Once again T-ara members show how strong & determined they are, no wonder Hyomin looked concerned at the airport when she left for the Jinx premier.. also impressed on how everyone stood during the dance part where they should've kneel together to accommodate Jiyeon..
Btw official video at Mnet's youtube channel:
T-ara‘s Ji Yeon went to the hospital after filming for “M!Countdown” due to knee pain.
Her agency, Core Contents Media, said in a statement, “Ji Yeon hurt her knee during dance practice and went to the hospital after filming for ‘M!Countdown’.” According the agency, to accommodate Ji Yeon’s knee troubles, the group chose to sit down for their pre-recorded performance.
At the hospital, Ji Yeon was diagnosed with Knee Synovitis, an inflammation in the area around the joints. She received treatment and went back to “M!Countdown” for the live show. It was then reported that Ji Yeon went back to the hospital to receive acupuncture.
Later, Ji Yeon told Star News, “I apologize for making people worry…I want to show a good performance and not worry the fans.”
T-ara recently released their second version music video for “No.9.”
T-ara, “That incident changed the childish us.” A Tearful First Interview.
When friends or lovers get into an argument, how should you resolve it? T-ara is standing before the public with this thought in mind. When people are angry because of our actions, and when an apology cannot resolve their anger, what should we do? T-ara has chosen to silently work hard and to wait until that anger melts.
Although it is common for artists to become emotional and cry during interviews, T-ara’s tears fell carefully even when they were falling naturally. T-ara, who can’t even escape vicious criticism when they prepare snacks for their fans, ended up saying tearfully, “We will work hard.” After that “incident”, this is their first interview with the media. The questions and answers that required tissue everywhere until the end are now revealed without any changes.
Q: A comeback in a long time, how do you feel?
Hyomin: It’s been a year since a comeback as the 6 of us. We disappointed some people before, but that won’t happen this time, we will work hard. We made our comeback nervously.
Soyeon: More so than rankings, we are thankful that there are people who are waiting for our music.
Q: It seems like you had a lot of worries.
Hyomin: To be honest, we’ve never had a “blank period.” We were always running everywhere with no rest. Although it wasn't intentional this time, we had a blank period and during this time, we really lost a lot of confidence and had a lot of thoughts. We had a lot of worries too.
Eunjung: Everyone’s attitude towards us are better than we thought it would be, we are very thankful. Just like when we first debut, our thoughts are just that we must do well. To be honest, whether people would like our music, we had a lot of worries like this. Also, many singers are making their comeback in this period, and would they like our colour? We also had a lot of worries like this.
Q: A lot of other groups are making their comebacks as well.
Soyeon: The timing for releasing an album is very important, no? We thought we picked an appropriate time. It seems like this was a time appropriate for all other singers too, so we all made our comeback around the same time (laughs). We are thankful just to be discussed along with these other artists. We are really happy just to be mentioned along with SHINEE and IU etc. When we see news of that, we think “Wah, there’s actually us.”
Q: Now that you’ve made your comeback, do you feel more relaxed?
Eunjung: People’s hearts are always like that, we should be able to feel more relaxed now, but we still worry a lot about how we can maintain this. Should we keep doing the same thing next week? Should we change our dance? What about our clothes? Etc.
Hyomin: Because there are new comebacks every week, we are very nervous. Recently, there have been so many comebacks that rookies are hardly able to participate in music broadcasts. So we understand how valuable it is to be able to perform on music programmes.
Eunjung: In the past we would think that this was a given, but now we know how to be thankful. In the past, even if our managers don’t mention it, we would clear out Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for our schedules, because we have to perform on music shows. We used to think that way, but now we would ask our managers, “Do we have any schedules?”
Q: T-ara’s schedules were very full in the past.
Soyeon: We had at least 5 schedules in one day, we were very busy. We thought that they were only schedules and didn’t think much about it. We only had thoughts about wanting to look nice etc. But after experiencing this blank period, we understood that those are not just merely schedules, but is something [precious] that finds its way to us. Now, we think that every single schedule is a precious thing to us.
Hyomin: Although it is better to not have experienced bad things, during that time, we only looked at the things in front of us and kept running forward following our CEO’s instructions. But now we look around us and behind us. It is something that can’t be expressed with words, but there are things we have gained. The time we spend with our fans and the way we treat our fans also changed a lot.
Q: Your first performance was at the Gyeongju Dream Concert.
Eunjung: It rained that day. Singing while it was raining, it felt very extraordinary and profound.
