Rounding off the month’s stories of chick-with-dicks even The Independent finds Lady irresistible, but being news need some controversy, so find it in the (currently) coolest band in the world apparently getting hacked at for using their shemale status as a marketing tool. Uh duh! Of course they are, just like Harisu, Dana International, and everyone else I’ve forgotten. For every person who thinks Lady are freaks and will feel the wrath of god or some neanderthal rubbish, there’s another 50 who think, ‘wow, cool, buy it now!’. As for talent, for fucks sake, who cares as long as they look good?
The group’s path to stardom hasn’t been entirely smooth. Lady have come in for scathing criticism from the media, who accuse their record company of trying to cash in on the novelty of “sex change stars” and of manufacturing a pop act whose selling point lies in sexual status rather than talent.
Asia falls for girls’ band of lady boys
THEY strut their stuff and shake their booties and their infectious dance tunes are taking the Asian music scene by storm.
But in one crucial respect Lady, the hottest music act to come out of South Korea in years, are not your average girl group. None of these four singers was born as a lady.
Shinae (29), Sahara (25), Binu (22) and Yoona (21) have all undergone sex change operations and used their new, curvaceous physiques to propel them to stardom.
Earlier this year, to a frenzied fanfare of television appearances, newspaper interviews and even the odd nude photo shoot, Lady were launched as Korea’s first transgender pop group.
And with their debut album Attention flying off the shelves in their native country and concerts lined up in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Lady’s risque dance act is blowing a breath of fresh air into the traditionally conservative world of Asian music.
The girls are seeking to follow in the footsteps of Harisu, Korea’s most successful transgender singer, whose song “Foxy Lady” is popular from Bangkok to Beijing.
But the group’s path to stardom hasn’t been entirely smooth. Lady have come in for scathing criticism from the media, who accuse their record company of trying to cash in on the novelty of “sex change stars” and of manufacturing a pop act whose selling point lies in sexual status rather than talent.
