Full Bloom is the fourth and final Korean studio album (eighth overall) of the South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on September 2, 2013 with the song "Damaged Lady" used as the promotional track. The song "Runaway" was released two weeks earlier, on August 21, as a preview for it. It is also the last album to feature members Nicole Jung and Kang Ji-young who departed the group in 2014. The album was released one week later after the group's fourth Japanese studio album, Fantastic Girls. It is the group's final Korean-language studio album before their disbandment in January 2016.

The initial hints of the group's new release in South Korea started appearing in July 2013, when an article of their contract with DSP Media was released. As stated by the label about the contract rumors, ″We're looking optimistically at renewing our contract with Kara. We're keeping various directions in mind, but we're trying to adjust everything optimistically.″ It was also stated that the group would release new material in late August.

In August 11, the label revealed, via Kara's social media accounts, the group's release was scheduled for September. In August 14, it was announced the album's showcase would be held on September 2, at UNIQLO-AX. On August 16, it was revealed the promotional track of the album would be titled "숙녀가 못 돼 ("Damaged Lady", literally, "Can't Be a Lady" in Korean). The title of the song gained attention for being their first promotional track with a Korean title since "맘에 들면 (If U Wanna)", in 2007. They also revealed that "둘 중에 하나 (Runaway) ("Runaway"; literally "One of the Two" in Korean), would be released in August 21 as a preview of the album. On August 22, the title of the album, Full Bloom was released, which makes reference back to the group's debut album, The First Blooming. A preview of the album was revealed on August 29, containing 10–to-15-second previews to all tracks, except the instrumentals.

The album consists of seven tracks and two instrumentals. The first single, "Runaway", is an acoustic ballad. The second track, "Damaged Lady", is an uptempo song that features influences from pop-rock and R&B.Full Bloom reached number 1 on the Gaon Album Chart.

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