2NE1 Dump Sex Appeal for Bad-Girl Image

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Girl band 2NE1 distinguish themselves from other manufactured combos like Girls' Generation and the Wonder Girls with a concept that abandons sex appeal for baggy hip hop pants and studded bracelet instead of miniskirts. It is girls, not boys, who go mad for the "bad girls."

The band consists of four girls -- 25-year-olds Sandara Park and Park Bom, 18-year-old Chae Lee, and 15-year-old Kong Min-ji.

"When we go to open studios where fans come and watch us perform, our fans are mostly girls. It feels good because they seem to like our confident and bold image,"  Sandara Park says. "But we are slowly trying to look a bit more feminine on stage. The biggest challenge comes from the fact that all four of us feel awkward at the idea of wearing a skirt."

All four members of 2NE1 had long years of training before making a debut. "When we were exhausted after long and intensive training sessions, all four of us used to run along the Han River together at night. It would be a lie to say it was easy to wait for so long," Park Bom says.

The group's name is a combination of 21st century and the initials of "new evolution." It represents their ambition to captivate audiences through constant transformation.

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[parkjinyoung.livejournal.com]

ITS CHAERIN NOT CHAELEE WTF.
/stan

[rock-n-mel.livejournal.com]

IKR DDDD:

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Baggy hip hop pants? Don't they mostly wear skin tight pants. It seems the majority of their dance moves are more "sexy" than "bad girl".

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Yep, I was tempted to post this gif under the article:

[law-oneofmany.livejournal.com]

same here. it's a nice way of thinkin of it tho

[ohkorea.livejournal.com]

Whoever wrote this obviously did not do their research or at the very least check out a video or performance. Please, if CL pants were any tighter I could what year her coins were minted. And Bom wears mini dresses frequently.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Her coin slot would def be visible.

[tinyknots.livejournal.com]

They make it sound like people get girl groups like SNSD and Wonder Girls mixed up.

I get 2ne1 and 4minute mixed up once in a while D:

[hyphensaregreat.livejournal.com]

lolol I do that too. D:
Which is terrible since I kind of hate 4Minute but I fucking love 2NE1.

I don't get Wonder Girls and SNSD mixed up . . . I just get the members mixed up. Actually, I don't even know the names of half of SNSD. They're all kind of like one entity to me. Or, like an army, since I always think there are more than nine of them.

[purred.livejournal.com]

lol@ the whole article.

[kokorabbit5.livejournal.com]

Someone mind pointing out those baggy hip-hop pants to me? lol.

[purred.livejournal.com]

Lol. those baggy hip-hop pants actually are referring to MC Hammer pants. Clown pants to be exact.

[silent-shout1.livejournal.com]

I thought their name was about some card game crap?

[dalpaengi.livejournal.com]

...
This article is strange.



I thought they were pretty girly. But I gotta admit, listening to the song pretty boy made me feel as though they were different from other girl groups :> I much prefer that sort of msg over 'genie for your wish' type lyrics.

[ai-sumairu.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I think their whole EP (except maybe Lollipop) is great listening after having dumped (or been dumped by) your boyfriend. They are still kinda whining about their boy troubles in some of the songs though.

[liime-arix.livejournal.com]

When I saw the translations for I Don't Care and Pretty Boy, I thought they were different from other girl groups.

[amorspesfides.livejournal.com]

w/e @ image, it's all decided by the stylists and the management team behind them, so I don't get how one is a bad girl just because of what they wear.

the clothes do not maketh the man, my friend.

[paperlet.livejournal.com]

I don't think they had a "sexy" image more like a wild child image, but it's good they are changing up because so many other groups dress like them i now it seems.

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

i think what the article is meaning to say is they aren't prissy feminine
cuz they still are feminine/sexy/girly/whatever
just their attitude and approach are different than other girl groups

[j0yjoong.livejournal.com]

awkward about wearing a skirt but short dresses are fine? lolk

[j0yjoong.livejournal.com]

AND i like 2ne1 the way they are.
its different from others, and its just fine.

[izabera.livejournal.com]

"Girl band 2NE1 distinguish themselves from other manufactured combos like Girls' Generation and the Wonder Girls"

Are they implying that SNSD and WG are manufactured combos and 2NE1 aren't?
Every group is manufactured.
I doubt any of these girls have much say in what they wear except maybe to make a few suggestions or minor choices. Everything major is chosen by a styling team to match whatever image was chosen for them.

[trannas.livejournal.com]

I think the article meant that they are all manufactured but 2NE1 stands out from the rest because they have the "bad girl" appeal etc.

[krispy-bacon.livejournal.com]

Is there something wrong with having all girl fans? :|

[purred.livejournal.com]

YES! feminism at it's best. Need moar cawk up in here.

[nicooyo.livejournal.com]

"But we are slowly trying to look a bit more feminine on stage."

Ew DNW.

"It is girls, not boys, who go mad for the 'bad girls'."

Lol why is that? Korean guys want "housewives" I guess.

*cough*YunhoYoochun*cough* *gets bricked*

[dipropylene]

Lol why is that? Korean guys want "housewives" I guess.

*cough*YunhoYoochun*cough* *gets bricked*

LOL

Let me add Shin Hyesung.

[houseclouds.livejournal.com]

the ep was a little "eh" for me, but the breakdown in 'pretty boy' with the "you're too p.r.e.t.t.y." is my shit ngl

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Have you checked the new songs on the EP with English lyrics (as the ep got so much better at least for me after reading them)?

BAD GIRL ALERT!!!!!!!

[thataintkuu.livejournal.com]

Re: BAD GIRL ALERT!!!!!!!

[nicooyo.livejournal.com]

She's the baddest bitch around. Didn't you know?

[piyokodesux.livejournal.com]

IT'S OKAY, I LIKE GANJI 2NE1 ANYWAY.
no ulzzang mess.

[brassbikini.livejournal.com]

CL's only 18...? Wow... Idek.

[shonen-key.livejournal.com]

She was born in 1990 before they debuted, then it became 1991. Trufax.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

But Kara sold really badly with that image while 2NE1 is selling really really well (much more than Kara ever with their cute songs). Honestly, I don't see them changing into cutesy any time soon (unless G-Dragon for some reason has produced cute songs for their album, which doesn't seem likely considering what an emo kid he is)

[loveisdesire.livejournal.com]

When we go to open studios where fans come and watch us perform, our fans are mostly girls..

well of course...The boys are too scared to go near you, lol. but I agree with some of the comments on here, they are still sexy [:cough:Minji underaged:cough:] but mixed with a bad-girl feeling.

How can you feel awkward about wearing a skirt? Bom's dresses are tighter than tight while we know that Dara has most probably worn a skirt while in the Philippines.

[loveisdesire.livejournal.com]

And they will have to change their 'bad-girl' image eventually because it will get old.

[dumortierite.livejournal.com]

I for one took awhile to come around to the 2NE1 boat (and they're still not, like, TEH BEZT!!1!), but I really, really, really liked the idea that they weren't/aren't like the typical girl group. I saw the MV for Genie for the first time yesterday and thought I was going to barf (what's with all the giggling?!).

Also, I wish I were badass enough to frickin' run along the Han River when I'm exhausted :(

And it still strikes me that it must be a bit awk with the DECADE age gap goin' down.