Hwayoung Triumphant

[koganbot]

Long-promised T-ara posts are still in the promissory stage, but as a stop-gap here's a vid I planned to embed back in early February 'cept I wanted to include everything about Hwayoung's dancing and rapping and T-ara's rapping in general not to mention her fashion and their fashion, the result being nothing got posted or embedded. This is "Lovey-Dovey," first show up after the Hwayoung wardrobe malfunction (coverings slipped, so see-through upper blouse revealed more than it should have; Hwayoung wasn't aware during the performance and it wasn't all that noticeable except concerned Netizens helpfully made sure that everyone noticed; offstage she was mortified and in tears, was too upset to go back onstage when T-ara was awarded a first). So four days afterwards here she is decidedly unabashed and unsubdued, even more flamboyant and glowing and in joy than before (Hwayoung's the one in yellow with dark diamonds; her dance and rap are 2:30–2:45; she certainly has the crowd on her side).

"T-ara - Lovey Dovey (Music On Top 120202) Live HD" (Watch on YouTube)

Hwayoung is the second-youngest member of T-ara and was added last, sixteen months after their debut; "Roly-Poly" and "Lovey-Dovey" are the first T-ara tracks to really give her a spotlight, and on "Lovey-Dovey" she's got the most important dance, the one that's set apart.

(The show was unusual in that Eunjung was out with a broken kneecap and Jiyeon away for some other reason, so the other five had the stage to their selves, Hyomin and Qri and Boram ably covering for the missing two. This was one of the performances that got me thinking about Hyomin's vocals as especially embodying the T-ara sound, cute in a way that's strong rather than ingratiating [Hyomin's the one in gold pants and red shirt with a cartoon character on it].)

For group shuffle dancing, I can't think of an act I'd rather watch than T-ara.

A month earlier, at full strength:

"Live HD 720p 120105 T ara Lovey Dovey Comeback stage" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

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I think she's been actively annoying in terms of musical contributions on two key tracks: Why Are You Being Like This ('knaaawk knaawwk' and roly-poly: 'I like like this'). All in all I've had a hard time understanding why she was added and why they needed another member at all (and apparently the crazy dude is doing more stuff with member changes come april 7), but that's not to say I don't think she's got something, when she does it right and not wrong.

I was going to embed the Co-Ed male sub unit SPEED's version of Lovey Dovey (another failed attempt at making anything related to that group popular - it peaked at #145 on Gaon), just to show how cool she can be, because she stars in it for no reason at all, but turns out that's actually her twin Hyoyoung. I'm embedding it anyway. Maybe she's the better twin. She also performed (danced) this song live with the group.