"Bunny Style!"
Limited edition A cover
Single by T-ara
from the album Treasure Box
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedMarch 20, 2013 (2013-03-20)
Recorded2013
GenreJ-Pop, dance
LabelEMI Music Japan
Producer(s)Kwon Si Bong
T-ara Japanese singles chronology
"Sexy Love"
(2012)		 "Bunny Style!"
(2013)		 "Target"
(2013)

"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.

Background and promotion

T-ara held special showcases in fifteen Japanese cities, starting in Sapporo on February 20 and Marioka on 21st.[1] Other cities where they held showcases include Saitama, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Nagasaki etc.[2] The showcase tour reportedly attracted 100,000 local fans.[3]

Despite being sung by the K-Pop singers, the original cover is Japanese.

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".[4]

Track listing

Limited edition A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Banisuta!"Inoue Tomonori, MEG. MEMEG. ME03:57
2."Sign" (Soyeon and Areum)MEG. MEHiroko Konishi04:56
Total length:08:53
Limited edition B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."シャボン玉のゆくえ (Soap Bubbles)" (Boram and Qri)Yamauchi HikaruYamauchi Hikaru02:59
Total length:06:56
Limited edition C
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."Dangerous Love" (Eunjung, Jiyeon and Hyomin)MEG. MEMEG. ME03:41
Total length:07:39
All limited editions DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Banisuta!" (Music video) 
2."Banisuta! Music Video Making" (Making-of) 
Standard edition 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."愛の詩 (Love Poem)" (Soyeon solo)Ichino OnomiyaYuya Saito05:24
Total length:09:21
Standard edition 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."Two as One" (Eunjung solo)Takanori MizoguchiAquarius 2404:55
Total length:08:53
Standard edition 3
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."Maybe Maybe" (Boram solo)Fujino TakafumiMakoto Ikuta03:26
Total length:07:24
Standard edition 4
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."My Sea" (Jiyeon solo)Noda AkikoJustin Moretz, Kotaro Egami04:46
Total length:08:43
Standard edition 5
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."Do We Do We" (Qri solo)MEG.MEMEG.ME03:31
Total length:03:31
Standard edition 6
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."Love Suggestion" (Hyomin solo)MEG.MEKatrina Noorbergen , Alex Geringas , Dimitri Ehrlich , Jan Christoph Scheibe03:16
Total length:07:13
Standard edition 7
No.TitleLength
2."Happy Rain" (Areum solo) 

Charts

Weekly charts
Track Chart (2013) Peak
position
"Bunny Style!!!" Japan (Billboard) 3
Japan (Oricon) 2
Yearly charts
Track Chart (2013) Peak
position
"Bunny Style!!!" Japan (Billboard) 82

Oricon chart

Released Oricon chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
March 20, 2013 Daily singles chart 2 40,705 69,918+
Weekly singles chart 2 56,785
Monthly singles chart 11 65,736

Showcase Tour

Overview

Bunny Style! Special Showcase Tour (2013)
Japan tour by T-ara
"Bunny Style!" showcase Tour promotional poster
Associated album"Bunny Style!"
Start dateFebruary 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
End dateMarch 9, 2013 (2013-03-09)
No. of shows14 in total
T-ara concert chronology

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

Date City Country Venue[5] Attendance
February 20, 2013 Sapporo Japan Sapporo Factory 100,000[6]
February 21, 2013 Iwate Aeon Mall Morioka
February 22, 2013 Aomori Aeon Mall Tsugaru Kashiwa
February 25, 2013 Tokyo Tower Records Shibuya
February 28, 2013 Saitama Aeon Mall LakeTown
March 1, 2013 Shizuoka Aeon Mall Hamamatsu Shitoro
March 2, 2013 Nagoya Oasis 21
March 3, 2013 Kyoto Kyoto Shinpukan
March 4, 2013 Hyogo Nishinomiya Gardens
March 5, 2013 Kagawa Aeon Mall Ayagawa
March 6, 2013 Ehime Aeon Mall Niihama
March 7, 2013 Chugoku Pune Okayama Friendship Garden
March 8, 2013 Fukuoka Aeon Mall Omuta
March 9, 2013 Nagasaki Nagasaki Seagull Square

Awards and nominations

Award Ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Ref
Tower Records Awards 2013 Single Of The Year "Bunny Style" Nominated [7]

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Japan March 20, 2013[8] CD single EMI Music Japan

References

  1. ↑ T-ara to Release ′Bunny Style′ in 10 Different Solo and Unit Versions
  2. ↑ "T-ara's 9 additional showcases in Japan". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  3. ↑ "일본 투어 마친 티아라, 한국 찍고 내일 다시 태국으로". ilyo.co.kr (in Korean). 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. ↑ T-ara Unveil First Original Japanese Single 'Bunny Style!'
  5. ↑ "T-ara 'Banisuta!' Reservation". T-ara Banisuta (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "일본 투어 마친 티아라, 한국 찍고 내일 다시 태국으로". Ilyo Shinmun (in Korean). March 13, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "K-POP LOVERS! AWARDS 2013（シングル部門ノミネート） - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  8. ↑ "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". Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
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