S.E.S. (band)

S.E.S. (Hangul: 에스.이.에스; initialism for Sea, Eugene, Shoo) was a South Korean girl group under the management of SM Entertainment. Lasting from 1997 to 2002, they were viewed as the female version of H.O.T., another SM group who also enjoyed phenomenal popularity during the same years.

S.E.S. was K-pop's first highly successful girl group. They were challenged by groups like Fin.K.L and Baby V.O.X, which debuted soon after S.E.S. and were also successful.

Through the years, the members went through various style and image changes. S.E.S. broke up at the end of 2002, and its members have gone solo to varying degrees of success.

History

Pre-debut: Discovery

The official biography video states that Bada was the first one discovered in 1996, when Lee Soo Man saw her singing at her performing arts school. Taken by her voice, he quickly offered her a recording contract, and was therefore the first member to be chosen. Eugene, on the other hand, did not first appear in person. She, in fact, sent in a video from Guam, where she was living at the time, which showcased her bubbly personality. SM executives saw the video and agreed that Eugene could be a star. The last member to join was Shoo, who was the only member to go through a "real" audition process. Executives figured that Shoo would be a nice fit to the group, and so the group was formed. They quickly began training, going through voice, dance, and interview lessons.

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I'm Your Girl (album)

I'm Your Girl is the 1997 debut album by Korean pop group S.E.S., released under SM Entertainment. It sold approximately 650,000 copies. It had two promotional singles, the title track "I'm Your Girl" and "Oh, My Love".

Release and promotion

I'm Your Girl is the debut album by one of South Korea's "first generation" idol groups, S.E.S. Under SM Entertainment's management, it was produced wholly by Lee Soo-man. Its original release was on King Records with subsequent releases by Synnara Records. Today the album is distributed by KMP Holdings.

The lead promotional song, "I'm Your Girl" features rapping by Eric Mun and Andy Lee prior to their debut with Shinhwa. Its music video was different from that of other female performers of the time, in that it focused on the group members' singing instead of their sexiness. It remained one of the most requested music videos on popular music request shows of the time for 13 to 14 weeks. In 2001, the song was included on SM Entertainment's compilation album, SM Best Album 2 and again on a Japanese release of S.E.S.' Korean songs, Beautiful Songs. The song was remixed by Japanese rapper Kreva, then of the Kick the Can Crew, and was featured on the group's second single in Japan.