like a perfect piece, i would read it over and over again. the pictures are also accompanied well with the piece 😀 reminds me why i love SNSD so f’in much. i wanna give GT a huge freakin medal. thank you for this post, ill be bookmarkin it right now ;D
i cried. such a well written post. really said what i felt but couldn’t say. right now its snsd, forever snsd!!! 🙂
A WELL WRITTEN post, Greeentee, and very relevant follow-up comments by the rest of the SONEs on the site 😀 😀 😀 !!!! Yes, I too didn’t know what I was getting into when I hit the “related video” link on Youtube that fateful evening a few months ago 😉 , but to be honest, I have not regretted it one bit 🙂 ! The fact that the Straits Times (Singapore’s main English newspaper) coincidentally carried an article that mentioned Taeyeon’s rendition of the theme song from the “Beethoven Virus” OST and how popular it was, caused me to look it up on Youtube and I was seriously “hooked” 😀 !!! Who knew 9 girls could evoke so much emotion from so many disparate fans from around the world 😉 ? I have been asked why I’m so hooked on the “9” and what’s the draw, since I admit most of the Korean lyrics goes above my head sometimes (OK, most times 🙂 ). Well, I believe both Greeentee and Auratus put it across the best, namely that the girls display down to earth, non-idol like characteristics in their interactions with everyone 🙂 and that is very refreshing in a pop world filled with scandals and downright bad behaviour 😦 . The fact that they are willing to support each other in this very competitive arena is a definite “plus” feather in their collective “caps” ;). You guys are right, we may all eventually “out-grow” them or they may disband and move on with their lives; but in the meantime, I know that I’ll be a firm supporter of the “9” till then 😀 ! SNSD HWAITING !!!
I cry. Reading the post and the comments. I never thought before that I would like SNSD. But some months ago, I don’t know what brought me to the girls, I started to like the nine amazing girls. Iam really proud to be a SONE well yeah the post is totally right, even I can’t see or meet the girls, you know, it’s still feel real, just by seeing their video or hearing their song, I feel close, no exaggerating, but that’s true. Maybe I haven’t become a real SONE yet but loving the girls in my way is just he same like you all do.
I hope SNSD would still be forever nine.
Stay nine, stay forever,
Jigeum eun So Nyeo Shi Dae
“in the next life, if you are still SNSD then we’ll still be a PROUD SONE”
Awesome post! everything that is in my mind about them and more. You expressed it wonderfully.
“There is no better way to spend time than on something you love, and that will hold true under any circumstance.”
and
“SNSD is loved not only because of their looks that could turn a female ghey, but also because of their personalities – pure hearts that are sometimes kind to a fault, silly antics that would have you thinking these were 9 year old boys, and mistakes that show they are still human. While some of them may not be comfortable without their makeup on, none of us would give a Hoot about it. The girls would be loved just as much regardless, because we already know who they are. ”
sums it all up 🙂
Very well written article. And same for the sones that commented. I would never imagine myself so involved in a group of nine girls. I love many types of music , and liked many artists, but I have never declared myself a fan of anyone before.
SNSD changed all that. For the first time in my fairly short life so far, I fell in love so deep. Nine, crazy, dorky, funny, talented, beautiful , humble, hardworking and Fantastic girls.
Luck? Cincidence? Fate? Destiny? Maybe I did a lot of good deeds in my previous life?
Doesn’t matter. All I know is , if i had not known these girls, I would regret it .
If I had a chance to live my life again, I would want to know them and love them even earlier than in this life-time.
Very impressive and meaningful post. I totally agreed with you…
Wish every year will be better than the previous one for SNSD and SONEs. =)
I really don’t know why I’m even commenting because Greeentee read my mind and took every word out of my mouth. I feel like being a SONE is like being in a state of trance and wishing it never ends, I have to admit it can be unhealthy, even destructive if the addiction is not controlled. But I can’t help it, it’s too hard not to root for this lovely group of ladies. Like Terrez, I am a generalist who gives everyone an equal chance of impressing me when it comes to music and performance, and I became a fan of many popular kpop groups. But what’s different about me is that I fell for these girls, because I believe they’re the best and the most likeable, not because their music, looks, and talents are superior (by their own admission on their recent GDA winning speech, there are many better singers out there), but because I have never seen the same kind of synergy and chemistry exhibited by SNSD in any other kpop group.
