Dara shocks fans with her ‘Teddy Bear’ pants designed by Jeremy Scott

2NE1‘s Dara wore a shocking pair of pants fully covered with teddy bears!

On August 24th, designer Jeremy Scott tweeted, “OH DARA I LOVE U!” with a photo showing Dara in a pink jacket and pants covered with teddy bears. The exotic pants, designed by Jeremy Scott, is wrapped around with various types of teddy bears from the hips to the ankle to the point where her sneakers are almost not showing.

In another photo, the 2NE1 members individually showed off their unique fashion style. Minzy wore a jacket with two large teddy bears on her shoulder, CL accessorized herself with a large ’2NE1′ chain necklace, and Park Bom styled her clothes with large golden safety pins. However, Dara’s shocking teddy bear pants seem to make all the rest of the members look normal!

Netizens responded, “Wow… only Dara would be able to wear that…“, “I’m horrified“, “Please don’t wear anything just because it’s made by Jeremy Scott“, “At first, I was surprised by Minzy’s jacket. But then I saw Dara and I was utterly shocked.”

In related news, 2NE1 will be holding a concert tonight at Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, CA.

Source: Sports Chosun via Nate, Jeremy Scott’s Twitter

2NE1′s Dara and Minzy go jogging together

2NE1‘s Dara recently revealed selcas of her and maknae Minzy doing their morning exercise routine.

Dara shared on her me2day on the 21st, “6:30 A.M.! Although we’re awaiting another packed schedule today, Minzy and Dara did some morning jogging! Minzy is trying to run slowly to match Dara unni’s place. Punk~ you’ve matured a lot, Hehe,” along with the photos above.

She later added, “Minzy is stretching her legs~ [She is] getting ready to run around the Hudson River~!!! Are you ready~?! At first Minzy ran slowly… But after getting in the groove, she showed her [quick] speed… All of a sudden, the distance between us became so wide that I started to become impatient. I ran 6.74km (~4 miles)… I kept trying to follow her. But then… I got struck by an ‘exertion headache’! Today’s lesson! If Dara tries to follow after Minzy, a headache will come upon her.”

“But I will not give up and continue to run today!!! I lost 454kcal! I hope you all don’t give up and continue to do your best! But I wonder why the foreign joggers around me keep staring at me… one stranger came up to me and [joked that my outfit looked like a keyboard].”

Fans commented, “Getting an exertion headache after following Minzy.. hilarious,” and “They’re cute even when exercising. Their fashion is eye catching.”

In other news, 2NE1 will be the first Asian artists to make a guest appearance during the ‘Facebook Live‘ event on August 22nd at 5PM PST.

Source + Images: Dara’s me2day

Minzy folds paper stars to wish 2NE1′s concert a success

On July 22nd, 2NE1‘s Dara shared a photo of Minzy backstage during their rehearsal for their upcoming concert.

Through her me2day, she wrote, “Although she shows us passionate dancing on stage, our Mingki has a feminine side to her where she folds origami stars during her breaks. Each star is full of your love and support. Until our concert, D-6… Let’s all die together~!!! Please take care of your health until you get here!”

Just like Dara said, Minzy proves herself to be the group’s adorable maknae, no matter how much sexy charisma she’s able to ooze on stage as the group’s main dancer.

Netizens commented, “It’s so cute how she’s folding stars to wish her concert daebak”, “She’s a little girl at times like this”, and “The concert will be daebak no matter what.”

2NE1′s “New Evolution” concert will take place on July 28th and 29th in Seoul, before moving on to 10 different cities worldwide.

 

Source + Photo: Dara’s Official Me2day

2NE1 cancels appearance on ‘M! Countdown’ for this week

YG Entertainment as announced that 2NE1 has cancelled their comeback stage for Mnet’s ‘M! Countdown‘, which was scheduled to be held on July 12th.

On July 5th, the ladies made a comeback after a one year hiatus with a track titled ‘I Love You‘ and kicked off their various music program promotions beginning with ‘Inkigayo‘ on the 8th.

