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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

KARA releases PV for “Ima Okuritai, Arigatou”!

Just hours after it was revealed that KARA had been breaking even more records for foreign female artists in Japan, and less than a week after revealing their Dance Version and BTS to “Jet Coaster Love“, KARA has revealed the PV to “Ima Okuritai, Arigatou“, the B-side track on the “Jet Coaster Love” single and used as the ending theme song for Kara’s Japanese drama URAKARA.

Check out the PV below!

4minute on their kneepads, choreography, and girl group competition

Kneepads aren’t accessories one would normally associate with girl group outfits. When put on4minute, however, even the most mundane of items turn into something special and eye-catching.

Although they’ve already been put on the chopping block numerous times for their provocative choreography, their powerful kneepad-requiring ’spread leg’ dance not only put their male fans in a frenzy, but still managed to catch headlines and separate them from their peers.

Gayoon revealed, “We decided to wear kneepads a day before our first broadcast. We never even thought of it until then; how foolish of us (laughter).”

Maknae Sohyun added, “We actually thought of wearing long pants instead because our legs were already so bruised from rehearsals. All we wanted to do was show our best, so we really didn’t feel any pain.”

Their “Mirror, Mirror” comeback, although controversial, has captivated fans with 78 repetitions of the term ‘mirror’, and of course, their ’spread leg’ dance. The members themselves, however, claim that they had not anticipated the controversy.

HyunA commented, “It’s sexy. Definitely not anything cute (laughter). I was so into our performance that I didn’t know why people were raving over it at first.”

Jiyoon stated, “I think our female fans feel vicarious through our powerful and confident images. They’re our biggest strengths, but with our recent comeback, I feel that we’ve gotten a lot more male fans. I should be happy, right? (laughter).”

On the topic of fans, the girls have garnered a formidable fanbase overseas through their frequent international promotions. Through the experience, they’ve returned with confidence and with a stronger sense of teamwork.

HyunA stated, “We had two tours in Japan and ranked well with each of our singles. Seeing more and more fans of powerful music makes us realize that music truly has no boundaries.”

The year they’ve been gone has been one of the busiest year for girl groups though, and that flood is still unending. There’s a slew of new junior girl groups benchmarking 4minute, and the market competition is fiercer than ever.

The girls revealed that they do feel more competitive now with more girl groups on the market, but assured fans that they’re more than ready to compete, as long as they had herbal medicine to keep their stamina up.

Jiyoon commented, “With more and more performance oriented girl groups debuting, I feel that we can’t just crumble at this point in our careers. On the other hand, I am proud because it feels like we’ve become role models. There may be a lot of similar girl groups, but I’d rather succeed through something only we can do.”

Jihyun concluded, “Before we began our promotions, we were worried as to whether we’d be able to pull it off. Now that we’re going through things one by one, we feel alive. We may be foolish in obsessing over the more difficult and complex performance styles, but that’s who we are.”

T-ara’s Eujung & Qri participate in their first script rehearsal for “King Geunchogo”

As reported earlier, T-ara’s Eunjung and Qri were cast for KBS 1TV’s historical drama, “King Geunchogo“. On April 12th, the two members attended their first script-reading together and shared photos from the experience.

Core Contents Media commented, “Eunjung and Qri completed their script-reading without any complications. They helped each other in aspects they lacked, and exclaimed that they will do their best as friendly competitors.”

The two expressed, “Today is our first recording. Although we’re nervous, we’re very excited. We’ll be working hard to capture the hearts of the viewers.”

Eunjung will be playing the role of ‘Jin Ayi’, the daughter of ‘Jin Godo’ and the future queen and wife to the son of King Geunchogo, ‘Geun Gusu’ (Supernova’s Geonil).

Meanwhile, Qri will be playing the part of ‘Princess Yeojin‘, a tomboy with a stubborn personality who faces problems due to the age difference in marriage, but stays a faithful wife.

The first episode to feature Eunjung and Qri will begin airing on April 17th.

T-ara's Eunjung, "Dating Kim Soohyun? Just friends"

T-ara's Eunjung directly explains the rumors about Kim Soohyun.

In an interview on the 11th, "There have been rumors about me and Kim Soohyun but they are not correct. However, no rumors about us are true," Eunjung said.

Eunjung and Kim Soohyun both appeared in KBS 2TV's "Dream High" which aired back in February and appeared close together. After the ending of the drama, they appeared to have an even closer relationship through a sportswear ad. And after Eunjung joined the cast of MBC's "We Got Married" rumors about the two raised.

Eunjung said, "On 'Dream High', along with Suzy and Taecyeon, Kim Soohyun and I throughout appearing became close friends. Even afterward, we still contacted each other to see how we are doing. I was especially happy for Kim Soohyun to see him often shooting ads and having a lot of fans, but we just have a friendly relationship."

"After the news report of 'We Got Married' appeared, I started to think the rumors were true and 'was really afraid and scared of the rumors were true.' We were filming on the same set for the ad and I kept thinking it could be him, but when I was on my first shot of 'We Got Married' he asked me what I was doing and he told me he was resting at home. Then I knew he wasn't my husband and we laughed about it together." she said.

Meanwhile, Eunjung is appearing in "We Got Married" and as an actress in the KBS 1TV drama, "Geunchogo, The King of Baekje".

Luna and HyoSung pose together at "MTV The Show"!

f(x)'s Luna and Secret's Hyosung snapped a photo together!

The girls posed together at the backstage of "MTV The Show".

Many fans who have seen this photos said that both of them are like siblings,having blonde hair and they are both chubby.

What do you think concerning fans' comments?