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 The performance without T-ae (and Alex) was from the 22nd, after the Inkigayo performance where she was injured.

The question wasn't if she regretted being in Rania, but if she has ever regretted being in Rania, that one little word makes a difference.    I agree with it being a weird question to ask though, especially since they already had a sort of similar one (Hyeme was asked if she would stay in Rania, even if she was asked to join SNSD). 

 

But here are some BTS shots from Di and Xia's shoot for Arena. I thought Xia being chosen over the other girls was kind of weird at first (considering it was supposed to be more "sexy", I guess, and I've never really seen her that way even with her stage presence, but she looks great!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYYC0XZrA1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-eZLUoKNA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afTYTNacWo4

V APP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHu3-BIClY

My Neighbor Charles preview

 

And Alex returned to Twitter to say that she was releasing some new music soon, I think she's still in the US.

This week's V App!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wRMzn9Fcc

Alex is back home visiting her family.

I'm personally still on the fence on her joining the group (I feel it was a bit premature but that's on the company, not her) but I think she has a lot of confidence and presence, which is a must as a performer, and I'm interested to see how she'll grow as she learns more Korean and is exposed to this industry.

 

Anyway, their episode of My Neighbor Charles airs on January 12th!

SeoulWave Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvtzwLRcAk0

Show Champion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUsLXiMXOs

Oh wow, lolz. Thank you for correcting me. I know Alex calls Di Unni sometimes, but she's really chill with T-ae and Xia, so I thought they were the same age.

 

EDIT: Watching the longer clip, the guy was asking specifically for her Korean age and she said 21, so I guess she's really 20? 1995?

 

No problem! I noticed that there's always been some confusion about T-ae and Xia's birth year for some reason, I see it a lot in the RP community. But, yeah, I think they're all pretty lax about it since Alex is a foreigner (and from their interactions with Hyeme and Seulji they don't seem to really care too much about formalities in general?).

 

Does anyone else like Demonstrate without the backup dancers or is just me? I feel like nothing is lost from the performance w/o the extra dancers and I can actually focus on the girls. 

 

I wouldn't mind a few at some points but it does look crowded on stage with as many as they have on music shows.

 

I also wonder if later on they might integrate Alex more on the choreo, she'd kill the bubble gum dance.

 

She said she doesn't think it would be fair to ask the other girls to have to relearn the choreography (most likely formations, I'm assuming?) to integrate her into it.

The first photoshoot of this era goes to Di and Xia, January issue of Arena.

EDIT: This also confirms that Alex is 21 years old (22 in Korean age). So she's a 94 line with Xia and T-ae.

 

Xia and T-ae are 93 line!

They performed at Migliore today, and in the jerseys you guys liked too!

 

Alex's Rap

 

Demonstrate

It doesn't look like it did too bad for T-ae and Di's tweets! I'll never understand the "small face" thing, small heads on the other hand. 

They'll probably perform Just Go and Style again, but I don't think they'll do anything older (unless it's for variety, a special event, etc)? Most groups only perform a max of 3 songs at events, right?

V App

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsrDV-OtnbM

 

Simply Kpop

SeoulWave Interview Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vkmyN61e4

So their V broadcasts aren't going to be through them but through Idol x Idol which features a few different groups through out the week, so it'll probably be more talk/game style instead of them just doing their own thing.

 

http://www.vlive.tv/video/3714 (you have to watch through the app, you can set up a notification for it to alert you when it starts)

Riko with all the girls!

 

I love that she's still friends with the original three and she meets the new girls, even though she's been out of the group for 3 years now.

What's the V App? An actual app I can download? A webshow?

 

It's a broadcasting app! I think you need a Line account for it though but they might have opened up more options since I downloaded it.

Music Bank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EulJGtlWPwQ

and Riko met up with the girls!

151126 YTN Radio Broadcast (airing on the 5th, I think?)

Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg2fYTSGBUo

Demonstrate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUb1P49W5hs

Hello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wf08cHfKHw

I think T-ae and Suzy are both gorgeous girls    If their company got them on more things that showed their personalities more, then I think T-ae could get popular (all of them really), reporters already seem to be really into her (after their comeback they went through her IG and pulled out old photos of her to say she was pretty, compared her to Hani in one of them, gave her an individual mention in an article about the group, etc.).

So, whose baby is this?

 

CEO's granddaughter

So according to makestar if the goal is reached their next mini album will be released in January of 2016?

 

Probably closer to February but it says "expected reward shipping date: 2016.01.29", so hopefully it'll happen w/o delays. Especially since they're dealing with more of the fans money through this.

Haven't heard anything about it from either DR or the girls. I think that their fancafe is supposed to have a schedule that is updated every 7 days (when active) but IDK where in the hell to even find it...http://cafe.daum.net/1248.

 

It's under "스케쥴러" hasn't been updated for next week though

I made a melon account and straight up just pressed every button next to RaNia's name. #WhenUDon'tUnderstandKorean

 

If you need any help, let me know. I'm not too good with Korean but I think I've figured Melon out a bit (except for their chart systems anyway)