Sorry the 2nd post is later again this week; I didn't feel well yesterday and didn't manage to get it finished. :)
In recent months I've seen several K-pop in Public (dance covers of Korean songs in public places) to older songs by girl groups. So today I'm sharing some K-pop in Public covers of girl group classics! :)
AOA- Miniskirt
In my Asian Dance in Public post in February, I shared a couple of covers of Miniskirt by AOA (a 3rd generation K-pop group, I believe). They debuted in 2012 but they have been inactive since 2020.
Miniskirt was released back in January 2014 and was the lead single from their 5th single album of the same name. As I mentioned in that post, I featured the music video on the blog 10 years ago!
The Miniskirt covers are by OnePear Dance crew from Australia and STARMINA from France, plus I shared a couple more links (scroll down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/02/asian-dance-in-public-videos.html
Now here are a couple of new covers:
[KPOP IN PUBLIC] AOA - 'Miniskirt' | DANCE COVER by Girl's Hour x Las Chanels
Here is a new cover of Miniskirt. This one is by Girl's Hour and Las Chanels. They are a dance group and a project group from the Dominican Republic. It seems to be Girl's Hour's first upload in a long time (their last YouTube video was 2 years ago!).
The video was uploaded on 2nd June. It features Gabriella as Seolhyun, Stacey as Choa, Ambar as Hyejeong, Mandy as Changmi, Arianna as Mina, Stephanny as Yuna and Yara as Jimin.
For more on Girl's Hour and Las Chanels, visit these links:
Girl's Hour's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlshour_official/
Las Chanels' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_laschanels/
Girl's Hour's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@girlshour1302
[KPOP IN PUBLIC TIMES SQUARE] AOA - 'Miniskirt' | DANCE COVER by NoChillDance
And here is another new cover, this time by NoChill Dance. They are a dance group from New York City and describe themselves as "a group of passionate girl dancers". They all work in different industries but were brought together by dance. The group was officially launched in 2021 and their name originates from their attitude to dance.
The cover is performed in Times Square and the video premiered on 3rd June, The dancers are Alissa as Choa, Maggie as Jimin, Sijin as Yuna, Sylvie as Hyejeong, Catherine as Mina, Cici as Seolhyun and Claire as Chanmi.
Follow NoChillDance at these links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nochill_dance/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@nochilldance
Plus, here are a couple more covers of Miniskirt:
[KPOP IN PUBLIC NYC | TIMES SQUARE ONE TAKE] AOA - 'Miniskirt' Dance Cover by Magentix (US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wslieomzuI
[KPOP IN PUBLIC PHILLY] AOA - 'MINISKIRT' ONE TAKE DANCE COVER | H4T OFFICIAL (US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwqgr3yk9UM]
And to see the music video for Miniskirt, visit my Girls vs Boys post from 2015 (also features BTS!): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/01/girls-vs-boys-k-pop.html
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE TAKE] AOA - Short Hair | Dance Cover in LONDON- iKloud
And here is another AOA dance cover, this time of Short Hair. It was the lead single from the girls' 1st mini album of the same name and both were released in June 2014.
The cover is performed by iKloud, a dance group from the UK. The video was filmed in Covent Garden in London and premiered in April. It features Bea as Seoulhyun, Jess as Yuna, Jing as Hyejung, Eunice as Jimin, Maggie as Mina, Peixian as Chanmi and Libby as Choa.
Watch the music video for Short Hair here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wzkQvzp4c
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE TAKE] Girls' Generation- 'The Boys' | Dance Cover from Singapore- ODDream Dance Official
Next we move onto Girls' Generation! Also known as SNSD, they were one of the most popular 2nd generation girl groups (and idol groups in general), their contemporaries being fellow girl groups Wonder Girls and 2NE1, and boybands BIGBANG, SHINee and SUPER JUNIOR.
Making their debut in 2007, Girls' Generation were active for 10 years (as 9 members and then 8, after the departure of Jessica Jung). However, in 2022 they reunited for their 15th anniversary, releasing their 7th Korean studio album Forever 1 in August 2022.
In February this year they released a cover version of My Everything, the 2006 single by Korean acapella girl group The Grace. It was included on their record company SM Entertainment's (one of the biggest entertainment agencies in South Korea) album 2025 SM Town: The Culture, The Future (part of SM's 30th birthday), also released in February.
