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[14.05.27] Jiyeon to reveal original version of “1MIN 1SEC” music video at midnight Jiyeon will unveil the original version of her solo music video "1MIN 1SEC" tonight at midnight (28th). The original version of the "1MIN 1SEC" music video will show off the pelvic dance and bat-dance and show a stronger side of Jiyeon than the previously released music video. The newly released music video will be 30% longer than the one currently published and will have an additional 2minutes of special footage added on. The new music video will be a surprise for fans because the images from the video have not been revealed yet. Jiyeon's "1MIN 1SEC" music video has collected a lot of attention, especially overseas in China where it was ranked first on the K-pop music videos chart. *** Source: http://www.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=301490 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.05.27] Video - Jiyeon's 1min1sec on SBS Mtv The Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc1r55_tPx4&feature=youtu.be *** Credit: 살아있는콜라겐

[14.05.27] Video - Jiyeon at BNT Fashion Behind The Scene *** Credit: Officialbntnews

[14.05.26] “To unite is to die, to split is to survive”.. Will Jiyeon kickstart T-ara’s 2nd beginning? As the saying goes “to unite is to survive, to split is to die,” but the saying does not apply to T-ara. In fact, it should be the exact opposite: to unite is to die. After the July 2012 incident with Hwayoung, although two years have already passed, the public still view T-ara coldly and at a distance. Have T-ara had their peak? They were the stars of the retro concept comebacks. Roly-Poly was the most popular song of 2011. However, after Hwayoung left the group, T-ara became a word synonymous with “anti.” T-ara’s retro style was no longer accepted by the public. Although they returned afterwards with Number Nine and Do You Know Me?, all they received was only the public ignoring them. Will T-ara just fall like that? At this time, there is skepticism as their unexpected “counter-attack” begins. At the center of this is the group’s maknae, Jiyeon. She is not standing on stage as her original identity of T-ara Jiyeon but as “solo artist Jiyeon”. This is the start and notice to the beginning of the second start for T-ara. Will T-ara’s “season two” succeed? At the very least, Jiyeon is experiencing a better reaction that thought. “To unite is to die, to split is to survive” Looking through “tainted glasses” is very scary. Misunderstanding and their explanations and apologies are all blocked. One will only see the color that they want to see when looking through “tainted glasses” and believe that the colo0r that they see is then the truth. For T-ara, that is what the tainted glasses did. No matter what the misunderstanding was, the public does not want to hear or accept T-ara’s apologies or explanations. Therefore, for T-ara to unite (stay together) is to die. The public disregards their music and closes their eyes to their popular dance choreography. They don’t even give them a chance to showcase their charms. Under such circumstances, T-ara’s agency Core Contents Media chose to disperse them. That is, to have the members go solo. And the first protagonist is Jiyeon. A source from Core Contents Media said that “T-ara still wants to show a lot of their talents.” Unfortunately, people already have a prejudice against T-ara. They continued by saying, “Jiyeon has a wide variety of images that has not yet been seen in T-ara. She wants to use her charms as a singer to show everyone.” The result is a completely different image of Jiyeon when she is standing on the stage. She abandoned her image in T-ara. Instead, what she showed off is a perfect showcase of her personal charm. Through her solo song “1MIN 1SEC”, she challenged the concept of “innocent sexy.” The song is a sad song and the choreography is tough. The head of choreography responsible for the dance said that “Jiyeon really was biting the bullet in enduring throughout her practice. She had two months of continuous preparation for the solo stage debut.” They also said, “The “singer Jiyeon” has a lot of things that she wants to show still. She purely wants to show her charisma as a singer; to attempt the things she has not done in T-ara.” Viewing without prejudice.. will it work? Now that T-ara is scattered, the results are appearing gradually. Although only partially, the “tainted glasses” that are always used to view T-ara are starting to come off. The first result was seen when Jiyeon’s “1MIN 1SEC ” occupied Cyworld music charts in the first position on the 20th. It was also listed in the Top 10 on other music charts. The music video has also been popular. The “1MIN 1SEC music video” keyword has been repeatedly entered into the portal real-time search charts. Teasers, spoiler videos and the music video have all received a large amount of views. Even the dance choreography’s name of “pelvic dance” and “bat-dance” became top searched keywords. The reaction from the public also has seen a shift from being “accusations ” to becoming “critical.” It is no longer a case of just “blindly hating” on T-ara. Comments such as “because it was like this, I don’t like it,” “this is not bad” have begun showing. This is different from the reactions from when T-ara had made comebacks. In fact, this was a never before seen reaction for them. What would the public’s reaction be if T-ara sang “1MIN 1SEC”? The public would shut their ears and eyes and blindly hate. In contrast, they have opened their eyes and ears for Jiyeon’s “1MIN 1SEC”. Of course, there is always going to be a mixture of good and bad reactions. There were both the “sexy is the most desperate option” sarcasm and also the praises like “she actually has such talents like that?” There is hope for Jiyeon. In an interview she made before making her solo debut, she said that “she understands” that people have negative feelings towards T-ara. But Jiyeon pleaded, “nevertheless, I hope you can be forgiving and view us without prejudice, even if it’s only for once.” Her plea is not for people to forget the past situations.. It is just her hope that as a singer, she can be judged by her performance this time. T-ara’s 2nd beginning: not a crisis but a chance At the time of her interview, Jiyeon was already had a lot of determination for this second beginning. She said, “My solo activity is not meant to increase my personal popularity. Although it is a solo song for me, I still want to stand on stage together with T-ara unnies again.” Jiyeon’s solo challenge is also key in T-ara’s second season. It shows the individual member’s hidden charisma and looks to obtain a similar effect that T-ara’s group activities would achieve. Jiyeon has successfully taken the first step, and soon after, the other members will follow in her foot-steps. Firstly, Hyomin will will take the baton for solo song promotions. She is set to debut next month. Hyomin has the best fashion sense in the group and she will use what suits her best for a showdown to determine the winner. The song has already been completed with Brave Brothers. She is currently “arming” her image with her modern and trendy fashionista outfits. Other members will also begin solo activities in their respective fields. Former child star Eunjung will simultaneously take parts in movies and TV activities. In fact, Eunjung has recently received a movie proposal for “The Boss, The Beginning” to star as the female lead, but it is still being considered. Soyeon, Qri, and Boram also have the possibility of starting individual activities. T-ara’s second season has begun. The strategy now is “to unite is to die, to split is to survive.” This is the inevitable consequence of the public choosing to ignore T-ara. But thinking from another way, this is also a chance for them. This is the last chance for each member to display their individual charisma. *** Source: Dispatch Translated by: Beckhie @ Diadem

