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[13.12.07] Video - T-ara - Do You Know Me? @ Music Core Credit: MBCkpop @youtube

[iG] Hyomin's Instagram Update (12/07) "쁘이" ***** Credit: Hyomin's instagram + Robbe_881 + tiaradiadem.com

[13.12.06] Video HD - T-ara "Do You Know Me?" @ Music Bank Interview: http://youtu.be/OVpAMuhtmWQ Performance: http://youtu.be/g3dfGo4xOBE ***** Credit: 껑뚜 @ youtube

[PICS/SELCA] T-ara's M countdown Selca (06/12) Credit: Mcountdown + Princess Pril @ tiaradiadem

[13.12.07] Video - Tara Interview @ 韓ON！ ファイティン！！ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0aNg8D6HA0&feature=player_detailpage Credit: taranumbernine @youtube Updated With Chinese Subs: Credit: BaiduTiarabar5 @ youtube

T-ara Sentai has done a color shuffle. T-ara Red: Blondie Jungie. T-ara Blue: Dino Park. T-ara Yellow: Pretty Qri. T-ara Green: Chibi Rambo. (unchanged) T-ara Pink: Bossy Sso. T-ara Violet: Dorky Minnie.

On the topic of CCM, they made some mistakes for certain, but Davichi is having some crazy success with their new song. Plus KKS finally decided to get back to the original 6 T-ARA members which is turning out to be great and Areum's immediate future as a performer is secure with her contract so credit where credit is due for doing some things right. And hey, at there are far worse agencies out there. *Cough*cough*DSP!Cough* You're right, I would think Eunjung calling me would be a great gift! If you're asking for a Eunjung/phone gif, I just finished a new batch from that M! Countdown perf but I don't think that one's among them. I'll have to get to that tomorrow. I'm all gif'ed out for tonight.

T-ARA performs "Do You Know Me?" @ MNet M! Countdown [131205] [640 x 360] Click images below for 400 x 400 versions. CR: MNet 13.12.05 - gifs by CptFantasy(CF)

This was from AKP's translation of Sports Seoul: "We plan to manage it through Core Contents Media's CCM Japan. Although the fan club will not be automatically switched over, we plan to start one again... T-ara's Japanese activities will definitely not come to a close. Once they complete their activities in China, they will start again in Japan next year." I don't have any Korean language skills so I can't say which is more correct. But if its correct, the Sports Seoul is really not that gloom & doom of a news: So CCM won't use J-rock anymore, T-ara will be more focused on China for next year and there will be a new Japan comeback in 2014. Anyway CCM also have Choshinsung/Chōshinsei/Supernova which have quite a following in Japan so it might not be a bad idea to have their own agency branch handling things there. They also don't need to look around if they want to market SPEED & their other acts there. Personally I don't think J-rock did a very well job of handling T-ara in Japan so I'm kind of happy they are gone. Did they even do any real promotion at all for Number 9 JPN or even Target ~anyone seen a live performance of those? When was the last time T-ara got into a major Japanese music show or even be on TV besides small time cable and morning news clips? <For a group that has done Budokan and always get top ten in Oricon except one time (more on that later) it is unforgivable that T-ara never performed in Music Station...> Why do T-ara always launch songs when the top local girl bands are also launching theirs? Who launches a CD single (lovey dovey Jpn) just two weeks before the launch of an album (Jewelry Box --> Lovey Dovey is in it)? Why come out with a pirate concept but don't promote with it? etc. etc. Of course you might say that the bone head moves were made by CCM (read KKS) but J-rock was the local expert of the market and should've known better. Some might also say that T-ara not showing that much on Japanese TV is because the scandal & that T-ara is not that popular any more... are you kidding me? T-ara gets top ten in Oricon for every single title song they have (even with lackluster promotions) except Number 9.. but even that song managed to get #13 without any promotion & with the Korean comeback ending just days before & still fresh on J-Queens minds (The Japanese do get youtube and can buy Korean albums in Japan also you know CCM). And you can even count with your fingers the number of Japanese girl bands that get to play in the hallowed Budokan Hall.. T-ara did two-day concerts there twice, this year alone (that's four times in my book) not to mention having a multi-city concert tour.

I disagree. T-ara is third most popular Korean girl group in Japan. They're still profitable in Japan, unlike many other Korean artists who debuted there. But I wouldn't be surprised if J-Rock decided not to renew the contract (which was a record-breaking 4.3 million when they signed it) due to Hallyu wave dying and T-ara's scandal. When T-ara signed with J-rock they were on the path to becoming the second biggest girl group in Korea (and Asia) after Girls' Generation, but after the scandal they were knocked down to mid-tier. Still, I think they are profitable in Japan and any agency would be lucky to have them over there. Especially now that their Korean popularity is rising again, and Hyomin was able to headline her own Japanese movie.