It’s only been a little over a year since Korean pop girl group 2NE1 first made their debut into the music scene. 2NE1 has been working with music producer and leader of the group Black Eyed Peas Will.I.AM for their American music debut. On August 17th President Yang HyunSeok stated the following:
2NE1 has been working with music producer Will.I.AM for the past few months. Through a close acquaintance, we were given the chance to show Will.I.AM 2NE1′s MV and after seeing the MV, Will.I.Am said he wanted to do music production for 2NE1 for their American debut.” “2NE1 and Will.I.AM has been working on the music production on 3 windows for about 3 weeks in cities like L.A and London and currently they have finished recording about 10 songs.
It was also said that since 3 members from 2NE1 are fluent in English, all the songs were recorded in English and the process was completed earlier than expected. On the girls debut in American, YG Entertainment said,
As to the concrete plans and time period the girls will debut in the States, we have not decided on them yet. But since Will.I.AM will be busy for his concert tour and Black Eyed Pea’s upcoming new album, it will most probably not happen within this year. Plans for 2NE1′s American debut, we will be consulting Will.I.Am on plans and decisions, since he will be the key for their debut in the States. But we will stay away from the idea of 2NE1 promoting long term and staying in the States. Since the girls have received great love from fans in Korea, we will not have them neglect their activities in Korea. Furthermore, they will also be debuting in Japan early next year. Hence we will need to come up with a plan for the girls to be able to promote at the same time in 3 countries.
2NE1 Is also planing to make a comeback on September 9th with a new album called “To Anyone” complete with 12 tracks.
This is really exciting. I have always had high hopes for 2NE1. They brought something a little different to the k-pop scene that other girl groups couldn’t and to pair them up with someone like Will.I.AM is pretty epic.
Source: OSEN
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