[PICS] Jiyeon's 1min1sec Performance at SBS The Show (05/27) *** Credit: Newsen + ily_ahreum + Tiaradiadem

[14.05.27] Fancam - Jiyeon @ SBS MTV The Show **** Credit: TreeJIYEON @ youtube

I do agree with "to split is to survive”, but I do not agree with "To unite is to die" With each member having their own individual activities they do not only make a living, but also market T-ARA through various directions, which means more publicity and more interest. But they will not die as they unite, because the problem is not in T-ARA! The problem lies at the korean citizen and netizen! It's their culture and acting that makes T-ARA seem lifeless in Korea. As we all can see that, that's not the deal in other countries! But even though they yet haven't won their #1 after the incident, they do rank high at the charts. And I really do not think "This is the last chance for each member to display their individual charisma." T-ARA and the members will live long, in the business, even if the public don't accept their recent works, they eventually will! T-ARA stands firm, and will comeback as the #1 girl-group! And I will wait for that day!

[14.05.27] Video HD - Jiyeon's "1Min1Sec" Mv Original Ver. ***** Credit: coremidas@ youtube

[14.05.27] Video - T-ara's Greetings to 青英盛典 *** Credit: Chesskidgaf

Number Nine got a lot of support. They almost won #1 on Music Bank. In any event, things are looking better than previously. Jiyeon got some big endorsements, she's back on variety shows (upcoming appearances on Weekly Idol, Happy Together) and is doing great performances on the music shows. People are interested. T-ARA has some of the most talented individual performers in the business. That hasn't changed. Despite the adversity they've faced, they've never given up and they have improved.

