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MTV Buzzworthy: 2NE1 Take Down Dystopia, Get Animated In The ‘Come Back Home’ + ‘Happy’ Videos

2NE1 Take Down Dystopia, Get Animated In The ‘Come Back Home’ + ‘Happy’ Videos

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We’re obviously beyond thrilled that 2NE1 have come back home.

Congratulations, everyone! It appears as if we’ve survived the K-Pop-pocalypse. You know, how two of South Korea’s girl-group titans, 2NE1 and Girls’ Generation, both planned to release new music and videos in late-February/early-March? C’mon, do you even read the news??

Well, now that 2NE1 have seen GG’s “Mr.Mr.” wager and raised them two new videos for the Crush tracks “Come Back Home” and “Happy,” it appears as if the dust has settled for the time being, and we can finally breathe. Oh wait, except we can’t, because the clips have snatched our lungs, hearts, kidneys, and every other organ we need to function.

In the aptly titled “Come Back Home,” we see Minzy, Bom, CL, and Dara channeling a little bit of everything from the dystopian lit canon: “1984,” “Brave New World,” Beyoncé’s “Superpower” video, etc.

Much like the track itself, which switches from “Man Down” to “The Baddest Female” and back, the visual’s a total mindf*** — and we mean that in the best way possible, obvs.

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“Happy” is like endorphins in music video form.

Happy,” meanwhile, goes straight for your pleasure centers, pairing 2NE1 with some adorably emotive animation. As the video progresses, the hand-drawn bells and whistles increase until you begin to question whether 2NE1 doesn’t actually live in a half-animated paradise 24/7. (They don’t, FYI. Actually, we’ll get back to you.)

These two offerings kind of encapsulate everything that 2NE1 does best: playing with hard and soft and fusing polished K-Pop production with unexpected genres from across the globe. Needless to say, we’re (still) crushing hard.

Credits: MTV Buzzworthy

Feature: 2NE1’s “Crush” Included in MTV Buzzworthy’s “5 Must-Hear Pop Songs Of The Week”

MTV Buzzworthy: Tove Lo, 2NE1, Christina Perri + More: 5 Must-Hear Pop Songs Of The Week

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It’s Tuesday! Time for another round of “5 Must-Hear Pop Songs of the Week!”
This week’s roundup features some amazing Swede-pop, K-Pop kweens dominating the South Korean scene, and a Top 40 pop smash that never was, courtesy of a newly emancipated singer-songwriter with plenty still to offer.

2.) 2NE1, “Crush”

After their fellow K-Pop krew Girls’ Generation debuted their brand new EP, Mr.Mr., last week (NO FIGHTING, FANBASES), the fashion-forward, futuristic South Korean sensations known as 2NE1 have returned to do the same with Crush, their second studio album.

In usual form, the album’s a genre-twisting blur of electro-pop and R&B gems, kicking off with the wickedly fierce “Crush.” The searing electronic brag attack is a major comeback statement: “They love me ’cause I’m hot, they love me ’cause I’m cold/They love me ’cause I’m real, they love me ’cause I kill!” the “Come Back Home” singers confidently speak-sing above the nasty synth pulse and a big fat bass. Um, you want a piece of ‘em?

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Credits: MTV Buzzworthy

News: Yang Hyun Suk, Choreographer of Seotaiji and Boys’ “Come Back Home” 19 Years Ago, Completed Choreography for 2NE1… Why?

YANG HYUN SUK, CHOREOGRAPHER OF SEOTAIJI AND BOYS’ “COME BACK HOME” 19 YEARS AGO, COMPLETED CHOREOGRAPHY FOR 2NE1… WHY?

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[스타뉴스 길혜성 기자] As girl group 2NE1 (CL, DARA, BOM, and MINZY) is drawing a big attention by disclosing the music of their new album and new music videos, people are now paying keen attention to what kind of performance they will showcase on the stage.

Notably, the biggest spotlight is shed on the performance of “COME BACK HOME”, one of the double title tracks of 2NE1’s new album and the main title for performance on TV, which has been sweeping the No.1 places in major music charts in and out the country upon being unveiled.

The performance of “COME BACK HOME” was disclosed for the first time to the audience of the first concert of 2NE1’s second world tour, which was held on March 1 and 2 at Olympic Park SK Handball Hall located in Seoul. The choreography for “COME BACK HOME” is generally dynamic but tender at the same time.

