I’m currently obsessed with Korean pop group 2NE1 (pronounced “twenty-one” or “to anyone,” your choice). A lot of Korean girl groups (Girls’ Generation most obviously) are super-cute in a smiley, wanna-be-your-girlfriend, High School Musical sort of way. 2NE1, on the other hand, are badass bitches. In one of their songs, “Go Away,” one of them raps, “All you do is act the fool, you ain’t shit without your crew.”
Wait, what? Obviously, English-language lyrics are few and far between (though there is a fully English-language version of recent single “Can’t Nobody” on their 2010 album To Anyone), but the song titles on the two EPs and one album they’ve released to date convey an image that’s equal parts hedonism and hostility—track titles include “I’m Busy,” “Clap Your Hands,” “Try to Follow Me,” “I am the Best,” “Ugly,” “Hate You,” “Let’s Go Party,” “I Don’t Care,” “Fire” and “Don’t Stop the Music.” And the music maintains the intensity promised by such evocative, slogan-like titles. The production—the overwhelming majority of which is by Teddy Park—throws rave, hip-hop, bizarre sound effects, alt-pop-friendly choruses worthy of Avril Lavigne or Kelly Clarkson (but better than most of what either of them puts out these days) and pretty much anything else that sounds good into the sonic blender and tosses one ball of awesomeness after another at the listener. And the group’s videos are, quite frankly, retina-searingly brilliant. I’m putting a half dozen after the jump.
Now this train is simply YG Family Heaven! I honestly think I would never get off this train and I will try my best to get on it when I do visit Seoul for YG Family Concert! ^_^ Oh please let me visit this train! I might never get off and just completely forget that I have other stuff to do!
The train has several sections and OMG, DID YOU GUYS ALSO SEE UNRELEASED ETUDE PHOTOS OF DARA?!?! I hope we get HD pictures of that soon! I hope Etude decides to release it! The photos look really cool. There are also Nikon photos of the girls and photos of BigBang for Nikon 1 J1! How awesome is that? I hope we can all get more photos of the train soon!
By Guest Contributor refresh_daemon, cross-posted from Init_Music
Even though I’ve been able to mildly appreciate the various idol pop songs that are produced by the mainstream Korean pop industry, it’s only been in the last couple months that I’ve been particularly drawn to any particular idol group and its music. This group is YG Family’s 2NE1, a girl idol pop quartet, which debuted in 2009.
Interestingly enough, I first encountered 2NE1 via an introductory post regarding the discussion about cultural appropriation on Racialicious and before anything else, I was struck with the group’s eye-popping wardrobe and surprisingly found myself appreciating the production and songwriting of “Fire”, but soon after, my awareness of the group faded until Anna/helikoppter at IndiefulROK pointed towards a cover of 2NE1′s “I Don’t Care” by folk songstress obsession of mine, Osoyoung.
Again, in its stripped down arrangement by Osoyoung, I was struck by the smart songwriting and even lyric writing of the song and ended up searching out the original and promptly got addicted, searching out the videos that were made for their original debut and onto their first album. And while I have to credit former 1YTM member Teddy Park’s excellent production and songwriting talents for drawing me into the group, as he is 2NE1′s principal producer/songwriter, I have to say that I was also impressed by the image projected by this group, which might have started off a touch cute, but the quartet quickly developed a very defined image of feminine strength and independence.
Diplo has already picked a best new band finalist and its none other than 2NE1! ^^ Of course! Who else would it be right Blackjacks? I love what Diplo said about 2NE1:
“They’re beautiful. They have crazy charisma. They’re amazing live. It’s like loud; there’s dancing, there’s explosions, there’s crazy stuff all over the place; confetti, canons. Their fanbase in Kpop is so enormous, that they already have a head start over all the rest of these groups. It’s like, battling a superhero in this category. So, I’m definitely running on 2NE1. “
While we are on the subject, let’s not forget to vote for 2NE1 in MTV Iggy’s Best New Band in the World! ^^ Let’s make this happen for the girls! Check out the video in MTV Iggy!
Check out the super cute cake designed by our very own @BlackjackBelle for Dara’s birthday!
The Admins of Oh, My Goddess are delivering Dara’s gifts today in Seoul because Dara will be in Japan for her birthday and today is the most convenient time to deliver the gifts. That is why the gifts as well as the cake is being delivered today. We would like to thank Oh, My Goddess, @OMG_SANDAR, @OMG_SODA and all the other Admins, Staff and Members of Oh, My Goddess for making this possible for us! ^^
Blackjacks* and Jeremy Scott STANS rejoice…twice! The K-Pop Sensation and the Street Style King of All Things Outside The Box have collaborated on two different variations of the Adidas Originals JS Wing shoe, and these MIGHT be two of the most sickening shoes we’ve ever seen. #SHOEICIDE.
