Baby Vox's legacy is often overshadowed or forgotten when the topic of first-gen girl groups gets mentioned. For that reason, I wanted to bring them back into the spotlight. It’s important to keep in mind that what you or I consider legendary or legacy groups could be far different from what Korean fans may consider. But no one can argue that Baby Vox’s career was Integral to the history and evolution of girl groups. Many popular girl groups or idol rappers may have not existed if it weren’t for the pioneering of Baby Vox. If you want to know more about DR Music’s shady business practices and their repeated mistakes with their future girl groups Rania and Black Swan, please check out these videos mentioned here. 🔮Jihoons Carat: The History of RANIA & BLACKSWAN th-cam.com/video/PoxGiDD4bJ8/w-d-xo.html 🔮Ploopy678: WHAT A MESS! - The insane history of Rania/ BP Rania/ Blackswan (Ft. former members) th-cam.com/video/xb9o0_Yof2c/w-d-xo.html The UNLUCKIEST KPOP group ever - Blackswan/ Rania/ BP Rania (Ft. former members) th-cam.com/video/Vq_tyntJJyo/w-d-xo.html
Your hard work to such research is to be commended. More and more of the younger generations need to know about the first Kpop generation groups and how influential they were to modern Kpop. Also, just a hiccup, but at 12:43 you said the year "1988" instead of "1998." Honest mistake.
I think the thing that's kinda grossest about this is that there was such a controversy about a grown woman (30) being in a girl group to the point that she had to be replaced by a child (15)
I can’t believe how toxic those boy group stans used to be. These days people only harass groups and fans online for no reason. It’s definitely not better but back in the days it felt more personal
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I think because the law was less on their side back then it was hard to take any action without feeling hopeless. Still, nowadays there's still some laws Korea should update and such but I think things are definitely better now then back then
Korea is highly traditional and misogynistic, it was common just until recently to abort girls, send only boys to school, employ women only as the last option… hard to come back from years and years of seeing women as trash
its interesting because in another video by MT about female artists getting hate in 1st gen, one of them spoke in recent years about how she never would've returned to korea if she dealt with online hate verse the hate she dealt with in the 90s
Is it just me or Baby V.O.X is the most fashionable 1st gen group? Their outfits for the girl crush stages are always so pretty and cool. Even if they wear the same thing they still make sure to have individuality. Queens did fashionable girl crush before it was cool.
@@lia.isjusbetterwhat are you talking about 4th gen is 2018-2024 1st gen is 1996-2003, baby v.o.x debuted in 1997 as the first ever girl kpop idol group
I can’t thank you enough for making a video about Baby VOX. They were basically the pioneer of girl crush concept and all members are so talented and beautiful. Not to mention they have an amazing discographies. Compared to other 1st gen groups i feel like they always get overshadow but i hope more people will check them out after this video
@@JLDReactions thats inaccurate. Baby Vox's impact on kpop wasn't their music, but to step against the ultra conservative norms at the time was hugely significant. Their 3rd album upset the entire industry and set the precedent for female kpop idol groups now. Their outfits and look for Doll don't seem important compared to groups today, but I believe their concerts during that time were age restricted because they were considered too explicit.
Very hypocritical of that DJ Doc member to call them "prostitutes" just because their company did a shitty job at sampling, when every single thing about 1st gen kpop is either a jpop or western music replica. Like that one idol said " We would pick the song and the company would give it to us". Ironic enough DJ Doc's biggest hit is just Boney M's Daddy Cool. His words really damaged their image. A famous senior MALE artist was calling them names in the public, ofc the public would support him. Nonetheless Baby VOX did huge things for kpop. Without their existence I doubt female rappers like Miryo or LE would have debuted, let along whole girl crush groups like 2ne1 or 4minute. Plus they also introduced the possibility of kpop's success outside of korea something SM would certainly use for their future groups Suju and EXO. Also fun fact they mark the first case of a kpop group from a small company rising up to the top along groups of the big companies (aka DSP and SM at the time).
It was disgusting to do that. I liked their music when i watched them on immortal songs, but seeing how they used their fame to shit on female idols, when they aren't even at fault. My image on them shifted instantly.
Every time I hear about Baby Vox, it is always for a controversy. But these ladies worked so hard, for so many years, and should be remembered for so much more.
These anti fans should be in jail, i don't care if they are minors. It's one thing to not like a group, but it's another to endanger their lives. I hope they get what they deserve later in life, may karma hit them hard!!!
S.E.S and Fin K.L can have its popularity, but Baby V.O.X will always have its impact on Kpop. Been digging down the comments, and I’m loving all the old and new baby vox fans expressing their love for the group, as it’s much deserved. Also, I’ve been watching a lot of Baby Vox videos, and it amazes me how they were still able to remain a team and laugh with one another despite what was happening to them. I guess they only had each other in that moment of their lives.
The reason I got into K-POP!! I will always remember borrowing their Get Up album from my Korean friend in school and stanning them before the term became a thing LOL. They are still my #1 favorite girl-group ever. Although they did a reunion in 2010, I wish they would do a more recent one, like After School & 9 Muses.
