@@SirAustin they have a video called Excuse Me that's cute and sexy at the same time. I'm not sure if you ever got to Steller, D'holic, Rania or Hellovenus. Also mature groups.
AOA were ICONIC. Definitely one of the groups who were iconic in the early 3rd gen with the sexy concept. They did often challenged broadcasting restrictions with their style and choreo (have had several of their dances altered). They pushed SEXY but I think they did it in a way that didn't look like a cheap trick. Their songs were so catchy, they had so many iconic dance moves, and amazing vocals. It's unfortunate the group was riddled with controversy the past few years over supposed bullying , it's complicated and resulted in a lot of back and forth and truthfully, we as fan don't know what's going on and should just leave it alone. It's really high school level drama, basically Mina claimed she was bullied by Jimin, it got spun out until Jimin left the group, got ripped apart by the internet. You happened to react to AOA's Egotistical performance RIGHT at the height of the whole thing, it was still a fresh hot topic in Kpop at the time, which is why every comment on that video was about the bullying thing and Jimin being the bully. We thought that was the end of it, long story short, time went on, more stuff surfaced and it basically seems like things weren't what Mina claimed to be. It's a whole mess and it honestly seems to be mostly miscommunication and Mina blowing it out of proportion but she also wasn't in the best mental state and continuously made concerning posts on social media, making her stories less and less credible. Ultimately there isn't really an definitive end result, but to me, whatever happened between the girls, is for them to resolve. I'm just here to vibe to their music and would love for you to continue. Yes "Brave Sound" is the signature for Brave Brothers who has produced a lot of hits for Kpop groups, including AOA and Sistar, especially during the early 2010s. Technically AOA hasn't "disbanded" per say, but they have since gone quiet since the whole controversy. They started as an 8 membered group/band. Essentially being a dance girl group that was also a band. They kind of done away with the band portion of the group after their "dance group" music started to take off, so the drummer of their group Youkyung (who only participated in the Band portion) left. Then Choa (the blond girl you like) left the group in 2017 due to depression and insomnia, but she did recently return to music as a solo artist. The group's contract expired in 2019, all the remaining girls except Mina renewed, so she left, leaving the group with 5 members. But since then, the girls just seem to be riding out their remaining contracts and leaving as it expires. If you react to more AOA, please react to Good Luck , Excuse Me and Bing Bing
Choa is the short blond haired she is the main vocalist and the most unproblematic one she is really kind and funny sadly she left the group around 2017
I hope you could erase the problematic world because it only gives people wrong ideas. No one is problematic and members have been harassed for years for something they never did
If you should know, Brave Sound is one of the most iconic producers in K-pop and AOA is one of their staple groups. Even so that there were times when the Brave Brothers would give their songs to AOA first before their own group, Brave Girls.
The last song you listened to, Heart attack, is one of the hardest songs to sing in kpop. The song is rarely covered because it's hard to sing. Especially the intro part. There was a lot of criticism from the competing groups in some programs that covered the song that they ruined the song. Even the vocal group Mamamoo, who is very talented in vocals, won this song in the Queendom contest. They didn't cover the song because it was so hard. People always congratulate the group's main vocalist Choa (blonde haired girl) and vocalist Yuna for this reason. Choa is considered one of the best vocals in kpop. Everyone loved her but she was in 2017 for psychological reasons She took a hiatus from kpop. She came back last year and people welcomed her very well because all kpop missed her so much. She made her comeback with her ost “here I am”. You should definitely listen to this ost. It was proof that her vocals are so good over the years.You should definitely listen to this ost.It was an ost that showed that her voice was perfect even after years
Brave Sound is literally the staple of the older generations. The music was pretty much always a hit. Almost every kpop fan that came in at least mid 3rd gen know them. I miss the days of hearing that name 😭
FYI Heart Attack was released at the same time as Sistar’s SHAKE IT. I remember the war in music shows, both of them dominated music show wins. Imagine getting bops at the same timeee 🔥🔥 lots happen in 2nd gen 😂😂
it was the peak of AOA popularity, knets just loved fan wars and comparing them. while sistar was criticized for their age and looks AOA was only pointed has pretty girls that were bad at singing. Pure misogyny and I hope people could stop whit this thing it's been literally ages, sistar disbanded and aoa is on the oblivion
I'm not crying !!! Being an Elvis for nearly 8 years , I really can't express my feeling in few sentences after watching this video. Thank you for reacting .
AOA debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment with their song “Elvis”. FNC had previously mostly had bands (FT Island and CN Blue) AOA was given a unique concept. They had a half band/ half idol concept. AOA stands for Ace Of Angels. They debuted with 7 members in the Idol portion of the group and they had 1 other member who was the drummer for the band portion. Choa- oldest member, main vocal Jimin- leader, Main rapper Yuna- lead vocal Hye Jeong- lead vocal, visual, lead dancer Mina- vocalist, rapper Seolhyun- Center, lead dancer, vocalist Chanmi- Main dancer, lead rapper, vocal, youngest member. Choa, Jimin, Yuna, and Mina joined the drummer to form the subunit AOA Black (band version) Choa- Main vocal, lead guitar Jimin- Main rapper, second guitar Yuna- lead vocal, keyboard Mina- vocal, bassist Y/ Yookyung- drummer Y is the angel name of the drummer Yookyung. All the members were given an angel name to fit their concept Choaya Jiminel Yunaria Hyejeong.Linus Minaring Seolhyunari Chanmi T.T Yookyung was only considered a half angel because she was only in the band version. AOA’s initial music style had more of a pop rock style. A lot of their songs were able to have band versions of them. The band version had their own song “Moya” which came out in 2013. After a while AOA started to try more sexy concepts and those garnered more popularity than their other songs, so they focused on that. So in 2016 Yookyung left FNC and the band, but said that if AOA ever did need their drummer, she would be happy to fulfill her duty. In 2016 a new sub unit debuted called AOA Cream. This was a cuter and more poppy sub unit that included Yuna (main vocal), Hyejeong (Lead vocal, visual, lead dancer) and Chanmi (Main rapper, Main dancer, vocal, youngest member) They debuted with their song “I’m Jelly Baby” In 2017, Choa also left the group due to insomnia and depression. Many believe that it is a result of having to do sexy concepts that weren’t what she wanted to do, but we don’t know, we can only hope that she will get better in time. AOA came back in 2018 with their song “Bingle Bangle” with Yuna now being the main vocal. On May 12, 2019 FNC announced that Mina had left the group and the company Choa left the company in 2019 as well. Jimin and Yuna have also left AOA. AOA is currently only 3 members (Hyejeong, Seolhyun, and Chanmi) they haven’t had a comeback as 3 members yet, it is unsure if they ever will. The members are all currently working as actress tho.
