YANG HYUN SUK, CHOREOGRAPHER OF SEOTAIJI AND BOYS’ “COME BACK HOME” 19 YEARS AGO, COMPLETED CHOREOGRAPHY FOR 2NE1… WHY?

[스타뉴스 길혜성 기자] As girl group 2NE1 (CL, DARA, BOM, and MINZY) is drawing a big attention by disclosing the music of their new album and new music videos, people are now paying keen attention to what kind of performance they will showcase on the stage.

Notably, the biggest spotlight is shed on the performance of “COME BACK HOME”, one of the double title tracks of 2NE1’s new album and the main title for performance on TV, which has been sweeping the No.1 places in major music charts in and out the country upon being unveiled.

The performance of “COME BACK HOME” was disclosed for the first time to the audience of the first concert of 2NE1’s second world tour, which was held on March 1 and 2 at Olympic Park SK Handball Hall located in Seoul. The choreography for “COME BACK HOME” is generally dynamic but tender at the same time.

At the concert, MINZY electrified the audience by showing the details of the new dance for “COME BACK HOME”, popping the chest and waving the torso to move forward, saying “this is the point dance for ‘COME BACK HOME’, which was created by our boss (Yang Hyun Suk).

Since Yang Hyun Suk choreographed “COME BACK HOME” of Seotaiji and Boys (Seo Taiji, Yang Hyun Suk, and Lee Juno), the most popular idol boy group 19 years back in 1995, such remark of 2NE1 drew all the more attention.

Yang Hyun Suk has recently been so busy working not only as the head of Korea’s biggest music label YG Entertainment, but also as a producer, mixing engineer, and music video editor, evolving from one of the best dancers in the 1990’s. That is why he has left choreography for YG singers to professional choreographers rather than doing it himself. Then, why has he choreographed the point dance of 2NE1’s new song “COME BACK HOME”, a song that has the same title with Seo Taiji and Boys’ song for which he created the choreography, for himself?

According to an insider of the world of choreography on the 4, Yang came to take part in the choreography for 2NE1’s “COME BACK HOME”, as 2NE1 and the choreography team for “COME BACK HOME” asked for his help.

The insider said, “Yang Hyun Suk had given a lot of ideas for the choreography of BIGBANG’s ‘LIE’ and ‘LAST FAREWELL’, but he has been so busy ever since, so he has left choreography to professional choreography teams recently. However, this time, the choreography team and 2NE1 had difficulties with creating the point dance, so finally, they asked for Yang’s help”.

The insider went on to say, “As it has been so long since Yang Hyun Suk danced on the stage, Yang was rather embarrassed when he received the request. However, he moved his body and gave his idea about the point dance in five minutes. Yang’s dance satisfied both 2NE1 and the choreography team”.

“The point dance created by Yang Hyun Suk is applied from the part of lyrics ‘come back home’, the point where the melody part turns into the hip-hop part. Yang also thinks that it is very meaningful for him to take part in the choreography of a song that has the same title with one of his hits 19 years ago, and he enjoyed the work a lot”.

2NE1 is to disclose the point dance of “COME BACK HOME”, which was created by Yang Hyun Suk, for the first time in SBS “INKIGAYO” on the 9 this month, which will be 2NE1’s first performance of a song in their second regular album on TV.

Meanwhile, 2NE1 has shown a strong power on music charts with their double title track “COME BACK HOME” and “GOTTA BE YOU” sweeping No.1 places in Korea’s major music charts and iTunes’ main album chart of many countries, upon the release of all the songs included in their second regular album on February 27.

2NE1 disclosed the music video of “COME BACK HOME” and “HAPPY” in the afternoon on the 3 and they will release the off-line version of their second regular album on the 7.

Credits: YG Life