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[13.12.11] T-ara to release new song on the 14th.. "Winter girl" transformation


T-ara will release a new song this week!

On the 11th, T-ara's agency Core Contents Media said that on the midnight of the 14th, T-ara will release the new title song "Hide and Seek" through various music sites.

"Hide and Seek" is the joint-work of composers Baek Deoksang and Baek Hyunjung. It is a medium-tempo ballad with an acoustic guitar. The lyrics are compared love to hide and seek.

After the release of T-ara's repackaged 8th mini album "What Do I Do", fans were aware "Hide and Seek" was the hidden track on it. Originally, T-ara was planning to release "Hide and Seek" later this month, but because of the interest being shown into "What Do I Do" by fans, T-ara decided to unveil it early.

T-ara said, "T-ara will appear with a different image for 'Hide and Seek'. The music video is totally different from 'Number Nine' and 'What Do I Do'."

The six members of T-ara released a new image teaser of "Hide and Seek" today with a snowy background dressed in snowmen and Santa outfits.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131211n17222
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[PRESS] T-ara Behind The Scenes of KBS Music Bank (12/09)















For the rest of the images: http://www.tiaradiadem.com/forums/gallery/album/2117-music-bank-bts-122013/



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[EVENT] T-ara Christmas Charity Auction Event (12/10)











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[13.12.10] T-ara to auction off their own personal items in charity event on the 24th


T-ara will hold a charity event for the less fortunate.

T-ara will take a break from their busy activities to volunteer and directly donate to the elderly, disabled children, and nurseries. They will visit various neighborhoods and take the lead in the volunteer services.

T-ara will hold a charity auction and auction off some of their own personal items such as costumes and accessories for a total of over 300 items. T-ara will directly auction the pieces on site for charity.

T-ara's auction will also be live-streamed on the Internet worldwide for about three hours. Some of the goods being auctioned on the 24th can also be purchased over the Internet.

T-ara's charity and auction event will be held on the 24th from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Nonhyeon cafe Cafenne and 100% of the proceeds will go to charity. Other stars including Davichi, Ha Seokjin, Hwang Jungeum and Son Hojun will join the charity event and auction their own things as well.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131210n16727
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.12.08] Video - T-ara - Star Date



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GUboJyIQ0Uo



Credit: taranumbernine @youtube

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.

[13.12.08] Video HD - T-ara "Do You Know Me?" @ Inkigayo



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jve5nFDZ1E



cr : KMusicLiveSBS @ youtube

Hyomin & Eunjeung's live voices are really beautifully awesome.. they sing so effortlessly & great at variety shows. Every single member has important roles in T-ara but Eunjeung & Hyomin to me have always been the aces of the group.

[13.12.07] Video - T-ara - Do You Know Me? @ Music Core







Credit: MBCkpop @youtube

On the topic of CCM, they made some mistakes for certain, but Davichi is having some crazy success with their new song.
Plus KKS finally decided to get back to the original 6 T-ARA members which is turning out to be great and Areum's immediate future as a performer is secure with her contract so credit where credit is due for doing some things right.
And hey, at there are far worse agencies out there. *Cough*cough*DSP!Cough*
You're right, I would think Eunjung calling me would be a great gift!
If you're asking for a Eunjung/phone gif, I just finished a new batch from that M! Countdown perf but I don't think that one's among them.
I'll have to get to that tomorrow. I'm all gif'ed out for tonight.

[13.12.06] Video HD - T-ara "Do You Know Me?" @ Music Bank



Interview:

http://youtu.be/OVpAMuhtmWQ



Performance:

http://youtu.be/g3dfGo4xOBE

*****

Credit: 껑뚜 @ youtube

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.

Oh its already up? I thought Mnet doesn't open voting for a song's comeback week.. remember guys you can vote 9 times per day/ip at Mnet if there mutiple account users in your pc... just in case your brothers, sisters, mom & dad and pet gold fish wants to vote for T-ara also (nudge-nudge)(wink-wink.. don't worry I heard every fandom does the samething)

I recently passed 600 followers on my kpop Tumblr so I hope they wont be too upset if I spam them this link along with a few gifs.
Hopefully that will generate some extra support. The girls deserve a few wins for this song. ♥
Thanks for this spazz thread, heraldc!

