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gaymer-hag-stan · 2 years

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Daily reminder that while Hwayoung is in no way innocent and was actively an asshole to Core Contents Media staff members and playing coy about whether she was actually bullied or not, she is absolutely not the sole reason for T-ara's downfall and should not be painted as such.

I want to clarify some misconceptions people seem to have about the situation. At points I will be using other groups as reference points (NOT to pit them against T-ara) and also using my own opinions and speculation at certain points, which I will make clear to point out from the actual facts of the story.

For all intents and purposes, yes, Hwayoung is a nepo baby. Her father is rich and he was also friends with Kim Kwang-soo, the CEO of Core Contents Media, T-ara's old company (now known as MBK)

Hwayoung wanted to be an actress but Kim Kwang-soo thought it would be better to be part of an idol group to gain popularity first and then launch her own acting career easier. It is not unusual to use idol groups as a launching point for later solo music projects or acting so all makes sense up to here.

It should also be noted that T-ara had already worked hard to make a name for themselves. They released Bo Peep Bo Peep and Crazy Because of You, two massive hits that both sold over 3M digital copies and were on the rise to become one of the most popular groups of their generation. They faced fierce competition, having debuted alongside the likes of 2NE1, f(x), 4Minute and After School (2009 was such a strong year) and initially faced severe backlash for their debut performance of Lie. They even had to literally perform in the streets outside of malls during Bo Peep Bo Peep promotions to get people to listen to their song. The internet wasn't what it is now back days so they also couldn't rely on their fans spamming everyone online to listen to their songs or artificially increase views by watching the MV again and again.

So the original six girls had built a strong bond by training together (Jiyeon, Hyomin and Eunjung at least, Qri, Soyeon and Boram were kind of last-minute additions after Jiwon and Jiae quit) debuting and promoting together for a year and facing backlash and severe working conditions together. I imagine Hwayoung being added after they worked to make themselves known might have been a "yeah ok I guess" moment for OG T-ara. K-pop fans seen to be easily annoyed by constant lineup changes too so adding or losing a member after the group has already become famous is never a good thing.

Like I said, Hwayoung wanted to be an actress, but for the most part she played along with the idol part. That being said, I fee like CCM never made an effort to present her as an actual member of T-ara in their songs, the title tracks at least. She always felt like a featured act to me or a backup vocalist, not an actual member. You could argue Qri and Boram also got very few lines, but it's not just that, Hwayoung was supposed to be the new rapper or whatever so that Hyomin and Eunjung could start getting more singing lines now that they had someone else to do the raps but... In the first two singles Hwayoung participated in, What's Wrong and yayaya, Hyomin and Eunjung are still mostly doing the raps and Hwayoung gets a few adlibs, basically... So what was the point of making her the "rapper" then 😬 And then after that Hyomin and Eunjung stopped doing the raps completely but Hwayoung was still only doing adlibs and 2sec raps in the bridge. In Roly-Poly all the girls have mostly equal parts. Even Qri, Boram and Hwayoung, who usually got very few lines have the same amount of lines. But while Qri's and Boram's parts are actually memorable (Qri has the intro and the start of the second verse and Boram sings in both verses) while Hwayoung, who actually sings in both verses and the bridge, is still only doing adlibs and 2sec raps. In contrast, let's take 2NE1's I Am the Best, that released around the same time. CL actually sings more than an entire minute of the song, but because the parts of the other three are still memorable, it doesn't feel like she's hogging the entire song. Each of them has their moments.

But like I said it's not just about the amount of time you sing, Bora was consistently the most popular member of SISTAR and she, basically, got the same type of lines as Hwayoung after 2011. Hwayoung's styling and stage presence also fell off. She's taller than the entire group (I don't remember if Eunjung is taller than her but I think she's not) and she wasn't a very skilled dancer so it showed on stage. On top of that, her outfits, hair and makeup always looked like shit to me. But then again, the stylists and staff members said she was a nightmare to them so maybe it was intentional after all lol. But my point is, if you have a member that's not good at singing, dancing, is the rapper but doesn't actually rap and is dressed and styled worse than the rest of the group, when in theory she's the daughter of your friend, you're essentially making her yourself to look like the outcast.

What's ironic is that by 2012 things seemed to have been slowly changing? Her styling looks considerably better, she actually got sizeable parts in Day by Day and she was even picked to be a part of the We Were in Love collab with Davichi, where she also got lines and it became a hit so maybe if she hadn't started slacking things would have improved for her?

Then again, as I said Hwayoung had zero interest in being an idol, she wanted to be an actress, an she was literally the only one that CCM never booked an acting gig for. All the others (sans Areum) were acting. Even predebut Dani, who was supposed to become T-ara's ninth member, got to act in Day by Day's MV, so I'm not sure how important to her the fact that she got decent raps that lasted for more than 2secs in two songs would be. Not to mention, that she actually got back to sharing the raps as, in the unreleased version of Sexy Love, she's only doing the rap in the bridge and has to share it with Areum. Maybe Shinsadebt Tiger just hated her 🤣 I'm betting that if she was still in the group by Number Nine she would only get the "I'm addict I'm addict parts" 🤣😭

Now, it's also worth mentioning that T-ara were BIG in 2012. It was the peak of their popularity. They were the third most popular girl group in Korea, behind only Girls' Generation and 2NE1, and the third most popular K-pop girl group in Japan, after Girls' Generation and KARA. Jiyeon was winning popularity polls against Yoona. Yoon. A. They were still going strong and might have even overtaken 2NE1 too, especially considering how YG stopped promoting them properly around that time and with CCM wanting to turn them into a nine-membered group they were, essentially, declaring open war against S.M.. They had five different singles sell over 3M digital copies (Bo Peep Bo Peep, Crazy Because of You, Roly-Poly, Cry Cry & Lovey-Dovey, I actually think maybe We Were In Love did too?) which, before 2012's SK Music market inflation prices, was considered an astonishing feat. For reference, the only other girl group to have ever had five singles sell over 3M digital copies is 2NE1.

Take all this into account along with the fact that they were constantly flying back and forth from Korea to Japan to keep up with their extremely demanding schedule and, honestly, I can't really blaming Hwayoung for finding an excuse to weasel out of a few performances, we all would, be honest.

The thing is, that the Budokan performance wasn't just any performance. It's a very prestigious Japanese venue and even it it wasn't it's still a concert that people paid money to see. Idols may occasionally half-ass or lipsync performances on music and other TV shows but concerts are where they give it their all (or at least second gen idols did 👀) and all the other girls actually wanted to be idols so, maybe it wasn't a big deal to Hwayoung, but the rest of the girls had every right to be pissed about it.

Shading her on Twitter, while hilarious, was probably not a smart idea, because it was essentially the beginning of the end. Before that no one was really paying attention to Hwayoung's relationship with the rest of the group, and if she was actually being such a menace to the stuff, sooner or later someone would speak, and even if there were doubts about whether OG T-ara and Hwa were friends or whatever, no one would really question a possible expulsion from the group and company if it was a known fact that she was being rude to the staff.

