Sojin's dream I had on the night I turned on the heater
暖房入れた夜に見たソジンさんの夢
February 24, 2015 was the anniversary of the death of Sojin, who played an active role on the stage of the "BABY KARA" auditions.
I didn't think her performance was the best.
I had hoped that the best way to restart KARA would be to go with the trend of the boom and revival and go with a lineup of about 6-7 people.
As I watched the audition stage, I thought that Sojin was on the borderline of whether she would be included or not in the lineup.
In other words, Yeongji and Somin were a little out of the running.
As for the remaining spot, I thought Chaekyung and Sojin were the likely candidates.
However, it seems that the agency was approaching this project as a defensive battle.
If they had only chosen one person, the others besides Youngji and Somin might have ended up as nothing more than supporting roles or extras in a rigged race to liven up the event.
These are replacement members for the hugely popular girl group KARA, so it couldn't be decided lightly.
It seems likely that a project like this was brought about because they needed to make a big splash.
For such a big project, the selection of only one person was a disappointing outcome, with the strategy being inconsistent.
It could be said that the opposition of fans who were attached to the old members slowed the agency's bold decision.
However, considering that not much time had passed (two years before KARA ended its activities), with the girl boom led by TWICE, it may not have been "a big deal, but only one person," but DSP's decision to limit KARA's replacement members to one was far too passive.
It may be fair to say that the agency's failure to see into the future was a major strategic mistake.
Whenever I feel the current girls' boom, I can't help but think that if KARA had restarted with seven or eight members back then, perhaps they might have survived and been active even during the heyday of TWICE.
Naturally, that would have included the now-deceased Sojin... well, it's just a dream I had with the heater on on a cold night.
I wonder if Sojin's spirit (mind and soul) is still sleeping in the cold, deep gravel...
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