Kara Project The Beginning
Episode 2
Kara Project is...
KARA
7 girls
Fan. Challenge.
Love. Chance.
Performance.
Those who want to be KARA
The second mission place baby Kara is searching for!
The reason for their exciting greeting?
Her friends who came to see Baby Kara.
Baby Kara is amazed at the fervent reaction
Finally the preparation is ready!
After receiving their cheers, the girls went up to the stage.
Will their performance be successful?
And the girls' passionate tears...
The second story of Baby Kara begins now.
So Jin
Shi Yoon
Yoo Ji
Young Ji
Chae Won
Chae Kyung
So Min
♫ Yeah, step it up, step it up! ♫
♫ Turn up the tempo. ♫
Kara Project - the beginning
As the center of Korean wave,
The star of mega hit songs.
The top idol group Kara
KARA Project: The new beginning
Kara Project is beginning.
KARA project takes 7 selected trainees known as Baby KARA.
Baby KARA will carry out five missions with KARA's songs
and will perform live on the stage.
To find a new member of KARA, KARA project is the first nationwide contest.
The method of selecting the winner include
expert ratings,
popularity vote,
performance vote,
and global popularity vote.
The final stage will be reveal the new KARA member.
Who will be the new member of KARA?
KARA Project
Last week,
Baby Kara performed their first mission.
Unfortunately,
after receiving sharp, cold criticisms,
the members showed their tears.
The four remaining mission
and the last live stage is waiting for Baby KARA.
Amid the continued practices,
members had special time to encourage themselves.
Seoul Station
I am going to Daejeon to meet my friends.
How long has it been since you visited?
It would have been three to four months as of today.
[How long have you been training?] -I started in my last year of high school.
At college, I just attend classes
but I rarely had time to make friends.
That's what I regret the most. I wish I had more friends in college.
What are you doing here?
I am waiting for someone.
Who are you waiting for?
[Who is Chae Kyung waiting for?] I'll tell you later.
Chae Kyung!
They happily greet each other.
This is my mother.
Hello. I am Chae Kyung's mother. Chae Kyung who looks exactly like her mother.
Do you often spend time with your mother?
I usually do but
since I started training, it hasn't been so often.
[Shi Yoon] -I came out to ride my bike.
Enjoying the warm spring sunshine.
I used to bike all the time.
Whenever I had a hard time
or I needed to think, I came to ride.
What's been on your mind recently?
Recently,
I am on the show, right?
So I do have a lot to think about. As much as new challenges, many new things to think about.
So Jin went to meet her friends.
But where are her friends?
They are not here yet.
They are late.
They are busy studying and trying to find a job.
When I get down here, I always have to wait for them.
So Jin screams.
Ahjumma. Ahjummas.
Meeting her friends in a long time.
How is So Jin as a friend?
So Jin is bright
and she makes you happy when you are with you. That's the kind of friend So Jin is.
So Jin lives alone in Seoul.
To be financially independent,
she has part time jobs while training.
Her passion is very inspiring.
Chae Kyung is so pretty. Who does she take after?
She takes after me.
You're being witty for the show.
How is Chae Kyung as a daughter?
She is bright and pretty daughter.
She is training hard
and she grew up so pretty. So I'm...
Her way back to Seoul.
[Did you visit home?] -So Jin!-Dad!
I dropped by, but they were not home.
I think I will have to see them next time.
Is your dad the only one that's at home?
Dad...
Dad is against this.
He tries to talk me out of it when I see him.
It's hard. It can be exhausting.
Even when I'm working hard, Dad would say...
I hope my family would be more supportive.
[More than anyone; I'd like my dad to cheer me on.] -I'd really appreciate their support.
Dad is always against it.
I should
make a debut as soon as possible.
So that I can...
show my dad that this is a wonderful job.
We hope that her tears
will return as a good result.
They have only one thing left to do.
Practice and practice.
For the last live stage,
and for the final goal, Kara.
Not as Baby Kara
but to become a member of Kara,
they are running forward.
KARA Project: The Beginning.
