Black Eyes (EP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Black Eyes
| type = EP
| artist = T-ara
| cover = BlackEyes.png
| alt =
| released = November 11, 2011
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = K-pop
| length = 20:12
| label = Core Contents
| producer = Kwon Chang-hyun
| prev_title = John Travolta Wannabe
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Jewelry Box
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Black Eyes
| type = EP
| single1 = Cry Cry
| single1date = November 11, 2011
}}
{{External music video|type=ep|{{YouTube|5M69TE1yzt4|"Cry Cry (Dance ver.)"}}
{{YouTube|Ju79e8rM0c|"Cry Cry (Drama ver.)"}}}}
{{extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = EP
| cover = Funky Town.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Funky Town re-release cover
}}
{{Singles
| name = Funky Town
| type = EP
| single1 = We Were in Love
| single1date = December 23, 2011
| single2 = Lovey-Dovey
| single2date = January 3, 2012
}}
{{External music video|type=ep|{{YouTube|CJ0djllyqwY|"Lovey-Dovey (Zombie ver.)"}}
{{YouTube|_sa1GWrN6eQ|"Lovey-Dovey (Drama ver.)"}}
{{YouTube|nJ31sMmytHU|"We Were in Love"}}}}
}}
Black Eyes is the third extended play by South Korean girl group T-ara. Its release was originally set for release on November 18, 2011, but was pushed forward one week to November 11 due to the demand for the album's lead track, "Cry Cry".{{in lang|ko}} [http://www.melon.com/cds/entnews/web/entnewsmain_listPageDistDetail.htm?pageDist=detail&MESSAGE_ID=4849055 티아라 오늘(11일) ‘크라이크라이’ 음원 앞당겨 공개 왜?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610075954/http://www.melon.com/cds/entnews/web/entnewsmain_listPageDistDetail.htm?pageDist=detail&MESSAGE_ID=4849055 |date=June 10, 2013 }}. MelOn. November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011. A repackaged version of the EP (though called the fifth album), titled Funky Town, was released on January 3, 2012, with the song "Lovey-Dovey" serving as the lead track.
"Lovey-Dovey" is a song known for its catchy melody and energetic beats. The song features a mix of electronic and dance-pop elements.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} The lyrics convey a playful and flirtatious theme, complemented by the group's vibrant choreography in the music video. "Lovey-Dovey" gained popularity for its infectious rhythm and became a hit in the K-pop scene.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Background and promotion
The group's agency, Core Contents Media, released a series of jacket photos for the single "Cry Cry", on November 4, 2011.{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2011 |title=티아라 재킷사진, '블랙 아이즈' 대방출 '섹시+카리스마' 발산 |url=http://www.tvdaily.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1320399494225735010 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=tvdaily.co.kr}} Black Eyes was released on November 17, 2011, with the single "Cry Cry" being released on the same day.{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2011 |title=티아라, "Cry Cry" 음원 앞당겨 11일 오후 5시 공개 |url=http://www.sportsworldi.com/newsView/20111111001508 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=SportsWorld |language=ko |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325022307/http://www.sportsworldi.com/newsView/20111111001508 |url-status=live }} "Cry Cry" was promoted on multiple music shows, starting on Mnet's M! Countdown on the 17th, following with KBS's Music Bank on the 18th.{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2011 |title=티아라 엠카 컴백, '크라이 크라이'로 화려한 무대 |url=https://www.xportsnews.com/article/201229 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=Xports News |language=ko |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914144245/https://www.xportsnews.com/article/201229 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2011 |title=티아라, "Cry Cry" 음원 앞당겨 11일 오후 5시 공개 |url=http://www.sportsworldi.com/newsView/20111111001508 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=SportsWorld |language=ko |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325022307/http://www.sportsworldi.com/newsView/20111111001508 |url-status=live }}
Music videos
On November 9, two days before the album's release, the group officially released the video clip of the song "Cry Cry" as a music movie. In the video, T-ara sheds the usual feminine image, replacing it with strong images and intense gunfight scenes. At the end of the story was the audio teaser of "Lovey Dovey".{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
The drama version of "Lovey Dovey" was a continuation of "Cry Cry" Drama Version that ended the story. The "Cry Cry" / "Lovey Dovey" short movie is considered one of the longest music videos in K-pop's history. It cost around US$1 million (₩1.2 billion) to produce, making it one of the most expensive music videos in K-pop.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Several other versions of "Cry Cry" and "Lovey Dovey" were released, including Dance, Zombie, and Ballad among others.{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2011 |title=티아라, 21일 'Cry Cry' 발라드 버전 뮤직비디오 공개 |url=https://www.xportsnews.com/article/201638 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |website=Xports News |language=ko |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914144245/https://www.xportsnews.com/article/201638 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=티아라 '러비더비 인 도쿄', 공개 이틀 만에 200만 조회수 돌파 |url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201201210100135860011815&servicedate=20120120 |date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |website=Sports Chosun |language=ko |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914144250/https://sports.chosun.com/sports-news/2012-01-20/201201210100135860011815 |url-status=live }} The audio track from the "Cry Cry" ballad version's music video was included on Black Eyes along with the original ballad version of the song.
