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QUEENDOM 2: Line-Up Announced & I take a closer look at each group/performer



South Korean pay television music channel "MNET" has announced the contestants to be apart of "QUEENDOM 2", with the first episode scheduled to air March 31st. This blog-feature'll serve to take a closer look at the contestants, their latest music videos, and more. But first, just WTH is "QUEENDOM"????



"Queendom" (Korean: 퀸덤) is a television program that aired on Mnet in 2019.

Essentially a survival-inspired-slash-"comeback battle" between 6 trending girl group acts, all 6 of whom'll release their singles at the same time. Lasting for 10 weeks (starting from August 29, 2019, and ended on October 31, 2019), Mamamoo was crowned the "queens", followed by Oh My Girl in second place.

Wiki explains more of the show (Edited below for readability):
"The program features 3 preliminary performances and 1 live comeback stage from each act. The Comeback Singles are newly produced songs from the 6 participating groups. The digital points accumulated for the Comeback Singles and live votes for the comeback stages on the final episode, together with the accumulated points from the 3 preliminary performances, are the keys to determine the final winner. The winning act will have a comeback show only for them, showing the new song and their other hit songs, arranged however they want it."

This program was followed by the boy band incarnation/counterpart known as "ROAD TO KINGDOM" followed by "KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR" (performances featured on TUNESTALKSG), where Stray Kids were crowned the Winner. Announced in 2021, is the return of Queendom, with "QUEENDOM 2".



While the details for performances and voting has yet to be revealed nor confirmed, here is a handly-look at partiipants whi've performed on MNET shows in the past (video below), and as well scroll thru for a closer look at the announced girl groups (listed in order of reveals on @MnetKR)...!







"Brave Girls" (브레이브걸스) is a South Korean girl group formed by producer Brave Brothers in 2011 and managed by Brave Entertainment. The group gained a sudden surge in popularity after their song "Rollin'" unexpectedly went viral in 2021, and rejuvenated their career.

Featured below is the MV for their track "After We Ride" (the lead single from their repackaged version of their fifth mini album "After 'We Ride'").



As reported on Wikipedia, member "Minyoung" was announced (on Jan 14, 2022) that she would be "suspending her activities temporarily due to poor health conditions." Stay tuned to Brave Girls' socials for updates on her status!

BRAVE SOCIALS:
bravesound.com
twitter.com/bravesound_
facebook.com/BraveEntertainment
braveent_official
tvcast.naver.com/bravesound






"VIVIZ" (비비지) is a South Korean girl group formed by BPM Entertainment ("Big Planet Made"), with the group consisting of former GFriend members: Eunha, SinB, and Umji - so they are far from being "rookies". Read more via their Wikipedia. The group debuted on February 9, 2022, with their first extended play "Beam of Prism", for which the MV of the lead single "Bop Bop!" is featured below.



VIVIZ SOCIALS:
VIVIZ Youtube
instagram.com/viviz_official
twitter.com/VIVIZ_official
VIVIZ Vlive
VIVIZ Fancafe
VIVIZ TikTok






"WJSN" (우주소녀 / Chinese: 宇宙少女), also known as Cosmic Girls, is a South Korean-Chinese girl group formed by Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment. Accoridng to their WIkipedia: "The group debuted on February 25, 2016 with the extended play Would You Like? and with twelve members: Seola, Xuanyi, Bona, Exy, Soobin, Luda, Dawon, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Meiqi, Yeoreum and Dayoung. In July 2016, WJSN added a thirteenth member, Yeonjung, to the group."

WJSN released their ninth mini album "Unnatural" on March 31st, 2021, with the title track "Unnatural" featured below.



With 13 members, WJSN is the largest girl group in QUEENDOM 2, surpassing LOONA's 12 members...!

Subsequent to "Unnatural", two sub-units as well released their own tracks ("Easy" by "WJSN The Black", and "Super Yuppers" by "WJSN Chocome").

