[theqoo] HWAYOUNG WHO WAS ADDED TO T-ARA QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT

T-ARA Timeline:

- July 27, 2009: Debut song Lies released.

- July 29, 2009: Official debut on Radio Star (Jiyeon, Hyomin, Eunjung, Qri, Boram, Soyeon).

- September 2009: TTL released.

- November 2009: First full-length album Bo Peep Bo Peep and Like the First Time released.

- February 2010: First full-length album repackage I'm Really Hurt released.

- July 2010: Hwayoung joins + leader change (Eunjung > Boram).

- November 2010: Pre-release of Why Are You Being Like This + 2nd mini album Yayaya released.

- June 2011: 3rd mini album Roly-Poly released.

Hwayoung was a member who joined about a year after T-ARA's debut.

T-ARA's peak as a girl group, achieving huge success, was in 2011 with Roly-Poly, and by that time, Hwayoung had already joined the group.

There's a perception that Hwayoung joined after all the original members had already built up T-ARA's success, but compared to that image, it seems she joined earlier than some might think. For reference, during the period between February and July 2010, there were incidents like Jiyeon's webcam scandal, rumors of bullying within the team, and even disbandment rumors. Kim Kwangsoo hinted at big changes to the team, and the member who joined as part of those changes was Hwayoung. This was also when the leader was changed.

November 2010 Weironi

November 2010 Yayaya

June 2011 Roly-Poly

original post: here

1. To be honest, the reason why the group's image hit rock bottom was because of the cam-girl incident

2. She just wasn't popular

3. Huh? Seriously, she did join the group faste rthan I tohugh

4. So she was added only a year later

5. Hwayoung is pretty

6. It's true that they already won #1 with Bo Peep Bo Peep at that point; They were already a group that hit daebak

7. T-ARA hit big right away with Lies and Bo Peep Bo Peep

8. I don't know about anything else, but I remember when she appeared on Star King and became a hot topic for being so pretty. Then I saw the article saying she signed with Kwangsoo's company, and I remember thinking, 'Why there, of all places...' I was worried. Even back then, Kwangsoo's company already had a bad reputation in the industry, especially with the situation involving SeeYa's Chae Dongha

9. I don't understand why they would add a member in the middle but she was indeed added pretty early on

10. Hul she was there during Roly-Poly?

[theqoo] AT THAT TIME, T-ARA'S STAFF MENTIONED THAT HWAYOUNG'S LEG WAS FINE