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Rania: Why They Could be the Best

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Written by On November 13, 2011

Remember Rania? Of course you do! Of the 7321482326 rookies that premiered this year, they were arguably the most recognizable. And whether you hate them or love them, there is no denying that they are talented. And with news of their pending comeback, I’m eager to see exactly how they pull it off. Only problem for me is that they are now working with Brave Brother’s and that doesn’t exactly coincide with their previous debut sound or image. I know that Brave Brother’s is a proven hit maker; I just hope they don’t completely revamp the group to fit into a certain criteria that is common in Korea. In other words, I don’t want them to be just another girl group.

When I first started hearing reactions for this group about their “Dr. Feel Good” song and music video, all that was brought to my attention was that they were too provocative and had no place in K-pop. All I saw was hate or disapproval toward the group. Even internationals were split on whether or not they approved of them. Everything they did seemed to be wrong. From the way they sang, to the way they dressed, even to the way they danced. Why? Was it because some members were under age? If that was the qualm then I agree there because I don’t like seeing minors parading around like adults on stage. It’s disturbing to my eyes and my eyes do not like being disturbed. It is also wrong on so many levels for the minor in question because you don’t know for sure if they were forced to behave that way by their company or if they just want to grow up too fast. But at the same time, don’t let other minor girl group members appear on daytime TV shows dancing in front of “uncle fans” while they ogle over them. Be fair! In fact I’d rather have Rania break up into smaller unit groups to allow the older members to promote their “Dr. Feel Good” song. But their ages didn’t even seem to be the problem because most of the hate didn’t seem to stem from members being minor. And I didn’t expect for it to come to the point it did, but when the dust settled Rania was left picking up the pieces of a so called “failed” debut.

The backlash mostly stemmed from girls calling Rania sluts, tramps, hookers and so on. And yes they were more provocative than most K-pop groups but did it warrant them all the hate they received. I don’t think so. Unfortunately it’s just something girls do (not all but a good number). For some reason we are so much more critical on ourselves then we are on the opposite sex. Girls pick on every little detail of girl groups and they become flaws, but when it comes to boy groups they’re not flaws, they’re just enduring traits. This is also the reason why boy groups tend to have more fans than girl groups, because they don’t have so much hate directed toward them. Like in a relationship, I never got why when a boyfriend is found cheating, 99% of the time the girlfriend confronts and wants to fight the girl in the affair and not the boyfriend. It takes two to Tango and both parties are equally wrong so why go solely after the girl? This applies because both girl and boy groups can do the same things but be treated differently.  So whenever I’d hear people say their lyrics were too racy I understood them but kindly pointed them to Big Bang’s Lollipop 2 lyrics which didn’t seem to get a lick of criticism. In fact the song was used in ads that was targeted to people of all ages which can be argued as even worse.

GD- Lollipop 2 lyrics:

Now here she comes, she wants some of my lollipop
She touching on my body makes me wanna rock
Now here I come, I’ll give it to her straight up and down
Now here I come, here I come
Come, come, come, come

Now I’m pretty sure I don’t have to explain the word play in those lyrics *eyebrow raised*.  You can’t excuse one person then punish the other for doing the exact same thing.

So you can believe my surprise (and somewhat not surprise) when I first heard about Heechul’s discussion of Rania on his radio program. I realized that they didn’t only receive hate from Korea. Many were actually very receptive of the group and welcomed their sound and style. People were just not very vocal about their approvals of the group from the get go like they were of a lot of good rookie groups.  It was like they were “closet” fanboys/girls. But once one fanboy (Heechul) was able to speak his mind it became a domino effect. Now, to a lot of these fanboys it might have been raging hormones, but it still couldn’t disparage the many compliments that began to trickle in from other artists in the business. I felt like many of these artists were afraid to admit that they liked Rania until they saw someone else step out and say it. Maybe it was fear of backlash, but leave it to Heechul to say whatever’s on his mind.

When I first heard about them I was expecting them to be just another group, but I ended up eating my words. I will go on record saying I like this group, maybe even love them from what I’ve seen so far.  I usually don’t like groups being overtly sexy but I realize as I get older my taste has been more favorable towards these concepts (of course in moderation). Though their songs weren’t the most amazingly breathtaking pieces of musical masterpiece, they showcased the group well.  And I will also go on record saying they have the POTENTIAL to be the best girl group in K-pop. I thought it was necessary to capitalize potential because I can already hear it now: “You are so stupid! That title belongs to 2NE1, Miss A, SNSD, WG, etc. You have no taste… blah blah blah.” Still I will not waver because I feel it’s true.

