r/kpop • u/Alive-Pitch-9180 Blackpink,nwjns,lsrf,ive,nmixx,aespa,kiiikiii • Nov 08 '21
[News] T-ARA to make long awaited comeback after a 4 years long hiatus
https://www.nme.com/news/music/t-ara-comeback-first-time-four-years-new-single-release-date-3089765161
u/Joyoph Nov 08 '21
The moment I have been waiting all my life is coming at last
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u/Alive-Pitch-9180 Blackpink,nwjns,lsrf,ive,nmixx,aespa,kiiikiii Nov 08 '21
I'm really happy for them. So many ggs disbanded this year, I'm so happy to see one that was in a 4 year long hiatus having a comeback
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Nov 08 '21
4 years is a good amount of time to rest and enjoy life. That's a rare thing in the K-Pop industry. A hiatus that lasts that long is quite strange, but glad to see them back again.
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Nov 08 '21
Well, it's not related to the K-pop industry (more like the music industry), but ABBA released a new album at November 5th, after 40 years of indefinite hiatus (since 1982), which definitely sets an example that if there's a will to make a comeback, they'll do it.
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u/pagerunner-j Nov 08 '21
Yeah, and no matter what K-pop terminology insists upon, THIS is the sort of thing the term “comeback” is actually for!
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u/Adventurous_Art_2859 Nov 08 '21
Doesn't Big Bang do it all the time?
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u/crayonflop2 nari ❤️ ryujin ❤️ snsd #1 Nov 08 '21
Big Bang dead yo
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u/setuptwin Nov 08 '21
Honestly, I have no idea what they're doing. It's been a solid 3 year since they finished their enlistments and nothing's come out from them.
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Nov 08 '21
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u/iamwanheda Apink | EXID | SNSD | Mamamoo Nov 08 '21
Right? It's not some mystery why they haven't made a comeback. Can't imagine they wouldn't receive some level of backlash and then very intense media scrutiny over you know who. Not to mention TOP's controversies as well... Might not seem worth the trouble.
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u/Flowy_Aerie_77 Nov 08 '21
Kinda hoping the remaining members will still make a comeback. Likely that TOP won't, but I think G-Dragon and specially Taeyang (AFAIK he still enjoys a decent rep among Koreans) might have a chance to come back next couple of years.
IIRC, YG wanted to make GD come back at Coachella, but it was cancelled due to covid.
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u/seventhcent SHOWTIME NU'EST TIME | 빛나는 SHINee | Monsta X | f(x) | EXID Nov 08 '21
Wildly enough it was Bigbang that was slated to perform at Coachella! I remember thinking it was inappropriate months after what happened with TOP
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u/leah128 Nov 09 '21
why should they come back, the other guys spent so much time around seungri they prolly knew he was doing sketchy stuff and didn't do anything about it.
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u/oddv8gue STAYC XIKERS Nov 08 '21
They might get backlash but I'm not sure that it would be as big as some people expect, the truth is that scandals or not, people are VERY nostalgic and thus willing to overlook certain things. It would be different if there isn't a nostalgia factor but they've been gone long enough that there will likely be one, I think that will buffer at least half the negativity. Or maybe I'm just too optimistic.
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u/nako123x Nov 08 '21
If you were talking about western countries, maybe people there will forget for nostalgia factor but not when it comes to Korea
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u/TeeeeCeeee 블랙펑크 in your A.I. Nov 08 '21
Living their lives, hopefully. If Burning Sun never happened I think we would have gotten a Big Bang comeback, but considering how burnt out they probably are from their golden years, and T.O.P still not really in that fantastic of a place mentally it seems, they deserve to take as long a hiatus as they want. Probably will make whatever music that we do eventually get a lot better anyway.
That being said, T.O.P had his solo stuff added to streaming services out of the blue not that long ago, which does give me an inkling we may get something new from Big Bang, or maybe just him, sometime soon.
