Wednesday, 1 February 2012  Girls Generation on Letterman (소녀시대
on 레터맨)  Must read post by The Metropolitician, who isn't sold
on Kpop making it in America. Rebecca at A Blog Abroad points
out that while people are talking about Asia-Asian acts making
it in America, we're still waiting for Asian-American artists to
get the recognition they deserve. also at  A few notes: 1.
Letterman seems blown away at the end. And yeah, they did a
pretty great performance. 2. They really downplayed the Aegyo
(but you have to: that just won't work in America) 3. I agree
with the people who say this ISN'T Girls' Generation's best
song. 4. The way the English lyrics to the song fit with the
music, it's pretty clear the song was written in Korean. 5. They
KILLED on the dancing parts. For comparison, here's the Korean
version of the video.   I still think Gee was SNSD's greatest
song, their best video, and probably the encapsulation of... not
just everything Girls Generation is, and the best they can be,
but everything the curren