[INTRO]
So, 2NE1 broke up.
And I wish I could say that this shocks me,
but it really doesn't.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love 2NE1.
If you watched my Shit Hearing People Say video,
I played 2NE1, and I've been a fan of them forever.
I've been a fan since they first came out with Lollipop,
when they did their debut collab with Big Bang.
I mean, they were the first Korean girl group
that I really, really liked.
So, when I found out last night that they were breaking up,
I was upset, but not surprised.
They had a very good run for,
you know, a good amount of years.
Like, four, five years they had a really good run.
It seemed like, for the last three years,
they just weren't doing well because,
like, we've said that YG has so many projects
that he makes up,
but he doesn't really know how to organize anything.
And he'll debut new people, and they'll focus on them
instead of focusing on what he's
already made in the beginning.
And then you had Minzy leave at the beginning of the year,
which I feel like was a really good decision for her because
she was the girl that was always pushed and shoved aside,
pushed under the rug like nobody really
paid attention to her all that much,
versus, you know, CL, and Bom, and Dara,
who were the most popular in the group.
I mean, everybody loved Bom from the very beginning.
She was already popular,
and then Dara had her following in the Philippines,
and then she became, like, the number one
member of the group, and the CL has her American debut.
That's been happening for quite some time.
So, it sucked, but it made sense,
and I was willing to give 2NE1 a chance as a trio,
but I also felt like it just wasn't going to happen.
With some groups, okay, if someone leaves,
you know, it goes on and it's okay.
It still feels okay.
But with 2NE1, I feel like you need four people,
the original four people, or it's just not gonna work.
And I feel like we all saw it coming,
or we should've seen it coming when Blackpink debuted.
And I am a big fan of Blackpink, I really do like them.
But they have the exact same concept as 2NE1.
Four girls, you have, you know, your rapper,
you have your really good dancers,
and they have the same music style as 2NE1.
So, Blackpink was created to just be
the fresher, hotter, new version of 2NE1,
because 2NE1 got "too old" to continue,
which is what happens in the idol world.
You have to push away the older people because
they're "too old" for the idol industry.
And again, YG's just that guy that
creates new projects, focuses on them only,
and then when he gets new projects,
then he focuses on them, and everybody else
just gets pushed aside.
Unless they're extremely, really, really popular
like, say, G-Dragon and CL.
So it was a bummer, and I'm very, very upset about it.
I've always - even though I grew out of my K-pop phase,
like, I still have occasional moments
where I do throwback nights and then I marathon all my
past favorite K-pop songs.
But, you know, I grew out of it.
I wasn't caring about the new groups.
I wasn't researching them.
I wasn't trying to find new music.
So, even though I had that,
I was still looking forward to new things from old favorites
like Miss A and, you know, 2NE1.
And we won't have that anymore because once 2NE1 went out,
then it's kind of like, for me it's like,
well, that's it.
I think Miss A is still around, but Jia left,
and Jia and Min were my favorites,
so it's just kind of weird.
I feel like it's not gonna be the same.
To end this video, write down in the comments down below
who your favorite member was, member is, whatever,
and what your favorite songs were.
For me, CL and Bom were my two favorite girls,
and my favorite songs were Crush and Don't Stop the Music.
But really, I liked a whole bunch of their songs.
I don't know if I could just pick, like, these two forever,
these two would be the only songs I'd listen to
if I was in a deserted island, kind of thing.
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