Earlier this year rumors circulated that SM was going to debut ANOTHER girl group and well What do you know?
TOUCHS is a 7 member group, that will debut this June with a digital single! Here’s a little info about this upcoming group:

SM Entertainment’s TOUCHS will have seven members. Four members will be from Korea, while the other three will be from China, Japan and Singapore. Besides knowing many languages from many countries, it will have other specialties as well. Members include: Stella, 張夏珍、尹薰晶、裴熹彬、金藝珍、Joene. Their song will be written by famous lyricist 劉榮鎮 (Yoo Young Jin) and will be given a digital release.

Stella, (left) who is famous for being Super Junior Si Won's rumored exgirlfriend and SNSD's Tiffany and Jessica HO's Myspace Friend.


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Nikki: Idk who is who so yea...
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S.M公司继SJ少女时代后 又发布最新女子组合

"S.M 继东方神起、Super Junior、天上智喜和少女时代后，于5月10日通过网路发布的最新女子组合‘TOUCHS’出道消息得到了网友的高度关注，消息在网路的点击率也高达百万次；其中组合里有一定人气的Stella和张夏珍呼声最高，更是有歌迷纷纷猜测其组合的出道形式，让网友高呼好期待。
获悉‘TOUCHS’组合将并于6月以数字单曲形式在韩国正式与观众见面。"

Translation:

According to the above Chinese article, here’s my rough translation of what the article mention/says:
SM Entertainment had trained & created successful groups like DBSK, Super Junior, CSJH and Girls’ Generation, has yet again on the 10th of May announce the presence of the new girl group ‘TOUCHS’ through online media had caught many interest of the people. Information hit count regarding the girls’ group on search engine had reached the point of over hundred thousands times. In fact, members of the group such as Stella & Hajin(I suppose) has the highest popularity and many fans are right now anxious & guessing the style of this girl group’s debut. ‘TOUCHS’ this girls’ group will be meeting their fans & the Korean entertainment through releasing their digital single on the month of June.

Nikki: For the Record i was the first to post this "news" about this group and people called me a liar. Those people need to back off.

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This post has been edited by .Nii.K.Ki.: Jun 20 2008 4 21 AM

WHAT! another girl group. at first i thought this new girlband was a rumor, now it turns out to be true

geee, the feeling of seeing someone from my country under SM feels weird

A New Group ? And One Of The Member Is From Singapore ?! Kind Of Weird Though .. ;D
But Still I Want To Hear Their Songs ... ;DDD

But How Do Get In SM Entertainment To Become A Singer ? You Need To Know Korean Right ?

i think when you become a sm trainee they send you to a korean international school to learn korean
i think that's what happened to zhou mi, henry, hankyung, jessica, and tiffany iono about yoochun

I thought Stella was training to be an actress? SM is making the Korean music industry really crowded.

I'm excited to hear their song though...Since they're under SM there will be a high possibility they're good....just like super junior and dbsk
They're so pretty!!!

hmm...
is it really that smart of SM to do this?
SNSD --> SHINee --> TOUCHS all in least then a year.
especially 2 girl groups
that's like setting of rival groups in yur own company...

this period in time is the "rise" of the girl groups i guess...

This post has been edited by lidomzlulu: Jun 20 2008 5 23 AM

I heard about his a while a go before Shinee was debuted. Iheard it's only a rumour. Not true. Beside, with Girl generation needing a realy strong comeback, Shinee still at their debute stage, SM will not likely debute anyone group. Not now anyway. Beside, they are still havingn fun forming new sub group from Suju. Look like they still need to fix SJM issue as well...oh and i nearly forgot about DBSK return this year to...wow alot...

i still don't believe this.
shinee just debuted. lsm is focusing on promoting them.
then there's snsd who's having a come back very soon.
& dbsk who's coming back this year too.
i doubt lsm will debut another group now.
also june is ending. and they have no promos no nothing.
no news at all from korea? and only from china? weird no?
& i read from somewhere stella is debuting as an actress.
& one of the other girl "supposedly" in it is not in SM anymore.

This post has been edited by [[cloudy]]: Jun 20 2008 6 05 AM

whaaaaat? Si Won's ex girlfriend.. omg.. *heartbroken* grrrrr.. i just hope stella's good. pffft. after SNSD, TOUCHS! i just hope that TOUCHS aren't gonna be the 2nd diva-ish-attitude SNSD..

Is it suppose to be TOUCHES or TOUCH'S??

confused!

Gosh... more girl groups?? SM is dropping these groups fast. I wonder how big SM TOWN is now! lol

hi!
hmm, we can't predict what is LSM thinking about..
but, another girls group will be debut soon!!
i can't wait to see them..
hope their concept is different from SNSD..
and, hope they dont get any anti-fans like SNSD..
coz it is bad to have an anti-fans..
btw, gud luck for them..

