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To be accurate, antis, and 6-ara bias, were unholy against T-ara becoming a 9 member group after the announcement of Dani and Areum were joining the group. They needed a media catalysis to happen for them to push Hwayoung, via cyberbullying, and rile up the media outlets about. All Kim Kwang Soo wanted was for T-ara to expand and develop more better and overcome newer challenges, but antis just didn't like him, let alone forgive and move on from previous misunderstandings. I don't agree that this happened overnight, since there was mentioning about Areum's message awhile back about going solo. Sometimes when a 6-ara bias says "original" for Hyomin, Eunjung, Jiyeon, Soyeon, Boram, and Qri, while knowing that "originally" T-ara started out with their debut as 5-ara with Hyomin, Eunjung, Jiyeon, Jiae, and Jiwon, it just comes off like 5-ara weren't good enough to begin with, and in a way, hurts all of them for trying their best, which basically started T-ara, in the first place. Don't get me wrong, because my T-ara bias is every single member, as well as former members, and I'm very thankful for every additional member that is part of Hyomin's, Eunjung's and Jiyeon's careers in T-ara, because they are T-ara too.

That's what was said by antis during Hwayoung's incident, but that didn't happen, thankfully. There's was a mentioning by Areum's mother about getting a lawyer to suit media outlets for blowing up her daughter's solo endeavors way out of proportion to the public. Antis got hit hard, again. Them leaving Core Contents Media is totally unrealistic, and quite damaging to their well-being and careers. Exactly, this was all discussed previous during Hwayoung's incident here, which helped sparked a full blown civil war within the fandom, unfortunately. T-ara will be severely, and quite completely be gone, once they leave Core Contents Media. Antis like to think wrongly and assume that T-ara can perform their previous works freely, after they leave the company, but that's not how the entertainment business works at all. They also continue to spout non-sense like they know what's going on inside the walls of Core Contents Media, when actually, they don't, and they're merely guessing what's going on befitting to their uniquely, twisted up, personalities, and totally disregard official statements and truth directly from the source, which are T-ara, Core Contents Media, and Kim Kwang Soo. From Core Contents Media, antis are the ones being unholy inconsiderable toward their feelings, as well as the rest of the fandom, and wanting to end the careers of the T-ara members, their well-beings and livelihoods, during this civil war. The company is listening to their supportive fans, not antis and haters who have no logic to their useless lies and rantings. I remember similar comments during Hwayoung's addition, but T-ara together overcame such obstacles and became even bigger and better. Antis are still targeting the rest of the fandom in this civil war with their lying propaganda, while claiming that they themselves are fans of T-ara. Indeed that this civil war is still being drawn out longer, which is putting a strain on everybody, but it's still being fought nonetheless. Supportive fans are still fighting the good fight, and winning alongside T-ara, Core Contents Media, and Kim Kwang Soo.

Yes, time will tell, but I doubt it's really required, since Areum made it perfectly clear that it was her decision to go solo, and to remain with Core Contents Media, which is both an unfortunate lost to T-ara, and a good thing. The civil war is still progressive, as expected, unfortunately. Antis still try to claim that they know what's going on with T-ara, Core Contents Media, and Kim Kwang Soo, when they actually don't. A few are trying to spin their reasoning to hate them is their concerns for their health and well-being, when that's not even the truth either. Antis are still sadly losing this civil war, and their hatred continues onward for their self-loathing purposes. But, it's very good that Core Contents Media sees and backs her skills' potential, and she'll always be regarded as part of T-ara.

This hits the antis hard, and I like it! Antis are desperately trying to play it off like she's just going along to what Kim Kwang Soo is saying, when that's not even remotely true at all. Well played Areum! Antis are still continuing to rant that they know what's going on inside the walls of Core Contents Media, let alone what the T-ara members are thinking, or even Kim Kwang Soo's thoughts, when in fact and truthfully speaking, they absolutely don't, and still living in the past! Bravo Areum! Bravo!

It's official now, she's still with Core Contents Media, which is good news. I'm rather surprised that people are speculating other things from her message. Things can change suddenly in the entertainment industry, just like that unexpected invite from Chris Brown. And just like there were things that were ready for Hwayoung before until the anti-surge. There's no proof to such assumptions to begin with. 5dolls has been in member changes for quite some time now, and Gangkiz's lineup change went quietly unnoticed for a while, so I'm told. It certainly feels like the only reason for these changes might've been from the members of these respective groups themselves, like Areum. There's no proof to such accusations on these member changes. And having them leave Core Contents Media is a very bad thing, and it'll absolutely force them to start all over again from scratch.

