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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

T-ara : The Rising Diamond

Ellow again...

It seems to me that it's a very long time since I last post some feeds here. I just finished my final examinations, and now currently I'm at home, doing some stuff, unknown stuff.

T-ara


from left : Hyomin, Qri, Soyeon, Jiyeon, Boram, Hwayoung, Eunjung

T-ara, often stylized as T-ARA or T♔ARA is a popular South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media (subsidiaries of Mnet Media), in 2009. Some of the members have actually active in the industry, prior to their debut. Originally a 5-member group, they first release their song through soundtrack of MBC drama Cinderella Man, "Good Person". One of the member, Park Ji Yeon, was included in project with Davichi and Seeya, performing "Women's Generation" in public broadcast music show.

T-ara formally debut into entertainment show through Mnet Countdown, performing "Lies". They achieve success with their first all-kill song, "Bo Peep Bo Peep", sweeping all awards in public broadcast chart. They later made their comeback with "I Go Crazy Because Of You" and "I'm Really Hurt".

However, their follow-up song did not meet their instant success. Their  song "Why are You Being Like This" and " Yayaya" cannot replicate their success in "Bo Peep Bo Peep". In the following year, their song "Roly-Poly" almost break their long-awaited drought in winning Music Bank. They are in the Top 2 for almost 2 months, but to no avail. After a long years of waiting, they finally won their Music Bank K-Chart, with their follow-up song, "Lovey Dovey", reminiscing their success beforehand with "Bo Peep Bo Peep".Nonetheless, almost all of their song were crowned winner in other public broadcast, amidst the long waiting at KBS.


Stage Name : Eunjung
Real Name : Ham Eunjung
Date of Birth : December 12, 1988
Position in Group : Vocalist, Lead Rapper


Stage Name : Jiyeon
Real Name : Park Jiyeon
Date of Birth : June 7, 1993
Position in Group : Vocalist, Main Dancer

 

Stage Name : Hyomin
Real Name : Park Sunyoung
Date of Birth : May 30, 1989
Position in Group : Lead Vocalist, Rapper


Stage Name : Soyeon
Real Name : Park Injung
Date of Birth : October 5, 1987
Position in Group : Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer


Stage Name : Qri
Real Name : Lee Jihyun
Date of Birth : December 12, 1986
Position in Group : Vocalist


Stage Name : Boram
Real Name : Jeon Boram
Date of Birth : March 22, 1986
Position in Group : Vocalist


Stage Name : Hwayoung
Real Name : Ryu Hwayoung
Date of Birth : April 22, 1993
Position in Group : Main Rapper

Discography


Albums

Absolute First Album (Studio Album)
•    Released: November 27, 2009
•    Language: Korean
•    Label: Core Contents Media

Breaking Heart (Repackaged Album)
•    Released: March 3, 2010
•    Language: Korean
•    Length: 55:00
•    Label: Core Contents Media

Temptastic (Extended Play)
•    Released: December 1, 2010
•    Language: Korean
•    Length: 22:00
•    Label: Core Contents Media

John Travolta Wannabe (Extended Play)
•    Released: June 30, 2011
•    Language: Korean
•    Length: 25:33
•    Label: Core Contents Media

Roly-Poly in Copacabana (Repackage Extended Play)
•    Released: August 1, 2011
•    Language: Korean
•    Length: 29:09
•    Label: Core Contents Media

Black Eyes (Extended Play)
•    Released: November 11, 2011
•    Language: Korean
•    Length: 20:12
•    Label: Core Contents Media

Funky Town (Repackaged Extended Play)
•    Released: January 3, 2012
•    Language: Korean
•    Length: 27:57
•    Label: Core Contents Media



Singles

2009
    "Good Person"  
    "Lies"
    "TTL (Time To Love)" (with Supernova)
    "TTL Listen 2" (with Supernova)
    "Bo Peep Bo Peep"
    "Like The First Time"

2010
    "I Go Crazy Because Of You"  
    "I'm Really Hurt"  
    "Why Are You Being Like This?"  
    "Yayaya"

2011  
    "Roly-Poly"
    "Roly-Poly in Copacabana"  
    "Cry Cry"  
    "We Were in Love" (with Davichi)

2012  
    "Lovey-Dovey"  
      
       

Videography   

2009
    "Good Person" (Version 1)    -   3:32
    "Good Person" (Version 2)  -  3:27
    "Women's Generation/Forever Love"  -  3:33
    "Lies"    3:45
    "Lies" (Ballad Version)  -  4:00
    "Lies" (Summer Version)  -  3:56
    "Time To Love"  -  3:32
    "Time To Love Listen 2"  -  3:33
    "Apple is A"  -  5:44
    "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (15+ Version)  -  3:46
    "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (18+ Version)  -  3:49
    "Like The First Time"  -  4:25
         
2010
    "Wonder Woman"  -  3:44
    "I Go Crazy Because of You"  -  3:33
    "I'm Really Hurt" (Version 1) (Version 2) (Version 3)  -  3:12
    "We Are The One"  -  3:25
    "What Should We Finish"  -  4:46
    "Why Are You Being Like This" -  4:04
    "Yayaya"  -  4:49
 
2011
    "Roly-Poly"  - 12:32
    "Roly-Poly" (Normal Version)  -  5:35
    "Roly-Poly" (Stage Version)  -  3:39
    "Roly-Poly in Copacabana"  -  4:08
    "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Japanese Version)  - 7:06
    "Log-In"  -  3:29
    "Yayaya" (Japanese Version)  -  3:41
    "Cry Cry"  -  15:49
    "Cry Cry" (Dance Version)   - 3:28
    "Cry Cry" (Ballad Version)    3:19
    "We Were in Love"  -  3:33

2012
    "Lovey-Dovey"  - 20:32
    "Lovey-Dovey" (Zombie Version)  - 6:45
    "Lovey-Dovey in Tokyo"  -  3:47