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Well this sucks. A lot. If my favorite gets removed, I don't think I could call myself a T-ara fan anymore.

"could" and "not yet decided.". Hold onto those words everyone.

Then that will no longer be t-ara. Might as well give it a new name to that group.

i wanna rob all the banks on earth and buy over CCM.

T.T Now or in the future T-ara 7 member will living in my heart anti 9 member, really !!!

Noooooooo it will be different without our 7 beautiful girls!!!!! If there is any replacement, i will not follow t-ara ever again

Sounds like he's trying to discipline them.. freaking dumb. I say... Occupy CCM!

By all means, it's his own greed and ambitions to have a comfy retirement and beating SM - making a copycat version of SNSD isn't going to beat SNSD - not in the long shot anyway. There's plenty of other idol groups with 9 members or more and they sure as hell haven't been successful than SNSD in any way. SNSD already debuted 2 years before T-ara did and they're backed by an agency that is among the Big Three - SM has the money, influence, connections and power to expand as far as it wants. CCM however, does not have that, at least in a comparable scale. Considering agencies also rely heavily on the income their idols earn, this is a major factor. CCM hasn't expanded anywhere around the world except for Japan in a level comparable to any of the Big Three, plus a lot of the money needs to go to paying the staff (managers, receptionists, composers, trainers etc.) and infrastructure maintenance and among other things. SM also has more idol groups to rely on for income - ShiNee, SNSD, fx, Super Junior and the DBSK duo - CCM on the other hand, has only T-ara and Davichi. Add in the fact that CCM also needs money to maintain its own broadcast channel, it provides even less money to expand overseas. It's like a kid going up against a boxing champion in a fist-fight. CCM was never efficient in managing its artists anyway - and at current practice, never will. It will never be able to beat SM - not if a nutso like KKS is in charge. The man is an inept and incompetent manager and businessman. He is a failure.

Seriously? I really, don't understand this at all? Honestly, I think all the T-ara members should transfer to a different entertainment company, in which they can be happy. Sure, they may have become a little bit lazy, but it isn't their fault is it? KKS has been packing their schedule there is no time to rest anymore. Is it abnormal to become lazy due to the lack of sleep? And prideful? Don't you think calling our girl's conceited is a bit much? Does Kim Kwang Soo even think what people think of him? He's not just this big prouder with the big bucks, he's being viewed as a "Slave owner" with the way he treats T-ara... I honestly don't have much respect for him anymore. I honestly, don't know what to do anymore. Why aim for 8-9 members? Does KKS really think that is unique? I feel as if they are just trying to make T-ara into an SNSD. I think T-ara was fine a 6 members... sure, Hwayoung was fine to add. But it's becoming too much now. Finally, I'm just hoping KKS doesn't remove anymore or replace anyone from the 7ara we know. If it does happen, I don't know if I can fully support them as much as I do right now. I hope KKS reads fans opinions and give it more thought before they do anything that could affect T-ara greatly.

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i dont know how to accept this news,feeling sad..if Boram out,i will get you stupid CEO!!!

I have no words, I'm seriously filled with emptiness reading this. He will destroy the group doing this. Please just say you're trolling and nothing will come out of this. PLEASE!

Since yesterday I cannot even think about anything else. I'm trying not to overreact, as we don't really know anything yet...but it's hard. On a happier note, I loved to see how much love T-ara recieved today through twitter, youtube etc. (btw, that video is lovely. i watched it with tears in my eyes . The fans were really supportive. I hope they will stay like this no matter what happens from now on. I was sad when Jiwon and Jiae left, but since it happened before their official debut, and it's been anyway a long time since it happened, i'm not going to complain. BUT changing members again, especially after these 7 girls have been through so much together...now, that's NOT okay. i'm not even going to talk about how mad I am at KKS for calling them lazy. Now all we can do is wait... and see what happens next. Once again, I realized how much I love T-Ara. Every. single. member.