@Uncle_fan - I strongly beg to differ there. It's called being realistic. Idol groups don't last forever, and this is an obvious fact that's been proven by history itself. There have been groups in the past in Korea whose fandoms were numerous times bigger and supportive than T-ara's and even SNSD's to a degree, but they disbanded and went their own ways. Some simply became a shadow of their former glory (i.e. Shinhwa, G.O.D and likely Buzz). 1) If CCM actually learnt how to do proper PR, then the media wouldn't have been going on a reporting spree and the catastrophe could actually have been better contained and had a smaller impact on T-ara's image. Blaming it all on the media is just plain ignorance and only breaking the tip of the iceberg. 2) Who's 'they'? You make it sound like the group endured it all out of their own sheer willpower without taking in the factor of management. In case you've forgotten or simply never knew, regardless if they wanted to give up or not, they were in absolutely no position to do anything out of their own choice. Kim Kwangsoo as early as 2011 had made it fairly clear that idols should never ever go up against their company regardless of reason, and is not afraid of making it extremely difficult for those who do so in a rather appalling manner - Nam Gyuri and Hwayoung are two major example. Bluntly put, CCM has a gun put up right behind their heads 24/7. Seriously, there are way too many fans who literally either deny, fail to acknowledge or remain ignorant of this, while putting all the blame on the media and Korea's online community. It's rather distasteful whitewashing, at best and at worst, makes them no better than the other side, if not even more so by making everything so black-and-white. T-ara doesn't have full power over what they want to decide in regards to their careers whether as a group or individual, as with many other idols. 3) Lee Hyori didn't grow bigger because she didn't 'give up'. She was already fairly well-known as early as her days in FinK.L. though today, is nowhere near as popular as she was back in her primal years. Just like many other older celebrities. 4) You're basically saying fans should be mindless drones that should accept and support everything the group does. If that's what you think fans should do, then it's no different to saying we should support CCM. 5) A fan is someone who stays with their celebrity because they simply like said celebrity in whatever way he/she interprets it to be. The definition of fan, is very debatable. As far as T-ara is concerned, there are fans who like them for their looks, fans who like them for their personalities, fans who like them for their music etc. It's all split, and the word 'fan' is what keeps them together in one spot as a community. Not a group that basically says 'T-ARA STRONG!!!!!!' all the time. 6) CCM obviously never really considered fans to be of much importance anyway. Back in 2012, there was quite a bit of worries/concerns that T-ara was being severely overworked, in poor health (in Boram's case, specifically) and the whole new member debate + KKS's public threats against the group. These concerns, were either flat-out ignored or met with a rather lackluster response, which pretty much says the company doesn't give a damn about our opinions so long as they can make a quick buck out of our wallets even if it means having to overwork the group to extremely unhealthy lengths (which they already have plenty of times). If their agency can't even respect fans even if its valid concerns, then that makes supporting the group a little bit difficult, at least for me anyway. 7) Whether you like it or not, the Hallyu Wave cannot sustain on being more reliant on K-pop. It doesn't help that the music industry in Korea is utterly corrupted to the core along with the filming industry, yet the K-government is trying to export it as some kind of brand of perfect lala-land lollipop. Secondly, contrary to what you claim, K-pop has been largely the same for the last several years. Ever since 2010 (if not 2009, arguably), the music industry's been badly over-saturated with cookie cutter idol groups that are basically knock-off versions of the more successful groups and has become extremely reliant on idol groups for revenue, and this shows absolutely no sign of slowing down anytime soon. If anything, at its current rate, K-pop has already shot itself in the foot in the long-term. There are no potential successors of the mega- groups like SNSD, 2NE1, Big Bang, DBSK etc. and the 'mid-tier' groups like After-School, SECRET, SISTAR etc. either don't have large enough fandoms, labels with abundant resources or staying power to replace them once they disband.

OMG, she is a dazzling beauty isn't she? Kinda makes you wonder whether this is a person or an angel you're gazing at. And them boots, man. How did she knows boots are my weakness? Why does everything looks so good on her? This is uncanny! Also this looks right here, kinda reminds me of... Nanananana I like you~

Back to the original topic, I think the article has stated it's concept in incorrect terminology. I prefer "divide and conquer" as opposed to this concept of "dying". I became a kpop fan through T-ara and EunJung in particular. I have listened to music fads come and go for fifty years now. I have heard some that could stand the test of time and some that could not. The thing that drew me to kpop was the fresh and bright feeling of it. Specifically that feeling I get from T-ara. I'm not burying my head in the sand when I say that there is always a chance that something good can happen. I am not wearing rose-colored glasses when I say "T-ara can come back bigger and better than ever." I am thinking positively. No, the T-ara we have loved in the beginning will not be back. A sweet and special thing has been crushed beneath the boot heel of the media in its ever desperate desire to find a story and sensationalize it. They are victims and if they want to survive in the industry in any form they will have to play a different hand. This is when we see the tenacity and character of these ladies. They refuse to give up. They take up the challenge of all of the nay-sayers who predict the rapid collapse of the hallyu wave and make every effort using any and every skill they have to keep it going through the rough times. No, kpop cannot always stay the same if it wants to survive. It has changed over the last several years so that it can remain active. Any art form will do that. It has to in order to survive. It is people like T-ara who will be the Lee Hyori of tomorrow. Because she didn't give up, she is bigger than ever. Because T-ara will not give up, they will become bigger than ever. Wishful thinking? No. Positive thinking. If the fans cannot be positive and supportive and willing to embrace new and different concepts, then how can these ladies be expected to survive? I firmly believe that their agenda is to divide and conquer and then regroup. They will wisely continue to ignore the venom and acid spewed by their "antis" and keep coming back with smiles on their faces and surprises for their audiences. If you are a fan who feels obligated to point out the "sad truth" then you are not being supportive. A fan is someone who stays with their celebrity through the good and bad times and does not try to find blame or accept the eventual downfall. No, they are the ones who will happily continue to support their celebrities beyond any outcome. I am proud to be a fan. I will continue to support all of the efforts of T-ara until the end and beyond. The wheel of fortune continues to turn. It goes through the good times and the bad, but it keeps turning. We have gone through the bad. Hang on because the good ones are coming back.

