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I saw a video on Youtube of their first ever (maybe) live perf of By Bye. Good old song. But like Scatter_88mil said, I couldn't hear their voices properly in a sense that i could hear their voices here and there as they were catching breath. Tho it's fancam, I think the mics are pretty clear. I won't say they didn't put lots of efforts and energy for this, but we can see few things why one might think this way. Their schedule is crazy. Their live performance isn't strong in many cases for 1 song, let alone for a full concert. I so expected this half-live concert. Nevertheless, I'd still wanna watch my fav group live

Actually I thought the first song sounds better... People said it's Gangkiz's song? Which one? None of the song in their mini sounds like that...

Fudge... I'm so excited yet really hating the addition of member...

Our lovely T-ara... just disband you now girls! The way I see it, it's now a working machine for KKS, adding accessories here and there. Instead of improving what they already have, they think they could make the group better by bringing in new people (who they claim to have talents despite their young age). T-ara is becoming like a soccer club now. Old players are leaving, new players a coming. It won't be the same anymore. But music is not sports. There is no seasonal competition like Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, etc. People's taste changes over time. T-ara might still have the name T-ara, but without the original style it has before (image, vocals, music, etc), T-ara will only be a name/brand. Just disband now at your peak career, and move on to what you're good at while your fans are still supporting you. Jiyeon, Eunjung go acting and singing too. Soyeon might go solo. Hyomin with her variety shows, acting, musical as well. Qri, Boram... I don't know, maybe a bit acting? Hwayoung, still quite young, she can still do idol group. She's a good rapper, need to sharpen that skills.

If this comes out to be true, I might not be the group's fan anymore...can't keep up with this ever-changing group. I'll support Eunjung still, and hopes she goes solo. Or just make a sub unit Eun-Hyo-So, and Ji and Hwa maybe. But 14 y-o new member? The fanclub name QUEEN'S is hard enough to deal with... now this...

FloatingMinds, how lucky you are! You're in Italy and you saw T-ara in person, and took pics of them... I hope you're Juventini, if you are then you've seen my 2 most fav teams in the world

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.

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?

"Why adding new members when 7-member T-ara is doing just fine?" No! the question should be, "Why adding new members when with 7 members right now they can't fully showcase each member equally?" Is everyone going to be able to get better spotlight, with more members in the group?

How are this things supposed to be happening one after another, back to back? Photobook then change in team lineup? Just right after the photobook of 7 of them is released, we might see a different T-ara with different members? What is this? Feels like a farewell photobook...

This quote: "If there's no effort or there is no singing skills, the members will not be given parts (measures) to sing." So has this been the norm in T-ara? Is he saying that Eunjung's slacking off in singing that her singing parts just got smaller and smaller each song release? Is he saying that Boram is almost useless/non-existent? Cry Cry, Lovey Dovey... Is he only favoring Hyomin, Soyeon, and Jiyeon? What is he actually saying?

Lucky fans... relieved to see Eunjung by herself

My attention was on Jungie the whole perf. I could her trying to avoid lots of movements on her left leg n use her right leg as much as possible. Her shuffling was merely steps. Actually I'm very happy to see that she didn't push herself to perform all out. I guess she's not that stubborn anymore hehe...

Where did you watch the perf? I didn't know anything about her crying...

TiaraDiadem, we should interview T-ara too when they visit SF later...we MUST!

Lucky faaaaaaaaaaaaaans... I wan it toooooooooooooo.... Imma do that when they come to SF later...

This is fantastic considering FT is a repack of BE. I thought this number would have outsold BE but apparently BE is still selling. So in month one FT sold 43K, it could be T-ara's highest album sales by end 2012?

I hope she landed on her right foot. But really wondering, so all these pics of them with those outfits were taken by fans? ALL of them? Even the HQ ones with Eiffel as the background? If it's true, we (US Fans/Fanclub) should be able to do the same, having a photo session with T-ara, while sightseeing during their stay for show in SF. It would be AWESOME if fans can just follow around watching them, just like how fans watch a shooting scene hehe... TiaraDiadem, please make this true...please!

You are ONE LUCKY FAN right there! I'm both happy for you and jealous at the same time here... really can't wait for their show here in SF this April, hopefully things go smoothly and perhaps even 5Dolls is coming

Glad n very relieved to see them on stage w/o our stubborn (but not this time) Eunjungie Love you Jungie ya!

Yeah, what's going on Jungie... And these pics are fantaken? How lucky that fan is... darn lucky to the roof! And T-ara are posing for that fan...

Who are those poeple making human fence for the artists? Volunteers of the event? I wanna be one of them too haha...

OMG Eunjung's stare... she looks so happy Thanks for that smile Jungie ya!

I hope what some of you said is true guys... than this Japanese promotion is also their vacation time as it won't be as crazily packed like the Korean one. I'm really hoping...

Jiyeon is strong, might be stronger than we all thought, behind that beautiful face and dorky sides of hers.