Mission D-7
The second mission of Kara Project - Rock U
Love melody and cute dance created a hot issue
and made the name Kara known to public.
In a week,
how much will Baby Kara improve?
Choreographer shows up.
Hello.
[Jung Mi Jung] -We are going to learn Rock U.
We have a few points.
'I'm a cutie pie.'
That's one.
We have to make one big jump.
We have to use a hand mic.
Practicing with hand mic
How you perform with hand mic
is with left hand, as basic.
Holding it with your left hand,
if you need your left hand for a jesture,
then you switch to your right hand.
Keep it in your mind.
We'll start image training with the choreography.
The girls look less confident.
- You have to sing. - Yes.
Or I'm going to lower the volume.
The girls are stiff with tension.
And the keen watch.
Chae Won made a mistake.
And again So Min misses a move.
Chae Won keeps loosing track.
Eldest member So Jin makes a mistake as well.
Off.
Chae Won, when you are holding a mic,
you are actually singing.
Then you would have to hold it close to your mouth.
You get lost in the dancing,
and your mic moves around everywhere.
Her mic wonders around.
With your mic firm in the place,
you have to dance.
Neither dance
nor mic
can be forgotten.
We'll try again.
We had to stay focused all throughout.
I had slightly more compliments at last mission.
But I had pressure to do even better.
Switching hands for the moves and singing!
It makes you feel so dizzy.
I'm going to have to practice so much.
Unlike singers who practice for months before debut,
Baby Kara must become as good as Kara in a week.
The pressure of the name Baby Kara,
and the limited time to carry out the mission,
Hello.
How was your last mission? Good?
Yes...
Did you hear your Rock U recording?
Yes.
Just like the last one, Step,
this song should also be very cheerful.
Rock U
was at the early stage of Kara.
The members were young
and cute appeal is very important.
Keep in your mind
that you have stay cute and young.
Yes.
You will see your friends recording for the first time today.
Watch each other and
share advice for everyone.
Yes.
- We'll start with So Min. - Yes.
- Go, So Min. - Fighting!
You can do it!
With the cheers, So Min is organizing her breath.
[Recording Director Kim Rak Won, Engineer Kim Han Byul]
[Focused]
You know this is not the first part.
When you are not the first,
you have to raise your voice
to make the balance.
You can't pop alone
so you have to level it.
You can't go so hard.
Let's go one more time.
Your notes were right on.
Second turn is So Jin.
[Her voice condition is not as good as usual.]
[Happy]
- Listen. - Yes.
[Embarrassed]
The voice is cracking so even if the notes are right,
it sounds anxious.
Try to work on that.
Can we go cuter and younger?
- Sing about 5 years younger. - Yes.
So Jin's second try
Go, So Jin.
So Jin -5's version Rock U
That's good. We'll go with this.
The recording continues to Shi Yun.
[Special order for Shi Yun]
"Yo!" like that.
Let's do that one.
- Really shoot it. You know the timing? - Yes.
Okay, let's try.
Where did granny come from?
We have a granny in the studio.
As if you are shooting,
like you are upset,
you have to almost scream.
Okay?
[How do I do that?]
[Shi Yun's first try]
It's okay.
Be confident. It's too funny.
Yo.
The voice is cracking like you have mucus.
Try it your way.
She's too good to do such thing.
Expectation grows.
The second try fails.
[Funny]
I've never heard such soft 'yo' before.
The next turn is the youngest, Yoo Ji.
The song fit her young voice.
Great. That's how you do it. The note is perfect.
Very good.
And you have 'yo'.
Let's try that. You are good at it.
Very very cute.
All the expectation is on Yoo Ji's shoulders.
Success in one try.
- We'll go dubbing. - Yes.
She's ambitious.
Yo's mine.
Chae Kyung's turn is next.
Why the smile?
That's great.
You did great.
[The turn is Chae Won]
[She tries her best]
[The atmosphere is different]
- Chae Won. - Yes?
Your biggest strength is
that you can control the dynamic so well
that you can always go soft or strong.
But this song is different.
This song is just mat, clean and cute.
