T-Ara: Day By Day

 T-ara topped the Gom TV’s real-time music chart with a music video of their new song “Day By Day” in only thirty minutes after the video was released.
  People are showing their interest in the music video with such comments as: “It’s good. The song is awesome.” “T-ara always entertain us with this type of thing to watch.” Now here's my view on it~!

 After a brief delay, T-ara made their return today with the release of their new mini-album and the music video for their soon-to-be No. 1 smash hit, “Day by Day”.
  Keeping in theme with their last few single releases, the “Day by Day” music video is another mini-movie, clocking in at just over 10-minutes with five minutes of 'Making Of.' It features a futuristic sci-fi concept that comes after the group previously went retro for “Roly Poly” and gangster/mafia “Cry Cry” and “Lovey-Dovey”.
  In fact, they’ve virtually followed the exact same formula as their last two hits, snagging only two to three members for the mini movie. This time around it's Jiyeon and Hyomin that star in “Day by Day”, which has a dark and dramatic sound like “Cry Cry”, while Eunjung will join the pair in part II of the video, which will be for the Euro dance tune “Mirage/Don't Leave."
  Recent addition Dani, the 14-year-old who is scheduled to officially join T-ara later this year, is the only other member of the group to appear in the “Day by Day” video. CCM is only booking T-ara’s top actresses to star in the drama versions of their music videos, but it would be nice to see the other members included in some capacity, even if it’s just a non-speaking role in the background.

  Now for the video and song. The video directed by Cha Eun Taek, a famous music video director, it includes “Day By Day,” and “Don’t Leave Me.” composed by the famous composers Jo Young Soo and Kim Tae Hyun and written by Ahn Young Min. At the beginning, a narrator gives us a pretty standard sci-fi plot line about how everybody in 2333 wants to become a 'God,' behaving like violent animals and having 'God' turn the planet into an apocalyptic wasteland. New member Dani plays a young blind girl who possesses a mysterious power, while the flame-haired Hyomin, who seems to be her sister, is protecting her. Rumors spread of Dani’s gift, leading a bleach blonde war lord, played to absolute perfection by Jiyeon, to come after the pair in hopes of capturing Dani, in order to harness her power and take over the land (Last part is kind of expected).
  Hyomin looks utterly amazing with her Anime red hair, but Jiyeon completely steals the show as the evil war lord. She pulls off the sexy bitch role better than anybody else in K-Pop, so I’m glad to see her playing up to it.
  This is the first time we’ve seen Dani, other than in pictures, but despite the initial opposition from fans (including myself), it’s obvious that she’s going to make a great addition to T-ara. She somewhat looks like miss A’s Suzy, thicker eyebrows, a bigger nose and the four or five year age gap, but she’s still very distinctive, which is an important part of T-ara’s image. She actually seems like a better addition than Areum, who looks like another Visual for the group, but doesn’t stand out as much as Dani does (Qri 2.0 in short).
  The CGI effects, the costumes to the sets, “Day by Day” rocked and nailed everything on the visual front, instantly making it one of the best looking videos of the year. The storyline was entertaining, but I wouldn’t rank “Day by Day” as my favorite idol MV of 2012 just yet.
  In conclusion, “Day by Day” is going to be a hell of a song to beat and it is what makes T-ara’s trademark style and pushes it into slicker, glossier territory. It’s easy to see why T-ara’s the fastest rising group in Hallyu. I’m definitely obsessed with “Day by Day” and so far I can’t get enough. I'll be waiting for part II, but do hurry up! 

  T-ara's first performance of “Day By Day” will be on MBC TV’s Show! Music Core on July 7. Areum, the eighth member of T-ara, will also be part of the group from that day.