However, with the passing of Minzy‘s great aunt (often referred to as her “grandmother” as great aunt in Korean is literally “aunt grandmother”), Gong Ok Jin, who is famous for being a pioneer in Korean cultural dance, 2NE1 has cancelled their upcoming ‘M! Countdown’ performance.

Gong Ok Jin’s funeral will be attended by those in Korean classical music and culture and the funeral is planned to span four days.

A representative of YG Entertainment stated, “Minzy wants to be there to send off her great aunt.  Staff members at the broadcasting companies were very understanding and allowed us to cancel our appearance for this week.”

The members of 2NE1 will still hold the “me2day star chatting” event with their fans through me2day on the 11th, with the exception of Minzy.

All four ladies of 2NE1 will stand on the stage together after the funeral period for Gong Ok Jin has passed.

2NE1′s ‘lipstick art’ for New Evolution promo pictures becomes a hot topic

2NE1’s shock factor generally lies around the territory of clothes and hairstyles. This time, however, the girls decided play around with their make up as they pose for promotional posters for “New Evolution,” the girls’ upcoming world tour.

The posters see the four ladies posing fiercely, flaunting their individual look. Netizens took notice of the girls’ lips, as each member has on a rather interesting choice of color and design. Members CL and Dara both have on animal print patterns, while Minzy and Bom have on a solid, pearly shade of purple and light pink respectively.  All four ladies are wearing temporary lip tattoos by Violent Lips, which has become all the rage this summer.

“It’s so unique, I think it’s a look only 2NE1 can pull of,” comments one netizen, “It looks kind of creepy, but I like it!”

Meanwhile, the girls are working diligently to promote their latest digital single “I Love You” as well as preparing for their world tour, expected to kick off on July 28th in Seoul. Note, the sudden passing of Minzy’s grandmother may alter their promotions.

Source & image: Naver News

2NE1 member Minzy’s grandmother passes away

It has been reported that 2NE1 Minzy‘s grandmother, Madam Gong Ok Jin, passed away at the age of 81 on the early morning of July 9th.

A representative of YG Entertainment stated, “Minzy is shocked upon hearing the unfortunate news of her grandmother. She has currently left for Youngkwang to attend the wake with her family. We will arrange her schedule depending on the situation.”

After suffering from a sudden stroke in 1998, Gong Ok Jin has since been fighting against the aftermath and old age.

Gong Ok Jin was widely known for her traditional singing and Korean dance, especially for inventing the ‘lame dance’ and the ‘animal imitation dance’.

Her grandmother’s wake will be held at the funeral hall located in Youngkwang in Jeonnam Province.

Our thoughts go out to Minzy and her family. May her grandmother rest in peace.

Source: TV Daily via Nate, Sports Seoul via Nate

2NE1′s Minzy & Yang Hyun Suk make a compromise regarding sexy dances

2NE1′s Minzy revealed that she made a compromise with her agency’s CEO Yang Hyun Suk after he asked her to cut down on the sexy dances.

In an interview held on July 6th at the YG Entertainment building, the interviewer asked, “We heard that Yang Hyun Suk gave you a special command to refrain from doing sexy dances?“  To this Minzy replied, “That is why he has give me space to express my freedom in my solo parts.”

She went on to say, “Overall, the choreography is very sexy but we made a compromise when I went over the choreography with our CEO.”

CL stated, “I don’t think that our CEO likes us to be overtly sexy.  It still needs to have the 2NE1 flavor so the dance needs to be changed accordingly.”

Previously, Yang Hyun Suk said in a different interview, “In the new choreography for 2NE1, there is a sexy dance where they use the lower half of their bodies.  All the members are doing well with the sexy dance so I am satisfied, but when our underage member Minzy does it I just feel a little uncomfortable.”

2NE1 released a new track on July 5th the mixes electronic and trot titled, ‘I Love You‘ and has been atop many music charts.  They will make their their comeback on July 8th through SBS’s ‘Inkigayo.’