Dani is already a member of T-ara, and I'm not against Core Contents Media, nor Kim Kwang Soo, let alone the T-ara members, should they decide to add new members to the group. Even though she's going solo, we haven't heard of any news of her leaving Core Contents Media, and it's assumed that she's staying with the company to pursue her ongoing career. Agreed, there's too many assumptions going around still, and the civil war is still going on with this bit of news fueling it a little more. As a reminder, 6-ara is not the original T-ara, 5-ara is the original group. Soyeon, Boram, and Qri were added after Jiae and Jiwon left T-ara. And 6-ara lasted from July, 2009 to July, 2010, when Hwayoung joined, and currently T-ara is a 7 member group.

No, they actually were doing even better when they were a 7-8 member group, while they were going on to become a 9 member group. So they have the potential to become even more. But antis and 6-ara bias did not approve of the new members, despite the member approvals of them. Dani is already part of T-ara already, given her performance in the Day By Day music video, just haven't officially done so, until now, in a sub-unit and her efforts to expand them into the U.S. market.

Correction, they did "debut" as a 5 member group, for those of us fans who remember them before they became a 6 member group, for a drama soundtrack with this song, . . . It was due to Jiae's and Jiwon's departure that they decided to starting over with their debut and mark their 5 member time, how brief it was, a "pre-debut". No doubt that they were "originally a 5 member group", and still negates this idiotic reasoning to bash on Hwayoung, Areum, and Dani. There's no legitimate proof to even claim such an "assumption", in the first place. When some member is leaving a group, sometimes the label company announces whether there will be a replacement or not, and it just so happens that everybody still thinks about Dani, ever since her announcement joining T-ara was made months ago. And thanks to Dani's efforts to have them get into the U.S. more with T-ara-N4, it seems quite logical for her to do so. So again, there's no way to even claim that Kim Kwang Soo decided to remove Areum from T-ara, until Areum and/or Core Contents Media, and/or Kim Kwang Soo makes a public statement saying that Kim Kwang Soo himself made that decision, or Areum is the sole person in make this decision and consulted with Core Contents Media and Kim Kwang Soo, and agreed to her becoming a soloist.

Firstly, there has been member changes happening here and there in Core Contents Media for quite some time now. So I don't think this bit of news is that shocking. I don't know how it is even possible to accuse Kim Kwang Soo of these changes when it wasn't even confirmed that he made them, all the while it was being told that the members themselves are making the decision. Areum is giving a video announcement about her going solo, and Core Contents Media backing her up. How does that translate into Kim Kwang Soo making the decision without Areum's consent? Some 6-aras are still at it too, despite having the members approve of the newer members to the group. It's like member approvals fell on deaf ears or something. T-ara was originally a 5 member group, consisting of Hyomin, Eunjung, Jiyeon, Jiae, and Jiwon. When Jiae and Jiwon left the group, Soyeon, Boram, and Qri were added. So this non-sense about going against adding newer members, when half of them weren't even the originals, is not even worth pointing out as a reason to bash on Areum and Dani, let along Hwayoung. Lastly, we can hope that with these new changes, that is if there's more changes are to come, more positive results will be achieved for each artist. I hope for the best of each and every one them, especially our Areum as a soloist.

She will be always welcomed back in T-ara, if she should change her mind. But we'll definitely support her, because she will always be remembered as a T-ara member.

I hope this will be a prelude towards T-ara having their very own anime. The video game concept with a simple plot twist was nice and settling, and easy for everybody to understand. I still don't know where those 3 blast shots and 2 love arrows came from though. Video game obstacle course? Since other K-Pop artists have done some music video animation before, and got lots of good feedback for them, I was expecting this concept to come from T-ara sooner or later. Good job.