In terms of singing, the group is very strong. In fact they are in the top tier of all idol groups. Every one of their members seems to have the vocal capability to hold a note well. MR removed video has proven this. And the main vocalist Jooyi rivals Hyorin who is often called the best idol singer. I hope to see them compete in a singing program together to gauge exactly who is stronger. In terms of dancing, they are all very strong as well. There is no apparent “weak” dancer and their dancing is very together. But there seems to be people saying their antics were questionable, and to that I say… maybe. But the antics of many girl groups are questionable.

  • “Well it’s the way they danced.” I see no difference in them from other groups like 4minute, solo Hyuna, T-ara, Miss A, etc.
  • “Well it’s the way they dressed. Their clothes were too short.” Really? This is Korea we’re talking about. The land of booty shorts. Shorter shorts have been worn by many other groups.
  • “Well they had bare midriff.” I’m not even gonna answer that.
  • “Well they wore leather which is meant to portray sexy and provocative.” Ok, so they’re the first to ever wear leather now? What is it about leather that makes people so antsy?  Why does it bring sexual connotation? It’s because of the media. I mean no one just looks at leather lying on the ground and thinks “Oh, yeah! That’s a sexy piece of leather right there.” Do they? Do people really get turned on by leather? Would we have the same thoughts if it was corduroy? And even in the case of looks that are ever essential in the industry, I have yet to hear people call out any member for being the “ugly duckling” of the group.

So when you put all these things into consideration you can see why I think the group can be the best. They have no apparent weak link and have loads of talent. Paired with good and marketable music, the sky is the limit for this group.

 

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  • Revy

    Thank you for this article. I so agree with you. They have the potential to be great but people don’t want to give them a chance. They have underage members but so do other girl groups and they love their barely there shorts. Atleast each member of Rania can hold a note compare to other girl group members.

    As for Hyorin being called the best idol singer i will have to disagree on that front. 

    • Pg13247

      Hyorin may not be the best idol singer, but she’s been getting attention for her powerful voice.  She has the charisma to back up her performance, unlike the rest of the her group unless they step it up.

  • JW

    The girls are good singers and dancers but what they produced last time sort of overshadowed their true talents. That’s why they need to find themselves a new concept asap.

  • Anonymous

    I think they’re really talented and may be the most vocally talented rookie group this year. They may even trump some top girl groups in that department. But the fact that they went with such a controversial image overshadowed their talent and people just ended up looking for ways to dislike them. It’s a shame, really.

    Do they have the potential to be the BEST girl group? I think you need a little more than just raw talent to make it to the top. You need that special something, that charisma to catapult you to the top. Yes, you may be extremely talented, but if you can’t connect with your audience and there’s nothing special about you to catch their attention then… You won’t make it. And Rania certainly didn’t grab the audience’s attention in the right way during their last round of promotions.

    I’m looking forward to seeing what they have to bring. If Brave Brothers churns out another overprocessed hit full of noise and dresses them up in short-shorts with overchoreographed performances then… The group will stay among the ‘ghost rookies’ of this year. I really hope that doesn’t happen.

  • chelle

    I actually agree they have the potential but don’t have the direction. I also the question what’s too sexy? Minzys been gyrating on the floor, popping her pubescent assets ever since her debut and no one has a problem with that? SNSD isn’t dressed provocatively but the implication was there. ITNW was a difficult dance but they were wearing booty shorts and short skirts instead of pants. It’s okay to be sexy but I think it’s worse when people try to make it seem like girl groups are innocent but has the sexual implications that are “hidden”.

    Vocally Rania is great. Sadly they don’t have the management/production hopefully the people behind them can get it together and give them the spotlight they deserve.

  • Oh Ji’s Ho

    I am not sure of the ages of the each member in Rania, but I consider their dance no more provocative than something Brown Eyed Girls would do.  I am against minors being so overtly suggestive, but this is an entertainment industry and every other girl group wears barely there skirts/shorts with their barely legal selves also.   I hope to hear more from this group.  I love it when artists in Korea push the envelope. 