And that was actually the official line by CCM. Hwayoung has been fired because she can't work well with the staff. But because of the Twitter thing and Hyoyoung, Hwa's twin, also (kind of) directly antagonizing T-ara online and Hwayoung agreeing with her, people started speculating and finding previous "evidence" of bullying.

CCM's silent approach didn't work. I get that maybe KKS didn't want to publicly announce that his friend's daughter was as asshole and a liar and the rest of the group was kind of done with it but why on earth would you literally throw your main (and let's be honest here, only) moneymaker under the bus like that? Why shoot yourself in the foot? I don't get it.

To Hwayoung's defense, she literally said "they didn't bully me, stop harassing them" at first... Before settling for a conveniently vague "I was going through hard times" line every time she gave an interview afterwards, but the first time she actually outright said she wasn't a victim of bullying.

But people didn't really care about that. T-ara's fall from grace was never in defense of Hwayoung. Hwayoung was not a very popular member to begin with so it's not like her individual fans were actively campaigning against T-ara, this is in no way a Jessica's individual fans vs. OT8 SONEs type of situation. They definitely lost a lot of the more "casual fans" and lost a lost the general public, but Sexy Love and Number Nine still charted within the top 10, so their core audience was still there.

My personal opinion, which is half fact and half speculation that is still based on facts, is that while they probably did not create a rumour, companies like S.M. and YG whose profits were being reduced by competition from CCM could have easily influenced it's spread. We all know how S.M. treats their former artists and YG also tried to block coverage of 2NE1's Coachella performance to reduce its impact and didn't they literally force Naeun out of Apink? Is it a stretch to assume they might have been a little too eager to help remove competition? But maybe they didn't even have to involve themselves personally.

Misogyny in the K-pop community was at its PEAK in that era. SONEs and 2NE1's fanwars with constant slut and body-shaming of the rival group's members, S.M. associate producer, Teddy Riley, LITERALLY calling the Wonder Girls flops and saying SNSD are better, Krystal and Sulli's and Amber's individual fans CONSTANTLY at war with each other, HyunA and Suzy's fans trashing the rest of 4Minute and miss A.... Need I go on?

Like I said, T-ara were on the top with GG and 2NE1, and their respective fans did not miss the chance to throw them right off when the opportunity presented itself in the form of a fabricated rumour. What's worse is that this is not even the... Worse fabricated rumour. SONEs started a rumour that HyunA left the Wonder Girls because of a PREGNANCY... She was FIFTEEN... Luckily this did not affect her career in any way.

So, next time you want to talk about T-ara's "bullying scandal", do remember that it was a combined effort of misogyny in K-pop, enforced by entertainment companies and fans alike, Korea's obsession with idols having squeaky clean images and never doing wrong (the women at least, a boy group would have EASILY gotten away with all of that), gross mismanagement by Core Contents Media and Kim Kwang-soo, nepotism, Hwayoung taking advantage of a tricky situation, and Hyomin, Jiyeon, Eunjung, Soyeon and Boram (because remember, like Switzerland, Qri was neutral during the War) deciding it was a good idea to ratio Hwayoung on Twitter after not wanting to sing "I likey likey this, I likey likey that" for the nth time.

#T-ara #Jiyeon #Hyomin #Eunjung #Qri #Soyeon #Boram #Hwayoung #Areum #K-pop #Core Contents Media #Kim Kwang-soo #Girl Groups #South Korea #Korea

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leonaluv · 2 years

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Tara group dynamic

Jiyeon - ( Knight of pentacles & knight of swords - warrior )

It shows how she was in defensive mode in the group. She could have pushed other members to do more in the group.

Jiyeon may not have been aware of the situation in which two members fought/etc., as they were just a member going through something, so they were giving their best effort at the time. Still, she would ask them to put more effort into the group, but it was hard on them because of what I mentioned earlier.

She did defend her members, and she would most likely be the one to protect the other members from harm. Jiyeon may have felt pressed to act quickly and without hesitation. Sweet person will fight for her love ones.

Eunjung ( the Eight of swords ) lightseer deck child eternal reverse

Eunjung did feel trapped, and she was extremely critical of herself. She believed that whatever effort she put into the group would never be good. This could also happen. This could also be due to company pressure, and Eunjung would be the one helping the staff and members.

For instance, not receiving praise from Jiyeon Jiyeon is surprised because he believes Eunjung doesn't need any praise because she performs so well.

Hyomin

hermit / the chariot reverse - ace of hearts / 10 of hearts

She felt life was moving on too fast, and then she might just want to do her own solo projects. She will have a passion for music, and she does feel healing from it too.

Her role in the group was to bring the playful energy that the group needed. She was the one who got the other members to sneak out and have fun. They would be so focused on practicing, and she would be the one to crack a joke to get everyone to smile.

hyojung

- 7 of swords - a observant, carefully planner ... Energy needed to move slower & cautious .... Destroyer - destroying other people dreams ...

She knew ahead of time of the schedule and know who to seek out. She is different and makes me feel like I have to watch what I say. 😅

I had to see if she was the member that started the bullying, and of course, it was her.

Boram -the monk - the athele - nun -story teller - boram page of wands reverse

She was artistic; perhaps she had suggestions for the concept or the clothing choice. She might have received some assistance with the music concept, which benefits the group. Some of her passion had changed as a result of the sacrifices she made for the group.

She gains a lot of knowledge from this experience and speaks out against the bullying of others.

Qri - two swords - child divine, Midas

She will often be asked to choose a side, but she is not the type to even be interested in any of the drama. The child's divine reserve card she is holding reads, "Not being able to defend yourself from negative forces." She possesses that pure energy and the desire for a fresh start.

She'll be seen with someone, and people will accuse her of being a bystander. Most likely, Hyojung's acts were forced upon her. It seems that she was the target of threats.

Qri also has an artistic spirit.

Soyeon ( 10 of wands reverse )

She wishes to move on from this, and as a side note, it proves how the other members' bond is extremely strong because they both enjoy music and expressing themselves.

Her inner child needed healing, and the Child Nature card appeared. She just wanted to leave the room whenever that drama occurred. Don't take part in it. She was able to handle whatever came her way. She was natural at it, and she did get along well with the younger members.

#kpop tarot #tara kpop #tara tarot

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dakbees · 4 years

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T-ara | What’s My Name

#t-ara #tara #femaleidolsnet #femaleidolsedit #jiyeon #qri #hyomin #eunjung #lee jihyun #ham eunjung #park sunyoung #park jiyeon #mayhaps i miss them #also im thinking of getting back into giffing so think of this as a test set ig #anyways i rly hope theyre able to get back together in the future #with boram and soyeon too #i just rly like this stage and it was missing tara hours ig

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keepscrollinghun · 3 years

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madame always right!

