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So basically, it's like this. Three of them, Soyeon and the 2 new members are going to stand in the middle and sing during a performance. They won't be dancing. While the other 6 will dance at the back of them. Hwayoung or Hyomin or EunJung will be joining the three of them in front when it comes to rapping. They won't need the boy dancers and the backup dancers because the stage can't accommodate too many of them. This will help CCM to save money on backup dancers !! AHHH, now I get his stupid point.

So,I can imagine if they're doing Cry Cry performances,the 2 members will "help" Soyeon to sing her lines while they will "help" Hyomin to sing her lines in Lovey Dovey.To be very honest here,I'm actually glad that the two members are said to have a good singing abilities and not just being the pretty face. From now on,we can expected Soyeon along with the new members to carry most of the songs while Hyomin's job as lead vocalist is reduced to just vocalist while others act as back up dancers and just singing "Yeah","Ahah","Baby",clap-clap,wink-wink and whatever stuffs and nonsense. In a nutshell,the other members,Qri,Boram and Hwayoung who still didn't get enough spotlights until now will be completely forgotten (not by their fans,of course) by KKS and indirectly forced them to quit themselves.Wow,"great" planning,KKS. You should has just enter a battlefield and you'll win for sure,for using dirty tactics....

In another words, none of T-ara's members can sing. Did I translate it right, KKS? It's just because you don't give them any lines. See how Qri can sing in the special performance at the new year concert. Boram can definitely rap. How good Eunjung and Hyomin's singing abilities are. I love all the songs that Jiyeon sang in DH2. And now you say like none of them can't help Soyeon. I really hate you KKS. I will wait to see how your "wonderful" new system work.

So I purposely didn't go online yesterday because I want to be calmer when I post my POV on this. Yes we've all established that KKS is such a douche bag but really, dragging the past negative issues about T-ara and uses this as a tool to help justify his decision in the addition of 2 members is just too low. From the looks of it, he would bring up all the criticisms T-ara has met before, shove it in everyone's face, so that it'll make him feel better if he gives the ax to cutting member in the future. I also feel that KKS is harboring ill feelings about T-ara and couldn't agree more when everyone here says this is some kind of punishment for them calling them lazy and arrogant even. What a freaking professional! The public doesn't need to know this things, if he has a problem with T-ara, this should be solved within the company premises. We can really do nothing now that a decision has been made adding 2 members in the group, 7-ara has so much potential as a group because their dynamics is at it's best right now. Now all of these will change. For one, they have already moved into a new house/dorm ( I wonder if the roommates are still the same.) Of course the distribution of the talent fee will be cut into 9, I'm also wondering if the TF of the group will be higher than before as to compensate the TF that will go into the 2 new member. Eunjung has told before that whenever there is a solo CF, that member who did it gets the largest bulk of the TF but the other part will be shared with the rest of the other members... will the 2 new member gets to share in that too? I just don't think it's fair if it is so. At the very least, T-ara should ask for a review in their Talent Fee/Salary distribution now that they 're gonna be a 9 member group. I have said before that maybe one of the rationale in this member addition is the Hwayoung case. KKS must have thought, well, it maybe tough at first but she was eventually accepted by the fans so this time won't be any different. I think he's wrong this time. I'll say give it 3 years. I am not hating on the 2 new members, I'm just indifferent in that as a heartbroken 7-ara fan, I don't really care about them now. I only care how much line will be given to Qri, Boram, Eunjung and Hwayoung in the next album. If it's my way, I would love for them to breakaway NOW from CCM before they lose their identity as T-ara. But I will always support T-ara no matter what, and will always wish them the best.

OMG he’s like literally screaming out loud ‘T-ARA CAN’T SING FOR xxxx! That’s why I’m adding two new talented members’ I CAN’T EVEN! HE SUCH A DOUCHEBAG , how the hell can you manage a group if you don’t have faith in them and their talent? How is that even possible? Did he forget that T-ara got like 3 amazing and strong vocals, Soyeon isn’t the only strong one Mr.! There is Eunjung that you seem to completely take off the hook! Jiyeon & Boram can take off perfectly the soft parts but if you had just challenged their vocals a bit you’d see that they have the potential needed. Hwayoung? She’s one of the fiercest rapper I’ve seen in Kpop AND she’s totally passionate about rap…so why can’t you make them songs that SHOWCASE their talent instead of ALWAYS STICKING TO THE CATCHY? Because it’s the safest choice. Because he just doesn’t have the faith in those girls. I’m so disgusted right now, I FREAKING HATE HIM! He doesn’t deserve those girls nor does he deserve my money! They’re better off without him…clearly

what crap is he talking about....soyeon's burden? eunjung also have a very good voice....i think two is enough rather than having three and wasted eunjung's voice for only a small part or rap part.... the problem of line distribution is also serious... the distribution is already a mess with 7 members and now 9? i seriously pity the girls... i feel that their talents will not be fully developed and wasted....