Pretty much that was all that was scheduled to begin with actually 2 weeks ago, according from QBS directly. It was a 3 Day QBS Promotional Tour in Japan basically. I won't jump to a conclusion that Core Contents Media is to blame, when there's a possibility that these were the only available venues that they could secure at the time. At least we can enjoy these uploaded videos of their promotional efforts, and whose to say that they won't stop performing as QBS while still part of T-ara anyways. Enjoy (The videos with the "QBS Information" at the end of the videos.), . . . QBS Information QBS Information QBS Information

I know that feeling too. Youtube in Japan, more specifically, their music videos, don't stay up online for very long after their releases, which totally sucks for everybody who are unable to download from it as soon as possible. I've been punching holes in solid concrete walls every time that happens, ergo, the wall has been turned to dust years ago. At least there are fans in Japan and those who managed to download it, are unable to upload the music videos once again. So hopefully, you should be able to see it soon, if not from youtube, but somewhere online. In terms of the internet, people should be able to archive and store data much more better instead of resorting to deleting it all the time by now, as well as adding more memory capacity. I once saw an external hard drive with 10 Terabytes of memory on a store shelf. Anyways, I hope you get to see it, the music video is very sweet to enjoy.

So beautifully innocent, and elegantly, delightful in their portrayals. Such wonderful harmonious vocals too. Soyeon! Qri! Boram! QBS Can't wait for T-ara to comeback altogether, with Hwayoung.

I'm so very happy to hear from them again, and this is good news indeed. I can't wait to see their music video(s), and their promotional start in Japan. I hope they get many opportunities over there.

I watched the music video, and I have to say, it is amazingly well put together. The beautiful vocals and laid back raps from this collaboration with Soyeon, Yoojin, Eunkyo, Taewoon, and Sungmin, matched so well with Jiyeon's acting performance. The settled and classic opening mood has a nice steady build and emotional withdrawal from beginning to end, despite the pause breaks for Jiyeon's acting which fills in more feeling and presence to help express the lyrics and overall visual portrayal of the titled song. The storytelling is incredible, as expected from them, and always shows potential for a sequel, or just leave it as it is. I won't mind having a part 2, or part 3, even a part 4 to this music video with more internal collaborations in Core Contents Media, given how well received previous storytelling music videos were and still are today. I am certain that there are many combinations amongst T-ara, 5dolls, The SeeYa, Gangkiz, Davichi, and Speed that can be elaborated and swelled up to open more avenues to remedy other aspects in and about this project. Another great job Core Contents Media.

If other artists who has English as a second or third, maybe fourth language outside the U.S. are able to make it big here with their talents, it's quite possible for T-ara and/or other artists from K-Pop then.

Agreed. There were T-ara fans at that pool party, which was awesome, those lucky few, those happy lucky few (Especially that one fan that got to shake hands with Eunjung.), who supported the girls during that event. So, it's not a total lost, and it was expected that T-ara would benefit more from this. At first, I thought it was going to be a promotional concert, with advertising and the works, but I didn't expect that pool party to be it. Plus, that was during Memorial Day Weekend. Initially, I thought that was like a pre-show or something, to meet other people in the business, which was somewhat true, that would lead up to a concert event. Maybe there will be a concert event in the future. Who knows, but not sure with Chris Brown's current status quo. We'll just have to wait how it'll unfold here in the U.S. I'm still hoping to see other collaborative works that will bear more positive gains for fans and T-ara here.

Here's one thing antis probably, or most likely didn't know about Chris Brown recently, that happened on the May 21, 2013. He got involved in a minor car accident, and failed to give the proper information needed to report it. This is sort of a bad thing that could potential affect his status quo to recover himself personally, and quite legally, since he's already in a bit of hot water with his sentencing terms, and will be attending a court hearing about it soon. I don't really blame him for having so much worries right now, which definitely would affect him in more ways than one. It's understandable he got a lot to deal with right now, especially for not being forthcoming about what exactly the gig he wanted to be with T-ara N4. But at least T-ara N4 started somewhere in the U.S., which is better than nowhere in the U.S. And who knows, for those who supported T-ara on this event will probably find themselves thankful that they didn't have to think badly about them, as they continue to expand in the U.S. later on. Remember, there were other U.S. artists and producers that contacted T-ara.

It's great that they are having a fun time and learning some cultural aspects here. Although, I do wonder if there's a video online that has T-ara N4's stage performance from start to finish, like the members coming on and then off the stage. So far, I've only seen videos where the music is already playing, and the video cuts out while they are still on stage. And I would like to know why the videos so far didn't capture the audience that much, like zooming out a bit. I've noticed some people up front taking camera videos up close. Antis still don't have a good grasp of what happened at that event, let alone what happened prior, and still taking opportunities to lash out against the members and the company, yet again. So sad these desperate antis.