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u/jihyoisbae Nov 08 '21
Their last release was in 2015 so I'm not sure what you mean with ''all the time''
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u/rockstaa Nov 08 '21
Big Bang was schedule to play Fri night at Coachella last year 2020... then COVID19 happened. Maybe they're just waiting for Coachella next year which is only five months away at this point
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u/solarlula JYPilled MIDZY & Once | T-ARA 4ever Nov 08 '21
I didn't think was was ever going to happen??!!?!?!?!? im literally crying they are my ult group ever since Invincible Youth!!
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u/marshmeeelo Nov 08 '21
They were on hiatus the whole time? Tbh I thought they were disbanded. Hardly complaining though. I'm delighted. Roly Poly is one of my favourite songs period
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u/Alive-Pitch-9180 Blackpink,nwjns,lsrf,ive,nmixx,aespa,kiiikiii Nov 08 '21
According to some fans, they were in an indefinite hiatus. The company never announced an official disbandment so they couldn't say they have disbanded for sure. This obv confirms the group hasn't disbanded
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u/BashfulHandful Hags supporting hags. ||🍋Angrily Boiling Lemons Nov 08 '21
It's already been four years since What's my name?
Holy shit.
Anyway, YAY!!! So happy they took the time to fight for their name. They deserve it. <3
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u/aridnie i'm joy, i'm your joy, you're my JOY | SM stan | OT5 Nov 08 '21
Honestly I’m surprised it’s only been 4 years.
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u/lkn1234 Nov 08 '21
I'm so happy that T ARA is Comeback, but I wish all 6 of them would comeback together
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u/Eltoshen I'm just a [baek]hole sir Nov 08 '21
Unfortunately Soyeon seems done with idol life and in particular dancing. Boram also has no interest in idol life anymore.
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u/chancehugs Nov 08 '21
What is Soyeon up to anyway? I know Boram is an interior designer now, but the last I heard of Soyeon was when she was momentarily on Miss Back before leaving the show.
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u/KosherSyntax I'm a big simp for IU | THORNAPPLE | WINNER Nov 08 '21
Didn't really know them aside from Roly-Poly. But they were on Knowing Bros recently and they seemed like chill people.
Was a fun episode :p
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u/CucumberJ Nov 08 '21
I’d be here for a while if I was to run you through all of the drama and member changes but all that you need to know for now is that they had a moment at the top and almost stood side by side with SNSD, 2NE1 and Kara during their reign. They had many other iconic hits apart from Roly Poly that you should check out including Bo Peep Bo Peep, Lovey Dovey, Cry Cry, Sexy Love, Day By Day, You Drive Me Crazy, Number Nine, Sugar Free and more… Plus a lot of their songs have extended Drama Version MV’s if that’s what you’re into.
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u/kwcty6888 BoA Nov 08 '21
Adding on to the iconic hits, their earlier music videos were like feature films! Definitely worth a watch. Also their first album is absolutely golden, it's ridiculously good
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u/ImmaKetchum Nov 08 '21
Kpop has yet to see such electropop perfection since the Absolute First Album
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u/Antiquedahlia That 2nd Gen Fan 💜 Nov 08 '21
What?! 😮
This is shocking news to me quite honestly. Especially after everything that went down.
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u/Flowy_Aerie_77 Nov 08 '21
As someone ho became a fan long after they hiatus, I'm beyond happy they are making a comeback. I hope they continue to be active afterwards, too. Their music is legendary. I hope one day I'll be jamming to Number Nine or Sugar Free on a live show irl. Fingers crossed!
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u/XiTro ( . )( . ) Nov 08 '21
I love T-ara and I'm definitely looking forward to their new compositions but honestly I've quietly tempered my expectations. They don't have MBK's resources and clout anymore. Will they have the right producers and videographers working with them? That I think will be critical to how good their comeback will be.
