Gig Review: 2NE1 is ‘All Or Nothing’ at their second solo concert

Korean girl group 2NE1 sure knows how to party, and they do it well! Though of course, they weren’t the only ones. Quoting the quartet’s leader CL, she declared, “You guys (the fans) really know how to party, and sing, and dance,” after the encore, visibly touched at the support shown throughout the two-hour gig.

MeRadio.sg looks at how it was “all or nothing” for 2NE1 at their second solo concert AON World Tour in Singapore.

All — Giving their All

2NE1 opened their concert almost on the dot, crushing the stage with their latest hit ‘Crush’ and debut track ‘Fire’, effectively bringing emotions to an all-time high. The girls worked with concert directors Travis Payne and Stacy Walker yet again, where they divided the programme into four different sections according to colours.

Decked in fiery red military costumes, the ‘pink’ segment saw the girls’ more charismatic and masculine sides. By the time the third song ‘Clap Your Hands’ blasted out of the speakers, almost everyone was already on the balls of their feet and clapping along to its rhythm.

2NE1 then bared their souls in the ‘white’ segment, displaying their live vocals at the same time. Descending onto stage in swings adorned with white cloths, the quartet crooned to ballads ‘Missing You’ and ‘If I Were You’, before delving into a rousing unplugged version of their latest title track ‘Come Back Home’.

Red usually stands for ‘passion’ and ‘love’ and the girls exuded nothing less than sexiness during that segment. With a conviction, 2NE1 affirmed their love for Blackjacks (official fan club name) with songs like ‘I Love You’ and ‘Gotta Be You’. Four lucky fanboys even got a lap dance from each of the members; while one of them might have had a stoic expression on his face when sexy maknae Minzy danced around him, we’re pretty sure their hearts must be beating out of their chests. CL even ended her dance with her leg over the fan’s shoulder!

The quartet then plunged into the black segment, where CL called it a “rebellion” and who better to lead this insurgency than the fierce leader herself? The 24-year-old called out to her girls in the audience with the introduction ‘The Baddest Female’ and ‘MTBD’, before the other three 2NE1 members joined her on stage again. Their dancers morphed into motorcycles as the foursome rode on them for ‘I Am The Best’. The night then quickly came to an end with the rock renditions of ‘I Don’t Care’ and ‘Go Away’.

Or — To be Or not to be

Shakespeare wrote, “To be or not to be, that is the question,” in Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet, where the latter ponders over whether his existence. We could not help but be reminded of the quote when Dara continuously teased us throughout the concert about a return in the near future. Return, as in the group coming back to Singapore.

Dara first said that she loved our country’s food and weather before dropping hints that they might be coming back, but bringing with them their “family” this time. Of course we knew she was not talking about her younger brother Thunder from MBLAQ. With YG Family on their Power world tour this year, we had an inkling she just might be talking about that.

Then, she let on, “Wouldn’t that be ‘wow, fantastic baby’?” before droning “long time no see, long time no see”, the opening sentence of BIGBANG member T.O.P’s solo track ‘DOOM DADA’. However, the girls were not intending to go easy on their fans.

“It all depends on you guys tonight,” they said coyly. From the fans’ screams and roars, we think the possibility of 2NE1 returning to Singapore with their YG Family has just gotten significantly higher.

Nothing — Nothing but love for the girls

Jun 28 was a hot day, but the humid weather did little to stop Singapore Blackjacks from trudging around the stadium with slogans and stickers as they handed them out to fans. Not only did they instruct us when to hold up our phones with the pink stickers, the fan chants during the concert was so loud that 2NE1 was evidently overwhelmed by the love the fans were showing.

During the quartet’s performance of the song ‘Do You Love Me’, fans probably shouted themselves hoarse — we judged from the deafening roar, of course — when 2NE1 sang “do you love me” during the chorus, to which they got the response “yes!” from zealous fans. Wanting to hear the “little surprise” again, 2NE1 sang, “Do you love me?” during the encore, to which they received an equally resounding “yes”.

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Source: MeRadio.sg