You see the whole problem is CCM is coming up with new trolls every now and then. He announced T-ara would have their first concert in July, now there is this member change thing, do you actually think the concert would still work with different members than the current 7? No KKS, unless you're planning to cancel off everything. The photobook? if you release the photobook AFTER the member changes, how stupid would it look to the fans to have ex-members in the book? no logic right? Everything would be affected due to the member change, be it the member's relationship with the company, promotional activities or even a decrease in the fanbase. Are you sure you are ready for all these KKS? Or are you ready to just watch your most popular group crumble to dust, and then you will too.

i cant sleep with this frustrating news.. if only i could meet kks right now i would certainly throw eggs and tomatoes to his face.. he really don't deserve managing t-ara.. t-ara really worked hard for the success they had now and with the addition of newbies to their group, makes it so so frustrating.. the newbies would enjoy the popularity and the success the original members had established for more than 2 years now, no way its so unfair..

if t-ara member may be changed I would not want to know about the world of kpop ... because t-ara who introduced me to kpop ... I am very disappointed with this news

I say we all write angy letters to Kim Kwangsoo & Park Kwangwon (Mnet CEO/KKS's Boss)! Regular mail, Phone or Fax. Do all 3! Even if he's just trolling, if we choke their system with angry letters & calls from around the world, he'll know not to f*k 7-ara fans! Here's the info... Core Contents Media (Attn: Kim Kwangsoo) 269-10, Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea (135-010) Tel. +82-2-546-2982 Fax. +82-2-546-2987 Mnet (Attn: Park Kwang-won) 1606 CJ E&M Center, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea Fax. +82-2-371-8494 I couldn't find a phone number for Mnet. Not sure on e-mail addresses either. If this info is outdated of any of you have more info please post it!! If you're going to call, I say don't worry about not being able to speak korean.. I'm sure if you speak you're own language sounding pissed off and make sure to say "Kim Kwangsoo", "Tiara", & "F' in Stupid!" or "Dumb @$$" etc. They'll get the message. I found these websites that says it'll send a fax to a South Korean # for Free.. Can't be sure it works (because i'm not in Korea with a fax machine to test it) but it's worth a shot. 1st one needs a 10 digit phone number so you'd put 025462987 for CCM & 023718494 for Mnet. http://sendfreefax.net/send-free-fax-South-Korea.php http://www.freepopfax.com/ http://www.freefaxbutton.com/south_korea_+82.php Those are just what I found with a quick google search. You might want to seach for others too. Those websites might start blocking those numbers if they get overloaded. Fax is a good way to go though because they take a long time to process & they can't receive their normal busness faxes if the machines are too busy receiving faxes from angry fans

This just ruined my day. I seriously do not understand what is wrong with Kim Kwangsoo at this moment! He is definitely not in the right mindset right now. Seriously, he's considering to replace the members? Why on earth would you do such a thing to these girls who are finally reaching their popularity peak?These girls are the most hard working idols that I know in Kpop. He treats them like slaves, taking away all of their sleep, and he calls them lazy? They have finally received their first "long" vacation in three years and he dares to call them lazy? And he thinks that the current members will shine if more members are added? How so?! I believe that if he adds more members, the other members that are not being treated well, will probably never shine. He says that he has 30 years of experience but it seems like he has none. He isn't thinking about T-ara or their fans. He's just thinking about how to get more money in his pocket. Seriously, Kim Kwangsoo is probably the most shadiest person alive. Him and his company to be exact. I feel so bad that T-ara members are treated like this. They are treated like robots. Kim Kwangsoo thinks that he can just replace them if they become old or broken. He is the one who is adding most of the stress to T-ara. He's always making them do more work. And there would probably be more effort in the singing part, if he actually gave some of the members more lines! If he gave Qri and Boram more lines, I'm pretty sure their singing skills would have improved since it's more practice. But no, he doesn't bother to do so and instead says that their lacking. I love T-ara the way the are. T-ara consists of 7 queens, and 7 queens only. If Kim Kwangsoo replaces a member, I seriously think I cannot be a fan of T-ara any more. It wouldn't be T-ara any more. It would be a new group. I would rather have him add in a new member than to take one away, but this means that the members will shine less. I will wait until the next statement, but right now I'm really mad. I'm mad and depressed to be exact. Hopefully Kim Kwangsoo is being a troll and just saying this to scare us fans. Seriously, T-ara is perfect the way they are. I'll fly to Korea and kick Kim Kwangsoo if anything goes wrong.

