CL discusses 2NE1′s achievements in 2011

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

2NE1‘s leader CL recently sat down for an interview with OSEN to discuss the group’s various achievements this year.

Chosen as one OSEN’s ‘Hottest People of 2011‘, CL and her members were praised for their ability to churn out chart-topping hits one after the other. The group has gone through a wide spectrum of genres this year which attributed to their success, but CL humbly chalked it up to “good timing.”

CL began, “I don’t whether we’re trusted 100% yet, but our success benefited a lot from our music. Producer Teddy oppa wrote us really great songs and we released them at a great timing. ‘Lonely‘ was released when there weren’t many quiet songs on the market, and then we came out with ‘I Am the Best’ right after.”

All year long, the girls have been dominating the charts, starting with “Don’t Cry“, “Lonely”, “I Am the Best”, “Hate You“, and “Ugly“. These are achievements any singer would die for, but CL claims it’s not enough.

“I admit that we’re a group with a different color, but I think we’re still far from success. I want us to slowly create an image for ourselves that people can conjure up immediately when they hear the name 2NE1.”

As their current image stands today, the girls are known for their independent, confident style that has won the support of a lot of female fans. “We don’t only represent women, but since we’re women ourselves, we do not want to provide them with more power. It started with ‘I Don’t Care’, and we just hope that women will live more confidently. Not only through our lyrics, but through our performance and even clothing, we just want to create the image of a confident woman. I personally love that style so people tend to think I’m scary on stage, but I’m really not in real life (laughter).”

At the mention of her being shyer than some of the more feminine girl groups, she quickly agreed.“Right? But I guess I have something scary inside of me. My image on stage, however, is just one side of me.”

When asked to pick the happiest moment of the year, she replied, “I was a bit frustrated in the beginning of the year. Our Japanese promotions were delayed in the spring so we couldn’t do anything up till May. I worried about what would be happening to our promotions, and that’s when our mini-album was released. I had a lot of fun promoting it, and honestly speaking, I don’t remember anything that happened since the filming of our ‘Lonely’ music video.”

She continued, “We went on our first concert tour this year. A lot of people came to our Korean and Japanese stops, and you will never know how happy that made me. I also can’t forget our performance in New York. We were in a greater mood than expected, and I think it’s because we had no idea, really. We’ve been promoting for two years but have had few opportunities to meet directly with our fans so I was grateful to be able to visit other countries and meet with so many people this year.”

At the mention of all of the achievements they’ve made thus far, such as winning the ‘Best New Band in the World’ on MTV Iggy, ranking in at 6th place on ‘SPIN‘ magazine, and ranking 3 music videos into the ‘Top 10′ most watched K-Pop music videos of the year, CL stated, “Through music, we’re diminishing the border between countries in the world. Instead of setting one country as a target, I’m just looking forward to our music being accepted everywhere. This is only our beginning, and people often ask us about what we’ve accomplished so far when it’s only been two years since our debut. I guess people think we’ve been around for a while (laughter). We have a long road ahead of us.”

YG Entertainment has already announced that they’ll be releasing a new girl group next year with a ‘pretty concept.’ CL concluded, “I’m not upset. Positively speaking, we’re different from other girl groups(laughter). I think it’s right for YG’s next group to be different from us. We’re going to just make sure we keep our uniqueness going, haha!”


I like this interview especially the part where she talk about "timing". She's one of the few artist saying: it's not just talent, it's also luck. That's refreshing tbh.

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Comments

[thebluemonk.livejournal.com]

Bom noona tbh.

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

since when is being cross eyed considered hot? i pray for everyone's safety that this doesn't become a trend in 2012.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

I think it's really exacerbated by how her eye makeup usually covers 2-3x the area of her actual eyes

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

U like Hyoyeon tho I though u knew what "subjective" means.

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[blkjck.livejournal.com]

umm don't u stan for hyo?

i rather have a bad eye than fucked up bone structure

[walkingparadoxx.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty horrible thing to say, like seriously I cannot describe how despicable i find this comment.

[fibfables.livejournal.com]

since cl made it hawt.

[prdarkstar.livejournal.com]

Damn talk about trying too hard. So here's the attention you desperately wanted.

