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[iG] West2side Update feat. Eunjung (04/11)




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There’s one week left until the release of your second album (when the interview took place), how do you feel?
It’s an album in which I had enough time preparing for and really prepared hard for, more than any other album before. It’s to the point where I want to show it to you right now. I’m excited and anticipating.
It’s nice seeing you confident. We’re already full of anticipation just by watching your teaser and jacket photos, we’re curious about what kind of music will you be showing.
It’s a really different style compared to the music I’ve showed up till now. The album is full with the music genres I like, it’s based off the pop genre but also has some electronic elements, it’s hard to describe the album with just one genre. I’ll let you listen to it later.
We’re honored! We heard that outstanding people participated in your album such as Ryan Jhun who produced for EXO, SHINEE, Red Velvet, DQ who composed Beyonce’s ‘Hello’, August Rigo who produced Justin Bieber’s ‘U Smile’, Chris Brown’s “Back To Sleep’, and One Direction’s ‘Gotta Be You’.
It’s been an honour to work together with such solid people. Most of them live overseas so I met personally with only two of them. After the album finished, they praised me saying I sang well which made me feel proud.
We heard that you locked yourself inside the recording studio for few months.
Yes, at first. I’ve been in charge of everything including the chorus this time. I think I stayed in there for almost 50~60 hours every time. When recording as a group in T-ARA, not only our parts are short but we’re also always pressed for time due to our schedule. But for this time, I stayed in there for long hours and recorded over and over until I liked the outcome, I also shared lots of talks with the producers while recording, it took a long time but was fun and remained as a good memory.
We’re curious, was there any special reason for you to devote yourself this much? 
This might sound a little funny, but I wanted to show that I’m a person with lots of passion and greed in singing. That’s why I also practiced a lot. Of course, the performer side to me is also important, but through this album I wanted to show the vocalist side to me too. Ah right, the album contains two self-composed songs. I think you can look forward to it.

We heard than you not only composed the songs but also participated in the visual directing of the album. Looking at your instagram, you seem to have lots of interest in art.
I’ve always liked looking at and making visual things. It’s probably because my parents major in art, but I grew up playing with art tools since I was young, so it influenced me. For this album, I personally picked the concept while picturing the kind of performance I wanted to do. While looking up the internet, I analysed the image people have of me and then sketched the image that people want to see me doing the most. I hired the photographer, MV director, and stylist who usually know my preferences the best and vice versa, then we held a meeting to discuss our ideas, after that we went ahead with filming the album jacket first. Actually before finishing the title track ‘Sketch’, I first made a visual map and then worked on it inversely.
A process in which you first create the visuals and then create the song inversely, what a fresh idea!
Our company thought it was absurd that I filmed the album jacket even before making the songs, but it resulted in an album that matches with the image I had in mind so everyone was satisfied eventually.
That’s very smart. 
If I had to do it because someone told me to do it, I wouldn’t have done it like this. (laughs). I wouldn’t do it if I was told to.
This year, you’ll get into your 8th year since debut. How does it feel to live as a girl group? You must have lots of worries and thoughts, right?
Being in a group, by itself, is like always being in an invisible contest. Watching a program like <Produce 101>, the members have a fierce rivalry between themselves. But that’s all a friendly kind of rivalry. Because they work more diligently with each other. It sounds vague to express it as ‘rivalry’, but regardless, a development starts taking place in there. However, to be in such environment causes a fundamental stress. Nevertheless, since I fortunately have an optimistic personality, I’m the kind to cast aside hardships positively.
We think that’s why you get to develop your own identity. Ah right, we heard that T-ARA’s popularity is huge in China and other Asian countries.
We always say this amongst ourselves, but we think we really have great luck. We’re not just saying this to sound humble. Our Japan activities and China activities were both just in time with the K-pop craze over there.
You have a fan-meeting in Vietnam tomorrow, right? You do lots of overseas activities, so now you don’t have any places that you haven’t gone to already.
There’s really no country that we haven’t gone to already, but since we always only stay in the hotel, the street scenery we see on our way from the airport to the hotel is all we get to see. It’s really a pity. I’m planning to go on a trip by myself when I have time. I love taking pictures and collect lots of cameras, to the point where I have a camera refrigerator at home. Now I want to try going around taking pictures with my camera.