To anyone who does not have a heart of stone, if you just give them a chance and look beyond their beautiful faces to truly get to know them, you WILL walk away impressed in one way or another, the looks, the singing and dancing are just Trojan horses, what awaits you is a lot more – genuine and charming personalities that brings endless joy and laughter. Whether you will become a diehard fan like me is not guaranteed, after all SNSD is not every person’s cup of tea, and the girls understand this better than anyone and they don’t take offense to it. They also understand why SONEs love them, they may not know the exact existence of you and I, but they know we’re out there, and when they thank the SONEs on broadcasts, they know we hear them, the connection is undeniable. We SONEs pride ourselves in supporting this amazing group of individuals, Nine as One. The reason why we love SNSD is because they are a miracle, and we are honored to be witnesses of this miracle.
Heh, you took the words out of my mouth, sort of.
I do have to agree on the fact that SNSD has given meaning, happiness and light to many people’s lives, I would too, but not so much for a myriad of reasons; inclusive of many other things.
Won’t tell if not asked.
I loved this post. I often wonder how i got to this point at all. I’m a Caucasian girl living in australia, in an area with hardly any asians and no one with any knowledge of k-pop. One day, I’m not even sure how, I came across the gee dance version mv and thought the dance, costumes, song and choreography were cute, so I watched it a couple of times. I never even knew that korea had a music industry. I googled a few more of their videos but wasn’t as hooked on the other songs and couldn’t distinguish between the girls.When oh came out, i loved it and remember spending a few days trying to memorise who was who (a funny thought, now that i can tell which girl it is by the sound of their vioce, their back or a part of a limb in a photo). I think I then watched factory girl and subsequently mtv: snsd and hello baby, when I saw their charming personalities and relationships. Even though I remember this I still can’t pinpoint how it all snowballed into this weird love and unexplainable devotion to 9 random girls in korea. Because of soshi my life has changed. Now I have a real love for music and I’ve learnt some korean, even considering learning the language, travelling to the country and maybe even studying it at uni. In my year 12 exams I even wrote a good two paragraphs in my english exam about their marketing strategies. I’ve spent hundreds of dollars I would have otherwise saved on cds, starcards and other merchandise. I keep on expecting my interest in them to fade one day, as most of my interests do after a period of time, but it never does. I wonder what will happen to them in the future. I hope when it does end, it ends on a good note, not with any scandals, members leaving or fighting and I hope that even then we still see them in the entertainment industry as dancers, mc’s, hosts, solo singers or whatever.
Quote:[I wonder what will happen to them in the future. I hope when it does end, it ends on a good note, not with any scandals, members leaving or fighting and I hope that even then we still see them in the entertainment industry as dancers, mc’s, hosts, solo singers or whatever.]
My sentiments exactly, Elizabeth; even if the group does eventually disband (which I hope not for a long, long, long time 😉 !), I still wish to see them as MCs, solo singers with a successful career, dancers, hosts, or even public figures doing philantropy for the down and out (which I know that they can be doing 😀 ) and I just know that I will still give them my support :).
You don’t have to hope for a good end, because it’s bound to happen that way. I’ll quote a little piece from the Win Win appearance back on Apr 20, 2010 (cr. Soshisubs), some surprisingly thoughtful words from the usually spaced-out Ice Princess:
Q: It is logical that there is a way down when there is a way up. You’re bound to go down someday, right? Do you have any fears about it?
Jessica: … It’s something that we always think about deep in our hearts. The way down has to be beautiful and the end has to be beautiful as well. I wish SNSD’s way down can be more beautiful than anyone else’s and that we will enjoy what we have right now. I wish we would all do things with a positive mind.
Nobody wants to think about “the way down” or God forbid “the end”, but the fact that the girls have such positive mindsets about it means we should think positively too. I believe every one of Jess’ words and a good end to SNSD is bound to happen when time comes. Actually, even though SNSD may end on paper, they will march on unofficially as SNSD forever, because the lives of these girls are already bound together, they will be sisters forever and they will be SNSD forever to us SONEs.
ahh such a beautiful post brought me close to tears
i’m so glad that I came across them on youtube a year ago, completely unaware of k pop and now i’m addicted to soshi.
normally when i become a fan of something it lasts for a while but it fades but ah don’t think this addiction with snsd will ever go, love with no regrets im a sone for life ❤
thank you for always posting up to date news, snsdkorean has become the only site that i go on everyday and is the first thing i go on when i'm online 🙂
merry christmas to you all ❤
Wow such a great post very well writen.