Started a small petition. http://www.change.org/petitions/ccm-s-ceo-kim-kwang-soo-su-keep-t-ara-as-7-hyomin-boram-qri-jiyeon-eunjung-soyeon-and-hwayoung#

Wow, this is the stupidest idea ever. Shifting around members after all these years? Does KKS not think about the problems this will cause? T-ara has been together for many years, adding or removing a member would cause internal conflicts within the group. Breaking them apart is just cruel. He might as well just rename the group Fanclub? There won't be any fans to make a fanclub is he goes through with this. We like T-ara as is, and for who they are right now. Why fix whats not broken?

KIM KWANG SU! I KNEW IT! YOU F- I knew you were trying to go SNSD on our girls! "This is intended to introduce the principle of a competition so the opportunities aren't given to the members who are prideful and lazy." Are you seriously joking me? You worked them for 3 years straight and gave them less than a week off then try to convince T-ara fans that some of them are PRIDEFUL AND LAZY?!? Each and every girl have worked till they've gotten IV drips and injuries, and you want to throw more girls in as "competition" to make them work harder?

Seriously. Wtf. No one want that to happen. He should just forget that stupid idea >

After all the news of getting an official fanclub name, doing a major 3rd anniversary concert in July, stopping all acting activities for the rest of the year so the 7 girls could focus more in their music, then they are gonna throw a STUPID announcement such as this?! T-ara right now is one of the top groups in Korea... they are very much relevant in the entertainment industry... shaking up that definitely will do no good for the group. Someone here mentioned consistency... this is the reason why T-ara does not have that quality yet despite being so successful the past year. I really don't like to worry about this so if I'm gonna take it lightly, maybe they just meant T-ara will do a different concept again, and there would be another leadership change.. and hopefully those who doesn't get much singing lines will have more and maybe bringing a more mature image and sound to the table... We all know KKS is such a sucker for limelight and it only impacts T-ara negatively. T-ara deserves so much more respect and consideration from KKS and CCM. A change for the better is always good, but I also hope they get the opinion of the girls about things... they have done so much for their company. T-ara, Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Soyeon, Boram, Qri, Hwayoung fighting!

Hey, it's a talking point, right? Whatever exactly being a group leader entails, I hope Soyeon can manage the pressure, as I imagine she's the only one with the backbone to 1) have raised issues with the boss in the first place, and 2) deal with the fallout. And hopefully the group as a whole will side with each other (and their own dignity) rather than knuckle under to the boss or bicker amongst themselves. Just to rehash some stuff been said, yeah, the boss signed off on the group in the first place, and accepted conditions along the way without making such statements, so he deserves much blame for the problems he's talking about. And I guess he just doesn't understand how to foster talent (that is, artistic abilities) very well if he thinks creating internal competition for spots in the line-up will motivate the talent to work harder. They were signed and assigned to the group - let them rise and fall as the group they are. If the group gets complacent, usher in the rise of a different act. He's not running a sports team; these are people who want to sing and dance and need to rely on each other for support. If you want to compare it to a drama troupe (or whatever they call them), that is, a group of actors who actually do compete with each other for roles and such, I mean, it's in the name: "drama." You know, all the backbiting and stuff you hear about - but that stuff can translate into good acting energy. In the feel-good world of pop music, it just makes for angry performers without the proper emotional support to keep going. I mean, of all ironies he has the nerve to say that "stress becomes a bigger problem," and then says that part of the solution is to create more stress. But again, it really looks like it's not about what he's saying it's about, but that he's trying to demonstrate authority after T-ara got up in his face about a few things - he may be on an ego trip, but I doubt even he thinks the new album (two albums?), the concert, the group in general will fare well with a shakeup such as he proposes. My guess is he's the sort who'd prefer to disband the group than to let them question his authority openly, and this is just him playing his hand. As for adding members, that's just grabbing at straws - if he's serious about it, it's just a man with no ideas, and not having whatever it takes to try to introduce a new act. It's a real shame all this is going down just as T-ara was on a high - as far as I can tell, the past year has been great for them, professionally, and on a personal note, they were able to cap it off with a first vacation - and that all these positive feelings have to be muddied with the boss-man playing his mind games, but hopefully whatever happens the ladies will find themselves in a better work environment.

