News: 500 Million Won Budgeted for 2NE1’s New MV: Top Secret Work With New Director

500 MILLION WON BUDGETED FOR 2NE1’S NEW MV: TOP SECRET WORK WITH NEW DIRECTOR

[OSEN=이혜린 기자] YG’s girl group 2NE1 is about to showcase a grand scale music on Feb 24.

2NE1’s new full album, the first one in 6 years, is to be filled with new songs. And their music video is worth a whopping 500 million won. This blockbuster-level video is even unprecedented for YG, an entertainment agency that often showcases grand MV’s.

To set it apart from other MV’s, new directors and staffers were involved in the making. Which director is involved is kept as top secret, but according to the crew, it is done by someone completely new who has never worked on music videos yet.

YANG HYUN SUK, on YG’s official blog uploaded on Feb 13, wrote about the comeback, “The music video (MV) of 2NE1’s latest title song, which is an MV with the largest budget for the group, requires high level of computer graphic work. So a teaser video will be unveiled first on February 24th, and then a completed version on February 28th.”

He added, “2NE1’s 2nd full album is titled “CRUSH,” which means “break” or “destroy,” but could also be used when saying “having a crush on someone.” Since this is the first album in many years, rather than focusing on the structural aspect of the album, we put more thoughts and effort into choosing every single soundtrack, as though every one of them is the title song.”

There will be a total of 10 songs in this album, and 3 of them are composed by CL. 2NE1’s first performance will be held at Seoul concert of their 2nd World Tour on March 1.

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Source: YG Life

YG Invests 500 Million Won into Production for 2NE1′s Music Video

CEO Yang Hyun Suk invested approximately 500 million Won (roughly 470,000 USD) in2NE1‘s music video, an amount comparable to the budget of a blockbuster flick!

Although YG Entertainment has always produced music videos of sizable scale, the budget allocated for 2NE1′s music video production costs this time is an exceptional amount.

In order to produce a music video that stands apart from the rest, YG Entertainment is keeping it a big secret as to who they will select as producer and part of their team of staff. Word has it that the producer will be a new face in the industry.

CEO Yang Hyun Suk announced previously that 2NE1’s title track music video will contain CG work and be released on February 28. The teaser clip for the music video will be released on February 24.

2NE1 will be making their comeback with second album, “CRUSH” on february 24. “CRUSH” will feature ten tracks and the third track is said to have been composed by CL.

On march 1, 2NE1 will give their first comeback performance in Seoul to kick off their world tour.

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Source: Soompi

News: 2NE1’s New Album in 4 Years Concert + 10 New Songs “Promised”

2NE1, new album in 4 years…Concert+10 new songs “Promised”

[OSEN=Park Hyun Min] YG Entertainment(YG) reduced curiosity that people specifically have toward the news of 2NE1’s new album, plan for promotion activities and after party and so on.

YG Yang Hyun Suk representative producer announced such news with a posting titled ‘News about 2NE1’ on the official blog on 13th and got the attention of lots of people.

# 2NE1’s album release date+10 listed songs.

CEO Yang said “2NE1, who is in their 6th year since the debut, gets to release the regular album that is filled with new songs for the first time” and added “Releasing the album that is filled with new songs is first time in 6 years since the debut” and requested to look forward.

Also, he said “2NE1’s 2nd album is going to be released online through online music website on the midnight of February 24th, but the offline release of the album is expecting to be a week after that. Because music video has lots of computer graphics work still left, the teaser will be released on 24th and the complete version will be released on 28th” and revealed.

According to YG, the leader CL was active in writing the lyrics-composing the song for this album and not only 2NE1’s album, but also planned CL’s solo album within this year.

# Comeback and after party…Correct the misunderstanding

CEO Yang Hyun Suk also emphasized 2NE1’s continuous activities. CEO Yang said “2NE1’s not enough activities for last few years were just too bad” and added “I wish to promise 2NE1’s continuous activities this year” and described.

In addition, he also corrected few wrong expressions about the concert after party. CEO Yang said “2NE1 after party will only take place once on March 2nd, the day Seoul performance is wrapped up, and it is possible to enter for free for people who came to concert at least one of the days out of two day performance” and revealed.

The associates of YG said “We prepared the club party to celebrate 2NE1’s second world tour performance and also for releasing the regular 2nd album in few years so we wish it can be a good memory to 2NE1 members and the fans” and requested.

Meanwhile, the associates of YG got the attention by announcing additional information about the details later on such as 2NE1’s title song and track list and so on through this blog’s official statement.

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Source: Naver Star News

New 2NE1 Album ‘CRUSH’ To Feature 3 Songs By CL, According To YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk

YG Entertainment co-founder and CEO Yang Hyun Suk sent his yearly message to fans on Wednesday, a practical State of the Union for the K-pop label.

And though Yang’s letter covered a variety of topics, the majority of the music mogul’s message was devoted to the popular girl group 2NE1.

“Just hearing the name 2NE1 makes our hearts throb,” Yang wrote.

“People who are not familiar with the details might think I am overreacting when I say that, but I do so because 2NE1, who made their debut six years ago, will be unveiling a full-length album of new material of for the very first time.”

He then launched into a brief history of the group’s recordings.

“2NE1 released their first album four years ago in September of 2010, but it was an album with just a few new songs added to previous [material that had been released on] soundtracks,” Yang wrote.

Their new 2NE1 album, “CRUSH,” is scheduled for release on Feb. 24.

According to Yang, the band’s frontwoman, CL, stepped up her level of creative involvement on the album.

“The part that you have to really look at in 2NE1’s new album is that CL, the leader, included a whopping three songs that she composed, for the first time ever in her life,” he wrote.

“You are the ones to judge the quality of her music. But when I first listened to CL’s very own song, the one word that described my feeling was ‘surprised.’ Which is only natural, because I have known CL for eight years and I never expected her to produce a song like this, and the song was too good to be her very first one.”

“CL is one of the very few South Korean female rappers who is known for her charismatic performance and outstanding fashion sense, and I am sure creating her own song will act as a foothold for CL to take another leap forward,” he added.

“I can tell that this will bring big changes to 2NE1’s future music, while also lighting a path for CL to produce her own solo album.”

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Source: Kpopstarz

News: 2NE1 Announces Full-Length Album ‘Crush,’ New Single Details

2NE1 Announces Full-Length Album ‘Crush,’ New Single Details

Details of the K-pop phenoms’ first LP in almost four years, along with CL’s solo news, come to light