Pretty pop princesses are a dime a dozen, but meet Lady, not your
typical girly group. These four foxy sirens are creating media
frenzy as they poise to take the entertainment industry by storm.
Korea's first transgender group is set to release its debut album
in a Euro-dance style.
And its members -- Sine, Sahara, Binu and Yoona -- born as 'he's
are now 'she's with looks that many natural-born women would kill
for.
"We love chocolate, shopping and gossip. Mentally we were always
women, the only difference being that we changed something
physical, simply we are women with an extra scar," said one group
member.
And Lady's agency is banking on this with the manufactured group.
In fact, the decision to create a transgender quartette is already
reaping a marketing pay off.
It's hard to believe that the members of lady aged 22 through 29
had to compete with other transgender contenders in an audition,
where they say, almost 400 other showed up for their shot at
fame.
"Many people are speculating that you are trying to cash in on the
novelty of being transgendered, but many are skeptical about if you
have any talent, what do you say to that?" "Soon we'll show
everyone what we've got on stage."
Part of the paparazzi can be owed to the pioneering role of the
Korean singer Harisu, who successfully created a niche for
transsexuals in the traditionally conservative Korean entertainment
industry.
All post-op transgenders, the members of Lady say that they are
hoping to find acceptance from the public, having been warmly
embraced by their families. "It was hard for them at first, but now
they support me." "I was very fortunate, when I became an adult and
went to get my gender reassignment surgery, my whole family came to
support me."
But in a fickle industry their long-term popularity will depend on
the quality of music they deliver, and only time will tell. Waiting
in the wings until the curtains go up on their big debut, each day
is spend to the hilt, focusing on preparation, and for now they are
just "ladies, in waiting.
Arirang TV