So from this article, i guess the 2 new girls will be older than jiyeon and hwayoung but younger than qri and boram...perhaps. Since ccm says they have outstanding singing abilities, i think many would have high expectations of them to be as good as Soyeon or Hyomin. But CCM you better do something about those line distributions...thats the major problem why ppl say T-ara has weak vocals. Strengthening it with the newer member's amazing vocals but still giving others little to no lines ain't solving anything -.- Ok cool cool real cool, wait till the actual debut then i'll comment. But Dispatch? srsly? lol

Why doesn't make sense the most is that he's implying that how the group works is based on the members' willing. He's saying it's because Boram felt like slacking that she didn't get any singing part in Lovey Dovey? He's saying that Eunjung and Jiyeon like acting too much more than singing that they missed lots of live performances? I cannot believe for a second that a CEO said that. Isn't that the agency's responsibility to manage the group? Including assigning singing parts, getting them CF deals, drama/movie gigs, and others. He is basically saying whatever the heck happens with the group is the individual's responsibility. Then T-ara better leave CCM fast! This agency is not taking ownership of their own group. Idol group is not a football team where 20 something players compete for 11 spots in every game.

Soyeon's "burden" could easily be lifted by distributing her lines to Eunjung and Hyomin, with Jiyeon, Boram, and Qri taking softer lines and actually allowing Hwayoung to RAP. Problem solved, no new members. But KKS wants to save money on backup dancers and basically slap T-ara in the face by heavily implying that they lack talent, so...

To be honest, this whole reasoning sounds ungrounded, bs in other word. Adding new members to solidify the group vocal? Why not optimizing what T-ara already have? The known fact is Eunjung was has very strong vocal has been given less and less vocal role, and less rap. Also, Boram and Qri have only been given very little roles in singing. I sense that KKS is saying that T-ara has some non-fully-functioning members and trying to add members with more value. This rationale is valid only, if only, he actually drops Boram and Qri off of the group, like what happened to U-KISS. Adding new members with more talents won't solidify the group if they still have less talented members. But to look at it as a whole, at the end it should be fans who can show to the agency whether this strategy works or not. Idol groups depend on fanbase to sell. If fans don't agree with new move, they might stop buying, to the extreme. Similar case is 2PM n Jay Park. But we have seen a big instance where a very popular group adds new members and the fans react negatively. Similar case might be Wonder Girls, replacing Sunmi with Lim. But overall, I don't think this strategy is solid. The reasoning doesn't make sense. And my thoughts are strengthen by the fact that CCM seems to be quite fishy in management. Recent case is cancellation of SF show, where now they're being sued. I'm in for this move only, and if only, they drop Boram and Qri off of T-ara! So that those 2 won't have to be humiliated and seen with no respect for being in the group without real roles to do. Why keeping non-working stuff?

You wanted to take the burden from Soyeon GOD you have other 6 MEMBERS TO DO THAT why do you need to add 2 more. The only clear thing here is that the role os those girls is to the HATED really this guy proves each time he speaks he is really stupid. I can't guess the limits of his stupid system So what about Boram and Qri they hardly get line so what they are now going to be just back up dancers, and for god's sake Eunjung and Hyomin are pretty good singers they can help Soyeon with the lines

that is actually good news. probably its only me who felt that soyeon gets to sing a lot more in each song as compared to the other members. and not that i'm talking down on the other members, but its quite evident that soyeon never seemed to be able to take a break since i think the other members might not be able to sing as well as her (ok i feel that actually hyomin is the closest to her vocal abilities but not as good in control, while eunjung is just a little behind hyomin in terms of control). don't get me wrong, i love soyeon (she's my fav member =D ) but i guess she needs somebody else who can help sing her lines if she is unable to perform for some reason [remember recently when she was on crutches and still had to be on stage to sing? =( ]. i hope those 2 will just be able to do that. and as for the line distribution, i feel just like everyone of u, but i think the amount that boram and qri, hwayoung and the rest will be singing should remain the same, if not, similar. the only difference will be the amount of singing that soyeon and hyomin will do, which will most likely be distributed to the 2 new members. also, remember "good person"? probably with more singers in the group, we will get to hear more ballads like that in the future too! so it's not all a bad addition i think. no worries guys! if SNSD can get each of their members a couple of lines in each song, T-ara will be able to do so too! =)