@weibo

#lmaooo #dino cant hide it anymore #I'll be lol too😭🤣#티아라 #t-ara #t ara #soyeon #boram #hyomin #qri #eunjung #jiyeon #👑clowns #my bunch of dorks #my bunch of clowns

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kpopmusiclyricsalbums · 4 years

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Lovey-Dovey

Group: T-ARA

Album: Funky Town

Time: 3:35

Year Released: January 2, 2012

Lyrics: Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung

Music: Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung

Highest Place Reached on Charts: 1 (Gaon Digital, Kpop Hot 100)

Average Age of Members At the Time of Release: 23.1

Lyrics

Qri

너무 뻔해 나는 오늘도 혼자서

아 심심해 결국 이렇게 하루가

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neomu ppeonhae naneun oneuldo honjaseo

a simsimhae gyeolguk ireoke haruga

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It’s so cliche again today I am alone

I’m so bored eventually this day will

All

(우우우우우)

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(uuuuu uuuuu)

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(Woo~)

Jiyeon

지나가겠지

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jinagagetji

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just pass by like this

Hyomin

봐봐 지나가는 저기 커플 좀 봐

나도 저렇게 사랑할 수 있는데

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bwabwa jinaganeun jeogi keopeul jom bwa

nado jeoreoke saranghal su inneunde

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Look look, look at those passing by couples

I can love like that too but

All

(우우우우우)우

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(uuuuu uuuuu)u

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(Woo~)

Hyomin

너무나 외로워

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neomuna oerowo

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I’m so lonely

Soyeon

나도 Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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nado Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Me too, Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Eunjung

더 이상 혼자 두지마

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deo isang honja dujima

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Don’t leave me alone now

Jiyeon

이제 Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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ije Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Now Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Soyeon

너는 어디에 에 Oh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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neoneun eodie e Oh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Where are you?

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Eunjung

너를 꼭 찾아 낼꺼야

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neoreul kkok chaja naelkkeoya

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I will definitely find you

Soyeon

너무 오래 얼어버린

나를 녹여버릴

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neomu orae eoreobeorin

nareul nogyeobeoril

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Someone who will melt me,

who’s been frozen for so long

Hyomin

너는 도대체 어디에 있는지

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neoneun dodaeche eodie inneunji

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Where exactly are you?

Jiyeon

너무 춥네 혼자 보내는 하루가

아 좋겠네 나도 혼자가 아니면

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neomu chumne honja bonaeneun haruga

a jokenne nado honjaga animyeon

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It’s so cold to spend a day alone

I would like it if I wasn’t alone

All

(우우우우우)

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(uuuuu uuuuu)

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(Woo~)

Boram

정말 좋겠네

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jeongmal jokenne

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I would really like it

Hyomin

봐봐 여기있는 나를 좀 바라봐

나나 오늘밤은 어둠이 정말로

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bwabwa yeogiinneun nareul jom barabwa

nana oneulbameun eodumi jeongmallo

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Look look, look at me over here

Tonight’s darkness is so

All

(우우우우우)우

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(uuuuu uuuuu)u

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(Woo~)

Hyomin

너무나 무서워

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neomuna museowo

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It’s so scary

Soyeon

나도 Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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nado Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Me too, Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Eunjung

더 이상 혼자 두지마

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deo isang honja dujima

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Don’t leave me alone now

Jiyeon

이제 Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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ije Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Now Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Soyeon

너는 어디에 에 Oh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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neoneun eodie e Oh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Where are you?

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Eunjung

너를 꼭 찾아 낼꺼야

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neoreul kkok chaja naelkkeoya

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I will definitely find you

Soyeon

너무 오래 얼어버린

나를 녹여버릴

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neomu orae eoreobeorin

nareul nogyeobeoril

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Someone who will melt me,

who’s been frozen for so long

Hyomin

너는 도대체 어디에 있는지

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neoneun dodaeche eodie inneunji

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Where exactly are you?

Hwayoung

혼자서 하루종일

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honjaseo harujongil

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All alone all day

All

(우우우우우)

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(uuuuu)

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woo~

Hwayoung

나 혼자 매일 매일

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na honja maeil maeil

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All alone every single day

All

(우우우우우)

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(uuuuu)

---

woo~

Hwayoung

어둠이 정말 정말

너없인 나 혼자서

하루는 정말 길어

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eodumi jeongmal jeongmal

neoeobsin na honjaseo

haruneun jeongmal gireo

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The darkness is really really –

without you, by myself

A day is too long

All

(우우우우우 우우우우우)

---

(uuuuu uuuuu)

---

woo~

Soyeon

나도 Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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nado Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Me too, Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Eunjung

더 이상 혼자 두지마

---

deo isang honja dujima

---

Don’t leave me alone now

Jiyeon

이제 Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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ije Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Now Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Soyeon

너는 어디에 에 Oh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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neoneun eodie e Oh

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

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Where are you?

Lovey Dovey Dovey Uh Uh Uh Uh

Eunjung

너를 꼭 찾아 낼꺼야

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neoreul kkok chaja naelkkeoya

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I will definitely find you

Soyeon

너무 오래 얼어버린

나를 녹여버릴

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neomu orae eoreobeorin

nareul nogyeobeoril

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Someone who will melt me,

who’s been frozen for so long

Hyomin

너는 도대체 어디에 있는지

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neoneun dodaeche eodie inneunji

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Where exactly are you?

All

(우우우우우 우우우우우)

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(uuuuu uuuuu)

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(Woo~Woo~)

Line Distribution

Number of Words: 284

Sung by All: 12

Sung by individuals: 272

Highest: Soyeon - 114

Jiyeon - 56

Hyomin - 49

Eunjung - 24

Qri - 10

Lowest: Boram - 2

Chart Performance

South Korea Gaon Digital: 1

Kpop hot 100: 1

US World: 9

Music Show Wins

Inkigayo: 3 (Triple Crown)

M Countdown: 2

Music Bank: 4 (Triple Crown)

Music on Top: 4 (Triple Crown)

Total: 13 Wins

Overall Score

Lyric: 62

Chart: 289

Music Show: 130

Total: 481

Links

Lyrics: https://colorcodedlyrics.com/2012/01/t-ara-lovey-dovey

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ0djllyqwY&feature=emb_title

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unoriginaldotdotdot · 5 years

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If we're talking about one of the best girlgroups from K-pop there is then it's definitely T-ara. Not the most talented, but T-ara makes it up with being the most determined, the most versatile, the most hardworking and the most charismatic there is. The concepts and the way they utilize it is perfect, but their imperfections and the sloppy way of performances they sometimes showcase makes them, in my book, just amazing. At the same time if they aren't sloppy during live performances, they deliver. They absolutely deliver; dancing on high heels while performing "Lovey-dovey"?, shoot me in the heart! And, oh, don't forget T-ara's discography; the hook-tastic extremely catchy songs (with help from producer Shinsadong Tiger), with simultaneously catchy, hard-hitting choreography. They're the girlgroup that, as it turns out, people didn't deserve. And they always will remain one of my personal favorite of them all.