  • Naia

    Personally I really really liked them. LOL. To start, I am a girl not a guy. I think it’s because I was bored of seeing the same thing all the time and being risky caught my attention. The song itself wasn’t bad I replayed it so much it ended up on my top played list and then got my family addicted to it. Perhaps the problem is that all of the above mention groups have hit one or two of these marks but Rania took all of them and put them in one package thus the people are so aggressively against them. Personally I agree with what you said. I believe that blatantly being provocative is better than showing it but making people think that it’s okay. What I’m pointing to is that everyone knows that the stuff Rania does is provocative, sexy, and to a point somewhat inappropriate for certain audiences. But groups that don’t get labeled with these terms or ousted for being inappropriate because the sum of the choreography and music is acceptable with only a few risky parts are show to a mass audience as acceptable. But the thing with that is when people watch it (the more naive and younger audience) they won’t see a problem with it, and will perhaps imitate it. (Little girls dancing to Mister) It’s a provocative dance, but it’s popular and acceptable. So kids would imitate.

    With Rania with so much backlash, I doubt people are going to let their kids see it. (Well I suppose you could somehow still see it) But on the surface, they’ve already come clean to the fact that yes they are putting on a rather risky sexy show.

    Anyway I am really looking forward to their comeback.

  • http://twitter.com/ovenfreshhhhh 조르디

    Each of those things (dance, stage costumes, song lyrics) are okay if you look at them separately. But what really set everyone off was that they were all combined together. For instance, if you had T-ara wearing their same costumes and doing the same choreography but they were singing “Roly Poly” instead of “Dr. Feel Good”, it wouldn’t be such a big deal.

    If they were guided in the right direction by the right people, yeah, RaNia could be a really awesome girl group but… their career started off on a really bad note. Makes me wonder how they could recover from it.

    All I know is that doing CFs like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzhn4npjXjw is NOT the way to go. Holy crap.

    • Renie

      (in reply to CF) 

       (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻  
      NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
      (ToT)

      • http://twitter.com/ovenfreshhhhh 조르디

        Exactly my reaction when I first saw it. ;__;

  • http://www.facebook.com/NAFreestyleThailandFan Fs Thailand

    RaNia is flawless goddesses that is all 

  • Anonymous

    I’m sorry but without Teddy Riley (despite the fact he is 90% hype), this group is already dead.

    While international fans put talent foremost, they will never survive in Korea – they aren’t that special in the looks department and there are just too many members for any personalities to shine through (look at Rainbow).
    That leaves one other factor – concept. Without Teddy Riley, no company will be willing to do something this risque and they will just meld into the kpop background.
    Look at the speed at which most Kpop groups turn away from the risque concept after debut (After School, T-ara). Like Heechul pointed out, their difference from other groups was that they had an “exact concept” and were “open”. No Korean company has ever stuck firmly to the ‘strong concept’ roots (YG/2NE1 being an exception, Miss A a close second although they aren’t anywhere near in your face).

    Rania may be 99% talent but they have 1% chance of standing out. Oh, and not singing a chorus which happens to take up half of your song doesn’t help you win fans either.

    • chelle

      Umm not singing your chorus is nothing new, I guarantee you a lot of the top idol groups don’t sing lines.
      Looks shouldn’t be a factor but Rania doesn’t have the “face” which all idol groups have and tactically doesn’t work.
      You said there are too many members, last I check SNSD has 9. It’s all about marketing and luck and Rania can bounce back if they have the right guidance. Everyone was just way too critical and condescending to see their talents.

      • Anonymous

        Perhaps I wasn’t being clear enough.

        When I said ‘stand out’, I meant it in the strictest sense. That is, to be considered POTENTIALLY the ‘best’ they will have to break the top 5 groups. These in my view are 2NE1, SNSD, WG, Kara and Miss A (the swagger group, the original 3 and WG v2.0). Feel free to dispute, especially the inclusion of Miss A.

        These are the groups who trump their competition no matter how talented the others are. Notice how these groups, with the UNIQUE exception of SNSD, all have 5 members or less. Groups close to them in popularity/talent include Secret, BEG, Sistar.
        Groups with more than 5 – Rainbow, T-ara, After School (and abysmal failure Nine Muse). Feel free to add anymore you can think of but I’m pretty sure you will be hard pressed to find anyone putting them in the top 5/top 8).
        (There’s also a lot of good reasons why the 5 member ‘classic archetype’ works so well but you can read the in-depth essays on sites like TVtropes.)

        If there’s anything past Kpop endeavours have shown, it’s that there is no such thing as luck (as I pointed out in my previous comment, almost every idol group outside the Top 5 started out with a strong concept and backflipped immediately – hardcore offender goes to Girls Day).
        Most of the companies outside the Big 3 have horrible marketing and hence have never been able to topple the ‘original’ groups. It’s also pretty obvious you’re with a horrible company if the group has the calibre to sing the whole song but SOMEONE (*hint*hint* management) told them not to.