In another couple of years, T-ara very likely would have filed a lawsuit against CCM and moved to another agency or in a worst case scenario, disband completely by then. They've managed to hold out for 3 years but as GD of Big Bang had said - idols at their third year since debut get the tendency to rebel against their agencies. YG even almost lost Big Bang at some point in 2008/2009 due to the group being overworked and compensated by giving a 2-month break rather than tighten everything even further. Given that KKS is obviously a big cuckoo who was born in cuckoo land, I don't think it'd be surprising that T-ara will rebel further against KKS, ultimately leaving CCM for good. The tighter he controls them, the more disillusioned, angered and rebelling T-ara will become.

In a another couple of years, he's probably going to be like "I'm adding more members to relieve the burden on the two members I've stuck in." Then one day we'll wake up and it'll be "23-ara"

They should just give more lines to the others, especially eunjung.. Anyone who's listened to the first album will know eunjungs voice is not bad. But she hardly gets any lines now...especially when the rap is given to hwayoung now. same with hyomin (although she probably gets the most lines after soyeon). Just train the other members' vocals and let them develop instead of making them stand around while giving the new members (who btw have not worked in building up t-ara's popularity) all the lines and screen time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZUc_WT6vV4&feature=related

[12.04.07] Video - T-ara @ "Wildroses" CF photo shoot CR:철민 이 @ youtube

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[12.04.03] Quick News - T-ara to release Japanese album "Jewelry Box" and Japanese version of "Lovey-Dovey" Japanese "Lovey-Dovey" Release date: May 23rd 【CD】 + 【DVD】 【CD】 "Lovey-Dovey (Japanese ver.)" 【DVD】 "Lovey-Dovey (Japanese ver.) Music Video" Cost: 1,200 YEN 【CD】 【CD】 "Lovey-Dovey (Japanese ver.)" Cost: 700 YEN Japanese first album "Jewelry Box" Release date: June 6th *** Source: http://www.emimusic.jp/artist/t-ara/ Credit: Nathaniel @ Diadem

I believe it's due to these reasons. a. T-ara itself is simply not prepared or too afraid to go up against KKS b. Their contract doesn't expire until some years after c. KKS has blackmailed/threatened them behind the scenes, somehow. But nonetheless, I believe fans should prepare themselves for something really ugly later this year, at least a few months after the second album is released. The girls aren't stupid, that's one thing and their patience with KKS is probably growing incredibly thin. The powder keg has already been lit - the question is WHEN it will explode over KKS's face. I wouldn't be surprised if T-ara filed a lawsuit against him - and no doubt, CCM would lose. Not even SM was able to hold out against lawsuits filed by its own idols - and SM is the most financially powerful of all talent agencies in Korea. If SM can't win a lawsuit, CCM won't last any better. There's a reason why YG gave Big Bang a 2 month break when the group itself tried to run away from him back in 2008/2009. The last thing any agency needs is dealing with a lawsuit.

its really hard to me to accept hwayoung and i started to accept her only after cry cry. and now, kks said to add another two members! are you crazy?? some people said, "if you love t-ara, you'll love them even they are 7 or 9" . HAHA! its freaking funny statement. yeah, i love t-ara, i love eunjung, hyomin, jiyeon, boram, soyeon, qri and after long time i take, hwayoung. but, i love them as t-ara, not adding another two and call them t-ara. adding another two members at the peak of t-ara time, is just like bashing them to the deep pit in this industry. now, just wait and see, even i can't see my dearest eunjung unnie role becoming dim and dimmer in t-ara

I dont think T-ara is lack of vocalists..The problem is in the line distribution.. If KKS add 2 mems as vocalist to T-ara..they will have 5 main vocalist..What will happen to the rest?