Each member just stands out: Boram— The little cute one, who looks eternally 10 but is actually the oldest, that just charms her way through with her semi-uselessness. But her shy and very bright appearance is something we can't miss. It seems to me she's also the wise one, who is also fearless. If it wasn't for Jiyeon, she probably would've been T-ara's mascot, Qri— The beautiful elusive member, with her iconic mole on her nose, who just is there and being more useless than Boram..., but somehow makes it work because of her mysterious charm and hardworking determination. Also her smooth delivery of her dancing moves are very enticing, not to mention that she's a fashion icon and the former leader of the group. I can't help but think that she's a pro with organizing amazing parties and events. She apparently can play the bass guitar, and that just give me more proof on the theory that Qri's uselessness doesn't mean that she's not talented (She's my bias by the way). Soyeon— The idgaf Queen of the group. The one with the best singing voice. Her lackluster passion for dancing really stands out, and it's just makes her a BOSS. (BTW, she CAN dance, she just doesn't care), Eunjung— She's arguably the most talented one, the one who is the jack-of-all-trades and just is a general huge sweetheart. She also seems to be the most down-to-earth. Hyomin— She's the most seductive one. Her stares can give anyone sunstroke during the coldest winters. She's definitely also one who is the most dorky too. Jiyeon—The baby of the bunch, but arguably is the most popular too. She isn't the best singer out there, but her husky singing voice is the most distinctive. She is the one who can emulates a lot of characteristics during performances; cute, badass, all in-between, she's the one who puts the best effort in it.

It shows that being a populair, pretty face just doesn't cut it to make up an amazing group (especially after so many years), it's the way they show how distinctive, impactful, catchy, visualizing and imperfect they are in the years they spend in the group, with very good and very bad times. It makes them the way they are, without unnecessarily hyping them up. T-ara is probably the messiest K-pop group out there, but it is what makes T-ara's reign that just won't let up. (Years active: 2009-2017)

#T-ara #Jiyeon #Hyomin #Eunjung #Soyeon #Boram #Qri #Queens #2nd gen #Kpop

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rkxluda · 6 years

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I really can't remember my first rookies muse, but she must either have been one of my Soyeon muses, or Park Shinhye. I've tried to find her on the old main, but welp. But I do remember how I first found rookies. The first rp I ever joined was university themed one, which feels like forever ago. After it closed, I wanted to bring my muse somewhere else, so I asked if anyone knew any interesting rps and I was told to look at rookies. My first reaction was kind of... neutral. The whole idol thing had never interested me too much, never having been interested in being famous myself, so rping a muse who did felt difficult. Obviously I eventually decided to join anyways and that should've been around 4 years ago. I've had my fair share of muses here, most of them pretty short-lived, before Luda, the longest was a Soyeon for around 6 months I think. They all had a focus on singing and most of them were soft singer-songwriters, who wanted to make the world a better place with their music.

One thing that I saw a lot of posts mention positovely, used to be a big problem for me. Everyone always seemed to have so many friends here at rookies, but it never seemed to apply to me, especially during aim times, worrying whether the message really didn't get sent or whether I was too weird to plot with. So the reasons that I left often was feeling excluded, besides simply losing muse. But during those past 4 years I'd like to think that I've grown and learned some things and that rookies helped me with that. While I learned a lot of this offline, being here helped me understand that I wasn't always being excluded but that I was excluding myself, both while rping but also in my daily life. I still have problems with social situations (so if it takes me a week to answer, I promise I haven't forgotten, I'm just still worrying over how to reply. Even if I say I forgot that's just easier to explain if that makes sense. Any longer than that, though, and my birdbrain probably attacked), whether they're online (especially group chats) or in person, but I'd like to think I don't panic quite as much anymore when I try to reply to ims or dms and that's something. It might sound a bit much (and I promise the sob story will be over now) but rookies (and roleplaying in general) really helped me with that sort of stuff.

Back to my muses, though, I feel like I've had a lot more than I actually did. There were multiple Soyeon's (Laboum), a Park Shinhye, a Juniel, a Jeon Boram, former aoa member Choa and I think that's it? At least that's all the muses I remember/which's acceptances I've saved as screenshots.

And of course now I've got Luda! I can't believe I've had Luda for this long already. She was first accepted on the 29th March 2017, but at the end of the year there were some *coughs* technical errors on my side *coughs* so after missing an activity check, she was soon back at the 10th January 2018. She started out not being interested in becoming a singer as I thought developing that over time would help me keep the muse – finding a way into this together, so to speak. And it seems to have worked since I've still got her. From having her dreams crushed because she was overworked, to fleeing herself into the dream of idol-hood and joining the mgas on a whim, she's surely come a long way. I never expected (or even intended) for her to stick through the the mgas for so long, I was dead sure she'd be kicked out after the first round. She hadn't been practising for long after all and most of her development happened as solos, barely any development through plots with others. I honestly still can't believe she's made it this far! I know I've been saying that since the mgas ended, but I can't help it. And while I don't expect her to debut any time soon at all, having her be a trainee already gave me so much joy and excitement and I've got more muse for her than ever.

Even if I still kinda suck as a mun, being slow as a sloth and all, it's incredibly fun to write for her and I hope to bring a new muse over the next weeks, though I want to get things settled for Luda properly first, so maybe not before next year. I really want a muse being more the opposite of her though, so one day!

So in conclusion, while I may still be too awkward to really hold conversations for long, for the past two years I've felt super welcome at rookies and both muse and I have accomplished things, I'd never expected (even if that sounds super silly). I don't usually talk about personal stuff too much online, for the fear of coming off as weird, but figured what better time than this? I've read a lot of you describe rookies as a safe haven and I guess I can agree (after all, no matter for how long I was gone, I always came back in the end and now here we are).

#;ooc #i'll message everyone from the plotcall in the next days it suddenly got too late for today somehow #idek how this got so long but well #idek what else to tag this but yes luda loves you all /throws hearts #i forgot half the things i wanted to add oh well

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Hi! I hope I don't come off as rude or something, but as a Queen's it's seriously annoying that everyone believes T-ara are disbanded/gone. They are still active and will even hold a concert in Hong Kong soon. Also, Boram said on her Birthdayparty "Please believe in us and wait" and that they won't leave T-ara, but only MBK. Also, Soyeon had "please wait and believe" or something like that in her bio on instagram. So Queen's are still keeping their hopes high, you should too :D

Not rude at all! Thanks for the info~!

#Anonymous

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170626 T-ara’s ‘drunk talk’ interview for ilgansports

Will there be another group with so much ups and downs like T-ARA. If we examine the team’s life graph over the past 9 years, they’ve experienced going from peak to bottom. They debuted as a public-friendly trend-setter girl group and reached the peak but then fell to bottom after the ‘bullying’ scandal started. The team underwent several reformations as well. At that time they gained a negative image with the public. Although the truth about the “bullying scandal” 5 years ago was revealed recently, it still wasn’t easy for T-ARA’s image to change. Before their June comeback, the group revamped to a 4-member group after Boram and Soyeon’s departure. After having a drink, T-ARA confessed that they feel ‘scared’ about any ‘team changes’. Because the reason they cried after winning for the first time in 5 years was because they had a flashback of all the ups and downs they experienced. “We tried not to cry but we couldn’t control it. We want to show a ‘smiling T-ara’ from now on.” T-ARA was more persistent than any other group out there. It feels like they got stronger after undergoing a series of bad incidents. They invested their youth entirely on T-ARA. It’s no different than saying they spent half of their life as T-ARA. When comparing being a “celebrity” to being an “office worker, they said “For every job, you’ll experience the same amount of stress,” which showed their maturity. T-ARA extended their contract until December this year. T-ARA’s fate in the future is up to the 4 members. What choice will T-ARA make?

