SINGAPORE - Singapore singer Natasha Low of South Korean pop group Skarf is going places in her career.
She has been picked as a co-host of a Korean entertainment TV show and, in October last year, scored a deal to endorse a telephone by South Korean company Pantech.
Nineteen-year-old Low will join other upcoming K-pop artists, including a member of boyband BTOB and Gangnam Style's choreographer, on a dance programme called Gangnam Feel Dance. The show is slated to air on Jan 11 on major Korean channel MBC.
Surprised by her popularity in South Korea, she says: "MBC is one of the top broadcasting companies in the country, so I'm really excited.
"Having to film the show entirely in Korean was fine, all the other co-hosts helped me out a lot. I've learnt a lot of new Korean words and Korean slang, such as what they say when they are punching someone, which sounds like 'chupal' or something like that."
She was in town to perform with Skarf last Tuesday night in Celebrate 2013, Channel 5's new year countdown event at The Float@Marina Bay.
On Wednesday and yesterday, they attended fan meets at 100AM in Tras Street and Bugis+ in Victoria Street, where they also held a press conference.
Skarf recently underwent a shuffle. When they made their debut in August, they were a quartet.
They are now a quintet. Singaporeans Low, the leader, and Ferlyn Wong, 20, and Korean Jenny, 16, are joined by two new members, Korean JooA, 22, and Hana, 16, a Japanese who grew up in Korea.
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