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[12.03.15] T-ara to become 7~9 members, including replacing members
Core Contents Media's CEO Kim Kwangsoo announced that there will be a big change coming in April. Revealed today, the current seven member group could become eight or nine. Whether it's an addition of members, or replacing members, is not yet decided.
The purpose isn't to remove or to add but to give the members who give effort and display their skills more opportunities through activities. This is intended to introduce the principle of a competition so the opportunities aren't given to the members who are prideful and lazy.
Kim Kwangoo commented, "I've had 30 years of experience and have done much with singers starting as rookies. After three years as activities as a singer, pride and laziness is effected. Stress becomes a bigger deal and it gets harder. You can't win the competition with this type of mindset. This is what has ruined a lot of singers. If there's no effort or there is no singing skills, the members will not be given parts (measures) to sing."
Kim Kwangsoo also that to take T-ara onto another level and in order to develop the group further, T-ara's music style and concepts will change, including the group members. More information will be released on April 7th.
Meanwhile, T-ara will create a fanclub and hold a concert in July.
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Source: http://news.nate.com.../20120315n04605
Translated by: Nathaniel + maknaes. @ Diadem
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While I'm normally not the type of person to use really dramatic language when it comes to my favorite artists, I can honestly say that I'm close to devastated about this news. I seriously want to cry. T-ara has become one of my favorite groups, even getting more play than my absolute favorite kpop group SNSD recently. I've become really attached to the members and their music and to think that some of them could possibly be replaced (or even that they'll add new members) and that their musical style will change is beyond unbelievable to me right now. As much as I hate to say it, if they will be completely abandoning the sound that they've created (I don't mind it evolving or even trying new things but to completely abandon their style) and changing out members and adding new members which could possibly make this a completely different type of group, I will no longer be a fan. I will be a fan of today's T-ara but not the new group. If this is seriously going to happen, I wish that T-ara's current members and group as a whole would leave CCM and go to another record label who would allow them to continue on the successful path that's gotten them where they are.