Q.This is a fixed question. What is your alcohol drinking capacity? Eunjung: up until 1 bottle of soju. Jiyeon: I think 3 cups of Soju.

Qri: 2 cups of wine. This is my resting mode. Actually, it changes according to my condition. (laughs) Hyomin: For soju, 1.5 bottle. For wine, up to 1 bottle.

- You had a drunk talk 3 years ago, your drinking capacity hasn’t increased since then. Eunjung: During the past 3 years, it increased up to 1~2 cups. I think my ability to pretend I’m not drunk when I am has improved. Q.At that time, Eunjung exposed Jiyeon’s bad drinking habits. You said she shows lots of aegyo, does she still do that? Eunjung: She still has lots of aegyo. It depends on how you see it, but she’s totally cute (for me).

Q.You look very nervous this comeback.

Eunjung: We’re supposedly on our 9th year as a girl group but we still get so nervous. We showed our solo stages during the showcase in attempt to show a new side to us, but it wasn’t something we prepared long enough for. We’re doing things we haven’t done before so we’re even more nervous, excited, and also tense, we’re having mixed feelings.

Jiyeon: Before going up on stage, all four of us were like “Is it only me who’s nervous?” We were even more nervous than during our debut. Q.How do you think of people’s reaction for ’What’s My Name?” do you like it? Hyomin: First of all, even while we were preparing the album we already decided not to get too attached to chart results. We weren’t anxious about it. We just got mentally relaxed.

Q.Why were you relaxed?

Hyomin: We had lots of worries about whether we’ll be able to show what we prepared for well, will we make mistakes, will our showcase go well. But fortunately everything went well.

Eunjung: Even having a comeback by itself was hard for us. This comeback wasn’t easy like before, but we overcame that thanks to our fans’ big support for us. Q.You underwent a sudden team reformation before the comeback

Eunjung: We re-recorded the song and did lots of position changes. We made lots of efforts in order not to make the two members’ absence obvious. But above all, having a comeback by itself felt happy.

Jiyeon: We felt sorry we couldn’t wrap up T-ARA as full 6 members. We’re sorry to our fans. The two members’ absence was big due to that.

Q.Are you the type to accept team changes. Eunjung: Most of the changes T-ARA has underwent weren’t good. They created many rumors. That’s why we hated changes. We wanted to let things flow as they are without caring much about popularity.

Q.You received hard questions during the showcase. Qri: We went up on stage expecting such questions but hearing the questions in reality we got emotional. That’s why we were even more nervous. Eunjung: But we dont’ hate such questions. Because we know it’s only natural that (the journalists) get curious about it. Q.Did your bond grow stronger after the two members’ leave? Eunjung: We underwent many tough situations so I think we have a strong bond regardless of the no. of members. We feel more energy just by hearing the name “T-ARA.” Some people ask us ‘people don’t even know you released an album so why do you keep releasing albums, you’re only making things harder and receving more hate’. That’s not important to us. We like communicating with our fans, showing them our performances, and being happier with them more.

Hyomin: I think we have a strong desire to maintain T-ARA’s name. Q.You teared up during the showcase. Eunjung: We didn’t want to cry because we didn’t want to hear people say “They’re crying? again?”. Standing in front of the public is our job. We know that the reason we’re crying will not sound 100% genuine to the public. Unless we’re asking for perfect understanding from people, then I believe it’s better to keep it appropriate. We always end up thinking about it rationally.

Hyomin: We don’t want to show our tears in front of people. But I guess it was hard to hide our feelings that’s why we started tearing up nonstop. We want to show our smiling side instead of crying side. We want to remain as a ‘smiling T-ARA’.

Q.Your initial sales for this album reached 30K copies. Hyomin: Really? The printed copies got all sold out so they did tell us that we no longer have CDs to use for fansigns. It’s surprising.

[T/N: in yesterday’s fansign the members said that it might be their last fansign, I guess it’s because they ran out of copies to sell.] Q.Thanks to that you achieved 1st place in a music program for the first time in 5 years. You cried to the point where you couldn’t give an award speech. Hyomin: We really didn’t expect winning 1st place. We had zero expectations so we were so shocked when they called our name. It was an unexpected win so we couldn’t control our tears. I remember our last win was in Music Bank for Lovey Dovey. We were thankful because we won it during our Japanese promotions, but I think this win will be more memorable. I think it’s impossible to win 1st place again. (laughs)

Q.Your resolution to not tear up again got all ruined. Hyomin: I think we can’t hold in our tears anymore. We cried during the showcase too so I made a promise with the members to not cry again but..(laughs) Q.We heard you even got a cake from the fans. Hyomin: Our fans were really happy about it. We cried a lot inside so we came out late but they were waiting for us outside with a cake all that while. We teared up as soon as we saw the fans but we held it in until the end. We’re sorry for making our fans cry. In the future we’ll work hard to make you proud of being a T-ara fan.

Q.You appeared on ‘SNL’ as well. Hyomin: We started filming the recording just a day after winning 1st place so our eyes were swollen from crying, we tried cooling them down using ice bags. We were resolute into making it a laughing day instead of a crying day.

Q.How did it feel going live on 'SNL’. You even had to act on live broadcast. Hyomin: we were more tense and nervous than any other broadcast before. SNL cast members took care of us and lead us well so we were able to wrap up the broadcast well. It was a special and fun experience.

Q. We saw that you right up confronted the controversy on SNL. Jiyeon: Rather than saying that we intended it beforehand, we just thought that “since we’re appearing on the program, let’s do our best while at it!” As you know, SNL’s speciality is delivering a message or satire through skits. If we were to be scared of that idea then we wouldn’t have appeared at all.

Q.You had bold transformations through skits like Hyomin’s “Woman with fast progress” and Eunjung’s “Holiday,” didn’t you feel fearful at all? Hyomin: Rather than saying “fearful”, we actually had fun filming. It’s a program we really wanted to appear on so we were looking so much forward to it, it was also our first time trying live skits so we had fun while working.

Q.Did you personally come up with ideas for the program too? Jiyeon: We had lots of discussions with the production crew during the meeting. We prepared a lot in order to deliver a legend episode. We told them in advance that we were okay with showing embarrassing acting.

Q.I think you almost teared up again at the end. Eunjung: We didn’t tear up (laughs). We just felt relieved that the live finished smoothly.

Q.During the showcase, you said “no one believed our explanation during the bullying scandal 5 years ago.” But some people reacted to that saying “when did you even explain about it.

Eunjung: I wonder why. I think it’s because we always only apologised and never really explained the situation bit by bit, but we can’t just focus on our personal feelings alone so we had no choice but to be cautious about it. During the time we were staying cautious, many people started having different thoughts. All people have different thinking. It was difficult to explain according to every person’s thoughts.

Q.Anyway, the controversy settled down after 5 years. Eunjung: Amongst ourselves we thought “What is this again. Why do suddenly…” Hyomin: We hated being the noisy kids [T/N: as in a loud issue] but we became a noisy topic again so it made us sad. We wanted to stay quiet. Regardless of the consequences, that time by itself was tough. We didn’t want to be the talk of people so we always acted very cautiously. We were really staying put but then that controversy came to light again so we thought “Are we really fine”.

