The interview is so long, OTL, sorry you guys! Here’s Part 1! Will translate Part 2!

Here they talk about NOLZA, Go Away, It Hurts, and relationships (sort of)! Enjoy!

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Q: Your debut mini-album “NOLZA” was the number one ranked album in Oricon Weekly charts. Congratulations! Please tell us your sentiments.

CL: I was really glad. Although everyone’s reaction to our debut was a bit surprising, I was really happy.

BOM: The results were very surprising, it’s more than what we expected. With this, I think that I really need to study Japanese more.

DARA: It’s the first time that we were promoting in a country other than Korea, and I really thought that a lot of people still don’t know 2NE1. With these thoughts, being in Number 1, was only a dream. We promise to work harder in the future!

MINZY: I was very happy to hear that we ranked number 1. But what’s even more awesome is that a lot of people were showing interest in 2NE1.

Q: Your first Japan Tour, mobilized a total of 70,000 people, and it’s also a big achievement. Please tell us your opinions of the tour.

CL: Our first Japan concert, I think, was really fun and good? It gives off that feeling. I feel that we are in “Concert Addiction State,” right now. (laughs)

BOM: So many people came, and I was so happy! There were also a lot of fans who came dressed like 2NE1, it added a lot to our excitement! Someday, I’d want us to hold a concert at Tokyo Dome!

DARA: Our first concert tour was really a happy and marvelous time. With this opportunity, I’d really like to hold many concerts, in many other different places.

MINZY: From the beginning of the concert, everybody was already standing up, dancing and singing along with us, and it really felt like “NOLZA (play)” so because of that, I enjoyed it a lot!

Q: In the concert, you already revealed “GO AWAY” publicly, and now you will be releasing it officially. Please give us your thoughts.

CL: “Go Away” is the song for all women who are broken-hearted. Because it is a song that has an upbeat tempo, we performed it as the concert’s encore song. I think it’s a song that everyone can dance and sing to.

BOM: The melody is very pleasant, and it’s the kind of song that’s very nice to listen to.

DARA: In the concert performance, we directed it like a musical. I think people would appreciate it as a fun song.

Q: Then please tell us about the music video.

CL: In the music video, my drawings were there as decorations. In the scene where all four of us come out, my pictures were there, so please watch out for them (laughs).

BOM: It’s something that i wanted to try out before, a bubble bath scene (laughs)! It came out both cute and sexy, I think!

DARA: This time, I really wanted my cat to appear in it (laughs). But he was too scared during the shooting and we couldn’t shoot him properly, so he only appeared in the video for a few seconds (laughs).

MINZY: I appeared with my pet dog (laughs). She wore the same hat as mine, and I’d like to give her the Best In Acting award (laughs).

Q: I have a question about the lyrics. The song talks about how a woman stays strong despite a broken heart, what would be your behavior if that same case happened to you personally?

CL: That’s a secret! (laughs) I think that if I were to experience this, I’d want to be encouraged, as what we have sung in this song.

BOM: Personally, I’m the type of woman who has a straightforward attitude, but I think it depends on the situation, so it’s a by case basis. I think it also depends on the nature of the man, so it’s really case to case.

DARA: I don’t really know because I don’t have a lot of dating experience. But I think I’d be a bit like our coupling track “It Hurts” where I would cry and wait for them, but I’d really want to be like the wonderful woman in “Go Away” who is cool.

MINZY: I really don’t have any experience in love (laughts). However, I feel like it would be really mixed with my actions. My “mind” would tell me one thing, I guess, but my “heart” would tell me another.

Q: For example, one of the other members or another friend, goes through a heartbreaking experience, what would be your course of action?

CL: I’d take her to dinner toegther and listen to her. I’ll pay attention to her story, and then I’ll try to distract her so she’ll be able to move on eventually.

BOM: I’d also listen to her story first.

DARA: Perhaps, since I don’t have experience, the best to do in this situation, is to lend a listening ear? Then I’ll just continue to be at their side, and if they ask for my thoughts, I’ll tell them what I think.

MINZY: I’ll take her to a meal together and listen.

Q: Your coupling track “IT HURTS” speaks about the sorrow of a woman and her delicate heart, what can we expect from this song?

CL: It’s a jazz ballad, and it was a new challenge for 2NE1, so please look out for that song.

BOM: During the recording, I really felt empathetic to the lyrics, so I was crying and it got recorded. You can hear it if you listen well.

DARA: I remember that while recording it, everyone got hold of our emotions, so we sounded like we were really in pain. Although it is a really sad song, it’s strange in a way that you can listen to it all day long, without getting sick of it.

MINZY: I think that the song speaks of something that everyone has experienced at one point, so it’s a song that’s sympathetic with everybody.

Q: When you have a break or if you were given a holiday, what is it that you’d want to do?

CL: I’d draw pictures. During our last holiday, I got into a cooking class. I learnt how to do French cuisines.

Q: What kind of cooking are you most confident in?

CL: Pasta, French onion soup, and others.

DARA: She also makes good cookis and desserts! They’re very delicious!

MINZY: I think her orange pudding was the most delicious (laughs)!

Q: For someone who is charismatic and energetic on stage, CL seems to be the family type among the members?

CL: I don’t think I’m the family type.

BOM: CL says she isn’t, but she’s really the family type. CL and Minzy are both like that.

Q: What’s MINZY’s specialty in cooking?

MINZY: I cook a lot of Korean dishes. Recently, I’m also into knitting, I already gave some of my works to Bom and Dara, although I haven’t given anything to CL yet. (laughs)

Q: What does BOM want to do during holidays?

BOM: I’d like to watch Japanese dramas.

Q: What drama have you watched recently?

BOM: The drama “Zenkai Girl” was really fun! I really would like to study Japanese in order to enjoy it more.

Q: What about DARA?

DARA: I like playing with my cat, that is if he wakes up long enough from sleeping. I wake up early in the morning so we could play early (laugh).

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Source: HMV Japan http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/1111010046
Jap-Kor Trans: ㅂㅇㅂ @ DC 2ne1 Gallery
Kor-Eng Trans: BlackjackBelle@OhDara/ SlaveTranslator@WeLoveDara