This is crazy.. like to think that one of the girls were almost KIDNAPPED, kan mi youn had people sending her RAZOR BLADES and a DEAD CAR?? over a dating rumor is just sad
Can confirm, Get Up was a sensation. I remember losing my shit when Killer was 1st on inkigayo because that song was so catchy. I still have their 4th album, though I lost my copy of their 3rd. In forums and stuff i would see Baby Vox get a lot of casual hate from the generally misogynistic kpop fanbase at the time, lots of casual slutshaming. Thats on top of the harassment they experienced from antis. I had heard other smaller dating rumors as well, such as Yoon Eunhye being rumored to be dating Oh Jonghyuk from Click-B; not sure if that was just some bored loser making shit up, but the point is that people piled on this unfounded bogus rumor and slandered Eunhye anyway. As for Baby Vox's failed American debut, another criticism that I had heard was that their look and the song perpetuated the stereotypes of Asian women as hypersexualized, and Kim EZ wearing a kimono-style shirt in the music video. We were pretty torn because we didn't want those elements to be the first representation of kpop in the west.
Baby VOX will always be "up there" together with S.E.S and Fink.L. You cannot talk about 1st gen idols and the history of k-pop without them. Thank you for providing their history. I admit that unlike S.E.S, I was less familiar with the group, although of course I have heard about them since I do follow k-pop and korean entertainment in general. I knew about Yoon Eunhye being a member, but never really knew what she and the group had to go through during their hayday. I knew of Kan Miyoun coz she played football for a SBS's program. Gosh, I never knew she went through all of that. I'm glad that the members seem to have done well for themselves and seems to be happy with their lives now.
Baby V.O.X is my favorite 1st gen girl group! I think they're underrated. I love how their music matured with them. Do yourself a favor and listen to their music!!
@@oliviafrommars EZ's rap verse just SLAPS SO HARDDD wow really I can't see anyone in 1st gen pull it off (except maybe Tashannie or Chae Rina but the vibe would be different)
Baby VOX is so memorable to me that their song (Coincidence) is still part of my playlist. They have a distinct sound/style and one of the first groups that I listened to when I'm exploring KPop via Audition SEA Online and TH-cam. Also, I'm so happy that they are able to return still as Baby VOX whenever they do guest performances. On a side note, Baby VOX Rev actually has good vocals and songs too.
Dang this is so dope they went hard and they encompassed the 90’s look so well I definitely would have been a Stan if I knew them back then. It looks like they got style from TLC and other old school R&B groups
I rarely throw the phrase "ult" into the ring when I'm talking about kpop, but they really are that for me. They were the first group that had me going on Wikipedia deep dives and discography marathons before I even followed kpop closely. Their style and music deeply resonated with me growing up and their story was such a wild ride I'm so glad youtubers are giving them the spotlight they deserve!
they’re my favorite 1st gen group ! go check out “Doll” and “get up” if you haven’t ! Members Lee Heejin and Kan Miyoun still appear on variety shows, even together sometimes
Some things remind me of Mamamoo. Coming from a small company, singing about women empowerment and breakups, living in rooftops and not having enough money to buy food/eat. Also Moonbyul is friends with Miyeon.
Baby VOX got me into Kpop in the early 00's when access to Kpop outside of Korea was not easy. They were at the forefront of the 1st Hallyu Wave, they were ahead of their time but unfortunately have not received the credits they deserved. Thank you for featuring Baby VOX in your recent videos.
honestly LOOOVVEEDDD their western hip hop outfits and all their hairstyles like ??? since it's coming back into style i wish current idols could do it even just once
The Miyoun dating scandal makes me even more mad because my girl was 17. *17!* The H.O.T member was 21. The fact that ppl weren’t weirded out by the scandal and instead got aggressive with Miyoun is disgusting.
absolutely loved the video 🥳 it’s crazy to look back on how they changed KPOP and pushed boundaries! Also loved the longer video, so much fun to watch 😭 and thank you for mentioning my video. I really appreciate it ❤️
I was a fan of baby vox but back then there was nonexistent kpop news so I knew nothing of their turbulent beginnings and all their scary anti fans. Kpop scene seemed even more hectic and crazy back then. Baby vox music and style still nostalgic to me.
You should do a video about CocoSori or just any Kpop group/duos that broke up due to favoritism of their agency or major conflicts among the members. It would be interesting to see how favoritism and treatment among members can affect a Kpop group.
I'm from Indonesia. Thank you very much for such in-depth & detailed video on Baby V.O.X. As part of the 90's K-POP music scene listener myself, this video not only brings nostalgia, but more importantly so many valuable information that I've never known before, on the legendary girl group Baby V.O.X. Even until today, I still sometimes listen to their 'old' songs/music, and also watch their music videos as well. I really miss those days... Thank you so much again for making such excellent video!
