Another newly debut group this year. GFriend is a 6 member girl group debuted under Source Music. For a newly debuted group, they are becoming a very hot topic in the industry. But that is for discussion a little later on. The group is made up of Sowon, Jung Ye-Rin, Eun-Ha, YuJu, SinB and Umji. They have an average age of 18.1. The oldest was born in 1995 while the youngest was born in 1998. Sadly, I am ageing. I am 18 myself, and it is scary to know that I am older than some KPOP stars now.

I am not even going to kid with myself. This song sounds a lot like Girl’s Generation’s Into The New World. The song overall sounded a lot like SNSD’s debut song. I am not going to complain, cause it is a nice song to listen to. GFriend’s song sounds more modern (obviously, considering the release dates of both songs). I like the start of the song with the piano sounds. The instrumental is also another plus for this song. It sounds really catchy. The vocals overall could be a little bit better. They sound really whiny in some parts. That high note at the end was pretty good though. Overall, this is a pretty good debut song (and even if it is a “copy” of SNSD’s song, well played). But seriously, some fans need to chill down.

The music video. Wow. I have never seen a bunch of girls so excited for gym class. Particularly, if they are just walking the plank (or beam) or jump over the “horse” (I don’t know the technical terms). Actually, from what I know of, it is pretty rare for such a large group of girls to hang out with each other. The only thing I can 100% be certain of, that occurs in real life is the scene where they get punished. As soon as the teacher turns his back, bam, all the arms go down. When he turns back, the rate at which the girls put their arm back up will probbaly get them a tougher punishment. The dance scenes are pretty good as well. I am not going to say they copied SNSD for the music video. Cause thinking back, I see no similarities.

The dance is pretty good. I love the clock dance move and their formations. Though, yes, they pull similar moves to SNSD’s dance, as I discussed in the last review: no band owns any dance. Someone has always pointed at the camera or high kicked before the person we claimed they copied from.

Overall, this is quite a successful debut. Nice song, music video and dance. I just hope next time, I don’t need to consistently mention another band when I review their (or anyone’s) song/comeback. 8/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxnD5AViu6k