OMGash!! my face after reading this article was like "WTF" all over!! :o :o what the xxxx did just read??!!! Mr. CEO you officially didn't learn ANYTHING from you "30 years of experience"!!! if you do...you should have known that once you made A GROUP you CANNOT change it!! U.CANNOT.CHANGE.THE ORIGINAL.GROUP!! they are who they are when they first entered the market!! and btw, CHANGE T-ara's CONCEPT??! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: <_< <_< <_< ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDIN ME??!! there concept of being a CHAMELEON in this industry is the 2nd most AWESOME decision YOU have EVER MADE in your "30 years"...this made T-ara soo UNIQUE from the others! and also the reason why the FANS (like me/us!!) LOVE THEM!! what are you tryin to do??!! be like Super Junior (i'm an elf btw! ) they have had the same types of SONGS for 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS!! and some people and or FANS are getting irritated and annoyed with that type thing!! AND TO THINK.... YOU CALLING THEM LAZY??!! are you stupid or blind?!! they HAVE WORK THEIR BUTTS OFF AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN GIVING THEM THEIR DAY OFF SINCE DEBUT BUT ONLY RECENTLY!!! GASHH!!! UR SOOO LOWWW KWANGSOO!! and just to remind you...the so called "new members" THAY DON'T DESERVE to be in T-ara...why?? because the "7 T-ara" i know REALLY REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THIS CURRENT STATUS of theirs...and you're just gonna add NEW MEMBERS to benefit from them??! THIS IS SOOOOO FREAKIN UNFAIR!!ughhhh!!! I swear April 7th is officially the END of T-ara!! that is if there will be changes to the original members and add more!! and btw, don't you know that if u add 1 or 2 new members...they'll have LESS fans and more haters!! look at hwayoung...she is still copping up with the popularity!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: <_< <_< <_< <_< so the bottom line is ...U SUCK AS A CEO KWANGSOO AND YOU DO NOT DESERVE T-ARA!! :angry: :angry: <_< <_< they are better off with SME...atleast they give day off to their artists!! unlike YOU!! gashhh!! your such an ASS!! you will be the HATEST man in this FORUM...NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS HOW MUCH I HATE YOU KWANGSOO!!!! ENOUGH SAID! lol :angry:

why they have to compete with each other?just compete with another group.. the only thing that will make you become stronger is being together.. each of them also have their own fans that make what t-ara more popular now, besides they are really close to each other.. if the new added/replaceable members is good enough to compete with them, just make their own group already, why have to ruin t-ara?i rarely care about kpop before this, but t-ara make me a kpop fan.. by the way, kpop is really scary, no matter how hard you work and become successful, you need to always running non-stop