I really HOPE it's a rumour. It'll better if they'll debut somewhere next year, like the usual routine of SM. With SHINee now in the industry as a new face of SM, DBSK with their awesome comeback, SuJu-H and SNSD supposed comeback - I really doubt that TOUCHS will debut now...? Though~ CSJH and Suju did debut in the same year. Same goes to DBSK and The Trax XD

7 is the number now for girl groups? The B is also a 7 member group who debuted a few days ago~

I hope that they'll be different from SNSD.. I'm expecting that they'll be good because they have been trained by SM.. ^^ I hope that they can dance like suju and dbsk! :3 I'm very excited to see them. I just hope that they aren't like SOME groups there who doesn't watch their mouths (ahem! ahem!) and doesn't seem to care about their education..

WOW! So many new groups this year once again! Well, I wish them the best! Very curious about their music style now...So many new faces & talents, but the Korea industry is especially really really crowded though. Thanks for sharing!

pffftt...another ggroup?? man,they should just debut them as single artists, it'll be better. i gotta admit sm doesn't know how to make girl singers and mostly seem plastic when it comes to sm. BUT hopefully these girls are gonna be different...i'm not anticipating for their debut, but i'd like to hopefully run into one of their songs soon, and see what they're made of...doesn't seem much though.

So... SM must be like heavily in need of money right now? Debuting so many groups within a year and I bet it's WITHOUT proper planning. I mean, how could they possibly manage so many newly debuted groups well? I seriously hope they don't cause huge chaos and ending having all their artists affected.

Looks like the other artists' schedules have to slow down...

OMFG Has SM nothing better to do?

Why in the world do they keep debuting Girl bands? Oh please, dont tell me it is another SNSD alike group -.- It could be, judging that that Stella is Tiffany's friend -.-

I mean why dont sm just develop guy bands? People who have brains know that there are more female fans than male fans outside in this world. guys dont go screaming for their idols, they dont go crazy over just pictures of their idols. SNSD is a totally great example ok. Soshi fans are all perverts. Even if they are popular they will be those crazy perverts ok... i believe everyone knows that Soshi fans are perverts. It was rumored that they raped one of the cassiopeias.

Oh and sm people if you dare to make this group have ANYTHING to do with DBSK i tell you Cassiopeias are going to go mad ok.

For god sake use your brain. Stop having girl bands. Do you want SM to closed down?

my god another girl group?
first its Miso, then The B and now Touchs i just hope this new girl group that LSM produces would be different from Snsd.

I doubt they will debut them, but you never know...
But they should be focusing on SHINee since they've just debuted..
and gah so many new girl groups coming out - I really won't be able
to remember all their names lol I had a hard time learning SNSD's
names lol And what's with 7 member groups? haha The B, DSP's
rumoured 7 member group....
I think 'TOUCH' sounds better than 'TOUCHS' .. is that even a word?! lmao

Isn't it a bit to early considering they just debut a boyband like last month or something.
And apparently from what I've read one of the supposed members has already left SM.
And SNSD are preparing for their second release.
LSM is just getting hungry for money now!
AND 7 GIRLS? I can handle a 9 girl group but that's one already.
Not another one.

-Mizuki- : I'm sorry, the last time I checked, I'm an SNSD fan and I am not a pervert (considering I'm a girl as well) and I doubt that everyone knows SNSD fans are perverts. Please. You've stated it was a rumour as well and (this is if you are insisting it is true) unless you were at the event please do not start creating rumours as most of them have already been proven false. I think that's somewhat being biased towards boybands if you're saying SM should stop releasing girlbands.

This post has been edited by !evee: Jun 20 2008 12 46 PM

should i be thankful it's not a group made of SNSD members?
i honestly cannot give a crap since they're usually full of hot air

woah~sm has a good thinking
hmm,i'm cant agree with all this stuffs. i mean SHInee had just debuted,dbsk will make a comback,plus super junior H..wow,there're alot of things to take care of.
unless sm has alot,ALOT managers,and if he thinks he can handle all this,well,we will see about it though ^^
i wish the girls good luck,hope they can make great songs in korea entertaintment...

Why another girl group to compete with WG and SNSD?
gah.. and SHINee has just debuted too
don't they have to focus on promoting SHINee first before releasing this group?

and the fact that one of them is from Singapore creeps me out ><

WOW. Just WOW. *points to username* Thank you for proving my point that some of the fangirls are really..... Again, it's RUMORS right? I bet u totally believe what shenyuepop aka SNSD's no.1 Antifan site said.

if you want real news, http: //www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3742DD1F568E14E ,check it out yourself, i don't care if you know korean or not.

