It was announced on July 3, 2012, that the group was to release official stamps the following month, commemorating their 5th Anniversary. A total of 14 stamps were produced, which included autographed album covers. This marked the first time a celebrity had made a contract with Korea Post to produce stamps. Within an hour of the stamps' issuing, over half of the available stamp sheets had already sold out.
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| Girls' Generation perform "The Boys" at the LG Cinema 3D World Festival, 1 April 2012. |
The group has performed at the '14th Korea-China Music Festival', which was held at the Yeosu Expo Digital Gallery. On August 10, 2012, it was revealed that the group was to release a Blu-ray/DVD videography entitled "Girls' Generation Complete Video Collection". Two weeks later on August 29, the group's official Japanese fansite announced the group was to tour Japan for the second time, in 2013. "Oh! / All My Love Is For You", the group's second double A-side single, and the second single from their second Japanese studio album was released on September 26, 2012, and featuring a Japanese remake of their 2010 single, "Oh!". The “All My Love Is For You” music video was released on September 4, 2012 and the music video for "Oh!" was released on September 14, 2012. Oh!, earned first place on Oricon’s Weekly Single chart, selling 66,000 copies in its first week. In addition, the group's Complete Video Collection reached number one on Oricon's Weekly DVD and Blu-ray charts, selling a collective 59,000 discs. They are the second artist to reach number one on all three charts in the same week. The only other group to accomplish this same feat was Japanese pop rock band, Mr. Children. The group's second Japanese album, Girls' Generation II ~Girls & Peace~, is scheduled for release on November 28, 2012. The album will be preceded by the single "Flower Power", which is set to be released on November 21, 2012.
The group will participate in the soundtrack for label mate, BoA's debut film, COBU 3D. The song, sung in English, entitled "Cheap Creeper" will be released prior to the film's release. Jessica also participated in another song for the soundtrack with her sister Krystal Jung and EXO member, Kris, on the song, "Say Yes." On October 16, 2012, it was announced Hyoyeon and Jessica would be participating in a musical promotional campaign for car company Hyundai, and its "Premium Younique Lifestyle" customers. Jessica's song, "My Lifestyle" featuring Korean rapper Dok2, was released on October 18, 2012. Hyoyeon's track, entitled "Maxstep", a dubstep orientated electropop song featuring Super Junior's Eunhyuk, SHINee‘s Taemin, Super Junior-M‘s Henry, EXO-K‘s Kai, and EXO-M‘s Luhan was released on October 31, 2012. Girls’ Generation had originally targeted for a Korean comeback at the end of October or in the beginning of November. However, they have decided not to comeback this year.
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