KARA - Maeda Atsuko’s blog 120517
Today, the 16th
I went to KARA’s concert♪
Thank you Nicole~!!
Everyone was too cute
Seeing everyone shine up close
makes everyday stimulating and satisfying
[In the 2nd “everyone,” I think she’s including all the people from the shows she saw earlier this month]
From Maeda Atsuko’s blog
I won 2nd Prize @ Karaholic’s contest
And I wanna share my entry with all of you lovely kamilias so here it is! I am so happy to have won something from KH so I’m just sharing what I feel about KARA!
What is it like being a Kamilia? Most will not understand. Is KARA a group with no vocal talent? Were they just lucky in Japan? Why can’t most people understand?
What is it like being a Kamilia? Most will not understand. Is KARA a group with no vocal talent? Were they just lucky in Japan? Why can’t most people understand?
Here is my story of being a Kamilia. It all started since I watched KARA’s Wanna MV. I got so addicted to the song I couldn’t stop playing it for weeks. I bet you guys felt the same way too right? The words “Geudaereul saranghae My Love” was so catchy it played in my head when I was in class, daydreaming, at home, KARA couldn’t seem to get off my mind! Thats when I started to learn the member’s names. I also learnt that Kang Jiyoung was my KARA bias. Jiyoung just had that personality that kept me from wanting more. I then looked up their previous MV’s and watched and watched and watched. I loved them. I thought they were perfect, flawless. Until “Lupin”, the concept totally blew me away. It inspired my Karaholic Nickname “xlupin” which I then actually decided to sign up for the forums. I didn’t really got to know KARA as a 4 member group but either way I think KARA was great with Sunghee as one of their members. I loved every of their releases and all the variety shows they were in. Cutting short of the spazzing, I think all of us remember that very moment that changed our lives as kamilias. The KARA crisis.
What I think is most important in a fandom is Unity. KARA and Kamilia are united. It was so hurtful to know that KARA might have broke up, rumors floating around in every news site, saying that KARA would break up sooner or later. I did not lose hope. I checked back on updates on the crisis every night praying that KARA would stay as five. KARA must be five. Kamilias all over held in together to unite and support KARA during the difficult times they were going through. URAKARA’s filming had to go on despite what they were going through. To me, It was the only drama for Kamilias and KARA to connect with each other during this tough period. I do not know whether the other kamilias think this way or not but it was the only connection we had. The members also hardly talked with each other yet they were forced to film the drama. It was so touching for me to see their hidden emotions throughout the episodes of the drama during their crisis. Even though their emotions were deeply hidden inside their hearts they still displayed happy emotions and gave the best for their acting. Their unity was true and heartfelt, so true it kept them from breaking up despite whether or not the whole world was against them. Kamilias and KARA kept holding on till the end and it gave me so many mixed feelings about KARA then. It gave me hope that teamwork and unity can lead to great success, perseverance too. I shed tears during that last URAKARA episode when they performed Ima Okuritai Arigatou and when they realized Kamilias were rooting for them all this time. I guess thats a unity that other fandoms might have lacked of. A different type of unity that only KARA and Kamilias had. KARA worked hard to become what they are right now. And we should too :)
“KARA’s comeback was the most precious and most anticipated comeback.”