On the 28th and 29th, 2NE1 will open a world tour titled ‘NEW EVOLUTION‘ in Seoul and move on to hold concerts in 10 cities in 7 countries.

Source: TV Report via Naver

Yang Hyun Suk states that 2NE1 will never have a member change

YG Entertainment‘s CEO, Yang Hyun Suk spoke out against potential rumors of a member change in 2NE1.

He revealed that a member change in 2NE1 will never happen and the members will remain permanently. Clearing up recent rumors and misunderstandings that generated after the ‘Future 2NE1′ video was revealed.

On July 2nd, Yang Hyun Suk told Star News, “After the video, ‘Future 2NE1′ was released, a few fans were worried that the girls in the video were going to be new members of 2NE1 but that is not going to happen.” He then added, “‘Future 2NE1′ means that the girls are going to become a great girl group in the mold of their 2NE1 unnies.”

Yang Hyun Suk reassured, ”2NE1 is going to continue to be CL, Dara, Park Bom, and Minzy. There will never be a member change in 2NE1 so fans shouldn’t misunderstand or be worried.”

He also added, “The 12, 13 year old girls who are in the video are going to debut 4 years from now. They are not the new girl group that YG is going to debut in the second half of this year.”

Recently, a video titled, ‘Future 2NE1 (4 years later) was ‘released through their yg-life website, with the subtitle stating, ‘ages 12 & 13′. In the video, you can see four girls who are in their early teens, revealing their top-notch skills in singing and dancing.

Shortly after, despite the explanation provided by Star News, there were still misunderstandings of these girls becoming a part of 2NE1. However, with this interview, Yang Hyun Suk re-enforced that 2NE1 members will permanently remain the same way and continue with their activities.

Meanwhile, 2NE1 will be releasing their digital single “I Love You” on July 5th, officially announcing their comeback. And on the 8th, the girls are scheduled to make their first comeback stage through SBS ‘s ‘Inkigayo‘.

Source & Image: Naver

2NE1 reveals Minzy’s teaser photo + announces comeback stage!

YG Entertainment has finally released the official comeback stage date for 2NE1, as well as revealed the final teaser photo for member Minzy!

Minzy showcases a new chic style with the words ’2NE1 COMEBACK 0708 SBS Inkigayo′, signifying the date of their comeback stage.

Check out Dara‘s, Park Bom‘s and CL‘s teaser images as well.

As reported earlier, the girls will also be embarking on their first world tour later in July, with the help of renowned professionals like Jeremy Scott, Divinity Roxx, Michael Cotten, and Travis Payne.

Stay tuned as more details are released!

Dara and Minzy drop hints on 2NE1′s comeback concept

2NE1 recently made an appearance at the red carpet event for the ‘Spider-Man‘ and answered questions from reporters regarding their upcoming comeback. Although they kept silent on the issue for the most part, the members offered a bit of an insight to Osen.

When asked about their new concept, Dara replied, “Mm, sexy? No, not at all! It’s a secret.” Minzy made sure to drop a hint, though, commenting, “Sexy concept? It’s still a secret (laughter). But like always, we’re confident that we won’t disappoint, so please look forward to it.”

Dara added, “Personally, I think that this upcoming stage is a bit sexy. We’re all working hard so please anticipate it.”

2NE1 was originally scheduled for a comeback at the end of this month but pushed it back to further perfect their album. A representative revealed, “For now, we’re looking at early July. It’s been delayed by a bit because we wanted to focus more on the production of their music video and album jacket photos. Depending on how things move along, their comeback might be pushed forward or back.”

2NE1 will also be starting their world tour next month, kicking off in Seoul.

Source + Photos: OSEN

2NE1′s Minzy thanks fans for third anniversary present

2NE1‘s Minzy has sent her fans a thankful message for the girl group’s third anniversary.