I think its because this was recorded on May 20th last week before the actual TV debut at MCountdown so she's still having butterflies for her first solo live performance and she is still intensely practicing the dance moves.. You know the standard for T-ara during those times are just 2 hours of sleep.. but personally I still think she performed great & we got to see the pelvic dance again :wub: . Here is she before & after the recording: http://www.tiaradiadem.com/forums/topic/27021-140527-fancam-jiyeon-sbs-mtv-the-show/ Oh yeah... here's a HD link since I can't find an official one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y7mAUQ7nxY Cr: ING73 @youtube

Wow. I remember last time, I wished this to happen and now here it is. I'm very happy to be able to see her original MV. This will be more classy, fierce and sexy.

The author is certainly melodramatic in the writing but the gist of it is that Jiyeon is doing well and that's good for T-ARA. If T-ARA did the same thing they've always done musically, us fans would be happy but everyone else might not be so interested. Jiyeon is doing something completely new and people are interested, many of whom probably haven't listened to T-ARA in 2 years. On top of that, now people want to see what Hyomin can do in her solo debut. Eunjung also has her movie coming in the summer. Eunjung in an interview with the Gossip Girls release mentioned there were plans for T-ARA Korean activities so following successful solo promotions, a T-ARA release stands to be very well received. This is very good news for T-ARA and Queens.

Meh, I hardly cares what K-media written these days. Fact is, T-ara still doing better than some of the girl groups these days. I hate to pull names, but should we be reminded of the result of After School's last Japanese comeback? At least T-ara charts pretty high in Japan and China, and that nearly without promotion or even an MV. Is T-ara far from their glory days? Sure. But to say they're ignored is kinda stretching it. They're very well received in other countries, and the Korean government / media would be a fool to ignore that fact. They need to respect their talent and stop undermining groups if they want to keep Hallyu Wave from dying. But I do agree that T-ara is entering their second season, stronger than ever and their music had never been better. I guess we'll just leave it to the future to see how this turns out.

omfg! the water scene? OH YESSS! I've been waiting for this ~ I hope I could handle Jiyeon's charisma and sexiness *o*

I personally think that the original version would most probably include the scenes that could be sensitive to the ferry incident. What I'm guessing is they are going to add in the parts where she wears the ballet outfit? Since we've never really seen any obvious motifs in the music video that is inherently ballet-ish. I'm almost 100% certain she won't be showing off more skin, considering the actual music video only had Jiyeon expose her midriff and thighs. As we already know from her live performances as well, the main point about her 'innocent sexy' image is really about the choreography, her facial expression and the outfits (more androgynous in her SBS inkigayo and MBC music core, and feminine sexy mixed with androgynous charisma in MCountDown). I'm really really interested and excited to find out about the scenes that they cut in light of the ferry incident, and more importantly, the ballet-ish Jiyeon (if I'm right ;p). Also, hopefully this new music video and the dance prac version have their views added to Jiyeon's overall online results that reflect on music charts. 화이팅!

Gaon social chart today: Good things are happening.

I'm glad if the solo projects bring more positive attention to all of T-ara but it's a little melodramatic so say they've been ignored lately. Number Nine especially did well. I think by now most people understand that there was an issue with the group but that it was not on the level that antis wanted to make it out to be. A couple nutty antis on the internet is not -everyone-.

If this new MV shows the stronger side of Jiyeon, I don't know if her fans could handle it. Hopefully the sexiness level is still the same and doesn't show anymore skin. So the original new MV would show the part where she is sitting in a box with water? The alleged scene they had to remove because of the ferry incident?

"Ignored" sounds so harsh but moreover, it's just wrong. For example: The fan reaction @ 1:20.

Im very glad that Jiyeon is doing well. I want her to be popular and I think she is helping T-ara become more well known, but T-ara hasn't been ignored, right? I thought Number 9 was a big hit. Anyways, hopefully these solo activities do replace any bad images some people may have of T-ara

[FACEBOOK] T-ara Official Facebook Update (05/26) *** Credit: T-ara's Official Facebook + ily_ahreum + Tiaradiadem

I’m laughing so far. I know Number Nine was very well received in Korea. That article of the Dispatch is pure falsehood.

Woah I got goosebump read this article, especially over the sentence "The public would shut their ears and eyes and blindly hate." Well T-ARA still have Queens and I'm sure it will grow bigger as the time passes. T-ARA will survive with solo activities or group. FIGHTING!

지연이 응원하러 음악중심!! 지연이 팬분들이 공방올때마다 스티커붙혀주겠다고 직접 주고갔다...ㅋㅋ귀여워라. 울 지연이 1분1초 대박!!!! 울 막내 화이팅!!♡ Credit: Eunjung's Instagram + T-4R4 + tiaradiadem