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The mv was nice and everything but the song kind of disappointed me. I loved the sound of the beat in the teaser but the overall song was kind of messy.

The mv was nice and everything but the song kind of disappointed me. I loved the sound of the beat in the teaser but the overall song was kind of messy.

[13.04.04] T-ara's 4-member unit to debut with "Rural Life" in early May


7-member girl group T-ara will promote as a unit.

T-ara will debut a unit consisting of Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum and they recently finished recording their song and are now preparing for their activities. They are trying to debut as early as the end of this month with "Rural Life".

T-ara debuted in 2009 with "Lies" and on their Japanese single "Bunny Style!" which they recently released in Japan, they first tried units. The units were Soyeon-Areum, Boram-Qri and Hyomin-Jiyeon-Eunjung. The songs were all included as bonus tracks for various singles. This will be T-ara's first time doing a formal unit activity.

What is T-ara's reason for doing a unit? The reason for T-ara to do the unit's activity is actually because since Hwayoung withdrew from the group last year, many fans were torn by the news at T-ara's height of popularity. T-ara will form this unit to try and mend the hearts of millions of fans again. Unit groups have been popular lately with Sistar19, 2YOON, ZE:A5, Infinite-H, and various other groups.

The song "Rural Life" is produced by the hitmaker Double Sidekick T-ara will appeal to several generations, both young and old, and both men and women with their new unit song. T-ara plan to create a national dance similar to the "Roly-Poly" craze that they did with two years ago.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130404n02670 / http://news.nate.com/view/20130403n39157
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

The comments about the comeback being way too soon are true but I don't think something like this should reflect the rating. Just because you don't like an artist and give it a low rating, doesn't mean the song is bad. The sales for sexy love aren't even doing bad, so if it weren't for the controversy I think it would've done just as well as their previous songs, proving that ratings and reviews don't mean much.

Hwayoungie do your best! Glad she's at least relaxing for now.

What I hate about KKS is he always said something that supposedly said by the original talker. Can't Hwayoung and others members speak by themselves? because everytime I heard KKS talk, I've got a feeling that he's manipulated the facts.

KwangSoo has a difficult time keeping up with words. Ideally, it'd be great if T-ara still got along as they were, but with fans anticipating any movement that's hard.
I seriously wonder what's going to happen and I hope Hwayoung sees the bigger pocture and chooses what's best for her.

It hurts me to hear things like this that happened to Hwayoung. Again, the witnesses were all anonymous...
I am tired of hearing stories from KKS and those so called "witnesses"... I want to hear it from the members themselves.
I want this whole drama to end (so I can move on to the olympics mehihii)! I am still looking forward to their comeback...

I really hope that she's alright. her statement somehow makes me worried

Really? Why you have to apologize to this evil boss of your, Hwayoung. He is the worst CEO ever with the worst management skill, PR skill. etc. He only know how to control, threaten, bullying people and mess up everything that people have worked so hard for to achieve what they have right now and he even ruined people's dreams.

This is the first time I posted in months but I've got so much to say. I remember when Hwayoung was a newbie member and I disliked her at first. I mean, why did they need a rapper when the had two already. Then, I really got to know Hwayoung and from what I saw I really liked. Her skills as a rapper AND dancer were phenomenal! It's so disconcerting to see this happen to her. I just really wish KKS would admit blame for some of this fiasco. I'm still holding out on the possibility of her coming back!
Hwayoung FIGHTING!

Come back to us Hwa.
We'll wait for you to come back to us.
Just come back.

Sigh, yet he still shifts the blame toward Hwayoung, the sister and T-ara. Last time I checked it was his dodging the truth and mud-slinging that fueled the fire anyways. How about, "I should've taken better care of my employees who are still very young at heart and mind". Would've at least made him look somewhat sympathetic and grateful for his employees. After all, what is CCM without T-ara.