At the concert, MINZY electrified the audience by showing the details of the new dance for “COME BACK HOME”, popping the chest and waving the torso to move forward, saying “this is the point dance for ‘COME BACK HOME’, which was created by our boss (Yang Hyun Suk).

Since Yang Hyun Suk choreographed “COME BACK HOME” of Seotaiji and Boys (Seo Taiji, Yang Hyun Suk, and Lee Juno), the most popular idol boy group 19 years back in 1995, such remark of 2NE1 drew all the more attention.

Yang Hyun Suk has recently been so busy working not only as the head of Korea’s biggest music label YG Entertainment, but also as a producer, mixing engineer, and music video editor, evolving from one of the best dancers in the 1990’s. That is why he has left choreography for YG singers to professional choreographers rather than doing it himself. Then, why has he choreographed the point dance of 2NE1’s new song “COME BACK HOME”, a song that has the same title with Seo Taiji and Boys’ song for which he created the choreography, for himself?

According to an insider of the world of choreography on the 4, Yang came to take part in the choreography for 2NE1’s “COME BACK HOME”, as 2NE1 and the choreography team for “COME BACK HOME” asked for his help.

The insider said, “Yang Hyun Suk had given a lot of ideas for the choreography of BIGBANG’s ‘LIE’ and ‘LAST FAREWELL’, but he has been so busy ever since, so he has left choreography to professional choreography teams recently. However, this time, the choreography team and 2NE1 had difficulties with creating the point dance, so finally, they asked for Yang’s help”.

The insider went on to say, “As it has been so long since Yang Hyun Suk danced on the stage, Yang was rather embarrassed when he received the request. However, he moved his body and gave his idea about the point dance in five minutes. Yang’s dance satisfied both 2NE1 and the choreography team”.

“The point dance created by Yang Hyun Suk is applied from the part of lyrics ‘come back home’, the point where the melody part turns into the hip-hop part. Yang also thinks that it is very meaningful for him to take part in the choreography of a song that has the same title with one of his hits 19 years ago, and he enjoyed the work a lot”.

2NE1 is to disclose the point dance of “COME BACK HOME”, which was created by Yang Hyun Suk, for the first time in SBS “INKIGAYO” on the 9 this month, which will be 2NE1’s first performance of a song in their second regular album on TV.

Meanwhile, 2NE1 has shown a strong power on music charts with their double title track “COME BACK HOME” and “GOTTA BE YOU” sweeping No.1 places in Korea’s major music charts and iTunes’ main album chart of many countries, upon the release of all the songs included in their second regular album on February 27.

2NE1 disclosed the music video of “COME BACK HOME” and “HAPPY” in the afternoon on the 3 and they will release the off-line version of their second regular album on the 7.

Credits: YG Life

News: Famous press media from North America, exclusive spotlight on 2NE1 comeback..”‘COME BACK HOME’ MV is impressive”

Famous press media from North America, exclusive spotlight on 2NE1 comeback..”‘COME BACK HOME’ MV is impressive”

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[OSEN=Seon Mi Gyung] Famous presses from North America rushed in and exclusively spotlighted the comeback of a girl group 2NE1 and their music video.

Previously, 2 music videos of the title song of 2NE1’s regular 2nd album ‘COME BACK HOME’ and the listed song ‘HAPPY’ were revealed on March 3rd. 2NE1 showed contrasting charms in 2 music videos and have a case of getting the attention from the fans.

VICE.COM is the internet website of VICE, the comprehensive news magazine from North America, and on the morning of March 4th, they revealed the introduction of 2NE1’s regular 2nd album comeback, the world tour and the music video that is released recently and also the interview with 2NE1.

VICE.COM introduced 2NE1 saying “2NE1 made a debut in a most sensational way with ‘FIRE’ in 2009 and is a group that got the attention worldwide with good songs such as ‘I Am The Best’ and ‘Lonely’”. They also added “They are a group that is praised by world famous musicians such as Diplo and Jeremy Scott and so on and have huge amount of fans in overseas countries such as France and Brazil and so on” and sent compliments.