        Also, I did say Rania had 99% talent so I don’t even know what you were trying to refute with your last sentence. =S

        Just the facts yo.

        • chelle

          Luck is a huge factor, do you think all these popular idols went to the top in the beginning? It’s in that one moment a kpop idol can reach stardom. They can’t control what the audiences will like so companies keep churning out concepts and hope it will be receptive for korean audiences.

      • Kpopboi

        umm yeah… but SNSD kinda.. you know.. started the whole “look at us, there’s a gajillion of us, take your pick ^__~  ” thing. so, by default, they already have a big advantage.

    • Mattngan

      i don’t get how u can say there’s to many members when most girls groups have round the same amount of members and are doing decent in the industry. Obviously some members personalities shines more then others but in every group has few members that out shine other members. 

  • Mattngan

    i love rania. i love everything about them, i loved there sexy concept it was different from all the girl groups that were ether makin there come back or just debuting. I hate how everyone judged them form there sexy dance and wat they were wearing, like come on most girls groups had to put on short shorts. i cant wait for them to make a comeback
        

  • frou-frou

    Off-topic, but I just wanna say that I am completely over this whole ‘matching outfits’ thing. It’s 2011! Why are girl groups still dressing matchy-matchy? Is there some unwritten K-pop law that I don’t know about?

  • Mer

    I actually didn’t pay attention to them when first debuted, so I just went and listened to the song.  They actually sound good.  But you said TR is not in the mix any longer, so beautiful natural singing voices will probably be replaced with high pitched wails of little girl “perfection”.  You know they crap that SK loves to hear. 

    Oh and they’ll probably be aegyo’ing their way into the hearts of the ajusshi’s while clothed in pastel bloomers or something.

    • Renie

      That’s what I’m afraid of. But hopefully I’m wrong again and they end up surprising me in a good way.

  • Anonymous

    I love Rania!! I love the fact that these girls were so sexy and knew how to work the stage. Very different from other girl groups that first debut…

  • http://www.facebook.com/roan.deguzman3 Ro-an de Guzman

    Since I knew RaNia last Spring of this year (Summer in the Philippines), I always believed that these girls are great. Well, minors gyrating their hips on stage in skimpy outfits is really disturbing, but it appears like they hold their own. They can be more provocative than Brown Eyed Girls, but the provocativeness is overshadowed by awesomeness in talent in singing and dancing. And yeah, they can sing in English flawlessly, and some of them are multilingual (my weakness towards a person, especially I like).

    Besides, when they debuted in a pornoliciuosly sexy image, only 2 of them are minors. No problem with that. When Hyuna re-debuted in a very sexy way, it did not hurt either because she is really sexy. Whether they are really sexual or just sexualized, it doesn’t matter as long as you appear to be owning your sexiness in a man’s world, and not bound to be exploited and submitted to men.

    Teenage sexuality could be disturbing. But what’s more disturbing is packaging yourself in an innocent, cute, sweet image while you are obviously wearing bare midriffs and making your panty/girdle/safety shorts shown to the world. It is even more disturbing when you are innocentifying yourself while you are hideously provocative by showing your legs to the older men’s enjoyment.

    The latter, IMO, is even more degrading because it infantilizes women to delight men’s ego. Infantilization of women is submission of women to the dominant sex.

    Actually, I even wrote an article in my blog about the group (RoxyIsFerox):

    Someone will rant at me for unfair comparison of SNSD and RaNia, that RaNia’s outfits are more provocative than SNSD. Oh well, if you are referring to the bra tops, high-waisted hot pants, and above-the-knee boots, RaNia pulled those off so well. I can’t imagine SNSD will don those. They don’t have tittie and asses to begin with with all the ridiculously low caloric diets+workout+enslaving skeds. Even if they will go on a boobjob or assjob, those will not go so well with their skinny bods.  

