Economic Idols KARA is going into business through Mnet's KARA Bakery.
On December 3, we met up with KARA at a certain building in Seoul, after they had filmed for their reality program. The building was still bare and empty, and the members of KARA have only two months to transform the place into their own bakery.
On this particular day, Nicole had another recording, and so it was the remaining members - Gyuri, Seungyeon, Hara and Jiyoung who interviewed the applicants for a part-time job in their bakery. The 4 members, like a true CEO, was very particular in their questions, even asking older applicants without any hesitations.
After recording, Jiyoung said "We are all conscious about the time limit of our program. We shoot a lot, but we're disappointed that only a few scenes will be included because of the time constraints."
She continued "All of our members like bread, so we're having a lot of fun with the bakery. Since it is a bakery unique to us, we keep on thinking that we have to do our best. I hope it gets our through word of mouth so that we'll have more customers."
For the bakery, members Park Gyuri and Han Seungyeon took out a loan amounting to 70,000,000 Won.
Member Hara said "Since we have loaned money for it, we feel more responsible. We will work hard and make a good bakery so that we'll be able to make profit."
KARA Bakery is a Season 2 of the program Wonder Bakery which aired last year. Since popular groups have done similar things, it is natural that the two groups be compared.
But there is no need for comparison. Hara and Jiyoung were quick to point out that "In Wonder Bakery, the focus was about baking, while our program is about opening a bakery. So from there you can see that the concepts are different from each other." They added "Wonder Bakery did well last year, so I hope KARA Bakery does well too."
KARA also shared their plans for next year.
Hara said "This year was about making the people aware of the name KARA. Next year, we will be advancing into the Japanese market. Foreign fans can expect that we will be more active overseas next year."
Seungyeon added "Next year, we hope to spread the name KARA to more people. Instead of being viewed as stars who are no longer within reach, we want to be the comfortable KARA, who will be reaching out to the fans."
KARA Bakery airs every Wednesday at 6pm.
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