Choa (the one you kept pointing out) was a standout of second gen kpop, not just in the group but out of all the girl groups of that generation! Unfortunately she left the group due to mental health issues and the group wasn’t quite the same without her. Another notable member is Yuna, the group’s lead vocalist. She was credited for doing backing vocals for other kpop groups, including Twice! If you plan to do another AOA reaction, you should check out Good Luck, Bing Bing, and Excuse Me.
@@switch5994 omg me too, a SONE that loved AOA's songs! AOA was the it girl group at that time with Sistar! Sadly their end started at Good Luck with endless of controveries. But all their songs are such bops!
second gen was a golden era for girl groups, even groups that were not that popular had amazing and iconic songs. 9muses, dalshabet, tara, kara, secret, girls day, bestie, fiestar, hello venus, stellar, rainbow, after school and many more..
Yess AOA!!! I think a lot of kpop stans nowadays don't know how big AOA was during their time but they were HUGE. They were releasing multiple hits and everyone knew their songs. Even if they weren't the TOP girl group like SNSD or 2NE1, they were still very well known and loved by the general public. The whole scandal is really complicated so I'm not gonna go in-depth with the details,.I just hope it doesn't stop new fans to appreciate their music and legacy as a group. Definetly would love more AOA!
Jimin on her prime was SPICY SEXY. like the bob hair was so iconic on her with the healthy body! i'll never forgive KNETZ for making her feel like she's ugly. And as for Mina, i'll let karma talk to her.
@@gerardosanchez6592 mina has bpd im pretty sure and made up a lot of shit, which is why the other members never called jimin out for it bc they were equally as confused when mina came out w/ everything
Your favorite member is Choa! If you like her voice here, you would be thrilled to hear "primary - don't be shy" where she is the vocalist! Both the song and the mv are great
AOA always been included in my A-list in kpop because of how catchy and good their title tracks and even their b-side where their vocals really stood out if you listen to it. My fave would always be Short Hair. I just love how their vocal line Choa, Yuna and Hyejeong sounded so strong and good in that song. Lastly, AOA is one of the reason why my standard in visual is so peculiar due to Hyejeong, who's the visual member but got a lead vocal skills that is so rare in kpop groups.
Forget the controversy. It belongs in the past. Too many people were commenting without knowing the full story and made it much worse than it had to be. It would be a tragedy to let this blip in time overshadow AOA's amazing 7+ year legacy. In addition to the other videos that have been mentioned here, I would add "Confused", which is an underrated song. Also, AOA has a ton of great unpromoted B sides that really show off their vocal abilities more so than their hits often did. Thanks for this great and fun reaction vid, and thank you for flying with AOA Airlines.
I'm crying 😭I miss them so much. They were definitely legends of their time. If they were active, they would dominate the industry again. AOA gave kpop iconic songs but kpop didn't deserve AOA. My queens, I love you so much. You're always the best for me over the years👑👑👑👑😭💜
Heart Attack era was when AOA peaked in my opinion. Definitely check out more songs! My recommendations: Good Luck, Excuse Me, Bing Bing, Bingle Bangle, Come See Me 👍 The controversies where just a huge misunderstanding in my view, nothing really to be concerned with about those...
Controversy aside, AOA do have lots of iconic title tracks. Back when they were still active, they kept releasing hit track after hit track, it was easy to like their group. Their b-sides are all bops as well! I still listen to them to this day.
When AOA debuted Heechul said they had an almost unfair advantage as they were all so beautiful and of course hot. He became a big fan for a time, as did just about everyone else. Between AOA, SISTAR, Girl's Day and a few others, things got very hot and steamy from 2013 to 2015. I was onboard from their debut with the band version, AOA Black, which made sense as FNC had previously debuted boy bands F.T. Island and CN Blue. Choa is to me the perfect idol. She did everything extremely well and looked amazing doing it. Miniskirts zipper choreo was so hot it was banned. Like a Cat's chorus and dance went viral. Seolhyun became a huge CF Queen. They had it all and peaked with Heart Attack, but unfortunately it didn't end well.
Short Hair is my favorite song of theirs, I found out about it through the Produce48 cover. I think for Mini Skirt they basically just made it as sexy as possible to get all the buzz, and it worked (they were previously a band and not very popular afaik). I also miss the 2nd gen MVs with all their little storylines. Now we have like, "lore" where all MVs are meant to be part of some big vague storyline, but something about the little silly stories per video is so nostalgic.