It's important to make it neat and clean.
It'd be nice if you were singing R&B solo.
But you sing this song that way,
it's no good.
[How will Chae Won overcome this?]
You give Chae Won ride everyday?
[Chae Won's mother gives her a ride] Yes. I do.
The transportation here is not so good.
Isn't it hard?
It's okay. She's my daughter.
Who is Chae Won as a daughter?
She wants to do this,
so I am supporting her.
She is very mature,
so she doesn't say it can be hard.
She can't sleep much either.
I am thankful.
Sometimes I rely on her, like a friend.
Now she's grown up. She is like my friend.
To rate her...
99 points?
She's lying.
[She's still happy to hear it]
I'm watching foreign artist's live performance.
This is almost the only time left to watch shows.
I watch them on my commute.
[When you want to hang out with your friends?] I want to, but I have my priorities.
So when I want to meet friend,
I have a friend of 11 years.
I chat with her to let out my stress
and have nice food.
[Yoo Ji came to see her school friends] Do you often hang out with friends?
Yes. I don't have much time at school.
So I try hang out as much as I can.
I chat and dance with them.
[Who is Yoo Ji as a friend?] She is cute.
She has a great personality to be a friend with.
She is straightforward and cool.
Baby Kara's dancing machine, Yoo Ji
[When did you start training?] I started learning belly dance in second grade,
and I kept wanting to try other genres as time pass by.
I went into show dance, girl's hip-hop, urban hip-hop...
and I just fell in love with many genres of dance.
It's been continuing until now.
[Any reason you like dancing?]
When I dance, moving my body to the rhythm is so exciting
and the moment makes me so happy.
D-DAY After a week, the mission day has arrived.
Baby Kara is having a make-over.
From top to bottom for Rock U concept,
their cute stage outfits and hairstyles grab attention.
The bus is here.
The mission stage will surprise Baby Kara again today.
I got younger today.
Got it.
Baby Kara is excited with their new look.
Chae Won looks like she's in kindergarten.
A child in kindergarten.
So do you.
I'd be in elementary school.
[Wrong concept??]
Something doesn't feel right, today.
I know.
Remember the last time?
[Girls are remembering the nightmare of last mission]
We are here again.
I'm afraid of buses, now.
We can leave now.
[Today's mission place?]
Where are we going?
I am so nervous.
Yes, really!
We thought of all places.
I know. DDM...Myeongdong...
We were all wrong.
I have no idea.
Maybe it's an outdoor stage. The day's so beautiful.
Outdoor?
Can outdoor take a lot of audience?
Night stage.
What?
Night stage.
In Myeongdong or DDM,
we'd have stage lights at night.
What?
Yoo Ji likes outdoor stages.
[She still doesn't know]
Where would it be?
Some place we haven't thought of?
Incheon Airport?
Airport?
That'd be new.
We might be flying.
What if we have to perform in the sky?
Well... that doesn't sound realistic...
You went too far.
I'm sure you all know.
We are going to the second mission.
Tell us where.
Okay.
Cheers.
Mission will be revealed!
This mission is
I'm so nervous. My hands are sweating.
Rock U's performance place is?
This mission is...
at School of Performing Arts Seoul.
Yoo Ji! It's your school!
[Yoo Ji's school, School of Performing Arts Seoul]
All students will be attending?
What am I going to do?
The second mission place is revealed!
School of Performing Arts Seoul
Baby Kara will be performing for their friends
and make a much more exciting show.
The show will be a live broadcast,
in which the evaluation will be sharp as ever.
What do I do?
Oh, my.
I am going to school like this!
[I am not smiling for real]
Yoo Ji,
you are totally a star now.
Wow.
Bus runs carrying the girls.
We haven't forgotten another member Young Ji.
She hasn't recovered yet,
Young Ji could not join the members today.
Are you going somewhere?
My friends are putting on a show. I am going to cheer them.
Do they know?
No. I didn't tell them.
[How is it like to go to Seoul Performance Art High School?]
I went there.
I am nervous to visit.
It's been my dream
to go back to my high school.
