Hyun-ah revisits “Tell Me” with 4minute

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Don’t get too excited Hyun-ah fans, she can’t redeem herself by going back to her glory days.

For last night’s Mnet M!Countdown, 4minute performed Wondergirls’s original hit, “Tell Me.” As you may know, Hyun-ah was originally a member of the Wondergirls right up until the release of “Tell Me” and she was forced to resign from Wondergirls due to her medical condition. If there was criticism about her hogging too much attention in Wondergirls, now she has 4minute’s “Hot Issue” and she is definitely touted as the centerpiece for the group.

For some reason, it somewhat irks me that the Wondergirls are considered M!Countdown Heroes after only two years since their debut, but I suppose it makes sense because “Tell Me” was such a humongous hit. Either way, 4minute does a fairly mediocre job lip-syncing to “Tell Me” and performing the choreography. It’s fun to watch though.

Maknae So-hyun does a better job of singing So-hee’s parts than So-hee. Doll face Ga-yoon finally get some time to shine as she sings as Sun-ye. Honestly, Hyun-ah gets way too many parts during this performance. It’s understandable she gets the first verse, the rap, and the solo dance because those parts were originally delegated to her, but does she really have to sing Sun-mi’s parts as well with her whiny high-pitched voice? Leader Ji-hyun looks like she doesn’t get any solo verses, and although she gets the role of Ye-eunJi-yoon feels under-utilized.

Check it out~

168 Responses to “Hyun-ah revisits “Tell Me” with 4minute”


  1. 1 iDoodleBob July 3, 2009 at 6:54 am

    i like it better

  2. 3 wonder4ever July 3, 2009 at 6:55 am

    FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    omg that was really bad!
    and how dare they cover a wonder girls song!!!!!!!
    and how dare they lipsynch using the wonder girls voices!!!!!!!!!!!!
    OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • 4 BKJSuh July 3, 2009 at 7:14 am

      uh huh, okay. So why don’t you go and whine how WB’s Tell Me song is actually a cover of American song? Uh huh, your logic is awesome.

    • 5 ushik0 July 3, 2009 at 7:21 am

      and besides, cube ent. is under JYP anyway. so im sure they can sing all the Wondergirls they want without copyright issues.

    • 6 Someone July 3, 2009 at 7:34 am

      … what the heck?
      their using their own voices not wonder girls voices.. -__-;
      they did a cover of wonder girls song because HyunAh was in it….
      get your facts straight before you start dissing a group that has more skills than what you ever will..

      i’m not hating on 4Minute but HyunAh’s eye make-up scares me. o___o;

  3. 11 joelib July 3, 2009 at 7:00 am

    ohh they lipsync..i didnt like it :(

  4. 12 joelib July 3, 2009 at 7:01 am

    hyunahs got the most annoying voice..

  5. 16 WonderBinnie July 3, 2009 at 7:06 am

    I must say…THAT I REALLY HATE HYUN-AH’s VOICE…
    And I actually like 4minute and their debut song Hot issue.
    But can’t they just let Hyun-Ah out? Or let her sing less parts?
    Oh..And I’m huge Wonder Girls fan also.
    4minute ruined this whole song.
    Some of them did a good job…like Ji yoon.
    But hyun-ah….

    • 17 EatYourKimchiAndStayInSchool July 3, 2009 at 8:04 am

      Yeah, in my opinion, Ji-yoon is the only one who can sing. I think Hyun-ah has one of the most annoying voices in the group..honestly, I’m not too sure how she got famous. I’m not an anti or anything..I just don’t really like their voices (except for Ji-yoon) just my opinion. =)

      • 18 EatYourKimchiAndStayInSchool July 3, 2009 at 8:13 am

        Lemme correct that..they could all sing but Hyun-ah =)

        • 19 choi July 3, 2009 at 8:24 am

          yeah, you’re right about they all can sing except for huyn-ah. they need to let the other members have the spotlight. in my opinion, hyun-ah is only going to bring more antis to the group.

  6. 20 whut? July 3, 2009 at 7:07 am

    Hyun-ah’s voice is annoying!!!

  7. 21 sunny July 3, 2009 at 7:08 am

    i like wonder girls’ version better :)
    i don’t like hyun-ah’s voice :x

  8. 22 yurNumba1phaN July 3, 2009 at 7:09 am

    WTH was that?! uuuh…that one girl messed up on the choreo… and that ji yoon got nothing to sing.

  9. 23 wow July 3, 2009 at 7:10 am

    i don’t like that song that much in the first place,and their making me start to not like that girl hyun ah or whatever, she gets way too many parts and not trying to be mean but she needs to practice dancing and gosh that voice is gonna pop my eardrums.

