In memory of Goo Hara • 1991.01.03 - 2019.11.24

• Hara's new MV "Hello" is released at her official birthday date. 

• Hara's new photo book where she took the pictures in Seoul and Okinawa will be released in April.

• Hara's last tour concert will be broadcast on 6th March.

”A week has passed. I don’t know how each day has passed.. Time never waited for you or me and just kept on flowing. I wondered if this is what we mean when we say time is coldhearted.

I wasn’t sure how I would respond to people if they asked me if I was okay, so I stayed home the whole time. I couldn’t organize my thoughts.. [Everything’s] just blank.

To be honest, I wanted to pray on my own.. But even if doesn’t reach you directly, if I reveal it like this and make at least one more person pray for you, wouldn’t that bring me closer to you? I thought that would be just a bit better. That’s how everyone probably feels.

I still don’t know what’s what. It doesn’t feel real, and I feel stunned, but I think this might be better than thinking too deeply. From the way you know me, I’m not someone like this.. Would it have comforted you a bit more if we had recognized that we are both weak?

There’s still a lot that I haven’t been able to say, and there’s so much more I want to say, but..

I’m sorry and I love you, and I’m sorry and I love you, again.

Hara. Our pretty Hara. Rest well.”

Youngji’s message to Hara

“You must be shining brightly in Heaven now. Pretty and lovely unnie. I miss you. I am sorry, thank you and, I love you. I won’t forget you. I will always pray for you.”

Nicole’s message to Hara

"Hara, who I love. I miss your silly smile and laugh so much. When we meet again, we'll have a lot to say to each other, right? ...You know, right? Please be well until then. When we meet again, I'll hug you tight. I love you."

Seungyeon’s message to Hara

My heart overflowed with things I want to say but it's all meaningless now.. Hara, hara I'll live hard so people can remember you for a long time. Rest well until we the day we meet again. When we do, I'll tell you that I love you.

A text exchange between Hara and her older brother was revealed.

On November 27, Hara's older brother revealed one of their last Kakao message exchanges which reveals as follows:

Older Brother: "I beg of you. Don't think bad thoughts and don't hurt. Stay healthy and as time passes get married, have kids, and live your days well. When you're sad, just cry it out and let it out. I love you, my sister."

Hara: "I love you oppa! Don't worry!"

Older Brother: "I know you must be sad. My heart is sad too. Eat lots of yummy food in Japan."

- koreaboo

Goo Hara’s final resting place will be made public for fans to pay their respects to the late singer.

On November 27, her agency released the following statement:

Hello.

We apologize for causing confusion to many domestic and overseas fans who were planning to pay their respects after we changed the [last date of visits] from November 27 at midnight to November 26 at midnight.

We are announcing the details of her final resting place for those who are coming from abroad to pay their respects to the deceased and those who were not able to pay their respects yet.

Final resting place : Bundang Sky Castle Memorial Park

We thank everyone for mourning and commemorating her after the unfortunate news.

May she rest in peace.

My head still feels so heavy.

She will be remembered. I am so sorry it came to this. I lack words to express how I truly feel, but I will try.

This blog will remain, for everyone in need of a dose of honey Hara, as we used to say. We haven't updated properly for the last two years, but the most bright and beautiful moments of her career since her debut are around this blog. 

For years, updating sweethara was my favorite thing to do. Making layouts for the blog, editing pictures for posts, thinking about how to make everything looks at place and organized, collecting hundreds of pictures of the queen to post, not to mention the amazing people I had the opportunity to meet. Waking up in the middle of the night to watch KARA’s comebacks since my country has 12 hours timezone difference to her country. Watching full 2 hours long tv shows in a language I don’t understand just to see her and her members talking and laughing... Following her career, seeing her success and her happiness, rooting for her, supporting her in every way it was possible for me... These memories are precious. 

She gave me good memories and inspiration, despite never have meeting her in person. She was part of my life for years and I will never forget her.

I would always check for news of her in the morning at work - that was something I did for the last 11 years. Since may this year, I was worried about how she was with more concern, wondering if she was happy, if she was satisfied with herself. I was so happy she was promoting in Japan, releasing new music, touring, CFs. I truly had hope.

I got so scared with the news of Sulli... 

I was always wondering if she was sleeping well, eating well, resting... She endured so much. All her career, all the meaningless hate she got. This is so unfair. 

These days, my mornings have been... very weird. There’s a sense of emptiness that comes with the death of someone you loved that’s hard to handle. The world keeps turning, no matter what we do, no matter how much I wish it would just stop a little. 

I have said it before, not to ignore sadness. I must feel it. I am alive and I must feel it. At least, for a time. Embrace it. Face it. And then, strengthen myself from it. Sadness will pass, everything will pass. Everything is temporary. Ourselves included. Time is so precious.

Trying to ignore it won’t make it go away. Trying to hide it won’t make it easier. So feel it, grieve, cry, cry, cry, cry a lot for this moment. She was important to you, it is ok to cry. 

For everyone suffering right now, please, seek for help. Take your time, no pressure. But do it as soon as you feel ready to. Do not let the flame go away. Also, keep doing the stuff you like. Keep liking your things. Keep thinking about the next day. And the next. Life is full of surprises, something good can happen everyday. Work on your hobby - or find a hobby! something that makes you happy!, be excited about it. Be satisfied about it. 

Seek for help. Take your medicine, go to your therapy, stop a little to breath, in and out, slowly; stop and see the ocean, see the sky. Pet that dog. I don't know. I know you are trying your best, keep pushing.

Please, just... live.

You can be healed, we are able to be healed. This is the magical thing about the humankind. We are always transforming. You can bloom into something even more beautiful than you already are. Everyday, you are perfect, you will be alright. I am always rooting for you.

And if you are/feel fine and mentally healthy, please, don’t turn your back on someone who’s suffering... The things are different in their heads. There is... a different world in their heads. It’s turbulent all the time, noisy all the time. Please, be patient, be kind. Tell them that you are there for them if they need you. Be there for them. You have no idea how these words and actions are powerful. 

For everyone out there, be more understanding of the pain of others. Don't send hate online or personally or whatever. It is still hate. It is still terrible. It have killed so many people, it will still kill many others. This is not funny. People who send hate online aren’t trolls, these people are murderers. It has to stop. It has to end. If someone is bothering you online, report them - go for Justice if you think it is the case - and for your own sake, block them. Everyone block them until they are talking to themselves - or go to jail at some point for their crimes.

I don’t want to mention that man here... You know.

Stay safe.

Thank you members of sweethara staff, both former members and the ones who remained until the end. I love you.

Thank you for everything.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF IT. 

For following us, supporting us. We were in this together. I will be eternally grateful. 

I am also grateful I was able to be touched by her existance. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I will celebrate her life the best I can.

She will never be forgotten.

Rest well, our sweet, brave, beautiful Hara.