Bunny Style!

{{Infobox song

| name = Bunny Style!

| cover = Bunny Style.png

| alt =

| caption = Limited edition A cover

| type = single

| artist = T-ara

| album = Treasure Box

| language = Japanese

| released = {{start date|2013|3|20}}

| recorded = 2013

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = J-Pop, dance

| length =

| label = EMI Music Japan

| composer =

| lyricist =

| producer = Kwon Si Bong

| chronology = T-ara Japanese

| prev_title = Sexy Love

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Target

| next_year = 2013

}}

{{Nihongo|"Bunny Style!"|バニスタ!|Banisuta}} is a song by South Korean girl group T-ara. The single was released on March 20, 2013 as their last release under EMI Music Japan. "Bunny Style!" debuted at number 2 on Oricon and at number 3 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles. It is T-ara's second highest selling Japanese single in the country with nearly 70,000 copies sold in 2013 alone.

Background and promotion

T-ara held special showcases in fifteen Japanese cities, starting in Sapporo on February 20 and Marioka on 21st.[https://archive.today/20130412052520/http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/t-ara-to-release-bunny-style-in-10-074514006.html T-ara to Release ′Bunny Style′ in 10 Different Solo and Unit Versions] Other cities where they held showcases include Saitama, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Nagasaki etc.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dkpopnews.net/2013/02/t-aras-9-additional-showcases-in-japan.html |title=T-ara's 9 additional showcases in Japan |access-date=2013-02-21 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223803/http://www.dkpopnews.net/2013/02/t-aras-9-additional-showcases-in-japan.html |url-status=dead }} The showcase tour reportedly attracted 100,000 local fans.{{Cite web |date=2013-03-13 |title=일본 투어 마친 티아라, 한국 찍고 내일 다시 태국으로 |url=https://ilyo.co.kr/?ac=article_view&entry_id=52316 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=ilyo.co.kr |language=ko}} Despite being sung by the K-Pop singers, the original cover is Japanese.

Reception

= Commercial performance =

"Bunny Style" debuted at No.2 on Oricon's daily chart, behind HKT48's Suki! Suki! Skip!, selling over 40,000 copies, becoming T-ara's highest first day sales in the country. It also debuted at No.2 on the weekly chart, selling nearly 57,000 copies and accumulated nearly 70,000 sales in the country by the end of the year, becoming T-ara's second best selling Japanese singe to date. The single also debuted at No.3 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles and charted at No.82 on the yearly chart.

= Critical reception =

Billboard K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin wrote that the song "incorporates a cuddly and cute theme over a techno club beat" with "aggressive synthesizers that recall Britney Spears' "3". He was critical, however, in saying that while "Banisuta!" brings T-ara's usual earworm hook, the song "fails to be nearly as catchy as singles like "Roly-Poly" or "Lovey-Dovey".[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/1550516/t-ara-unveil-first-original-japanese-single-bunny-style T-ara Unveil First Original Japanese Single 'Bunny Style!']

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Limited edition A

| total_length = 08:53

| title1 = Banisuta!

| note1 =

| length1 = 03:57

| lyrics1 = Inoue Tomonori, MEG. ME

| music1 = MEG. ME

| title2 = Sign

| note2 = Soyeon and Areum

| length2 = 04:56

| lyrics2 = MEG. ME

| music2 = Hiroko Konishi

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Limited edition B

| total_length = 06:56

| title2 = シャボン玉のゆくえ (Soap Bubbles)

| note2 = Boram and Qri

| length2 = 02:59

| lyrics2 = Yamauchi Hikaru

| music2 = Yamauchi Hikaru

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Limited edition C

| total_length = 07:39

| title2 = Dangerous Love

| note2 = Eunjung, Jiyeon and Hyomin

| length2 = 03:41

| lyrics2 = MEG. ME

| music2 = MEG. ME

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = All limited editions DVD

| title1 = Banisuta!

| note1 = Music video

| title2 = Banisuta! Music Video Making

| note2 = Making-of

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 1

| total_length = 09:21

| title2 = 愛の詩 (Love Poem)

| note2 = Soyeon solo

| length2 = 05:24

| lyrics2 = Ichino Onomiya

| music2 = Yuya Saito

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 2

| total_length = 08:53

| title2 = Two as One

| note2 = Eunjung solo

| length2 = 04:55

| lyrics2 = Takanori Mizoguchi

| music2 = Aquarius 24

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 3

| total_length = 07:24

| title2 = Maybe Maybe

| note2 = Boram solo

| length2 = 03:26

| lyrics2 = Fujino Takafumi

| music2 = Makoto Ikuta

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 4

| total_length = 08:43

| title2 = My Sea

| note2 = Jiyeon solo

| length2 = 04:46

| lyrics2 = Noda Akiko

| music2 = Justin Moretz, Kotaro Egami

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 5

| total_length = 03:31

| title2 = Do We Do We

| note2 = Qri solo

| length2 = 03:31

| lyrics2 = MEG.ME

| music2 = MEG.ME

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 6

| total_length = 07:13

| title2 = Love Suggestion

| note2 = Hyomin solo

| length2 = 03:16

| lyrics2 = MEG.ME

| music2 = Katrina Noorbergen, Alex Geringas, Dimitri Ehrlich, Jan Christoph Scheibe

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition 7

| total_length =

| title2 = Happy Rain

| note2 = Areum solo

| length2 =

| lyrics2 =

| music2 =

}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1"

|+Weekly charts

Track

! scope="col" | Chart (2013)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

rowspan="2" |"Bunny Style!!!"

