Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished. :)
In June I wrote a K-pop in Public post (dance covers of Korean songs in public places) called Girl Group Classics. It featured dance covers of classic songs by girl groups. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/06/k-pop-in-public-girl-group-classics.html
I thought today I'd do a follow-up sharing more girl group classics! :)
[KPOP IN PUBLIC] EXID - 'Up & Down' | DANCE COVER BY T-DOLLS
First up, here is a cover of UP&DOWN (also written in lower case) by EXID. They are a 3rd generation K-pop group (just about) debuting in early 2012. After 6 years, EXID announced that they were going on hiatus indefinitely when it came to group activites in South Korea (due to some members leaving their agency Banana Culture.
However, they continued to release music in Japan. In 2022, the girls made a comeback to commemorate their 10th anniversary, going on tour, appearing on a special TV programme and releasing the single album X in September.
Up & Down was released digitally in August 2014 and was the lead single from EXID's 2nd EP Ah Yeah (which came out in the following April). It wasn't initially very successful, but became more popular after a fan video of member Hani performing it went viral on Korean social media in October the same year.
It reached No. 1 on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart (now known as the Circle Digital Chart) and is now considered one of the group's most successful singles. A Chinese language version was released in January 2017 and a Japanese version in August 2018. The latter appeared on their debut Japanese studio album Trouble (released in April 2019).
The dance cover is performed by Singaporean dance team T-DOLLS and was uploaded in August 2024.
[KPOP IN PUBLIC TIMES SQUARE | ONE TAKE | 2HR CHA] EXID Up & Down - Obsessed Dance Crew
Here is another Up & Down cover, this time by American dance crew OBSESSED DANCE. It was part of a 2 hour challenge, where the group only had 2 hours' rehearsal before filming.
The performance took place in Times Square in New York and features Zoe as LE, Estella as Jeonghwa, Emily as Hyelin, Sophie as Solji and Ricka as Hani. The video premiered in April.
For another dance by OBSESSED, visit my Dance Videos post from August (includes their cover of Girls' Generation's The Boys): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/08/dance-videos.html
And watch the music video for UP&DOWN here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfXZ6ydgZyo
Plus, here is a dance cover of Every night (my fave EXID song) by E.poch from Taiwan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UocDwB8TSs
[KPOP IN PUBLIC] GIRLS' DAY- 'SOMETHING' Dance Cover by OnePear |Australia
Next is a dance cover of Something by 2nd gen group Girl's Day. Debuting in 2010, the group was active for 9 years, going on indefinite hiatus (although not officially disbanding) in 2019. However, their last release was 2 years before that, the EP Girl's Day Everyday #5 in 2017.
Something was the title track from Girl's Day 4th mini album Girl's Day Everyday 3 and both were released in January 2014. It also later appeared on their 2nd studio album Love (released in July 2015. Something of one of my favourite songs of theirs and was a Weekly Music Video back in March 2014 (over 10 years ago now)!
The cover is by Australian dance crew OnePear. It was performed in Sydney and uploaded in January. The dancers are Ann as Minah, Suki as Sojin, Angelina as Yura and Annie as Hyeri.
Watch the music video for Something here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/03/weekly-music-video_26.html
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONETAKE] Red Velvet - 'BAD BOY' Dance Cover by OnePear | Australia
In my first Girl Group Classics post, I shared a dance cover of Bad Boy, one of my favourite songs by 3rd gen group Red Velvet. It's by iKloud and you can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/06/k-pop-in-public-girl-group-classics.html
This cover is also by OnePear and it was uploaded in March. It's a one-take, meaning it was shot all in one go. The dancers are Ann as Irene, Yan as Seulgi, Katherine as Wendy, Annie as Joy and Suki as Yeri.
For another dance by OnePear, check out my Asian Dance in Public Videos post (features their cover of AOA's Miniskirt): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/02/asian-dance-in-public-videos.html
[KPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE TAKE] Miss A - Bad Girl Good Girl Dance Cover by T-Dolls
Finally, here is another one by T-DOLLS, this time a dance cover of Bad Girl Good Girl by miss A. They were a 2nd generation group (sometimes described as Korean-Chinese, due to the members being from both South Korea and China), debuting in 2010.
Originally a 4-piece, Jia (full name Meng Jia left in 2016 and launched a solo career in China. Fellow member Min (full name Lee Min-young) followed in late 2017, leaving the final two members Fei (Wang Fei Fei) and Suzy (Bae Su-ji/Bae Suzy). In December 2017, miss A officially disbanded. All the members went on to have solo music and/or acting careers.*
Bad Girl Good Girl was the group's debut single, released in June 2010. It's one of their most successful singles, reaching No. 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart and becoming the best performing single of the year. It was the first single from their debut EP Bad But Good, which came out in July 2010. The track was also featured on miss A's debut studio album A Class, which was released in July 2011.
The dance cover was uploaded in May and the dancers are Winter as Jia, Audrey as Min, Chloe as Fei and Snowclock as Suzy.
Watch the Bad Girl Good Girl music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TeeJvcBdLA
And for another dance by T-DOLLS, visit my first Girl Group Classics post (includes their cover of Girls' Generation's The Boys (see link above or click here).
Hope you liked the post! :) What are your favourite girl group classics?
Want more dance? Check out these posts:
Dance Videos (features T-pop/Thai pop, K-pop and African dance): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/08/dance-videos.html
K-pop in Public Dances Round-up (includes all the Kpop in Public posts on the blog prior to this one): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/08/k-pop-in-public-dances-round-up.html
P.S. It's 10 years this month since I had a J-pop and K-pop themed month on Star Sparkle! (It actually ended up extending into October because I had computer problems.) I haven't done another one since then but maybe I should bring it back some time! You can find all the posts under the label Theme of the Month: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/search/label/theme%20of%20the%20month
*These are Chinese/Korean names with the surname/family name written first.
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