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yes this is Orange Caramel a subunit of
afterschool Orange Caramel was like that
one child that had too much sugar and
loved to play dress-up a group that was
as sweet as his name they were an
immediate smash hit today we're gonna
cover their surprising rise over their
short career the creation of those
iconic songs and where are they now
but before looking forward I was like to
look back so Orange Caramel was the spin
off of after school from Plata's
entertainment and already popular name
in kpop now this girl group after school
had a graduation system which is similar
to what they do in j-pop members come in
and out of the group but the group's
name remains the same members would
leave if their contracts ran out or if
they hit the older age of 20 and my
grandpa what am i boomer am i boomer
however remembers Reina Lizzy and Nana
with join forces to debut as a new unit
Orange Caramel
or as I like to call them oh gee debuted
in 2010 with a single magic girl
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Orange Caramel planted there young and
wild flag into the sand with this debut
song reminding listeners some what of
the anime Sailor Moon come on you
remember you remember this you remember
90s kids come on now because Orange
Caramel came from after-school it
wouldn't be difficult to imagine that
this new unit hit number two in the guy
on chart which they did and because of
the concept Korean shows were quick to
make their own parodies because it was
simply fun to do now if the name Nana
rings about or her face does that's
because she was the it girl for Pledis
kind of comparable to a Oh a Sohyun or
suzy from miss age she booked tons of
commercials and brand deals due to her
widely agreed beauty in Korea back to og
after releasing a song for the Taiwanese
market Orange Caramel was back and here
to read you a calming bedtime story okay
it wasn't common all this crack for
k-pop fans was uh Inc or um as you can
see egg yo is my strongest personality
tree in 2011 Orange Caramel created a
project called One Asia where they
brought together different Asian
cultures into new singles Shanghai love
and Bangkok City
these are Korean songs made about China
and Thailand that sounds a police man
Orange Caramel bringing Asia together
with such extremely joyful songs now you
might have caught on that orange
caramel's song sound a bit Jpop you know
is cute bubbly and you can probably hear
it in the opening of any anime
maybe this is what pas des was planning
as Orange Caramel made their debut in
Japan in 2012 back in Korea Orange
Caramel returned with the comeback
lipstick
just when you thought Orange Caramel
matured and changed no lipstick was just
a glorified Table Tennis term in art but
in all honesty they did change up the
music event it had a slower tempo but
they didn't lose that catchiness they're
so well known for lipstick as the studio
album was a renowned success exceeding 1
million downloads fresh off a new Korean
comeback og made another album in Japan
is just a compilation of their popular
songs just remade in Japanese which is
the classic joke of you asking your
friend for the answers to the homework
and you're just writing it in Japanese
so the teacher doesn't catch you
cheating wait no that's that's not how
it goes fast forward to 2014 where we
saw what could be the most eye-catching
yet strangest thing to come out of kpop
yet
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Catalina was Lee's song and music video
everyone could not stop talking about
the funny thing is Orange Caramel has
always been this funny it's just that
maybe the human sushi rolls took it to
the next level but what I think really
did it was there a live stages remember
this at the beginning of the video yeah
they did that for every single live
stage they've had for Catalina that clip
I took from a video on YouTube that's a
three-minute compilation someone made
that has a million views now being
different and weird works in an industry
where being sexy or girl-crush was
popular just a year before Catalina the
biggest hit out of Korea was and still
is Gangnam style why because it was
unique and entertaining not because psy
is hot although you know if you do a lot
of stuff with that Mellie
same thing with Catalina and so og and
kpop adding another viral moment but I
hear you asking the girls couldn't have
enjoyed performing tad cringy song over
and over
well they kind of did Heather Lana went
on to top major Korean music charts and
was their biggest release to date with
Orange Caramel burning hot with the hit
of Catalina they needed some time to
cool down with some bass can drop
baskin-robbins
yes baskin-robbins wanted to cash in on
oh geez popularity and create the EDM
song ah being a being to promote a new
flavor later in the summer oh gee played
one big game of I spy
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copycat was an interactive music video
asking to viewers to find hidden people
in wrong pictures and you can even spot
future plans group members including
members from 17 and Kristen you're
looking for them aren't you no go ahead
go ahead look I'll wait
see right there that's wuzzy right there
charting well with this new release
Orange Caramel was on a roll but this
would be their last hit as the subunit
slowed down on promotions so did their
parent group after school members
started focusing on their own things
their last activity together would be a
performance at the SBS cult - show
legend concert in interviews at the
concert Orange Caramel mentioned they
were working on new music but those
songs would never see the light of day
Nana after her Orange Caramel would
start her own solo career Nana and Lizzy
concentrated more on modeling until the
sea and Nana's contract with pled has
expired with Lizzy saying she would come
back with orange caramel if they were to
have new music and nana remained the
face of puttees entertainment still to
this day with new music from Orange
Caramel singing Bleek they prove that
even in an industry played by slave
contracts exhausting schedules and dark
stories they were truly having fun they
weren't created to be the next big thing
in kpop they were just a subunit but
they still made huge strides for girl
groups and kpop in general too bad that
lettuce doesn't know how to deal with
women who become successful
and that is it for me guys hope you
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