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Video: 2014 2NE1 World Tour ‘All Or Nothing in Seoul’ Live CD Teaser Spot

Weee, can’t wait for this! And wow, I think they took this video before or after their performance at the After Party. ^^

2014 2NE1 WORLD TOUR ‘ALL OR NOTHING in SEOUL’ LIVE CD TEASER SPOT

Credits: 2NE1

News+Comments: 2NE1’s Sandara Park to Become Special Radio DJ in Place of Yoo In Na

2NE1’s Sandara Park to Become Special Radio DJ in Place of Yoo In Na

2NE1’s Sandara Park will become the special DJ of KBS 2FM’s Raise the Volume.

Filling in for Yoo In Na, who left for China to film Wedding Bible, Sandara Park will be leading the show for a week between May 26 and June 1.

Raise the Volume introduced Sandara Park on its website by writing, ‘We have someone to fill in for DJ Yoo, who had to leave us for a short while, 2NE1’s Sandara Park!

The site also added, ‘The one who can be quirky and playful at times but lovely! We anticipate what new sides of her she can show us, Volume family. Please anticipate our encounter with her and warmly welcome Dara, who is probably very nervous.”

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Sandara Park also said, “I’ve always just said that I want to do a radio so I’m very excited for this offer. I will prepare a voice that suits 8’o clock in the evening.”

Ranking number one in listener rating, Raise the Volume is expected to feature Sandara Park’s hidden ability as a DJ.

Credits: MWave

Here are some comments about this news!

  1. [+375, -18] Please stop being shy now, unniㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s fine, it’s fine

  2. [+291, -10] Invite Park Bom as a guest and go with 12D, please.

  3. [+290, -18] Good luck Sandara Park! Fighting!!!

  4. [+255, -12] She’s fresh, so she fits (the radio appearance)

  5. [+239, -14] She did so well during Gayo Daejeon, so fighting!!!

  6. [+54,-4] Sandara’s no make-up is f*cking pretty..

  7. [+51, -3] Yang Hyunsuk, can you please make Dara look pretty. She’s naturally so pretty but you always make her make-up match CL’s, her hair and make-up look so extreme it hurts my heart when I see her like that.

  8. [+41, -3] 2NE1′s been winning these days, fighting!

  9. [+40, -2] Sandara Park is really kind in real life or on Twitter!! I’m looking forward to it and will be listening, unni!!ㅎㅎ

  10. [+40, -3] Make it a visible radio

  11. [+38, -3] I think she’ll do wellㅋㅋ imagining her voiceㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  12. [+34, -0] Oh, Sandara Darada Parkㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  13. [+34, -1] Unni, I’m really looking forward to it

  14. [+33, -1] Dara unni, her shyness is cut and she talks well~ I’m excitedㅎ

  15. [+34, -6] A face like that with her age is unbelievable, she really has a baby-face

  16. [+29, -1] They’re same age as me but Sandara is like a dongsaeng, she’s so prettyㅋㅋ

Source: Naver

  1. [+1,031, -6-] Heolㅋ This is special treatment~

  2. [+981, -53] Have Sandara Park and Park Bom do it together… it’s going to be so fun

  3. [+835, -44] It was a critical point when she challenged being an MC at Gayo Daejeon but she did well! I wish for her to do it according to her style!!!

  4. [+740, -31] Noona, I love you. Please don’t do an extreme concept, but do a pretty one.

  5. [+684, -42] Dara speaks very wellㅋㅋㅋ She’ll do fine

  6. [+547, -31] If only Park Bom was with her..ㅋㅋㅋㅋI’ll listen to itㅎㅎ

  7. [+486, -30] Wah!!! I’ll be tuning in!! 2NE1 is the best♥♥

  8. [+443, -33] Her experience when she was in the Philippines is piled up, when she was the MC, she did well~ I’m looking forward to it! Fighting!

  9. [+414, -36] Sandara Park has a unique voice, so I feel that she’ll do wellㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  10. [+368, -11] Why’s 2NE1 suddenly like this nowadays?? They were in Running Man with other idols, Park Bom is in a show.. What’s this sudden mystery but thank you for exposing them through broadcast.

  11. [+371, -28] Whooh, that’s awesome. Miss Dara, you’ve been interested in this, weren’t you? Knowing that I’ll be able to listen to Miss Dara’s bright voice for a week, this is what you call special event!!