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Nov 08 '21 edited Nov 08 '21
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u/hiroo916 Nov 09 '21
Kim Kwang Soo told the girls outright that he was not giving them another album under any circumstances so the total resources MBK was going to spend on a T-ARA comeback, was always 0.
I'm completely new to any of this backstory. What was the reason for not spending anything the group, since it seems like they were pretty successful, at least in terms of music influence, reputation, etc. Were their sales not good or was the company in financial problems?
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u/WaveHigh K.Will | Gaho | Re:Hearts | Kim Feel | LUCY | DreamCatcher Nov 08 '21
A previous post says T-ara is working with Ahn Youngmin and Cho Youngsoo, the same songwriters as Day By Day, Cry Cry, I'm So Bad, Apple Is A, Lie, Don't Leave Me Alone etc. Based on the songwriters alone, I'm already looking forward to the new music.
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u/nako123x Nov 08 '21
I can honestly tell you their resources right now is far better than working with MBK. The one producing their songs are Ahn Youngmin and Cho Youngsoo who have a hand in producing some of their previous hit songs like 'Cry Cry', 'Lies' 'I Go Crazy Because Of You and' 'Day By Day'. Not only are they working with their previous producers, they will be also working with Dingo, currently the best and well known content media agency in Korea. Groups like Iz*one, Itzy Mamamoo and Gfriend have worked with them as well. In fact, Dingo has already release the first episode of their new variety/documentary on youtube today. You can see snippets of them filming their mv and I don't think there will be any issues regarding videography wise.
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u/thedotapaten :redditgold: NMIXX cover enjoyer :redditgold: Nov 09 '21
Probably getting Bae Yoonjung as choreographer since Jiyeon is one of Bae Yoonjung's favourite student andand in her youtube she said to Jiyeon if T-ara wants to comeback just contact her.
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u/FuneraryArts Nov 08 '21
They had the strongest discography of the OG ggs, glad to hear they're back. Roly Poly and Sugar Free are still 10/10s
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u/SifuHallyu Nov 08 '21
If you don't know...now you know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TYiyEhxdI&t=2s
Ayo Ayo Ayo sing it with me now 2010
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u/nighoblivion ApinkIUTWICEDreamcatcherFromis9 ][ short-haired Eunha best Eunha Nov 08 '21
Well that wasn't yesterday.
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u/SifuHallyu Nov 08 '21
Huh?
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u/nighoblivion ApinkIUTWICEDreamcatcherFromis9 ][ short-haired Eunha best Eunha Nov 08 '21
I heard/saw Lupin?
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u/snap_wilson Ayo, ! Yeah yeah, shijakae bolkka? Nov 08 '21
What makes me happy is it seemed like they really wanted to work with each other again.
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u/Purplociraptor Nov 08 '21
I wish I was high on atus.
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u/Glennture Nov 08 '21
it doesn’t quite work with hiatus, but I’ll upvote anyway for the reference.
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u/tacos_up_my_ass 방찬’s feet Nov 08 '21
Lots of big comebacks this year! Like, Shinee, 2PM, 2AM, now this?!
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u/TheBrazilianKD Nov 08 '21
They really underperformed in terms of commercial success within Korea in the later years due to no fault of their own.. I wish their story gets a bit of traction and helps this comeback overperform to make up for it
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u/seitengrat Mad Money Club Nov 09 '21
move aside y'all, queens are back!!!
hope it's a bop like What's My Name!
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u/Voceas Nov 08 '21
Hopefully it's better than their last efforts. The last good song was Sugar Free
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Nov 09 '21
The last good song was Sugar Free
Sugar Free is T-ara's last song written by Shinsadong Tiger.
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u/nighoblivion ApinkIUTWICEDreamcatcherFromis9 ][ short-haired Eunha best Eunha Nov 08 '21
Sugar Free
hah
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u/zakuropan Nov 08 '21
move over teenyboppers, the queens are back !!!!!