Q.Living as an idol for 9 years, were there any hard things about it? Hyomin: There are many hard things, it’s hard to pick the hardest thing amongst that. I believe every job has its difficulty. People’s attention, interests, misunderstandings are all a given when it comes to living as a celebrity. It’s the job we chose and it’s something that we have to cope with. It’s similar to the stress an office worker receives from their boss every time they go to work.

Eunjung: As a career, there were actually much more benefits about it. Q.During the past 9 years, have you ever had a deviation from routine? Hyomin: Not yet. Our company naturally let us free later. Ah right! If I’m to pick one, we once had our mobile phones confiscated so I temporarily got a rental phone. And we once secretly left the dorms when we weren’t allowed to. We made a human-shape on the bed (using pillows) and then placed a wig on top, then we made up tactics and sneaked away from the dorm. But we didn’t have any place to go at that time so we just stayed at a coffee shop in Gangnam and chatted for some time then went back to the dorm.

Q.Do you have any breakaway you want to do in the future? Eunjung: I never thought of doing a breakaway before. I didn’t feel the need too. I think I grew more responsible.

Jiyeon: The longest (official) holiday we got was a 3-day holiday during our 3rd or 4th year. One day we spent with our parents and another day we rested at our dorm, that was all. Eunjung: That’s why our managers were like “You don’t know how to hang out even when we give you free time?”. But then we replied “You should give us more time” while laughing. Just having a meal at the neighbourhood feels like hanging out. Once I was just walking on the crosswalk but it felt so nice so I just stopped right there. We always transport by car (for schedules) so we never get the chance to walk on the crosswalk. I feel happiness through trivial things (laughs). Hyomin: I want to travel with the members. During our time off I’m busy sleeping at home. Receiving an (official) holiday from your job and resting for a bit while working are two different things. When I’m resting I don’t even think of hanging out. Q.Is there any place you want to travel with the members? Eunjung: Anywhere is good. There isn’t anything specific we want to do or have. We do have greed when it comes to working but beside that, we have no other greed. I think we’d be happy wherever you take us to. I never thought of it proactively.

Hyomin: There are many places we want to go to but I start to give up when thinking of it realistically. If we go overseas it will take us lots of time travelling back and forth and there aren’t many places to go to. That’s why we don’t have much fancies about it. Q.Leave being realistic on a side, where do you want to go? Hyomin: Europe or Hawaii. We once went to Italy, France, and Swiss for a pictorial shooting. Back then, we didn’t know how to enjoy our time while working. Our schedules were tight and our transportation alone took 7~8 hours by bus so all we could do is quick sightseeing. We missed so many things back then so we want to go again.

Eunjung: It would be meaningful if we go that route again. Hawaii has lots of Japanese tourists. Our members speak Japanese better than English. I think we’ll be able to communication there so it’s even better (laugh). Q.You’re workaholic. Hyomin: our job doesn’t have a regular pattern. If we suddenly get work to do overseas then we have to go there immediately. Back in the days, we might have grown tired of it but after undergoing several incidents we realised how much of a valuable thing that was. We now know how to be grateful.

Qri: We don’t want to ditch our work in order to play and hang out. Work comes first first and T-ara work comes first. Q.You’re on your 9th year, but it feels like it’s been more than that. Eunjung: On our 2nd year of debut we heard we look like a group on their 5th year. During our first 3 years, we released an album every month. That’s why. We also went on many variety shows and acted on movies and dramas. We has so many exposures and showed so many diverse sides to us that’s why we have such (veteran) image. It’s something we’re thankful for.

Q.You must have earned your pay quickly too. Eunjung: That’s true. But we didn’t work for the money, it was more meaningful to us that ‘we debuted and went up on stage’.

Q.How did you ‘9th year’ look like in your imagination when you debuted? Eunjung: We didn’t have time to think of our future. Excelling the job that’s at our hand came first.

Hyomin: During our 2~3rd year, I by myself wrote a future plan in my dairies, but I gave up midway. Because I thought I’ll get stressed if things don’t go as planned, especially due to the nature of our job. I was aware of the fact that it doesn’t usually go as planned, and it was also really hard to draw my future. We couldn’t do anything but do our best at the job we have at our hand at the moment. The word doesn’t go as one likes.

Eunjung: Since before, I always had the mindset that “let’s just live with flow” Q.That sounds mature.

Eunjung: We’re not young either (laughs). I think it’s because we started working early. Sometimes I feel like I need a recharge but it’s not as easy as it sounds.

Q.Do you reveal your worries to your members? . All: of course. Eunjung: Even if we reveal our worries to our friends, they don’t always understand. Our members are first priority. Q.With whom do you share your life talks with? Eunjung: I don’t have many friends. There are many friends I know by connections. But for the friends I can share my life talks with, there is one friend I met in middle school and two friends I met in university. And that of course includes our members. I don’t know many people who’ve experienced many ups and downs. But for our members, they know how I feel even without me talking it about it. We understand on each other quickly and we know each others’ personalities well. I don’t think I have anything my friends know but my members don’t. We were together since our early 20s, and mid-10s for Jiyeon. We had lots of changes and underwent lots of emotions and our personalities matured as well. We’ve spent the past 10 years like sisters.

Jiyeon: Beside our members, it’s difficult for other people to understand our job. Hyomin: Even financially, we’re are all the same. We understand each other even without explaining so it’s comfortable.

Q.You weren’t closed since the begining, you became a team out of business. So you must have had some troubles during your early years. Hyomin: We’re like sisters so it’s only natural to get upset with each other sometimes. But even then we just used to speak out to each other and it all passes.

Eunjung: I can’t talk ill (to people). I think it’s more appropriate to express it as “understanding each other” than “holding it in.” I just speak it out when I have something to say instead of making things more complicated. We’re all like that. Because they’re all people I like and not people I hate.

Q.Do you like meat? How do you take care of your body. Eunjung: I really like meat. Today is an eating day. “ Qri: I take care of my body from time to time according to my outfits. If I feel like my outfits don’t fit me then I’ll hold myself from eating on that day.

Hyomin: I can’t starve myself all the time, never. Q.How far have you tried dieting? Eunjung: Two members sharing one bibimbap with only vegetables. Excluding red-pepper paste. We had it with vegetable flavour.

Hyomin: It was during Bo Peep Bo Peep preparation. I took a staff’s leftover Gimbap, put it in my pocket, then called the members at the bathroom and ate it all together. Also during “Invincible Youth” days, Kim Taewoo oppa was promoting at the same time and he asked me if I had eaten and I told him no so he gave me snacks. But I couldn’t take that with me to the dorm so I took turns with the members and ate it at the bathroom. But now we can’t do that at all. Q.Do you live in your separate houses? Eunjung: Yes. But it was way more fun when we used to live in a dorm. We felt more freedom at the dorm. It felt like a share-house.