The Boys was Girls' Generation's 3rd Korean (and 4th overall) album, which was released back in October 2011. The title track was released as the lead single in October and an English language version followed 2 months later, in the US and also in the UK (I think it was their debut single in both countries).The English version was intended to promote the group internationally.
I like both versions, but the English one slightly more. I bought it on iTunes. This is a dance cover version of the Korean version.
The cover is by ODDream DANCE OFFICIAL, a K-pop dance cover group from Singapore. The video premiered in February. It's a one-take, meaning it was filmed all in one go.
Follow ODDream at these links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddream.official/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@oddreamdanceofficial
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE TAKE] Girls' Generation SNSD 'The Boys' BY T-DOLLS
Here is another cover of The Boys. This one is performed by T.DOLLS, another Singaporean dance cover team.
The video is also a one-take and was uploaded in March.
Check out my post from 2012 to see the music video for The Boys (both versions): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2012/12/girls-generation-1st-uk-single.html
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE TAKE] Red Velvet - Bad Boy | Dance Cover in LONDON- iKloud
Red Velvet is another long running girl group (3rd gen), having debuted in 2014. They are still together; although Wendy and Yeri have left SM Entertainment, they will remain a part of the group. Their most recent release is the EP Cosmic, which came out in June 2024.
Spin-off duo Red Velvet- IRENE & SEULGI released their 2nd EP Tilt last month.
Bad Boy is one of my favourite Red Velvet songs. (Not to be confused with RBB (Really Bad Boy) which is another of my faves!) I also bought it on iTunes years ago.
It was the lead single from the re-released version of their 2nd studio album The Perfect Red Velvet. The original was released as Perfect Velvet in November 2017 and the reissued version came out in January 2018, alongside Bad Boy.
This is another dance cover by iKloud. It's a one-take. Like the AOA Short Hair cover (see above), this was filmed in Covent Garden and the video premiered in March.
Watch the music video for Bad Boy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_CFBjAyPWE
And for more dances by iKloud, visit these links:
K-pop in Public- More LESERRAFIM DANCES (includes their dance cover of LESERRAFIM's Smart; in the extra links section): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/08/k-pop-in-public-more-lesserafim-dances.html
K-pop in Public- Solo Edition! (includes their cover of JENNIE's Mantra (also in the extra links section): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/11/k-pop-in-public-solo-edition.html
Their YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@iKLOUDD
SISTAR- Alone
And now we finish with some SISTAR! Debuting in 2010, they were one of the earlier generation of K-pop groups (2nd gen, along with Girls' Generation; see above).
The group disbanded in 2017 but their sub-unit SISTAR19 (consisting of Hyolyn and Bora) made a comeback last year, with the single No More (Ma Boy). However, the full group briefly reunited to perform on a TV show in 2022, to support Hyolyn in her solo career.
I featured a dance cover of SISTAR'S Alone in my first ever K-pop in Public Dances post, in August 2020 (nearly 5 years ago now!) It's performed by American dance group ECLIPSE. Visit the post to see it (scroll down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/k-pop-in-public-dances.html
Alone is one of my fave SISTAR songs, (along with Give It To Me). It was the title from the group's 1st EP and both were released in April 2012.
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE-TAKE] SISTAR - Alone | DANCE COVER BY T-DOLLS
And here is new a cover of Alone. It's another one by T.DOLLS and was uploaded in January.
Keep up with T.DOLLS at these links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t.dolls.dance/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@T.dollssg
Visit my Girls vs Boys post from 2014 to see the music video for Alone (also features GOT7!): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/06/girls-vs-boys-k-pop.html
Plus, here are a couple more dance covers of SISTAR songs:
K-pop Music and Dance Round-up 2021 (features a cover of Touch my body by BLOOMs from Russia): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/09/k-pop-music-and-dance-round-up-2021.html
[KPOP IN PUBLIC] SISTAR - Alone dance cover by Sprite from Taiwan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1mrZCKMtY
Hope you liked the post! :) I'd like to feature more covers of classic girl group songs in the future (probably some boyband ones too). What are your favourite songs from the past?
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