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..

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

I'll be making gifs from yesterday's broadcast and will create a new thread in the photos section.
Yes, there will be Hyomin.

Dude, more Hyomin please

Oh its already up? I thought Mnet doesn't open voting for a song's comeback week.. remember guys you can vote 9 times per day/ip at Mnet if there mutiple account users in your pc... just in case your brothers, sisters, mom & dad and pet gold fish wants to vote for T-ara also (nudge-nudge)(wink-wink.. don't worry I heard every fandom does the samething)

Queens, T-ara is leading the poll for mwave countdown with Exo coming close second. I'll say let's further the gap even more shall we? Show them the voting power of Queens. http://mwave.interest.me/mcountdown/vote.m?lang=eng&mcdMenuId=menu2_1
The voting period is open until monday, don't forget to vote each day!
Also if you guys had time, let's show some love to the Queens on 'Do you Know Me' official MV. The views are moving so slow there and they definitely could use our support. even repeated F5 would really help.

Really great research! For my piece of mind I like to compare T-ara now against other girl bands instead of T-ara during its peak days. That album sales figure really gives me hope that they are still outselling most scandal-free girl bands. A scandalized T-ara does better than a squeaky clean Rainbow anyday in my book (sorry for Rainbow 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

Hey, Diadems, yo!
I'm sure you all are jamming to T-ara's latest release 'Do You Know Me' Monday to Sunday nowadays. Because, what should I do, it's just too catchy!
It's only a couple of months since T-ara came back with their signature upbeat ballad sad love song 'No. 9'. And it is only a little over one year since the scandal that made T-ara break down in tears.
Now that their tears have turned into pearls, has the heat turned into love for the girls as well?
By looking at things at a glance, T-ara seem to have been 'accepted' back to the place where they belong, entertainment industry. However, looking at certain facts a little deeper might give us a hint at how well T-ara are doing in regaining their position in the industry at the moment.
And sales figures are what would be helpful in this exercise.
I have compiled the Digital Aggregates (DAs) points (aggregates from Digital Song Downloads, Mobile/Ringtone Downloads, Video Streamings, and Background Music Downloads) for each title track for the first 4 weeks (F4W) since each release, and also the album sales numbers since release to October 2013. All data is derived from Gaon chart.
*I wasn't able to obtain the weekly DAs for Sexy Love. Gaon archive doesn't wanna go back that far and I lost the weekly data I had back then.
*I only compiled the data for releases after (and including) Day By Day because that was pretty much the period where the scandal first broke out, and that's what's going to matter in the remaining time of T-ara's career.