Jiyeon: We asked our company if they can provide us a dorm just during our promotions at least but they rejected us. (laugh). Hyomin: In the past, we gathered money and lived in dorms for 1~2 years. But we evacuated later after our parents told us to come back home because (renting a dorm) is very costly. (laughs). That was before we started overseas promotions. Q.Don’t you earn lots of money? Eunjung: Not as much as the rumor goes. Because not all the money goes to us. (Laugh)

Q.You have expressed your secret to popularity in China as “Old-fashioned music. (On SectionTV) Hyomin: Actually I couldn’t say ‘뽕끼’(slang for retro/trot feel music) on TV that’s why I expressed it as “old-fashioned”. T-ARA’s music has trot feel to it. I think that has contributed to our popularity in China.

Eunjung: Even overseas, people like our trot-feel songs like BPBP, No.9, Like The First Time, and WAYBLT. We have so many good songs. People always say “But at least, T-ara has good music.”

Q.Why did you add “at least” in your statement. Eunjung: There are still many people who think negatively of us. That’s why I assume. It can’t be helped.

Q.Your juniors from the same company has debuted. Do you have anything you want to say to them? Hyomin: Few days ago I had a conversation with DIA’s Chaeyeon. They’re experiencing the same things we experienced during our debut. I though it was “cute” because all of that we have been through before. Even if it’s tough, they’re all things they’ll end up doing anyway, so I hope they don’t get too stressed about it and do well.

Eunjung: I want to tell them that feelings are unnecessary. Q.You spent your youth in T-ARA. Do you feel regret? Eunjung: I don’t regret it at all. Hyomin: I’ve never regretted becoming an idol. I rather think it’s an honour. We promoted during the time K-POP received the most attention and love, I’m grateful.

Q.Have you ever envied your non-celebrity friends? Hyomin: We envy them when they travel. Q.You must have friends who are already married. Hyomin: My closest friend is getting married on September. It feels weird to think that my friend is becoming a mother. I think we’re definitely living less maturely than our same-age friends. It applies on both our appearance and life pattern. Sometimes when I see my friends I wonder “am I really living well?”

Q.All of you have tried dating, right? Qri: It wouldn’t make sense if we say that we haven’t dated until now.

Eunjung: I’ve dated a lot secretly. I become more cautious when thinking of marriage. Q.What kind of person do you want to get married with? Eunjung: Someone who’s well-mannered, responsible, and manly. Actually that’s what my unnies told me. In the past, I used to think “What’s important about that. I just prefer someone who looks good in trench coat.” but now I wonder what’s the point in all of this. (laughs). My unnies told me that if I try to find a man who’s 100% perfect then I won’t find anyone. They told me to love him if he’s 70~80% fine. I think they’re right. (laughs).

Hyomin: I wish it would be someone who’s fun and I can have endless conversation with. For outer appearance, I’d prefer if it’s simple. Rather than a person who’s pretentious and cares too much about his looks, I prefer someone who’s natural. Qri: My ideal type is someone with slanted eyes, it hasn’t changed. However, I think it’d be more comfortable if he has a similar pattern and is in the same work field as me. Since my job has an irregular pattern, I think someone from the same work field would understand me better than an office worker. I think it’d fit better if we can guarantee win-win for each other. Q.What’s the longest time you’ve dated? Eunjung: my first time dating I dated a non-celebrity for 3 years. I’ve never had a public relationship but I always get caught by my friends.

Q.Will you get married? Eunjung: Of course I should. There aren’t any restrictions regarding marriage in our contract. Actually, I should make our company be the first to give me wedding congratulatory money. (Laughs)

Q.Your contract ends on December. What will happen to T-ARA in the future. All: We don’t know. Hyomin: if we don’t have a solution we should find another solution Jiyeon: I guess we’ll only know then Eunjung: There are many complicated things so we want to accomplish what’s at hand first. I haven’t thought of the next step yet.

Q.Do you want to maintain T-ARA? Jiyeon: All of our members want to maintain T-ARA all the same Hyomin: It’s not like a hobby which we do because we want to do it. We have aged enough and have to think about it realistically. It’s also our one and only job. In the future we’ll discuss it amongst ourselves and then decide which direction to take.

Q.You don’t have any solo plans? Jiyeon: We have solo songs in this album. We also performed our solo stages at music programs. I think being able to do this, by itself, it something we should be thankful for.

Q.You’re a presistant team.

Hyomin: That’s how it ended it up like. So many meanings are included in this phrase. (laughs).

Q.What is T-ARA to T-ARA?

Eunjung: I spent all of my 20s. in T-ARA. I spent my youth in T-ARA. It’s my everything.

Hyomin: This will be the only day we tell sad stories. Tomorrow we’ll forget about it again. It’s like living just for a day. I believe that’s how we keep maintaining a bright side to us.

Q.At last, anything you want to say?

Qri: I’m thankful to our fans. Our fans can’t proudly say they’re T-ara fans. I want to make them become proud of being a T-ara fan.

Eunjung-Jiyeon: Thanks for always staying by our side and supporting us. Hyomin: Our fans had it as tough as we did, and maybe ever tougher than we did.

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ENF SPORTS CONTEST RESULTS

First and foremost I’d like to thank everyone who had entered this contest! It was incredible to see all the variety and such you were all able to create. The healthy influx of quality content now added to the genre is exactly what I wanted to see, and I think people did a great job of pushing themselves to do well here. Some artists I knew already, others were new to me and definitely people I’ll be keeping an eye on now! I, without a doubt, plan to host more of these contests. There will be some changes to the format perhaps a bit, but overall this has been a great experience I want to see repeated. You can probably look forward to that in the next month or two probably!Now, without further ado, here are the results! Only the top half of placements will be shared. Everyone under the halfway mark still did very well in a lot of cases. And, I know some results you might not all agree with. The categories had 3-4 judges, and each ranked everyone last to first., then averages were taken. So some judges may have liked your stuff, but others may have not.

DRAWINGS

6th Place:

“In the Long Run”

By RRRrrricoSSSsssuave

http://rrrrrricossssssuave.deviantart.com/art/In-the-Long-Run-For-ANew-s-ENF-Sports-contest-682803540

4th Place:

“Shirts VS Skins”

By Arta-Shrike

http://arta-shrike.tumblr.com/post/161431802718/shirts-vs-skins-is-an-informal-sports-game-in

4th Place:

“Just an Accident”

By X-Guy

http://x-guy5467.deviantart.com/art/Just-an-Accident-684494633

3rd Place:

“Improper Sports Attire”

By Saawaat

http://saawaat.deviantart.com/art/Improper-sports-attire-684143641

2nd Place:

“Rock Climber in Distress”

By Electrofoxart

http://electrofoxart.deviantart.com/art/Rock-Climber-In-Distress-681443487

1st Place:

“Strip Tennis”

By Anew

https://anewenfartist.tumblr.com/image/161186021917

I was very happy with the variety of styles with this drawing category. We had artists of a bunch of skill levels bringing something here.

I will admit I feel a bit ‘bad’ for winning in my own contest. I was trying my best, and I guess it worked out in the end. I’m really honored the judges on an average felt mine was the best.

