yuda Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 For a music group that want to last long without any big discord or disbanding, it's good to have a popularity that not excessively depend on 1 member only. A group that only depend on the popularity of 1 member, he/she can maintain the group but it also possible to became a minus. A member that relatively got less spotlight can feel deprivation and the member with high popularity can think "I'm the one who fed and make this group live". Even one of the way to prevent a war between nations is the balance of power. Even one particular nation get more military power the war risk will become bigger. The fact that all 5 members of girl group KARA getting an equal popularity can be felt during the recent Tokyo Dome Concert. This is important because KARA was once facing the danger of disbanding, and the time left of their contract with their company was less than 1 year. Han Seungyeon have great contribution to prevent KARA from getting disbanded after their failure in KARA's 1st album and even revived after that. She is the one who wandered around on making appearance in cable TV and making people know the existence of KARA. However as time goes by both Nicole and Goo Hara also getting lots of popularity while making appearance in various variety program overrunning Han Seungyeon's popularity. Especially to the extent that some producer want to make 'Ant waist' Goo Hara doing solo. People also thought that Goo Hara has exceptionally high popularity in Japan. But it's not as much as expected. On the day of Tokyo Dome concert, among the merchandise that being sold, the fan that have picture of each members on it are sold out. Instead, Japanese fans that holding fan with Han Seungyeon's pictures can be seen a lot. On the concert, Han Seungyeon said in Japanese "I had a nightmare that there are no one who came to the concert but i'm really thankful that a lot of people have come today" and be moved to tears while getting great responds from the fans. On the other side, Goo Hara and Nicole confidently showed their existence through powerful choreography. Park Gyuri showed her singing ability with her solo part which stands out the most between 5 members. However the response for 'cheerful girl' Kang Jiyoung's stage are bigger. They showed responses to each of Jiyoung's words. Kang Jiyoung who wore pink sailor uniform and sang Japanese sports cheering song title "School of Heaven" said "everyone and us are like the two wheels of a bicycle that need both to be able to move forward. I hope everyone and us can keep on become a pair of wheel that running forward." The audience greeted her words with thundering applause. The fact that KARA's members, 5 people gaining even popularity and receiving spotlight equally, it shows the promising future that this group will be able to last long. Source: http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20130120000179&md=20130120142012_AN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamania16 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 THAT'S WHY I LOVE KARA THE LEAN EACH OTHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeydesu Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 It is something that I've noticed about Kara in comparison to other groups, how all of the members seem to get almost the same amount of love and have about equal popularity. It is true that Hara was becoming more popular than the others a few years ago, but you can't really see that anymore. And I mean I haven't been a fan of kara for long (about a year maybe?), but in all this time I haven't been able to really pick a favorite member ><. (while reading the first paragraphs it felt like they were talking about miss a \o/) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siushan Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 this is the KARA i love♥♥♥ really touching concert♥ it's pity that i cant go and stand there to support my dear girls but there would definitely be a chance someday:) KARA fighing♥ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaththekid Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 LOL @ balance of power between nations thingy. Nice article about equal popularity and opportunity. There are some groups in kpop that already have an inbalance of popularity between members. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoorAsz Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Less than a year? I'm not ready!!! Guys let's not think bout that yet nae...I know the day will come but *sobs* let's just enjoy for now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaththekid Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) yeah less than a year.....thats shorter than i had expected.....sigh ah well all good things come to an end. thats right people start crying!! Edited January 20, 2013 by Deaththekid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammai Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's true that each KARA member has a strong popularity on their own. JiYoung who hasn't had many solo activities until last year just zoomed up in popularity to catch up. I still think Hara's popularity is the highest among the members but it's not something that DSP plays off too much to over-shadow the other members. It does make me appreciate the lack of media play DSP does hahaha Yes, 2014 will come sooner than we hope. My wish is for KARA to be successful in their solo activities and maintain being KARA as a group. DSP doesn't have a good track record of keeping their idol groups, but KARA's a gold mine for DSP. Who knows, though. For now, let's support every member in all their endeavors as we always have (biases aside). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleJaJing Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 T.T So.... touching. AHHHHHHH!!!! MY FEELS!!! I'm so glad Kara got through and is equally popular with each other. Let's support each other! Kara and Kamilia ♥ We're always moving together!!! ^0^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timstarr Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 what's with "this time" lol.. kara daebak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SushiRiceChopstix Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Wow, this is one of the few article of kara that i actually really like gah, i love these girls so much! i was actually thinking about this earlier too, how kara had the chance to promote all their members and how they actually have a name for themselves unlike a few groups that are just relying on one or two people. i feel bad for those other groups..but anyways i love how all the members had their time to shine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karamelia Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 my beautiful KARA.... wishing them all the happiness and KAMILIA will always be there for them... KARA FIGHTING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuda Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 what's with "this time" lol.. kara daebak sorry, my bad *fixed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_boy1996 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 WOW That what make them so special. I LOVE YOU KARA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetKoru Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 they being loved by many people because of their personality, not just they're beauty^^ thats why KARA is eternal in KAMILIA heart KARA FIGHTING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhw_87 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 yes their popularity seems equal each other. each one of the member have they're own charm that can mesmerized people thats my opinion. ^____________^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edr49890 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I LOVE YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redresonance Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) Yeah, each member has contributed equally in their own way, and their appeal are also almost evenly distributed. But that's not why KARA is still together. Even if they have different level of popularity, I would like to think that they would still be good friends to each other, rather than the superior one having the arrogance of being the one carrying the group. For example, I've never seen Seungyeon brag, try to claim credit or make herself more deserving than the other members even when she was the one who worked so hard to carry the group during KARA4 to KARA5 times. Which is why they are still together, their kind and humble personality even to each other. Of course, even popularity is good any time. I wouldn't want to see one member being isolated because of lesser fans. Edited January 20, 2013 by Redresonance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkjaey Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I was surprised by the Seungyeon army. But I think outside of japanese kamilia, other members have higher popularity then Seungyeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renar Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 WEll IS IS THE only sensible way to keep a group succesfull. And this is what apealed to me about Kara always. Btw I like Gyuri and Hammie the most but i always liked Kara as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkjaey Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Then you have other groups with many members in it. That would be hard to like each member. Grateful I came across KARA and I love & respect each member. Seungyeon's my love over all ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicoap Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 The concert in the Tokyo Dome is a big success..from now on they will be more popular as individual and a group. Happy to hear Seungyeon getting a lot of fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 This is true. This wasn't done in short period of time, it took a lot of hard work from all the members. Each girl has their own charming and distinct qualities which definitely helps the group over all. I was really proud last year when I heard all the members would be working on things outside of KARA, that tells you how much KARA has come and they deserve it. I remember Sweetune PD saying how the girls know they are stronger when they are together and they obviously live by that rule and it's working out great ! Thanks for the translations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSwordsWoman! Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 This is truly one of KARA's advantages. the 5 of them have had their spotlight at some point, first Hammie, then Nicole in "Level with Me", Hara in IY, Gyuri with Shim Shim Tapa and "200 Pounds of Beauty" and our Jing with "IY2" etc. It's almost mandatory, if you love a member of KARA, you'll love the rest of them. Now, about that "Less than a year" thing.... I guess everything has to come to an end, even though I don't want to see KARA's end any time soon it is a fact that we must face...... Let's enjoy while we can, hopefully our lovely girl would want to remain together a few more years....hopefully!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerYoung Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm so touching read that articel.....KARA Jjang KARA Fighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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