2NE1 cut:

The best cliche breaker, 2NE1:  A+

It’s not an overstatement to say this year is 2NE1’s year. Out of all the girl groups, 2NE1 is especially remarkable. They got attention even before their debut, and for a girl group that only debuted this year they already have had 3 hits: “Lollipop”, “Fire” and “I Don’t Care”, which has solidified them as a huge success. If you count Park Bom’s “You And I” you could even say they had 4 straight hits.

2NE1 started off by breaking off from the typical girl group image. “Fire” was a girl hip-hop song that would be hard to hear from any girl group. The beats were complex and the song could’ve potentially been buried without any attention.

But 2NE1 took the chance, and “Fire” was met with huge success and had a huge effect on 2NE1’s image. Like 2NE1, “Fire” was new, fresh and fierce, so the song had more meaning than just its success. Then, 2NE1 performed the relatively safe melodic song “I Don’t Care” which also received much love. The lyrics weren’t the typical bubblegum lyrics, but were words that appealed to many girls as the song imagined a girl’s thoughts as they talked to their girl friends. Afterward, Sandara Park’s “Kiss” also got some popularity as well as “You And I”, which became hugely popular without any performances.

T-ARA =  B

4Minute = B+

KARA = B+

SNSND = A

Brown Eyed Girls = A

Source: Melon.com + filmsession @ omona_prection + kimt08

thanks to: 2fan1@soompi