  12. [+257, -18] Oh, I’m looking forward to itㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  13. [+257, -15] Heol! I’m looking forward to itㅋㅋ

  14. [+243, -19] Dara-noonim is good!!!!! I hope you also find your other person ^.^

  15. [+218, -16] Niceㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ♥

  16. [+206, -7] Instead of watching Dara, I like that she shows this will of doing well to her fans~ I’m excited

  17. [+197, -9] I’m not the type to really tune in to radio but. I’ll listen to it for the whole week. Dara-ssi, fighting!

  18. [+180, -9] Heol, Dara-ya…♥ I’ll make sure to listen to next week’s Volume Up

  19. [+163, -10] Ha, I don’t listen to radio but I’ll make sure to listen for this!!! I’m excited as to who the guest is for next weekㅠㅠ I’d love it if the guests are YG Family like WINNER~ AKMY~~ 2NE1~~~♥

Credits: The Blackjack Table

Photos: 140520 OhMyGoddess Fantaken Pics of Chic Dara Back in Korea from the Philippines!

Weeee! ❤ She got back in Korea two days ago.. ^^ Probably preparing for her DJ stint already.. ^^

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Source: @ohmygoddessDARA via @littlestone_ and @OMG_SANDAR

Re-uploaded by: OhDara

Photos: 140520 Fantaken Pics of Dara at NAIA Airport Leaving the Philippines to go Back to Korea

Photos from when Dara left the Philippines on Tuesday! ^____^ Happy Dara is so cute! So smiley and accommodating to the fans.. ❤ Pammie, one of the girls who went to the airport, gave her a gift, and she said Dara took it even though Jjangmae and the other managers were blocking her already.. ^^

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Source: @WeLoveDara via @2yeNE1 @talabels

Re-uploaded by: OhDara

Photos: 140517 More HD/HQ Fantaken Pics of Amazing 2NE1 at “All Or Nothing” Concert in Manila

More and more fantaken pics! Keep ’em coming! ❤

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Instagram: Dara Plays with the Sand at Subic ~ “Clap Your Hands MV Parody”

She’s doing her part from Clap Your Hands MV, when she was playing with the pink sand.. XD

Is Dara endorsing Adidas’ top and matching bottom outfits? XD She’s been wearing them since she came here! Kekekekeeke! XD Toned legs are toned! ❤ And I’m pretty much 100% sure that Ryan Bang took this photo, as evidenced by Halmoney’s update a few days ago.. XD

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I wanna rock your body~ I wanna make some noise~ #ClapYourHands MV parody #subic#philippines

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Source: daraxxi

Re-uploaded by: OhDara

Photos: 140519 Fantaken Pictures of Dara, CL, and Staff with a Friend at Wil Sky Hotel, Tagaytay

Oh wow! Pictures from Tagaytay! ^__^ I think Adrian, the one who shared the photos, was Dara’s friend when she was in the Philippines.. ^_^

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And after 8 yrs, we meet again…. Wil mis u @daraxxi thanx so much. #dara#sandarapark#2ne1#tagaytay

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Sandara and her team

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Ice Cream!

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CL and Dara at Wil Sky Hotel, Tagaytay

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Source: Adrian Gret

Re-uploaded by: OhDara

Article: Manila Standard Today ~ “The Same Old Sandara Park”

The same old Sandara Park

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AHEAD of 2NE1’s May 17 concert, Sandara Park visited Manila and did some rounds of appearances on TV, including an interview in Aquino & Abunda and Gandang Gabi Vice, and a surprised visit in It’s Showtime and Pinoy Big Brother house.

Speaking in fluent Filipino, Sandara (or hugely popular in South Korea as Dara) greeted her fans warmly, “Kamusta na kayo, si Sandara po ito (How are you doing, this is Sandara).”

The 29-year-old K-Pop star holds a special place in the hearts of many Filipinos because of her natural charm and humble beginnings. Having lived in the Philippines with her family from 1994 to 2007, Sandara is very comfortable with the local culture.

She first gained popularity in 2004 when she ended runner up in a reality talent search on ABS-CBN, Star Circle Quest (SCQ). She then joined the network entertainment stable called Star Magic in the wake of her success in SCQ. With her projects ranging from commercial endorsements to television appearances, Sandara became a household name and was dubbed “Pambansang Krung Krung,” a made-up word that means funny and crazy.

In a span of three years, Sandara had appeared in more than a dozen television shows and starred in five movies with Can This Be Love being the most successful. It earned almost P100 million at the local tills (the movie also starred her fellow SCQ winner, Hero Angeles). She also ventured into music recording by coming up with three extended plays under Star Records label and made the novelty songs “In or Out,” “Walang Sabit,” and “Ang Ganda Ko” hugely popular.