KKS is damn crazy. Can someone buy me a big sharp knife so I can kill this fatty?! xD I just think that I maybe can accept these two.. But... If our ladies don't get lines AT ALL and Soyeon's,Hyomin's parts getting lesser , ... Let's kill KKS! D: he sucks. T-ara is 7 not 9!!

Once again, KKS is humiliating T-ara in the public by saying they lack the vocal skills which is basically him justifying why he needed to add 2 more vocalists. How freaking disrespectful! Yes this a long running issue and it is acceptable if this came from outside party but not on T-ara's home turf. Have we ever seen a CEO of their company dissing their artist in the media?! Great freaking way to boost the morale of the girls. Had he given a good schedule to T-ara and not pack them with so much, they will be given enough time to hone their singing skills! The addition of 2 vocalists does not guaranty that T-ara will be more successful than they are now, if anything, the fanbase are shaken and those 2 are actually guaranteed to have probably more anti's that Hwayoung when she joined the group. I actually pity them cause if they are really good, KKS stripped them of the chance of getting their name out there and not leeching on the popularity of T-ara. I am wondering how much more 7-ara can take from their CEO... I hope they would hold up from all these and find the strength to stand for the hard work they have put through and stand up for their IDENTITY.

To be honest, that does not sound so bad. He brought in two good vocalists that are on Soyeon's level. I think it's a good idea because she does usually carry the live vocal performances all by herself. It's not like he's bringing in another rapper or someone who is just a pretty face. Hopefully it works out and he does not drop any of the current members.

No offense but I actually liked Soyeon singing a lot of lines for T-ara songs... I also liked how in the past Eunjung did some singing too. I'm not a fan of them adding two members even though they can sing. I mean why are you reducing Soyeon's singing lines... I think she's doing a wonderful job at the moment. Also, Eunjung has an amazing voice, WHY ARE YOU NOT USING EUNJUNG'S BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!??

Honestly, I'm in favor of adding more powerful vocals to the group. Even as a fan it's kind of obvious that Soyeon's range is limited,Eunjung lacks control, etc.

It seems to me he is far more interested on T-Ara as a Trademark than on the girls themselves as artists, though I really don't get the logic he's following. Take a bunch of unknown girls, make them super popular and beloved, put them in the spotlight, and then start displacing them and humiliating them in public media while all their fans watch, to the point the "hitler" jokes and the fandom clamoring for them to give you the finger and hit the road is now standard procedure? In which world does "Those girls you all love and idolize can't sing for peanuts, LOL, I'm giving their lines to a bunch of newcomers." make any sense? Thirty years of experience my tail. @_@ I have never seen a CEO who managed to get as much hate to himself and his company as this guy has, and considering the kind of jerk ass behaviour CEOs usually have to indulge in that's saying something. I hope something long, sharp, pointy, and barbed finds its way up his backdoor. Totally by accident, of course.

Excellent post there, mate. I'd also like to add that not only will they get a huge lot of antis and flak from the fans and even the public in general but that what the responses of the current T-ara members will be. Ji Yeon, Hyomin and Eun Jung (and So Yeon to a smaller degree) are the more overworked members and I really doubt they'd be too happy to see the new members just riding along the hard-earned popularity they worked tooth-and-nail constantly for 3 years. Boram and Qri's reactions wouldn't be any better either since they'll have even lesser lines in the future and rather than be kicked out, they'll be pressured by KKS and themselves to leave (and suffice to say, I'd imagine Boram's dad will be very pissed off if that occurs). I can't say much what Hwa Young's reaction will be but nonetheless, I don't think it'll be a surprise if the other six members will have a cold relationship with the new ones, regardless how talented the new ones are. For KKS's definition of not being lazy = I think it's pretty darn obvious. His definition of not being lazy is to work 24/7 as much as possible - literally. The guy's no different to the typical bosses of coal mines and factories in the 19th century. He even makes SM look like saints to a degree. What I'm more curious is how successful his 30 years of experience was because he's giving off the impression to use his decades of exp. as an excuse to say whatever horsesh!t he wants to justify. And to say specifically, it's a pathetic excuse to say the least.

instead of adding new members, why don't CCM just use the awesome vocals they already have in T-ara, girls like Jiyeon, Qri, and Boram have hardly any lines whilst Soyeon has most of the lines, as everyone is saying, CCM should just distribute the songs more not add more people