The blonde short hair's name is Choa. She's the main vocalist and I'll say one of the most powerful vocalists in kpop. She's the second one to depart from the group (first one was Youkyung, the group's drummer. Yes, a drummer. AOA also has a live band sub-unit called AOA Black, and Choa was the main vocals/rhythm guitar) because depression and insomnia. She left the group in 2017 and got totally out of radar up until 2020 when she resurfaced and came back as a solo artist. You got to check some of her performances out there🔥
Omg these four probably are my favs songs from them... I really liked what they released and their concept... I wish we had some groups like this nowadays
I love AOA and I’m happy you reacted to them❤️❤️❤️ honestly it’s so sad what happened to them, the girls were so passionate about the group that they renewed their contracts even when they weren’t doing well as a group, after queendom they gained their popularity again so they back being active but then it’s all stopped because of the controversies. Ironically now people are on their side but they already halted their group activities. i feel bad for the members, they suffered a lot and get so much hate when it’s proved wrong a year later 💔 they had many hit songs❤️🔥 all of the songs you reacted to are iconic. the member you liked is choa and yes she’s an amazing vocalist 🔥 they had slow songs in their albums “still falls the rain” one of my fav besides along with “tears falling”😢 and they had songs as a band ofc cause they’re from FNC 😂
god AOA has some absolute gold pop songs. I ran almost every day to Heart Attack on the treadmill during my gym time and it ended up being like my 4th most played song of 2020. And it still holds up, Heart Attack is perfection. I’m so psyched you looked into them more!!
I miss this AOA so much omg the feels lol. I think you would really like their duel comebacks "Excuse Me" and "BingBing". They honestly make nothing but bops and they're imo one of the most iconic sexy girl groups from back in the day.
Like A Cat has always been my fav of theirs. There's just somehting about that song i absolutely love. I would suggest doing Good Luck and Come See Me if you ever do another reaction. ChoA is the blonde and she actually recently had a release called Yesterday I would suggest checking out. Her voice is amazing as you think it is.
AOA😭thank you for reacting to them,i miss them so bad...they are one of the sexiest kpop idol that time,i stan mamamoo and dreamcatcher now but eventhough i stan other idol AOA will always be in my heart🥺😌💗💗💗💗
Sir Austin, they also have two subunits and one is a band version of them called AOA Black. I highly recommend Moya, Elvis (Band Ver.), and Get Out. They're my personal favorite! The other subunit is called AOA Cream. ❤️
I LOVE AOA OMG 😭😭 as an elvis I've always wanted reactors to watch aoa but it seems no one have done it esp since all the controversies but these girls are so good all their singles were bops and choreos were iconic too. thank u sm sir austin for giving them the chance they deserved! more ppl should know about aoa and their legacy
ChoA is the member that you said you really liked, she was my bias in AOA and was definitely one of the most popular amongst the group. She’s a fantastic vocalist and I’d recommend you check out her solo work if you want to hear more of her vocal capability.
I think for our next throw back Thursday you should do Vixx. They are a third generation group, tall handsome men and their music is so good, but Leo and Ravi are mine
I love AOA. They were my ult group (still are, despite the controversies). As others have mentioned, they started out with a Band-type concept, and their early performances sometimes had just the band members performing and sometimes had the idol members (all except the drummer, basically) performing. Their drummer had no interest in the "idol" side of the group, so she was considered a "half angel." After the group got big while she was on hiatus, there was never really an opportunity to formally bring her back and she left the group after a year or two. The member you kept pointing out was the Main Vocalist, ChoA. She took a break from being an idol for a few years to work on her mental health, but has recently come back with a new song called "Yesterday." It is more of an accoustic ballad, so you can really get to hear her vocals. I recommend it! She also has a song she did with Primary and Iron called Don't Be Shy. As far as the controversies go, the truth is probably a lot more complex than we, as the public, really can know/understand. I have gotten to the point that I can enjoy listening to their music again and occasionally suggesting their songs on K-Ville's patron videos. I still have a hard time suggesting them for individual reactors because of the possibility of people getting aggressive in the comments either for or against particular members and there are still a lot of strong opinions. Maybe this video could be a start, however, and I think the way you handled it was best (acknowledging the controversy, but focusing on the music/videos without it). The lyrics of miniskirt are along the lines of a woman in a stale relationship telling her boyfriend "when I get dressed up, everyone turns and looks at me. Why don't you look at me the same way, anymore?" Short hair's lyrics are basically about a woman, sometime after a breakup, deciding she's almost ready to put herself out there again, and deciding to get a new hairstyle to signify a renewed confidence and readiness to date again. Like a Cat is about using catlike movements and attitudes in order to entice a new lover. And for Heart Attack, well, you had the lyrics there, but it's about having a new crush. Probably my favorite MV is Get Out, their first comeback. A big part of that, however, is how many times I watched it in order to learn the different members. The MV has the concept of each of them taking the part of an iconic character from a famous movie (Legally Blonde, Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter, and The Fifth Element, among others). I also enjoy a lot of the B-sides. Most of the tracks, especially the title tracks, tend to focus, vocally, on just a few members. AOA has some of the most lopsided part distributions out there. There are a few B-sides where the other members get a chance to shine a little bit (but not enough, imho). They also have a few Japanese releases that I really enjoyed.
Blonde short hair is Choa. She is the main vocalist and was the biggest stan attractor in AOA before her departure from the group. She was my top bias too🙃
The blonde girl is called Choa, if you want to see more of her amazing voice, I’d recommend watching some of her solo songs: Flame, Here I Am (OST she did which is just beautiful), Yesterday (Recent solo song she released after her hiatus)
You're not wrong. Brave Brothers produced for a ton of groups (mainly girls) during the late 00s-early 2010s. SISTAR, After School, Girl's Day and AOA were some of the most notable.
Miniskirt put them in the map. Like A Cat cemented their name and Heart Attack hit it out of the park. I'm still shock it didn't won them more trophies and awards.
Because they are competing still to 2nd gen idols who's also in their peak of career at that time thats why AOA i would say one of the lucky groups who got recognize despite how active big 3 groups, kara, sistar, 4minute & girls day.
The early of 2014 was iconic with the sexy concept wave. This time got some masters like: Miniskirt - Aoa, Something - Girl’s Day, B.B.B (big baby baby) - Dal Shabet, Marionette - Stellar
If you liked ChoA, the blondie, you should check out "AOA BLACK - Moya", "PRIMARY ft. ChoA - Don't Be Shy", and her last solo song, "ChoA - Yesterday".
