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[14.08.22] T-ara not yet decided on a title song.. Brave Brothers vs. Shinsadong Tiger T-ara has confirmed their comeback to be for September 11th, but they are left in a urgent situation after they decided to reconsider which song to choose as their title track. T-ara are moving forward with their comeback, but the title song is still not confirmed. They are in an emergency before their comeback schedules begin shortly. They received two completely different styles of song as candidates for the title song - one with Brave Brothers and one with Shinsadong Tiger. The Brave Brothers song is a unique dance track full of femininity. It has a fresh and exciting melody, but it comes with sad lyrics. The song could possibly be sexy and revealed exciting and emotional charms of T-ara. These types of songs have success in the long run on the chart. On the other hand, the Shinsadong Tiger song is a little bit more risky. It has a heavy club-based sound followed by a powerful melody. T-ara's best-known song with Shinsadong Tiger is "Roly-Poly" which had a cute concept, but this song has a completely different color to it. Either way, T-ara wants to abandon their cute concept and show a more fierce side of them on stage. Core Contents Media will gather opinions on the two songs before their full-fledged comeback begins in a few weeks. It'll be difficult to decide between either song because more and reportedly very good. An official said, "It's a very unusual situation to be in. We will utilize the reaction to each concepts and carefully review which one will have a better outcome for T-ara." Nonetheless, T-ara will still make their comeback on September 11th! *** Source: http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1109935867 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.08.19] T-ara to stay away from sexy concepts with an authentic EDM comeback song on September 11th! T-ara has confirmed their comeback date and release of a new mini-album to be September 11th! After announcing they were coming back in September, a comeback date of September 11th has been revealed today to OSEN. Up until that point, T-ara has been and will be preparing hard for this new release. T-ara also unveiled through their agency Core Contents Media a new concept picture. The picture is a sporty and sexy chic look that is completely different from their last musical style concept with "Do You Know Me?". But in actuality, T-ara will not comeback with a sexy concept, but rather a stylish and chic/cool concept.They will show a stylish color that is completely different from Hyomin and Jiyeon's solo ventures. T-ara's title song will be a special genre of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) called Big room. Big room is an EDM genre that is centered around minimalist percussion, regular beats, simple melodies and synth-driven breakdowns. Core Contents Media revealed they will also be working with real and authentic EDM musicians. An example of a "Big room" genre song would be Martin Garrix's Animals or Epic by Sandro Silvo & Quintino. They will also showcase a catchy new dance as they have with their retro Roly-Poly dance, Lovey-Dovey shuffle dance, and robotic Sexy Love dance. *** Source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201408201147322510 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

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[14.07.06] Info - T-ara's "Number Nine" reaches ONE HUNDRED MILLION views on YinTueTai! There's not much more to say about this: T-ara's "Number Nine" music video has somehow reached over one billion views on one of China's most popular video viewing website YinYueTai. The music video, which was uploaded on October 10th last year, currently has 1,0113,067,000 views as of July 6th, 2014. Jiyeon revealed last month that T-ara is learning Chinese in their downtime to prepare for their Chinese promotions coming up soon.

[14.06.27] Hyomin to release “Nice Body” mini-album two days early and composed a song with SPEED’s Taewoon Hyomin‘s first ever solo mini-album will be released TWO days early.. on June 30th! On the 27th, Core Contents Media has announced to Newsen that the original release date of July 2nd has actually been changed to June 30th. At noon, the mini-album will be available on all online music sites. One of the songs that will be featured in Hyomin’s mini-album is actually a song she self-composed with the help of the SPEED member Taewoon. Hyomin will be able to show off a more mature side of her through this song. For the title song “Nice Body”, Hyomin participated in everything from the choreography, music video concept, and outfit designs, and the song is the work of the K-pop mastermind Brave Brothers. The up-and-coming rapper Loco will be featured on the song. *** Source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201406271116210410 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.06.27] Jiyeon will continue appearing in MBC’s “Triangle”! Core Contents Media has just revealed to Asiae that Jiyeon will continue appearing in the upcoming episodes of MBC drama “Triangle”! Jiyeon first appeared this week on episodes 15 and 16 with a very minimal role where she played the fiancee of ZE:A’s Siwan‘s character and following her appearance, “Triangle” was able to achieve it’s highest ratings yet! Jiyeon had quite a scandalous role and garnered a lot of attention when she went in for a kiss on Siwan. Core Contents Media said, “The producers thought that Jiyeon’s appearance would be a good fit for the role. She will continue to appear in the upcoming episodes.” “Triangle” airs on MBC every Monday and Tuesday. Despite it being a minimal role, it’s really a nice surprise to see Jiyeon has been cast in a drama again after two years! *** Source: http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/news/stview.htm?idxno=2014062507515525396 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.06.26] Info - Jiyeon’s appearance brings “Triangle” the highest ratings yet As you already know from a previous post about Jiyeon’s cameo in the MBC drama Triangle (트라이앵글), Jiyeon featured in two episodes (15 & 16). Above is an excerpt from the most recent episode, episode 16. The video might break many Jiyeon stans’ hearts but I personally liked her acting in this particular scene. In addition, according to TnMS, Jiyeon’s appearance in episode 15 and episode 16 increased the ratings and episode 16 saw the highest ratings yet for the series. On the 15th episode, the ratings increased from 7.7 to 8.0, and for episode 16, ratings reached 9.2 nationwide! Previously, the highest recorded rating was 9.0 on episode one. The translation for the scene is below. Thanks to Timetoloveee on Twitter for the translations! Judging from the conversation between Jiyeon and ZE:A’s Siwan’s character, it seems like the producers might have planned more than two episodes for Jiyeon. Well, we’ll know next week – stay tuned! *** Credit: timetoloveee @ Twitter for scene translations + vancew90 @ Tiaradiadem