  10. 24 ushik0 July 3, 2009 at 7:11 am

    when only 2 girls can sing decently, that’s bad.

  11. 25 amy July 3, 2009 at 7:17 am

    hyunah wasnt her voice deeper in the past ? she got way to many dam parts. her vocals arent even the best . just cause she was once a wg ….

  12. 26 dreamandlove July 3, 2009 at 7:18 am

    I’m sorry i’m not an anti but it sucked!
    Hyun-ah’s voice is so impossibly high pitched
    it doesnt fit the song at all
    it’s a shame she had so many singing parts
    >.<

  13. 27 rhee! July 3, 2009 at 7:19 am

    LOL. They used sunye’s voice for the last adlibs. And i think it was good that hyuna left the group.

  14. 28 yoyovan July 3, 2009 at 7:22 am

    I actually liked it…

  15. 29 rejiiie July 3, 2009 at 7:34 am

    what the hell? the youngest was really good at singing sohee’s part.. i give props to her…
    but what the hell, hyun-ah as rapper? her voice sucks as a rapper its like listening to a musquito talk… probably that’s why she was forced out of wonder girls… to high of a voice…
    but there singing and dancing exceeded my negative thoughts about them… a little more work and they’ll be rivals against 2ne1…

  16. 30 Hikaru July 3, 2009 at 7:38 am

    hyun-ah needs to stop singing…. :( it’s so irritable.

    JI YOOOOOOOON FTW she’s so hot!

  17. 31 Surrah July 3, 2009 at 7:43 am

    Hyun-ah is better off as a rapper. Sorry if that offends anyone.

  18. 32 anna July 3, 2009 at 7:54 am

    Why is Huyn-ah so heavily promoted?? Her voice is so freakin’ annoying.

    • 33 lalala July 3, 2009 at 11:11 am

      she was a wondergirl, b4 she stopped because of “health problems” & her role in the WG was replaced by Yoobin
      but if u see her the WG – Irony MV then u will she was was not annoying back then.. she was a cool rapper, but not her role & concept is changed :/

  19. 34 jenvus2 July 3, 2009 at 8:18 am

    I totally!!!…did not like that performance what so ever.
    I think they’re highlighting the wrong person. HyunAh’s voice is not anything amazing. Singing wise & rapping wise, there’s nothing there. I agree, she got way too many solos and parts while other members got no more than two lines.
    GaYoon did pretty decent though. JiYoon is under appreciated, there needs to be less HyunAh and more JiYoon & the other members.

  20. 35 Hyunmin July 3, 2009 at 8:19 am

    gosh… Hyunah’s voice scares the heck out of me. i watched the wondergirls MTV season one, where Hyunah was in it..i don’t remember her voice being that high-pitched… i’m actually glad she got replaced by yoobin. i think it’s really unfair how she got so many parts just because she was a WG before. and jiyoon should get more parts. );

  21. 36 stephaniee. July 3, 2009 at 8:21 am

    Hyun Ah;
    I’m no anti
    but thank god you left Wonder Girls.
    or else it would of sucked.
    you voice hurts my ears.

  22. 37 rawwr July 3, 2009 at 8:22 am

    the waay Huyn-ah bats her eyes
    at the beginning trying to act cute
    is verrry annoying.

    like blaah.
    sorry if i offended anny Huyn ah fans .

  23. 38 kmusiclovah July 3, 2009 at 8:27 am

    they. ruined. the. song

  24. 39 ewwwbiitches. July 3, 2009 at 8:31 am

    big bang’s cover is wayyyy better.
    lmfao. hate me idont care.
    this group is just ughhh annoying.
    yes yu read it right der freakin annoying.
    id rather watch d lil girl from
    starking doing this than this girls.

  25. 40 b3i July 3, 2009 at 9:12 am

    So glad Hyun-ah left and Yoobin joined
    I love Yoobin’s voice when she raps
    Hyun-ah..wtf
    Her voice was so much nicer and listenable when she rapped in Irony
    Gosh, what happened?

    This was so bad.

  26. 43 lala July 3, 2009 at 9:23 am

    it just doesnt seem rigt when a group other than the wonder girls does this song. and i never noticed until now how hyun-ah’s voice is extremely unsuitable for human ears. omg i cant believe people are actually comparing on how these girls sound better than the wonder girls when clearly they are lipsyncing when wg sings live. i appreciate yoobin so much more now.

  27. 44 aympreetee July 3, 2009 at 9:30 am

    hey! what’s up with all the korean girl group!! they’re too many to remember …hehe

  28. 45 chxu July 3, 2009 at 9:36 am

    omg i cant watch this!!! its too horrible!!! the whinny voices

  29. 46 moo July 3, 2009 at 9:47 am

    i prefer yoobin WAYY over hyunah.. i dont like her squeaky voice -__-

  30. 47 hoohaa July 3, 2009 at 9:55 am

    is there a reason…why…hyunah…sings like that…
    and blinks 10 times…in like…1 millisecond?

