By Kim Do-yeun
Girls’ Generation, the K-pop group known as SNSD outside of Korea, made a flash appearance on Yale University’s art department website on Oct. 31, causing a frenzied response from fans. A scene from one of their music videos was used as the background spread of the Ivy League university’s School of Art home page.
The website is reportedly designed and run by the school’s art students and department members. There is much excitement around the buzz that there is an avid SNSD fan among the respected ranks of Yale.
The nine-member group has had a sensational following across Asia and beyond since their debut in 2007. They had begun charming the crowds as mostly 17- and 18-year-old girls dressed and depicted in candy-colored themes.
They are a major part of the K-pop movement, referred to as a “creeping global influence” by the New York Times, which recently reviewed the SM Town concert in New York in which the group performed.
On the website, a still shot of their music video for “Gee” was used as a background. “Gee,” which had its debut in 2009, holds the longest record for claiming the top seat in the national charts and was also named “song of the decade” by Melon, the Korean mobile music portal.
Online fans expressed that they were “proud of the girls” and thrilled to see their image associated with the famed university.
걸그룹 소녀시대가 美國 예일대 美術大學 홈페이지의 背景畵面을 裝飾해 話題다.
지난 달 31日 美國 名門大學으로 꼽히는 예일대 美術大學 홈페이지(http://art.yale.edu) 背景畵面에는 人氣 걸그룹 少女時代의 安武寫眞으로 가득 찼다.
背景畵面은 少女時代의 지난 2009年 發表된 '知(Gee)' 뮤직비디오 스틸컷으로 少女時代 멤버 모두 무릎을 세운 채 'v字'를 그리고 있다.
이날 少女時代 背景畵面 登場은 예일大 關係者 中 少女時代의 팬이 꾸민 것으로 보이고 있다. 예일大 美大 홈페이지는 在學生 및 卒業生, 敎職員이 編輯할 수 있기 때문이다.
누리꾼들은 少女時代 예일大 美大 홈페이지 裝飾에 "예일大 소녀시대가 接受하다!" , "美國 名門大에도 少女時代 팬이 있다니,", "感動이다" 等 反應을 보였다.
한便, 少女時代는 正規 3輯 '더 보이즈(The Boys)'로 活潑한 活動 中이다.