! scope="row" |Japan (Billboard)

| align="center" |3

scope="row"|Japan (Oricon)

| align="center"|2

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|+Yearly charts

!Track

!Chart (2013)

!Peak
position

"Bunny Style!!!"

! scope="row" |Japan (Billboard)

|align="center"|82

=Oricon chart=

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Released

! Oricon chart

! Peak

! Debut sales

! Sales total

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|March 20, 2013

| Daily singles chart

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|40,705

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|69,918+

Weekly singles chart

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|56,785

Monthly singles chart

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|65,736

Showcase Tour

= Overview =

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Bunny Style! Special Showcase Tour (2013)

| image = Bunny Style promotional showcase poster.jpg

| image_size =

| landscape = yes

| alt =

| image_caption =

| artist = T-ara

| location =

| type = Japan

| album = "Bunny Style!"

| start_date = {{Start date|2013|2|20}}

| end_date = {{End date|2013|3|9}}

| number_of_shows = 14 in total

| this_tour = Bunny Style! Special Showcase Tour
(2013)

| next_tour = T-ara Japan Tour 2013: Treasure Box
(2013)

| Misc =

| last_tour = "Sexy Love" Showcase Tour
(2012)

| caption = "Bunny Style!" showcase Tour promotional poster

}}

The T-ara Bunny Style! Special Showcase Tour (T-ARA バニスタ! スペシャル ショーケース) was a tour in Japan by T-ara held to promote "Bunny Style!". A special Fan Sign event was also run, and a competition was held to see who signed the most autographs, and the winner was tied between Boram, Eunjung, and Jiyeon. The tour had 14 showcases across 14 Japanese cities. Hyomin was not present for the showcase due to her filming Jinx!!! at the time.

= Tour dates =

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! width="160" |Date

! width="130" |City

! width="130" |Country

! width="230" |Venue{{cite web |title=T-ara 'Banisuta!' Reservation |url=http://www.tara-banisuta.jp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719023519/http://www.tara-banisuta.jp/ |archive-date=19 July 2013 |access-date=8 November 2022 |website=T-ara Banisuta |language=ja}}

! width="120" |Attendance

February 20, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Sapporo

| rowspan="14" |Japan

| rowspan="1" |Sapporo Factory

| rowspan="14" |100,000{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2013 |title=일본 투어 마친 티아라, 한국 찍고 내일 다시 태국으로 |url=https://ilyo.co.kr/?ac=article_view&entry_id=52316 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=Ilyo Shinmun |language=ko}}

February 21, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Iwate

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall Morioka

February 22, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Aomori

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall Tsugaru Kashiwa

February 25, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Tokyo

| rowspan="1" |Tower Records Shibuya

February 28, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Saitama

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall LakeTown

March 1, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Shizuoka

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall Hamamatsu Shitoro

March 2, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Nagoya

| rowspan="1" |Oasis 21

March 3, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Kyoto

| rowspan="1" |Kyoto Shinpukan

March 4, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Hyogo

| rowspan="1" |Nishinomiya Gardens

March 5, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Kagawa

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall Ayagawa

March 6, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Ehime

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall Niihama

March 7, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Chugoku

| rowspan="1" |Pune Okayama Friendship Garden

March 8, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Fukuoka

| rowspan="1" |Aeon Mall Omuta

March 9, 2013

| rowspan="1" |Nagasaki

| rowspan="1" |Nagasaki Seagull Square

Awards and nominations

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|+

!Award Ceremony

!Year

!Category

!Nominee

!Result

!Ref

Tower Records Awards

|2013

|Single Of The Year

|"Bunny Style"

|{{Nominated}}

|{{Cite web |title=K-POP LOVERS! AWARDS 2013(シングル部門ノミネート) - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE |url=https://tower.jp/article/feature/2013/12/19/kpla2013/single |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=tower.jp}}

Release history

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scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format

!scope="col"|Label

scope="row"|Japan

|March 20, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF-%E5%88%9D%E5%9B%9E%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4A-DVD%E4%BB%98-W%E3%82%BD%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A0/dp/B00B7GXLAW/|title=Amazon.co.jp: バニスタ! (初回生産限定盤A)(DVD付)(C/Wソヨン+アルム): 音楽|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc|accessdate=2012-02-20}}

|CD single

|rowspan="1"|EMI Music Japan

References