I can't explain how much I love your long videos, especially the ones that you have been putting out recently about all these initial, iconic acts! Coming home from a long day and seeing that you posted a 40min+ video makes my day so much better :) Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos, they must take you a long time to put together, but it's always worth it in the end and your work is very much appreciated! Keep up the good work and looking forward to your future video essays
Did TH-cam recommend this to me because I started looking for them on Spotify after all these years? Maybe! Either way, I thank you for this! Baby V.O.X. was absolutely my favorite female group back then. I loved S.E.S, too, but Baby VOX absolutely had my heart. I remember being in fan forums at the time, way before K-Pop even remotely became an international phenomenon. (I honestly still cannot believe it actually did lol). But even though I was a fan back then, I have to admit, I didn't know all the details you provided here! There was no youtube yet and connecting to the Internet still made a very loud noise. I wish we as international fans had had the ability to interfere with the public bullying at least a little. I feel horrible finding out about all of the hardships right now. Thank you so much for this!!
Thank you so much for this Baby Vox was my very first k-pop group I got into back in the day. I really loved all their music and they were way ahead of their time. I still rock all of their music to this day.
Just watched the video and you really go in-depth with Baby VOX. 51 minutes in length, sheesh! You had some stuff that only Koreans would know (or you had to dig up from Korean newspapers, blogs, magazines, etc.) The video brought me back to the old-school K-pop that I grew up with. Awesome job in talking about one of the iconic 1st gen groups. Really appreciated the hard work on this video.
such an interesting video! can't even imagine how long it must've took to gather all this information and put it together in a video. Also i can't help but wonder how would they do if they were to debut today; there's a variety of really interesting girl groups around but very rarely we see girl groups performing songs that talk about school bullying or women's expectations in society (other than the "i'll do whatever i want" trope), also there's little no none hiphop based girlgroups in kpop today, it would be very refreshening to see some of that energy in a 4th gen group
This kind of coverage reminds me of my hay-days. It wasn't ostracized in my experience but definitely weird for a black girl in Detroit to be listening to SM and YG artists. I never really paid attention to these girls or F.I.N.K.L. and with SM town songs it was the same for SES. But I still love the time period musically.
Another girl group nobody really talks about is Brown Eyed Girls! I grew up on them as well and people didn't like the maturity of their music videos and such!
I'm getting into them right now, so it's great to have a video like that to understand the group better. I honestly think that you're like my favorite kpop youtube channel, thank you for the amazing content!
Thanks for bringing attention to their legacy! I don’t know much about the group, but I found them on Spotify and have a couple songs saved, so it’s cool to see someone finally talk about them
Banning because of dyed hair? I can understand controversial lyrics or too sexy choreos, it was those times, but Dyed hair is weird... It honestly is weird.
Having in mind that years ago in korea teenagers with bleached hair were always the trouble kids or bullies, it was prob kinda similar but new back then so it makes sense that they saw it as a bad example for teenagers that were their main public
From what I know, it was forbidden to have colored hair or wavy hair on schools too, that could be related, you have to see the full context at that time in that place
Thank you, Midnight for doing your recent videos on the Important First Gen of K-Pop I've been learning new history of the music genre I love because of you 🇰🇷🇺🇲😊✌️
i think i was in 3rd grade, i had a few songs on my phone and a couple of videos. the internet wasn’t big yet and my phone had only 500mb i think so that’s all i had. one of the videos i had was the mv for coincidence. i remember watching it so many times and being mesmerised by their beauty and talent. the video was untitled so i never learned about them til way later when i was already deep into kpop. i guess in a way baby vox were my first experience with kpop💖
Oh WOW!!! To see the name Baby Vox on a modern TH-cam video blows my mind. I got into K-pop in 2000 when I was a sophomore in Highschool. There were two girls from Korea who had transferred in and didn’t speak much English. I was a total weebs and had a photo of Yoshiki (drummer of X Japan) picture on my class folder, and one of the girls recognized it. We then traded CDs to listen to (I gave them some VK, they gave me K-pop). I ended up loving HOT, Baby Vox, Shinhwa, and EVE. Thanks for making this video!!
@@nekorei2023 English is her main language is more what I was meaning. The others it's Korean, but Yumi Korean is different to theirs. Her English is spot on with her singing, and her voice is stronger in English than her singing Korean. Tasha Reid and Amy Lee the singer known as Ailee are other examples of Singer born in America. Tasha Reid's English has a non Korean accent and instead a type of American accent. It's cool that K-pop has this going for it.
This is so great! I learned about Baby VOX because of YEH and I immediately fell in love with their music. Thanks for this vid! Hopefully you can also have a feature story about YEH 🙂🤞
You mentionned "two youngest members Kim EZ and Lee Heejin", but Cha Yumi was the actual youngest. They changed their ages based on their looks. Also, sounds like you said they dropped their second album in 1988 lol. But good job on doing these researches nonetheless!
Your videos are so well researched & organized & your channel is a staple in the kpop community. Thank you for doing what you do. Without you I feel like so many of today’s kpop fans would have no idea about the world of kpop before Twice & BTS 💜
As much I like the wildness and funky concept and attitude of 2nd and 1st gen grp, I do feel that these 2 generation had the most rough fan experience.
