Billboard says Happy Birthday, CL and lists 5 Memorable Performances from her

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, CL!

The K-pop superstar is 24 today, moving into what might be her most exciting year of life yet. After nearly six years as the leader to Korean phenoms 2NE1, CL has established herself as an important front-runner in K-pop's international expansion; breaking records and busting down barriers. This spring, CL will shift her focus to America with a full-fledged U.S. debut with Justin Bieber/Ariana Grande manager Scooter Braun. The singer/rapper told Billboard first about her itch to show not only herself, but all Asian women in a new spotlight.

How CL Defines Female Empowerment

"I have so many things I want to say," CL said. "I have this other side of me that people didn't meet in 2NE1...I want to represent Asian women. I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There's this standard where they're all calm. I want to break that. I want to tell the world that there are some badass Asian female girls."

Ahead of her upcoming invasion, take a look back at five memorable performances from the past that continue to blur language and cultural lines.

1. "MTBD/Revolution/Dirty Vibe" With Diplo, 2014
If there was any doubt CL could do it all, well, check out her joint performance with Diplo at Korea's 2014 Style Icon Awards. Kicking off her K-pop/rap track "MTBD" -- featured on 2NE1's excellent Crush album -- the star then moved into a belt-heavy rendition of the super-producer's 2013 single "Revolution" before ending with her English verse on the Diplo/Skrillex collab track "Dirty Vibe." The crowd might have been subdued (it was a fashion ceremony), but no doubt CL killed it.

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2. "Marvin's Room/Did It on 'Em/The Leaders," 2011
The superstar medley featuring Drake, Nicki Minaj and CL tracks further showed her versatility early on in her career.

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3. "The Baddest Female/MTBD," 2014
Tons of shirtless beefcake guys dance around, yet the only person you can keep your eye on here is CL. This mash-up of her two solo Korean tracks was a part of 2NE1's 2014 All or Nothing Asia tour.

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4. "Intro" With 2NE1, 2012
Can your favorite MC spit with a parrot on their shoulder? Didn't think so.

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5. "Bad Girls/The Baddest Female" With Lee Hyori
Longtime K-pop fans know Lee Hyori as one of the queens of K-pop. When the K-pop queen shared the stage with CL it was almost a passing-of-the-crown moment as Hyori and CL sang their respective odes to badass females: "Bad Girls" and "The Baddest Female."

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Source : Billboard

Comments

[lydz19.livejournal.com]

lol OP I love that gif.

I love the MTBD perf and still pressed thare was no MV for this song
the "Bad Girls" perf with Hyori was awesome too

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

Thanks I love it it's one of my fav CL gifs

[lily-of-west.livejournal.com]

Credit to the maker of the gif but the caption is my work.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

2. "Marvin's Room/Did It on 'Em/The Leaders," 2011 was her best indeed





I wonder why gif maker always feel the need to use slurs though...

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

I think that was the defining moment in my stanning because before that Bom was my bias but I am the best in MAMA and this changed that

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

Because it's cute to use slurs to establish that you are the hbic and not like the others girls!!1!11 (Seriously though, alot of female rappers degrade other women as a form of empowering themselves? And ofcourse there is the English version of 'Can't Nobody'.)

[lily-of-west.livejournal.com]

As the person who added the caption to that gif I can tell you that the slur is not there to put any female down, but that it refers to people (male, female and however else anyone wants to identify as) who like to talk out of their ass.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I was not aware the word was also used with such meaning, thanks for explaining.

[burqaswag.livejournal.com]

love this post.

cl is seriously one of the best performing idols.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

i'm so glad they had the collab performance with hyori as one of her bests because it was honestly so so good - i remember first hearing about their collab and being uber excited and then freaking out while live streaming it orz

i still watch that performance from time to time these days tbh - and chae's performance of tbf+mtbd is really really good - even if i didn't see that one, but the one she did with jiyong during yg family ;u;

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

you mean the leaders or the one when he does tbf?

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

the one where ji does tbf for the opening~ i went to the 2014 yg family concert so i got to see it live

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

it was good but my fav collab stage for them s the leaders from early 2013

[audiograms.livejournal.com]

Get it CL

[lily-of-west.livejournal.com]

Queen of slayage.....She's such a star on stage....Love my talented amazing girl

[tiffturn01.livejournal.com]

This was really nice of them. CL is a good performer. I enjoy watching her because she looks like she is having the best time (all of 2NE1 do to me). I am in the minority with MTBD though. I don't like the way she performs that song, but other than that I think she is great.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

...Just give me the record already.

[kjesta.livejournal.com]

I wish there was a single version for the Lee Hyori collab, that perf was so on point.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

You better work Lee Chaerin!!!

I would have liked a performace of The Leaders and that Diplo mess to be last.

I am also glad they included a 2NE1 video...Dara was working that hair

[adenar.livejournal.com]

wtf that intro is falling in love? in 2012? how did i never know this existed

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

CL said before that all their songs are written in english first and then translated to korean and this one is a proof of that lol

and I think Falling in love was supposed to be the follow up single for I love you but then gangnam style happened and the 2ne1 2012 album went to dust

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

i like cl but her english rap can be so basic i feel embarassed when i listen to them...
anyways i hope she does well this year and won't flop

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

they are basic because they are written by koreans trying to sound american but since she worked in the us for this album I have high hopes

[lily-of-west.livejournal.com]

All of the above english lines were written by Chaerin herself apart from maybe ILY intro (that one I'm not sure of since it's a group song) I think Teddy wrote that one as he always does when it comes to eng lines in group songs. And Teddy is not a korean who wants to sound american by any means.

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

CL isn't korean?

[lily-of-west.livejournal.com]

I didn't think you were referring to CL but to other YGE people since you put "Koreans" as in plural but then mentioned her separately.

But yes she is very much Korean. And I don't see how the lyrics are basic. But that's me.

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

I love CL so much but the english lyrics makes me roll my eyes even tho I love her voice in english but I do like her version of did it on'em but I hope this album would sound professional for her sake and don't come for me because I'm no hater you should know that by noe

[lily-of-west.livejournal.com]

It's clearly hard for people to understand that if a language is not your native one, if you were just taught, you can't have the same grasp of words, phrases and expressions that the native speaker does. I think that considering the fact that she only learned English, she does a good job. There's always room for improvement of course and seeing how she's writing more and more, she'll get better. But to mock her writing in English as basic and embarrassing when she's not a native speaker comes off as really condescending.

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

She sometimes annoys me but there's no doubt that she's a good performer.
She looks so pretty in that top pic even if she's wearing sunglasses.