Still cuts of KARA wearing Christmas outfits were revealed through Wings Foot Korea on December 2nd.
KARA – who is currently modelling for one of the company’s branch brands, Bear Paw - showed off their cute holiday spirit with a large Christmas tree.
A representative of the brand revealed, “The members were able to get into the holiday spirit while filming at a studio in Kangnam last week. They were all able to take a pair of the wool boots home.”
Bear Paw is a popular winter brand often worn by both Hollywood and Korean stars, such as SNSDand Hwang Jung Eum.
Wings Foot Korea stated, “After choosing KARA as our models last month, the popularity of Bear Paw has been on the rise.”
Singer Sori recently revealed a polaroid picture she took with f(x)’s leader Victoria and T-ara’sHyomin.
On December 1st, Sori uploaded the picture and tweeted, “With Hyomin and Tori!!! V n Smile~ during the ‘Invincible Youth’ recording!!!”
The photo displays the trio posing side-by-side smiling innocently, giving off a heartwarming vibe.
Fans commented, “Unnie, you’re so cute”, “The three all look alike”, and “So cute”.
Sori is currently a regular cast member on KBS 2TV’s ‘Invincible Youth’ alongside Victoria, Hyomin,Han Sun Hwa, Goo Hara, Lee Jooyeon, and Narsha.
H.O.T’s former member, Moon Hee Jun expressed his admiration for T-ara member Eunjung’stalents on the December 1st episode of MBC’s “Radio Star.”
He began by stating, “I always thought that the person that sang the highlight part in T-ara’s ‘Crazy Because of You‘ would do well as a solo artist. I wanted to bring her to me once her contract ended and produce her myself.”
Eunjung, unable to hide her joy after being complimented by a senior, began singing her highlight part on the spot, causing Moon to exclaim, “Oh, it’s her!”
MC Kim Gura sarcastically butted in by adding, “You can’t even raise yourself, what’re you talking about being the CEO?” Moon retorted, “Why not? I’m not bad, you know!,” but soon after turned towards Eunjung and asked, “Please raise me. I’ll work hard.”
Moon then went on to reveal, “I’ve always liked SNSD up until the point where I saw another team that managed to shake my heart. It was none other than T-ara. I fell in love with Jiyeon after seeing her dance to ‘Bo Peep Bo Peep.‘” Jiyeon then got up and began dancing the choreography, causing Moon to shout with joy while the others burst out with laughter.
T-ara’s Jiyeon accidentally confessed that she underwent plastic surgery in an unguarded moment during her appearance on MBC’s “Radio Star.”
The topic of discussion was most of the members of T-ara being from some sort of ‘Little Miss Korea’ pageant during their younger years. Eunjung had revealed that she was a ‘Little Miss Korea’ while Co-Ed’s One Light Hyo Young revealed that she was ‘Miss Chunhyang.’
MC Kim Gura went on to ask, “Everyone used to be in pageants. Jiyeon, do you think that you’re the prettiest? After surgery?”
Jiyeon responded, “I didn’t do surg-… No, I don’t know.” To the viewers who watched the exchange, they felt that Jiyeon practically admitted to having work done when she didn’t know how to respond.
Hyomin and Eunjung attempted to ameliorate the situation by adding, “She’s smart.” Hyomin also hinted at plastic surgery by stating, “I think I looked better before.”
Jiyeon answered, “I look better now.”
One Light Hyo Young concluded, “I look the same,” causing Hyomin and Jiyeon to glare at her.
KARA was chosen as the ‘best rookie artist’ according to a Japanese mobile ringtone site, Recochoku.
The site revealed their 2010 yearly chart rankings on December 1st and revealed that KARA had knocked out the other rookie artists to grab the #1 title.
KARA’s Japanese single, “Mister,” is currently ranked #1 in their music video chart, #2 in their video chart, and #5 in their ringtone chart. KARA’s second Japanese single, “Jumping,” entered the top three in Recochoku’s ringtone chart on November 10th and is now ranked #1 and #4 in ringtones, #1 in video, and #2 in music video.
Recochoku is a highly popular site amongst Japanese teens and young adults in their 20’s that enjoy decorating their phones. KARA’s two singles have both been hits as ringtones, showing that the group is appealing to the Japanese youth.
On the other hand, the group’s first official Japanese album, “Girl’s Talk,” managed to sell 107,403 copies within its first week. The group is currently preparing for “their Japanese drama, “URAKARA,” set to air this coming January.
Despite rumors speculating a possible year-end awards ceremony, KBS will not be holding an awards ceremony this year.
Kwon Jae Yong PD of the KBS’s “Gayo Festival,” which is set to open on December 30th, revealed through an interview with Star News, “Just like last year, we will not be holding a music awards ceremony this year. Currently, we are planning to pick just one song as the ‘best popular song.’ There’s a lot of discussion in the industry wondering about the resurrection of our awards ceremony, but it takes a lot of time in order to collect information and data for a ‘fair’ ceremony. It’s too late this year, so we will be holding discussions about it for next year’s gayo festival.”
KBS held their “Gayo Awards” at the end of every year since 1984, but closed the program in 2005. Since 2006, the company changed the program to “Gayo Festival”, and began showcasing performances as opposed to awards.
T-ara, currently gaining popularity for their new album comeback track, “Yayaya“, revealed that the song was actually produced for labelmate Co-Ed’s debut.
A representative of Core Contents Media spoke with Star News on December 2nd and stated, “T-ara’s latest track, ‘Yayaya’, was for rookie group Co-Ed’s debut. After both groups listened to it, T-ara felt that it fit their group’s image better, which is why it was confirmed as the title track for their comeback album. All of the T-ara members have a strong affection for this song. Co-Ed was satisfied with ‘Too Late‘ and shared the song with their seniors.”
He continued, “Another song in the album, ‘My Boo,’ was also for Co-Ed. Co-Ed gave up the song to their seniors after seeing them sing it beautifully.”
f(x)’s Victoria showed off her sexy charms once again, as she was recently spotted wearing a slim-fitting ‘cheongsam‘.
It was reported that she wore the outfit for the recording of the Qingdao episode of MBC’s ‘The Birth of a Great Star’. Victoria was able to visit her home city of Qingdao just for the occasion.
Netizens who saw the pictures gave a positive response, leaving comments such as, “She’s so pretty”, “Total daebak”, “She suits the ‘cheongsam’ so well”, “Her visuals are the best”, “A goddess”.
