2NE1 Address Lengthy Album Delay: “We Focus on Each & Every Song”
Korean girl group 2NE1 is one of the driving forces in K-pop’s international expansion: The quartet was the first Korean female group to stage a world tour; will.i.am snagged them for his #willpower LP, which also boasted guest spots from Britney Spears, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus; plus, the girls have 5.8 million Facebook ‘likes’ and 1.9 million YouTube subscribers.
With such accolades, it’s a wonder why the phenom has only dropped one full-length album in the five years since their 2009 debut single. Fuse News was in South Korea as part of our ongoing FUSE LOVES SEOUL: From K-Pop to Hip Hop week, where the girls told us they opt for quality over quantity.
“One of the reasons is we want to focus on each and every song,” explains the group’s leader CL, who dropped a blazing, hip-hop solo single in May. “We want every song to have a video, have a concept and have a message and have the right performance style.”
The girls dropped three singles last year—”Falling in Love,” “Do You Love Me?” and “Missing You,” earning a combined 35 million YouTube views—further upping the hype for the record. “To me, an album is like a footprint,” CL adds. “It’s legacy.”
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In the bonus clip, CL talks about how different the girls are, that they didn’t even expect to be in one group! She said that their difference even extends to their food choices. XD CL revealed that Bom is the type to stick to one food until she gets sick of it, Minzy is the one who eats healthy even though she doesn’t particularly find it delicious, she’d still eat it, Dara is the type to order 10,000 food but just eat bits of it so people around her are the ones who get fat, and CL says she eats normally, she likes organic food but would eat McDonald’s sometimes too. ^____^ So nice to know about little things like these! ❤
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when CL said “of course i knew” to Bom… that was so cute. and when she said Dara’s eating habits you just know they’re frequently together. or that’s how i feel about it. anyway there’s really nothing new in this interview. i find it funny that the other 3 members are just waiting to fill in little gaps for CL. i mean as if their thoughts were ‘she can do it we’ll just sit here’. if they were just chatting i know all of them would talk but in interviews…. they are so quiet haha.
one thing i didn’t like was how the one interviewing just points at the other members and doesn’t even call them by their names. >_<
I consider myself an ardent 2NE1 fan with Dara as my bias (although I do love all of them) but this interview was a little painful to watch. As usual, CL was amazing and has shown improvement..no longer using the annoying “you know” In each sentence. But, again, she did ALL the talking as the others looked tired and bored beside her. I should modify this observation…to Minzy’s credit,even if she is the least fluent in English, she did exert effort to look alert as though she understood everything being said. Yet this may be 2NE1’s waterloo as they try to generate more interest as they conquer the world …I hope they do work harder on this aspect because they do have lovely personalities waiting to be discovered.
Pls ~~~ 2012 , YG promised Nov release new album but NO!!! 2013 , again YG promised they will release 4 songs per month and new album , but NO !!! Now , 2014, with 3 new songs only , they start their 2nd “WORLD” tour at a SMALL stadium with 7000 capacity only , YG treats 2NE1 like their trainees (WINNER finale) , it is such a shame !!!
Either YG ‘s announcement or 2ne1’s answer for interview , both has no sincerity at all already ==”’ What bjs really want is a NEW ALBUM , not a meaningless concert
you’re right, there’s nothing new on the interview. they’ve been asked this before 3 years ago. i hope we get that album soon. they should be able to drop it before the world tour.. i mean they have to. old songs can only do so much even with remixes. i don’t want to watch them in concert with revamped costumes and no new songs. i love you, falling in love, do you love me, and missing you. those aren’t gonna cut it for a 2nd world tour. fighting! i know they’re working hard!
Not really looking forward to it. I mean, the interview must be the-same-old-questions-and-answers type of thing again. And only one member get to talk.