Soyeon: We felt different compared to the comebacks we had before. In the past, we would know that there were a lot of people waiting for us and we had confidence. But this comeback wasn’t like that. We didn’t have confidence, and the cheers and applause for us are also different from before, but we can only work hard. So we are even more thankful for the people who have given us applause all along.
Q: Experiencing something bad together, it seems like the friendship and love between members have changed as well.
Soyeon: The atmosphere between us is like family. To be honest, there were times when we were so busy that we couldn’t take care of each other but were just there together. But this time, we had a lot of time to talk and reminisce with each other. And since we carry the same scars, the understanding and care we have for each other seem to have increased as well. We became closer.
Boram: We think that teamwork requires every single person.
Q: The leader keeps changing.
Eunjung: Even though there is a leader, generally we still make decisions together, so there is not a big difference. But things like conveying information, giving notice, gathering opinions, those are things that the leader would do.
Q: Even so, the atmosphere within the team would be different because of the leader right?
Soyeon: Boram unnie created a very relaxed and quiet atmosphere. Eunjung is really good at managing work, and she can organise things well even when things are very messy. When Hyomin was leader, we became more fashionable.
Hyomin: As a leader, the most difficult thing was to answer our CEO’s phone calls.
Eunjung: He would call at 6a.m. in the morning and ask “Are you awake?”, “Have you seen your schedule yet?” Things like that (laughs).
Q: Because of what happened last year, it seems like you are more thankful to be on stage and to the fans.
Eunjung: About things we used to think were a given in the past, we now think “We are really thankful” “Ah, this is so good”. Not just to fans, but to the general public who watch our performance, give us applause, and sing along to our songs. In the past, we just feel like it is just a comeback, but now we are very thankful for these things.
Soyeon: We did earn things [from this incident]. This happened when we were receiving a lot of love. If that hadn’t happened, we would still be kids who didn't understand a lot of things. We would think that popularity is a given. To experience something like that at that time, it seems like we found something that we had lost. The people who worked with us, those who visited us, our fans – in the past we really seemed to not understand their preciousness and didn't know to be thankful. But after that incident, we had a lot of thoughts and became more mature and responsible.
Q: The comments online, have you seen them?
Hyomin: Although we didn’t read them in detail, we browsed through them. In the past we would look for negative things, but now we would look for positive things. There are more and more support messages, and there are more and more of positive messages as well. We feel happier as well. We will read them to each other as well with the thought that “Wow, there are even these [good] messages for us.”
Boram: There are also negative criticisms that can be constructive. Paying attention to those comments, with the mindset that “We did that before, we should correct that” is not bad. Although we cried a lot before when we saw very malicious comments, now we look for comments that can be constructive. Seeing malicious comments that would give us harm, now, instead of getting hurt, we seem to learn from them more.
Q: How is each member doing recently?
Jiyeon: It’s been a long time since T-ara’s last comeback, I want to show the best side as T-ara.
Hyomin: I filmed for a Japan move “JINX!!!” in the beginning of this year. It was during one of our most difficult times, and I’m thankful that I was given this opportunity. It was a very memorable filming.
Eunjung: I filmed for MBC’s “Welcome”. Living with students from Turkey, it was the first time for me to film a variety like this. Because I had to promote Korean culture and language, I did a lot of studying myself as well. To be honest, I had wondered whether any variety programmes would ask me to participate. I’m really very thankful that they asked me to appear.
Boram: Because I had been a bit unhealthy I lost a lot of weight, but now I’ve become a lot healthier.
Qri: T-ara had a lot of overseas schedules. I prepared very hard for T-aras comeback.
Soyeon: I appeared in “Haeundae Lover” last year, but because of what happened, the drama seemed to have suffered because of me, I feel very sorry about that.
Q: Did your boyfriend Oh Jonghyuk give you a lot of support?
Soyeon: Of course he gave me a lot of support, he told me good job, and gave me a lot of trust.
Q: What is the secret to date for so long?
Soyeon: Although we started dating, we both have a very careful personality. Because of his military service and because I am an idol, we were both very careful. We began dating with a lot of trust in each other. It seemed as if waiting was very easy because the person I like went to the army. He must have had a lot of difficulties there but he still took care of me when I faced difficulties. Because we gained more trust in each other in those 2 years, so our relationship became better as well.
Q: You must have been worried when Oh Jonghyuk extended his military service.
