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KARA returns, get your earplugs ready

121 CommentsTHERIPPER in News | 24 Jul 2008 - 03:00 PM

Tags: kara, dsp entertainment, rock you

KARA Kpop Korean Music

Earlier this week, De La Methode reported that KARA was returning with two new members on July 24th's 'MNET Countdown'. KARA is back and I'm sorry to say that I wish they never returned.

KARA returned with some horrible music that'll make you reach for the mute button. The song they came back with is called "Rock You." The only thing this song will rock is your patience. They seem to be going for the "cute" look which isn't surprising, it's the chic thing to do now and also because they have two new members that could've been candidates for Sweety. The sad thing is that these Sweety kids actually sound better than KARA.

It's a shame, these girls had some potential. But when Kim Sung Hee left, so did the soul of the group. It doesn't help that DSP Entertainment is also ruining things by giving them a bad song and a isonomic look that's been done plenty of times before. DSP Entertainment sure knows how to make some unpopular groups, they long for the days of Fin.K.L. and Sechskies... and so do I.

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24 Jul 2008 - 03:10 PM1. Tayson (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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I liked it.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:10 PM2. reina

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WTH is these ahh my head hurst
i was expecting more

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:10 PM3. kohkohchanel

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omg.
ok this is like terrible
like TERRIBLE.
im lost of words.
wow..that was…so bad

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:15 PM4. lol (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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WTF is this? Karaoke night at the local karaoke bar?

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:15 PM5. lina (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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whoa what happened to their old concept o___O
they use to be kind of rock/hip hop with break it ..
they’re cute concept isn’t really working
gah i miss sunghee lol

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:16 PM6. Pambam

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WHERE"S SUNGHEE!?!?!!?!

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:20 PM7. bob (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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I’ve always though KARA sucks live.  Kim Sung Hee was the only one to rock it live on stage, plus she was the hottest girl.  Theres no hope for KARA.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:20 PM8. namcod

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terrible. one of the worst live performances. The 2 new members stand in the same level as Sohee. 
I really like the old KARA , so i expected more than that.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:22 PM9. Manaka

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The most terrible song I have ever heard
God damn I felt ashamed of them and couldn’t even finish watching the performance.
They like a bunch of kid dancing around, f*cking annoying

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:28 PM10. ohminsun

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Oh my god I can’t finish watching this ... the chorus is AWFUL

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:36 PM11. matteo

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LOL.

is this foreal?

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:41 PM13. HPDANM

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^true…
I didn’t finish watching the performance…
it’s just bad…and sad…
I like the old Kara…
the cutesy concept just make me not like them more…

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:42 PM14. kelly (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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They need to go back to their old concept…they don’t really match the cute concept…I guess they just wanna experience it since SNSD was successfull with the cute concept for Kissing you

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:43 PM15. kisstherain

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and people cry out that WG is bad? i think this video shows that their vocals are worse than WG. especially that girl who sang in the beginning. man… what a shame. i want the old kara back!!!!! D:

 

24 Jul 2008 - 03:56 PM16. recio

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I was really disappointed. =(

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:03 PM17. chocolate raisins

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ow…my ears…

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:03 PM18. sakura00

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do they srsly think that snsd=success. It seems like they are trying to get into that kind of image which srly, all artists should stay away from. Song sucks, but Kara is cute

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:05 PM19. BeSerious

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The dance, the song, the singing, the girls were all horrible.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:09 PM20. xxxpanda1004xxx

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i thought it was ok…

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:09 PM21. La La La (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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This is what happens when you have two anging girls desperate to replace their missing lead vocals with two so hee wannabes

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:16 PM22. xoxLIZZIExox

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ugh

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:18 PM23. 432521

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i think they would have done better if they just didnt replaced Kim Sung Hee and went to being a 3 member group because this new thing is not working for them

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:22 PM24. goldenGAZE

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WTH.. the new members were vocally the weakest although they are VERY pretty, the other members were al right a little out of breath which i’d like to blame on nerves (watch their rehearsal…..it was flawless. I really want to like kara (i LOVE LOVE the underrated) and i can see this song growing on me, also the routine was very good (better than the usual DSP style routines)one of the new members is a really good dance. Anyways have you heard SIY Cinderella- now that is an awful song.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:23 PM25. WTH (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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“rock you what?..shake it shake it shake it” WTH with this cute concept?!!!
it was terrible…the song is so bad..and even the choregraphy suck
girls go back to school you can’t sing for shit!

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:24 PM26. Leighrah

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Eww! Why are they so piiiiiink?????????? T____T

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:24 PM27. smilez

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KARAoke!!! LOL!!!

hmmm… it was ok…  if i hear the song everywhere n’ everyday… it would really annoy me….

