KARA performs “Winter Magic” on Music Station

Earlier in the week, the ladies of KARA revealed the PV for their upcoming 5th Japanese single, “Winter Magic.”

Earlier today, they performed it on TV Asahi‘s popular music program, “Music Station.”

The girls put on a wonderful performance with their sweet vocals, and cheerful melody. Check it out below!




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Check out a preview of KARA’s “Winter Magic”

Earlier, our sister site tokyohive reported that girl group KARA would be making a Japanese comeback with their 5th single, “Winter Magic“, which will become available on October 19th.

A radio sample of the song has just hit the web, and it’s kicked up everyone’s anticipations for their return!

The girls are sounding smooth in their harmonics, and there’s a great crystalline feel to the song that matches perfectly with the winter season. Check it out below!




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KARA returns to ‘Music Core’!

KARA is finally back with their new song, “Step“, which they performed for the first time on tonight’s ‘Music Core‘.

Seungyeon stated, “We’re finally releasing our third album in Korea. Compared to our other albums, this is an especially important one that we all feel more affectionate towards. We participated in the recording, choreography, music video, and style concepts. It will only be for a short while, but we want to show our best.”


The members continued, “Ever since our debut, people asked what our differentiating factor was, and we always said that it was our friendliness. This time, we want to go with something unique and professional. We hope that if we do our best on stage, it will become the best stage for our fans as well.”

Check out their comeback stage below, which features “Date (My Boy)“ and “Step“!






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KARA to make a comeback in September

KARA is rumored to be making a Korean comeback this September!

According to industry representatives, the girls are currently working on their third official album with a planned release date for September. While they’re busy promoting their new Japanese single, “Go Go Summer“, they’re spending every spare moment they can to record new songs.

This marks their first comeback in nearly 10 months since their last release with “Jumping” back in November. As it is also their first comeback since the lawsuit, fans are ecstatic over the news.

KARA will stand alongside SNSD and the Wonder Girls‘ September comebacks.

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KARA sets another Oricon record with “Go Go Summer”

Girl group KARA has set yet another milestone for themselves in Japan!

KARA’s fourth Japanese single, “Go Go Summer“, has sold 114,000 copies during its first week of release. As of July 11th, it’s in second place on the Oricon Weekly Chart.

“Go Go Summer” is KARA’s second single to sell over 100,000 copies during its first week, following their third single, “Jet Coaster Love“, which sold 123,000 copies during its first week.

This is a first for any foreign female artist in the Oricon Singles rankings.

With this new addition to their growing list of accomplishments, KARA’s “Mister“, “Jumping“, “Jet Coster Love”, and “Go Go Summer” have all made it to the top five in the Oricon rankings chart.


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KARA and Rainbow share pictures from their company bonding trip

Rainbow’s official Facebook page recently shared new photos taken directly from DSP Media’s MT trip. ‘MT’ stands for ‘membership training’, and it’s usually a trip taken to strengthen bonds and friendships.

Judging from the pictures alone, it seems like the girls had quite the trip planned; they went bungee jumping, rode banana boats, played dodgeball, and raced against each other. What especially caught the attention of fans was that they were all makeup-free and exuded a genuine happiness in the photos.

Netizens commented, “Their bare faces are so sweet looking”, “I want to see them both on stage!”, and “Look at Seungyeon’s bungee jumping pose!”











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KARA and SNSD ranks in top 5 for Oricon’s karaoke chart

It looks like Japan loves to sing KARA and SNSD songs in the karaoke room!

On June 15th, the results for the most requested songs in Japanese karaoke rooms for the first half of 2011 were revealed through Japan’s Oricon homepage.

KARA’s ‘Mister‘ placed 2nd on the chart, while SNSD’s ‘Gee‘ placed 5th, once again proving the popularity of Korean girl groups in Japan.

Congratulations to the girls!



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KARA becomes the Japanese CF models for ‘LG Optimus Bright’

LG Electronics revealed on June 1st that they chose KARA to be the Japanese CF models for their upcoming cellphone brand , LG ‘Optimus Bright’.

A representative revealed, “To celebrate the launch of our new ‘Optimus Bright’ smartphone in mid-June, we have decided to partner with popular girl group KARA because of their youthful and lovely image which complements our product.”

KARA will also be releasing a new Japanese single titled ‘Go Go Summer Bright‘, which will be used for the CM and be promoted at the same time.


The LG ‘Optimus Bright’ is the Japanese variant of the ‘Optimus Black‘, but with some slight modifications. The CM and print advertisements will be launched starting June 17th.

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KARA releases PV for “Ima Okuritai, Arigatou”!

Just hours after it was revealed that KARA had been breaking even more records for foreign female artists in Japan, and less than a week after revealing their Dance Version and BTS to “Jet Coaster Love“, KARA has revealed the PV to “Ima Okuritai, Arigatou“, the B-side track on the “Jet Coaster Love” single.


Check out the PV below!




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KARA releases dance version and making-of PV for “Jet Coaster Love”

Girl group KARA has just unveiled another version of their PV for their latest track, “Jet Coaster Love”!

From start to finish, this version of their colorful music video focuses mainly on their dance choreography. This new PV release will coincide with the offline release of their single, which was delayed due to the unfortunate tragedy that struck Japan last month.


The girls have also released a ‘making-of’ video for the PV, so be sure to check out both below:




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KARA records 1 million copies in album sales

KARA has recorded over 1 million copies in album sales, after only eight months in the Japanese music industry!

According to information revealed by Universal Music Japan on March 31st, KARA’s five albums – “Mister“, “Jumping“, “Girl’s Talk“, “Best Clips“, “KARA Best 2007-2010” – have sold a total of 1,080,000 copies in all.


“Girl’s Talk,” which was released last November, sold 430k copies so far and even ranked at the top of Oricon’s music chart for nine consecutive weeks after its release. “KARA Best Clip” DVD (released last February) and “KARA Best 2007-2010″ (released last September) sold 200k copies respectively. Meanwhile, “KARA Best Clip” managed to rank at the top of the weekly charts for two months in a row as well. As for the girls’ singles – “Mister,” and “Jumping” – they each sold 130k and 110k.

Im Jin Mo, a pop culture critic, commented, “After BoA and TVXQ, KARA is the first to surpass 1 million copies. As rookies who debuted only eight months in Japan, this is an astounding feat. I think the fact that they’ve created a position for themselves as Korean idols in Japan’s idol culture is a bigger achievement.”


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KARA to donate all income from “Jet Coaster Love” towards disaster relief

In light of the recent tragedies in Japan, KARA will be donating all their income from their new single “Jet Coaster Love” towards disaster relief efforts.

A representative from DSP Media stated, “…for the victims of the earthquakes and tsunamis, all of the proceeds from KARA’s new single will be donated.”


They added,“The KARA members are very hurt for the Japanese people and fans who have showed them so much love. They’re constantly looking for updates on the internet and television… They were looking for a way to help victims, and decided on donating the money from their new single.”

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