Get a grip, DBSK does NOT in any way belong to cassiopeia and they can be friends or date whoever they like, they're not robots.

Anyways, i think this rumor is unlikely true. SM has too many things to handle right now and he won't debut another girl group (he doesn't want another rival for SNSD). But I'm a fan of Stella <3, I heard she's debuting as an actress though.

This post has been edited by stupidfangirls: Jun 20 2008 6 52 PM

why do all chinese talent not go to taiwan instead of korea?its odd i know china is quite poor but taiwanese stars flourish from the hk and tw market as well as the from china

Mizuki - excuse me! I am SNSD fan, but I am not a pervert!

bapeman - SM is music company that create countless Asian mega stars. Getting in to that company most likely means success so that's why so many people audition there. Even people from America, Canada, and other parts of Asia. Who wouldn't want to get in there? I DO!!!

I think this is just rumor. LSM is busy with Shinee and TVXQ is coming back to Korea. Too many competitions already with Big Bang, Wondergirls and other so many new boybands and girlbands

though i really like new sm artists, i think its most likely a rumor.
1. cus all the news is from china and not korea where they will actually debut in.
2. they just debuted so many new groups. lsm needs to focus on them more than debuting more groups.
3. stella kim is going to nyu next year. and im almost positive shes not doin some distance nyu thing from korea... so unless shes just gonna be an inactive member, this prob isnt true
4. the girl in most of the pics, like 3 of them, i think left sm so she cant be debuting...

but still ive heard this touches thing everywhere so who knows... maybe it could be true^^

k, so i hope it`s all just a rumor. SHINee just debuted, and they should be focusing on them right now . Also, not just SHINee , but i think that they should promote CSJH & Jang Ri In more . When they debuted, they barely got any promotions ... & i hope they don`t debut TOUCHS yet .

-mizuki-k, no offense ... but although i don`t like SNSD, do you see me writing those stuff about their fans ? no . i find that VERY rude of you . If you don`t like a band, don`t listen to their music or support them . no need to say such rude things on the internet for everyone to read. there are times where you don`t ALWAYS have to express your opinion. and this is one of the times where you shouldn`t be. think before you say something rude or hurtful to someone. and no. SNSD fans are NOT perverts.

MIZUKI: lmao rumored rape? lmao gosh it's a rumor so why are you beileving it? pathetic! eh i'm a snsd fans and i'm not a pervert...geez so narrowminded

but anyways if this touchs group is true and not a rumor then, eh good luck i don't mind
and whatever SM does it's on them
and if TOUCHS does come true and their teamed up with DBSK for future projects
i just hope that CASSIOPEIANS will be more mature then...

UGH.. i am so TIRED of all these new girl groups....... UGH... just makes me mad.. bc those ppl who can sing arent popular just bc they dont look good ENOUGH.. but oh well.. they will probably become another hit like many other groups...

OMG!!!! SINGAPOREEE!
<33333333333
i shall support touch!!!
hahahahha. hopefully she's a nice person though
whee! looking forward to their single!

OH MY GOD.
Another group?

Waaah.
This is getting out of hand.
hahaha.

Wow Stella's debuting.
I think I'm gonna have a try to listen to them since I don't really listen to any girl groups.
I shall see if these girls are worth it.

LOL.
Knowing that one of them is from Singapore, it feels weird for some reason. :l
Wow, so much girl groups these days. D:

From Singapore??? Ermmm its weird .. im from singapore i didnt knoe that sm have audition here or maybe that girl go to korea for the audition .. well i hope they better den snsd
thanks for the news

another girl group??.. it seems that the korean music industry are already crowded??..
but i hope they a different from SNSD and WG..,

i'm definitely not a SNSD fan.. i think i'll never be.. and i hate what their fans did on DC.. but i think it's unfair to say that their fans are ALL perverts..

but i really dun expect much from this new girl group.. esp after SNSD.. but i like CSJH.. esp Stephanie and Lina.. but i really must say.. SM makes much better boybands than girlbands..

if this is really true, then i guess it'll be good for SG fans...
perhaps they'll come to SG and then maybe drag sj along as well lol!
i'm just desperate for SJ to come here

but no korean articles have reports on them.. only rumours from the chinese..

rumours had it that they'll debut in june with a digital single but i doubt so cause i'm sure SM isn't stupid enough to debut a girl group immediately after SHINee..

This post has been edited by SHARM♥이특: Jun 24 2008 4 02 PM

really..another girl group...wow...hehehe...dats quick...hopefully they r as good as gg or even better...n lucky to da gals from china, japan n singapore...its not easy to enter sm from what i heard from my friends who auditioned in malaysia a few months ago...anyway good luck for the group...

knew it was rumor.
so June is over. & where are they?