I totally agree with it,and maybe we are all crazy for being in love with 9 random girls we probably will never meat…
Still i wouldn’t have it any other way 🙂
🙂 more power snsd!!
omg…what a beautiful post..almost cry when reading thru this well written post…
Sones are one…bond together to be the backbone of soshi
Soshi girls are amazing,the best..they’ve proven to the world that they worth of our every money,attenttion and love
We,the sones, love soshi girls more than our life.we value them like we’ve been living with in our whole entire life
I never regret of falling in love with soshi though many against my craziness toward them..
For me,soshi girls worth my every tears,laugh,shout and love !!!
Together 9 of them are one..they just prove to the world that girls have the ultimate power..that their love 2wards each other is pure and true…
Together they are one…
we badly and crazily need them as much as they need us…
Eventhough their future still unknown,but their future with their loyal fans will remain forever..
I will stand by soshi girls for the rest of my live
Yuri,tiffany,seohyun,taeyeon,sunny,jessica,sooyoung,hyeyeon..thanx for making my life brighter than ever before
And to all the fans, thanxx for making soshi girls accessible all over the world
A little more than 2 years ago, I clicked a link and saw a music video.
I couldn’t differentiate the girls but they were cute. And that’s why I liked SNSD
Then, I found out how elegant Jessica was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I saw how whole-hearted Tiffany was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I saw how captivating Sunny was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I learned how amazing Yoona was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I witnessed how dorky Taeyeon was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I found how funny Hyoyeon was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I got shown how sexy Yuri was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I watched how faithful Sooyoung was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
I saw how pure Seohyun was. And that’s why I liked SNSD
But I couldn’t bear to love them.
So I took a step back, and saw how imperfect they were.
I saw the tears, the pain, the mistakes, the fights, the scandals, the everything that makes them flawed.
And I saw how it made them complete. And now I understand. And that’s why I loved SNSD.
They remind me that no matter how dismal the world gets, there still lies perfection in these 9 perfectly flawed girls.
And because of them, I can smile and say, “It aint so bad after all”
Thank you girls for everything you’ve given me. My faith, my joy, and my life.
And thank you too SONEs, for being there for them when I can’t be there myself. For helping me love them as much as they deserve, because God knows I can’t love them enough.
Nice post!
everything you have said is TRUE!
We are in love with these gorgeous ladies; even if you are a boy, a girl, an old man, etc!
We’ll live with them!
SOSHI BOND IS ALIVE!
SOSHI BOND IS FOREVER 9 !
AND SOSHI BOND IS ALWAYS WITH SONEs!
To tell the truth, this is the only group that I have found so bonded.
I agree that a lot of groups are formed as well as their own bond but you know what, with SoShi, there’s this feeling that you know “their BOND will last forever”, and that is what I liked in them the most.
That they are proud to to say it in and oof the cam, that they are the best sisters and best friends of each other no matter what happen…THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN “Ahjumma Shidae”
WITH SONEs… ALWAYS AND FOREVER!
Well said.. just like other sones , I never thought I would hooked and love the 9’s. I’ve never a fan to any particular groups or musics but because of the 9, I learned, listen and love kpop musics. Before all I know it’s just about the kdrama but now…. kekeke.. Hoot and Hooked… kekeke..
Futhermore I also learned from them.. their passion, their professionalism, their hard worked and their kindness.. made me a better person and do better in my professionalism.
But sometimes it make my wife jealous with the 9’s esp when I plays their shows and mvs .. kekekeke
I’m an ajusshi and a proud sone..
SNSD…!!! hwaithing!!!!! SARANG HAE!!
A very well written post. I wish I could make one someday ^^
“All of the struggling, hardships, and craziness they shared while up against the doubts of many have only made them stronger.”
After I had known them, the reason I became a dedicated sone was not because of their songs and performances but more because of interactions between them and above quote. I watch their reality shows more than their performances XD
Fortunately, I still can recall how I first know them. I believe if that event didn’t happen, my life will be boring as I only play games not to laugh and cry with them. SNSD, thank you for sharing your stories of wonderful moments with me.
Lastly “All that we have experienced so far may one day only be a memory, but it will be a damn good one.”