[akathesia.livejournal.com]

Yay for all the girl hate in here! *sigh*

[functionbomb.livejournal.com]

this

[fibfables.livejournal.com]

ikr embarrassed by the shit-slinging in here.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

She always seems humble about her position in Kpop and the things 2NE1 has 'achieved', I like that. Also, CL: just because 2NE1 (except for Dara LOL) is not considered to be typical Korean beauties doesn't mean you are ugly in general. Plus, I'm not sure if it's a good thing that a group is being hyped just for being pretty.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

IA.
She sounds very "realistic" and humble and I love that about her.

[functionbomb.livejournal.com]

I think all that rly matters is that 2NE1 is more relevant than any other kpop group, lbr.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Me think you're right

[naturalhonee.livejournal.com]

why is it that all the hate for 2ne1 in recent omona posts come from snsd/sm stans?
i rmb when it was just 4minute stans/trolls...

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Greatness call for envy and jealousy

Don't use the word ghetto if you don't know what it means. Thank you.

[onthethruway01.livejournal.com]

A ghetto is a section of a city predominantly occupied by a group who live there, especially because of social, economic, or legal issues. The term was originally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live. The term now refers to an overcrowded urban area often associated with specific ethnic or racial populations living below the poverty line. From a statistical perspective, ghettos are typically high crime areas relative to other parts of the city.

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

ok i apologize for using it inappropriately. i was thinking of the white girl definition of ghetto when i typed that.

[fibfables.livejournal.com]

At the mention of her being shyer than some of the more feminine girl groups, she quickly agreed.“Right? But I guess I have something scary inside of me. My image on stage, however, is just one side of me.”

awww i love shy and socially awkward cl so much! she takes a while to warm up to people but when she does she's so cutie :')

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

not so sure how that is an example of shyness.

[taylorniw.livejournal.com]

She should have discussed how they collectively looked worse this year than any other year. A huge achievement.

And that has nothing to do with facial features. Just, ugh, their make up was bad, their hair was bad, their styling was bad. Please do something that works with what you have and not what works against it.

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

yea they even made dara look like a mess with her gravity defying hair.

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

(http://media.photobucket.com/image/sigh gif/GIFsforhire/Sigh/sigh.gif?o=0)

Boy did it get all kinds of ugly in here. No pun intended.
There are far worse things you can throw shade on someone for than their looks (which as far as I'm concerned remains objective)soooo, I'm just gonna peace outta here.

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

I was just out of the interwebs for a very productive event and then Omona has become this stupid?

You guys are easy to troll on what with the ridiculous pre-school inanities you're showing, but I decided not to because I won't stoop as stupidly low as what you're doing on this post.

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On the other hand, very well said, CL. Goes to show how you're far more intelligent and talented than most of these stupid people on this post are stanning.

Stay classy, CL. Haters will always hate.

[the-erotomanic.livejournal.com]

i don't think i fully understood your 3rd paragraph. but did you just call other kpop idols stupid?

[pepperxmint.livejournal.com]

Perfect, humble and beautiful CL-roo being the best. She always speaks so well.
"I personally love that style so people tend to think I’m scary on stage, but I’m really not in real life (laughter).”

I really like the big difference between CL on stage and off-stage, shows that she gives everything once she's performing.... and it's showing.
And this year was really packed for 2NE1, one part of me really want them to have some rest but the other part really want new songs (and I'm a little scared that the songs they recorded with will.i.am are going to be out of the trend if they release it too late..... it's almost been two years since they started recording right? :/) They'll probably release a new Korean album at the end of the year so we'll have to wait more.

"Instead of setting one country as a target, I’m just looking forward to our music being accepted everywhere."
It's refreshing to read that when most group only see the US when they don't have much chance.

And of course, a CL interview is not really a CL interview if she doesn't mention Teddy-oppa! I would have paid to her fangirl reaction when she met him for the first time lol

[kotetsu.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this wonderful comment! Totally agree with everything. Her Teddy fangirl is the cutest ever.

[deeinanutshell.livejournal.com]

Damn. This post was intense. Seems like the blackjacks came out and told all the haters to sit their asses down. Good.