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This interview assures me again that the event that happened in Las Vegas has been put to rest already. Hearing about Chris Brown still supportive of T-ara is a good indication that such a mistake on his part is forgiven in a good way. This is another redeeming step for him, and shows he is still trying to better himself, while working with one of the best top female girl groups from South Korea. T-ara is gaining in the U.S. and that's a good thing.

T-ara has always had this outstanding, preserving drive to succeed, no matter what the circumstances are, and it still shows brightly in all of them. I am so very proud of T-ara for enduring and fighting onwards, not just for themselves, but for their fans. I hope to hear more good news from them in their endeavors around the world, especially in the U.S.




Perhaps this list might help clear up any misunderstandings about asians in the U.S. market. I, among many, feel like this will be a success for T-ara in a big way. I don't see a problem about T-ara and Core Contents Media making money in the U.S. when there are fans there. Currently, there's no official release yet for the English version of the song, so I highly doubt whatever that has been speculated as the song itself, shouldn't really be considered as a means to compare to the other official versions of it. I won't worry about their Japan activities, as with other artists on any chart around the world, sales do sometimes slow down, and I'm sure they will promote again in Japan at another time. But for now, they are readying themselves to enter the U.S. Given in this interview, even if there's a single person in the audience, it will not be the end of the careers. So there's really no need to worry.

T-ara N4, December US Billboard Debut

T-ara began subunit activities in the beginning of this year through T-ara N4 and QBS. Their styles are different. T-ara N4 is targeted at the American/European market while QBS is targeted at Asian countries like Japan and China etc.

Eunjung explained "If you say that you can feel the unique and true colors of the 6 members of T-ara when we are together, then the subunits are a different side of us." T-ara N4 gathered together the "strong" women and their music is filled with a strong and hip hop atmosphere. QBS is the opposite, very feminine, and is made up of the members who fit the image of white dresses by the sea and under the blue sky. Eunjung smiling, said "Both images are very good," "Because we can't do both at the same time, we don't feel greedy about the subunits."

The subunit that has received special attention is T-ara N4. They have knocked on the doors of the US market, and received the praise of hip-hop star Chris Brown. Previously in May, they went to America and set up their future music activities with Chris Brown and T.I etc.

At their interview with Billboard Korea, T-ara revealed for the first time parts of their plan for the US market. Their US album is starting to take shape. Their debut date may be December of this year. In their single album, two new English songs will be recorded along with the new version of Jeonwon Diary. The English version of Jeonwon Diary was arranged by Chris Brown personally.

The title song has not yet been determined, but it should be one of the new songs. Jiyeon said, "We've finished recording it and it is a very exciting and electronic dance genre song," "There will be a featuring by a pop star which will surprise people."

Their contract is signed with America's Empire Records. There are still some who remain doubtful and refuse to believe this, turning up their noses at the news of T-ara entering the US market and even making fun of their outdoor performance when they were invited by Chris Brown, saying that they've only performed on a small stage and whether all this hype is an exaggeration.

At this, T-ara did not have any response. Because of some controversies, their music achievements has been downplayed and belittled. T-ara lightly said, "Theres nothing we can do about this, it seems like it is something we must face," "If we were to explain, why not perform to our best instead, and make those who like our music believe us. We cannot force the public to like us."

Very frustrated. Not every performance is a large scale performance. "Whether the performance venue is big or small doesn't matter. Even if there is only one person in the audience, standing on stage itself is something to be happy and excited about" This is what they think.

That there were some problems of communication is true. Eunjung said, "Honestly, we were alarmed when we saw how narrow the stage was. But this was not anybody's fault. It's just that we should have carefully asked for more details, there was just inadequate flow of information prior to the performance. Chris Brown also performed on that stage the same way we did. But our performance seemed to have been distorted and misrepresented, as if we performed on a stage that was not meant to be stood on, we are a bit sad about that."

Chris Brown is still a supporter of T-ara. Chris Brown and T-ara member Dani are close and this along with some musical aspects of T-ara N4 is why he came to this decision. T-ara said about themselves "We are lucky." Reviews of T-ara as the "Girl Group with the Most Korean Flavour" plus the use of Tae Pyeong So (traditional Korean music instrument) in Jeonwon Diary caught the interest of the relevant people involved with their overseas album.

Recently, T-ara has been busy learning English and Japanese. The members expressed "We never even dreamed that we could enter America," "Because we could not adequately prepare/learn foreign language like other groups, and because an opportunity like this is rare, we will work hard," They are not afraid of failure. T-ara said "We might not succeed. If we started to have these worries, then we should not start altogether." "If we continue our activities with a sincere attitude, then we should be able to achieve a good result. After Japan's Oricon chart, we want to leave a mark on a page of the US Billboard chart too."

Original article: http://media.daum.net/m/media/newsview/20130826171510678
Translated via Chinese subs by TCN: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2556263953

"Hallyu actors and KARA have also done advertisements for pachinko machines"
And if they jumped off a cliff would you make T-ara do so as well?
CCM really knows how to annoy people.

Eunjung looked tired and sad again for the performances this few days.... She didn't smile like she always do when perform on stage. It's really sad to see her like that... Really hope that things will get better soon~
Can't wait to see her on the showcase this week~!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdOI2i9FjG4&feature=youtu.be


Great way to end an awesome week!

