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[Christian1989]

This is an short article about SNSD in a German youth magazine for girls, titled "Mädchen" (which means girl(s) in English). The magazine has a paid circulation of approx. 150.000 issues. The article tells no new info, just basic information for people who don't know them.

Girls’ Generation
Who they are: The K-pop band ("Korean Pop") is made up of nine members and was found in 2007. Bandleader is Taeyeon (21).
What makes the difference: With their look the group is considered to be a role model for many girls in Asia - the tickets for the first concert of their tour were sold out within three minutes.
For fans of: dance-pop, Asia-style
Mädchen résumé: Even if the sound is not really yours - it's cool to know them to impress friends.
Image capture: The nine girls are real stars in Asia. Current single: "Hoot".

I hope I translated everything correctly...
I think this is from the second last issue of 2010 (Nr. 25/2010) but I'm not 100% sure since I just copied the scan shared on facebook...

Credits: K-Pop-Meetings Germany @ Facebook | Girls' Generation Group @ wkw

Edited by Christian1989, 03 January 2011 - 02:26 PM.

[J2Y3S2TH]

Cool! One step closer to world domination!
We need more articles like these to recruit more SONEs!
It will be so awesome to have German SONEs, cheering in German!
That'll sound wicked! But I'm sure there are quite a few German fans out there.
I know German people think of Koreans fondly because of
soccor athlete Cha Bum Gun and Cha Doo Ri
and Germany used to share the same pain that Korea has:
The divided nation...
So, dear Germany, share some love for SNSD!!!!

[HyoRiSun]

Awesome! Such good news! They are getting more and more attention from the media in Europe! I'm so excited!

Thanks for sharing this!

[StephyP]

So SM was actually being serious about SOSHI expanding into Europe. SOSHI WORLD DOMINATION <3 mwuahahhaa hwaiting!~

[GG_sunny]

OMFGG THAT MAGAZINE IS SOLD HERE IN ALBANIA ASWELL KASHKJAHL


SM.. I DEMAND EUROPEAN CONCERT!!

[whyFanywhy]

Thanks for translating! ♥

J2Y3S2TH is right! This is one step closer to World Domination! Woot!
Role model for Asia!! Haha they're not Asia's #1 Girl-group for nothing! =3
I love how they included their concert being sold-out in 3-minutes. I'm sure the girls/teens who will read it will be more curious about SNSD. ^^

WORLD TOUR here we come!!!

Edited by BabyPrincess, 03 January 2011 - 01:16 PM.

[Antino]

ok... what the...?
I'm really surprised that even GERMANY mention SNSD xD
i mean i'm a german sone and i know that german media isn't really interested in asian music^^
Goddamned that article makes me so proud to be a sone

Thank you for sharing and translating
(even if i didn't need the translation) xD

Edited by Antino, 03 January 2011 - 03:16 PM.

[Heartbreakn]

That's pretty cool. People in France and Germany will heart, even if it's just a little, about them. Seems like Sm will have help to promote the girls in Europe?


Thanks for the translation.

[JJ91]

Woow, I'm from Germany and I'm really proud to see them in one of our magazines.
(Now they are the 2nd kpop group featured in a german magazine as far as I know)
Hope a Europe tour could happen in future.^^
K-Pop really is conquering the world.

[Thepowerof3x3]

Glad to see them mentioned in European magazines now. SNSD fighting! And don't worry the translation was good.

[SoshiPilipinas]

Even if the sound is not really yours - it's cool to know them to impress friends.

That was bold.

Thank you for translating. I'm really getting excited about not just SNSD but the whole KPop industry getting close to world domination. Is it just me, or this clicks better than any other music? Just sayin'. I'm not a Korean myself, but one can't deny the fact that they are really getting GLOBAL

[LoveSoshiYoona]

Thats really cool news! On a Dutch social network site, Hyves, a lot of Dutch SONEs showed support to SNSD and some even sent a audition to SMe (:

[Xeraphin]

STRONG TIL ALL NINE DOMINATES!
Germany, check. Next? Rest of Europe! <333
GO SNSD!

I saw SNSD on tV here in the UK one time. I was spazzing so much because they were singing Gee. *-*

[hirumatactician]

spread the love to the europe...

snsd going to rule the world..haha..

i hope snsd and sm will consider to make a concert in malaysia..

snsd hwaiting...

[toto-ro]

oh wow...I'm german but I didn't saw that article...but fine, I've never read Mädchen xD since it's more...for teenagers and younger and of course I'm simply not interested.
The translation is good, even though it says "Frontfrau" and it doesn't mean Bandleader directly, but it could be interpreted like that..

SNSD Fighting!

[toto-ro]

ok... what the...?
I'm really surprised that even GERMANY mention SNSD xD
i mean i'm a german sone and i know that german media isn't really interested in asian music^^

you just need to search properly. There are a loot of magazines that show interest. Just not so much that show interest in kpop. They are more for japanese music, I believe. I know a few myself, but since I'm not reading magazines I just know that japanese music is mentioned frequently.

Edited by toto-ro, 04 January 2011 - 10:58 AM.

[chii2]

wahh lol i wonder when they'll come to canada? hehe

[Lobdscher]

the "they're" should be changed to "their" in the "what makes the difference" part.

but other than that it is a pretty good translation (actually i like it better than the magazins one, since obviously you know more about soshi than they do )

[Christian1989]

the "they're" should be changed to "their" in the "what makes the difference" part.

but other than that it is a pretty good translation (actually i like it better than the magazins one, since obviously you know more about soshi than they do )

Oh, yes, thanks. You're right. I changed it...

[DarkReaver]

Wow now our girls already appear in german magazines.
Hope someday they'll come to germany.
I'll will look forward to it.
SNSD jjang!!!