Amid a string of film and TV projects, Sandara, however, decided to leave for Korea to pursue a showbiz career there. In 2009, she took on the name “Dara” as a member of the girl group 2NE1 and the rest, as they say, is history.

Still in constant communication with her local fans, Dara has engaged her Twitter followers. She updates them with the latest happening in her career. She communicates in Hangul, English, and, of course. Filipino. And because she considers the Philippines her second home and she has more than 21 ways to prove why she loves the Philippines, many Filipinos idolize and look up to her.

Credits: Manila Standard Today

Article: Manila Standard Today ~ “2NE1 Comes Home”

2NE1 comes home

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It was a scorching night and fans who lined up early at the SM Mall of Asia Arena were sweating buckets. But the summer heat did not stop Filipino Blackjacks from showing their support for their Korean idols. Blackjacks are fans of the Korean girl group 2NE1 and they trooped in force to the venue in Pasay City last May 17, Saturday, to witness the Manila leg of the group’s All or Nothing World Tour.

The concert was a momentous occasion for the Blackjacks in general and the Filipino Blackjacks in particular. The concert coincided with the group’s fifth anniversary and was eyed as a double celebration of sorts as it signified a homecoming for Sandara Park as well.

Park, arguably one of the more popular members of 2NE1, started her showbiz career in the Philippines and enjoyed a massive fan base that carried over when she joined 2NE1.

The event was also a fulfilment of a promise Dara, as she is now called, made when the group performed years ago to come back to Manila for a full-length concert.

With Park were group leader Lee Chaerin or CL, Kong Minji or simply Minzy, and Park Bom.

At a press conference held the day before the concert, the girls promised to give their fans a show.

And that’s what they did! The production was impressive, with amazing stages, flashing lights, jumbo LED screens, movable scaffoldings and platforms (even a few fireworks in between) providing the backdrop for the girls’ high octane performances.

Showtime!

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CL, Dara, Bom, and Minzy emerged on stage wearing their signature flashy outfits and immediately revved up the crowd. They followed this up with “Fire,” “Clap Your Hands,” “Pretty Boy,” and “Don’t Stop the Music.”

The group left the stage but shortly came back hoisted up by individual white cloth swings, singing their haunting ballad, “Missing You.” The girls then alighted from their swings and sat on a faux rock formation as they sang more of their slow songs such as “If I Were You,” the acoustic version of “Come Back Home” and “Ugly” to complete the feel-good set.

After being serenaded, the fans were treated to a surprise appearance by actors Sam Milby, Jason Abalos, Ram of G-Force and Joross Gamboa who were called by Dara to sit onstage and enjoy the lap dance the girls performed while singing “I Love You.” The boys were paired with each member—Dara with Sam, CL with Ram, Bom with Joross, and Minzy with Jason.

Living up to her label as the Queen of Swag, CL then performed a mashup of her self-composed songs “The Baddest Female” and “MTBD (Menbung).”

Homecoming

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It was refreshing to hear Dara speak Filipino so fluently. She talked to fans in Filipino and almost forgot that she was with her group members who could not understand the language. Despite the language barrier, the other three members happily sang and danced to Dara’s Tagalog novelty song “In or Out” which she made popular 10 years ago while in the Philippines. The song is based on her Star Circle Quest stint. Additionally, Dara made CL, Bom, and Minzy do Vice Ganda’s “Boom Panes” dance.

During the encore, the girls took a moment to bring out some cake given by the fans and to acknowledge the other members of the team. This included their dancers, band and managers. CL said the Philippines is Dara’s hometown and she wished it was hers, too. The fans sang happy birthday and everybody joined in the party. The group thanked the fans for their continued support. Each one of them yelled “Mahal ko kayo! (I love you!)”

Winner debut

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Another reason why young fans flocked the venue was because members of YG entertainment’s newest boy group, Winner, were the special guests in the concert. Kang Seung Yoon, Song Minho, Nam Taehyun, Kim Jinwoo, and Lee Seung Hoon sang “Just Another Boy” and “Go Up.” The boys were part of Team A and are the winners in the YG Entertainment reality show Who is Next: Win, thus, their name.

Other songs performed were “Gotta Be You,” “Do You Love Me,” “Scream,” “I Am The Best,” “I Don’t Care,” “Come Back Home” both acoustic and dance versions and “Go Away.”

The show closed in a rain of glittering gold streamers.

Return of a star

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Dara flew in two days earlier than the other members of 2NE1 for show appearances on ABS-CBN, her former network. She appeared in Abunda and Aquino Tonight and Gandang Gabi Vice and entered the Pinoy Big Brother House.