Earlier today on June 12th, Minzy updated her Twitter with a brief, “Thank U,” as well as a selca of herself. As Minzy is not wearing any makeup, she exposes a pure and bare face. While the lighting of the room seems to be giving her an orange glow, the combination of her pink-framed glasses and animated expression make for a cute selca.

As for the meaning behind her message, in the picture, Minzy is seen holding a card. The card is labeled on the cover briefly as ”2NE1′s third debut anniversary congratulatory message,” and is presumably from a devoted fan. In response to this present, a physical representation of the flood of support 2NE1 has received as a girl group, Minzy has thus given her thanks.

While 2NE1 and Blackjacks alike celebrate the day the girl group first embarked on their journey to become huge K-Pop stars, it has been recently announced that 2NE1′s next comeback has been delayed to sometime in the middle of July.

Source & Image : Minzy‘s official Twitter

Eye Candy: “S-Line” Edition

Following last week’s mouthwateringly hot “chocolate abs” series courtesy of the 6Theory team’s female staff, our ‘Eye Candy‘ series continues with K-pop’s hottest “S-line” idols!

This time around, it’s time for the guys at the office to pick which ladies in the K-pop industry have the most curvaceous bods. The “S-line”, Korea’s version of the Three B’s (breasts, butt & belly button), shows off dangerous curves on a skinny frame. Even if there are seemingly more body lines and face shapes than the alphabet can hold, the “S-line” is by far one of the most sought-after body shapes in Korea.

Check out which curvalicious idols made the cut and topped our list below!

Warning:

This feature may cause nose bleed. So proceed with caution!

Enjoy!

(Not in any particular order)

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2NE1‘s Minzy

After School‘s UEE

SISTAR‘s Bora

Davichi‘s Kang Min Kyung

Lee Hyori

Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun

4minute‘s Hyuna

G.NA

Son Dam Bi

Girl’s Day‘s Jihae

Wipe that drool off your chin and tell us who else you think has a rockin’ “S-line” body!

Who is the champion of splits?

Many female celebrities have done the splits on screen, but who is the best?

Actress Ha Ji Won surprised viewers with her 180-degree split on MBC‘s drama ‘The King 2 Hearts‘. On episode 18, the actress did a split as she exercised before attempting a prison break.

Han Ga In also stretched her legs on the March 28th episode of SBS‘s ‘One Night of TV Entertainment‘. The beautiful actress lied on the floor and did a full split, surprising many viewers with her flexibility, and making some fans jealous of husband Yun Jung Hoon.

There are also many girl group members who seem to be confident when it comes to splits. The public is already well aware of f(x)‘s Victoria, who has shown her incredible flexibility on various variety shows. Victoria, who studied traditional Chinese dance in the past, is able to do unbelievable splits beyond 180 degrees.

SISTAR did “high-kick” choreography for their track “How Dare You“. All four members were capable of doing the “high-kick” dance, which impressed many fans.

miss A‘s Fei and Jia are also known to be the split masters of their group. On SBS‘s ‘Star King‘, Jia challenged f(x)’s Victoria to determine the real champion of splits. Fei and Min have also been known for their capability of doing difficult choreography.

Girls’ Generation‘s Yuri, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Jessica, 2NE1‘s Minzy, singer Lee So Eun seem to have proven their ability to do splits as well.

So who do you think is the champion of splits?

Source + Photo: Star News via Nate

YG Entertainment’s upcoming girl group seems to parallel 2NE1?

YG Entertainment recently revealed yet another ‘mystery girl’.

On May 11th, YG Entertainment released a video teaser featuring a potential member of the agency’s upcoming girl group on the YG-Life Blog. The new mystery girl seems to have outstanding dancing skills and, according to reports by media and fans, is rumored to be a 16-year-old half Caucasian and half Korean trainee from Thailand.

With three ‘mystery girls’ in total, including Kim Eunbi and Euna Kim, who were already known to the public through Mnet‘s ‘Superstar K‘, it seems like the members and overall structure of the new upcoming group shows several similarities to 2NE1, who made a powerful and impacting debut into the Korean music industry in 2009.