Day By Day - At US$413,061 worth of title track sales for the F4W since its release, T-ara were still the Top Tier group back then, among boy groups and especially girl groups. Album sales (since release thru Oct 2013) are not amazing, knowing T-ara's power to sell past 50,000 units. I'm not sure how much the scandal contributed to the low sales.
Sexy Love - Either the public didn't like Sexy Love that much (which I don't think was the case because Sexy Love follows T-ara's previously catchy songs formula) or the scandal hurt the sales badly enough. Revenues from the song's F4W sales were down by almost 40% compared to those of Day By Day. Worth mentioning is the fact that Mirage still sold 832 units in 2013, while Day By Day saw no sales at all! I was thinking of a 'sold out album' scenario, but after checking on Yesasia I found out it was Mirage that was no longer available.
Jeon Weon Diary - Just when people thought T-ara would be laying low, CCM released sub-unit N4 with their not-so-haters-friendly-song. As expected but quite surprisingly, at least to me, was that fact that they managed to sell the title song for roughly 60% of Sexy Love's sales figure in the F4W period. JWD album sales are very poor for T-ara's standard, but lo and behold, it's among the highest selling album in 2013! It even beats (newly) digital monster like SISTAR and SISTAR19, also 4Minute. It's also only ~9,000 units less than IU's Modern Time album sales that charted most of its songs.
If anything, I would expect Jeon Weon Diary (both song and album) to flop due to the harsh nature of the song to some listeners. But no, I guess the public were more excited about T-ara N4 punching haters in the face then they were about T-ara's normal comeback.
No. 9 - Thus, this very typical T-ara sounding song didn't do so well during its F4W. As if it's the trend with T-ara's title songs after the scandal, No. 9 sales were down 40% (again) from their latest Jeon Weon Diary sales, although the album manages to sell 24,882 units thus far, catching up with JWD album sales.
I Know The Feeling - Despite the low digital sales of this song, it's a nice feat to see the second title tract made the chart.
Some of you might ask, "Why looking at the sales numbers for the first 4 weeks?"
According to some Kpop music and sales aficionado out there, the F4W time frame is the period where a song normally shows its attention grabbing power, turning listeners into buyers. An explosive F4W record would suggest the song will become a chart topper, although it's no guarantee that the song will remain on the chart for a long period of time. Case in point is Roly Poly whose F4W sales weren't too spectacular but it had the longevity power to keep charting until the year end.
Also, some would use F4W sales numbers as an indication of how well received the song is by the vast audience beyond the group's exclusive fans.
The graph below shows how T-ara's title songs digital sales and albums sales fluctuate since scandal.
The steep drop is very obvious in the period between the release of Day By Day and Mirage. T-ara's recent Again album manages to bring more (estimated) revenues because it's priced higher than JWD album, although selling ~4,000 units less.
*I used Yesasia List Price for the album price.
The trend for T-ara's title tracks F4W sales numbers is nothing fun to look at. Nuff said.

Still from the graph above, albums sales seem to bring more revenues compared to title track digital sales. And if what Kpop fans out there say is any true that those who purchase albums are loyal fans who really follow the group, it's sad yet still good to see how many (or little) 'loyal fans' remain to support T-ara.
As normally the case with repackage albums that sell less than the original releases, I'm doubtful Again 1977 would surpass 20,000 mark. But I'm truly wishing I'll be proven wrong.

Although it's not an amazing number for T-ara's class, it's still great to see how Again album outsells earlier releases of notable groups as pictured in the table above.
Here is how T-ara's title tracks rank annually based on Gaon sales data.

Well, let's hope things turn out for the better for our beloved T-ara. As much as we want them around for as long as possible, or however much they want to keep entertaining us, it's all about the money money money that CCM care about.
The more we support them, the more revenues they make, and that means a happy KKS, and that means he'll most likely keep T-ara around a bit longer, and that means happy fans.
So, Diadems, keep supporting T-ara... day by day, again... and again 1977... alright, this pun is getting out of place.

*Please let me know if I missed any point.
Data Sources: Gaon, Yesasia
EDIT 1
Summary and Notes:
1. Digital sales. Ever since Day By Day, the trend for title tracks' Digital Aggregates (online sales) seems to be that every new release would have a 40% lower sales than the previous release.
2. Album sales. Ever since Day By Day, the units sold have have seen a declining trend as well. However, due to the nature of much higher sale prices for the albums, the estimated revenues saw relatively stable figures every release although all releases after Day By Day only sold roughly 50% as much. Note: Again sales numbers are only a couple of months old, we might see little additions in the future.
3. Gaon's pricing and calculation systems for Digital Aggregates have always been changing. And most recently the rumor is that Gaon changed their systems again in January 2013 (thanks to Z for pointing that out). I still used the previously known value of $0.003/Digital Aggregate point. With this in mind, digital sales revenues that are converted from DAs are only to serve as a rough estimate. However, the DAs themselves could still serve as a good measure of the vast audience acceptance of a particular song.
EDIT 2
Gaon Digital Aggregates Points / Song Download Counts for F4W Period
Do You Know Me
1. 5,693,093 / 80,602
2. 3,592.931 / 45,435
3. 1,998,990 / 24,283
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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

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[13.12.05] Video - T-ara - 나 어떡해 @M!Countdown



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOPel5XFI2Q&feature=player_detailpage



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