= Reception =
An editor for KKBox Taiwan praised the "Cry Cry" (Drama Ver.) music video, describing it as "as exciting as a mini-movie" and featured it in their list of the bloodiest K-pop music videos.{{Cite web |title=挑戰你的強心臟！7支血腥味MV大公開 |trans-title=Challenge your strong heart! 7 bloody MVs released |url=https://www.kkbox.com/tw/en/column/features-0-1595-1.html |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=KKBOX |language=en}}
Reception
"Cry Cry" peaked at number 1 on both the Gaon Digital Chart and K-pop Hot 100. The song has sold 3,755,993 digital units in South Korea as of 2012.Sales references for "Cry Cry":
- {{cite web |title=Download Chart – 2011 |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=T¤t_year=2011&chart_Time=year |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017103823/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=T¤t_year=2011&chart_Time=year |archivedate=October 17, 2013 |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko}}
- {{cite web |title=Download Chart – 2012 |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=T¤t_year=2012&chart_Time=year |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002114948/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=T¤t_year=2012&chart_Time=year |archivedate=October 2, 2013 |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko}} "We Were In Love", a single from Funky Town reached number 1 on Gaon and sold nearly 2,670,000 digital units by 2012. The music video for the song has reached over 97 million YouTube views as of June 2024.{{cite web |title=Davichi & T-ara(다비치&티아라) _ We were in love(우리 사랑했잖아) MV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ31sMmytHU |website=YouTube |access-date=18 June 2024 |date=21 December 2011 |archive-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321104859/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ31sMmytHU |url-status=live }} "Lovey-Dovey" scored the number one position on the Gaon singles chart In 2012 becoming the album's third consecutive number-one hit. The song has achieved digital sales of over 3.7 million in South Korea alone.{{cite web|title=Gaon 2012 sales|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2012&hitYear=2012&termGbn=year|website=Gaon.co.kr|access-date=August 2, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204074833/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2012&hitYear=2012&termGbn=year|url-status=live}} "Cry Cry" was named the 6th best T-ara single by SBS PopAsia as well as the 49th best K-pop song of all time in a list by Popkultur.{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2017 |title=9 of the best T-ara singles |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2017/06/13/9-best-t-ara-singles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007032247/https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2017/06/13/9-best-t-ara-singles |archive-date=2017-10-07 |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=SBS PopAsia |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2019 |title=Die 82 besten K-Pop Songs aller Zeiten {{!}} Popkultur.de |url=https://popkultur.de/k-pop-songs/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=popkultur.de |language=de-DE |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914144357/https://popkultur.de/k-pop-songs/ |url-status=live }} In 2024, NME ranked the song at No. 8 on its list of T-ARA's best songs describing it as a "Heartbreak anthem". "Lovey Dovey" ranked first on the same list{{Cite web |last=Chin |first=Carmen |date=2024-07-29 |title=The 10 best T-ARA songs |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/best-top-t-ara-songs-ranked-3778785 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914144245/https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/best-top-t-ara-songs-ranked-3778785 |url-status=live }}
Track listings
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 20:12
| title_width = 25%
| lyrics_width = 25%
| music_width = 25%
| extra_width = 25%
| title1 = Cry Cry
| lyrics1 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo, Ahn Young-min
| music1 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| extra1 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Goodbye, OK
| lyrics2 = Ahn Young-min
| music2 = Ahn Young-min, Lee Yoo-jin
| extra2 = Lee Yoo-jin
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = O My God
| lyrics3 = Choi Kyu-sung
| music3 = Choi Kyu-sung
| extra3 = Choi Kyu-sung
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = I'm So Bad
| lyrics4 = Ahn Young-min
| music4 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| extra4 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Cry Cry
| note5 = Ballad Ver.
| lyrics5 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo, Ahn Young-min
| music5 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| extra5 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| length5 = 3:18
| title6 = Cry Cry
| note6 = Ballad Music Video Ver.) (Digital Only
| lyrics6 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo, Ahn Young-min
| music6 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| extra6 = Kim Tae-hyun, Cho Young-soo
| length6 = 3:12
}}
= Funky Town =
{{track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length = 27:57
| title1 = Lovey-Dovey
| length1 = 03:35
| title2 = 우리 사랑했잖아
| note2 = Uri Saranghaejjanha, "We Were in Love") (collaboration with Davichi
| length2 = 03:35
| title3 = Lovey-Dovey
| note3 = Club Remix Ver.
| length3 = 03:47
| title4 = Cry Cry
| length4 = 03:17
| title5 = Goodbye, OK
| length5 = 03:05
| title6 = O My God
| length6 = 04:06
| title7 = I'm So Bad
| length7 = 03:12
| title8 = Cry Cry
| note8 = Ballad Ver.
| length8 = 03:18
}}
Charts
= ''Black Eyes'' =
= ''Funky Town'' =
Sales
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! Country |
| scope="row" | South Korea |
|---|
| scope="row" | South Korea (repackage) |
Accolades
= Listicles =
"Cry Cry" was named the 6th best T-ara single by SBS PopAsia and the eighth on NME list of T-ARA's best songs. "Lovey Dovey" ranked first on the same list
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ !Year !Publisher !List !Work !Rank !{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" |2014
|Y Magazine |120 Greatest Dance Tracks of All Time | rowspan="2" |"Cry Cry" |49th |
|---|
| scope="row" |2021
|Top K-POP songs of 2011 |Placed |
= Awards and nominations =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Award ceremony !Year !Category !Nominee / work !Result !{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" | Mnet Asian Music Awards
|2012 |"We Were In Love" |{{Nominated}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |Golden Disc Awards
| rowspan="4" |2013 |Disk Bonsang | rowspan="4" |Funky Town |{{Nominated}} |{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2012 |title=삼성 갤럭시 제 27회 골든디스크 시상식, 카운트다운 돌입 |url=https://mnews.jtbc.joins.com/News/Article.aspx?news_id=NB10213595 |access-date=May 30, 2021 |website=JoongAng Ilbo |language=ko |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914144248/https://mnews.jtbc.co.kr/News/Article.aspx?news_id=NB10213595 |url-status=live }} |
| Popularity Award
|{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |Seoul Music Awards
|Popularity Award |{{Nominated}} |
| Main Prize (Bonsang)
|{{Won}} |
References
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