Popu Lady Explained

Popu Lady
Landscape:yes
Origin:Taiwan
Genre:Mandopop
Years Active:–
Label:HIM International Music
B'in Music
Warner Music
Website:www.him.com.tw
Current Members:
  • Hongshi
  • Dayuan
  • Bao'er
  • Tingxuan
  • Yushan

Popu Lady was a five-member Taiwanese girl group based in Taiwan, formed in 2012 by HIM International Music. The name of the group stands for "popular lady", which expresses the desire of the group to gain popularity through its songs and to give a girly and mature look at the same time.[1] [2]

History

After training for a year in singing and dancing, Popu Lady debuted on December 14, 2012, with an extended play, Keep Keep Loving, and a homonymous song, being a cover of "Pretty Boy", originally recorded by the Norwegian female group M2M.[3] Keep Keep Loving entered the top 10 best-selling chart in Taiwan when it hit the stores, and the title track's music video reached 200,000 views in six days and more than 800,000 after one month.[4] In 2012, Popu Lady also sang "Feel Me" with Jiro Wang for TV series KO One Return soundtrack.

The group released a second EP, Popu Future, on September 13, 2013,[5] and a third one titled More on August 22, 2014. It also sang "Honey" for the soundtrack of a TV series, Say I Love You. Popu Lady hosted a number of variety shows, including East Network Pop U Show from August 11, 2014, to July 17, 2015,[6] and occasionally Love Blog .[7] Many of its songs were featured in TV series, as Spring Love, Fall in Love with Me, and Go, Single Lady.

On August 7, 2015, the group released a digital single, "All About Him", for the official soundtrack of a 2015 feature film, Our Times.[8] [9] The lyrics edition of the music video was released three days later, while the official version was uploaded to the label official YouTube channel on October 20. The song ranked 24 on Billboards China V Chart on December 12, 2015.[10]

On September 23, 2015, HIM International Music launched the campaign "Get Out of Popu Lady" to eliminate a member of the group and make it more competitive on the market. For this purpose, an online poll was held from October 2 to November 20, 2015, to allow the public to vote one of the five members of the group out. At the same time, a reality called Get Out of Popu Lady Knockout was launched, in which the girls displayed their skills in a series of challenges to survive.[11] Netizens believed the poll was merely a viral marketing technique to promote the group and called for its cessation, using the symbol "5-1 = 0";[12] furthermore, on October 15, 2015, the poll website was hacked and voting was temporarily blocked.[13] The result of the poll was announced on November 22 during a promotional activity of the group's fourth extended play, Gossip Girls, released two days before.[11] According to the announcement, as Dayuan and Yushan tied, none of the five members was removed from the group. The campaign has heavily been criticized by the public as being a fraud, saying such a result was predictable and unsurprising.[14] [15] [16] On the other hand, Bao'er won the survival show and got the chance to release a solo EP.[17]

In the meantime, four songs from Gossip Girls were released as singles: "Excuse Me" was released on September 28, 2015,[18] "Popu OK Boom" on October 12,[19] "Don't Say Goodbye" on October 27,[20] with its music video the following day, and "Gossip Girls" on November 16. For its fourth extended play, Popu Lady changed their concept from cute and cheerful to sexy and dark;[21] this reflects in the lead title track, a cover of German duo Symphobia's "I Do", which samples the Dance of the Little Swans from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.[22] The music video was released on December 18 and the dance version on December 29. In November the group also featured in the soundtrack of Marry Me, or Not? with "Conquered Love" .

On February 29, 2016, Popu Lady performed the closing act of Taipei's Lantern Festival;[23] the members then embarked in solo activities, from musicals to television series.[24] [25] On September 29, the group released its first photobook, titled Thai HOT! .[26] [27] On March 7, 2017, Dayuan took a three-month hiatus to film the TV series Private Shusan College in Mainland China.[28] Hongshi did the same on April 13 to shoot Siamese Password.[29] In 2018, Bao'er and Yushan joined Chinese series Produce 101 and got eliminated on episode 4.[30]

As of October 2019, Tingxuan's and Yushan's contracts with HIM International Music have expired, while Dayuan has left the company, and the five members continue their solo activities.[31] In January 2021, with Hongshi, Bao'er and Yushan becoming YouTubers under a new company and using a new group name as a trio, the disbandement of Popu Lady was confirmed.[32] [33] [34]

Members

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetailsTrack list
Keep Keep Loving
(一直一直愛)
Popu Future
(小未來)
More
Gossip Girls

Digital singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Just Say It"2014Say I Love You OST
"All About Him" (妳說他)2015Our Times OST
"Excuse Me" (feat Mao Di)Gossip Girls
"Popu OK Boom" (POPU OK繃)
"Don't Say Goodbye" (我不要)
"Gossip Girls" (花邊女孩)
"Conquered Love" (愛.接招)Marry Me, or Not? OST
"Falling for You" (栽在你手裡)2017Attention, Love! OST

Music videos

Year Title
2012"Keep Keep Loving" (一直一直愛)
"Kiss Me"
2013"Lady First"
"Want to Turn to an Apple" (好想變蘋果)
"Love Bomb" (戀愛元氣彈)
"Mama Gave Me a Guitar 2013" (媽媽給我一個吉他2013)
"Melted" (融化了)
2014"Different When With You" (好好)
"More" (多多)
"More (Dance Version)"
"Just Say It"
2015"All About Him (Lyrics Version)" (你說他)
"All About Him" (你說他)
"Don't Say Goodbye" (我不要 Don't Say Goodbye)
"Gossip Girls"
"Gossip Girls (Dance Version)"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2013Singapore Hit AwardsMost Downloaded SongWant to Turn to an Apple[37] [38]
20142013 MusicRadio China TOP rankingMost Popular Campus Group of the Year from Hong Kong and TaiwanPopu Lady[39]
Most Popular Group of the Year from Hong Kong and Taiwan
Best Group of the Year from Hong Kong and Taiwan
Singapore Entertainment AwardsMost Popular Group[40]
Most Popular MV - C-popLove Bomb[41]
Hito Pop Music AwardsGroup With the Most PotentialPopu Lady[42] [43]
Most Popular Group
2015Global Chinese Music Golden ChartPeople's Choice - New GroupPopu Lady[44] [45]
Hito Pop Music AwardsMost Popular Group[46] [47]
Popular Campus Group[48] [49]
Milk AwardsPopular Artist or Group of the Year[50]
2014 MusicRadio China TOP rankingMost Popular Group of the Year[51] [52]
Most Popular Campus Group of the Year
Best Group of the Year
2016Hito Pop Music AwardsMost Popular Group[53] [54]
2015 MusicRadio China TOP rankingMost Popular Group of the Year[55] [56]
Most Popular Campus Group of the Year
Global Chinese Music AwardsMost Popular Group[57] [58]

References

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