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KARA

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Left to Right: Ji Young, Nicole, Gyuri, Seung Yeon, Hara

Kara (카라) is a 5 member girl group from South Korea formed by DSP Entertainment.

Members

Former Member


Information

Kara debuted as a 4 member girl group marketed as the 2nd Fin.K.L by DSP Entertainment. Their first full length studio album titled The First Bloooooming was released on March 29, 2007, and the third track from their album "Break It" became the lead single. In the MV for "Break It", each member of Kara was referenced as a specific member of Fin.K.L: Kim Sung Hee as Lee Hyori, Jung Nicole as Lee Jin, Park Gyuri as Ock Ju Hyun and Han Seung Yeon as Sung Yu Ri. After "Break It", Kara released their 2nd single from the album "If U Wanna", then released "Secret World" for the 3rd single. The First Bloooooming was met with modest success, and promotions ended in July of 2007.

After The First Bloooooming , Kara entered an extensive period of recording and preparing for their next release. It was announced that Kara was scheduled to make their comeback in March 2008, however on February 28, 2008 , news broke of Sung Hee's sudden departure from Kara. Subsequent days after the shocking news, further information was revealed that Sung Hee broke a pact with her father. In order to be in Kara, Sung Hee promised her father that she would be able to balance her school work and being in the group. Yet when she failed her University Enterance Exams, her father pulled her from the group and blocked any further participation with Kara.

In March 2008, DSP Entertainment announced that online auditions would be held to find 2 new members for the group. 6,000 participants from all over the world took part in the audtions. After a couple of months, it was announced that Goo Hara and Kang Ji Young were chosen. On July 24, 2008, Kara released their 1st mini album Rock U. Rock U harbored a noticeably different musical and image change for Kara. Previously, Kara's image and musical direction was R'n'B like their counter part Fin.K.L. However, the image and musical direction for Rock U was cute, sweet, and playful; typically found in girls groups. Rock U was a major divergance from Kara's previous title as the 2nd Fin.K.L by DSP Entertainment. However, Rock U was a minor hit for Kara. Sequentially, they digitally released Good Day: Season 2.

On November 28, 2008 DSP Entertainment released a teaser video for Kara's MV "Pretty Girl"; the lead single for Kara's 2nd mini album Pretty Girl. The teaser video accumalated over 40,000 hits within 12 hours, until it was officially released on December 2, 2008 online to rave reviews. The mini-album continued with Kara's newly formed cute image from Rock U. DSP Entertainment said they went with a party concept for the album, and Pretty Girl was released December 4, 2008. Kara began promotions for the mini album on the release date, and performed the title song "Pretty Girl" on KBS "Music Bank". Pretty Girl was repackaged into a "Special Edition" 3rd mini album titled Honey. DSP Entertainment let fans decide which song from the mini album would be the lead single for Honey. Fans voted on Kara's Official Website and chose "Honey" as the lead single. Kara recieved their first award with "Honey" on M!net Countdown. They recieved a their second award, a "Mutizen", on the SBS program. Pretty Girl and Honey catapulted Kara into the limelight. Kara recieved more exposure from the success of "Pretty Girl" and "Honey".

Trivia

  • Official Balloon Color: Pearl Peach
  • Official Fanclub: Kamilia (카밀리아)

Discography

Albums

Digital Single

Mini Albums

External Links

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