Thank you so much for another Baby V.O.X video! There is so much stuff I didn't know about... I hope you can continue with a 1st gen series, it would be so interesting!
Loved this. It's so good and detailed. I wish they had continued with their original concept and also I wish they had gone ahead even after their final comeback. Maybe they'd have resurfaced. DR needs to let Baby Vox and Rania go. They need to do something new. I like that the CEO was determined to create something new too but he forgot about it. Maybe they should try boy groups.
As much as despise DR for all of their mismanagement, I always follow their groups because they are always so unique and often push the bar of what a kpop group can be. You can tell despite the messy management, there is a strange passion you can see in the groups production.
The fact people sleep on the first gen and everything they have done for kpop is absolutely insane. Kpop would not be what it is without the first and second gen people need to understand that more.
Having in mind that most of us weren't even born not only during first gent but even also during 2nd gen.......makes sense, which is why these videos are so good, don't take it on new fans😂
Holy shit… i remember these performances. When morpheus and limewire were the shit, i dove head first into a K-pop rabbit hole thanks to friends and a little old video called “because I’m a girl.” That’s fucking tragic that these anti-fans would go out of their fucking way to hurt artists. Not to mention yelling bullshit during their performances.
I LOVE BABY VOX!!! thanks for making videos to the new kpop fans get into them, also THANKS to give correct information on LeeGai/Heejung/Jisoo Case, DREnt well knows about her age so, she was forced to lie sadly. thank you so much for the video!!
Baby Vox's legacy is often overshadowed or forgotten when the topic of first-gen girl groups gets mentioned.
For that reason, I wanted to bring them back into the spotlight.
It’s important to keep in mind that what you or I consider legendary or legacy groups could be far different from what Korean fans may consider. But no one can argue that Baby Vox’s career was Integral to the history and evolution of girl groups. Many popular girl groups or idol rappers may have not existed if it weren’t for the pioneering of Baby Vox.
If you want to know more about DR Music’s shady business practices and their repeated mistakes with their future girl groups Rania and Black Swan, please check out these videos mentioned here.
🔮Jihoons Carat:
The History of RANIA & BLACKSWAN
th-cam.com/video/PoxGiDD4bJ8/w-d-xo.html
🔮Ploopy678:
WHAT A MESS! - The insane history of Rania/ BP Rania/ Blackswan (Ft. former members)
th-cam.com/video/xb9o0_Yof2c/w-d-xo.html
The UNLUCKIEST KPOP group ever - Blackswan/ Rania/ BP Rania (Ft. former members)
th-cam.com/video/Vq_tyntJJyo/w-d-xo.html
thank you midnight theories for your hard work!
Your hard work to such research is to be commended. More and more of the younger generations need to know about the first Kpop generation groups and how influential they were to modern Kpop.
Also, just a hiccup, but at 12:43 you said the year "1988" instead of "1998." Honest mistake.
This is so amazing, great job.
Baby V.O.X. were my intro to KPop back in 2000. I'm so happy to see this.
Thank you so much. You did really good! 🙂🙏🏼🏆💕
I think the thing that's kinda grossest about this is that there was such a controversy about a grown woman (30) being in a girl group to the point that she had to be replaced by a child (15)
From what I took, it was more about the big lie saying she was 20 or less
The lie was a bad idea. But what I find so strange is that big swing.
idols are in their 30's these days
@@strangerdaysss but they debuted young, lee gai did not.
@@Angel-vv9xo To add to that, they wanted a leader type member with much musical experience and Lee Gai had it.
I can’t believe how toxic those boy group stans used to be. These days people only harass groups and fans online for no reason. It’s definitely not better but back in the days it felt more personal
I think because the law was less on their side back then it was hard to take any action without feeling hopeless. Still, nowadays there's still some laws Korea should update and such but I think things are definitely better now then back then
Korea is highly traditional and misogynistic, it was common just until recently to abort girls, send only boys to school, employ women only as the last option… hard to come back from years and years of seeing women as trash
Back in those days “fan wars” meant literal brawls in the the streets. First gen fandom behavior was wild
its interesting because in another video by MT about female artists getting hate in 1st gen, one of them spoke in recent years about how she never would've returned to korea if she dealt with online hate verse the hate she dealt with in the 90s
Back it the days it was Koreans they are crazy as hell and was and still is misogynistic
Baby Vox debuted in July 3, 1997
S.E.S debuted in November 1, 1997
Fin.KL deuted in May 22, 1998
This makes Baby Vox the first ever kpop girl group
May 22 is more near than July 3
@@RYOWONOffical date wise but year wise baby vox was first
Yeah, but according to Google, S.E.S was the first to debut. Aight Google, I see how it is 😏
compare to others , many know Fin.KL because of their iconic song "to my boyfriend " which keep re-sing by many over the years
@@RYOWONOffical are you dumb?
Is it just me or Baby V.O.X is the most fashionable 1st gen group? Their outfits for the girl crush stages are always so pretty and cool. Even if they wear the same thing they still make sure to have individuality.