WJSN SOCIALS:
facebook.com/officialcosmicgirls
twitter.com/WJSN_Cosmic​
instagram.com/wjsn_cosmic​
cafe.daum.net/WJSNcosmic
starship-ent.com​






"LOONA" (commonly stylized as LOONA or LOOΠΔ; Korean: 이달의 소녀, romanized: Idarui Sonyeo; Japanese: 今月の少女, romanized: Kongetsu no Shōjo, lit. 'Girl of the Month') is a South Korean girl group formed by Blockberry Creative.

"The group was introduced to the public through a pre-debut project that began in October 2016, where each of the 12 members were revealed in a periodic fashion by releasing a promotional single over the following 18 months.[2] They debuted as a full ensemble with the extended play, [+ +] (2018)." It no secret this blog STANS LOONA. Do refer to the multiple clickable coverage on the blog-page-right, cheers.

Featured below is their latest MV for "PTT (Paint The Town)" (released June 2021), apart of their [&] album release.



I have chosen not to post their latest Japanese debut "Hula Hoop" because if you've (not) realized by now, all the latest MVs for the other girl groups are going pretty hard, and you cannot deny PTT for that (IMHO)!

LOOΠΔ SOCIALS:
loonatheworld.com
instagram.com/loonatheworld
twitter.com/loonatheworld
facebook.com/loonatheworld
LOOΠΔ Official Korean Fan Cafe
LOOΠΔ VLIVE
LOOΠΔ YouTube
ALL LOOΠΔ on TUNESTALKSG






"Kep1er" (케플러) is a South Korean girl group formed through the 2021 Mnet reality survival competition show "Girls Planet 999". The group is composed of nine members (Kim Chaehyun, Huening Bahiyyih, Choi Yujin, Kim Dayeon, Seo Youngeun, Kang Yeseo, Ezaki Hikaru, Sakamoto Mashiro and Shen Xiaoting), and is managed by Swing Entertainment and Wake One Entertainment.



Kep1er made their official debut on January 3, 2022 with their first extended play (EP) "First Impact", with the MV for ‘WA DA DA’ featured above. Kep1er is the literal "rookie group" in the line-up, even with the inclusion of Choi Yujin (formerly of CLC) in the line-up - no disrespect, but allow the group to shine together, why don't we?

Kep1er SOCIALS:
instagram.com/official.kep1er
twitter.com/official_kep1er
facebook.com/official.kep1er
Kep1er TikTok
Kep1er VLIVE
Kep1er Fan Cafe






Kim Hyo-jung (Korean: 김효정; born December 11, 1990), better known by her stage name Hyolyn (효린), is a South Korean singer and songwriter, now under the management of her own self-started production company Bridʒ. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Sistar and their sub-unit Sistar19. (Source: Wikipedia).



The sole soloist for the program, Hyolyn takes over the role previously featuring Park Bom (of 2NE1), and featured above is her latest MV for "Layin' Low (feat. Jooyoung)", and it is plain to see she'll be able to stand strong amongst the other girl groups, IMHO. Not "convinced"? Here's another MV for "둘 중에 골라 (Summer or Summer)", featuring her fellow ex-member from Sistar; DASOM (다솜). OMG I got all emotional listening to this track LOL



HYOLYN SOCIALS:
facebook.com/hyolyn.official
twitter.com/officialHyolyn_
HYOLYN TikTok
HYOLYN VLIVE
HYOLYN FanCafe






Adding to the excitement (I really should not have watched the multiple reaction videos to the announce doling-up LOL), is TAEYEON as host of "QUEENDOM 2"!

Debuting as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, she is most recently released "Can't Control Myself", "What Do I Call You", and was apart of SM Entertainment's power girl group "Girls On Top"...! I do not think I'll need to hype her up more than her name and rep has in Kpop, IMHO.

Imagine the sheer epicness of a fellow performer hosting the show, and what she can bring to the show, and the participating performers.

Seen below is her "Comeback Stage" for her excellent recently released track "INVU".



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