KPOP's Biggest Liar: How Hwayoung Ruined T-Ara

tara were at the peak of their career when a kpop scandal, from which they suffered the consequences for years, broke out in 2012. stay tuned to find out if hyomin and the rest of tara members had to do something with tara disbandment. subscribe to kookielit for more kpop news and videos.

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[briannabirckett]

I just think it’s weird that she nor her sister has never to this day made a formal apology about the whole situation especially after so much evidence of her being so terrible to other people, that truly says a lot about her character

[biancangarcia]

Sad fun fact: This scandal was the reason why idols were not allowed to have personal social media accounts until very reccently. Fans will look into any little thing online, especially things idols post themselves. You can even see with the Mina and Jimin AOA situation how things blew up from their social media posts and comments. It's really tragic

[myittepnymutianguage]

The fact that she got applauded for years along with her sister, while the other members were plagued for years to come. All those girls had to drop their acting gigs, lost huge popularities, and so much more, while Hwayoung got everything handed to her, and even today after no apology ever happening despite all the evidence from the former staff and even the former CEO, Hwayoung still gets acting gigs and has even appeared on many shows even after the bullying scandal was proven to be all created by Hwayoung and her sister. All these bullying scandals now, causing lineup changes, extreme hate and so much more despite the fact that 99% of them were innocent, yet Hwayoung still gets praised for her vocals and acting despite how awful she was.

[OhMiOhMyMelon]

They should've stopped adding members. They had a core group and what they were doing was working for them. What a waste and what a ruined career for those girls

[acelightt]

The fact that she didn’t lose anything and still has a career and is in the industry while T-are were harassed and went through a lot their whole career damaged.

I remember when one of the members had a car accident and knetz said that she deserved it and when Jiyeon broke her nose and got hate. They really went through hell.

Knetz never learn nor learn to investigate who really is the bully but always bully the victims and ruin their careers.

[SanSan]

They are one of the legendary K-pop groups that shaped my beautiful vision to k-pop in general . I feel heartbroken to everything happening to my fvrt grps I wish all of them could come back 💔

[dadal]

And to think that she lives quietly without even a public apology.

[yaroyaro]

I've been a Kpop fan since 2010/2011 but I wasn't really a Queen (their fans), just a casual listener. When I heard about this issue, I started to listen lesser to their songs (because it was a BIG BIG MESS back then, and I'm immature for judging too early), and it was my fault for not knowing all the details. It's also a learning for me not to jump in any conclusions without knowing the whole story.

Them winning on a music show for their "What's My Name?" comeback after SO MANY YEARS really got me. Try searching for their win, and you'll see even the other idols and fans are celebrating and cheering for them. I also got teary-eyed watching them.

One lie, and T-ara was ruined. I thought this was, like, a lesson for people. Sadly, it wasn't. It even happened to Garam and Soojin (they are the ones I know are innocent). People are so quick to judge and "cancel" idols without knowing the full story, it's actually disgusting. One thing from me: Unless I know all the deets, I won't judge. First, I'm not in any position to judge. Second, I don't want to be a part of the reason why a person would lose their reputation.

P.S. It still doesn't sit right with me that they haven't apologize, even as a joke or whatever. Haven't addressed the issue, knowing that they ruined the group. How immature and how rude.

[Frooooooo]

After T-ARA, we have the AOA and April's false bullying accusation.

[iamnotjack.whydidichange]

Saying she was too young is such an excuse. Younger ones than her did not behave like her. And also this should be a perfect example of how people should grow a brain and not make judgements without solid proof. People saying "oh no, T-ara suffered so much because of her lies", sure, but they suffered more from their own fans' abuse

[amalilconfused]

The thing is because Jiyeon has a very straightforward and strong personality that she has no qualms calling hwayoung out. Maybe Knetz have a thing for the underdog and Hwayoung knows how to act like a victim. She always acted like the Diva of the group even when Jiyeon is the prettiest.

PS. That’s the thing for a lot of kpop groups. The visual gets pushed by the company front and center so they have a tendency to get conceited because they get most of the projects, lines, etc. Some visuals don’t change their personality but can’t do anything about it but others let their “bankability” get in their head and even disrespect their seniors.

In T-ARAs case it was Jiyeon and Eunjung that had more projects outside of their singing career but they still do their best vs Hwayoung who acted like the victim and wanted all the attention on her.

[campaignresources]

It hurts that my favorite group had to go through this. Kpop fans who abused T-ARA certainly can share in some of the blame. What gave them the right to torment T-ARA, over things that were never their business? I guarantee if this same thing happened with an American group fans would have ignored the internal bickering.

[hanng]

And yet, netizens were still so quick to jump to conclusions when it came to AoA.

[hoorash]

This and Tablo incident actually changed how I see things forever. I was one of many people who blamed and hated t-ara members for bullying hwayoung, but after I read an article written by one t-ara fan which proved almost every bullying proof were fake and manipulated, I realized how dumb and naive I was and how evil and mean some Koreans are. Not saying t-ara is completely innocent, cause they should've not posted like that.

[Dervis]

Regardless of who was bullying, nobody can deny that the biggest villain in the whole situation was Kim Kwang Soo, the CEO of Core Contents Media. Around the time between I Go Crazy Because of You and Yayaya, he did an interview where he said that he keeps the members in competition with one another for lines and center positions to show them that "they need him more than he needs them" and was adding a new member to the group to keep them from becoming comfortable. I'm not saying Hwayoung is innocent, but the whole situation could have been avoided if he didn't foster a toxic work environment for his own sense of self worth.

[Little.Janette]

T-Ara was my favorite girl group back in my teenage years and I never ever heard of that story. It's really sad to hear all of this

[jonnythapa]

To think that all of this could have been avoided only if the company had revealed the truth soon after the accusation.I still don't understand what they were worried about to think that it is better for four innocent ones to suffer hate from the public and also losing thousands of album sales that failed to happen bcoz of public hate

[Solip_i]

T-ara was and still is my fav group.
I’ve never love a group as much as T-ara, they’re literally my teenage years and early adult years.
They accompanied me through a lot !
Even now when I hear their songs randomly in the streets of Seoul I’m so happy !

Not even gonna talk about the scandal cuz it was so unfair and back then in 2012, I was so shocked.
They didn’t deserve all this hate, no one deserve that.
I’m just so proud of being a fan of T-ara for so long, I’ve never doubt them, I saw them in concert, hugged them and talked to them a bit, that’s enough for me.

[mgdesll]

I feel like I need to comment this. Despite the fake bullying scandal, T-ara is actually the third best selling 2nd gen girl group when it comes to Physical album sales, still in the top 3 when it comes to digital sales. Still one of the most successful girl group of their generation. ✨🌻

[blackneko]

And her career as actress still going well. Meanwhile other members of t ara is going down.
I feel so sad when Hyomin said nobody want to close with them except snsd's members.
Just yuri and sunny hug her and brought her to their dorm to hear her story. (As long i remember they went to same show back then, that why they are close)
Or when IU still support jiyeon even whole industry hate them.
Just their close friend still hug them when this case happend
And the worst hwayoung never apologize and still active as actress. I remember watch her in beauty inside