Part of it could be also because the performance was at 2:30 AM!

[14.06.20] Shin Dongyeob declares Eunjung should be a full-time cast member on “Witch Hunt”.. Why? Shin Dongyeob offered Eunjung a role as a full-time cast member on R-rated talk show “Witch Hunt”! Eunjung, as well as F-ve Dolls Seunghee, recently participated as girl group member guests on the R-rated and 19+ jTBC talk show “Witch Hunt”. As soon as the “Witch Hunt” recording began, Eunjung was responding positively and thoughtfully and was able to lead the conversations on the episode. The MCs were surprised at how talented and well-spoken Eunjung was, especially since Eunjung is a girl group member and it was her first time on a R-rated talk show. The MC Shin Dongyeob eventually said to her, “I’m in favor of Eunjung becoming a fixed member of the show!” In addition to that, Eunjung and Seunghee answered questions about dating and relationships. Eunjung revealed that she has no time to date because of her busy schedule, but even when she had tried dating, the dates couldn’t last more than one minute. In response, the MCs wondered, “What did you guys accomplish in just one minute?” The answer will be revealed on the June 20th episode of jTBC’s “Witch Hunt” which airs at 11:00 PM. *** Source: TV Report Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.06.19] Hyomin will release two MV teasers including a 19+ version! Ahead of her solo debut on July 2nd, Hyomin has unveiled some new pictures from her music video shoot! According to Newsen, Hyomin spent more than 30 hours filming for her music video on June 16th and today she has released some more information about it as well as new concept pictures. In the new pictures for “Nice Body”, Hyomin’s ant-waist and long, toned legs are showed off. In one image, there’s two different numbers written on her outfit which may or may not mean something. In another picture, Hyomin is wearing a bikini type of outfit and laying in the pool with sunglasses. In addition to that, it was announced that Hyomin will have two different teasers, a 15+ version and 19+ version, for her music video. Hyomin has directly participated in the choreography, stage outfits, music video, and album concept. It was previously announced that on July 2nd, “Nice Body” and Hyomin’s mini-album will be released to the public. The song is composed by Brave Brothers and will feature the rapper Loco. *** Source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201406191059042410 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.06.16] Hyomin to release “Nice Body” solo album on July 2nd.. D-16 Previously we had no updates on when Hyomin would be revealing her “Nice Body” solo album and music video, but Core Contents Media has finally revealed the date we’ve all been waiting for: July 2nd! On July 2nd, Hyomin will release for digital download her “Nice Body” solo album as well as the music video for her first ever solo single. It wasn’t specified if “Nice Body” will be a mini-album format like Jiyeon’s solo album. In addition to the release date, Core Contents Media unveiled one new teaser image which depicts Hyomin in a navy and white striped skin-tight outfit that makes her body – with a tiny waist and slender legs – look like a classic Coca Cola bottle. Previously, we learned that the up-and-coming rapper Loco would be featured on the title track which is produced by Brave Brothers. *** Source: http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1402887540715563010 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.06.14] Jiyeon, "Hyomin's solo album is the best; Hyomin's is better than my solo song" Before her June 13th Music Bank performance, Jiyeon met with reporters at Edaily and discussed her solo and gave support to her unnie Hyomin who is also having a solo debut soon. Jiyeon said, "I listened to Hyomin's song and watched her video choreography at the same time. As soon as I saw it, I realized it was the exact opposite style of mine. You can really see it in the teaser when it comes out (laughs). But the song and dance are really good and there's a lot of aspects to it that will make the performances fun." Jiyeon continued to say, "The boss decided the songs and styles for each of us. For me, a Double Sidekick song, and a Brave Brothers song for Hyomin. We didn't change anything from the original plan." She also said, "Actually, Hyomin's song is better than my song. My song has a dreamy and calm atmosphere, while Hyomin's song is not like that and has a song that makes an atmosphere fun." Finally, Jiyeon concluded by saying, "Hyomin looks really good in her rehearsals right now. Her stage costumes, hair, and make-up is all very nice. Her song will be released after I finish my promotions." Jiyeon also revealed her hopes that T-ara can comeback in Korea within the year. *** Source: http://m.media.daum.net/m/entertain/newsview/20140614124606239 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem