''Girls' Generation's Romantic Fantasy'' was a 2013 New Year's Day comeback special broadcast on

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(MBC) at 23:15 on 1 January 2013, starring

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n girl group

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. The special follows the group in preparation of their fourth Korean-language album '' I Got A Boy'', released on the same day, along with an accompanying live concert featuring songs from the album, the group's previous hits, and solo performances from members.

Background

On 11 December 2012, the same day

's new album was announced, Korean broadcaster MBC announced that the group would have an exclusive television special for their comeback, instead of appearing on MBC's regular music show, ''

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''. The special commenced filming on 23 December 2012, with backstage preparation and live performances of new tracks "I Got a Boy" and "Dancing Queen". On the following day, it was announced the special would be broadcast on 1 January 2013, the release date of their fourth Korean album, '' I Got A Boy''. This is the second television special the group has done for MBC, following ''

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'' on 24 December 2011.

Setlist

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" # "Promise" # "Romantic St." (낭만길) # " Oh!" # " Gee" # " Run Devil Run" # " The Boys" # " Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" # " Mr. Taxi" # "

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" ( Tiffany solo) # "

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" ( Jessica featuring Krystal) # "I Am" (나는) (

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and

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Sooyoung Choi Soo-young (; born February 10, 1990), known mononymously as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter. She was a member of the short-lived Korean-Japanese singing duo Route 0 (group), Route 0 during 2002 in Japan. After ...

, Sunny and

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) # "

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solo) # "Lost In Love" (유리아이) (

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& Tiffany) # " I Got a Boy"

Reception

According to the AGB Nielsen Media Research the comeback special achieved a nationwide viewership ratings of 3.8 percent. This was higher than both comeback specials broadcast on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) in 2012 for

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on 9 March; and

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on 28 July at 3 and 3.2 percent respectively.

References

External links

Girls' Generation Official Website
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