When we say Hyomin, the word ‘Nice body’ comes to mind. Do you have a secret to maintaining your toned body?
I’m the type to gain weight when I don’t pay attention to my body. Once I used to relieve my stress by eating and ended up gaining 8kg. To think of it now, there’s really no diet that I haven’t tried already. I tried exercise, diet therapy, and detox but now they’re definitely less effective than before. That’s why I try to do exercise as a fun sport now, and I’m improving my daily habits. Rather than doing it obsessively, it’s important to have a balance. If I feel that I ate a lot today, then I try to eat less tomorrow. I take care of my body by making the amount of food intake proportional with my movement.
I think that’s a good method for your body. Do you have any artist as your role model? I personally hope you continue to show us your experimental performances even after you hit 60s, just like Madonna.
That person is a living cultural treasure (laughs). I actually have lots of foreign artists that I like, but I think in our country, there’s not much fields which I can do. This might be an excuse but there are many things that I ended up giving up on after thinking “Aye, how can I do that in our country.”
We hope you can slowly break down (that prejudice).
I put in a lot of efforts this time to break away in my own way. I hope guys can enjoy it.
If you weren’t a singer, how do you see yourself doing?
I’m very energetic and I like trying out different things, so I’d probably be doing another job that has to do with art. I lately have lots of interests in videos and visual directing so I’d love to try producing. Directing and taking responsibility from start to end while preparing for this album was more fun that I thought.
It suits you well. What about your future plans?
For the meantime, I have to focus on my solo activities and T-ARA’s overseas activities. We definitely enjoy working more than resting. We know well that this time is very important to us so we don’t even have time to complain saying it’s tiring.
You must be enjoying your every day. 
That’s right. I like being busy (laughs).
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Source: Dazed Korea
Translation by FY! T-ara

I thought T-ara as a group made an official instagram account ^^   

[PRESS/FANTAKEN] Soyeon & Jiyeon at Ao dai Museum (03/12)

 





cr. kenh14.vn, 24h.com.vn, hoahoctro.vn, eva.vn

[iG] Jion_music Update feat. Eunjung & Jiyeon (03/04)




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may i know are they going to ho chi minh city?

T-ara's Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon will be visiting Vietnam after 2 years.
On the 25th, MBK revealed that the trio will be departing for Vietnam on the 12th of March in order to greet Vietnam fans and hold a special 3-day V Live broadcast.
2 years ago, 2000 fans had crowded the airport to greet the Korean girl group, showcasing their immense popularity. Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon say they are excited to meet their Vietnam fans once again.
Additionally, the 3 T-ara members will as well be attending a mobile phone launch event on the 15th.
Meanwhile, Hyomin is gearing up for her solo comeback, having recently released the first teaser photos.
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Source: Star News

Q: What type of songs can we expect from your solo album?
"A slow tempo song, a genre of song that I’ve tried for the first time. 99% of my taste in music will be reflected in this album. In a typical album production, the title song is produced first, followed by matching songs, then the choreography to match the songs and finally the album jacket concept, but it was the opposite for me. The choreography and album jacket concept was produced first. I’ll decide the kind of expression and image I want to paint for the audience with the choreography and do the photoshoot for the album jacket to match that. Once those are complete, then I can begin to decide what kind of songs will match the mood. Instead of thinking what kind of songs will give off the “this song is good” feeling, I prefer to imagine, “what kind of song will fit the mood and atmosphere of my performance very well.” That’s when I decided to work with Ryan Jhun, August Rigo and BEAST’s Yong Junhyung
Q: What kind of choreography can we expect?
I wanted to show a mature image of myself. I was too caught up with a “my new side” kind of concept for my first solo album, mainly because I wanted to show an image that I didn’t get to show when I was doing group activities, but the feedback I received was that I didn’t exude enough confidence, so I thought to myself, maybe I was too greedy. So this time, I adopted a mindset, “what is the kind of performance can I do best?”
Q: So have you come to a conclusion? What is the performance that is the most like you?
It’s important to have a perfect performance with good vocals but I realised that it's even more important that I’m able to express the music well. You'll seew when the album is released; it’s still a secret right now!
Q: Did you personally pick the producer, song composer, photographer, etc?
Yes, I did receive a lot of help from Brave Brothers for my first album, though. Not just the music but the music video, fashion, hair and make up were also proposed by me. I’ve learned a lot from the album production process. I’ve also learned how I can create the kind music and performance I want. I wanted to have more say in my second solo album.
Q: We're curious about the fashion, hair and make up concept.
It’s a concept that you can see and say is "Hyomin."
Q: Your toned body is a hot topic. How much effort do you need to put in to maintain your sexy thigh muscles and slim waist?
I personally think that women should have some volume on their thighs to be sexy. But a toned thigh with volume because the exercise for it is very different due to putting on weight. I usually do intensive lower body workouts at the fitness centre. A kind of strength training for legs and thighs. Whereas for a slim and slender waist, it’s more of dieting than working out.
Q: Do you usually control your diet?
Of course, but it’s really not easy to have a diet regime for an entire month. That’s why I don’t go on a strict diet for more than 2 weeks. If there’s an important schedule, I only go on short-term strict diet regimes. I can’t go on a long-term regimes because I love to drink with my friends, eat snacks and a lot of delicious food. 
Q: How do you switch to a short-term strict diet regime?
I stop junk food and stick strictly to healthy food. I stop eating rice and pack lunch boxes with sweet potatoes, corn, eggs and fruits. I only eat the amount that I want whenever I’m hungry. There are times when I worry and think, “I won't put on weight if I eat this much, right?” Nevertheless, my complexion becomes better whenever I follow this kind of diet because it has a kind of detoxing effect. It’s good for bowel movements too, haha. I'd really feel like my body is becoming healthier. I only eat half a bowl of rice even when I'm really very hungry and have vegetables with salt as side dishes.
Q: Your comeback soon, so have you been on a diet recently?
I’m kind of used to a dieting and a healthy lifestyle recently. I only eat delicious food occasionally and eat more healthy food. I walk around my house for 30 minutes. So I'm usually wearing running shoes and I do a lot of stretching whenever I can.
Q: Have you imagined a 30-year-old Hyomin before? What kind of image do you want to have?
An image of a reliable woman who is able to do anything that she’s entrusted to! I want to be someone who can do everything well. I feel that whether you’re a woman or man, you have to hold a professional image. I hope that I’ll become a professional 30-year-old person.
Q: Other than being a singer, what other fields of profession do you want to explore?
Photography and video production. I really have a lot of interest in production. If there’s a chance, I want to try directing a photoshoot of a junior.
Q: Will we be able to see Hyomin appear on TV for the first half of this year?
Yes, I’ll appear on TV when my second solo album is released in March.  I want to say, please look forward to it and I’ll do my best. Thank you for your compliments, thank you for forgiving me for what I’m lacking of and I hope that you will listen to my songs.
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Source: Beauty+