I forwarded your writings to the local forum in Indonesia and all who read it gone sentimental instantly lol
Thank you for writing this, its beautiful. All of us (read: sone) who read this feels the connection to it for sure.
We will support our girls as long as we can…They make our life complete.
Jigeumeun So Nyuh Shi Dae, Apeurodo So Nyuh Shi Dae, Yongwonhi So Nyuh Shi Dae.
So Nyuh Shi Dae Saranghae!
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greenteee and auratus! you knocked it outta the park, guys!
this line pretty much sums it all up, no matter how crazy it sounds: “just their existence alone gives us joy every single day”.
I discovered Soshi in Feb and I haven’t looked back since. Its cheesy to say it but, as Auratus said, the world really became something more. For that, I love you Girls, thank you for brightening up my life!
Very good post.
The world is ours now.
Lets treasure it.
ooh damn!i just got back from my holidays(it was great though) n i missed a lot of posts for the whole week last week.but i am really lucky and happy that i did not missed this one because this one is a really well written post.i would say that i am really agree with every single word you wrote here.n i am also feel the same with the writer.i really love tae yeon and going crazy just thinking about how can i meet her and what would happen if she is my girldfriend.(eventhough) this sounds unrealistic at all but it is true that i really love tae yeon,the way she talks,laughs,sings,everything she do impresses me and attracted me.i really do hope somehow someday i could really meet her and talk to her.i,m dying to see tae yeon.i love her so much and i would also say that she is the perfect girl for me surely!i have never seen thing that tae yeon do that make me does not like her.i like everything about her,EVERYTHING.lastly, about the thing that this snsd moment would go to an end,touched me and almost made me cry.i know that everything would come to an end and after reading about what you wrote,i am really sad that i would never have the chance too meet tae yeon in this life.and i am also really appreciate that GOD had given me the chance to know them.i will always keep giving SNSD lots of love.and i will also always love tae yeon.saranghae taeyeon.. hwai-taeng!
Great post!
It’s true that SNSD might one day crease to exist, but the memories shall always stay
SNSD fighting!!!
I still have yet figured out how I fell in love with these 9 adorable girls but one thing I’m sure of is that I’m proud to be a Sone, a supporter of Girls’ Generation, and it will stay forever like that. I’m proud to be a Sone.
Great post~
you said everytiing ive thought anout the girls id dont know what my life would be like without snsd id probably sleep more have more money mu bf wouldnt find me a little creepy but these things arent important soshi give me a warm feeling inside i am constantly awed by how hard they work despite not sleeping more than 4 hours not staying in a country more thatn 2 days but still smile dance on stage like they had all the energy in the world im inspired by soshi so much i like the people they are on stage the 9 goddess image they portray and that choding side that we see in fancams and shows i also am glad that because i am fan i have made tons of great friends
Since most of us fans are young girls, we are Girls’ Generation.
When we have all gotten married and in our thirites, we are Wives’ Generation.
And when we are all old and shriveled, we will be Ahjumma Generation.
Yongwonhee So Nyuh Shi Dae(:
Soshi hwaitaeng!(:
OH MY GOD……reading….my body is shaking and full of goose bump…..I think this happened the 1st time before 23 years ago in my life since i born to this world…..
I wondering, how a person i doesnt know at all could write all the voice in my heart!!!!
Yes, here is the person…..hmm, now i thik ppl who called SONE is sharing the same thing……
I really have tears in my eyes, the tears of joyness, tear of touching, tear of happyness…..
I cant imagine how my world will be if without SOSHI……..I like the madness to be continue, i dun wan a LCD monitor, i just
want SOSHI album….they are no matched, even though if its called LED……..I believe the world is ours right now….bcoz it was GIRLS GENERATION…….Thanks to the writer of the post….appreciated so much……SOSHI Daebak, SONES in love…You MAKE MY LIFE COMPLETE!!!
I’ve never liked anything more than a year and yet I’ve been a part of this fandom for 3 years. Through thick and thin, hardship and glory, there hasn’t been a time where I stop being proud of these girls and look up to them although they’re barely my age.
Seeing them going from being ridiculed, being hated to being loved by so many and yet still remain their bonds, I know I’ve idolized the best bunch of girls ever ❤ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Girls' Generation!!!
I love your post. I couldn’t say anymore coz I agree and feel the same way as you do.
Q: It is the law of nature for something that went up to fall down. You are bound to fall one day. Do you have any fears about it?