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:25 PM28. sushi

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I guess they’re trying out the cute concept now, since SNSD was successful with it. I don’t mind the ‘cuteness’, but at least have a song that doesn’t sound like 10 year-olds are singing it. KARA was awesome before, but now…

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:25 PM29. goldenGAZE

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oh and the beginning bit of the song reminds me A LOT of the opening theme of the anime Fruits basket, anyone else see it?

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:29 PM30. H8erade

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Damn that was bad. I even sing in the shower better than that.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:32 PM31. maryx3

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wooow. they are so flat. .__.“

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:36 PM32. charitee

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@ lol: “WTF is this? Karaoke night at the local karaoke bar?“

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. my thoughts exactly. that performance was pretty terrible. it’s not just that they’re bad live, the song is pretty bad as is the choreography. when sunghee left the group, she took with her any hope that kara had to be a decent group.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:43 PM33. xjewelzx

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OMGOSH…......... thats.. so sad..
so OFF TUNE~
the new girl w/ long hair was OFF TUNE the whole time.
seungyeon should just go solo

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:43 PM34. O.o (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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what a shame! why did they choose elementary schoolers? sunghee come back !
this song is awful and these snsd clones are…scary! stop with the cute concept please!

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:45 PM35. someone (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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the shake it shake it reminds me of metro station shake it.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 04:59 PM36. SunnyNWonderful

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Wow. It does remind me of Metro Station’s Shake It because they say it so much. Haha! KARA’s trying to channel a “Kissing You” SNSD spirit and combining a bit of WG in the 5 member group. Tsk, tsk. Poor KARA. I really thought KARA had potential, but dang… what happened?!

 

24 Jul 2008 - 05:24 PM37. kchan21

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I can’t believe this was the same Kara that sang Break it and had a cool, hip hop look to them.  Now they look like pink vomit moving around onstage with a vomit inducing song.  Yuck, bring back Sunghee please!

 

24 Jul 2008 - 05:30 PM38. voyager

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>_> This reminds me of this taiwanese girl group called Hei Sheui mei mei or something. Annoyingly cute. With not very good vocals, wearing ridiculous outfits. Those new girls… wasn’t there this online audition for those places? I’m sure like hundreds tried out. And some of them were actually GOOD. Better than…. THAT. UGH.

WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO KARA, DSP?

Then again DSP is known for switching around concepts… unless that only applies for their boy bands. They better change it. NOW.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 05:33 PM39. corrakun

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Wow that was awful.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 05:51 PM41. C.P (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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I fink i was abit surpsd at their new look and all but who crez, they lk really cute but i do prefer their old lk and songs.

Their new song was abit OMG at first but after a few listens, it gets really catchy and nw i like the song.

Peple r saying their live in terrible, thts not quite truee since they were prbly 1 of the best live girl band singers around last year but i guz the beat and stuf was abit fast and pumping that id be hard to sing and dance to.

If they do anda song, one not so fast im sure theyl be loved.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 06:05 PM42. uhoh (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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im afraid to watch

 

24 Jul 2008 - 06:11 PM43. NiPK

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The song is terrible terrible. If it gets popular, Korean music has no hope.  BTW Three of them have the nice voices.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 06:38 PM44. majiyong (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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i liked them before i was disappointed with this type of performance i know the song will grow on me i wish they went for the tougher look cutesy ick

 

24 Jul 2008 - 07:20 PM45. anna_molly

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KARA, they don’t have that x-factor. just boring to me. before and after the addition of the new member. their songs were average. nothing more. i also wish they would be better with the new members, but i guess i was wrong.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 07:51 PM46. Mekoko

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my jaws dropped D:...

 

24 Jul 2008 - 07:56 PM47. Solin (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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Their new concept isn’t a surprise but It’s strange to see them like that. But is the same time, with two new members, I don’t think that KARA old style could make KARA survive…since even if we like their old style, with this one they were called a failure last year (and It wasn’t true).
Their perf wasn’t horrible…Gyuri, SeungYeon & Nicole were good and It’s the first time that they perf since 10 months and moreover a very fast song !
What I can’t understand is why when Wonder Girls or SNSD can sing bad on stage and will always be juded as good…I find KARA perf better than the one of Wonder Girl.
The song is not my style but It sounds not bad…but the outfits are really ugly !

 

24 Jul 2008 - 08:10 PM48. .gov

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GUYS GET OVER THE OLD CONCEPT! AT LEAST THEY ARE TRYING SOMETHING NEW!
Although, I am VERY disappointed on their comeback. The song is not bad, although the cute image is annoying to the point as it overdoes SNSD cuteness. I got to say, this single might actually BEAT their first album in terms of popularity. However, I agree nothing beats the old KARA and the first album.

 

24 Jul 2008 - 08:11 PM49. godslilhelper

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u got to me kidding me, this is a joke rite?? like wtf happened to kara like i thought they were “okay” but they just plain suck now

 

24 Jul 2008 - 08:13 PM50. layla

wtf is dat…..some kinda bs song…..this song suckx like wonder girls’s “so ‘not’ hot”.....
awfullll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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