I'm a year and a half late to your video but just caught up on your stuff. Just gotta say AOA hooked me 11 years ago, as a 21 yr old guy, into K-pop and the hold has remained ever since. I'll forever love this group and love newer reactions to them.
PLEASEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Check out Stellar! They have put out some of my favorite KPOP of all time. The MVs are really...uh, controversial and they've kinda mentally scarred the members so I wouldn't suggest a reaction but please give them a listen in your spare time! Crying and Sting are the only two that would be friendly enough for YT MV wise. But Marionette, Vibrato (my favorite!!!) and Mask are all also worth a listen. LOVE YOUR REACTIONS! Just realized YT unsubbed me from you AGAIN. UGH
aoa is amazing and have a lot of great b-sides, they're my fave girl group, always have been and i dont think it'll ever change. everyone's already given u a lot of info so im just gonna add cos i dont think anyone has, u asked for slower songs to check out their vocals, a few of my fave slower songs by them are: under the street lights, tears falling, 10 seconds, aoa black - without you :)
They are part of the groups that had sexy concept without it being too much, AOA is like an elegant sexy music and they are ICONIC, thank you for reaction to them 🤩
Can't believe I just now got to watching this! Thank you so much for reacting to AOA! The truth about the bullying thing is that it's incredibly complicated and even as a longtime Elvis I have found it difficult to really figure out how I feel about it. Initially it seemed like the claims were just super ironclad, but more details made it pretty muddy and it's hard to do anything but feel sad that it ended so poorly considering AOA were on track to have a resurgence after Queendom. AOA are sexy vocal queens forever though!
the girl with short blonde hair is Choa she left the group in 2017 and took a break from the industry but she recently returned with a solo and appeared on the show double trouble( i highly recommended this show btw it has idols from the 2,3, and 4th generation and they have to team up to remake a song hyolyn and minzy from 2ne1 are on it as well)
5:06 back then in 2014 when i watched for thw first time this mv i was exactly the same, i mean CHOA YOU GOTTA AING GIRL!! I knew she was my bias since then.
You should check out ChoA (the girl you pointed out)'s collab with the producer Primary- Don't Be Shy. It really highlights how unique the colour of her voice is
AOA has really good music, i typically just ignore the drama cuz i have nothing to do with it and i just wanna bop
omg sammmeee i love all kpop xD when i read the drama article im like oh damn ok
Me too
Same 🔥
the miniskirt mv alone kicked me out of the closet back then
ICONIC!
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Oml literally fucking same
@@SirAustin they have a video called Excuse Me that's cute and sexy at the same time. I'm not sure if you ever got to Steller, D'holic, Rania or Hellovenus. Also mature groups.
Me too.
AOA were ICONIC. Definitely one of the groups who were iconic in the early 3rd gen with the sexy concept. They did often challenged broadcasting restrictions with their style and choreo (have had several of their dances altered). They pushed SEXY but I think they did it in a way that didn't look like a cheap trick. Their songs were so catchy, they had so many iconic dance moves, and amazing vocals. It's unfortunate the group was riddled with controversy the past few years over supposed bullying , it's complicated and resulted in a lot of back and forth and truthfully, we as fan don't know what's going on and should just leave it alone. It's really high school level drama, basically Mina claimed she was bullied by Jimin, it got spun out until Jimin left the group, got ripped apart by the internet. You happened to react to AOA's Egotistical performance RIGHT at the height of the whole thing, it was still a fresh hot topic in Kpop at the time, which is why every comment on that video was about the bullying thing and Jimin being the bully. We thought that was the end of it, long story short, time went on, more stuff surfaced and it basically seems like things weren't what Mina claimed to be. It's a whole mess and it honestly seems to be mostly miscommunication and Mina blowing it out of proportion but she also wasn't in the best mental state and continuously made concerning posts on social media, making her stories less and less credible. Ultimately there isn't really an definitive end result, but to me, whatever happened between the girls, is for them to resolve. I'm just here to vibe to their music and would love for you to continue.
Yes "Brave Sound" is the signature for Brave Brothers who has produced a lot of hits for Kpop groups, including AOA and Sistar, especially during the early 2010s.
Technically AOA hasn't "disbanded" per say, but they have since gone quiet since the whole controversy. They started as an 8 membered group/band. Essentially being a dance girl group that was also a band. They kind of done away with the band portion of the group after their "dance group" music started to take off, so the drummer of their group Youkyung (who only participated in the Band portion) left. Then Choa (the blond girl you like) left the group in 2017 due to depression and insomnia, but she did recently return to music as a solo artist. The group's contract expired in 2019, all the remaining girls except Mina renewed, so she left, leaving the group with 5 members. But since then, the girls just seem to be riding out their remaining contracts and leaving as it expires.
If you react to more AOA, please react to Good Luck , Excuse Me and Bing Bing
girl u are everywhere
@@yennhiteresa lol I just have Kpop and Kpop content on while I work xD
aoa is like 2nd to 3rd gen
Choa is the short blond haired she is the main vocalist and the most unproblematic one she is really kind and funny sadly she left the group around 2017
But now she is back doing solo stuff (and vlogs).
I hope you could erase the problematic world because it only gives people wrong ideas. No one is problematic and members have been harassed for years for something they never did
@@Mimelune LITERALLY
@@Mimelune yep
If you should know, Brave Sound is one of the most iconic producers in K-pop and AOA is one of their staple groups. Even so that there were times when the Brave Brothers would give their songs to AOA first before their own group, Brave Girls.
was it because fnc paid well?
@@tobydawes6007 most likely. Plus with an established group like AOA, it was kinda secured a bop
@@letyv9071 the more secure investment I their eyes than their own group.
@@tobydawes6007 If you don't know 2015, you can't imagine how popular AOA was. I'm sure it's a pleasure for them to give the songs to AOA
@@switch5994 I found Aoa in 2014-5
The blonde girl you mentioned was AOA’s main vocal ChoA.