I do wonder how many songs they will be performing at the concert? Lucky fans over there in Japan. Please take good care of them. 
 Yes, we didn't get the chance to touch on this aspect that much, since the last time we discussed about the group. Good to talk to you again, and I don't mind the wall of text, at least I can read it. Those antis are doing the same lame tactic again, if you ask me, like using those fabricated gifs from previous shows that started that messed up ordeal. Okay, let's going through with this, . . .
 Hyomin and Hyuna explained extreme dieting to prepare for T-ara's Bo Beep Bo Beep promotions, and after the song was released, they got to eat food. We all don't know what context they meant to starve, like eating a little bit of food and drinking some water, which doesn't satisfy their hunger, or complete starvation. I seriously doubt that it was complete starvation. Please also note that they were talking about Hyomin, not the rest of the members. And it is quite common for people to be concerned with their physical condition and wanting to do something to be more content with themselves. T-ara is not the only ones who resorted to similar dieting, and by now, they've learned more safer methods of dieting and exercising, since 2009, like some of these. Do please remember, T-ara doesn't diet throughout the entire year, and they do consume foods and drinks. Dieting doesn't take that long either. Plus, that's a talk show that made fun of themselves, and from that, they learned to improve and find newer ways to prepare and take care of themselves. Let's not be too critical here. The bottom line is there's no use for this any further, since this video was back in 2009. I mean, not too long ago, we see T-ara N4 in their dance studio eating some food during their break in some photos. Antis are taking things out of context with that one. Next, . . .
 T-ara is not the only artists that endured such weather. Who knows if this was suppose to be a means to demonstrate just how committed they are to their fans, compared to other artists who endured similar conditions. What if the temperature appeared alright before they took to the stage, but suddenly a cold front shifted into their direction? Weather does change unexpectedly from time to time, despite weather models being reported for the day/week. I do agree it was unfortunate, but I still applaud their professionalism for enduring such. Anyways, what does the weather have to do with Kim Kwang Soo? Does he have the ability to change the weather to extreme cold temperatures or something? That's sounds wacky. If any blame should be give, it would be the wardrobe staff to be on point about the environment, like not wearing skirts in slightly windy weather that could potentially lift them up during their performance (Where is my mind going? ). Next, . . .
 Yes, we all were stunned and prayed for Eunjung after she fell off that horse. Let's be clear that we're not medical doctors, and it appears that Eunjung was still able to perform for M! Countdown on November 17, 2011. Who knows if Eunjung herself wanted to perform. For example, on January 24, 2012, Eunjung slipped and fell on an icy road (Remember this one?), injuring her left knee on the same day of her shooting for We Got Married show. According to Kim Joon Hyun, the producer of the show, explained that Eunjung was told that she needed 6 weeks to completely recover from that injury. Despite being told this, it was reported by him and the rest of the production staff that she was still willing to shoot the episode. The staff overriden Eunjung's request to continue with the shoot. Notwithstanding her injury, she still showed up to the shooting without a cast on her leg, which inevitably lead to halting the shoot and would resume later on. Again, antis on not factoring, or even considering how much the girls love being entertainers and willing to endure such suffering. I highly respect all of the members, rarely do I ever pity them. This is who they want to be, who they are with such spirited work ethics. As further proof, . . . Again, how can it be conceivable that Kim Kwang Soo forced her to perform when prior to that performance they all gave a short interview for their comeback, and Eunjung appeared okay? Is there proof that Eunjung didn't want to go on stage? Is there proof that Kim Kwang Soo told her to go on stage? Where's the proof? Antis are just relying on their twisted sense of reality here again. Look, I know some people don't like him since that Nam Gyuri spat, but even that one, both her and him settled down and apologized and forgave each other. How can antis continue such a dispute when neither side are even fighting to begin with? How messed up is that? It's like the U.S. and Japan are still fighting World War II from the antis perspective, and that is so completely ludicrous. If there's anything else on Kim Kwang Soo, PM me about it.

