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[120103][NEWS] BBC reports on 2NE1 once again, “They are going out into the world"
The BBC recently reported on girl group 2NE1 as a representative of K-pop.
On January 2, BBC, a popular British broadcasting network, introduced 2NE1 as a K-pop representative group who are very popular in Japan.
BBC said, “The relationship between Korea and Japan has been improved through K-pop fever. Since K-pop is very popular in Japan, there is a new perspective on Korea."
“2NE1 is currently receiving a lot of attention from all over the world. They are going out into the world from Seoul."
CL, leader of the group gave interview to BBC. She said, “K-pop is not just music, it also represents Korean culture."
This is the second time that BBC has reported on 2NE1. On December 16, 2NE1 appeared on the BBC World news program, Newsday, and gave an interview, about winning MTV IGGY’s ‘Best New Band in the World,’ prize.
CL said, “K-pop will become influential in the world." When she was asked how they could become successful, she replied, “People say that our songs represent women’s feelings. We want to touch women’s hearts from all over the world. Since music is universal, we will communicate with the world through music."
2NE1 debuted successfully in Japan last year and won the ‘Best New Band in the World.’ They were praised by many famous foreign media press and magazines.
2NE1 won the ‘Best New Band in the World,’ conducted by MTV IGGY for six weeks starting early in October to November. They also held their concert at Times Square in New York on December 12 and drew a lot of attention from Europe and the South America.
Source: Starnews
Translated by en.korea
Translated by en.korea