I really wanted it.
I am so sad that I can't join them.
But I am going to cheer my friends. So I'm happy with that.
I get to see their performance. I will cheer them.
♫ Rock your body I say ♫
♫ Shake it Shake it Shake it Shake it Shake it Yo ♫
The girls are more excited than ever.
Except one girl.
We are here.
Excitement goes up!
Oh my gosh!
Yoo Ji's excitement comes down.
SOPA.
Oh...
It's a nice place.
School of Performing Arts Seoul
Wow.
I'm so nervous.
I don't know if I can get off.
Baby Kara moves to the performance stage.
Oh, no.
What do I do?
It's such a nice place.
Students at SOPA don't know Baby Kara at all.
They've decided to come to promote the show.
Girls are excited for the show.
This is the studio.
Hello.
[This will be their first broadcast] I'm nervous.
This is my first time.
My.
It's been so long since I heard the bell ringing.
It's cool.
It's so cool.
The show's on.
Yoo Ji starts the greeting.
Hello, we are Baby Kara.
Hello, I am Son Yoo Ji and
I am currently a first year student here.
Yoo Ji's voice is airing in the school.
Please enjoy Baby Kara's show
and give us cheers.
The show will begin at 11.
Please come to the gym.
We are Baby Kara.
Thank you.
[Did they persuade the students?]
Was it alright?
Was it okay?
[Chae Won made a mistake]
It's okay. Many students will come.
[Will they come?]
Hey.
The show is at 11 in the gym.
[Yoo Ji is promoting at her school]
[Baby Kara walks around the school to promote their show]
Come to show at 11.
[The school is in a frenzy at Baby Kara's appearance]
Thank you.
It can be nervous,
but their friends will be the audience,
which made Baby Kara more excited.
Another member who is as excited as her friends,
Young Ji, also arrived at school.
She looks around her school
that she visited after so long.
I'm so happy.
[Stage prepared only for Baby Kara]
At the same time
Baby Kara have no idea that Young Ji is visiting the school.
Members will do their best
to perform including the part of Young Ji.
Will Baby Kara enjoy the show successfully?
[Baby Kara is surprised at the size of the audience]
Performance for their peers for the first time
It's amazing.
Will Baby Kara's second mission succeed?
Finally, the light goes off.
Stand-by.
Baby Kara walks to the stage all nervous.
Young Ji is secretly watching her friends from backstage.
Young Ji is secretly watching the members.
The film announces the start of Kara Project.
Go up!
Girls step up to the stage with a new mission.
Fighting!
Sudden tears of Young Ji
Why did she cry?
Girls step up to the stage with a new mission.
Fighting!
While everyone is watching,
Baby Kara's second show begins.
I miss you more and more ♪
And the memories make you ♪
Like the star signs ♪
♫ Shine on me as I dream ♫
♫ Rock your body I say ♫ ♫ Rock your body I say ♫
♫ Shake it shake it ♫ ♫ Shake it shake it shake it Ah! ♫
♫ Shake it shake it ♫
♫ Rock your body I say ♫ ♫ Rock your body I say ♫
♫ Shake it shake it ♫ ♫ Shake it shake it shake it (Yo) ♫
♫ I want to peek at your feelings ♫
♫ I can't find out what they are ♫
♫ But I am selfish ♫
♫ I still want you ♫
♫ I want to hold on to you ♫
♫ You are the only one ♫
♫ I am desperate for you ♫
♫ I want you ♫
♫ I miss you more and more ♫
♫ And the memories make you ♫
♫ Like star signs in the sky ♫
♫ Shine on me as I dream ♫
♫ I like you so much so so much ♫
♫ How will you know my heart ♫
♫ I like you so much so so much ♫
♫ I will love you forever ♫
♫ Rock your body I say ♫ ♫ Rock your body I say ♫
♫ Shake it shake it ♫ ♫ Shake it shake it shake it (Yo) ♫
♫ Rock your body I say ♫ ♫ Rock your body I say ♫
♫ Shake it shake it ♫ ♫ Shake it shake it shake it (Yo) ♫
♫ I can't see you enough ♫
♫ You are the only one ♫
♫ My heart only wants ♫
♫ you the only you ♫
♫ I miss you more and more ♫
♫ And the memories make you ♫
♫ Like star signs in the sky ♫
♫ Shine on me as I dream ♫
♫ I like you so much so so much ♫
♫ How can it be so perfect ♫
♫ I like you so much so so much ♫
♫ I will love you forever ♫
♫ Rock your body I say ♫ ♫ Rock your body I say ♫
♫ How will you know my name ♫
♫ I like you so much so so much ♫
♫ I will love you forever ♫
[Students cheer with great enthusiasm]
One, two, three,
Thank you!