Queens did fashionable girl crush before it was cool.
They are literal fashion icons istg, S.E.S. and Fin.K.L. and Diva are too btw
theyre 4th gen not 1st gen
@@lia.isjusbetterwhat are you talking about 4th gen is 2018-2024 1st gen is 1996-2003, baby v.o.x debuted in 1997 as the first ever girl kpop idol group
@@minaminari2268 for me, its backwards
@@lia.isjusbetter well you're wrong haha
baby vox was such a girlcrush even before this concept exist
Many believe fanwars were not as bad back then. but really, they were really bad too. they just moved from physical bullying to cyber bullying.
Bcs they can hide they hide their traces if they are so good at it.
I can’t thank you enough for making a video about Baby VOX. They were basically the pioneer of girl crush concept and all members are so talented and beautiful. Not to mention they have an amazing discographies. Compared to other 1st gen groups i feel like they always get overshadow but i hope more people will check them out after this video
Not really. That's all they did was copy early 2000's American groups as is most modern K-Pop.
@@JLDReactions modern kpop has always been inspired by mainstream pop music and jpop, what's ur point? Lmao
@@JLDReactions copy? It's really disrespectful.. You should say inspired... And btw Baby vox has their own style ik their concept....
@@JLDReactions thats inaccurate. Baby Vox's impact on kpop wasn't their music, but to step against the ultra conservative norms at the time was hugely significant. Their 3rd album upset the entire industry and set the precedent for female kpop idol groups now. Their outfits and look for Doll don't seem important compared to groups today, but I believe their concerts during that time were age restricted because they were considered too explicit.
The did black face……
Very hypocritical of that DJ Doc member to call them "prostitutes" just because their company did a shitty job at sampling, when every single thing about 1st gen kpop is either a jpop or western music replica. Like that one idol said " We would pick the song and the company would give it to us". Ironic enough DJ Doc's biggest hit is just Boney M's Daddy Cool.
His words really damaged their image. A famous senior MALE artist was calling them names in the public, ofc the public would support him.
Nonetheless Baby VOX did huge things for kpop. Without their existence I doubt female rappers like Miryo or LE would have debuted, let along whole girl crush groups like 2ne1 or 4minute. Plus they also introduced the possibility of kpop's success outside of korea something SM would certainly use for their future groups Suju and EXO. Also fun fact they mark the first case of a kpop group from a small company rising up to the top along groups of the big companies (aka DSP and SM at the time).
fucking hip hop people,u know it
It was disgusting to do that. I liked their music when i watched them on immortal songs, but seeing how they used their fame to shit on female idols, when they aren't even at fault. My image on them shifted instantly.
Can't believe a company like DR Music managed to debut the first ever kpop girl group
Every time I hear about Baby Vox, it is always for a controversy. But these ladies worked so hard, for so many years, and should be remembered for so much more.
12:05 another example of small companies who started a trend doesn't get enough recognition compared to big companies who simply "copy" them.
yg sm and jyp were those small companies before they were successful
These anti fans should be in jail, i don't care if they are minors. It's one thing to not like a group, but it's another to endanger their lives. I hope they get what they deserve later in life, may karma hit them hard!!!
S.E.S and Fin K.L can have its popularity, but Baby V.O.X will always have its impact on Kpop.
Been digging down the comments, and I’m loving all the old and new baby vox fans expressing their love for the group, as it’s much deserved. Also, I’ve been watching a lot of Baby Vox videos, and it amazes me how they were still able to remain a team and laugh with one another despite what was happening to them. I guess they only had each other in that moment of their lives.
The reason I got into K-POP!! I will always remember borrowing their Get Up album from my Korean friend in school and stanning them before the term became a thing LOL. They are still my #1 favorite girl-group ever. Although they did a reunion in 2010, I wish they would do a more recent one, like After School & 9 Muses.
😭me too. i fell in love with kpop from the song of them named yayaya. did you ever hear it. and the get up album made me a real loyal kpop fan.
@@chaojia8106 love yayaya! Such a cute song!
@@mikeydelasoultrue3
Get Up is such a good song
This is crazy.. like to think that one of the girls were almost KIDNAPPED, kan mi youn had people sending her RAZOR BLADES and a DEAD CAR?? over a dating rumor is just sad
Can confirm, Get Up was a sensation. I remember losing my shit when Killer was 1st on inkigayo because that song was so catchy. I still have their 4th album, though I lost my copy of their 3rd.
In forums and stuff i would see Baby Vox get a lot of casual hate from the generally misogynistic kpop fanbase at the time, lots of casual slutshaming. Thats on top of the harassment they experienced from antis. I had heard other smaller dating rumors as well, such as Yoon Eunhye being rumored to be dating Oh Jonghyuk from Click-B; not sure if that was just some bored loser making shit up, but the point is that people piled on this unfounded bogus rumor and slandered Eunhye anyway.
As for Baby Vox's failed American debut, another criticism that I had heard was that their look and the song perpetuated the stereotypes of Asian women as hypersexualized, and Kim EZ wearing a kimono-style shirt in the music video. We were pretty torn because we didn't want those elements to be the first representation of kpop in the west.
