At first when i'm reading Tokyohive, all i see was like KARA having a new single.
So i thought they would be pretty popular in Korea too, as they're releasing singles after singles in Japan.
Then i encountered JiYoung in IY2, still didn't much listen to them although I had a few of their Japanese lead tracks and STEP on my ipod (Winter Magic really caught my ears). It's only after Running Men when Gyuri and Seungyeon went on and I really loved them as a group.