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[13.05.11] Chris Brown sends a love call to T-ara N4, T-ara N4 to travel to LA to meet with him T-ara N4 received a surprising love call from pop star Chris Brown after he watched their hip-hop title song "Rural Life". T-ara N4's agency Core Contents Media said on the 11th, "We surprisingly received a love call from Chris Brown. On the 12th, they will depart for the United States to discuss music." The meeting is happening because of T-ara's Dani. On the 9th, Dani attended Chris Brown's concert where she is acquaintances with him. She showed her T-ara N4's new music video. Along with Chris Brown, famous pop singers Ryan Lewis & Macklemore and Trey Songz also watched the video. Chris Brown is reportedly interesting in their style, music and choreography and the fresh hip-hop style. Chris Brown invited them to his video shoot, but they were unable to make it due to Dream Concert scheduling. Chris Brown has suggested that they make music together in the future and they will meet with him after his concert in San Jose. T-ara N4 make emergency schedule readjustments and will travel to LA on the 12th at 3:15 KST to meet with Brown and talk music. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130511n04082 / http://news.nate.com/view/20130511n03887 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.05.10] T-ara N4 to thank their fans by giving autographed hats T-ara N4 will give a special gift to their fans. T-ara N4 will perform at the KBS 2TV "Osong Music Bank Special" on the 10th and on the 11th at "Dream Concert". At the end of their performances of "Rural Life", they will send their autographed hip-hop hats into the audience. T-ara N4 has a unique title song, "Rural Life", that follows a hip-hop style and with similar outfits. Each stage, they will give these hats away. This will be a gift for the fans who have shown interest in "Rural Life" and the crossover genre of hip-hop and traditional music. T-ara will perform at "Music Bank", "Dream Concert", and "Inkigayo" with a Samulnori quartet and a 35-member back-up dancer team, expecting to show off a powerful, exciting and unique stage. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130510n14118 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.05.06] T-ara's Eunjung, "Ricecake Eunjung? The evil look on my face was intentional" T-ara's Eunjung confessed her feelings over the "ricecake incident." T-ara N4 (Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Areum) appeared as guests on the May 6th episode of Mnet's "Beatles Code". At the time of the bullying incident, a case of "bullying evidence" was Eunjung forcefully pushing a ricecake into the mouth of Hwayoung while she was smiling on a Japan broadcast. Eunjung said, "It was only the penalty of the game." Eunjung said, "The team that wins gets to make the loser suffer a penalty of feeding them food in a fun way. It was deliberate that I built a more sinister look." According to Eunjung, Hwayoung was on the losing team with Hyomin and Qri, and her decision of forcefully feeding Hwayoung was not significant for any reason. She said, "We thought the idea was fun. We didn't have any idea it would become such a big deal." At this point, Jiyeon said that the PD told them "to exaggerate to make the show more funny and interesting." Eunjung then said, "I never can eat a lot of ricecake anymore." She talked about her nickname "Ricecake Eunjung" and commented, "During the Olympics, I would check Twitter, but I was really hurt just reading 'Ricecake Eunjung OUT' and comments like "Ricecake Eunjung, ricecake please~" *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130507n00252 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.05.06] T-ara N4, "As public figures, we are sorry for everything we caused" Girl group T-ara finally talks about the rumors they have been involved with ever since their debut. They also for the first time explain what happened with the controversial bullying scandal last year, where Hwayoung left the group. On May 6th's episode of Mnet "Beatles Code", T-ara N4 appeared. T-ara N4 is T-ara's sub-unit consisting of Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum, and on this day, they talked candidly about the bullying scandal. Hyomin began by saying, "There are rumors about me being an iljin back in high school. It all began because I played around with those kids in my neighborhood and was friends with some of them.. but it wasn't anything more than that." She continued to say as she began to cry, "There were also rumors that I had assaulted friends and forced people to transfer. I have never hit anyone. If I did hit someone, I would hope the victim comes forward.. but it is untrue." When asked about why she transferred schools, she responded by saying, "My mom decided it for me, that I would transfer into a higher academic school. I never assaulted or hated on anybody. I