Soyeon: Although he told me about it, I was still worried as his girlfriend. But I couldn’t express it because he is very determined. I could not express anything in particular. I just worried in my heart, but I watched him return successfully and thought that was very cool.
Q: Is there anyone else who wants to date?
Boram: It would be great if someone could like me, but there isn’t (laughs). I really want to date. I think out of all of us I’m the one who wants to date the most.
Q: Did the members know about Soyeon and Oh Jonghyuk dating?
Eunjung: We knew from the very beginning.
Q: T-ara has tried cat and Native American concepts etc, are there anymore concepts you want to try?
Soyeon: Our juniors are all so cute, pretty, and fresh. Is there this loveable concept that only girl groups can express? We want to try that too (laughs).
Eunjung: Mr CEO, please consider this (laughs).
Hyomin: It seems like our CEO is really amazing. Like a genius, he always seem to think of things that other people haven’t thought about.
Eunjung: During “Sexy Love” we were really shocked. At the time, wasn’t it very difficult for us to perform and have a natural expression on stage? But our CEO suggested that we do robot dance – our expressions were neither smiling nor crying (laughs).
Soyeon: It seems like we don’t create the trend, but we just change it (laughs). Retro and shuffle dance were something that other artists had already done, or we would only do something after something became a trend. We would ask “is it already too late”, but it always ends up becoming popular.
Q: This time, “I know the feeling” is also a trendy phrase.
Eunjung: We were worried whether we would interfere with Gag Concert.
Q: It seems like there are a lot of misunderstandings about your CEO in the public too.
Soyeon: Our CEO saw a lot of the messages and was very hurt. But if there are good messages, he would be very happy.
Eunjung: He used to be like a tractor, but his body and heart have become a lot weaker. He listened to a lot of our opinions as well.
Soyeon: It feels like he may be someone who cried the most in front of singers. He asked before “Am I difficult to get along with?” Actually we have seen the normal and private side of our CEO. We've seen him when he cried in front of those comments and when he is troubled because of us. He is someone more common and normal than people think.
Q: Lastly, is there anything you want to say to fans?
Qri: It seems like we have only received from our fans but have never given them anything. We are really thankful to our fans.
Hyomin: You’re the member who doesn’t cry even when we achieve number 1 [about Qri who teared up]. Not just to fans, but it seems like there is so much to say to the general public.
Eunjung: To be honest, for this comeback, we wondered if we would be able to receive love. But there are still people who are curious and love T-ara’s music. For that we are very thankful. Regardless of what they say, they only say it because of the appearance we present. We will accept it all and work hard.
Hyomin: More so than asking for forgiveness or apologising, it seems like it is more important to work hard and present a side of us that will make others say “They’re really working hard.” In the future, we want to express that sort of feeling no matter what we do.
Eunjung: When friends or lovers are mad at each other because of something the other person did, and even when repeated apologies cannot resolve the issue, the most important thing is to keep working hard until the other person’s anger melts away. It seems like we have to do the same thing as artists.
Original article: http://news.nate.com/view/20131015n03773
Translation via Chinese subs by TCN: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2651831149?see_lz=1
Hi,
Number 9 is second on M Countdown! Should we have a link at the top of the page to go vote like how there have been for previous comebacks?
Thanks!
[13.10.15] Latest Info - T-ara to release Japanese version of Number 9 on November 20th + 4 Editions Tracklist
T-ara to release double A side single 'Number 9 (Japanese vers.)' and 'Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me' (Jinx!!! OST.)
Limited Edition A - 1890 yen
CD
1. Number 9 (JPN ver.)
2. Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me
DVD
1. Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me MV
2. Bunny Style! Live Performance (2nd Album Premium Event Live 2013.7.13)
Extra
1. One random trading card
2. Special Jacket
Limited Edition B - 1890 yen
CD
1. Number 9 (JPN ver.)
2. Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me
DVD
1. Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me MV Making
2. Lies (JPN ver.) Live Performance (2nd Album Premium Event Live 2013.7.13)
Extra
1. One random trading card
2. Special Jacket
Regular Edition - 1260 yen
CD
1. Number 9 (JPN ver.)
2. Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me
3. A-HA (Bonus Track)
Extra
1. One random trading card
XMAS Edition - 8400 yen
CD DISC 1
1. Number 9 (JPN ver.)
2. Number 9 - Club ver. (JPN ver.)
3. Memory ~ The Guidance You Gave Me
CD DISC 2
T-ARA Party Non Stop Remix (10 songs/45 minutes)
DVD
2nd Album Premium Event Live 2013.7.13 Movie (20 minutes)
1. Bo Peep Bo Peep (JPN ver.) Live Performance
2. MC Collection
3. Back Stage
Extra
1. Special box
2. One random trading card
3. One random keychain - T-ara Santa ver. (full set of 6 included)
[13.10.15] T-ara to reveal second "Number Nine" music video on the 18th
Girl group T-ara will release their second music video for "Number Nine" on the 18th.