“Someone once told us something that I keep close to my heart all the times, “The way down has to be beautiful and that the end has to be beautiful as well”. So I wish that SNSD’s way down can be more beautiful than that of anyone else’s and that we could enjoy everything that is happening around us now.” – SNSD Jessica @ Win Win (100420)
One day in the future, we may old, We may hard to walk, hard to eat or hard to talk, BUT i believe, when we heard this termwe will smile because we have the same memory about our “GIRLS GENERATION”~Although the time will be gone, but the bond is still the same. It was a beautiful memory, SONE+SOSHI will aways in my mind, no matter what happen, when we heard CHIGUME~~we SONE will yelled~SO NYUH SI DAE~~~~
One day is SNSD, Forever is SNSD…..One day is SONE, Forever is SONE….
AGREE TO THE Nth POWER!
I am so in love with So Nyuh Shi Dae… I may not have witnessed their debut and just knew them 2 years ago, but I think if ever I was a year earlier of knowing them, I would still be the same SONE as I am now, maybe even better… they made my life complete indeed.
forever SONE 🙂
thanks for posting this.
i never fangirled over idols and i love rock but soshi is so unique and so lovable
i couldn’t help but fall in love with them.
i’m happy and very proud to be a sone 😀
Sones let’s support sopshi forever!!
Cheers GREENTEE :)) i hope we can meet you someday… 🙂
That was beautifully written and it had me in tears within no time ❤ The best part is that it came from your heart.
Soshi-ism unites individuals across the globe under one love. As a S♥NE, I am grateful to Tiffany, Jessica, Sunny, Seohyun, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Yuri, Yoona and Taeyeon for their music and their love. It really does make the world go 'round ^^ at least, MY world and the world of tens of thousands of others just like me 😉
I am so in love with you..r post. Can’t stop re-reading every bit. ❤
that is such a touching post! Greentee you left me speechless …:D
@ You would be better off not heading to bed at 3am on every single school night because you’re up spazzing, and you might even be able to buy that new TV for your room if your ‘investments’ didn’t consist of CDs and photobooks. Now that you’re in this mess already however… is a life without Soshi worth living?
as I was reading that bit I was like …:O how did you know??
and I liked how you put their sing names in there
“Beginning””Mistake” Very clever.,…
keep up the good work ! hwaiting x
Thanks GG exist without you my life would no longer be the same
I love you buautiful
I am speechless… I think this is one of the best written post i have ever read. It clearly reflects the mind of a sone. Thanks for writing this post, i truly appreciate it.
*slow claping*… wat a post….
The text is simply wonderful, could not be better written, represents the love of a Sone
I stand and applaud
A five star post from Greentee! Well done! Very impressive! You definitely able to summarize the sweet emotion that have been felt by us.
I’m proud to say this is the best post I ever read in this site. Along with best comments from SONEs. And I’m glad I could post mine too!
Yeah guys, one day, all this craze will end. We may not expect our beloved 9 girls to last literally forever. There’ll be times when they already mature, have marriage, and step up to their own personal life. Becoming moms, raising their child, and taking care of their family. Their images now, 9 dorky but adorable gils who can sing and dance impressively, who can melt our hearts in their every show and performance, will no longer fit them as they become older and older.
We can’t do anything guys. That’s natural. It’s sure will happen. But at least we’re so gifted that we could ever experience all of this: to know SNSD, to like SNSD, and to love SNSD.
“Heroes may rise and fall, but their legacy last forever.”
I’m so proud to be one of you guys! Cheers! ^_^
well posted. whenever i saw a post that describing soshi’s bond, it’s all make me feel warmth.
i agree that once you know them, it’s almost impossible to resist to not loving them.
i’m not a music person, nor i do enjoy listening music at all before i know SNSD.
after i know them, i started to enjoy listen to their song, watching their performance, n the most: i love to watch their tv show.
through SNSD, i fall into k-pop. i listen to other group as well, but… even when i’m trying to search the one who surpasses them, i can’t. i found another group that surpass SNSD’s vocal skill, but still, i feel so empty.
i found another group that has more member than SNSD, but still, i cannot fall for them.
these 9 girls, they have their own charm. so different, yet so similar too.
each of them is a shining star… but when they’re together, they make a very bright star.