First, despite her young age of only 17, Kim Eunbi was one of the Top 6 finalists in 2010′s ‘Superstar K2‘. Many are anticipating that she will most likely be the main vocal or the ‘Park Bom‘ of this new group. During the second season of ‘Superstar K’, Eunbi showed her quirky and honest personality that captured the hearts of many male fans, which seems similar to 2NE1 Park Bom’s four-dimensional and dorky personality.

In addition, Euna Kim, who showed her talents and rapping skills in ‘Superstar K3‘ last year, could be connected to 2NE1′s CL. Euna Kim proved her potential and capabilities in rapping through her cover of Sam Sparro’s “Black and Gold” with Kim Eunbi. Other than that, her English proficiency and background in the United States seem to be similar to CL.

The second ‘mystery girl’, who was revealed on May 4th, gained attention from the public through her innocent and beautiful appearance. Although there hasn’t been much information revealed about this member, many are speculating her to be handling the ‘visual’ role of the group, which reminds us of 2NE1′s Sandara Park.

It has been said that the third ‘mystery girl’ revealed on the 11th is one of the best dancers from YG, with a fantastic sense of rhythm and powerful moves. Although she is only 16 years old, the video clip revealed shows her flexibility and skills in dancing to fast beats. This member seems to parallel with the ‘dancing-machine’ and the youngest member of 2NE1, Minzy.

These 16-20 year old girls have been taking away the search rankings on various Korean portal sites each time they were revealed through the YG-Life Blog. It seems like the marketing strategy by YG to reveal each ‘mystery girl’ one by one to build up anticipation has been a success so far.

Recently, there have been many girl groups making their debut in the industry. However, this upcoming girl group from YG Entertainment has been gaining a huge amount of attention from the media and public despite the fact that only a few members have been revealed. This is incredibly similar to when 2NE1 made their debut. 2NE1 transformed the definition of K-Pop girl groups, from innocent and cute looking to powerful hip-hop warriors. 2NE1 was a revolutionary group that swept the music charts during their debut, and now many are anticipating whether this new girl group will be able to follow in their footsteps.

YG has been trying to hide the personal information of these members and have been keeping them in complete ‘mystery’. With YG’s impressive marketing strategies, ability to set a new trend in the industry, and their top-class trainees, many are excited to see what this new group will bring to the K-Pop world.

 

Source + Photo: Star News via Nate

2NE1 maknae Minzy looks unrecognizably mature in new photo

2NE1‘s maknae Minzy surprised everyone with her most recent Twitter photo.

On April 25th, Minzy shared the above selca via her Twitter page and wrote, “Hello!! Arrived in Korea~ T_T Flop… Going to go pass out now, goodnight!”

Minzy’s face looked a lot thinner than fans remembered, which made her trademark ‘Mulan’ eyes appear a bit larger. Her short and dandy haircut made her look more mature, and fans could not deny that Minzy looked unrecognizably beautiful.

Her fans overseas especially seemed to like the new look, as they commented, “That smile is so cute, I could die,” as well as “Maknae is so pretty.”

Source & Image: Minzy‘s Twitter

2NE1′s Minzy discovers her animated doppelganger

2NE1 member Minzy acknowledged that she did indeed look like Disney animation character Mulan.

Minzy shared the above photo via her official Twitter page on April 13th and wrote, “No matter how much I think about it, you and I look the same. Kong Mulan keke.”

Netizens seemed to agree that both Mulan and Minzy had the same eye shape, full lips, and small round face.

“She really does look like Mulan,” they wrote, in addition to “So true!”, and more.

Do you think Minzy looks like Mulan?

Source & Image: MyDaily via Nate

2NE1′s Minzy shares the story behind the birthday present she received from T.O.P

2NE1‘s Minzy shared an interesting incident that happened between her and Big Bang‘s T.O.P.

