Blush members Victoria Chan of China (top centre), Lee Ji Hae of South Korea (top right), Alisha Budhrani of India (bottom right), Angeli Flores of the Philippines (bottom left) and Natsuko Danjo of Japan (left). -- PHOTO: AFP
HONG KONG - THEY'RE a long way from being the next Spice Girls or Pussycat Dolls, but five Asian women are hoping to take the world by storm in what is being billed as the first pan-Asian girl band.
Blush is made up of five girls from the Philippines, India, China, Japan and South Korea who beat hundreds of other pop star wannabes during a talent search across Asia last year.
After surviving weeks of gruelling training and an elimination process, the five are ready to make a big splash on the music scene - both in the East and the West - as they prepare for the release of their first single in May.
Blush members Natsuko Danjo (2nd L) of Japan, Victoria Chan (3rd L) of China, Lee Ji-hae (C) of South Korea, Alisha Budhrani (2nd R) of India, and Angeli Flores (R) of the Philippines talk with their producers via a laptop computer at a recording studio in Hong Kong.
Blush members Lee Ji-hae (L) of South Korea, Alisha Budhrani (C) of India, and Angeli Flores (R) of the Philippines talk with Flores' parents via a laptop computer at a recording studio in Hong Kong.
Blush member Angeli Flores (C) of the Philippines practices a dance routine with her band at a studio in Hong Kong.
Blush members (L-R) Alisha Budhrani of India, Victoria Chan of China, Lee Ji-hae of South Korea, Angeli Flores of the Philippines, and Natsuko Danjo of Japan practice a dance routine at a studio in Hong Kong.
Blush members Alisha Budhrani (L) of India, Angeli Flores (2nd L) of the Philippines, Natsuko Danjo (C) of Japan, and Lee Ji-hae (R) of South Korea walks to a recording session in Hong Kong.
'We are hoping we can get global and touch everyone's heart out there with our music,' Alisha Budhrani from India told AFP in a recent interview as she took a break from dance practice in a Hong Kong studio.
'For us we are really happy that all of our countries can come together through music and we could go out there to show the diversity of Asia, how wonderful it is as a whole.'
'We got real different cultures, languages, dialects and (there are) all kind of crazy things going on in Asia,' said a self-assured Alisha, breaking into laughter with the other four girls, aged between 18 and 28.
The group's bid for superstardom may be a long shot, but they have been supported by an A-list of Los Angeles-based producers who have worked with top names like Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas and Beyonce. -- AFP
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