Nicole talks about the pressures of going solo ahead of Japanese solo debut

Article: Nicole "It was a lot of pressure to take the stage alone after moving from KARA -> solo"

Source: OSEN via Naver

1. [+4,335, -149] I honestly don't think Nicole has what it takes to be successful solo. If only her mom had stayed quiet, she could still be working with KARA right now... her mom's the one holding her back.

2. [+4,424, -306] Thank you. Thanks to you, we were able to discover Youngji.
- Well Nicole's not the one responsible for KARA getting all that hate, it was all because of the members who were on 'Radio Star'. The group was practically at risk of disbandment then.
- Nicole was actually the most liked in KARA back then.
- Honestly Youngji seems more like a replacement for Jiyoung
- I agree, Nicole and Jiyoung leaving turned out to be a stroke of luck for KARA..
- Nicole was Nicole, Youngji never replaced her. Youngji replaced Jiyoung.
- Nicole actually had the most positive image in KARA.

3. [+2,670, -210] She's not a good singer, not a pretty face... just a kid who can't speak Korean that well.

4. [+2,359, -134] Wasn't she running a bakery in Japan? What happened to that? She should stick to one thing instead of being greedy

5. [+459, -25] Nicole has a good personality and she never made any mistakes... it's her mom who started getting delusional after KARA started getting successful in Japan. Nicole barely managed to land a contract with some nugu company in Japan after a year since her leave and her mom tried to get some business going for her with fan meets but she couldn't even fill 3,000 seats and had to cut down to 1,300. According to Japanese reports, she only ended up filling 700 seats (x2 fan meets). She failed as a solo act in both Korea and Japan... and I honestly don't think it's the fault of her company but rather the fact that she has no potential or product worth as a star.

6. [+402, -40] I wonder what makes her think she can go solo ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

7. [+339, -29] Nicole had so much stage presence in KARA that she was all I noticed in 'Mister' so I thought she'd be okay going solo... but it's like all female soloists think it's the law that they have to go with a sexy concept so it was sad to see that her solo focus was more on being provocative than playing up to her charms.

8. [+316, -21] She seemed unique in KARA but outside of the group she just seems average

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