    Somebody will call me sexist. For the love of humanity, I ain’t sexist. In fact, if there are any boy acts who keeps on stripping while lacking talent to begin with, I will be the first to rant because they are just promoting male chauvinism. I give equal rants to both sexes. I grew up in the Philippines, so sometimes, I could not relate with the author about double-standard issues and how women are so criitical on fellow women.  [Side Note: You will not hear from any non-Kpopper Filipino entertainment spectators calling Jake Cuenca hot and sexy while strutting the catwalk wearing only briefs while calling Cristine Reyes a slut for donning bra and panty. As long as they are really sexy regardless of gender, they will not get a backlash for donning provocative outfits. You will not hear from anyone of us here ranting endlessly against Katrina Halilli for engaging in sex video while remaining silent towards Hayden Kho since Hayden received the most backlash than Katrina or Maricar Reyes. Worst, two years later, he got his medical license removed all thanks to Katrina's litigation-happy moves]. So the next time S♥nes will rant about sexism, stop including me. Remember, 2PM also got more flack from me for being bunch of assholes.

    Back to RaNia. Most of them are vocally strong, and yeah, they are 7 members. Strong enough that none of them are vocally weak. They danced in synchronized manner that none of them messes up the dance step. They put personality and passion in their performances. None was declared as the ‘face’ of the group while being less talented. All of them are really looking great—surgically or not.

    I am hoping that once they comeback, they won’t end up prancing just like any Kpop girlgroup. I don’t have problems in toning down the sexiness but I don’t want them to put an aegyo just like SNSD. Their talent and personality is too strong for an aegyo girl image. While I am glad that Brave Brothers will be working at them, Brave Brothers should ensure us that they will turn RaNia to be like at least U-Kiss.

    • Renie

      Wow, that’s good if women and men are criticized equally. That’s something every country can learn from.

      • http://www.facebook.com/roan.deguzman3 Ro-an de Guzman

        oh, thank you! Well, just like any other countries, Philippines has its own share of double-standards between men and women, especially when it comes to getting laid. Well, that’s just for the older generation, but in our generation, both chickboys (playboys) and playgirls deserve the flack for ‘collecting’ more than 1 partners at a time. To older generation and guys with macho mentality, that’s macho if a guy is a playboy, while being a playgirl makes a girl skanky. However, opinions are not the same in each and everyone since being a playboy and playgirl equates to one thing: INSECURITY.

        My parents grew up and raised in a society that double-standards exists; however, that did not affect us 4 siblings, and happened to be a female (1 lesbian), eventhough most of us were raised in an all-girls Catholic school. We are exposed to different media, articles we read, issues related to society etc…etc… despite how my parents emphasize that “…it’s the girls who are the losing end when it comes to sex”, “nothing will lose from a guy” , “that women should be good looking, it’s okay if a guy is not as long as he is financially stable”, and those words sometimes comes from my mom, to think that she used to be an Executive Assistant to the President in an insurance company she worked with.[Side Note: BTW, the country she worked with exudes a lot of sexism and her boss committed a great deal of sexual decadence to the point that one of his women were forced to abort her baby by him. The guy himself is Chinese. No wonder.]

        Our society, despite the double standards that existed, it’s the women who get more sympathy than men especially when news about separation, annulment, couple-fights, domestic violence, sexual abuse sparks TV sets and internet. Even if there are guys explaining their side, claiming that they are the aggravated ones, it is usually the women who gets the most favors from people, especially when evidences about how abused/aggravated the woman is are getting strong. Of course, depending on the grounds. When rape cases sparks on the news, it’s the women who get sympathy, though there are older-generation people who throws flack at a victim for not taking care of herself, walking in the mid of the night, and wearing improper outfits. 

  • Anonymous

    i just hope they don’t go aegyo route.

  • chll51

    I agree with your article. I actually liked them when they first debuted with Dr. Feel Good. Honestly, it’s mainly female audience who had a problem with them, which is a shame because in an industry that’s so gender biased, you think a woman would want to support other women and not call them shameless names like sluts, etc. Hopefully they’ll become more sucessful :D

  • maldita

    Of course, leave it to Heechul to be that one fanboy who speaks up first. I knew he’d be all over Rania. It’s true what he said, though. There was really no other group like them, and when they said they’ll be sexy, they gave us sexy.

  • Pg13247

    There has been quite a lot of hate on Rania ever since they debuted and aside from their controversy, they were pushed aside once A Pink debuted. Rania needs better songwriters. (Dr. FeelGood while generic sounding was pretty good and had a lot of force behind it) They also need someone who can allow each member to get a significant line just to show off to the public. This will prevent this “everyone’s the same” effect that large groups tend to have.

    SNSD is the exception to the “sameness” because to SME. They were given chances to differentiate themselves on the shows and it’s a very clever move because some fans only like 1-2 members but are forced to support the whole group since the girls rarely get solo works. SNSD probably wasn’t put together to become this vocal powerhouse.

