2NE1, going to release regular 2nd album in Korean in Japan on 19th…A rare case

[OSEN=Park Hyun Min] A girl group 2NE1’s regular 2nd album ‘CRUSH’ is going to be released in Korean lyrics in Japan on 19th.

2NE1 have been releasing the songs that they released in Japan by changing the lyrics into Japanese so far, but they decided to release this album in Korean lyrics.

In regards to this, the associate of an agency YG Entertainment said “Among the associates in Japan who listened to Korean album, the reactions towards the original song were good so we decided to release it the way it is” and conveyed.

2NE1 successfully finished the world tour Seoul concert ‘ALL OR NOTHING’ that took place at Olympics Park SK Olympics Handball Stadium in Bangee-dong, Seoul on March 1st and 2nd and plans to continue that heat in Japan also. Especially in Japan, they are planning to hold the world tour at Yokohama Arena on July 5th~6th and at Kobe World Memorial Hall on 12th~13th.

Meanwhile, 2NE1 is getting lots of love after releasing the regular 2nd album. They not only completely dominated 1st place on 10 online music charts but also, the music video of the title song ‘COME BACK HOME’ looks like SF movie and is getting positive comments in both Korea and overseas and exceeded 1.6 million views on YouTube in just one day.

2NE1 will release offline album of regular 2nd album in Korea on March 7th and is going to have first comeback stage through SBS ‘Popular Music’ on March 9th.

Credits: Naver Star Cast