I miss my girl Choa, she’s always been my bias. And that blonde bob was so iconic
The last song you listened to, Heart attack, is one of the hardest songs to sing in kpop. The song is rarely covered because it's hard to sing. Especially the intro part. There was a lot of criticism from the competing groups in some programs that covered the song that they ruined the song. Even the vocal group Mamamoo, who is very talented in vocals, won this song in the Queendom contest. They didn't cover the song because it was so hard. People always congratulate the group's main vocalist Choa (blonde haired girl) and vocalist Yuna for this reason. Choa is considered one of the best vocals in kpop. Everyone loved her but she was in 2017 for psychological reasons She took a hiatus from kpop. She came back last year and people welcomed her very well because all kpop missed her so much. She made her comeback with her ost “here I am”. You should definitely listen to this ost. It was proof that her vocals are so good over the years.You should definitely listen to this ost.It was an ost that showed that her voice was perfect even after years
Brave Sound is literally the staple of the older generations. The music was pretty much always a hit. Almost every kpop fan that came in at least mid 3rd gen know them. I miss the days of hearing that name 😭
FYI Heart Attack was released at the same time as Sistar’s SHAKE IT. I remember the war in music shows, both of them dominated music show wins.
Imagine getting bops at the same timeee 🔥🔥 lots happen in 2nd gen 😂😂
omg you just reminded me of that video on music bank? when sistar ate aoa up lmao...
it was the peak of AOA popularity, knets just loved fan wars and comparing them. while sistar was criticized for their age and looks AOA was only pointed has pretty girls that were bad at singing. Pure misogyny and I hope people could stop whit this thing it's been literally ages, sistar disbanded and aoa is on the oblivion
I even miss the wars of old generation fans. I wish AOA and Sistar would come back
The blonde haired girl is Choa, she was the main vocalist of AOA. She left the group afterwards, she was my bias.
I'm not crying !!!
Being an Elvis for nearly 8 years , I really can't express my feeling in few sentences after watching this video. Thank you for reacting .
Unlike you, I was NEVER an Elvis fan. Searching for something non-Elvis is kind of how I found k-pop in the first place!
AOA debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment with their song “Elvis”. FNC had previously mostly had bands (FT Island and CN Blue) AOA was given a unique concept. They had a half band/ half idol concept. AOA stands for Ace Of Angels. They debuted with 7 members in the Idol portion of the group and they had 1 other member who was the drummer for the band portion.
Choa- oldest member, main vocal
Jimin- leader, Main rapper
Yuna- lead vocal
Hye Jeong- lead vocal, visual, lead dancer
Mina- vocalist, rapper
Seolhyun- Center, lead dancer, vocalist
Chanmi- Main dancer, lead rapper, vocal, youngest member.
Choa, Jimin, Yuna, and Mina joined the drummer to form the subunit AOA Black (band version)
Choa- Main vocal, lead guitar
Jimin- Main rapper, second guitar
Yuna- lead vocal, keyboard
Mina- vocal, bassist
Y/ Yookyung- drummer
Y is the angel name of the drummer Yookyung. All the members were given an angel name to fit their concept
Choaya
Jiminel
Yunaria
Hyejeong.Linus
Minaring
Seolhyunari
Chanmi T.T
Yookyung was only considered a half angel because she was only in the band version.
AOA’s initial music style had more of a pop rock style. A lot of their songs were able to have band versions of them. The band version had their own song “Moya” which came out in 2013.
After a while AOA started to try more sexy concepts and those garnered more popularity than their other songs, so they focused on that. So in 2016 Yookyung left FNC and the band, but said that if AOA ever did need their drummer, she would be happy to fulfill her duty.
In 2016 a new sub unit debuted called AOA Cream. This was a cuter and more poppy sub unit that included Yuna (main vocal), Hyejeong (Lead vocal, visual, lead dancer) and Chanmi (Main rapper, Main dancer, vocal, youngest member) They debuted with their song “I’m Jelly Baby”
In 2017, Choa also left the group due to insomnia and depression. Many believe that it is a result of having to do sexy concepts that weren’t what she wanted to do, but we don’t know, we can only hope that she will get better in time.
AOA came back in 2018 with their song “Bingle Bangle” with Yuna now being the main vocal.
On May 12, 2019 FNC announced that Mina had left the group and the company
Choa left the company in 2019 as well.
Jimin and Yuna have also left AOA.
AOA is currently only 3 members (Hyejeong, Seolhyun, and Chanmi) they haven’t had a comeback as 3 members yet, it is unsure if they ever will. The members are all currently working as actress tho.
Yuna was a main vocal tho
@@udebrl she was only main vocal AFTER Choa left. Her initial position was lead vocal
Choa (the one you kept pointing out) was a standout of second gen kpop, not just in the group but out of all the girl groups of that generation! Unfortunately she left the group due to mental health issues and the group wasn’t quite the same without her.
Another notable member is Yuna, the group’s lead vocalist. She was credited for doing backing vocals for other kpop groups, including Twice!
If you plan to do another AOA reaction, you should check out Good Luck, Bing Bing, and Excuse Me.
omg you are like the first person to make a reaction to AOA after the scandal
As a SONE, I can say AOA was sooooo popular !!! Everyone will be waiting everytime when they do comeback announcement.
I miss AOA😭
@@switch5994 omg me too, a SONE that loved AOA's songs! AOA was the it girl group at that time with Sistar! Sadly their end started at Good Luck with endless of controveries. But all their songs are such bops!
I will wait for KARA, Secret and Girls Day throwback... That'll be awesome....
Absolutely.
Taste ! I know he would love all 3 of these groups ✨
second gen was a golden era for girl groups, even groups that were not that popular had amazing and iconic songs. 9muses, dalshabet, tara, kara, secret, girls day, bestie, fiestar, hello venus, stellar, rainbow, after school and many more..