As Young Ji looks at her friends coming down the stage,
she burst into tears.
At first,
I was happy to give them a surprise.
But,
to see them performing on the stage,
I felt...choked up... with
hurtful feelings.
[How did the peers see the show?]
[How was Baby Kara's performance?]
I love them. I thought they were the real Kara!
They are all talented.
They seem happy.
They are so pretty.
I enjoyed it but it was too short.
[Favorite member?] Yoo Ji!
Yellow one.
So Jin!
The member who had this hair.
The car ears!
So Min
I don't know her name, but in blue outfit...
Blue skirt
She is skinny and pretty.
[Advice for KARA?] Get a lot of experiences and good luck.
I am sure they will make a great debut
as their own team as the second Kara.
Make bigger moves and make bigger sounds.
I wish Baby Kara will succeed.
Make a debut, everyone.
I am looking forward to their future.
Work hard
and succeed.
Fighting!!
Baby Kara finished the show amid of frenzy cheers.
The excitement could not last.
The members are nervous again
for the review by the judges who saw them from the audience.
Choreographer Jung Mi Jung
Vocal Trainer Lee Na Kyum
Director Jo Yong Hwa
Baby Kara practiced hard, and yet they wish they've done better.
How did the judges see the second show of Baby Kara?
I've commented this during the lesson.
Singers have three careers.
They act, sing and dance.
Chae Kyung,
[Chae Kyung's evaluation]
You made some mistakes with dance moves.
You moved to the right when you had to move left.
The mistake was all on your face.
You can never show that you made a mistake and you are flustered.
A professional can act like they never make a mistake.
So Jin has not mastered the dance thoroughly.
Rock U's last dance had A form choreography.
[A small mistake was caught on the keen eyes]
You got it wrong. right?
It wasn't nice.
But you controlled yourself. It was better than the last performance.
Thank you.
Shi Yoon is still short with the basics.
You only have few moves you can show.
When you've practiced a lot, you can adopt the moves and own them.
You slowly change them to the moves that fits them.
That appeals to others as well.
But Shi Yoon hasn't come that far.
Instead, no one works as hard as Shi Yoon.
Thank you.
The best performer
who really enjoyed the stage is Yoo Ji.
[Yoo Ji enjoyed the stage more than anyone]
I could really see that you were excited.
It was so obvious that you had to be on the stage.
I was very happy to see that as a teacher.
The least successful member was So Jin.
I know you can do it. You have the talent.
But it doesn't come out on the stage.
That is a problem.
There's no use in being good at practice.
I hope that from now you will be better at stage than during practice.
In general,
you are not very trained for hand mic.
Chae Kyung holds it too low.
Chae Won said the mic was difficult to use for her.
You have to keep it until your part is finished.
[She lowered the mic as soon as her part was finished]
Everyone is making similar mistakes.
You are very nervous on stage
and you have so much to do for a successful mic play.
But singers have to give a live performance. You have to practice a lot.
I think Chae Won and So Min gave the best performance today.
You fit in very well.
So Min was also very stable.
Yoo Ji, it'd be hard to find someone who enjoys performing this much.
I think Yoo Ji was very cute today.
Thank you.
The least successful member I must pick is So Jin as well.
In this stage, you seemed distant.
You were feeling so awkward with the song and dance.
I know how amazing So Jin can be.
I'm sure you will be much better in the next mission.
