‘Comeback’ 2NE1, musical experiment+characteristics of appealing to public..Contained 6 years of growth

[OSEN=Seon Mi Gyung] A girl group 2NE1 came back with second regular album ‘CRUSH’, which is deeply coated with their styles. They did not let go of characteristics of appealing to public even when they were doing musical experiment, and tried various things such as listing the song written by the member CL and so on.

2NE1 released the second regular album ‘CRUSH’ at midnight on February 27th and revealed the double title songs ‘COME BACK HOME’ and ‘GOTTA BE YOU’. In addition, total of 10 new songs such as ‘CRUSH’, ‘IF I WERE YOU’ and ‘BABY I MISS YOU’ and so on in which CL participated in writing the lyrics and producing the song for the first time were listed.

6 years since the debut, in this second regular album, it contains the growth of 2NE1 the way it is. They did not let go of the trend, unique points for genres and deep sentiment while growing as only authentic women hip hop group in Korea. They have nicely balanced the characteristic of appealing to public and trying new things while maintaining 2NE1’s identity.

First, the title song ‘COME BACK HOME’ is a song that mixed genres of reggae, hip hop and dub step and so on. When the title of ‘COME BACK HOME’ was revealed, there were lots of reactions that think of Seo Taiji and Boys, but it is a song that has impact that contains the style of 2NE1. A melody that is easy and comfortable to listen to harmonized well with calm restoring-the-old rhythm in the intro and it raised addictiveness while adding freshness.

Another title song ‘GOTTA BE YOU’ is a song that can appeal to the public more. Unique synth sound and rhythmical rap is harmonized and the beat and melody is catchy. It did not let go of characteristics of appealing to public while containing the style of 2NE1 nicely.

The song written by CL pursued diversity for each genre and got the attention. ‘CRUSH’ reminds of 2NE1’s unique powerful music and ‘IF I WERE YOU’ is a little more sentimental song and a unique vocal and refined melody is charming. ‘BABY I MISS YOU’ in which a member Bom highly complimented well-emphasized R&B and City Pop and so on and the comment says that the calm and refined atmosphere is memorable.

CL’s solo song ‘MTBD’ is also impressive. The lyric that is unique and keep repeating such as ‘MTBD, MTBD’ and so on harmonizes perfectly with CL’s charming voice and rap. It contained the charm unique to CL nicely with free and fun feeling.

In addition, ‘GOOD TO YOU’ is a song that has R&B soul’s sentimental mood, and ‘HAPPY’ is a song that is cheerful and happy. 2NE1’s charming vocal and rap expressed many emotions.

It is also getting positive reactions from the public. The title song ‘COME BACK HOME’ became 1st place in 9 music websites such as Melon, Mnet, Bugs, Soribada, NAVER Music, Daum Music, Olleh Music, Cyworld Music and Genie and so on as of 9am on this day and another title song ‘GOTTA BE YOU’ became 1st place on Monkey 3. Not only that, more than 8 listed songs by 2NE1 are ranked as top 10 in most music websites such as Mnet, Bugs, Soribada and NAVER Music and so on, and shows lining-up-in-a-row phenomenon.

Meanwhile, 2NE1 will hold the second world tour ‘AON(ALL OR NOTHING)’ at Seoul Olympics Park SK Olympics Handball Stadium from 1st to 2nd of next month, and will reveal the performance of the new song for the first time.

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Source: Naver Star Cast