The MNET Asian Music Awards (MAMA) ceremony will be staged outside of Korea for the second time, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, on November 29. After a grand showing that featured a massive 80-act lineup in Macau last year, the six-hour mega show that will include a two-hour red carpet event for fans is set to draw a considerable amount of attention from the ever-expanding Singapore fandoms.
According to local organizer Mediacorp Vizpro International, 5,000 seated tickets have been made available for sale to accommodate fans of the various acts (lineup still unannounced). Standing tickets are also available but in a limited quantity.
Priority tickets for Singtel users and/or HTC handset owners will be available from October 25-28. Public sales start on October 29. Tickets will cost $98-198 from Sistic.
For more information, see 2011 MNET Asian Music Awards.
See the full list of nominees here:
Best Male Group: TVXQ, 2PM, Super Junior, Big Bang, Beast
Best Female Group: Brown Eyed Girls, 2NE1, f(x), SNSD, Kara
Best New Female Artist: Dal Shabet, Brave Girls, A Pink, Jang Jae In, Han Groo
Best New Male Artist: Kim Ji Su, Boyfriend, N-Train, Huh Gak & B1A4
Best Male Artist: Kim Bum Soo, Kim Tae Woo, Kim Hyun Joong, Sung Si Kyung, Wheesung
Best Female Artist: Kim Wan Sun, Baek Ji Young, Seo In Young, IU, G.Na
Best Solo Dance Perf: Kim Hyun Joong, G.Na, Hyun-A, Jang Woo Hyuk, Jay Park
Bst Group Dance Perf (Male): TVXQ, Beast, Big Bang, Super Junior, MBLAX, Infinite
Best Group Dance Perf (Female): SNSD, Secret, T-Ara, 4 Minute, 2NE1, Miss A
Best MV: Big Bang’s “Love Song”, Brown Eyed Girls’ “Sixth Sense”, Sunny Hill’s “Midnight Circus”, Jang Kiha and The Faces’ “Just to Know Each Other”, UV’s “Itaewon Freedom”
Song of the Year: Kim Kunmo’s “It’s Sadder Than Yesterday”, Kim Hyun Joong’s “Break Down”, Davichi’s “Don’t Say Goodbye”, TVXQ’s “(Why) Keep Your Head Down”, 2NE1′s “I’m the Best”, 4Men’s “Once While Living”, Hyun-A’s “Bubble Pop”, Tablo’s “Bad”, T-Ara’s “Roly Poly”, Leessang’s “Turned Off the TV”, Mighty Mouth’s “Tok Tok”, Jay Park’s “Abandoned”, Baek Ji Young’s “That Woman” (Secret Garden), Beast’s “Fiction”, Big Bang’s “Tonight”, SNSD’s “The Boys”, Super Junior’s “Mr Simple”, Secret’s “Shy Boy”, Sistar19′s “Ma Boy”, IU’s “Good Day”, MBLAQ’s “Mona Lisa”, Lee Hyun’s “You’re the Best of My Life”, Infinite’s “Be Mine”, Yim Jae Bum’s “Love” (City Hunter), Jaurim’s “IDOL”, Jang Kiha and The Faces’ “Just Know Each Other”, Jang Woo Hyuk’s “Time is (L)over”, Clover’s “La Vida Loca”, Tae Yeon’s “I Love You” (Athena), Huh Gak’s “Hello”, 2AM’s “YWAC”, CN Blue’s “Intuition”, FT Island’s “Hello Hello”, G.Na’s “Black & White”, K. Will’s “My Heart is Beating”, Miss A’s “Goodbye Baby”, Simon D’s “Cheerz”, YB’s “Find the Dream Breaker”
Artist of the Year: Kim Bum Soo, Kim Wan Sun, Kim Ji Su, Kim Tae Woo, Kim Hyun Joong, Dal Shabet, TVXQ, Baek Ji Young, Boyfriend, Brown Eyed Girls, Brave Girls, Beast, Big Bang, Seo In Young, Sung Si Kyung, SNSD, IU, A Pink, N-Train, Jang Jae In, Kara, Han Groo, Huh Gak, Wheesung,2NE1, 2PM, B1A4, f(x), G.Na.
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