  31. 49 Bi July 3, 2009 at 9:56 am

    ok. for anyone who ever thought that wondergirls made it only b/c of the song “tell me”, this performance proves that they made it b/c they are wondergirls!

  32. 50 mizukiyukino July 3, 2009 at 9:58 am

    hyunah unnie should try to sung and rap in a lower pitch.. like when she was still in WG.. It’ll be less annoying that way -.-;;

  33. 51 lala July 3, 2009 at 10:07 am

    OMG I don’t like her voice so high it ruins the song >.<

  34. 52 Sokai July 3, 2009 at 10:14 am

    That… was awful.
    The dancing was out of synch and I think they were better of singing live than lipsyching.
    At least that way they’ll have an excuse as to why the sounded bad.
    Not to mention they left in Sunye’s last line to lipsynch to. Guess they couldn’t hit that note?
    Actually, I’m being too harsh.
    It was just Hyuna that ruined this.
    Seriously.
    She butchered Sunmi’s part, despite the fact that they were originally going to be hers, and totally raped and murdered Yoobin’s rap.
    And what was up with the whole, “*blank stare and blinking*” look?
    Awful. I can’t believe she’s only 18.
    She looks like Leeteuk from Super Junior’s age. He’s 27.
    I liked the girl with the glasses, though.

  35. 53 issa July 3, 2009 at 10:42 am

    4minute needs to focus more on the others and less on HyunAh. she’s over-appreciated and IMO, she doesn’t deserve it. >_<;

  36. 54 yui July 3, 2009 at 10:46 am

    eww. terrible. this cover was ugly.

  37. 55 Anonymousssss July 3, 2009 at 11:07 am

    hyunah, what happened to your voice ?!
    its so dang high-pitched.
    i’m not an anti or tryna offend her fans,
    but yeah, she doesn’t deserve to have so many solos/parts.
    just because she was in wonder girls before
    doesn’t mean she’s one awesomely amazing singer/rapper.
    her voice is so > <

  38. 56 itzjustricky July 3, 2009 at 11:12 am

    “Maknae So-hyun does a better job of singing So-hee’s parts than So-hee”
    If I’m not mistaken, only Hyun-ah’s parts are not lip-synced… you just hate so hee

  39. 57 jelly July 3, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Hyunah’s voice is …. very annoying. I’m kinda relieved that Yoobin replaced her or else Wondergirls would have a really annoying rapper.

  40. 58 sj July 3, 2009 at 11:26 am

    sorry…but i don’t the way they sing it!!!
    its really bad!!!

  41. 59 sparkysmile July 3, 2009 at 11:35 am

    wat is this?? the first verse was horribly sang with shaky scratchy voice….

    and the rap was soo much better with yoobin :]

  42. 60 Karen July 3, 2009 at 11:39 am

    so unfair ji hyun didnt get any lines
    and all the awesomness sun mi lines went to a rat

  43. 61 b July 3, 2009 at 11:46 am

    Hyun-ah’s voice is so annoying. :) )

  44. 62 SuSu July 3, 2009 at 11:51 am

    More den toking abt voice and bashing each other …

    HAHAHAHAHA !!!! The picture on top , jus show no fillings in the buns .. HAHAHHAHAHA !! They are damn flat lah …

  45. 63 SuRi July 3, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    It’s 4minute or hyuna’s group?
    from the beginning, it’s always hyuna who become the main lead, even she’s not the leader.

    hyuna’s voice was suck.. Sorry… But,,she’s trying too much for being cute, which is not at all..

    why not promote the other members?? They’re way better than hyuna.. I think,,from the beginning hyuna always overact,,maybe it’s all because her past? Don’t act cute no more please.. Sorry hyuna..

  46. 64 rheena July 3, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    this is really bad. hyun-ah sounds very whiny. i much prefer 2ne1 to 4minute.

  47. 65 Bo mi July 3, 2009 at 12:39 pm

    does anyone know exactly what “health conditon” she had that forced her to resign?

  48. 66 joelib July 3, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Lol reading the comments..everyone pretty much agrees Hyunahs voice is soo annoying but also i wanna say Ji yoon is the one stand out in that group. shes awesome.

  49. 67 RamuneLove July 3, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Is it just me, or did Hyun Ah’s singing and rapping get worse? o_0 I mean, in Irony, I don’t remember it being so high pitched and annoying… And she got WAY too many parts. Ok, so she’s a former Wondergirl, but still, it was practically her singing the entire time.


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