Timeless icons Girls’ Generation perform “Flower Power”, reveal flaw-free b-side “Beep Beep”

Girls’ Generation‘s weird new single “Flower Power” is in stores now, which means two very amazing things: performances and b-sides!

The Princesses of Perfection joined J-pop superstars SMAP and AKB48 on Kayou Kyoku last night to bust out the flawless “Flower Power” for the first time. Clad in leather booty shorts and knee-high boots, the girls mimed, swivelled, and strutted across the stage like a Nicole Scherzinger-less Pussycat Dolls, and I loved every second of it. Especially Sunny, who is so clearly the star of this single that it’s not even funny. At this point, they may as well just let Sunny go solo so she can fulfill her destiny of becoming the next Michael Jackson/Madonna/Elvis.

With the release of “Flower Power”, Girls’ Generation have delivered what is shockingly their first b-side track ever, “Beep Beep”. It’s a stunning little ditty built around bubbly synth-pop and silly sound effects, and it contains what could possibly be the cutest chorus since “Call Me Maybe” fever struck: “Hello hello / moshi moshi / ciao ciao / busy busy!“. It’s the perfect medium between the sunshine & lollipops of SNSD’s Korean albums, and the more modern dance-pop of their Japanese releases.

I don’t know how this one didn’t make it on the group’s upcoming Girls & Peace album, but it wouldn’t be the first time that an artist has saved the best stuff. Just look at Girls Aloud. Or Kylie Minogue. Or Janet Jackson.

Now excuse me while I invent adorable music videos for “Beep Beep” in my head.

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  • leesigh3

    Wow! I really like the “Beep Beep” song. I don’t know why but I always seem to enjoy SNSD’s japanese tracks more. Looking forward to more.

  • twinkle9

    im in love of beep beep, i cant wait for their 2nd jp album.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=844404915 Lin Misfits

    You need to pump the breaks when giving SNSD credit, especially with the Sunny comment LOL

  • thsy

    Beep Beep is so cute, and it’s the perfect kind of cute! I love it. I don’t even mind the diabetes Jessica got me with her solo lines.

    It’s kind of amazing how lines like “Hello hello! Moshi moshi? Ciao ciao! Busy busy!” and “Beep beep! Beep beep! Beep beep~!” can sounds sooo good and right in this song lol

  • Riley Biers

    Fuckin ded @ Queen Yoona’s glorious hairflip at 3:28.

    Not gonna lie, this single is a pretty big disappointment as a fan, but like a Blackjack, I will still blindly support every shitty single they release!

  • shane

    Gee, gee, gee, gee, baby, baby

  • UncleFan

    Man, I can’t believe they had AKB48 and SNSD in the same studio… they could have settled the Dokdo/Takeshima conflict right then and there with a dance-off/knife-fight between the two national girl groups!

  • theprophetblog

    “like a Blackjack, I will still blindly support every shitty single they release!”

    FUCKING DEAD!!!! LMAO!

    By the way, “Flower Power” is amazing!

  • hannah

    Love how AKB’s reaction to Flower Power was like ‘WTF?!’

    Proph, you can listen to snippets of their upcoming Japanese album here: http://soundcloud.com/3xs/smashup

  • http://twitter.com/Eclipse_9 Eclipse (｀-´メ)

    No flaws were detected

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1172051246 James Smith III

    are we sure they’re lip synching

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1172051246 James Smith III

    they seem to be able more i dont know how to say it but “age appropriate songs in japan…besides “the boys” their stuff in korea is always a bit juvenile

  • http://twitter.com/kirstydelite kirsty delight

    all of kpop groups single sales have been in decrease this year. only d usual big groups broke d 100k mark.

  • http://twitter.com/Fantasy715 Fantasy715

    I love every single second of epicness and weirdness that “Flower Power” delivers. It’s insane how sexy and stunning they look both on the performance and the music video! Sunny is on fire and Yuri looks absolutely gorgeous!! “Beep Beep” is cute. I slayed though by their album’s smash-up!! “TOP”, “I’m A Diamond” and “Reflection” sound so amazing! Can’t wait for the album!! “fangirling mode” xD

  • http://twitter.com/Fantasy715 Fantasy715

    Paparazzi actually did really well on charts and it sold more than 137,000 copies. Oh! didn’t do as well as their previous singles although the sales aren’t really bad anyway and they got #1 in Oricon. Well that happens when you release an 2 year old song and after you released your biggest hits in Japanese already. And AMLIFY is a great song but not one to smash the charts in my opinion. I have high hopes for Flower Power though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lucaswoodstock Lucas Oliveira Dantas

    WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!! this b-side track is so flawless i wanna cry!

    *cries*

    i am in full love with “flower power” now… i always knew that, by the time of the first performance the song would’ve totally fucked up with my brains and made me love it forever.

    and i said here that their japanese choreographies make more sense live than on whatever’s-their-japanese-label-name’s video’s editing.

    flower power’s routine is FLAWLESS and it looks so mature compared to the usual leg-throwing and aegyo-arms from girls’ generation.

    don’t get me wrong, i LOVE LOVE snsd’s dance routines but they’re far from being after school. so i’m satisfied that for their japanese promotions they seem to be maturing well.

    now let’s comment on HOW WEIRDO is a japanese tv audience!!

  • http://twitter.com/kirstydelite kirsty delight

    ah i know. GG is one of d groups i meant who is doing fairly well despite decreasing sales :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/lucaswoodstock Lucas Oliveira Dantas

    yeah!! like i said on my comment above, even their dancing seem more mature.

  • http://twitter.com/DeniseHuxxtable S☀L

    Wow, those outfits are Rania-esque. I like Beep Beep way more than Flower Power.

  • http://twitter.com/Myrmicinae Brendicienta

    Love your review. BTW a member of AKB48 looked like she wanted to learn the dance steps for “Flower Power” while watching them perform. “Beep, beep” is adorable, love Taeyeon´s and Sunny´s vocies on it, it reminds me so much of “Girlfriend” (from their Genie mini album) which is one of my top 10 favorite SNSD songs ever, I should add “Beep, beep” to that list :)

  • theprophetblog

    I love Girlfriend!!!

    And I think AKB48 are fangirls for SNSD!

  • UJum

    Hehe I only saw Sunny! The other 8 girls were invisible. Sorry but that girls charisma and stage presence kills it.

    By the way “Flower Power” has been stucked in my head all day. At first I thought the song was kind of weird, but know i freaking love it