The members are (in order of official announcement): 윤아 (Yoona), 티파니 (Tiffany), 유리 (Yuri), 효연 (Hyoyeon), 수영 (Sooyoung), 서현 (Seohyun), 태연 (Taeyeon), 제시카 (Jessica) and 써니 (Sunny). They are a multilingual group, with members that speak English, Chinese, and Japanese. Both Jessica and Tiffany were raised in America, HyoYeon traveled to Beijing in 2004, and SooYoung started out in the Japanese entertainment industry in the girl group route φ in 2004. Many of the members were already recognizable to the Korean population before debut for their television commercials, magazine ads, and MCing on radio shows. On August 1, 2007 SM Entertainment released the group’s first music video for their debut song 다시 만난 세계 (Into the new world). |
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