On the interview with VICE.COM, 2NE1’s leader CL said “This ‘COME BACK HOME’ music video is a music video that is produced in a completely different way compared to already existing ways of making music videos” and added “It is a work that is most similar to a movie out of all the music videos we have released so far” and described. In addition, about this 2nd album comeback, CL said, “I pretty much lived in the studio for this album. I made 10 songs in about 2 weeks” and got the attention.

Also, 2NE1 said “We bet everything on this album and the tour. We think it is ‘either all or nothing’” and conveyed their ambitious determination.

Other than that, America’s famous magazine SPIN and America’s famous music website POPDUST also exclusively spotlighted 2NE1’s comeback and the music video on March 3rd.

SPIN said “2NE1 released a regular album in almost three and half years and they proved that they were not wasting time so far through the album” and sent compliments. They also said “The music video of ‘COME BACK HOME’ portraying the future city that became dystopia is impressive” and added “In the music video of ‘HAPPY’, they are showing new charms with the sides that are completely different from ‘COME BACK HOME’” and gave positive comments. POPDUST said “This ‘COME BACK HOME’ music video has a theme of science fiction and is a music video that is produced by putting together special effects and computer graphics” and described 2NE1’s music video in general.

Through this regular 2nd album  ‘CRUSH’, 2NE1 is appealing to the fans not only in Korea but also overseas and is showing interesting path. 2NE1 is getting hot interests with the music video that is released recently and the interest goes to what kind of performance and live 2NE1 is going to show on the stage.

Meanwhile, 2NE1 held the second world tour ‘ALL OR NOTHING’ in Olympics Park SK Olympics Handball Stadium in Bangee-dong, Songpa-gu in Seoul and will have a comeback performance through SBS ‘Popular Music’ on March 9th.

Credits: Naver Star Cast

Photos: 140302 More HD/HQ Fantaken Pics of Precious Dara at “All or Nothing” Concert in Seoul

HQ/HD Fantaken pics! Weeee! Dara so so so beautiful and cute. T_T You can tell she enjoyed the concert very much.. ❤

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Photos: Shinhwa’s Minwoo Attends “All Or Nothing” Concert, Takes Selca with YG ~ “Dara-Ya, Thanks for Inviting Me!”

This is so cool! Dara making friends outside of YGE! ❤ She invited Shinhwa’s Minwoo (aka “M”) during their last “New Evolution” concert as well. ^^ 
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My hyung whom I respect and love~ ^^ Indeed YG!! Best in the universe~ at 2ne1’s concert… Dara yah, thanks for inviting me and I enjoyed myself thanks to you ^^ New song Come Back Home is daebak!! Well done~

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Source: Minwoo’s Facebook Page via Malpabo on Tumblr

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Photos: 140302 “All Or Nothing” Official Photos from Genie Play Naver Blog + Translations of Dara Parts in Concert Review

Translating the Dara parts of GENIE’s concert review for All Or Nothing:

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2NE1’s Sandara Park showed an intense look during the concert! One cannot imagine the energy and charisma that could flow out from such a petite body, but it’s really wonderful to see. She also debuted her amazing abs in the concert, which she had kept hidden before, and exuded a sexy appeal.

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Sandara Park played the guitar on-stage for the concert, after several months of playing the instrument. She showed her capability at a high level when she played as accompaniment for the first time in public. She was concentrating so hard while accompanying the song that when it ended, a visible expression of relief crossed her face. Her pleased expression said, “The song finally ended and I didn’t make a mistake,” her face was really cute! Even while showing a sexy appeal, Sandara Park still manages to show her innocent charm. 

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Instagram: Dara Shares a Cute Behind-The-Scenes Photo During “Happy” MV Shooting

Awwww, too cute! Dara remains pretty even in a weird hairstyle and funky clothes! ^^

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Photo: Moon Night’s Facebook Shares an Adorable Picture of Park Siblings Backstage

Awwww, I think this is the first Park Siblings picture for this year? ❤ So so so cute together! Perfect genes! ^_^ Supportive Dara-noona with her equally supportive dongsaeng, Cheondoongie! ❤

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Source: Moon Night Facebook via @OhThunder

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Twitter: Jeremy Scott Would “Do Anything, Even Dance in the Coldest Weather” For “My Gurlz, 2NE1”

Awww, Jeremy Scott and 2NE1’s friendship.. ❤ Did you all catch Jeremy’s cameo appearance in 2NE1’s “Happy” MV? ^^

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Source: @ITSJEREMYSCOTT

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