There's been stories surfacing that Hwayoung's sweet and courteous as compared to the other members.
When they said this to you, why didn't you use this opportunity to defend the characters of the other girls and say anything about them being sweet and courteous as well? You completely deflected the statement by stating that you did an investigation of one case that you said that the police found to be untrue (the same police who came out and said that you never contacted them).
Hwayoung's removal from T-ara is not due to bullying, but because a refusal to appear on a live TV music program on the 27th."
So her contract was terminated because she refused to appear on ONE music program? Isn't this a bit extreme for someone who is injured at this time and has been seen using a crutches and a wheelchair to get around?
— Through a police investigation, we learned the rumor was created by kids.
If this was done through a police investigation, why did the police department themselves release a statement saying that you never contacted them?
"In the other T-ara members' perspective, being the one who joined the latest (Hwayoung) and causing an issue was not something they wanted to see. Hwayoung's personality is tough and somewhat manly. [Therefore], living with the T-ara members was a little difficult for her. So of course, the other T-ara members will also have some problems with that because they're not able to adapt well with her."
What does her not being as feminine as the other girls have to do with her having a difficult living situation with the other girls? f(x)'s Amber is a tomboy and she gets along fine with her fellow members. And also, you just hinted around to the fact that the girls from T-ara had an issue with her because she was the latest member who joined and they didn't like the fact that fact that they were getting a new member as it was "causing an issue". You're giving people amo to assume that they didn't like her addition and that they could have taken this out on her through the alleged bullying.
"Staff members are underpaid and are hurt by everything happening now also. A person who is close to Hwayoung even sent a message out of hate to a T-ara member."
If you know that your staff members are underpaid, why don't you pay them a higher salary? It's really sad that you know they are underpaid and that they deserve more yet you didn't increase their pay.
"[What happened] started out as something like a joke amongst young people
If you knew it was a joke, why didn't you clarify this a long time ago instead of saying that it was hackers? You released a statement days after the tweeting incident so you had enough time to identify who the tweets came from and state it in your first announcement.
But if people publish information [with no proper proof] whatsoever, that just causes more trouble to stir.
Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. What proper proof have you provided throughout the statements that you released yourself?
T-ara will continue [to attend to] their schedules as planned."
Then why has all of the appearances been canceled?

Wait.... He says they removed her because she didn't appear on a single tv program.... that's like a job kicking an employee for missing 1 day out of 2 years of work....
Even if the other stuff he says are true, they have lied so much that I'm having a hard time believing anything they say.

Hwayoung must have had a really good reason not to appear on stage! That's what I wanted to know.

There's still ambiguity to this apology. It's possible that she's apologizing to the fans about giving them so much trouble in the past dew days. But it could also be an apology to Hwayoung. Considering she's thanking someone - probably the fans for their support - , I'm going to say it's the former.

It doesn't matter why she didn't appear on stage.
This is the life of an idol, they have a contract and they must follow it unless it is life or death, why do you think there are people fainting all over the place.
This is real life, if you don't listen to your boss you get fired.
It doesn't even matter if I sound like a hater, because this is how life is.

And there is still no explanation as to why she didn't appear on stage, not that I'd expect him to tell the truth. Like everyone is saying, it seems we will never hear it addressed unless one of the members defies him and makes a statement about it.
And this doesn't seem to indicate whether or not she has rejoined T-ara. I guess he's saving that for later?

Things are growing worse by every passing hour.
CCM making crap up, drama roles being called for boycott, the police making their statement and now this.
I don't even know what to say. This looks like something out of a movie or a drama - only that it's really happening for sure.

--Core Contents Media made an announcement to terminate Hwayoung's contract with T-ara because she acted like a "top star" and had behavior problems on the 30th and since
then there has been backlash after backlash--
Stop blaming Hwayoung!!!
The one at fault is you fu*k KKS and your su*k company!!!

Stopped reading there. Cool story bro, I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but that is the biggest pile of shi-
On the other hand, most of these articles are indeed pretty stupid. It's like people just have way too much time on their hands and have to make up stories to make themselves feel better, because they know something we didn't.

How kind Lord Kwangsoo is to compliment Hwayoung's talent now, after slinging mud her way with all those allegations before. Hell, he's still mentioning it now! How exactly does one throw crutches without falling first? She needed them to stand.
That's really all he wanted to say.
I also find it difficult to imagine that Hwayoung's parents 'understand' that their daughter was being bullied and got kicked out of the group, followed by KKS slandering her character, but I suppose money solves everything. KKS is releasing way more statements than Hwayoung...shows a lot about who's more concerned about damage control.

KKS is trying to fix his wrong doings but he is all too late.
Why would Hwayoung want to go back after this controversy.

I don't blame the fans. The consistent message here is we're all humans. I love T-ara as much as the next fan but I do not picture myself at one of their concerts and actually enjoying it at the moment. Maybe after some time to get out of the shock and let the facts settle, but a time of such high emotion often come with drastic, impulsive actions.