On the 15th, it was revealed that T-ara will release their second music video for "Number Nine" at 3:00 PM via their official website.
The music video will be the same as the first 50-second teaser shown. It is shot with the spacious deserts of Mongolia in the background. The wilderness and poignant atmosphere helps highlight T-ara's acting skills in the video.
Through their agency, T-ara said, "We really appreciate all the attention we receive and cherish it. We want to become the best T-ara on stage."
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131015n10591
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem
[13.10.15] "This is not our comeback. This is our re-debut with our six original members."
The past year was an eventful year for T-ara. Frequent activities, events, and more, but also all kinds of rumors and malicious comments that are countless. After promoting nonstop for four years, it seems like everything they had worked for was lost over the past year. They had a lot of opportunities in their career, but instead they just watched what they had already end.
On the 14th, T-ara met in a cafe in Gangnam to discuss this as well as their new comeback album released on the 10th. Despite all of this, T-ara were still smiling and satisfied with the result of their promotions so far.
"The response to our new album was better than we expected. We worried and talked about how the public would view us every day. It made us anxious, but we were all united to become better (as a group.)"
Despite various times they felt bitter about their controversy, all members admitted they have matured. Instead of promoting with the goal of #1 in mind, T-ara promoted with the thought of rewarding the fans who still believed in them. "We did in a way lose our original intentions. We weren't proud when this event had occurred. It made us realize how important our parents, family, friends and staff members are; and above all, it made us realize how important our members are.
T-ara will soon be into their fifth year of promotions since their debut. The members of T-ara have gone through many toxic changes. T-ara answered why they frequently changed their group. "Honestly, it's true of most idol groups. Our agency is full of staff who are experts and know what to do. The process (of changing members) helped us show better sides of us."
T-ara has gone back to year one. Their goal is simple. T-ara want to be loved every moment they can and do their best without regrets. They want to go back as soon as possible to the place they used to hold in their fan's hearts. "We think about how the past year was really difficult, but we were able to learn. It was a necessary time for T-ara."
Going to the broadcast station, meeting fans, and reading online articles.. they will keep this thought in mind. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. "We will never lose the thoughts of beginners. We returned with our original six members with our hearts set as rookies. It's not a comeback. We feel like it's out debut again. T-ara will continue to work re~aally hard in the future."
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131015n04054
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem
[13.10.13] T-ara surprise fans outside Inkigayo with snacks
T-ara surprised over 300 fans waiting for them outside of Inkigayo.
In order to thank the fans who arrived early in the morning to attend the SBS "Inkigayo" pre-recording, T-ara treated over 300 of their fans to ricecakes and fishcakes and other snacks as a gift.
T-ara members bought the gifts with their own money and arranged the surprise themselves. They were with fans from around 7 AM to 8:30 AM before going to rehearsals.
T-ara said, "Up until now, we have received a lot (from fans). We wanted to do something, despite small, to show our gratitude towards our fans. T-ara's fans, and other singer's as well, struggle by getting up early in the morning just to see a short performance, so we want them to eat comfortably today."
They finished by saying, "We can't be singers without our fans, so we don't forget to thank them. We will work hard on stage for them."
T-ara will have their comeback stage on SBS "Inkigayo" tonight at 3:40 PM KST.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131013n06294
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem
[13.10.11] Hwang Jungeum sends a message to T-ara, "You have suffered a lot, but be happy now"
Hwang Jungeum left a message of support for T-ara.
On the 11th through her blog account, Hwang Jungeum posted, "Pretty T-ara dongsaengs album came out! I can see their maturity. Their hearts suffered a lot, but now, promote happily and prettily." She also included a picture of their new album.
T-ara's image has transformed from their traditional image into a sexy image. They exposed their smooth legs and dark makeup - a sexy charm.
T-ara's mini album "Again" has double title tracks, both which have appeal as emotional songs with compelling lyrics.
Hwang Jungeum is currently in the KBS2 drama "Secret" and her words of support for T-ara have caught attention.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131011n14450
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem
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