Former Wonder Girls member-turned-solo singer Sunmi confessed that she had initially disliked the choreography for the now-disbanded K-pop group’s 2007 hit track “Tell Me.”
“I really didn’t want to do it,” she said Saturday on SBS’ “Party People,” a talk show hosted by singer-producer Park Jin-young, also known as JYP.
Park wrote and choreographed “Tell Me,” a pop tune with a 1980s feel that topped charts with its catchy melody and easy-to-follow dance moves in 2007.
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Sunmi, Park Jin-young star on “Party People.” (SBS) |
“(Park) sent us the choreography from the US. We said to ourselves, ‘What is this dance?’” Sunmi said of Wonder Girls’ initial reactions.
“It was such a shock because we had not lived (in the 1980s). We didn’t want to sing it,” she added. “But we’re so grateful that it became a hit song,” she told Park.
Sunmi, who left JYP Entertainment for MakeUs Entertainment in March, released her solo single “Gashina” in August, which has been topping charts.
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Sunmi, Park Jin-young star on “Party People.” (SBS) |
“I was worried at first,” Park said. “I wondered if there was any producer who knew Sunmi better than I did.”
But after seeing Sunmi perform onstage, he had predicted that the song would top charts, Park said.
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