Taeyeon, who is able to sing n MC-ing so awesomely, with her dorkiness
Jessica, with her distinct high-pitched voice, her nonchalantness, her elegance
Sunny, with her cute behaviour, her hard working nature and able to do even farm-life labour
Tiffany, with all her heart, passion and determination, her husky voice n her signature eye-smile
Hyoyeon, with her dancing skill, her jokes and her ‘quick’ response to the talk
Yuri, with her awesome figure and caring nature
Sooyoung, with her clever speech, talkativeness, n humour
Yoona, with her acting skills and pretty looks, also with her mischievousness
Seohyun, with her perfectly strict life rules, her pureness, and her politeness
all of them, makes SNSD complete, and they, make SONE’s life complete
thanks for posting this great post, hopefully there are more post like this. all soshi bond related is very good.
regards,
Tiff4best@ssf
Oh my goodness, I teared up at this post 🙂
Thank you very much. These girls motivate me throughout the day 🙂
Soshi fighting, snsdkorean.com jjang! 🙂
very nicely written
as even though it doesnt apply to EVERYONE, it sure does apply to people crazy enough
to stay up til 3am 😛
GOOD JOB ❤
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i think this is what every sone thinks but we just cant express it well enough in this post like you did, so thank you for sharing this beautiful and meaningful post with us!,
fightaeng!
That…was…beautiful.
pun-fest 2010 btw lol
i absolutely agree that SNSD changed my life ❤
i live on the east coast of the states, and my friend and I have always been interested in asian culture, specifically japan and south korea, and our dream is to visit there someday 😀 but anyways, she had shown me some kpop songs in the past, mostly wondergirls and 2NE1, which i loved, but didn't get into as much. then all of a sudden, i was on a website and someone posted a link to "Oh" by SNSD, and i clicked on it curiously, and then after that, i just fell in love with ours girls 🙂 ahhh, i'm so glad i found SNSD, and am so glad that they exist <33 my biggest goal in life now is to visit south korea and see them live :DD
hey hey, what have we here? looks like greeentee’s got his head on straight after all. I like these declarations like this one, and I have to say, you put in a handy balance of intellectuality and emotionality into it. You also mention a few specific things that help make this what it is, especially in the rhetorical questions, and the song title thing is cute. Read that again, dude – that’s your voice, those are your words, you are talking about your own life. You’re like, becoming who you are and other stuff like what teachers say. But this isn’t a writing class. hee hee.
One thing about the Nine, they’re just so damn likable. I don’t have to care that they cover so many of the meanings behind “good,” but they are and I do. With many artists and performers, you may admire their professional record, but they are either personally unapproachable or they live troubled or reclusive private lives. But the Nine are so grounded and personable, on top of being decent human beings, they promote happiness and goodness in a way that is, for me, unheard of among celebrities – that’s an other thing, without being heavy-handed or preachy about it either, just leading by example. And beyond what good can be said of them personally, watching nine people like that, who are also nearest and dearest to each other makes the viewer feel the relevant feelings of warmth and belonging and all that, and all that psychological stuff they say about, like, the human response to seeing another smiling human being. There’s enough of them to heighten that communal reaction, and few enough that the viewer can feel like they (could) know each one (I think it’s pretty important to this dynamic that their number is still in the single digit range). And yet, there’s a sense that I can’t finish this right now because I can feel myself falling asleep. This stuff always takes me so long to do.
Merry Christmas everyone.
it made me cry…this post is truly beautiful..yeah the world is ours! 🙂
lol this made me teary and made my crap day feel better 🙂 thanks for the post Greentea…beautifully written 🙂
so true, I had always wanted to travel all over asia. But now I have decided to move to South Korea after I graduate college(partly in thanks to SKs great location for traveling to Japan,china..ect) but these girls were helped the decision a little I guess ;). So I guess you could say they changed my life.
Whoa, I never talk about my interest in SNSD to ANYONE (just cause if you met me, you wouldn’t think it was in my personality to like them). But holy crap, did you nail how I feel about SNSD, how I became aware of their existence, and even some of the thoughts I have had about kpop and this girl group, and how I’m up til 2 AM because of them. This is the first time I’m posting on this website, but I’ve been an avid fan/lurker for months now…and even though my post will be at the bottom of a huge response page where it will find little attention, I just thought I’d say:
I’m a fan from the US, 22 year old male, even though I know I’d be made fun of by anyone who knows me for admitting this, I’m a huge Soshi fan. Anyone else in a similar setting…you’re not alone, even if you have no one to share your (addiction) with. It’s just like GREENTEE said up there…*sigh* = ]
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i’ll say it proudly I LOVE GIRLS GENERATION!!!!!!! no matter what they said!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I almost cried reading.