Truly paved the way: they even rocked Dara's hair before it was Dara's hair. Queens.
They are the true innovators and creators of girlcrush. Glad that they are still prominent and paved the way for current girl groups.
This video earned Baby Vox a new fan. I have so much respect for these women. Wow. They broke the glass ceiling! I'm so proud of them.
Baby VOX will always be "up there" together with S.E.S and Fink.L. You cannot talk about 1st gen idols and the history of k-pop without them.
Thank you for providing their history. I admit that unlike S.E.S, I was less familiar with the group, although of course I have heard about them since I do follow k-pop and korean entertainment in general. I knew about Yoon Eunhye being a member, but never really knew what she and the group had to go through during their hayday. I knew of Kan Miyoun coz she played football for a SBS's program. Gosh, I never knew she went through all of that. I'm glad that the members seem to have done well for themselves and seems to be happy with their lives now.
Baby V.O.X is my favorite 1st gen girl group! I think they're underrated. I love how their music matured with them. Do yourself a favor and listen to their music!!
Betrayal slaps hard and new kpop fans gotta know that song
@@shruthakeerthi4559 Betrayal will never leave my playlist tbh
@@oliviafrommars EZ's rap verse just SLAPS SO HARDDD wow really I can't see anyone in 1st gen pull it off (except maybe Tashannie or Chae Rina but the vibe would be different)
COINCIDENCE >>>>>
@@shruthakeerthi4559 I love watching Kim EZ on stage! She always has a smile on her face!
Baby VOX is so memorable to me that their song (Coincidence) is still part of my playlist. They have a distinct sound/style and one of the first groups that I listened to when I'm exploring KPop via Audition SEA Online and TH-cam. Also, I'm so happy that they are able to return still as Baby VOX whenever they do guest performances. On a side note, Baby VOX Rev actually has good vocals and songs too.
Dang this is so dope they went hard and they encompassed the 90’s look so well I definitely would have been a Stan if I knew them back then. It looks like they got style from TLC and other old school R&B groups
Some would say they “copied”, but I would say they introduced a new flavor to the K-pop scene.
I rarely throw the phrase "ult" into the ring when I'm talking about kpop, but they really are that for me. They were the first group that had me going on Wikipedia deep dives and discography marathons before I even followed kpop closely. Their style and music deeply resonated with me growing up and their story was such a wild ride I'm so glad youtubers are giving them the spotlight they deserve!
they’re my favorite 1st gen group ! go check out “Doll” and “get up” if you haven’t ! Members Lee Heejin and Kan Miyoun still appear on variety shows, even together sometimes
Some things remind me of Mamamoo. Coming from a small company, singing about women empowerment and breakups, living in rooftops and not having enough money to buy food/eat. Also Moonbyul is friends with Miyeon.
I'll be 30 next month and I still look 20 so I'm not surprised that she managed to get away with it for that long
TBH I think baby vox was the first girl group that brought fashion to kpop
Baby VOX got me into Kpop in the early 00's when access to Kpop outside of Korea was not easy. They were at the forefront of the 1st Hallyu Wave, they were ahead of their time but unfortunately have not received the credits they deserved. Thank you for featuring Baby VOX in your recent videos.
honestly LOOOVVEEDDD their western hip hop outfits and all their hairstyles like ??? since it's coming back into style i wish current idols could do it even just once
Yesss! Baby V.O.X.! They're getting the recognition they never got, finally 😭
I know! Even if is too late they really deserve it🌷🌷🌷
IKR🥲
This poor group went through hell back in the day I heard.
Baby V.O.X was my introduction to K-pop~ they hold a special place in my heart ;-;
Still jam out to all of their albums
On the bright side, they made good music
The Miyoun dating scandal makes me even more mad because my girl was 17. *17!* The H.O.T member was 21. The fact that ppl weren’t weirded out by the scandal and instead got aggressive with Miyoun is disgusting.
they are my favorite 1st gen gg, it's so sad to see people forget them
absolutely loved the video 🥳 it’s crazy to look back on how they changed KPOP and pushed boundaries! Also loved the longer video, so much fun to watch 😭 and thank you for mentioning my video. I really appreciate it ❤️
hi jihoon carat
I was a fan of baby vox but back then there was nonexistent kpop news so I knew nothing of their turbulent beginnings and all their scary anti fans. Kpop scene seemed even more hectic and crazy back then. Baby vox music and style still nostalgic to me.
its interesting to learn about the BabyVox 1st album days. there's videos of Kan Miyoun doing the first album songs, which felt surreal.
Some songsare in English as Yumi Cha is from America so waiting is in full English.
Baby VOX is one of the reasons I started listening to K-Pop back in 1999-2000. I still listen to them today.
i found it so iconic that they have collabs with 2pac and JLo
You should do a video about CocoSori or just any Kpop group/duos that broke up due to favoritism of their agency or major conflicts among the members. It would be interesting to see how favoritism and treatment among members can affect a Kpop group.