On the recent episode of SBS‘ ‘Strong Heart‘, Minzy revealed the time when T.O.P gave her a birthday present in an odd way that was enough to cause any girl to be taken aback.

Minzy began by saying, “One day, T.O.P started to stare at me with a treacherous look in his eyes and suddenly called me over. He handed me a doll and said, ‘I think I like you’,” causing the studio to be surprised.

However, T.O.P did not deny Minzy’s story and joked, “Yeah, I am a treacherous person!”

MC Lee Seung Gi then questioned T.O.P whether he often presents gifts to girls to which he answered, “Never. It was Minzy’s birthday and I had a teddy bear, which I cherished, so I gave it to her as a present.” When asked why he told Minzy “I think I like you”, T.O.P joked it was because he was a treacherous person out of habit, using the same “habit” excuse G-Dragon had used when asked why he had given Minzy a back hug – causing laughter on the set.

Source & Image: Osen via Nate

G-Dragon gave 2NE1′s Minzy a back hug?

2NE1‘s maknae, Minzy shared a story about a time when G-Dragon gave her a back hug.

The upcoming episode of SBS‘s ‘Strong Heart‘ will be the continuation of last week’s ‘YG Family Special‘. During the broadcast, Minzy began sharing her story saying, “When Jiyong oppa was actively promoting ‘Heartbreaker‘, his good looks captured all the hearts’ of female fans and he ended up catching the ‘prince charming syndrome’.”

She continued, “During that time period, I ran into Jiyong oppa at a beauty salon. He suddenly came up to me and gave me a back hug, and he even whispered into my ears.”

Upon hearing her share the incident, G-Dragon reenacted the scene and stated, “It’s a habit of mine,” causing the studio to burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, other guests that appeared on the ‘YG Family Special’ included Big Bang, 2NE1, Se7en, Tablo, Psy, Gummy, and Sean.

Source & Image: TV Daily via Nate

Big Bang’s Taeyang & 2NE1′s Minzy offer advice on SBS’s K-Pop Star

Big Bang‘s Taeyang and 2NE1‘s Gong Minzy will offer advice as trainers on the upcoming February 12th edition of SBS‘s “K-Pop Star“. On this upcoming episode, contestant Sue Pearl met up with Girls’ Generation while both Taeyang and Minzy trained the YG Entertainment contestants.

With the sudden arrival of these two superstars, the atmosphere on the filming set became heated up and tense. Both Taeyang and Minzy trained the contestants directly utilizing the ’1 on 1 point lesson’, which was a radical change from the training method in the first round.

To Park Jung Eun, the contestant who has little confidence in singing but is a dancing machine, Gong Minzy revealed, “Before I didn’t sing all that well either.” Besides encouragement, she also offered valuable advice and tips to the contestants.

Taeyang offered his advice to the contestants on dancing, singing, and stage presence. He also gave the contestants a demonstration to boost their confidence. Taeyang was also able to easily point out the flaws in the contestants which even surprised the staff members.

This episode is scheduled to air on February 12th.

Source + Image: Chosun via Nate

Sean treats 2NE1′s Minzy and Dara to a nice dinner

Singer Sean has treated his YG siblings, 2NE1‘s Sandara and Minzy, to a nice dinner.

On January 3rd, Sean tweeted, “I am buying 2NE1′s adorable Minzy and Sandara a nice dinner. Salad, spinach pizza, baby octopus pasta, nurungji risotto, and warm ice cream as well as sweet pancakes as big as a pizza pie for dessert! CL & Bom couldn’t come because they were too busy… they missed out.”

Minzy thanked her senior by replying, “It was so delicious today. We ate really well. Jjang.”

Fans were happy to see that the labelmates enjoyed a good relationship, despite the years between them. They commented, “Really jealous. Heartwarming” and “Hope all the members can eat together next time!”

In related news, the YG Entertainment artists will be performing their ‘YG Family Concert’ at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome on January 7th and 8th.

Source & Image: OSEN via Nate