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Fantastic Girls is the fourth Japanese studio album (seventh overall) of the South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on August 28, 2013 in three different editions.[1][2][3]

Background

Details surrounding the album were accidentally leaked by a South Korean music store, who listed the album on their website before Universal Sigma had announced it. On July 29, 2013, Universal Sigma announced that Kara would be releasing a fourth Japanese album in August. It was announced that the album would be released in three editions: CD+DVD Type A, CD+DVD Type B and CD Only First Press edition. CD Only First Press edition comes with a bonus track, "Happy Happy Love". CD+DVD Type A comes with the standard edition tracklist plus a DVD featuring footage of Kara's Japanese fan meeting, held at Yokohama Arena on June 23, 2013, "Kamilia School". CD+DVD Type B also comes with the standard edition tracklist and a DVD featuring previous live performances by Kara. All editions come with a lyric booklet.

Singles

Two songs from the album were released as singles.

The first single, "Bye Bye Happy Days!", was released on March 27, 2013.[4] The single debuted at number three on Oricon's daily singles chart selling 25,552 physical copies. By the end of the week, the single had rose to the number two spot on the Oricon weekly singles chart and sold a total of 65,588 physical copies. It debuted at number two on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and Billboard Japan Hot Single sales chart. The single charted for 7 weeks and has currently sold over 78,000 copies in Japan.

The second and final single from the album, "Thank You Summer Love", was released on July 24, 2013.[5] The single debuted at number two on Oricon's daily singles chart selling 48,479 copies, thus becoming the group's highest first day sales for a single. The single maintained its number two position and debuted at number two on the Oricon weekly singles chart selling 69,416 copies. "Thank You Summer Love" also debuted at number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and Billboard Japan Hot Single sales chart, becoming Kara's second number one on both charts.

Track listing

All editions tracklist[1][2][3]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Thank You Summer Love" (サンキュー サマーラブ)Yu ShimojiTakumi Masanori3:47
2."Burn! Burn! Heartbeat" (バーン!バーン!ハートビート)FayaMitsu.J4:05
3."Bye Bye Happy Days!" (バイバイ ハッピーデイズ!)Simon IsogaiSimon Isogai4:36
4."Rescue Me" (レスキューミー)Hong Ji-sang, Yu ShimojiHong Ji-sang3:18
5."POP STAR"Satoko AidaKim Tesung, Andrew Choi, Kei Kwang Wook Lim3:16
6."Promise" (プロミス)ShihomiJeff Miyahara, Erik Lidbom4:47
7."Endless Night" (エンドレスナイト)Yuko EbineTomoyuki Tajiri, Naoyuki Honzawa3:56
8."Ichibanni Watashio Dakishimete" (一番にわたしを抱きしめて; Hold Me)Simon IsogaiSimon Isogai5:46
9."HANABI" (Japanese: 花火; "Fireworks")Litz, NA.ZU.NANA.ZU.NA, PRINCE.YK5:06
10."My Boy" (マイボーイ)Kim Won-hyun, Kaori MoriwakaKim Won-hyun3:25
Total length:41:55
Limited edition Type C bonus track[3]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Happy Happy Love" (ハッピー ハッピー ラブ)Tatsuji UedaKim Tesung, Cha Cha Malone, Casper2:57
DVD (Limited edition Type A)[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Period 1 "Art"" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
2."Period 2 "Social Studies"" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
3."Classroom Move" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
4."Period 3 "Physical Education"" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
5."Summary" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
6."Mister" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
7."Honey" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
8."Jet Coaster Love" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
9."Ima, Okuritai 'Arigatō" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
10."Bye Bye Happy Days!" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
11."Step" (Kamilia School; Kara Fan Meeting 2013) 
DVD (Limited edition Type B)[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Mister" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
2."Jumpin'" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
3."Bye Bye Happy Days!" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
4."Orion" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
5."Jet Coaster Love" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
6."Go Go Summer!" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
7."Electric Boy" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 
8."Girl's Power" (Live from "U-EXPRESS LIVE 2013") 

Chart performance

Oricon

Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
Daily Albums Chart 2 20,081 57,041+
Weekly Albums Chart 3 40,680
Monthly Albums Chart 8
Yearly Albums Chart 111 57,041

Other charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums 3

Singles charted

Song Peak
position
Oricon Hot 100
"Bye Bye Happy Days!" 2 2
"Thank You Summer Love" 2 1

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Japan August 21, 2013 Ringtone Universal Sigma
August 28, 2013 CD, Digital download

References