“The world is ours” now but, I’m not ready to face the future..
i can’t live without soshi..
man, there is srlsy no exit to this fandom. irl. ❤
before they stop activities, stop performing and end gracefully, i'd like to meet and be friends with all sones! and of course meet soshi!! T^T
“Some day down the road however, Girls’ Generation will probably cease to exist… but that doesn’t mean everything we’ve put into this was a waste; it won’t ever be a waste. There is no better way to spend time than on something you love, and that will hold true under any circumstance.”
Dude, I love whoever wrote this post. I’ve never been able to really pen down my thoughts regarding soshi. Almost teared up while reading this post because it’s so, so true. The journey for our girls has been a tough one, but the road ahead will be a good one. Even if it isn’t, SONEs will always stand by the girls 🙂 as cliche as it may seem, but I’ll have to say this, I wasn’t with them at the beginning, but I promise I’ll follow them till the end.
Finally to leave off with a quote from Yuri during MMA 09:
“Thank you so much to the staff who took nine average girls and turned them into SNSD.”
p/s: Auratus nice to see your post in here lol I loved your posts in Soshified.
You nailed everything! I never thought that I would actually listen to SNSD since metal is what I love…but I gave in.
The power of love really makes ya stronger..
loveee this post :]
the content is sooo true.
esp, “With a dynamic that was very different from other artists, many downplayed the group’s ability to succeed in such a competitive environment right from the start.”
it really is ironic how many who downplayed the girls have grown to become hardcore sones.
& daymnn yeaaa —> “Like A Star, sones will watch over them and shine a (pink) path in the darkest of times.”
Just beautiful! It is like you were reading mind! The world is ours!
*It was like you were reading my mind!
God , *thumbs up for this post*
I can really see their effort and their hard work since I became a SONE.
The power of 9 , once 9 , it’s always 9 ❤
i couldn’t agree more with this article. i can relate as fan who wasn’t an initial one, i too questioned their existance and weird me out for having that large amount of group. but ever since i started watching their variety shows (starting from “factory girls) i started to have soft spots because of their interesting personalities. i got into their music right around the time “gee” became korea’s national song of 2009. and didn’t realize that 2010, i would be so obsess with their activities…SNSD became a religion to me. 2011 is coming up, and i see a GOLDEN opportunity with these 9 lovely stars set abound for them in wherever country and place they will take their music. i feel bad that sometimes, i get upset when they get compared with other girl groups who are both venturing in the same time frame as them. but i don’t think the girls mind the competition nor does it affect their friendship with each other. and that’s where sunny’s famous answer comes in to mind: “we are not busy trying to chase the market, we want the market to chase us. we’re not trying to fit in, instead we are bringing our own style…” that speech really resonates in my mind because even detractors had said that SoShi’s venture in japan whether people like it or not, we’ll be a long and an influential one.
Oh my gosh, this article ;_;
Yes, I’m in love with Soshi ;_;
I never knew I would get so hooked up with Soshi, honestly. I never thought that I’d be listening to a song that I don’t understand; it used to pointless to me. Little did I know that I ended up learning Korean instead to keep up with the lyrics.
Life without Soshi… I was uncertain, I was scared. I was afraid to dream. I was so scared of everything and only focused on what was in front of me, not daring to dream what was beyond the skies.
I never knew what hit me on the 15th of July, 2009, when I first watched the first episode of Soshi’s Horror Movie Factory.. I didn’t know what was coming. I was just struck by the sisterly bond I saw in the ending of the Gee music video, and was interested in them.
My first impression?
“I wish I was a member of Soshi.. Singing and dancing in a large group seems fun, and still being myself in the process. Also, having fun and with caring friends around me. I can’t help but wish SM Entertainment will discover me someday, host an audition in Indonesia. Impossible? I hope not…”
This was excerpted from my first blog post about Soshi back in 2009.
It was then, Soshi dared me to dream. Soshi dared me to fight for something I love, something I know is worth living for. Sure, there were lots of nights where I stayed up late to stream a live show, waited for 6 hours to watch one single GGTS episode that was ripped off of YouTube (net was really sucky back then), but I was inspired. I was very, very inspired by these 9 average girls that bloomed into nine very beautiful, talented, and kind-hearted ladies.