[Both judges commented that the song and dance did not suit So Jin]
First of all, good job.
You are definitely better than at the last mission. However...
I don't know if I want to pay a compliment on this.
Whether the reason of the improvement was because the last mission was the first show
or because we had a different audience today,
well...
Idol group should, in my opinion,
must pull out all sorts of concepts.
With that standard, today's mission
must have been too easy to someone like Yoo Ji.
[Yoo Ji had cheers from her friends]
The stage gave her wings and the result is obvious.
Just to talk about the most and least successful members,
well, we talked about this in the studio.
It must've been the most difficult show for So Jin, but she came through. I think she was the best one.
The least successful member is, I believe,
Chae Kyung.
In my opinion, including this and last mission,
I've never noticed you, Chae Kyung.
You seem to be just going with the team.
That's the part I want to see improvements.
I'll be looking forward to the next mission.
Thank you.
Chae Kyung showed tears at the harsh criticism.
Tears won't stop easily.
Was Director right? Am I not attractive?
I am confused.
[Difficult obstable for Chae Kyung who is still young] How will I improve...
I had the same review at the last mission.
I just felt... so unsettled.
[So Min is also sad to see Chae Kyung's hard day]
After the review, my friend Chae Kyung cried.
I've been friends with Chae Kyung for three years.
I was really sad because I knew that she's been having a hard time.
I try to cheer her up.
I don't express it enough. I am sorry.
I will talk more with Chae Kyung
and be a friend who give her strength.
Today's show really reminded me
about previous stages we did.
In the last live show, Baby Kara will have public vote.
They must cooperate for missions, but they also must compete with each other to become a Kara member.
This moment!
Young Ji's surprising enterance!
Girls are so happy to see Young Ji!
The seven girls got together as the whole seven.
They treated me as usual.
I missed you. How's your legs?
I felt sorry and thankful. I want to get well soon.
Despite the joy of seeing Young Ji,
So Jin can't be happy.
I made many mistakes. I was upset about it.
But I have to be a professional
and perform a better show.
Do you have any more to say?
[So Jin becomes speechless] I am so...
Don't cry.
The online comments...
They were hurtful. I kept thinking about them.
I felt like just running away.
Since Baby Kara went public, malicious comments were posted.
They are more hurtful to So Jin because this has been her only dream.
Anyways, I realize that this is a hard job.
I just wanted to sing and dance.
I remember how I could only enjoy it.
Isn't it so hurtful and sad to see those comments?
They are not criticizing you. This is just the situation.
I know it's hard. But you have to overcome this.
This is a great chance.
Risk can be turned into a chance.
You cried enough. It's okay to cry, but you have be strong from now on.
I will hang in.
We had the second show today.
-How was it? -It was more fun.
Right. It was so fun.
It was hard
and sort of dragging.
But once I stepped up,
I felt so much energy.
The letters Kara popped up on the stage!
And the spotlights!
I enjoyed it when I was performing,
but after the review... I had mixed feelings.
I will work hard and turn the risk into a chance.
Turn the risk into a chance.
[So Jin has changed]
-Mark told me. -Marker?
He said Mark.
You were amazing.
Good job!
I hope we can all be together.
Right, you got something just before.
Reveal it to us!
[Finding yellow mission paper doesn't get easier]
I am receiving this for the first time.
I'm so nervous.
I am yellow-phobic, now.
What do you think it will be this time?
Something strong?
Let's see, let's see.
I'm gonna see first.
Put it up here.
I'll show all of you at the same time.
[The third mission song]
[Shock!]
[Baby Kara's third mission Lupan]
We practiced.
The dances come naturally.
This is not an exciting song.
It should be cold like cats.
Like we own the world.
We were just talking about it.
Go.
This time, it's for real.
Yes.
Seven members this time.
We will show a perfect stage as the whole group.
Fighting!!
New mission - Master Lupan!
But
Do you think the current three members of Kara will acknowledge you?
[Unexpected bump]
I keep worrying how you'd think of me.
Competition between girls become more tense.
I can't.
What happened to the girls?