Fantastic Girls

Fantastic Girls is the seventh studio album and fourth major Japanese release of the South Korean girl group Kara, released on August 28, 2013 by Universal Sigma. This marks their final Japanese album featuring Jung Nicole and Kang Jiyoung.

Fantastic Girls
From left to right : Jiyoung, Nicole, Gyuri, Seungyeon and Hara.
Studio album by Kara
Released	August 28, 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	41:55
Language	Japanese
Label	Universal Sigma
Kara chronology
Kara Solo Collection (2012) Fantastic Girls (2013) Full Bloom (2013)
Singles from Fantastic Girls
"Bye Bye Happy Days!" Released: March 27, 2013 "Thank You Summer Love" Released: July 24, 2013

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.

Editions

• Regular CD Only: the first press edition includes a bonus track, "Happy Happy Love."[1]
• CD+DVD Type A: It includes a DVD featuring footage of the group's Japanese fan meeting "Kamilia School," held at Yokohama Arena on June 23, 2013.[2]
• CD+DVD Type B: it includes a DVD featuring the group's U-Express live performance on March 2, 2013.[3]

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 track list[2][3][1]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Thank You Summer Love" (サンキュー サマーラブ)	Yu Shimoji	Takumi Masanori	3:47
2.	"Burn! Burn! Heartbeat" (バーン!バーン!ハートビート)	Faya	Mitsu.J	4:05
3.	"Bye Bye Happy Days!" (バイバイ ハッピーデイズ!)	Simon Isogai	Simon Isogai	4:36
4.	"Rescue Me" (レスキューミー)	Hong Ji-sang, Yu Shimoji	Hong Ji-sang	3:18
5.	"POP STAR"	Satoko Aida	Kim Tesung, Andrew Choi, Kei Kwang Wook Lim	3:16
6.	"Promise" (プロミス)	Shihomi	Jeff Miyahara, Erik Lidbom	4:47
7.	"Endless Night" (エンドレスナイト)	Yuko Ebine	Tomoyuki Tajiri, Naoyuki Honzawa	3:56
8.	"Ichibanni Watashio Dakishimete" (一番にわたしを抱きしめて; Hold Me)	Simon Isogai	Simon Isogai	5:46
9.	"HANABI" (Japanese: 花火; "Fireworks")	Litz, NA.ZU.NA	NA.ZU.NA, PRINCE.YK	5:06
10.	"My Boy" (マイボーイ)	Kim Won-hyun, Kaori Moriwaka	Kim Won-hyun	3:25
Total length:				41:55

Limited edition type C bonus track[1]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Happy Happy Love" (ハッピー ハッピー ラブ)	Tatsuji Ueda	Kim Tesung, Cha Cha Malone, Casper	2:57

DVD (limited edition type A)[2]

No.	Title	Length
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)[3]

No.	Title	Length
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

1. "FANTASTIC GIRLS - KARA". KARA. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "FANTASTIC GIRLS - KARA". KARA. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
4. "バイバイ ハッピーデイズ! - KARA". KARA. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
5. "サンキュー サマーラブ - KARA". KARA. Retrieved 6 November 2017.