Until last year, I was preparing for my end as a singer. The debut date and the fan club name were engraved in the music video of the song released with the desire to reap’The Beauty of Yoojong’, and a scene of the concept of winning first place in the music broadcast was also added. It was just a dream and a wish, which I didn’t dare to expect. But about seven months later, this imagination became a reality. It’s an amazing and welcome Brave Girls miracle.
The song that opened its heyday to the group Brave Girls (Minyoung, Yoojeong, Eunji, Yuna), who had taken their luggage out of the hostel and was about to dismantle, is the song’Rolin’, which was released four years ago. ‘Rolin’ gained explosive popularity as it was introduced on YouTube’s comment collection channel, which shows the comments left by people on singers’ stage videos.
‘Rolin’, which was so famous among soldiers that it was called the No. 1 song on the’Millboard Chart (military chart)’, began to spread rapidly through the YouTube algorithm, and was soon listed on various music charts. Song was yeokjuhaeng gamyeo gradually increase the ranking it took a steady beating IU. Thanks to that, the Brave Girls was recalled to a music broadcast and held the first place trophy in their arms after their debut.
Brave Girls, who recently met with Hankyung.com, said, “I really wanted to see what’s going on. I thought that’Only drive’, which was released last year, would be our last activity. In a music video that I thought would end, I was ranked No. 1 in’Gay Top Ten’ I put it, but that became reality,” he laughed.
◆ The miracle of’Rolin’ faced right before dismantling
Group Brave Girls / Photo = Reporter Byeon Seong-hyun
The Brave Girls is divided into two stages, one that debuted in 2011 and two re-debuted in 2016. The members who achieved the miracle of reverse driving joined as new members in the second season. The second period started with a 7-member group, but after the members withdrew, it was reduced to the current 4-member group. In the first year, all of the members were withdrawn, and so on, and afterwards,’Rolin’ was released, but the results were not great. Yoojung, Eunji, and Yuna appeared on the KBS2 audition program’The Unit’ and aimed for a comeback, but this also did not lead to the team’s success.
Opportunities for action gradually diminished. After’Rolin’ in 2017, a long gap has been created, and last year, after about 3 years and 5 months,’I only drive’ was announced. Eunji said, “The only thing that came out with the desire to do it one more time with four people, was’I just drive.’ But it didn’t work well, and the slump came.’Why am I not so lucky? The singer’s path is really bad. I thought, “I think it’s not,” and I searched for other jobs. Everyone was old, so they had to do other jobs, but there was nothing we could do.”
As I thought it was the last activity and walked life and death, the result of the activity of’I only drive’ was a big blow. Yuna said, “Even though I went through a gap of 3 years and 5 months, I didn’t think’I have to quit this job.’ First of all, I had a contract with the company, so I couldn’t do anything, so I got a coffee-related license. Then,’Rolin’ popped up in one day. It was really awkward.”
Group Brave Girls Eunji / Photo = Byun Seonghyun reporter
Group Brave Girls Yoo Jeong / Photo = Byeon Seong-hyun reporter
When the reaction started coming on YouTube, the members said to each other,’Let’s not expect. Yoojeong revealed the reason, saying, “Because you can get hurt.” Min-young also said, “I wanted to do this. There have been a few times when the word that it is a hidden masterpiece has been circulated a few times in the meantime. So, in 2018, I released a new version of’Rolin’ again, but there was no response.” I thought I would just pass by in case I would receive it. At first, I didn’t even contact the company on purpose.”
However, the firepower was markedly different from the previous one. The number of video views exploded, and’Rolin’ reached the top of the music chart at a much faster rate than other reverse running songs. After that, there was no hesitation to No. 1 in music broadcasting. Eun-ji was delighted, saying, “I had a lot of tears because my activities so far passed by,” and “I never thought that the day I would receive the No. 1 trophy in my singer’s life. I was really happy.”
After his debut, it took 1853 days to hold the No. 1 trophy in his arms. It was the team that took the longest time among girl groups. Among the boy groups, NU’EST reached the top of the terrestrial broadcast in 2613 days. After hearing this, Yuna was thrilled, saying, “I debuted at the same time as the NU’EST people and did an interview at’Music Bank’ together. At that time, it was a really difficult time for everyone.” Following that, Yoojung and Minyoung confessed, “It was a heart to congratulate and cheer for NU’EST well. At the same time, I was very envious, but we are also happy to have a good opportunity to run backwards.”