@@Mimelune yeah, even the the second and third tier groups had hits. my main was snsd, but I listened to all the groups back then
waiting for kara and girls day as 2 of my favourite 2nd gens
Yess AOA!!! I think a lot of kpop stans nowadays don't know how big AOA was during their time but they were HUGE. They were releasing multiple hits and everyone knew their songs. Even if they weren't the TOP girl group like SNSD or 2NE1, they were still very well known and loved by the general public.
The whole scandal is really complicated so I'm not gonna go in-depth with the details,.I just hope it doesn't stop new fans to appreciate their music and legacy as a group. Definetly would love more AOA!
Jimin on her prime was SPICY SEXY. like the bob hair was so iconic on her with the healthy body! i'll never forgive KNETZ for making her feel like she's ugly. And as for Mina, i'll let karma talk to her.
she is poor, jobless and not even her family care about her. she already got what she deserves
what is the truth after all i’m still confused
@@gerardosanchez6592 mina has bpd im pretty sure and made up a lot of shit, which is why the other members never called jimin out for it bc they were equally as confused when mina came out w/ everything
hard to blame her sine bpd is v difficult thing to live with but u can only use that as an excuse so much :(
Your favorite member is Choa! If you like her voice here, you would be thrilled to hear "primary - don't be shy" where she is the vocalist! Both the song and the mv are great
AOA always been included in my A-list in kpop because of how catchy and good their title tracks and even their b-side where their vocals really stood out if you listen to it.
My fave would always be Short Hair. I just love how their vocal line Choa, Yuna and Hyejeong sounded so strong and good in that song.
Lastly, AOA is one of the reason why my standard in visual is so peculiar due to Hyejeong, who's the visual member but got a lead vocal skills that is so rare in kpop groups.
Forget the controversy. It belongs in the past. Too many people were commenting without knowing the full story and made it much worse than it had to be. It would be a tragedy to let this blip in time overshadow AOA's amazing 7+ year legacy. In addition to the other videos that have been mentioned here, I would add "Confused", which is an underrated song. Also, AOA has a ton of great unpromoted B sides that really show off their vocal abilities more so than their hits often did. Thanks for this great and fun reaction vid, and thank you for flying with AOA Airlines.
I'm crying 😭I miss them so much. They were definitely legends of their time. If they were active, they would dominate the industry again. AOA gave kpop iconic songs but kpop didn't deserve AOA. My queens, I love you so much. You're always the best for me over the years👑👑👑👑😭💜
I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THIS. I loved AOA so much. AOA and Miss A just dominated for me back then
YASSSS AOA. one of our sexy concepts icons.
Heart Attack era was when AOA peaked in my opinion. Definitely check out more songs! My recommendations: Good Luck, Excuse Me, Bing Bing, Bingle Bangle, Come See Me 👍 The controversies where just a huge misunderstanding in my view, nothing really to be concerned with about those...
I'm glad you decided to give AOA a chance despite what happened, because AOA's songs are so catchy and iconic, indeed.
Controversy aside, AOA do have lots of iconic title tracks. Back when they were still active, they kept releasing hit track after hit track, it was easy to like their group. Their b-sides are all bops as well! I still listen to them to this day.
Choa (the blonde) is an AMAZING singer! I LOVE HER!
" Wow" is the proper reaction, when seeing Choa for the first time.
AOA performed Miniskirt on Queendom too, it's one their most iconic performances ever! I hope you can react to it 😊
Yes please!
When AOA debuted Heechul said they had an almost unfair advantage as they were all so beautiful and of course hot. He became a big fan for a time, as did just about everyone else. Between AOA, SISTAR, Girl's Day and a few others, things got very hot and steamy from 2013 to 2015. I was onboard from their debut with the band version, AOA Black, which made sense as FNC had previously debuted boy bands F.T. Island and CN Blue. Choa is to me the perfect idol. She did everything extremely well and looked amazing doing it. Miniskirts zipper choreo was so hot it was banned. Like a Cat's chorus and dance went viral. Seolhyun became a huge CF Queen. They had it all and peaked with Heart Attack, but unfortunately it didn't end well.
Short Hair is my favorite song of theirs, I found out about it through the Produce48 cover. I think for Mini Skirt they basically just made it as sexy as possible to get all the buzz, and it worked (they were previously a band and not very popular afaik).
I also miss the 2nd gen MVs with all their little storylines. Now we have like, "lore" where all MVs are meant to be part of some big vague storyline, but something about the little silly stories per video is so nostalgic.
Why nobody talks about get out is my favorite song. And the choreo is a masterpiece
I'm glad more and more people are reacting to AOA again, thank you! :3
AOA became one of my ult in 2019 their songs are incredible, I love their discography and yes you should watch queendom !
The blonde short hair's name is Choa. She's the main vocalist and I'll say one of the most powerful vocalists in kpop. She's the second one to depart from the group (first one was Youkyung, the group's drummer. Yes, a drummer. AOA also has a live band sub-unit called AOA Black, and Choa was the main vocals/rhythm guitar) because depression and insomnia. She left the group in 2017 and got totally out of radar up until 2020 when she resurfaced and came back as a solo artist. You got to check some of her performances out there🔥
Omg these four probably are my favs songs from them... I really liked what they released and their concept... I wish we had some groups like this nowadays
I love AOA and I’m happy you reacted to them❤️❤️❤️ honestly it’s so sad what happened to them, the girls were so passionate about the group that they renewed their contracts even when they weren’t doing well as a group, after queendom they gained their popularity again so they back being active but then it’s all stopped because of the controversies. Ironically now people are on their side but they already halted their group activities. i feel bad for the members, they suffered a lot and get so much hate when it’s proved wrong a year later 💔
they had many hit songs❤️🔥 all of the songs you reacted to are iconic. the member you liked is choa and yes she’s an amazing vocalist 🔥 they had slow songs in their albums “still falls the rain” one of my fav besides along with “tears falling”😢 and they had songs as a band ofc cause they’re from FNC 😂
OMG I love AOA, they really were one of my favorite girl groups.