Seeing them cry, seeing them smile, seeing their laughs, how their eyes lit up when they perform as nine, how they get hurt because of the antis’ comments, how they form a circle, put all their nine hands in the middle while shouting “지금은 소녀시대! (Right now it’s Girls’ Generation!)”… Everything just increases my love and respect for them, and makes me believe more in the power of nine…
Soon enough I was hooked on download three performances (or even more) per week, downloading all those fancams, reading fanfics, believing that Soshi is gay (they are gay for each other ok), spazzing over their beauty, their talents…
When Into the New World ballad came out, I cried hearing it, and shivers ran down my spine. It was a perfect song, their debut song, and they sang it so beautifully. The girls didn’t make any pitch mistakes, and it was beautiful.
When they won the Daesang for the 2010 Golden Disk Awards, I cried while streaming it. It was so amazing, it felt like all the hard work paid off. All their tears, all their injuries, all the pressure… We never expected the girls to win. We hoped, sure, but we didn’t expect anything…
I remember adoring Taeyeon very well for her powerful vocals, and I love it whenever she starts singing her adlibs. How she tries to hold back her tears in order to be the strong leader, how much she cares for her members…
I remember adoring Tiffany for her strong heart, for her amazing personality that keeps her down-to-earth, how she still believes in God despite being famous. How she tries to hold back her tears every time the word “mom” gets mentioned because she lost hers in such a young age… How she believed that God would guide her, how she bravely took the risk to travel to Korea alone in order to pursue her dreams…
I remember adoring Jessica for being dehydrated in School of Rock because she was too tired, performing their debut song, Into The New World, with tough choreography but she did it for the people cheering her name and SNSD’s. How she first got mad at Hyoyeon in Girls’ Go To School because she really wanted to focus on her goal then cried because she was so angry.
I remember adoring Seohyun for her innocent words, her diligence in doing anything and everything perfectly, how she cares for her unnies about their health and everything.
I remember adoring Sunny for her variety show skills that are always so entertaining. How she always acts like her dorky self despite the title “Artist of the Year” clinging to her group name forever.
I remember adoring Sooyoung, firstly for her Southeast Asian looks. As an Indonesian, I was surprised to see such a face in a Korean group. Then I adored her for her love of food. How she bullies the short members, how she secretly cares about her sisters.
I remember adoring Yuri for being so kkab (hyper). How she can act so weird even though she was the Nation’s Artist. How her charisma overflows when she dances and how her expressions can captivate everyone, be it boys or girls, in one single move.
I remember adoring Yoona for her elegant looks. How she wrote thank you messages to each and every staff of the “You Are My Destiny” cast, how she never forgets to promote her group to the ahjummahs who watch her drama, how she managed to visit the Park Sungil despite her hectic schedule.
I remember adoring Hyoyeon, for her forever captivating dance moves. This girl can not only pop and lock on stage, she also uses her moves to have fun with her eight sisters.
These memories of the girls I remember, and I will always be in my mind.
Because there is a permanent carving in my heart that says “I believe Girls’ Generation,”
And so I shall believe in myself, too. For these nine outstanding girls have not only inspired me, but probably thousands and thousands of other SONEs all around the world.
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By the way, since this post was so awesome, someone translated the whole article to Indonesian, and a lot of Indo people commented. (http://thsutleo.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/through-thick-thin-and-tangents/) And since I love this article, I’m willing to translate the comments (http://thsutleo.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/through-thick-thin-and-tangents/#comment-33), if you want to =)
Goosebumps 🙂
I’m in love and addicted indeed with the ANGELS :))
Right now..
From now on..
And FOREVER!!
It’s Girls’ Generation!!
The Power pf 9 FTW!!
Thank you for putting into words what i can’t explain myself! I don’t know how SNSD happened to this ex-headbanger and hiphop junkie…all i know is right now life without Sunny wouldn’t be nearly as fun & happy! =)
SNSD \m/ Fighting!
beautiful posting.love it to the max.To me all of them are my favourite always.So i wish fellow sones a happy christmas.Hope you all can make it to seoul next year(jessica’s birthday) .thx for this post really love it..
thx
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99th. Four words. ❤
100th. Forever isn’t long enough…