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WRITING

7th Place:

“Lady of the Rifts”

By Nedland

http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=58894;article=58654;title=The%20ASN%20Story%20Board

6th Place:

“Just a Normal Basketball Game”

By T-araGO

http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1255760/1/just-a-normal-basketball-game-boram-eunjung-qri-soyeon-tara-hamkyul-soram

5th Place:

“Katelyn’s Exhibition”

By Ewong

http://ewong247.deviantart.com/art/ENF-Katelyn-s-Exhibition-sports-contest-entry-683301113

4th Place:

“F-101, K’al’anna Ball”

By Divides

http://divides.deviantart.com/art/Anew-s-Contest-F-101-K-al-anna-Ball-683850169?src=MC_deviation_stack

3rd Place:

“Gooball Fantasy, A Sapphroria Story”

By Tyvadi

http://tyvadi.deviantart.com/art/Gooball-Fantasy-A-Sapphoria-Story-684595854

2nd Place:

“ENF Late Night at the Gym”

By AnonENFFan

http://anonenffan.deviantart.com/art/ENF-Late-Night-at-the-Gym-Contest-Entry-681916219

1st Place:

“Winning Streak”

By Prince Buffoon

http://princebuffoon.deviantart.com/art/ENF-Sports-Contest-Winning-Streak-679103308

The writing category didn’t pull punches. This category had the most entries as well, which is very impressive. There are some fantastic stories here! Congrats to Prince Buffoon for his great story, I know I had a lot of fun reading it! Going to be nice to see at least two scenes from our top 3 winners get visualized!

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KISEKAE

5th Place:

“Cheerleading Gone Wrong”

By Inoueninja94kisekae

http://inoueninja94kisekae.deviantart.com/art/Cheerleading-Gone-Wrong-681783926

4th Place:

“Disqualified for Accident”

By Kakuyaz

http://kakuyaz.deviantart.com/art/Disqualified-for-accident-684440844

3rd Place:

“Swimming Trouble”

By Zephros542

http://zephros542.deviantart.com/art/Swimming-Trouble-680298490

2nd Place:

“Watersports”

By 12thtimelost

http://12thtimelost.deviantart.com/art/Watersports-No-Not-That-Kind-684570741

1st Place:

“Shirts vs Skins”

By MidiFang

midifang.deviantart.com/art/Shirts-vs-Skins-681944861

When I first created this contest, I wasn’t sure if I would include a Kisekae division. I knew enough people who used it though, and then included it on a whim… and I’m glad I did! I think some people give content created in Kisekae a bad rap, but like with any medium, there’s different proficiencies. The contestants here, especially our top winner Midifang, I think help show that not everything done with it is so “samey.”

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Prizes!

Contestents who won, you will be notified via note/PM with details about what you’re being offered. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in Drawing and writing will get one. 1st and 2nd in Kisakae will get a prize too. 2nd and 3rd place winners will have to wait to hear their options, as I want to make sure the place ahead of you is set with who they will be getting art from.

Critique

Many of the judges wrote up comments about each piece. Original plan was to upload it all now, but we have some still working on it, and some concern was brought up. We realized some of you wasn’t expecting criticism. I think the words from the judges are insightful, helpful, and worth hearing. Yet, perhaps some of you weren’t ready for your stuff to be judged too publicly.

Please, within the next week, let me know how you feel about the critique on your work being shared publicly. I would like if I could for ease share it with everyone. I think other artists are able to learn from the critique as well. Yet if you’re shy, and want to keep it private, that’s fine. Or, you don’t have to see at all either.

Closing Words

I consider this all a success! I like to think we all had a great time, and all the fantastic artists here got that extra bit of exposure they were hoping for. I look forward to hosting and competing in another of these some time soon down the road~

The list again of the pictures and stories for anyone who missed it before:

Drawings:

https://thejakebolt.tumblr.com/image/160330008821

http://grave17.deviantart.com/art/Bike-Ride-679160703

http://electrofoxart.deviantart.com/art/Rock-Climber-In-Distress-681443487 http://megaf1sh.deviantart.com/art/RAISING-TEAM-SPIRIT-AMONG-OTHER-THINGS-681806387

http://rrrrrricossssssuave.deviantart.com/art/In-the-Long-Run-For-ANew-s-ENF-Sports-contest-682803540

https://anewenfartist.tumblr.com/image/161186021917

http://saawaat.deviantart.com/art/Improper-sports-attire-684143641

https://poprox101.tumblr.com/post/161394775908/official-contest-entry-pro-tip-be-cautious-when

http://x-guy5467.deviantart.com/art/Just-an-Accident-684494633

http://arta-shrike.tumblr.com/image/161431802718

http://ehns-universe.deviantart.com/art/ENF-Spots-Contest-Entry-HOT-DOGS-684551041

http://skylindworm.deviantart.com/art/Pom-Pom-Panty-Streak-684537632

http://gekigamix100assartin.deviantart.com/art/The-Carry-to-Bare-Anew-s-ENF-Sport-Contest-684611715

Stories:

http://princebuffoon.deviantart.com/art/ENF-Sports-Contest-Winning-Streak-679103308

http://kinkyquill.tumblr.com/post/160681765394/internarrative-striping-sports-festival

http://anonenffan.deviantart.com/art/ENF-Late-Night-at-the-Gym-Contest-Entry-681916219 http://ldnnld.deviantart.com/art/Bare-Competition-681327480

http://jawolfadultishart.deviantart.com/art/Melty-Times-at-the-Pool-Contest-Entry-682799317

http://pokemorphomega.deviantart.com/art/contest-Stripshooting-680527642

http://yalniffinlay.deviantart.com/art/Don-t-mess-with-Becay-ENF-Sports-Contest-682857642

http://rrrrrricossssssuave.deviantart.com/art/Wielder-of-the-Spear-For-ANew-s-sports-contest-683005855

http://ewong247.deviantart.com/art/Katelyn-s-Exhibition-entry-to-anewenfartist-s-sto-683301113

http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1255760/1/just-a-normal-basketball-game-boram-eunjung-qri-soyeon-tara-hamkyul-soram

http://lunagold1.deviantart.com/art/Strip-Basketball-683619069?ga_submit_new=10%3A149619

http://divides.deviantart.com/art/Anew-s-Contest-F-101-K-al-anna-Ball-683850169?src=MC_deviation_stack

http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=58894;article=58654;title=The%20ASN%20Story%20Board

http://hypnobat98.deviantart.com/art/2v2-684256469

http://tyvadi.deviantart.com/art/Gooball-Fantasy-A-Sapphoria-Story-684595854

Kisekae:

http://zephros542.deviantart.com/art/Swimming-Trouble-680298490 http://inoueninja94kisekae.deviantart.com/art/Cheerleading-Gone-Wrong-681783926

http://midifang.deviantart.com/art/Shirts-vs-Skins-681944861 http://ghostwarrior674.deviantart.com/art/It-Was-For-A-Good-Cause-682062581

http://sta.sh/01h4aix02fbo

http://megaf1sh.deviantart.com/art/CHEERING-WITH-REGRET-682683407

http://brooms17.deviantart.com/art/A-Sisterly-Duel-682905367

http://rocuevas.deviantart.com/art/EFW-682635414

http://kakuyaz.deviantart.com/art/Disqualified-for-accident-684440844

http://12thtimelost.deviantart.com/art/Watersports-No-Not-That-Kind-684570741

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