PLEASE Orange Caramel next! You gonna love them, their MVs are hilarious
your wish/request came true
Choa has her own RUclips channel!! You should definitely check it out! She sings ballads there.
god AOA has some absolute gold pop songs. I ran almost every day to Heart Attack on the treadmill during my gym time and it ended up being like my 4th most played song of 2020. And it still holds up, Heart Attack is perfection. I’m so psyched you looked into them more!!
I miss this AOA so much omg the feels lol. I think you would really like their duel comebacks "Excuse Me" and "BingBing". They honestly make nothing but bops and they're imo one of the most iconic sexy girl groups from back in the day.
MY QUEENS!!!!!! AOA are still the only girl group I’ve ever loved 💕💕💕
Like A Cat has always been my fav of theirs. There's just somehting about that song i absolutely love. I would suggest doing Good Luck and Come See Me if you ever do another reaction. ChoA is the blonde and she actually recently had a release called Yesterday I would suggest checking out. Her voice is amazing as you think it is.
AOA was my first group to fall in love with. And Choa being my ult bias since then.
Thank you so much for giving us this video.
CHOA THE BLONDE QUEEN!!!! AOA LOVELY STILL IN 2022
AOA😭thank you for reacting to them,i miss them so bad...they are one of the sexiest kpop idol that time,i stan mamamoo and dreamcatcher now but eventhough i stan other idol AOA will always be in my heart🥺😌💗💗💗💗
I think you should react Stellar, is one of the Kpop girls groups sexiest ever
AOA has a unique style ... I love them and their songs so much
so happy u did a reaction to them
i. hope you keep reacting to AOA they're amazing and Choa and Yuna are amazing vocalists!!
They also have 2 sub-units, AOA Black with Jimin, Choa, Yuna, Mina and Youkyung (the drummer), and AOA Cream with Yuna, Hyejeong and Chanmi 😊
I miss AOA...they were one of my fave female groups..their songs were my style
thanks for the reacting. Heart attack is my favorite too.
Sir Austin, they also have two subunits and one is a band version of them called AOA Black. I highly recommend Moya, Elvis (Band Ver.), and Get Out. They're my personal favorite!
The other subunit is called AOA Cream. ❤️
3:30 AOA members left to right:
Mina, Yuna, Seolhyun, Hyejeong, Chanmi, Jimin and Choa. This was the lineup until 2017.
I LOVE AOA OMG 😭😭 as an elvis I've always wanted reactors to watch aoa but it seems no one have done it esp since all the controversies but these girls are so good all their singles were bops and choreos were iconic too. thank u sm sir austin for giving them the chance they deserved! more ppl should know about aoa and their legacy
i’ve been waiting for this video for the longest time !!!
ChoA is the member that you said you really liked, she was my bias in AOA and was definitely one of the most popular amongst the group. She’s a fantastic vocalist and I’d recommend you check out her solo work if you want to hear more of her vocal capability.
I think for our next throw back Thursday you should do Vixx. They are a third generation group, tall handsome men and their music is so good, but Leo and Ravi are mine
vixx debuted in 2012 which makes them 3rd gen
@@real.pubgmobile omg thank you I forget
Yes please react VIXX they are super talented🙌👍🏻🔥🔥🔥
@@real.pubgmobile more like 2.5 gen lol
I think Ravi now belongs to Wheein. lol ;)
I love AOA. They were my ult group (still are, despite the controversies). As others have mentioned, they started out with a Band-type concept, and their early performances sometimes had just the band members performing and sometimes had the idol members (all except the drummer, basically) performing. Their drummer had no interest in the "idol" side of the group, so she was considered a "half angel." After the group got big while she was on hiatus, there was never really an opportunity to formally bring her back and she left the group after a year or two.
The member you kept pointing out was the Main Vocalist, ChoA. She took a break from being an idol for a few years to work on her mental health, but has recently come back with a new song called "Yesterday." It is more of an accoustic ballad, so you can really get to hear her vocals. I recommend it! She also has a song she did with Primary and Iron called Don't Be Shy.
As far as the controversies go, the truth is probably a lot more complex than we, as the public, really can know/understand. I have gotten to the point that I can enjoy listening to their music again and occasionally suggesting their songs on K-Ville's patron videos. I still have a hard time suggesting them for individual reactors because of the possibility of people getting aggressive in the comments either for or against particular members and there are still a lot of strong opinions. Maybe this video could be a start, however, and I think the way you handled it was best (acknowledging the controversy, but focusing on the music/videos without it).
The lyrics of miniskirt are along the lines of a woman in a stale relationship telling her boyfriend "when I get dressed up, everyone turns and looks at me. Why don't you look at me the same way, anymore?"
Short hair's lyrics are basically about a woman, sometime after a breakup, deciding she's almost ready to put herself out there again, and deciding to get a new hairstyle to signify a renewed confidence and readiness to date again.
Like a Cat is about using catlike movements and attitudes in order to entice a new lover.
And for Heart Attack, well, you had the lyrics there, but it's about having a new crush.
Probably my favorite MV is Get Out, their first comeback. A big part of that, however, is how many times I watched it in order to learn the different members. The MV has the concept of each of them taking the part of an iconic character from a famous movie (Legally Blonde, Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter, and The Fifth Element, among others). I also enjoy a lot of the B-sides. Most of the tracks, especially the title tracks, tend to focus, vocally, on just a few members. AOA has some of the most lopsided part distributions out there. There are a few B-sides where the other members get a chance to shine a little bit (but not enough, imho). They also have a few Japanese releases that I really enjoyed.
