| Honey (2nd mini album special edition) |
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From left to right: Goo Hara, Han Seungyeon, Park Gyuri, Nicole, Kang Jiyoung |
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| EP by Kara | ||||
| Released | February 12, 2009 (Download) February 18, 2009 (CD) |
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| Recorded | 2008-2009 | |||
| Genre | K-pop, Dance Pop | |||
| Length | 15:48 | |||
| Label | DSP Entertainment, M.Net Media | |||
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"Honey" is a EP by K-pop girl group Kara. It was released on online music sites on February 12, 2009, with a physical release on February 18, 2009. It became the group's first #1 single on March 5, 2009, when it topped the M.Net M Countdown chart show.[1]
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In contrast to "Pretty Girl"'s cute and lively concept, "Honey" is a song that is more wistful and features the members of Kara as soft, feminine women.[2]
At the end of January 2009, DSP Entertainment announced that fans would be able to vote on Kara's follow-up single, starting on January 28, at Kara's official website, ending on February 2.[3] By the deadline of February 2, "Honey" was the clear winner, with 60% of the votes.[3][4] A repackaged mini-album was scheduled to be released on February 19,[3][4] but was then moved up a day to February 18.[2] The new EP features "Honey", various remixes of "Pretty Girl", and "Goodday Season 2", a song that was initially only given a digital release.
The song was remixed from the original version, and also underwent a slight name change from "하니" (Ha-ni) to "Honey".[2]
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| Released | February 16, 2009 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||
| Genre | K-pop, dance-pop | |||||||||
| Length | 03:40 | |||||||||
| Label | DSP Entertainment | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo |
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The group debuted the song on KBS's Music Bank program on February 13, 2009.[3][4][2]
Kara filmed the music video for "Honey" on February 10. The music video was to be released on February 17[2] but was moved up a day to February 16.[5]The music video features the girls in pure angelic dresses sitting at home.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Honey" | 3:40 |
| 2. | "What's This (Plastic Version)" (이게 뭐야 (Plastic Version)) | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Pretty Girl (Bunny Version)" | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Good Day: Season 2" (굿데이(GOODDAY)시즌2) | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Pretty Girl (School Rock Version)" (Bonus Track) | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Honey (Version 2)" (Bonus Track (CD Only)) | 3:13 |
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Kara member Han Seung-yeon noted that "Honey" climbed the charts much faster than "Pretty Girl" did, while Goo Hara stated that the song appealed to an older age group.[6] On music portal M.Net, the song leaped to #2, behind Girls' Generation's "Gee," which has topped the chart for 7 weeks.[7] After a few weeks, the song achieved its first #1 on M.Net's M Countdown show on March 5, 2009, beating out "Gee" by two points.[1] The song also won the "Mutizen" ("music netizen") award on SBS's Inkigayo ("Popular Songs") program.[8]
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