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Love the Christmas theme this week Official Mnet video

It's up again & they look like they really enjoyed shooting it..

Yeah that girl (or boy?) was pretty hysterical... Oh yeah also.. Official vid at Arirang Kpop (sorry can't help myself ) http://youtu.be/i0EMTC7sb_0 PS: For those who doubt that Soyeon is having throat problems (poor girl), when was the last time you saw Soyeon not saying anything in a T-ara talk segment?

I could be wrong but I think most Int'l Queen's who don't know hangul get their legal digital downloads from iTunes, especially since its only about $3-5 per album. That's how many thousand to be counted on Gaon? Yes other groups have int'l fans also, but just check the view counts for live perfs in youtube. T-ara int'l fans are at least in the top 5. Yes those who buy Kpop usually get it from iTunes for digital downloads & yesasia for physical albums, we also have local franchise of melon & langitmusik and other sites but those aren't really not up to date on Kpop. Which is why I'm really miffed that T-ara songs in iTunes Japan can't be bought from here. Would've love if T-ara visited here.. SNSD, Superjunior and the whole SM Town, 2PM, Wonder Girls, Lee Seunggi, Rain, Music Bank, etc.. even Girl's Day been to Indonesia. And almost all kpop concerts here gets sold out in just a short time. And don't forget that Eunjeung got married here once (btw that was Lombok Island, our capital in Jakarta looks totally different)

[13.12.16] Latest Update - Korean Wave Indonesia: T-ara #1 Kpop Girl Band & Number 9 Kpop Song of the Year After 45 days and 36.5 million votes (That's almost the size of South Korea give or take a few million) T-ara won Top Girl Band & Song of the Year awards at the 2013 Korean Updates Awards Hosted by Korean Wave Indonesia: It's not as big as China but Indonesia is the 4th largest population in the world. There are millions of Queen's in Indonesia you know & I heard T-ara is also #1 in other countries, if only Gaon charts count in iTunes sales... Source: http://koreanupdates.com/2013/12/15/2013-koreanupdates-awards-results http://news.nate.com/view/20131216n36077

Also here's the official SBSmusic1 er one.. http://youtu.be/ymAi7cjE92E EDIT: New link at SBSMusic1.. I don't understand why SBS always takes down & re-upload its Sunday Inkigayo videos on Mondays. Really annoying since it already had a ton of views before..

Official MV at Mnet. Don't forget to vote at Mnet this weekend guys! http://mwave.interest.me/mcountdown/vote.m

Wow Number 9 with blonde Eunjeung, still love this song so much..

For one thing I hope they don't cut the Do You Know Me promotion short. I'm enjoying the live performances too much.. Oh yeah and we don't need a long video unless its a real mini-drama + I hope CCM won't post it on two separate youtube channels.. we still haven't break 1 million for the Do You Know Me MVs you know. PS: Did I get this right? Hide & Seek is already on the Again 1977/What Do I Do/Do You Know Me Mini Album? Can someone confirm this, my copy is still in the mail. Thanks.

They really look cute in the Xmas outfits.. Anyone else wishing they would do a Christmas theme at least once for the Do You Know Me performance?

It's getting more and more like a wild party!! Just as Boram said: WOW!!! Official video at SBSmusic1 (may not work in Singapore & some other countries): EDIT: SBS removed the video & the uploaded it again (don't know why) here is the new link: Yesterday's comeback at Music Core already has more than 100,000 views at MBCKpop alone... ironically the Coremidas MV only has 142k & Ktmusic: around 400k there is a price to pay for having a 7 minute video.

Gaah another great one.. Love how Hyomin is showing off her chamaleon powers, yesterday she looked like a pink haired Jessica Rabbit fused with a Flinstone characther now a dark haired femme fatale agent.. Soyeon shooting everyone dead, Qri getting two guys now vying for attention.. Eunjeung looking so slick & 2000-90s with that clamshell phone (i swear i had one around 10 years ago).. OMG Boram got abbs!!! ..and Jiyeon looking so happy (she looks like she's the narrator for the whole story). Personally i like this choreo better than yesterdays's. there seems to be an excitement whenever yet another member popped out of the background. my only gripe is they should leave out that back-up karaoke (you know it volumes up when kpop singers couldn't reach a note but fades out if theycan) it causes a doubling effect & I don't think T-ara needs it anymore..

Yeah.. despite all the mistakes, CCM does know how to consistently get the perfect songs & concepts for T-ara. I still listen to every single title song they made and even T-ara's filler songs are sometimes better than other girl group's title songs (even from the Big 3 agencies) Capt, would love to have a gift of Eunjeung phoning a friend from on stage..

I sometimes hear 'greedy' being synanimous with 'ambitious' in Korean: Maybe she means that T-ara doesn't need to be greedy for #1 spots & just perform sincerly for their fans?

Just came out.. OFFICAL MNET VIDEO: Guys, if you can please visit/like/share the official MVs and videos again and again. T-ara really needs the view counts and what makes it frustrating is that I read somewhere (don't know if its true or not) there is a Chinese site out there with the unofficial mv with over 1.4 million views

That was AMAZING.. just wow.. and they really set it up like a musical. Love the small details & props, Soyeon's mirror, Eunjeung's handphone and Hyomin's.. er was that a trash can? Also I bet a lot of people were confused with the 1977 intro MV but it was the perfect opening imho Intro Credit: KmnetLive2

She looks like a cute anime witch with that pointy hat & bubblegum hair

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.

[13.12.01] Video HD - 'What Do I Do' MV Premier Full Recording http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/41302790 Credit: geniemusic @ ustream For those of you who missed the live stream, geniemusic still has the recording in its ustream channel. PS: Can't wait to see the dancing live

Really awesome news but arrgh.. don't know if I can make that time work for me (if they only made it on a Sunday) but I do hope that someone will record this..

If its a new cf, could it be a medley of their songs? The first picture looks like the background for Roly Poly J-version

Choronology of my infatuation with T-ara: 'I Go Crazy Because of You' gets an all-kill article (1st time I heard their name) --> Eunjeung's rap in IGCBOY (dara..ra..ra...) --> "CEO (Completedly Edited Out)/Folding Screen" Hyomin in Invincible Youth --> LOVE

[13.11.13] T-ARA - 8th Single "The Memories You Gave Me" (Making The Video ~Short Version) Credit: Universal Music Japan ...also in Universal Music Japan (just in case you would like to 'Like' it): "The Memories You Gave Me" Short Version MV Number 9 (Japan Short Version)

[13.11.12] Video HD - Arirang Simply Kpop: T-ara - Number 9 + Show Biz Korea BTS (with SHINee, K.will, Jjun) Perf http://youtu.be/S7RLO3gyUKg Show Biz Korea BTS http://youtu.be/NYPdur6Bf-I More T-ara on Arirang TV! Credit: Arirang Kpop @youtube

Official Inkigayo: It's finally goodbye but awesome fan chants none the less.. Credit: SBSmusic1 Note: May not be accessible in all countries