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Treasure Box (2013)

Where the lyrics of Treasure Box take you, and where it was really made.

Areum's vocals run through the whole album even though she left the group before its release and does not appear on the cover.

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Treasure Box: third studio album and second Japanese release by T-ara
Released 7 August 2013 as the group's first album under EMI Records Japan, a Universal Music Japan sublabel
Three editions: Pearl (regular), Sapphire and Diamond (first press limited editions, with DVD; Diamond adds a photobook)
Concept described as a treasure hunt
13 tracks, 8 of them Japan-original songs

Released about one year and two months after the previous Japanese album, Jewelry box
The previous album also came in three editions
The first singles, Sexy Love and Bunny Style, each had their own showcase tours to prepare fans for the main album tour
The second Japan nationwide tour was announced on 3 August 2013
The group kicked off the tour to promote the album on 4 September 2013

1	遊んでみる? (Japanese ver.)	2:54
2	Sexy Love (Japanese ver.)	3:41
3	バニスタ!	3:57
4	Deja-Vu	3:35
5	初めてのように (Japanese ver.)	4:06
6	Sign (Soyeon & Areum)	4:55
7	シャボン玉のゆくえ (Boram & Qri)	2:57
8	Dangerous Love (Eunjung & Hyomin & Jiyeon)	3:41
9	DAY BY DAY (Japanese ver.)	3:28
10	Beautiful Sniper	3:37
11	TARGET	3:44
12	Bye Bye (Japanese ver.)	3:35
13	キミは僕の宝物～Happy Birthday to you～	2:13

T-ara is a South Korean girl group formed in 2009 under Mnet Media, training together for nearly three years before debut.
The original pre-debut five members were Jiae, Jiwon, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon; Jiae and Jiwon left in 2009 over differences in music style.
Boram, Soyeon and Qri were added shortly before the debut single "Lies" in 2009; the group moved to subsidiary Core Contents Media in July 2009.

The group is known for its frequent lineup changes; Hwayoung joined in 2010, and Areum joined in 2012.
Areum left in July 2013, returning the group to its original debut lineup, and the group continued as six members until 2017.
Soyeon and Boram left in 2017, and the remaining four members have since reunited in 2021 as a group of four.

The group's hook-heavy dance-pop was closely tied to composer Shinsadong Tiger, and it was called the "Chameleons of K-pop" for its shifting concepts.
"Roly-Poly" (2011) became the Gaon chart's best-selling single of the year and the most downloaded girl group single to date.
The group expanded into Japan and China, including a 2011 Japanese debut single that topped the Oricon weekly singles chart.
After a 2012 controversy and a 2017 end to the six-member era, T-ara released the single album Re:T-ara in 2021 and has since held fan meetings across Asia.

Released in three editions, with DVDs on the Sapphire and Diamond first-press versions
Before the tour, the group held a two-day concert at the Nippon Budokan on 12–13 July 2013
The T-ara Japan Tour 2013: Treasure Box was the group's second Japan nationwide concert tour in support of the album
The tour began on 4 September 2013 at Fukuoka Sun Palace and ended on 27 September at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo
The tour was announced on 3 August 2013, four days before the album came out

The album's first singles had showcase tours of their own before the main album tour.
The Diamond edition's photobook and the DVDs in the first-press editions were part of the packaging.
The Korean-language page records that the single BANISTA! was released in 10 versions, a first for a Korean singer.
The group's tour was announced on 3 August 2013, four days before the album came out.