Not possible to consider Core Contents Media is bankrupted, because they need to spend money to transport T-ara N4 to both the U.S. and Japan, make arrangements for food and lodgings, make music videos for QBS and send them to Japan and make similar arrangements too, etc, etc. I don't know why we should consider this at all, especially when T-ara N4 debuted, they did pretty well on the charts. Let's be clear about this, we are not the T-ara members, let alone doctors with their full medical history in hand. We've seen uploaded pictures by themselves sleeping in cars while on their way to different activities, as well as sleeping in other places too. They do sleep, eat, and exercise to stay healthy, and at times, they push themselves to be sure that they can perform to the level of their own expectations. Please remember, an entertainers life is uniquely different, especially when considering the possibility that work (Something they enjoy doing.) can be a means to escape from other things too, like reading desperate antis trying to attack them and failing again, again, again, again, and again. Guessing is one thing, but to be convinced of the guessing without knowing for sure, that's rather premature, won't you agree? The Budokan Concert will divide the 11 performances between the 2 days (July 12th and 13th), and if necessary, they could add a 3rd day to accommodate everybody, which would separate the performances even more. And whose to say that their Korean comeback is going to happen right after that, when it's possible to also have it on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of that same month? We don't have specific dates about their Japan Tour either, which that would be considered part of their Japanese Album promotions, before their Korean comeback. Plus, we don't know when will their Korean comeback is going to be, since it is possible to push back a comeback to a later date, like August or September. Given how long that they have been entertainers with much experience with rehearsals, song recordings, dance choreography, and interviews, they should know what their doing by now. Sleeping and waiting during a long flight is actually resting, because their not doing a rehearsal, song recording, or a dance choreography. Again, we don't know their schedules and know how many vacations that they will have this year. But they did performed their Sexy Love promotions, which I think we all can agree that it was probably much less than they originally intended. Kim Kwang Soo did what was expected from him and that was to not overly promote T-ara at that time, even though antis tried to make it even harder on him when they opposed the Little T-ara's performance part that one time. He knew T-ara had to rebuild their image, and that will take some time to gradually regain what they lost. And let's not over exaggerate on those 2 performances, they did not run off stage, they casually walked off of it. And comparing past interviews and events to future ones, does not even match, and sort of fails in supporting the them. Again, we're not T-ara, we're fans of them, and they know their own physical and mental limits, and if something medically happens to them, they can halt activities to concentrate on their recovery. If Core Contents Media and Kim Kwang Soo are totally oppressive, they won't allow them medical treatment at all then. Since they do adhere to medical treatment, all of those types of comments are already deemed false and over exaggerating. Please understand that the members do, at times, push themselves on their own despite the company telling them to take it easy, like that time when they mentioned about instead of taking a vacation, they went did volunteer work to help out a community charity. We already went through this before, and they know what they are doing, and willing to tough it out, because antis will resort to such acts of desperate idiocy anyways. Why? T-ara told the truth and antis simply can't handle it. T-ara has to make up for lost time back then, and that's what they are doing now. So it is to be expected of them to work again. Please keep in mind that before that incident, we were getting reports of them going on vacations, so who knows how many vacations they will have this year. Let's be clear about this, they endured such pains and heartaches and still achieved success. Nobody here did not forget what they went through. I believe xbot was pointing the positives that enable T-ara to endure such, even today. By no means necessary to assume that was being over zealous at all, given the context that it was presented in the posting. And on a technicality, T-ara and Core Contents Media work together. Let's not blow this out of proportion here, since the company did adhere to the members concerns, and had them do that Beetles Code interview afterward. If they truly wanted to keep that a secret, that interview won't have happened at all. It's good to be concerned about the members' health conditioning, but to be overly protective is doing too much, especially when we're not trained and certified doctors with their medical files, to make such a diagnosis. I'm pretty sure that they do take breaks during work. I'm pretty sure that they eat and drink good foods and beverages to keep them going. I'm pretty sure they do rest and sleep. Want to know how? Because they upload pictures of them doing those things from time to time.

I'm sure there will be time for them to rest in between. For example, a flight to or from South Korea to Los Angeles, California is estimated at 12 hours and 45 minutes. T-ara N4 can get needed rest on the flights. Let's not over exaggerate their schedules, since knowing that we all don't see their official schedules, nor know of any schedule changes that might occur at any time soon. Best to have faith in them.

More great news. The 2013 T-ara Japan Tour. They are definitely doing well. I'm not sure which other artists will be making comebacks around July this year, but knowing T-ara will be, it's going to be another fun start for the summer again.

This is a good building for them, and I can't wait to see all of their performances. I'm so very happy for them. I will still hold on to that possibility for T-ara as a whole group promote together in the U.S. later on. I already listened to QBS's "Like The Wind", and it's beautiful. Can't wait to see their music video(s) soon. And definitely looking forward to their group comeback in Japan and South Korea. T-ara!