Yey! AOA! 💖 Heart Attack and Bingle Bangle is my fave AOA songs ~
Please do EXID next, l.i.e, night rather than day, ddd, every night, all bops
2NE1 got me into Kpop back in 2011... AOA and EXID kept me here...
Blonde short hair is Choa. She is the main vocalist and was the biggest stan attractor in AOA before her departure from the group. She was my top bias too🙃
Current Members:
Hyejeong (2012-present) Vocalist, Dancer, Visual
Seolhyun (2012-present) Vocalist, Dancer, Visual
Chanmi (2012-present) Dancer, Rapper, Vocalist, Maknae
Former Members:
Youkyung (2012-2016) Drummer (Reason: She wasn't needed as the half band/half idol concept failed)
Choa (2012-2017) Vocalist (Mental Health Issues)
Mina (2012-2019) Vocalist, Rapper (Mental Health Issues)
Jimin (2012-2020) Leader, Rapper, Vocalist (Scandal caused by member Mina)
Yuna (2012-2021) (Contract expired, didn't renew)
The short blonde hair girl is ChoA and she is my favorite too.. she make a comeback with •Yesterday• last month.
The blonde girl is called Choa, if you want to see more of her amazing voice, I’d recommend watching some of her solo songs:
Flame, Here I Am (OST she did which is just beautiful), Yesterday (Recent solo song she released after her hiatus)
You need to listen to Short Hair Acoustic version! Choa’s voice there is magical!!
Excuse me and Bing Bing are a MUST when reacting to AOA! Please check them out along with Confused (for vocals) and Good Luck for a fun summery bop!!!
You're not wrong. Brave Brothers produced for a ton of groups (mainly girls) during the late 00s-early 2010s. SISTAR, After School, Girl's Day and AOA were some of the most notable.
Sistar is more like sexy and FUN.
AOA is sexy and classy.
Girl's Day is sexy and retro.
All of them, I stan.
Miniskirt put them in the map. Like A Cat cemented their name and Heart Attack hit it out of the park. I'm still shock it didn't won them more trophies and awards.
Because they are competing still to 2nd gen idols who's also in their peak of career at that time thats why AOA i would say one of the lucky groups who got recognize despite how active big 3 groups, kara, sistar, 4minute & girls day.
I reccomend Excuse Me and Good Luck, Choa always slay
Miniskirt and Short Hair are BOP
The early of 2014 was iconic with the sexy concept wave. This time got some masters like: Miniskirt - Aoa, Something - Girl’s Day, B.B.B (big baby baby) - Dal Shabet, Marionette - Stellar
If you liked ChoA, the blondie, you should check out "AOA BLACK - Moya", "PRIMARY ft. ChoA - Don't Be Shy", and her last solo song, "ChoA - Yesterday".
HEY! HEY! is their signature adlib
I'm a year and a half late to your video but just caught up on your stuff. Just gotta say AOA hooked me 11 years ago, as a 21 yr old guy, into K-pop and the hold has remained ever since. I'll forever love this group and love newer reactions to them.
Love these throwback videos- like honestly prob my fav videos. Would love to see you react to Vixx, Big Bang, Secret, and Exid!
PLEASEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Check out Stellar! They have put out some of my favorite KPOP of all time. The MVs are really...uh, controversial and they've kinda mentally scarred the members so I wouldn't suggest a reaction but please give them a listen in your spare time! Crying and Sting are the only two that would be friendly enough for YT MV wise. But Marionette, Vibrato (my favorite!!!) and Mask are all also worth a listen. LOVE YOUR REACTIONS! Just realized YT unsubbed me from you AGAIN. UGH
choa is everybody’s favorite
aoa is amazing and have a lot of great b-sides, they're my fave girl group, always have been and i dont think it'll ever change. everyone's already given u a lot of info so im just gonna add cos i dont think anyone has, u asked for slower songs to check out their vocals, a few of my fave slower songs by them are: under the street lights, tears falling, 10 seconds, aoa black - without you :)
AOA has soooo many good music. So sad the group ended like that
yasss !!!this group is very iconic
They are part of the groups that had sexy concept without it being too much, AOA is like an elegant sexy music and they are ICONIC, thank you for reaction to them 🤩
Blonde girl name is CHOA.
Can't believe I just now got to watching this! Thank you so much for reacting to AOA!
The truth about the bullying thing is that it's incredibly complicated and even as a longtime Elvis I have found it difficult to really figure out how I feel about it. Initially it seemed like the claims were just super ironclad, but more details made it pretty muddy and it's hard to do anything but feel sad that it ended so poorly considering AOA were on track to have a resurgence after Queendom.
AOA are sexy vocal queens forever though!
the girl with short blonde hair is Choa she left the group in 2017 and took a break from the industry but she recently returned with a solo and appeared on the show double trouble( i highly recommended this show btw it has idols from the 2,3, and 4th generation and they have to team up to remake a song hyolyn and minzy from 2ne1 are on it as well)
I haven't heard AOA before although I've definitely heard of them. I adore Heart Attack! It's so cute, bubbly and fun! 💖
5:06 back then in 2014 when i watched for thw first time this mv i was exactly the same, i mean CHOA YOU GOTTA AING GIRL!! I knew she was my bias since then.
I would highly recommend 'Confused', that song is kinda slow and incredible. One of my fave.
Thank you for just reacting to the music because no one can deny they have some bops!
Brave Sound is a famous producer team, they’re actually “made” Aoa and Sistar (first years) music
They were my ult girl group! Thanks for reacting to them! I miss them already!
You should check out ChoA (the girl you pointed out)'s collab with the producer Primary- Don't Be Shy. It really highlights how unique the colour of her voice is
you should also react to their song EXCUSE ME because that song is iconic
this reaction made me miss AOA so much
Confused and Come see me are slower. I thibk come see me one of the most underrated song in kpop lol
Choa has one of the best voices tbh
Don't look up "Every AOA MV but with only Jimin's Heys" Blonde is Choa