Black Eyes (EP)

The group's agency, Core Contents Media, released a series of jacket photos for the single "Cry Cry", on November 4, 2011.^[2] Black Eyes was released on November 17, 2011, with the single "Cry Cry" being released on the same day.^[3] "Cry Cry" was promoted on multiple music shows, starting on Mnet's M! Countdown on the 17th, following with KBS's Music Bank on the 18th.^[4][5]

On November 9, two days before the album's release, the group officially released the video clip of the song "Cry Cry" as a music movie. In the video, T-ara sheds the usual feminine image, replacing it with strong images and intense gunfight scenes. At the end of the story was the audio teaser of "Lovey Dovey".^{[citation needed]}

The drama version of "Lovey Dovey" was a continuation of "Cry Cry" Drama Version that ended the story. The "Cry Cry" / "Lovey Dovey" short movie is considered one of the longest music videos in K-pop's history. It cost around US$1 million (₩1.2 billion) to produce, making it one of the most expensive music videos in K-pop.^{[citation needed]}

Several other versions of "Cry Cry" and "Lovey Dovey" were released, including Dance, Zombie, and Ballad among others.^[6][7] The audio track from the "Cry Cry" ballad version's music video was included on Black Eyes along with the original ballad version of the song.

"Cry Cry" peaked at number 1 on both the Gaon Digital Chart and K-pop Hot 100. The song has sold 3,755,993 digital units in South Korea as of 2012.^[9] "We Were In Love", a single from Funky Town reached number 1 on Gaon and sold nearly 2,670,000 digital units by 2012. The music video for the song has reached over 97 million YouTube views as of June 2024.^[10] "Lovey-Dovey" scored the number one position on the Gaon singles chart In 2012 becoming the album's third consecutive number-one hit. The song has achieved digital sales of over 3.7 million in South Korea alone.^[11] "Cry Cry" was named the 6th best T-ara single by SBS PopAsia as well as the 49th best K-pop song of all time in a list by Popkultur.^[12][13] In 2024, NME ranked the song at No. 8 on its list of T-ARA's best songs describing it as a "Heartbreak anthem". "Lovey Dovey" ranked first on the same list^[14]