My Friend Shanomac was responsible for introducing me to a lot of the new K-pop groups that were coming out, and one of his faves was a group called T-ARA (pronounced like tiara) and told me to check out songs Roly-Poly and Lies. While both of them were good songs, they didn’t light a fire under my butt to go run out and get any of their releases… no, THAT directive came from another source which I trace back to my love of KARA! How, do you ask? Simple!
Loving KARA the way I do, I was in a frenzy trying to download every video I saw of them, especially the Live Performances which are my favorites, and I came across that live perf of “Lupin” that I blogged about a few weeks ago. Well, the OTHER act on that night’s broadcast was none other than T-ARA, and the group was a LOT different from the incarnation I saw singing Roly-Poly!
While the RolyPoly tune was a very idol-lish sounding song, the two songs they sang for this show were totally solid rockin’ tunes! One of the songs, “I Go Crazy Because Of You” was a decidedly Lady Gaga-ish flavored song, but the one that really blew me away was the song “Naega Neomu Apa~ I’m Really Hurt”, a tune that was sooo cool and catchy that I knew I just HAD to get it! When I found out that BOTH songs were off the same album (the repackaged release of their album “Breaking Heart”), I didn’t waste any more time ordering that one!
Gotta say that right now that CD’s in the car and is one of the albums I listen to all the time now- such a catchy collection, complete with pounding techno tunes, groovy pop songs, gentle ballads and even that totally wacky (and yet strangely addictive) song “Bo Peep Bo Peep” AHAHAHA