never talked about this before because I didn't want anyone to make fun of my friends because of what I've said." T-ara N4 members admit that in July of 2012, there was a fallout between the members and Hwayoung that escalated after the SNS postings on Twitter. But unlike what people claim, Eunjung explained it was not bullying. She said, I understand why people would believe it was bullying by what had been published online, but I have my own bullying theories as well." She continued, "Between the two days that the case happened, it is true that we got into a quarrel with Hwayoung. However, we were thoughtless and behaved wrongly by posting it publicly over Twitter." "Posting it alone on Twitter was wrong by itself," she admitted. "As more time went on, rumors kept growing and we became more misunderstood. Even we looked had thought 'Are we really bullies' because of the way the Internet made it out to be. I always took pride in living my life with no shame, but afterwards I felt like I had became a horrible person." Eunjung commented on the fact that T-ara's article receive a lot of malicious comments online by saying, "Our comments get a lot and a lot of malicious comments. At first, I was curious, so I would read them, but I would get overwhelmed and had to stop reading soon." Hyomin said, "The most malicious comment I read online was after Soyeon unnie got into a traffic accident, and I read 'She should've just died' in an article comment. They even said the car accident was manipulated. The car accident was so severe that Soyeon was thrown out of the car." T-ara spoke about their controversial KBS2 "Music Bank" performance. Hyomin said, "The 'Music Bank' schedule was right after the fallout we had in Japan. It was a really awkward moment. We shared a long conversation with Hwayoung for about 40 minutes before the camera rehearsal." Hyomin recalls, "I said 'We've dreamed so long for this moment to be on this stage, so why are we arguing with eachother?' and then we apologized to her for what we did over Twitter. At the end, we were smiling and we finished our talk nicely and regretful of what happened." But the bullying controversy already spread across the Internet. After the camera rehearsal, Hyomin said, "After the camera rehearsal, we came back and it was everywhere on the Internet. 15 minutes before the live broadcast, the boss called and told Hwayoung not to go on stage at 'Music Bank'." But it was too late, because the feud between T-ara and Hwayoung spread online in just hours, and the agency's CEO had to make a decision for the group's unity. Hwayoung took part in rehearsals only, and didn't show on broadcast. After this, it was revealed Hwayoung would no longer be a member of T-ara. Hyomin and Eunjung said, "After the incident, we had to make appearances still. But we were not given permission to talk about the situation. We were so frustrated and it reappeared in our dreams. We just wanted to say two things, "Sorry" and 'We'll work harder.'" They continued to say, "If we tried to clarify our points, the case would become bigger. We really wanted to reveal the truth, but it was frustrating. We wanted to say what was true, and clarify what was wrong and promise to take time to reflect.. but to the public, we were just immature kids who didn't do anything and had no reflections." Jiyeon said, reflecting and saying she felt bad for Hwayoung, "Because T-ara members had already been working together for three years, we understood how she might have had trouble fitting in. I understand how she had troubles adapting to T-ara." The members said, "If we really hated Hwayoung, we would probably not care enough to make such a big deal and quarrel. We are regretful because Hwayoung must have been upset and lonely." Crying, they said, "As public figures, we are sorry for everything we caused." T-ara N4 addressed all the rumors, including the iljin school day rumors and not greeting their senior singers. T-ara was 100% candid on this day. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130506n31837 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.05.04] T-ara N4's tearful confession, "It was not bullying. We had no idea she would leave" T-ara N4 confesses their honest feelings with tears about their Hwayoung bullying issue. On the May 6th episode of Mnet "Beatles Code", T-ara N4 will appear. A trailer for the episode was released on the 3rd with the MC saying, "The public was really shocked by the bullying claims" which then flashed to an image of the T-ara N4 members with tears in their eyes. Eunjung said firstly, "I wanted to say something. I truly did not know she would be taken out of the group. My heart really hurt from it as well," as she began to cry. Hyomin then said, "It was not bullying." The trailer captured all the members wiping away their tears. T-ara N4 are expected to really reveal what happened during the "bullying" issue last year. Meanwhile, T-ara N4 made their comeback this week and released their new song "Rural Life" on April 29th. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130504n02052 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.05.02] T-ara N4 to release album offline on May 3rd.. but only 40,000 limited copies T-ara N4's album "Rural Life" will be released in limited quality: 40,000 units only. T-ara N4 (Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Areum) will have a limited production of 40,000 copies of their debut album "Rural Life" which includes 100 autographed albums by each member (400 combined) according to Core Contents Media. The limited production of 40,000 copies has attracted attention because on average, T-ara will usually sell 70,000 - 100,000 copies of their album, including overseas sales. In addition, T-ara will be giving out 400 free handwritten autographed albums to 400 people who post certification shots of them buying the album. 400 people who do this either via posting on Core Contents Media's official cafe or mentioning Core Contents Media's official Twitter will be rewarded with the prize. T-ara N4's album "Rural Life" includes a crossover genre combining electronic with traditional music. Along with "Rural Life", "Can We Love" which features Double Sidekick is also on the album. Both of the songs were written and produced by Double Sidekick. The album consists of five tracks. The five-track mini album will be available for offline sales beginning on May 3rd. Meanwhile, T-ara N4 will have their comeback today on Mnet's "M!Countdown" and later KBS2 "Music Bank", MBC "Music Core" and SBS "Inkigayo". *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130502n11863 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.30] T-ara's "Rural Life" reaches 1 million views and it's composer explains the lyrics T-ara N4's "Rural Life" has reached over 1 million viewers. Despite being released yesterday, T-ara N4's "Rural Life" has reached nearly 1 million hits on combined sites like YouTube, etc. There was a large amount of interest before the release because of Double Sidekick and the other famous cast members in the music video including Choi Bulam, Kim Soomi, Kim Wansun, Heo Gyeonyoung, Yang Junhyeok, Jeon Guntaek and Kang Minkyung. The song has created so much attention throughout various major video sites that it's already reached 10 million views in only one day with the combined versions of the dance and drama. The reaction with overseas fans has also been more than expected. Controversy rose over T-ara's lyrics and the "To the Rural Life" section. Double Sidekick explained what "To the Rural Life" means. It means to escape the day-to-day life in the city to the "Rural Life" in reference to the MBC drama. The drama "Rural Life" is symbolic with family, friends and happy emotions. The "To the Rural Life" is referring to the drama and is aimed towards older generations . Meanwhile, T-ara N4 has been topping real-time charts since their song release. *** Source: http://m.media.daum.net/entertain/enews/view?newsid=20130430121906593 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[PREDEBUT] Eunjung as a guest in 2004 on MBC "Who Who" (00/00) CR: 스타징스 @ T-ara daum cafe + Diadem Our gallery still glitched at the moment.. T_T I have never seen these caps before though, but maybe they are seen before?~

[13.04.29] T-ara N4 to debut their crossover genre song "Rural Life" on radio shows before TV shows "We will spread awareness for how beautiful Korean instruments are" T-ara N4 said this about using traditional instruments for their crossover genre of traditional instruments and popular rhythms for their title song "Rural Life". Core Contents Media said on the 29th that T-ara N4 wants to inform people from around the world about Korean instruments in an enjoyable way by combining it with electronic beats. "It was challenging, but paid off," they said. T-ara N4 are making a unique decision by debuting via radio instead of on a comeback show. They will debut their song on SBS Choi Hwajung's Powertime radio at 12:00 KST. They revealed that they received this idea from Davichi who also did this when they released their second album after five years. Coming back over radio gives the opportunity to talk and chat with viewers when the song is first premiered. T-ara N4 will release the drama and dance version of "Rural Life" at the same time. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130429n08837 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[14.04.28] T-ara N4 reveal their true feelings on the path to their debut "Since our debut, we constantly have the task of changing our image. From animal costumes and gloves, to Christmas tree costumes and Indian costumes.. once again, please look forward to T-ara's bold and unique concept hehehe" TV Daily met with T-ara N4 weekly to show off an exclusive honest and funny disclosure of an idol's POV. We dug deep to find out their true feelings and get intimate for the readers. Ah~ T-ara N4 consists of T-ara's members Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum. Their title song "Rural Life" is different from anything else and the attention towards T-ara has always been hot. Sexy, chic, lively and beautiful girls.. this is what T-ara will portray with their concept this time. T-ara's first stage will be on May 1st. Since this debut almost four years ago, this will be the first time they'll promote as a unit and there is much anticipation. Choreography practice, interviews, music video shoots.. so far they have had busy schedules with no rest already. If there are misunderstandings or prejudice for T-ara N4, now they will honestly reveal themselves~ Eunjung, "I'm here to film the music video~ But it's too cold so only a bit of my face is showing hehehe" Hyomin, "In the most comfortable position before recording kekeke With shrimp cakes in my arms kekeke" Jiyeon, "What was this taken? Transformed into Santa Girl Jiyeon~ Ulzzang angle hehe" Areum, "Refreshing drink~ Soon spring will go away and it'll be summer hehehe" Eunjung, "In a good mood with a camera I received as a gift~ Happy right now hehehe" Hyomin, "Today I'm wearing a pink sweater for the spring atmosphere scene~ I'm not really mad hehe" Jiyeon, "Wondering how T-ara N4 turned into hip hop warriors? We'll make a public appearance soon hehe" "Our dinner is cherry tomatoes and rice cakes~ All four of us made cute poses hehehe" Hyomin, "Break time during choreography practice~ Aigoo it's difficult ㅜㅜ But I have to cheer up for the first stage hehe" "Earlier we took a proof shot during dance practice of us streching our bodies~ Are we flexible? Hohoho" Eunjung, "During recording. For the music video concept, I transformed with mushroom hair! kekeke" Hyomin, "While recording some songs? Shh! It's a secret~ I'll let you know soon hehehe" "Eating a late night snack to cheer us up. Today we work hard! Everyone, T-ara N4 will come soon. Coming soon~ *** Source: http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=339416 / http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=339417 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.27] T-ara N4 will create a new crossover genre, combining traditional and hip-hop music T-ara N4 (Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Areum) will release an electronic hip-hop version of "Rural Life" as well as a traditional version with traditional harmonies and instruments. T-ara's agency Core Contents Media announced on the 27th that both versions of "Rural Life" will be released at noon on April 29th. The regular version of "Rural Life" has touches of hip-hop and funky and intense dance music. It was written by Double Sidekick with the main motif of the lyrics being getting away from the same everyday routine. The straightforward lyrics and concept was inspired by the drama "Rural Life". The traditional version of it was arranged by Hwang Hojun who has arranged more than 400 well-known songs in the past. T-ara's agency said, "T-ara N4 worked with Hwang Hojun to show off unique and traditional music but also combine it with a hip-hop rhythm to make a crossover genre." Hwang Hojun said, "Idols combining their music with traditional music will make a big impact on generations. I'm happy to think I was involved in the process. This is an opportunity to promote the music of Korea across Southeast Asia and Japan, and hopefully all around the world." *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130427n03922 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.25] Choi Boolam-Kim Sumi to return after 11 years for T-ara N4's "Rural Life" music video The national actor Choi Boolam and actress Kim Sumi will appear in T-ara N4's new "Rural Life" music video after being on hiatus for 11 years. Choi Boolam and Kim Sumi are from the longest ever running Korean drama "Rural Life" which broadcast from 1980-2002. It's been 11 years since it's last episode, and now they are back together and completed the filming for the music video of the same title for T-ara's unit T-ara N4 today. The actors said, "'Rural Life' is a modern song but combines with the rural life theme and created a new type of genre. It felt nostalgic filming it, but it also was enjoyable listening to the song." The T-ara N4 members said, "Because we had to go to Taiwan for the special episode of 'M!Countdown' we weren't able to visit them. We are thankful to both Kim Sumi and Choi Boolam sunbae for appearing in our video and we're disappointed we weren't there when they filmed!" T-ara's drama music video of "Rural Life" is directed by Jo Soohyun who directed both PSY's "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" music video and features the girls moving from a rural background into the city. The dance version is by Hong Wonki who had directed videos for Infinite and Roy Kim before. T-ara N4 will release the song and music video for "Rural Life" on the 29th at noon. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130424n33550 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.24] T-ara and Taiwanese girl group Dreamgirls to perform "Bo Peep Bo Peep" together T-ara will have a special stage with the Taiwanese group Dreamgirls. According to Mnet, on the 24th, T-ara will have a joint with the Taiwanese girl group Dreamgirls at the Taipei Arena for Nihao Taiwan M!Countdown event. T-ara will perform their representative song "Bo Peep Bo Peep" and introduced the Taiwanese version with Dreamgirls to show off an amazing performance. They will show different charms, both those popular in Korea and Taiwan, and plan to capture male fan's hearts, eyes and ears with their exotic charms. In addition to this, this is the chance for younger artists to spread the K-pop wave. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130424n09989 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.22] T-ara N4 to work with "Gangnam Style" music video director T-ara's unit T-ara N4 will work with the music video director Jo Soohyun who directed PSY's "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" videos. Over the past three nights and four days, T-ara N4 shot their music video for "Rural Life" with Jo Soohyun. The music video's plot is about rural girls traveling from South Korea's rural background into the city of Seoul. There will be several surprise guest appearances as well. T-ara N4 consists of T-ara's Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum. They will have a high-end and unique concept with bold and colorful accessories and outfits. "Rural Life" was produced by Double Sidekick and will represent the hearts of the people living in the frustrating day-to-day repetitive tasks of life. The main motif of the song is inspired from the drama "Rural Life", yet the song will be a funky hip-hop dance song. The music video teaser will first be published when T-ara goes to Mnet M!Countdown in Taiwan on the 25th, and then the music video and song will be released at noon on the 29th. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130422n07340 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.18] T-ara N4 to release "Rural Life" music video and song on April 29th T-ARA N4 will release their title track "Rural Life" on April 29th. T-ara's first unit T-ara N4 revealed their teaser on the 15th for "Rural Life" and received a variety of positive reactions. The song is a funky and intense dance song made by the popular composer Double Sidekick who also included touches of hip-hop in the song. The main theme of the title track is the drama "Rural Life". T-ara N4 previously released poster teaser images showing a new image from their original image, with bold and colorful styles and unique accessories. T-ara N4's "Rural Life" song and video will be released through online music sites and YouTube, GomTV, etc on April 29th. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130418n11769 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.15] T-ARA N4 reveal hip-hip image teaser, "Breaking away from original colors" T-ara's 4-member unit T-ara N4 revealed new teaser images today making a transformation into a hip-hop group. T-ara's Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum appeared in the new teasers as stylish and fun looking girls. Their title song "Rural Life" will be revealed through a teaser today and the teaser will show off the funky and intense flavored hip-hop elements in the song. The original color T-ara will not be shown, T-ara's agency Core Contents Media said, "T-ara's unit T-ARA N4 will break away from their original style and each member will have their personalities showed off clearly with their colorful and unique costumes and accessories. They will also present a new look in their performances." The song "Rural Life" is created by Double Sidekick and based on the drama "Rural Life". It has blunt lyrics about breaking free from the same everyday, thoughtless routine. The song will be joyful and appeal to women, men and children and with a touch of nostalgia for the older generation The teaser will be released today through YouTube, GomTV at 3:30 KST. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130415n10795 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.14] Quick News - T-ara will go to Taiwan for "M!Countdown" on the 24th T-ara, along with some other artists like INFINITE and SISTAR and SHINee, will be going to Taiwan for the Mnet "M!Countdown" global tour on the 24th. The tour also goes to Indonesia in July, but T-ara is not yet confirmed to go there yet. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130414n04485 Credit: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.12] T-ara reveal unit name, "T-ARA N4", and Hyomin teaser image T-ara's unit name has been revealed. T-ara's first unit, consisting of Hyomin, Jiyeon, Eunjung and Areum, has revealed their unit name to be "T-ARA N4" which stands for "T-ara Brand New 4". In conjunction with the unit's name being revealed, they have also revealed a teaser poster of Hyomin. T-ara's unit name is uniquely set in the alphabetical background and Hyomin is standing in a corset costume alongside the phrase "would you mind waiting a bit longer? 4.15 am. 11:30". Hyomin was directly involved in making the 2D logo and helped in the album design. T-ara N4 plan to show off each member's individual personality through bold and colorful accessories and styling. On the 15th at 11:30 AM, member specific teasers and a music teaser will be released for the public. The title track "Rural Life" is produced by Double Sidekick and has a bit of a hip-hop element, but also a nostalgia element for the older generation. The funky and intense dance song will be released on May 1st. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130412n10359 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.09] T-ara's hip-hop unit.. Hyomin caught shopping with stylist in Japan Girl group T-ara will return. However, first four members will comeback in a unit. Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum will star in T-ara's first unit. The song is called "Rural Life" but other than that, the precise concept, activity period and comeback direction is all mysterious. The title of the song makes it seem like the song will be retro. The song title reminiscent of T-ara's previous "old style" song concept. At the end of a long controversy, T-ara will attempt to show their colors once again. "Dispatch" covered their recent unit. On the 6th, Hyomin was immersed in shopping in downtown Tokyo with a stylist. She was in Omotesando, Harajuku and Shibuya searching for the perfect style. Hyomin and the stylist chose unexpected items including colorful necklaces, wide-brimmed hats, etc.. At the end, a retro concept looked like a hip-hop concept. T-ara is preparing for a hip-hop warrior concept for their new song. - Hyomin directly purchased costumes for T-ara's unit T-ara's fashionista Hyomin turned into a stylist. On behalf of the other members, Hyomin directly bought items for the unit. Hyomin was focused while in the luxury shop La Foret in Shibuya. Previously, Hyomin aided help in the "Roly-Poly" stage costumes. An official said, "Hyomin's extraordinary insight into styles and clothing was seen when T-ara operated a shopping mall during their debut. The members trust Hyomin will do a good job." Hyomin was attentive while picking out the costumes. Hyomin was looked for everything from earrings, neckalces, shoes, hats and all the requirements needed for activity and made various purchases. Hyomin sought out the advice of the employees and stylists and even asked for the opinion of the fans she met at the store. - Shopping scenario? Back to hip-hop! Most of the items Hyomin bought were reminiscent of hip-hop. With figure-hugging clothes and loose jumpers in unique styles. She also bought gaudy accessories and unique framed sunglasses and necklaces with a variety of decorations. Dispatch observed Hyomin and Hyomin's direction was similar to Big Bang and Lady Gaga's. Hyomin is going for a more unconventional and experimental style of attraction. The unit's concept can usually be inferred through the stage costumes. Already known that it's retro, but the overall style is that of "hip-hop". There seems to be a big gap between the two. The stage performance can be looked forward to because the choreography and song will have a powerful and intense hook. - More than 20 people as back-up dancers? Powerful and hip-hop? T-ara is loved for their easy-to-follow point choreography. However, this unit will be Brand New from head-to-toe. Hyomin began implying the transformation when she was shopping. The differentiation with hip-hop hats and colorful jumpers is the start. It's expected that each member will be dressed based on their personality. The choreography will be bold. They also are expected to take full advantage of hand and foot-work. T-ara's transformation can be confirmed by the dance team. For the stage choreography, a four person unit will be joined by 20 back-dancers. The point is the choreography, but the overall style will be completely different. An official said it's too early to release the specific concept. A unique combination of members will make up T-ara's unit. Hyomin, Jiyeon and Eunjung showed off their masculine dance moves during their Japanese tour. At the very least, the unit is likely to take a "cute and youthful" twist to a radically unconventional concept. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130409n11085 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.04.04] T-ara's 4-member unit to debut with "Rural Life" in early May 7-member girl group T-ara will promote as a unit. T-ara will debut a unit consisting of Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum and they recently finished recording their song and are now preparing for their activities. They are trying to debut as early as the end of this month with "Rural Life". T-ara debuted in 2009 with "Lies" and on their Japanese single "Bunny Style!" which they recently released in Japan, they first tried units. The units were Soyeon-Areum, Boram-Qri and Hyomin-Jiyeon-Eunjung. The songs were all included as bonus tracks for various singles. This will be T-ara's first time doing a formal unit activity. What is T-ara's reason for doing a unit? The reason for T-ara to do the unit's activity is actually because since Hwayoung withdrew from the group last year, many fans were torn by the news at T-ara's height of popularity. T-ara will form this unit to try and mend the hearts of millions of fans again. Unit groups have been popular lately with Sistar19, 2YOON, ZE:A5, Infinite-H, and various other groups. The song "Rural Life" is produced by the hitmaker Double Sidekick T-ara will appeal to several generations, both young and old, and both men and women with their new unit song. T-ara plan to create a national dance similar to the "Roly-Poly" craze that they did with two years ago. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130404n02670 / http://news.nate.com/view/20130403n39157 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.03.30] Quick News - T-ara presented a plaque from the Korean Tourism Organization T-ara received an award from the Korean Tourism Organization for their participation in KBS 'Let's Go Dream Team Season 2' in Hanoi, Vietnam and how they have in the past actively promoted '2013 Visit Korea Campaign' as performers. Along with T-ara, the only idol group awarded the plaque, the MC Lee Changmyung, Son Hoyoung and Park Jaemin were also there and praised for their efforts. KBS "Let's Go Dream Team" will broadcast on April 7th. *** Source: http://t-arafan.com/zeroboard/zboard.php?id=news&page=1&sn1=&divpage=2&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=12366 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.03.27] T-ara's Eunjung-Hyomin-Jiyeon-Areum to form a sub-unit and create national trend 7-member girl group T-ara will return in late April or early May as a sub-unit consisting of Eunjung, Jiyeon, Hyomin and Areum. The team's name is not yet decided, but they plan to takeover with a national dance trend. T-ara's agency Core Contents Media said on the 27th, "We are sorting out the details for a sub-unit for Eunjung, Jiyeon, Hyomin and Areum right now." T-ara will work with the new hitmaker, Double Sidekick. Double Sidekick has made several hit songs lately, including Davichi's "Turtle" most recently. This will be the first time T-ara works with this composer. Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum will appear similar with their promotions with T-ara, contrary to what most usual sub-units do. Their agency said, "We want to take this chance to familiarize the public with them individually." T-ara plan to appear on stage with a dance similar to the Village People's "YMCA" dance which became popular in the late 1990's that is easy to follow. The song will have an easy and gentle melody and dance their agency hinted. T-ara hope to make the dance a national trend. Their agency joked, "The song will hopefully be the second coming of 'Gangnam Style'." The other members, Qri, Boram and Soyeon, will stick to individual activities. T-ara will reunite in the summer and plan to reach over 150,000 fans in a Japanese Arena Tour. Last year, T-ara held a six city tour in Japan including two sold out performances in Tokyo's Budokan Arena. *** Source: http://media.daum.net/entertain/enews/view?newsid=20130327095908739 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.03.13] T-ara perform in front of 100,000+ fans, Japanese promotional tour met with great success After a 15-city promotional tour in Japan, T-ara has returned to Korea. T-ara departed for Japan on February 20th and toured over 15 locations including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukoka. On the 10th, they came back to Korea. In the 15 showcases in front of Japanese fans, T-ara caught the attention of over 100,000 fans and met with the Japanese fans to give them cards. Hyomin was unable to attend the showcases because she is filming for the movie "Jinx" in Japan. On the 14th, T-ara will depart at 5:15 PM for a Bangkok concert. *** Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130313n09298 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.03.09] Quick News - T-ara have sold 400,000 album sales since 2010 (12th best selling) *** Source: GAON + fant-ara Credit: nathaniel @ Diadem + as tagged

[13.03.09] Quick News - T-ara have 3/10 of the best selling girl group album sales positions of 2012 (Also: T-ara's FREE TIME IN PARIS & SWISS was ranked 14th) *** Source: fant-ara Credit: Nathaniel @ Diadem + Gaon