Whoa wait, what? I don't recall So Yeon complaining that her work as the main vocalist is too 'burdening'. If anything, putting in two extra lead/main vocalists will make the line distribution even worse - we all know that Boram, Qri and Hwa Young hardly get anything with Eun Jung closely following behind the three. This will also put down Hyomin's position as lead vocalist and in effect, likely downgrade her to just a sub-vocal. Now I see - in the long run, Boram and Qri are very likely to be forgotten almost completely. Actually, they'll probably be pressured to leave themselves. KKS, you make me sick. Rather than kicking them out yourself, you're just pressuring them slowly to leave. You sir, are subhuman and deserve to have a squad of Schutzstaffel soldiers and doctors torture and experiment on you to death

Ok, heres my take. Although i'm sure NO ONE ever wanted any more additional members, i can say everyone is at least relieved that none are removed..i'm sure removal is the #1 worry for all of us, now we can feel at ease about that. Next would be, the 2 new members. Majority can't or won't accept them since we've all bonded with 7-Ara. Even i felt a sense of lost when it would soon be 9-Ara, these 2 members will be getting ALOT of hate soon, and as much as i can't seem to accept them (yet), we all have to live with it one day, so rather than making these 2 new members suffer (just like hwayoung did last time), guess we should just try to accept it earlier, minimize the damage is better. I'm way interested in who these 2 new girls are, we could see from then. P.S. KKS i'm not agreeing with you, you made it seems like the girls are all lazy, egoistic b*tches, i'm afraid the relationship between idols and their ceo would get even worse after this...

Wow. I'm already sick of commenting and complaining. What's left is a headache and maybe a broken heart. I'm still loving 7ara and I don't think I can accept the 2 extras. Yeah *salute* to those who say we are delusional and that they are anticipating the changes and new members (was being sarcastic just in case these people don't get my point). With such major changes in 7ara, there are bound to be massive changes within the fandom too. Firstly his reason for the addition is ridiculous. They need to work harder? Wow working more than 12hrs or even up to 20+ hrs a day is not hard enough?! They didn't even get any breaks until recently. First time seeing a CEO talking xxxx about his own artistes instead. *salutes* I was thinking maybe he didnt want to spend money to promote the new trainees so he let them ride on 7ara's success instead. I mean, is the company facing financial issues? So many artistes left CCM, from Co-ed to Hwang Jung Eum. And then now this. I'm not sure what I'll do when the extras are officially added in. But from now till July, I'll still love 7ara will all my heart Only 7ara.

Seriously, KKS is really aiming for the worst public announcement of the year award. I don't even have anything else to say than, "I knew it." I knew you were trying to make an SNSD out of T-ara. Most disappointing in your reasoning and efforts. MOST.

Okay,so,basically with the addition of the new members,I'm guessing this is how they distribute the lines. Qri:Hey,T-ara. Hwayoung:Come On,yo Boram:Let's dance. New Member NO. 1:Oooooow! New Member No 2:Yeaaahhh..... KKS's thinking, possibility 1:Torturing 7 souls is fun,Why not 9? possibility 2:I want xxx and yyy out.But,I can't kick them directly.So,I won't give them any lines and they'll quit themselves. I think he really need to go to the hospital to see whether he left his brain somewhere.30 years of experiences my butt.

And let it be known (talking to you mister know-it-all KKS) that your decision can either keep things more or less stable or cut off a part of financial support from your customers. I'm just saying. P.S: This is actually the first time where I felt it would be better for the current members to go solo....guess there's a first to everything.

This is some ridiculous reasoning; how exactly does adding members stop them from "becoming lazy?" And how are they lazy, has anyone seen their freaking schedule lately?

Sorry Commission of Youth Protection. Your action taken are TOO LATE.You should do this before the MV been released 4 months ago. And now, after the consistent viewing with 6,564,943 times on YT, you gonna banned the MV before 10pm? And now, I won't care if you want to ban this MV because I'd downloading and watching this awesome drama-MV thousands times. Off topic: what do we expect from youth now days? They are superb advance with superb fantastic-bombastic digital technologies.So, who do you want to point the faults of youth problematic tbh?

what? my sister is 13 and she watched it over and over again.... she didn't have the slightest thought of copying those.... korean censorship is so strict....