From Left: Bom, Dara, Minzy & CL
After a 4-year hiatus, 2NE1 finally dropped their 2nd studio album ‘Crush’! The long awaited comeback studio album consists of 10 tracks, with 5 of them being written and composed by CL herself!
The album name ‘Crush’ is chosen by YG to portray 2NE1’s strong image. In addition, their comeback street fashion style further enhances the girls’ tough persona and individualities.
‘Crush’, being a double-titled track album, saw 2 music videos being released on 3 March 2014 – ‘Come Back Home’ and ‘Happy’.
For the production of ‘Come Back Home’ MV, YG invested approximately 500 million Won (roughly 470,000 USD)! A blockbuster flick can probably be produced with that amount! The exceptional amount of money invested sure proved its worth as the MV is amazing!
High quality graphics and complicated (slightly confusing for me) plot makes this MV a cut above the rest. Furthermore, what are the chances of finding similar MVs in the K-pop industry? Hardly any i must say.
‘Come Back Home’ starts off with a slower tempo and picks up about a minute later. The song speaks about a girl missing someone dearly and waiting for him to come back to her side.
Come Back Home – 2NE1
‘Happy’ has a bright and cheerful tune to it but is actually a pretty sad song. The singer hopes her ex will be happy because she is definitely not. Pretty odd for a song with sad lyrics to have such an upbeat tune.
Happy – 2NE1
Other tracks include:
- Crush
- Gotta Be You
- If I Were You
- Good To You
- MTBD (CL solo)
- Happy
- Scream (Korean version)
- Baby I Miss You
- Come Back Home (Unplugged version)
Like usual, 2NE1 is able to produce a diverse range of music. Listening to their songs is like going on a roller coaster ride; high on energy at one moment, feeling blue and down at the other.
As I am a huge fan of 2NE1, it is clear that I would recommend this album. However, this album is definitely worth listening to as songs from 2NE1 is vastly different from the usual suspects in the K-pop scene. 2NE1 embraces being unique and boy am I glad they do so because they always bring a breath of fresh air to the K-pop scene.
Enjoy the sounds from the queens of the future. Until next time, 안녕~!
♥ 하루