    This is why I think Rania should go about things differently to show off their members and should show off their vocals and dancing. I don’t know if they’ll get a chance on the shows, but leave the impersonations/embarrassing stories to a minimum. It cheapens the group’s sexy effect.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G7J3CSPNAM56TWOEXBMEQMZD6M nothing

    I don’t like rania much as a whole but I am a huge Jooyi fanboy.

  • Anonymous

    I like them..well,their choreo was a bit too much for me,but they rocked the concept..the attempt to change the choreo is bad too,I prefer the original choreo..
    watched the video of them singing a ballad song and I think they can sing,but why does only jooyi,xia,riko,and sometimes semi singing live on performances? (but oh,you mentioned MR videos,can I have the link?) Of course the others sang live too,but I thought it was only for 2 or 3 performances?and I think only T-ae that should train her voice more…

    but anyways,my favourites are xia and semi!xia has a great voice (even when singing live),and she dances well too…while I love semi’s dance the most,and hell her stare is so fierce in every camera shot that tyra banks would be proud of her! :D

    • Renie

      Like someone said earlier they didn’t sing the chorus but the verses they did sing were really good.
      Dr. Feel Good:

      Masquerade:

  • Anonymous

    I think it’s too early to crown them as the best, seeing as they only have one song under their belts… I’ll save my judgment until I hear a few more songs and performances from them…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VFPVHBNSNHGBWEVYQTPTQWKJ6A Hyuk-Ki

    I am glad they are coming back. I was a little concerned that they will disappear into oblivion.
    Yes, I feel they are (very) talented and they were treated badly by the press from the get-go.
    But wrongly or rightly, I feel this was caused by T. Riley. Many people in Kpop industry and fans like myself, were miffed by him alluding to the fact that he is the answer to the Kpop’s success at the international level. We know that is not true. Also, his song doesn’t really fit into the Kpop genre. I mean his song is not bad as proven by SNSD’s “The boys.” But then again, it seems that SNSD can make a hit song out of national anthem.

    I am with you in that while Brave Brothers is a hit maker, I hope he doesn’t change them drastically into  something cutesy. I don’t think he will! I recently found out the hit songs he wrote and the artists he worked with in the past and present and I think he will do a good job.

  • Shim00

    I only like BB’s ballads.  Their pop songs kinda suck.  With this group, I’m only impressed with 3 of the singers, but the rest aren’t bad. 

  • KayC

    Unlike the other kpop artists who have done sexy, Rania made the mistake of going all out with their blatantly sexual lyrics, dance and outfits.  You either choose the song, dance or outfits for the sex appeal, not all three.  
    Rania is far more impressive and stronger than ALL of the top/popular groups right now.  I can’t say I’m impressed with all of them vocally, but their best singer(imo) is better than any female kpop idol I can think of.  

  • http://twitter.com/PheonixiaJJ Echo

    I hope Rania keeps their current image but tones it down a bit.  I don’t see the girls in Korea falling in love with Rania…..but if they keep up their sexy concept watch all the men and boys turn their backs on their previous ‘pedophile’ ways and finally like a womanly concept.
    What Rania brought along with them was a fear that all those men in Korea who currently fan the top girl groups would fan Rania instead.  They would leave the cute ‘girls’ (or women who act like girls and are submissive) and go for the womanly concept.  There is a reason why Lady Gaga and Beyonce are insanely popular in Korea…….and it not because they sing it English.  It is because they flaunt their sexuality and men LOVE that.  Men want girls who turn them on and can wear the playboy suit and be sexy and work-it instead of being a ‘fake-something’.  Of course I can’t speak for all men.  (And lol I am a girl……but I am basing my opinion off of almost EVERY SINGLE male idol one day admitting that they look at porn at claiming that it is a normal thing to do).

    They don’t even have to declare it openly.
    Rania would like be every Azn mans secret obsession (like porn X____X but toned down)

    Of course if they went with the wrong concept in their next album the hype would die.

    And even though they received a lot of hate……..I am with the opinion that any publicity (or hate) is good publicity.  Like that woman who was a nobody but wore a slutty dress to the awards show and got a lot of attention for doing that.  It is better to be hated and controversial then to play safe and remain a nobody.

    If Rania’s target audience remains men then they will be successful.  They can also target women by showing off actual vocals.

    • Anonymous

      Whose fear are you talking about?

      A question for anyone to answer: What’s the male to female ratio in Rania fans? (Note: By fans, I mean people who actually give their time and/or money to show their support for the group.)