I learned about the one with S#arp. Their story was like straight out of a kdrama, lol.
@@mhail7874 Yeah poor Ji-hye she didn't deserve thaat
I'm from Indonesia. Thank you very much for such in-depth & detailed video on Baby V.O.X. As part of the 90's K-POP music scene listener myself, this video not only brings nostalgia, but more importantly so many valuable information that I've never known before, on the legendary girl group Baby V.O.X. Even until today, I still sometimes listen to their 'old' songs/music, and also watch their music videos as well. I really miss those days... Thank you so much again for making such excellent video!
I can't explain how much I love your long videos, especially the ones that you have been putting out recently about all these initial, iconic acts! Coming home from a long day and seeing that you posted a 40min+ video makes my day so much better :) Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos, they must take you a long time to put together, but it's always worth it in the end and your work is very much appreciated! Keep up the good work and looking forward to your future video essays
As a first gen kpopper, they were my very first girl pop crush!!! I loved YEH so so much when she joined!! Thank you so much for making this!!!
Wow did not expect to see this video! Baby VOX was my favorite group back then, them and SES. Killer was MY JAM!!!
DR Music can't let go of Baby V.O.X to this day. They won't even give us a b-side just a remix of a Baby V.O.X song xd
I've never forgotten them. One of the best of 1997.
The hairstyles 😆 I do like how 2000s looked in fashion.
Did TH-cam recommend this to me because I started looking for them on Spotify after all these years? Maybe! Either way, I thank you for this! Baby V.O.X. was absolutely my favorite female group back then. I loved S.E.S, too, but Baby VOX absolutely had my heart. I remember being in fan forums at the time, way before K-Pop even remotely became an international phenomenon. (I honestly still cannot believe it actually did lol). But even though I was a fan back then, I have to admit, I didn't know all the details you provided here! There was no youtube yet and connecting to the Internet still made a very loud noise. I wish we as international fans had had the ability to interfere with the public bullying at least a little. I feel horrible finding out about all of the hardships right now. Thank you so much for this!!
they had one of the best debuts ever. try to change my mind
I've always loved Enhye and was looking for some deep dive video to understand her music career. Great job making this, thank you!!
BABY V.O.X. was so ahead of their time
Thank you so much for this Baby Vox was my very first k-pop group I got into back in the day. I really loved all their music and they were way ahead of their time. I still rock all of their music to this day.
huge respect to 1st gen idol girl groups for striving and surviving then became huge during the time when men were conquering the industry.
Just watched the video and you really go in-depth with Baby VOX. 51 minutes in length, sheesh! You had some stuff that only Koreans would know (or you had to dig up from Korean newspapers, blogs, magazines, etc.)
The video brought me back to the old-school K-pop that I grew up with. Awesome job in talking about one of the iconic 1st gen groups.
Really appreciated the hard work on this video.
such an interesting video! can't even imagine how long it must've took to gather all this information and put it together in a video. Also i can't help but wonder how would they do if they were to debut today; there's a variety of really interesting girl groups around but very rarely we see girl groups performing songs that talk about school bullying or women's expectations in society (other than the "i'll do whatever i want" trope), also there's little no none hiphop based girlgroups in kpop today, it would be very refreshening to see some of that energy in a 4th gen group
They really do have really clear and beautiful voices!! Talent!!
This kind of coverage reminds me of my hay-days. It wasn't ostracized in my experience but definitely weird for a black girl in Detroit to be listening to SM and YG artists. I never really paid attention to these girls or F.I.N.K.L. and with SM town songs it was the same for SES. But I still love the time period musically.
Another girl group nobody really talks about is Brown Eyed Girls! I grew up on them as well and people didn't like the maturity of their music videos and such!
Wow the girls went through so much I respect them even more. Thank you for making this !
Their clothes are still so trendy
I love baby vox wish I was there when they where still active please continue to make more baby vox content
Thank you for this video. I am a baby vox fan since their last final formation ever. Kan miyoun was my 1st kpop waifu ever.
I forgot yoon eun hye started out in a girl group before becoming a big actress
The fact it took SM ages to silence the rumours glad to see they haven’t got much more competent
they’re the greatest 1st generation girl group
I'm getting into them right now, so it's great to have a video like that to understand the group better. I honestly think that you're like my favorite kpop youtube channel, thank you for the amazing content!
Thanks for bringing attention to their legacy! I don’t know much about the group, but I found them on Spotify and have a couple songs saved, so it’s cool to see someone finally talk about them
plz finkl and baby vox dominating my spotify recently
AS IT SHOULD
DR Music has always the best ideas and potential, and they ALWAYS mess it up. It's a case worth of study
I always thought of them as one of the big 3 of the gen 1 girl groups along side S.E.S. and Fin.K.L.
In 2004 my father bought me Baby Vox Album Why, and i like songs until now.
I love Baby Vox. Thank you for putting this video together! I didn't know about all these issues.
Props to you for doing all this research, seriously this is such a detailed video
A very well researched video about the greatest Korean Girl group of all times. I hope you do one on Chakra as well.
