To honor Madam Kong Ok-jin, Minzy’s grandmother, OhDara and WeLoveDara together with KONGDOT (Minzy’s Korean Fanclub) and other fansites sent flower wreaths to her wake in order to express our condolences to her and her family.

Source: @KONGMINZYDOTCOM

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS SHOT OF DARA!!! Her blue eyes! Gahd! Her hair! Even if only half of her face is showing she still looks absolutely gorgeous and out of this world! 

There many beautiful people in this world… And then there’s Dara!

Beautiful in any and all angles!

Source: YG Family Official Application

How gorgeous can this girl can? I swear! Dara is so beautiful! She doesn’t even have an “angle”! She looks absolutely beautiful in all!

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Among the most anticipated comeback in the summer, the one of the most popular group of kpop: 2NE1. Despite the postponement of their mini-album in mid-july, it gives us a nice gift from the Festival International of publicity in Cannes the 18th if July. We take the opportunity to offer a retrospective of their career.

2NE1, famous artist from YG Entertainment, in just 3 years of career to climb high in the charts and be known worldwide. Their charismatic and their talent attracted the biggest international stars and the biggest producer like Will I.AM. It’s only the beginning. Those girls are determine to conquer the world.

Beginning of an Explosive Career

The girls group 2NE1 is compose of CL (Leader), Bom, Minzy and Dara who start a career very remarkable with the boy group BIGBANG from the same record label, and together they sing Lollipop in Mars 2009. This song was produce by G-drangon leader of BIGBANG. The single was place high in the charts. Two months later the 1st single of the girls FIRE. This song was immediately a success and the group was presented as the most promising time. In July 2009 came out their 1st mimi-album which is experiencing a stunning success by traveling more than 50 000 copies on the 1st day. After that, the girls come out of the singles separately to show the extent of their talents, till the end of the year 2009. And it will be again a big success for the group. In more than 1 year of career, they received a number of prices like the Mnet Asian Music Awards and Melon Awards and are consider like the most popular kpop group.

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Go 2NE1! ^^

Source: KoreaBillboard@YouTube

Dara Hopes to Invite Actor Won Bin to 2NE1’s “Evolution Tour” Seoul Performance

Member Sandara Park (Dara) of girl group 2NE1 publicly revealed her love for actor Won Bin.

The ladies who returned to the music scene for the first time in a year with their new track “I Love You” held a mobile chatting event with their fans via social networking site, me2day.

2NE1 proved that they are one of today’s hottest idol groups, gathering over 10,000 fans for this event.

During the chat, member Dara blurted, “Please invite Won Bin oppa to the concert! I will personally supply the tickets keke,” once again revealing her love for the actor.

Since her debut, the singer has consistently selected Won Bin as her ideal type.

The girls will be kicking off their global ‘New Evolution‘ tour with shows in Seoul July 28th and 29th, and Park Bom who is looking forward to meeting with her fans remarked, “The first thing I want to do after embarking on this tour is stand on stage and look out towards the fans.”

It seems so surreal that we are holding a global tour,” Dara added. “I know that things will only get harder from here on out, but strangely I am more excited.”

And different from the strong charismatic performer she is on stage, member CL who is a bit of an amateur when it comes to typing wrote, “You guys type so fast, please slow down,” displaying her adorable charm.

Source & Image : MyDaily via Nate

Translated by: Allkpop

Cute! ^_^

Source: Naver

Oh my pretty, pretty doll Dara! OMG! I feel like I’m going to just love, love, love this new Etude concept! WOOHOO! I cannot wait! Please, please tell us when we can get this DarBie!

여자의 변신은 무죄!!! 나.. 오늘만.. 인형 될께요…ㅋ

Guilty of transforming into a feminine woman!!! For today.. I.. Will become a doll.. Ke 

Credits:

Source: Dara’s me2day

Translated by: BlackjackBelle@OhDara/ SlaveTranslator@WeLoveDara

Pop Cult: 2NE1, Wonder Girls (ft. Akon), Blur

Knee-jerk reactions (the best kind) to pop culture happenings all over the world.

2NE1 – “I Love You” : B+

I think this is a really intelligent move by K-Poppers 2NE1, who have the pressure of what might be the most widely anticipated comeback of the year. Wins via the MTV Iggy Awards and their collaborations with artists like m-Flo and Will.I.Am have spread their buzz far and wide. The products of these collaborations haven’t been more than “meh” though, so some original material was necessary to keep the train chugging. Instead of going for a guaranteed hit, YG Entertainment focused on showinggrowth, and “I Love You” displays that in spades.

The reason so many non-Korean fans have such hopes for 2NE1 is they avoid a lot of the negatives that other K-Pop groups are saddled with: four members instead of 7 or 9, sex appeal over aegyo, and a style that translates easily to any pop market. “I Love You” is an extension of these positives, a club-hard beat, spotlights on each of the members, and a tone that, while just as exciting, is a completely different tone than the balls-out swagger that “I Am The Best” displayed.

There’s a bit of disappointment brewing in regards to hardcore K-Pop fans, mostly claiming that the song is “nothing special” and a bit “typical.” But it serves the quartet well that they are willing to do a bit of a reintroduction after the sudden worldwide surprise of “I Am The Best,” something to get fans new and old on the same page. Also, it’s just the first single. Chill out.

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