Ice Creamusume (アイスクリー娘。, Aisu Kurīmusume, Chinese: 冰淇淋少女組。; pinyin: Bīngqílín Shàonǚ Zǔ; Wade–Giles: Pingch'ilin Shaonü Tsu) was an idol girl group based in Taiwan and associated with Hello! Project[1] and signed under Forward Music. They were Hello! Project's first overseas group and the flagship band of Hello! Project Taiwan. The members consisted of Wu Si-hsuan ("Shen Shen"), Chung An-chi ("Anchī"), Tseng Te-ping ("Pei Pei"), Chao Kuo-jung ("Yōko"), Chiu Tsui-ling ("Rei Rei"), and Ku Yun ("Gū-chan"), with each member officially represented by an ice cream flavor.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Since their debut, the group has released music in both Japanese and Chinese before disbanding in 2010.
Ice Creamusume
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 Ice Creamusume in January 2009 (L to R): Tseng, Chung, Ku, Chiu, Chao, Wu | |||||||||
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| Origin | Taiwan | ||||||||
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| Years active | 2008–2010 | ||||||||
| Labels | Forward Music | ||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 冰淇淋少女組 | ||||||||
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History edit
In 2007, Japanese idol group Hello! Project held the Hello! Project New Star Audition to recruit members for a new girl group based in Taiwan in an attempt to expand towards the Chinese market.[8][9] The results were announced in September 2008, where six winners were selected.[10] The winners were then taken to Japan for three months to undertake singing and dancing lessons as well as to record their first mini-album.[11][12] The group was named Ice Creamusume, and they were set up as Hello! Project's first overseas group and Hello! Project Taiwan's flagship group.[12]
The music video for "Love Debut", the first track on the album, was released in Taiwan on December 31, 2008. On January 9, 2009, Ice Creamusume released their first mini-album 1st Best! in Taiwan, while it was released in Japan on January 18. On January 31 and February 1, 2009, they made their Japanese debut at the Hello Pro Awards '09: Elder Club Graduation Commemoration Special concert, performing "Love Debut (Japanese Version)."[13]
On February 4, 2009, a music video for their second mini-album title track, a cover version of "Love Revolution 21", was released. The music video for Ice Creamusume's third title track, "There Can't Be Love on a Planet Without Rain, Right?", was released in March 2009.[14]
In spite of promotions, Ice Creamusume's sales performed below expectations and they failed to attract an audience.[15] Ice Creamusume made their last appearance as a group in July 2009 at the Hello! Project Concert 2009 Summer: Hello! Champloo concert, performing "Love Debut (Japanese Version)" with Morning Musume's Jun Jun and Lin Lin filling in for Tseng and Ku.[16] Afterwards, they became inactive for the rest of 2009 and were dropped as a music act in 2010.
Members edit
The members of the group are referred to by their full birthnames in Chinese media and by their official Japanese nicknames in Japanese media.
- Wu Si-hsuan (Chinese: 吳思璇) / Shen Shen (シェンシェン) - leader[2]
- Chung An-chi (Chinese: 鍾安琪) / Anchī (アンチー) - sub-leader[3]
- Tseng Te-ping (Chinese: 曾德萍) / Pei Pei (ペイペイ)[4]
- Chao Kuo-jung (Chinese: 趙國蓉) / Yōko (ヨウコ)[5]
- Chiu Tsui-ling (Chinese: 邱翠玲) / Rei Rei (レイレイ)[6]
- Ku Yun (Chinese: 古筠) / Gū-chan (グーチャン)[7]
Discography edit
Extended plays edit
| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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| 1st Best! (1st 最棒!)
1st Saikō! (1st最高!) (Japan) |
2009 |
Track listing
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References edit
- ^ アイスクリー娘。. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ a b シェンシェン. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ a b アンチー. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ a b ペイペイ. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ a b ヨウコ. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ a b レイレイ. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ a b グーチャン. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ "New Star Audition website" (in Chinese). Up-Front Works. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
- ^ "New Star Audition information" (in Japanese). Up-Front Works. May 13, 2008. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
- ^ "早安家族NewStar-台視官網" (in Chinese). Taiwan Television Enterprise. September 20, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ ハロー！プロジェクト初海外グループアイスクリー娘。（冰淇淋少女組。）正式デビュー！. Up-Front Works (in Japanese). December 26, 2008. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009.
- ^ a b ハロプロ初の海外グループ・アイスクリー娘。がデビュー. Oricon (in Japanese). December 26, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ^ "アイスクリー娘。「Hello！Project 2009 Winter 決定！ハロ☆プロ アワード '09～エルダークラブ卒業記念スペシャル～」出演＆握手会 決定！". Up-Front Works (in Japanese). January 28, 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ ＜ハロプロ海外ユニット＞アイスクリー娘。新曲はつんくが命名、タイトル最長記録を更新―台湾. Excite via Record China (in Japanese). March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ^ Li Ziying (March 5, 2016). 新生代女團卡位 輕甜心竄出頭. China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "Hello! Project 2009 SUMMER 革命元年 ～ Hello!チャンプル ～にアイスクリー娘。の出演が決定！". Up-Front Works (in Japanese). July 28, 2009. Archived from the original on September 18, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
External links edit
- Official Chinese Hello! Project profile (archived) (in Chinese)
- Official Japanese Hello! Project profile (in Japanese)
- Official blog (in Chinese and Japanese)