On Friday, May 18, 2NE1 held an open press conference in Shangri-la Mall in Mandaluyong that was attended by hundreds of fans.

2NE1 All or Nothing World Tour was produced by Pulp Live World Productions and supported by the Korean Tourism Organization, Shangri-la Edsa, SM Malls and Solaire Resort and Casino.

Credits: Manila Standard Today

Article: Philippine Star ~ “CONCERT REVIEW: A big ‘scream’ for 2NE1”

CONCERT REVIEW: A big ‘scream’ for 2NE1

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MANILA, Philippines – There was a sea of people outside the SM Mall of Asia Arena last Saturday afternoon and Mr. Taxi Driver, who was passing by, was baffled by the commotion. Is there a concert by Rihanna? Beyoncé? Or Katy Perry? Nope, it turned out that the people were fans and supporters of one of the top girl groups in Korea — 2NE1 (pronounced “twenty one” or “to anyone.”)

Filipino Blackjacks (the name of 2NE1’s fans club) trooped to the arena to watch the one-night-only Manila leg of the group’s All or Nothing concert.

What made 2NE1 extra special to Filipinos is Sandara Park, one of the four members of the group.

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Sandara made a mark in local showbiz in 2004 when she won second runner-up in the ABS-CBN talent search show Star Circle Quest, endearing herself to the Filipino public as the Korean with a Pinoy heart. During her brief career in the Philippines, Sandara starred in a couple of movies and released an album. But after her popularity fizzled out in 2007, Sandara decided to go back to Korea to join 2NE1, a girl group in the mold of Destiny’s Child or Spice Girls with a touch of Nicki Minaj.

In 2009, 2NE1 released its debut single Fire which became the best-selling single in South Korea with 7,000,000 digital sales. It was followed by hit after hit — I Don’t Care, Go Away, Lonely and I Am The Best, chart-toppers that catapulted the group to fame all over Asia.

Last February, 2NE1 released its second Korean studio album Crush, which sold over 4.2 million digital album sales — making it the best-selling digital album of 2014 so far — and peaked at South Korea’s Gaon Music charts and US Billboard charts.

Despite her popularity and stature today, Sandara said she has never forgotten her fans here and has always considered Manila her second home.

At 2NE1’s concert last Saturday, Sandara showed her love for her fans when she introduced segments that delighted the sold-out crowd.

Sandara invited her friends in local showbiz, Sam Milby, Jason Abalos, Joross Gamboa and Ram from G-Force for a special number, which got the crowd crazy.

At the chorus of the 2NE1 song I Love You, the hunks sat in front of the stage while the ladies did a sexy lap dance.

Sandara sat on Sam’s lap and leaned close to his face while the other girls gyrated in front of the boys. The performance drew the loudest screams from the audience.

During the encore, Sandara, together with Minzy and Bom, danced and sang her old Tagalog hit In or Out. She also let Bom sang the Tagalog lines from the song, which the latter delivered flawlessly.

During the almost three-hour show, the arena held up impressively with the elaborate video screens, flame bursts, fireworks, laser lights, Harley motorcycles, hyperactive back-up dancers and a catwalk-ready stage that traversed the whole arena. The girls incessantly exhorted the crowd to party as they sang, stepped and smiled through every choreographed moment without missing a cue.

In Fire, Gotta Be You, Do You Love Me, Scream and I Am The Best, the girls sang and danced like there was no tomorrow.

A member who clearly stood out and sought the spotlight aggressively was CL (a.k.a Chaelin Lee).

CL was a spark plug, igniting the stage with her booming voice and energetic dance moves.

During her solo turn where she performed Baddest Female, CL rapped with an attitude and sang with swagger, further heating up the crowd.

At the start of the concert, it was clear that Minzy and CL are the singers in the group.

There were times when Bom and Sandara’s voices shook as they sang the high notes in 2NE1’s soaring ballad Ugly. But what they lacked in vocals, they made up with their dancing and good looks. Bom and Sandara are eye candies and the prettiest in the group.

Near the end of the concert, the 2NE1 girls thanked their Filipino fans for a memorable concert.

Sandara was solicitous towards her Pinoy fans, telling them: “Lagi ko sinasabi sa kanila na maganda dito sa Pilipinas dahil ang mga Pilipino mababait at ang pagkain masarap.”

The girls ended the concert with a promise to come back.

2NE1’s All Or Nothing World Tour in Manila was organized by PULP LIVE WORLD.

Credits: Philippine Star