I feel old that I remember them haha. Thank you so much for this! I never knew how deep it went
Banning because of dyed hair? I can understand controversial lyrics or too sexy choreos, it was those times, but Dyed hair is weird... It honestly is weird.
Having in mind that years ago in korea teenagers with bleached hair were always the trouble kids or bullies, it was prob kinda similar but new back then so it makes sense that they saw it as a bad example for teenagers that were their main public
From what I know, it was forbidden to have colored hair or wavy hair on schools too, that could be related, you have to see the full context at that time in that place
Thank you, Midnight for doing your recent videos on the Important First Gen of K-Pop
I've been learning new history of the music genre I love because of you 🇰🇷🇺🇲😊✌️
My first and absolute favorite Korean girl band since 2000 ♡
Baby Vox
on Gen 1
now in Gen 4
Baby Monster
Baby Vox Chance song/MV
one of my 1st known KPOP song
when I was a
KPOP newbie on 2006
Oooo the Tupac situation wasn’t okay
i think i was in 3rd grade, i had a few songs on my phone and a couple of videos. the internet wasn’t big yet and my phone had only 500mb i think so that’s all i had. one of the videos i had was the mv for coincidence. i remember watching it so many times and being mesmerised by their beauty and talent. the video was untitled so i never learned about them til way later when i was already deep into kpop. i guess in a way baby vox were my first experience with kpop💖
Oh WOW!!! To see the name Baby Vox on a modern TH-cam video blows my mind. I got into K-pop in 2000 when I was a sophomore in Highschool. There were two girls from Korea who had transferred in and didn’t speak much English. I was a total weebs and had a photo of Yoshiki (drummer of X Japan) picture on my class folder, and one of the girls recognized it. We then traded CDs to listen to (I gave them some VK, they gave me K-pop). I ended up loving HOT, Baby Vox, Shinhwa, and EVE. Thanks for making this video!!
Baby V.O.X. originally also had one American singer in the original Group. Yumi Cha is not from south Korea.
@@yuisure6755 No she is, shes half
@@nekorei2023 English is her main language is more what I was meaning. The others it's Korean, but Yumi Korean is different to theirs. Her English is spot on with her singing, and her voice is stronger in English than her singing Korean. Tasha Reid and Amy Lee the singer known as Ailee are other examples of Singer born in America. Tasha Reid's English has a non Korean accent and instead a type of American accent. It's cool that K-pop has this going for it.
This is so great! I learned about Baby VOX because of YEH and I immediately fell in love with their music. Thanks for this vid! Hopefully you can also have a feature story about YEH 🙂🤞
This channel is very informative
I really like the way you made a research about DR music and its artists.
I really love baby vox and their songs
You mentionned "two youngest members Kim EZ and Lee Heejin", but Cha Yumi was the actual youngest. They changed their ages based on their looks.
Also, sounds like you said they dropped their second album in 1988 lol.
But good job on doing these researches nonetheless!
Let's be honest baby vox is still the longest to prosper in the big 3 ggs of gen 1
Your videos are so well researched & organized & your channel is a staple in the kpop community. Thank you for doing what you do. Without you I feel like so many of today’s kpop fans would have no idea about the world of kpop before Twice & BTS 💜
This means so much, thank you 💜
As much I like the wildness and funky concept and attitude of 2nd and 1st gen grp, I do feel that these 2 generation had the most rough fan experience.
Thank you so much for another Baby V.O.X video! There is so much stuff I didn't know about... I hope you can continue with a 1st gen series, it would be so interesting!
My first KPop group that i listened to.
Loved this. It's so good and detailed. I wish they had continued with their original concept and also I wish they had gone ahead even after their final comeback. Maybe they'd have resurfaced.
DR needs to let Baby Vox and Rania go. They need to do something new. I like that the CEO was determined to create something new too but he forgot about it. Maybe they should try boy groups.
As much as despise DR for all of their mismanagement, I always follow their groups because they are always so unique and often push the bar of what a kpop group can be. You can tell despite the messy management, there is a strange passion you can see in the groups production.
My god! I almost forgot about them! Babyvox! Used to listen to them in high school. Man good old days
The fact people sleep on the first gen and everything they have done for kpop is absolutely insane. Kpop would not be what it is without the first and second gen people need to understand that more.
Having in mind that most of us weren't even born not only during first gent but even also during 2nd gen.......makes sense, which is why these videos are so good, don't take it on new fans😂
Holy shit… i remember these performances. When morpheus and limewire were the shit, i dove head first into a K-pop rabbit hole thanks to friends and a little old video called “because I’m a girl.” That’s fucking tragic that these anti-fans would go out of their fucking way to hurt artists. Not to mention yelling bullshit during their performances.
i just noticed that you leveled up with the editing! great job as always!
I LOVE BABY VOX!!! thanks for making videos to the new kpop fans get into them, also THANKS to give correct information on LeeGai/Heejung/Jisoo Case, DREnt well knows about her age so, she was forced to lie sadly.
thank you so much for the video!!