It's official. I love 2NE1. (Do we sense a theme today?) My brother and I have been throwing comments back and forth about our favorite Korean groups and, while both of us agreed early on that Park Bom's got pipes, I never really took interest in the girl groups - because I'm shallow like that. But with the little brother going on and on about T-ara and SNSD and all the other Sanrio-encrusted girls he's into, I took time to revisit the resident female talents at YG. They're still relatively new and haven't lined up even a mini-hit parade, but their debut songs (Fire and I Don't Care) turned out to be a bit catchy after a few listens. Hopefully the powers that be over at YG work their magic and give these ladies some awesome music. Hmm, or better yet, G-Dragon, T.O.P., and the members of 2NE1 could write their own material.
In any case, these girls are fierce. You won't find these chicas dressed up as cheerleaders or in matching pastel shorts, though Dara could go for the cute-off if it came down to that. Otherwise, CL's rapping + Park Bom's singing + li'l Minji's dancing will knock you down. If I'm choosing a dodgeball team, I'd take these 4 ladies over all 9 Girls Generation. SNSD can Oh! and Gee on the sidelines, or step into the court if they want to risk that plastic. (Yeah, I went there.)
You know I'm posting a video. Covering Rihanna's Take a Bow.
