Video: 130213 2NE1 Wins at the 2nd Gaon K-Pop Awards for the Month of July

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS! ❤ You are looking oh so gorgeous tonight! 

First of all we would like to thank God, YG sajangnim, Yang Minsuk, Teddy oppa, YG Family and our staff. Also our Blackjacks who our fans who loves us more than anything in this world. And also Chaerin unnie who wasnt able to attend wants to extend her thanks.

Minzy: I think Love is the most important thing in the world. Thank you, fans who always love us.  Also I would like to share this happiness of the award w/ Chaelin, CL unnie who’s not here.

Credit: kpopstreamonline01

Translated by: ilove2NE1girls + @HuisuYoon

Video: Filipino Artist, Yeng Constantino, Mentions Dara, 2NE1 and Praises K-Pop in an Interview

In her interview, Yeng Constantino tells us that her favorite K-Pop group is 2NE1 in which Dara is a member. She also mentioned how Dara used to be in the Philippines and her evolution from being a raw and innocent artist into  a powerful one with a lot of swag.

You can see Yeng mention Dara and 2NE1 at around 0:32 of the video!

“My favorite group is 2ne1, of course Dara is part of the group, we saw her when she was just starting, and her evolution also, WOW, if she can do it, we all can too. We saw her when she was just raw, wow, the innocence in her eyes was gladdening to see. And now, when I see her in their music videos, BOOM, her SWAG is like.. hoo where is the old Dara? There she is the new her. I believe we are capable of doing it also, if we sing songs that we can’t understand, then they should also sing our song there even if they don’t understand it.”

Translation:

One of my greatest dreams is for OPM (Original Pinoy Music) to cross over Asia, really. I do not believe that KPOP is a problem in our country. It just so happened that they are excellent and I admire them. I see videos in Youtube saying, “Wow, their dance, isn’t already for 20 times?”. They rehearse a lot in any performance. And my favourite is 2ne1, of course Dara is there. We saw her start here and then her evolution, and like WOW!!! If she can do it, then I think we can also do it. Didn’t we watch her when she’s still raw and like, her eyes, it’s amazing and her actions on stage as well. And now you can see in their music videos, her swag, woah!!! Where is she, is like, she’s a new person! We can do it also, I really believe it. If the songs that we don’t even understand, we sing them, then it’s not impossible for them to sing our songs too!!! Just kidding! But no, it’s a challenge for us artists to produce music that is also excellent, and yeah, to be challenged. It’s not just something that you feel like writing, but you know, like you want to level-up. It’s how they (KPOP) are. I’m happy that they sang my song, because there are a lot of OPM songs that are really good, especially now, like Ebe ___, I enjoy listening to them, but they chose my song, WOW!!! It was even an old song already. How many years has it been? I think I was only 14 when I wrote Hawak Kamay (Hold Hands). I was surprised why Hawak Kamay was trending in twitter. Then I saw Exo, and was like what is it or who? Then I searched the internet. Wow, they’re so handsome!!! That’s what I said, wow, “pogi” (remember Dara’s name for Seungri)!!! There is Korean and Chinese version. I like them. They’re cute. I think one of the members will look good together with me!!! (laughs) But that’s my dream for OPM, if not during my generation, then in the next generations to come.

Source: PEP Mediabox

Thank you so so so much to GEiA Doctor (@KeYOJtiK) and nicajoyunnie for the translations!

Video: 2NE1 – MAMA 2011 Rehearsal Interview (English Subbed)

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