◆ “Thank you for the brave brothers who believed in you…I hope you will stop suffering”
Brave Girls Minyoung / Photo = Byun Seonghyun reporter
Brave Girls was the first girl group that brave brothers founded and showed off Brave Entertainment. He was the one who made hit songs such as Big Bang, After School, Sistar, AOA, and 4minutes, so the interest poured into the first girl group was great. However, despite the reputation of being a’hit song maker’, Brave Girls could not see the light, and as a producer, he had to suffer. The Brave Girls expressed their gratitude toward their brave brothers throughout the interview.
Minyoung recalled the time he entered the music chart, “The CEO captured the screen that entered the chart and contacted me,’Did you see this too?’ He said that I almost shed tears when I was upset,” he laughed.
He continued, “Aren’t we all newly recruited members? The CEO has been struggling since the 1st Brave Girls”. I was angry that I was labeled as a producer who failed because the team I made was not successful. I was always confident that it was a good song, and it was clearly differentiated from other groups, so I was upset because it didn’t work well.”
Minyoung continued, “Because Brave Girls is an old group and has failed a lot, we must have heard a lot of people telling us to put it down. Only the CEO trusted us. I think this result was due to not letting go until the end. I’m very respectful and grateful,” he said, “I like it because we seem to have relieved the president’s displeasure. I hope that the president will stop suffering from his heart,” he smiled.
Yoojeong also said, “The CEO always emphasizes humility and gratitude.”
◆’Real Army’ is a strong’Real Army’ next to Brave Girls
“Thank you to the brave brothers and CEOs who believed in us until the end when everyone said no. Thank you to the company, including the CEO. Also, I am very grateful to all the fans, soldiers of the Armed Forces, reserves, and civil defense.”
One special thing about Brave Girls’ awards. It is that greetings to the soldiers are not missed. During the hiatus, when there was no activity, the Brave Girls continued to sing’Rolin’ while attending consolation performances as a military unit. It was thanks to those who remembered the memories of the Brave Girls during the military period without forgetting them. The hot support that began with “Now let’s help the Brave Girls” made the Brave Girls a’Popular Pick’.
Group Brave Girls Yuna / Photo = Byun Seong-hyun reporter
The Brave Girls tried to keep the’Loyalty’ with the soldiers unchanged. When Corona 19 was over, when asked where she wanted to perform, Yuna replied “military” without even worrying about it. He said, “The soldiers of the Armed Forces really liked the video of’Rolin’. We also received a lot of comfort while attending the consolation performance during the difficult hiatus. It was the only performance we could do. Without it, we wouldn’t have been able to receive performances, shouts and comforts. The soldiers filled the hard times, so I feel more comfortable.”
Yoo Jeong-eun said, “In the past, when famous people said,’Thank you fans,’ I was wondering what the feeling was, and whether it really was. It was awkward for us. But now, what kind of feelings it is like to love and appreciate fans. As I read each of the posts sent by the fans, I realized that “That’s why many of you are the first to thank your fans.”
◆ Reverse driving once more with’just drive’!
Group Brave Girls / Photo = Reporter Byeon Seong-hyun
Not only’Rolin’, but recently’Only drive’ is being re-examined with its name on the chart. Yoo Jung said, “It’s a very pleasant and comfortable song. If’Rolin’ is exciting and refreshing, you can listen comfortably to’Only drive’ without getting tired of your ears.”
Yuna added, “The voices of the members match well by part,” and Minyoung expressed her love for the song, saying, “‘Only drive’ is a song that has meaning to us. I hope you will listen to this too.” The members laughed broadly, saying, “It would be nice to listen to’Rolin’ during the day and’I only drive’ at night.”
Brave Girls will continue to move forward with momentum. Minyoung said, “There are a lot of things I want to do.” Two weeks ago, if we were worried about what to do and what we should do, I now think that we should be careful with each word and every action.. It seems that there are a lot of people who have hope because of us, so we feel the burden of doing better and being careful. Although this has occurred, I will do my best to meet my expectations.”
Kim Soo-young, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]
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