How disappointing. To know that our beloved diadem fandom has some unfaithful, easily-broken fans. What's wrong with "I'll never call myself a T-Ara fan again"?? Where has the loyalty gone? Where has the love and support gone? What about the sentence that you used to end your very comment with, "I'll forever love T-Ara, no matter what, FIGHTING"?? Is this the 'FIGHTING' you're talking about? Is this the love you used to always claim to have for T-ARA? what a shame =.= You think I'm not pissed? Heck YES, I AM! I'm so pissed and might go in a long depression soon if any member leaves. I'm so against KKS's logic and broken definition of "improvement". But My love for T-Ara will never get lessened nor will I ever stop supporting them. Even if all members leave T-Ara expect for one person I would still support T-Ara for this person. I will forever love and support the girls, in T-Ara, in another group, or even solo. If each member joins a new group I would gladly and heartfully support each of these 7 groups. I'm Loyal to the Girls. I'll forever support and love Jeon Boram, Lee Ji Hyun, Park In Jung, Ham Eunjung, Park Sun Young, Park Jiyeon, and Ryu Hwayoung. Under their own names or under the name of T-Ara I would still Stan them. At the end, this fandom will finally get rid of its unloyal and fake fans. Just like in the removing-salts-from-water process whereafter the water would only gets purer. Let's not forget "what does not break you will only make you stronger", I hope this fandom will not be broken but instead gets stronger. Now off crying, I really hate Kim Kwang Soo. ;____; I don't know how to react if any member leaves...I Hope KKS would take back his plan.

Call me violent but the first thing that came to my mind after reading this is to kill that damn CEO, why is he doing this to us and to t-ara!!!!!

i dont care if kim kwang soo have alot experience i just want 7-ARA CCM DONT CHANGE T-ARA AWAY

i don't understand, when there's good things like Roly Poly release everyone was busy online. even doing international covers. now that the whole b******* comes at us and bad things happen, all we do is just sit here and bash KKS without doing anything? ask yourselves, if anything 'untoward' happens to any of the members, may it not or be your bias, if T-ARA really becomes 9, or wadever...would u be regretting over your decisions today? its not wise to have regrets in life when u actually know you could have done something to improve it. i know maybe some of u might disagree, but as Hwayoung mentioned. we only live once, i don't care how others look at me. i only live once, and i wanna do things. make an effort. u know, in the end even if we fail and has to grow to accept the harshest of reality, then as bad as it gets, we know we've done something for T-ARA before that. don't forget, its a week away from Boram's birthday, and soon April 7th will come. the seconds ticks away as i type this. we have two choices, we render help, stay united and do the petition, or we watch KKS destroy T-ARA before our very eyes. its your call.

Kim KwangSoo is such an ass hole "I have 30 years of experience" He is just saying that he can do whatever he wants to maximize his possible profits because he has been in the industry for so long Such an asshole It took an uber long time for people to get used to Hwayoung And now he wants to add people then it would become SNSD And if he wants to replace people I think it will be boram cos boram seems to be the weakest and has the least performance on stage But I like boram! Boram has been here since their debut! Rubbish, this is! We should send them a petition!

he's pretty much destroying the group if this goes on, lazy how can they be lazy when they are pretty much working their butts off from dusk til dawn

This....is studip. So stupid I'm not even going to bother fixing that typo.

Oh this is rich! All i have to say is F. U. KKS What's the point of a fan club if you're going to replace some of it's members? or add to it? I'm pretty sure the fans would be freaking pissed as hell if there is a replacement =___= And lazy my ass. These girls have been worked to the bone by you! And no measures to sing? Isn't that your fault for not giving them any and not because they don't have the talent for it or put any effort in it? For the stress, i'm pretty sure you're the one giving them the most stress. I mean, for a measly time of less than a week vacation after 3 years of hard non-stop work? I'm surprise these girls haven't gone crazy from stress!! Man, I really feel like flying over to South Korea right now so i can beat the CEO of CCM up =_=

hha.. what ...???? is t-ara not good enough...??? please don't remove other member... please....!!!! t-ara is the only one girl group that i most like then other girl group...