[12.09.27] T-ara's Ham Eunjung suing SBS "Five Fingers" producers for 140 million won






T-ara's Ham Eunjung has filed a lawsuit against the SBS drama "Five Fingers" producers after she was removed from her lead role in the drama.
Ham Eunjung's law agency representing her filed a lawsuit for 140 million won (approx ~$125,000 USD) against the drama producers of "Five Fingers" at the Seoul Central District Court.
After appearing at a press conference for the drama "Five Fingers", Eunjung was suddenly removed from the cast.
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Source: http://m.media.daum.net/media/culture/newsview/20120927122506767
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[12.09.18] T-ara greeted by over 700 Hong Kong fans at airport





Core Contents Media revealed that more than 700 fans gathered at the Hong Kong airport to greet T-ara at their arrival.
T-ara arrived in Hong Kong for their first showcase in Hong Kong on the 17th. Fans rushed to the airport to see T-ara and because of this, T-ara had to leave the airport through a different route than planned.
After arriving, T-ara went to a press conference with attracted over 100 media outlets.
The showcase is on the 18th at 8:00 PM (local time) at the Star Hall in Hong Kong. All 3,000 seats are sold out.
T-ara was offered the VVIP treatment, but passed. This will be their first time in Hong Kong.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20120918n12230
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

Dang Kqueens, What a bunch of losers. Find something better to do. At least T-ara was classy about it.

This got everyone in the shoutbox into a depressed frenzy (lol irony) last night. So, assuming that it was true...
Okay, we feel bad for the girls. But we the fans can't--and shouldn't--dwell on this for long. It's becoming pointless. A scandal has occured, got worse because the issue was (to say the least) mismanaged, and some "fans" turned their backs on the girls. Unfair, I know, but this kind of bad news we have to anticipate, endure, and shrug off our shoulders. It's not yet the end of them.
Speaking of which, they'll be making foreign appearances days, weeks from now. Instead of dwelling in the sour news, maybe it's time the fans show the girls that they're not yet done.

Awwww...
t-ara does not deserve that. :(
thanks for telling me , LiveSeoul !

i read a comment on another website says that there wasn't a stick light to begin with..this is all just a made up to make t-ara look bad..but i guess we won't find the truth unless a video or picture from the concert came out..hopefully it was a fabricated lies..hehe

Well yeah, you know how when you have a sea of lights it means the crowd is support you and is happy.
But when it is a black ocean basically no one cares / is into the music..
Which is a result of rumors/scandals/or anything bad basically.

I am highly opposed to this - at this pace, this is more or less a repitition of what occurred to Soyeon way back in March (remember performing in crutches anyone?) and even earlier than that, Eunjung's leg injury where she still performed LD and other activities as well as Jiyeon still performing RP despite her knee incident.
I may as well actually say CCM forced her out of hospital otherwise she'd face some serious punishment for being 'lazy'. We all know what KKS's silly definition of 'lazy' is. If anyone takes into account what Soyeon said in her recent interview, it is very well possible CCM took this as a jab towards themselves, much like what Soyeon did during the LD promotion when she admitted in TV that T-ara hadn't a single vacation since debut.
At such a condition, there's just absolutely no way anyone would want to go back out to the field, regardless of determination. Hell, not even a soldier would be crazy enough to be like this.

I consider this to be a rather awful decision at best.
T-ara's image is still not exactly great amongst the Korean public even now and all things considered, it doesn't help that groups like T-Jinyo are still around.
Who in their right mind would want to have T-ara release a new song merely weeks after going through perhaps one of the biggest idol scandals to ever occur in Kpop?
No, the best course of action is that they need to lay low until the public as a whole eases down rather than have such an early comeback. Are they willing to face black oceans, more waves of public scrutiny and even possibly physical attacks from antis?

I hope Allkpop in the list!
i really can't stand allkpop which only upload negative story about t-ara..and never a positive one..

Hopefully this will serve as a reminder to other news medias - I'm looking at you AKP - that they shouldn't be more or less freely publishing negative articles about T-ara with statements from unreliable sources.

I hope AKP is one of them! Always trying to add oil to the fire.

Atleast she defends T-ara, not like other groups that are trying to avoid them so that they won't get associated with T-ara's controversy. This just shows that there is still hope for fellow Idols and artists

[RUMOR VS FACT] T-ara's bullying case: Evident #6
Netizens post this:
Hwayoung is left out


The truth is:
Okay, I have to admit that K-netizens really good in manipulating information to ruining people’s life. They’re really smart.
Okay guys, the 1st & 2nd pictures is screencap from a video. Sorry, I can’t find the video (will update if I find it later). Just like they manipulate the screencap in case #5, they also do the same to this post. Here is the press photos T-ara @ Gimpo International Airport on 4th July 2011.


See the difference???
They just capped the video when Hwayoung stay at the back.Smart move, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb1JkY6oWP8&feature=plcp
(watch this fancam!)
After they posing for the camera, they started to move into the departure hall but Hwayoung move first and some members still posing for the camera. That’s why Hwayoung position is changed and she stay in the back!
Okay, now we move on to the 2nd cap. What’s wrong with walking alone??? They’re not a kids that need a parents/adults to hold their hands all the time.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xskf04_120121-t-ara-s-pretty-boys-e05-720p-cut_shortfilms (HYOMIN & SOYEON WALKING ALONE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV95fOYZ7LQ (HYOMIN WALKING ALONE)
Netizens exaggerated to much???

Awwwww don't worry Wooram! T-ara will come back successfully one day! Then you will be standing with Boram happily