[WEIBO] YuiYang羊 Update feat. Hyomin (02/22)

A C-Queen's went to MBK just to see the agency (this afternoon) and of course she tried her luck.
And after an hour of wait, she bumped into Hyomin. LOL
(If you know Chinese, goto her Weibo for her fan account.)






Credit: YuiYang羊 Weibo + red4summer + TiaraDiadem

[iG] Seomi Update feat. Hyomin (02/15)



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Daeeebak... I cant wait for Hyomin's comeback.. 효민 언니 파이팅! 티아라 언니들 파이팅... 사랑해요,,,

[iG] AL RUTH Update feat. Eunjung (02/09)




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[iG] YURI KWON Update feat. Hyomin (02/11)



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[16.01.21] Video - KBS Happy Together - Conquerors of the Continent Special (Eunjung and Hyomin) (Eng Sub)
 

 
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Taiwanese media has reported that it is possible that T-ara could be stars in Jay Chou's upcoming new music video.
It was revealed recently that Chinese singer Jay Chou, who is popular across Asia, would be recording a new song as a promotional song for League of Legends and that there has been secret discussion for girl group T-ara to star in the music video. Taiwanese media website UDN reports that it may be all of T-ara or just a few members.
In October of last year, T-ara officially signed a Chinese contract with billionaire Wang Sicong's entertainment company. Wang Sicong also serves as the president of China's Mobile Gaming Agency and owns the e-sports team Invictus Gaming. Because of this, this rumor seems like it could be quite plausible for T-ara.
For many Hallyu stars, it is a dream to work with Jay Chou. T-ara were previously on the Chinese variety show "The Brain" with Jay Chou where he picked Soyeon as his favorite member.

Hyomin has been revealed to be working with Ryan S. Jhun, producer for EXO, Red Velvet, Shinee and many others.
MBK Entertainment revealed, "Hyomin is preparing to make a solo comeback in March. She is producing her album with Ryan S. Jhun who has previously EXO's Love Me Right, Red Velvet's Dumb Dumb and Shinee's View."
The director of Hyomin's solo music video will be Lee Ki Baek, known for G Dragon’s A Boy, EPIK HIGH’s Map The Soul,  ZICO’s Boys and Girls, and many other artists such as GD&TOP, Gary, Lee Hyori, Park Jae Bum, etc.
Hyomin personally worked with her music producer, MV director, stylists and photographer for this solo comeback. The album will also consist of 2 songs composed by Hyomin. Beast's Junhyung was the lyricist of one of the songs.
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Source: XSportsNews

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