"This is intended to introduce the principle of a competition so the opportunities aren't given to the members who are prideful and lazy". Dude, I don't want my T-ara members to be in competition with each other... I want them to have a close friendship. I honestly think their CEO is making a huge mistake. Also, this is starting to look like After School's "graduation" concept which I really disliked.

man, I have a bad feeling about Boram and Qri :/

One does not simply change T-ara... But in the event that this asshole does replace any1 let's hope that he has a good plan in store for whoever is replaced

seriously??? kks..you just wanted to troll queens aren't you? to see if fans still love them.. i cant except this..at all..

Ohmygod NO. Just no. All of T-ara's members work really hard so this news is just so depressing... Although what he says is true, I don't really believe that any of them are lazy... I fear the change that will be made to T-ara by April so much...! I hope it will only be an addition of members and nothing else.

Like I said in the first article (idk, what happened to it), If another member is added, then I think CCM Kim Kwang Su is trying to build T-ara into SNSD. If he can add 6 to 7 to possibly 8, then what's gonna stop him to getting to 9 where SNSD, the top girl group is at. I have theories that he's fast-tracking to build T-ara into SNSD. If another member is not added, then it could be that sub-units are being considered like After School and how they did the Red/Blue/ and Orange Caramel. It was interesting to see them try new genres, but After School hasn't really gotten back together after splitting up like that. Now, they're just not as relevant and when people don't see you, you fade fast. If Kim Kwang Su is going into this route he has to be really careful to keep them together, unlike what he's done with Co-Ed. They went into 5dolls, then SPEED, but we don't see signs of Co-Ed coming back together. Last possibility is that we could see solo debuts. This would be really awesome like how Big Bang did it. They had individual ones, then GD & TOP came out and we hear a fresh new sound that we couldn't hear in Big Bang. I could really see a Soyeon x Eunjung collab or some kind of suave R&B sounds. Seriously though, Kim Kwang Su, whatever you're planning, PLEASE don't mess up T-ara as a whole.

The moderator of this website should create a petition. All members can sign and spread it around the web then we can send it to the most idiotic CEO possible.

So after all the hardwork our girls put in three years, they're gonna be given the sack like that. Then those replacements get to hold a concert in July with the other members is just three months of debuting. Three months and three years. You be the judge. The one that needs to be replaced asap is the CEO, not our girls.

Now I can understand why this stupid CEO cannot get married. He will regret for this changing

Just in case you didn't know, KKS was already a scumbag before T-ara even debuted. If you know SeeYa's Nam Gyuri, she even said that KKS is a devil before she left the agency - and that was roughly only a month before T-ara's debut. I believe the 30 years' experience to be nothing more than a shield he uses - it's something of an excuse he has if someone's going to point fingers at him. Hell, even my dad who used to run his own business thinks KKS is an incompetent whack of an amateur when it comes to business - in fact, even his boss agrees. Arguably, one can figure out that his own goal is to try and replace either YG, SM or JYP as part of the Big 3 - which is at best, a delusional goal that can never be achieved since all three of those agencies beat CCM in virtually every single possible category, save for the fact they don't have their own broadcast channel. The man clearly has issues. Even SNSD managed to improve the singing abilities of its more lacking members over time - yet, KKS doesn't seem to have grasped on the fact that time is a crucial and important factor in the entertainment industry, yet alone the saying that things get better by time. Changing or kicking out members in the height of popularity is the same as carrying no ammunition into the battlefield.

owhhh..i'm really sad and it is actually really give a bad effect to me..feel like crying love them too much as who they are now..

We didnt know what will happen when they do this.. ^^v Whatever will be happened to our 7Princess, lets pray that will be the best for them.

Ack. Why would they pull something like a member revamp, while they're clearly on the rise? I hope its just a mistranslation along the way, or more trolling :/

Omg I hope nobody leaves the group... I really like them all together! :(

Geez finally It should be a bit longer, but it's better than nothing.