OMONA THEY DID(N'T)!

Other than Bom who has been her usual quiet self on social media (other than releasing an OST recently), the other ex-members of 2NE1 have continued their promotions or have upped their fan interaction over the quiet season.

CL continues interviews and photoshoots. Next month she'll be the cover star for the March issue of The Wow Mag, a UK magazine celebrating Asian women and culture. The magazine has previously featured women such as Naomi Watanabe, Dara Allen, Dipti Sharma, Anisha Sandhu and Kiko Mizuhara. Check out their website here.

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sources: thewowmag, 102.7KIISFM, 1035 KISSFM, nickwalkerstudio, DARA TV (2), krungyi21 (2, 3), 1theK, 21BBMZ89 (2)

This is the full featurette of 2NE1's interviews done prior to 2021's MAMA awards ceremony. The 2NE1 members, Sandara, Bom, CL and Minzy, review their memories of performing at the ceremony. They talk about the unique stages they put on, the amazing outfits they wore, and how it felt to be setting records for the awards they won.

Some highlights:

- the members pretty universally find their 2009 musical to be cringeworthy - they remember really struggling with the performance, none of them had done any acting. Even Sandara says she wants to delete the footage of it
- They're a little embarrassed by the 2010 gods theme intro, but find it more amusing
- reviewing winning the biggest awards, several of the members do find themselves tearing up
- 2NE1 and their team themselves handmade the mirror outfit for their 2010 Can't Nobody performance. They spent 3 days hand gluing tiny mirrors in their hotel rooms amidst rehearsals
- Sandara says that something she likes about international audiences is that they cheer for all the performers, not just their favourite group as fans often do (or used to) in Korea. She then brags that however she did like that they got the most enthusiastic reaction on the night (2011)
- Music critic Kim Yoonha pops up occasionally to provide commentary; she points out that the 2011 ceremony was a particular turning point because I Am The Best had gained traction overseas, with a high level of youtube views to show for it, and it was one of the songs that was beginning to show a real surge in the hallyu wave. Thus this was the first MAMA that a lot of new international viewers tuned in for
- Sandara admits to feeling jealous and upset that, after 2014, CL had been the only one to get solo activities and a MAMA invite.
- CL apparently was only able to tell the other members that they were going to MAMA, 4/5 days before the 2015 performance


source: Mnet K-POP