Lee Chae Rin. CL Concerned Fans With Sudden And Rapid Weight Gain

In April 2015, Time magazine held a vote among readers, where they chose the most influential people worldwide. And oddly enough, they scored an equal number of points Russian President V.V. Putin and South Korean singer CL, who received 6.9% each, taking into account that the outstanding singer Lady Gaga scored only 2.6%, and Emma Watson - 1.8%.

The birth of a future star

Real name future star Ciel - Lee Chae Rin. She was born on February 26, 1991 in the city of Seoul, from which, however, she soon left, since her father received new job. So she traveled around the world following her physicist father, having traveled half the world by the age of thirteen. But Li Che spent the most time in England, Paris and Japan, which is why she perfectly mastered English, French and Japanese, while she knew almost no Korean.

She returned to her native South Korea as a 15-year-old teenager and with a clearly formed goal - she wanted to become an idol who could conquer the whole world with her talent. To do this, in 2006, she passed a difficult selection and became a trainee of the YG agency, where she worked hard, honing her vocal, rap and dance skills, learned the Korean language and practiced acting. The result of this fruitful work was her debut in 2007 at the SBS Music Awards.

The beginning of CL's creative career in the group 2NE1

After debut, CL worked tirelessly, which was not in vain. Thanks to her diligence and talent, in 2008 she was able to win the favor of a demanding public by performing a bright rap part in the song DJ singer Um Jung Hwa. However, Chae Rin failed to remain a solo performer, as the head of the company decided to make her the leader of the new women's group 2NE1, which was supposed to become an analogue male group Big Bang.

The new girl group debuted on May 17, 2009 with a vibrant song Fire, which immediately took the top lines of the charts and music charts in both Korea and other countries Asian countries, where she stayed for several weeks. But as soon as the track dropped a little, a new hit took its place I don't care from 2NE1's first mini album.

Collaboration of singer CL with world stars

Although Chae Rin was given serious responsibility as the group's leader, she worked with many other celebrities in parallel with the group's promotions. She wrote the words and music of songs, recorded rap parts with other performers, and starred in videos of Korean and even world stars.

So, in 2009, the song of the singer CL was released Please Don't Go, which she recorded with Minzy. Then she took part in the recording of the female part of the track The Leaders from solo album G-Dragon. In 2012, the girl performed with the world famous group The Black Eyed Peas on music award MOTHER, and in 2013 at the same award she conquered the stage, performing together with the Swedish group Icona Pop.

Solo career as a performer

After Chae Rin won over millions of people around the world with her talent and charisma and acquired her own fan club called CLASSIFIED, in October 2014, the director of the company, Yang Hyun Suk, gave the singer CL a real gift, allowing her to begin working on a solo album.

From that moment on, the performer began to work tirelessly under the leadership of Scooter Braun, trying to give her all. And as a result, the song was released in November 2015 Hello Bitches, which became a teaser for her album Lifted, which was then released on August 19, 2016. Chae Rin worked on this album for about two years, remaining the militant leader of the group 2NE1, which was going through difficult times during this period.

For almost 2 years, fans have been patiently waiting for her solo debut. Therefore, it is not surprising that as soon as the album was released, it was sold out within a minute by fans of the singer CL, which inspired the performer and gave her strength for new achievements.

The collapse of the group and the revival of the singer from the ashes

But no matter how happy Chae Rin was about her solo debut and popularity with the public, the breakup of the group, which took place in November 2016, became a with a strong blow. She spent almost 10 years side by side with her classmates. During this time, they endured so many victories and defeats together that they became one family. All the more difficult was the separation for each girl, which separated them according to different sides barricades So, to say goodbye to each other and their fans, the members of 2NE1 released their farewell song Goodbay, and only after that they parted forever. But only on stage, because their friendship did not fade away after that, and the girls continued to support each other.

So over time, the sadness of the group’s breakup subsided, and CL and her classmates began to try to promote on their own. Some people succeed, some don’t, but CEl really managed to rise from the ashes, as evidenced by a photo of the Korean singer CL taken in 2017, where she simply beams with happiness. And how could it be otherwise, if she is again promoting solo, participating in various programs and entertainment shows and even became one of the hosts of the new survival show Mix 9, where she passes on all her acquired skills to the new generation of idols, inspiring the guys with memories of her difficult creative path.

".IN Cyworld Digital Music Awards "Lollipop" And " Fire"won an award" Song of the month", the group won the nomination " Rookie of the Year".

2010: To Anyone

On February 9, 2010, without prior notice, the track "Follow Me" was released, which became theme song for Samsung Corby Folder. In the summer of the same year 2NE1 traveled to Los Angeles and London to record English songs for a possible American debut with Will.I.Am(participant the black Eyed Peas). We recorded 10 tracks. CEO YG Entertainment Yang Hyun Suk stated that the girls planned to debut in 2011 or early 2012, after The Black Eyed Peas world tour and their own activities 2NE1 V Korea And Japan. First studio album"To Anyone" was released on September 9, 2010 and was a huge success. The album contains 12 tracks, including three title songs, namely "Clap Your Hands", "Go Away" and "Can't Nobody". 2NE1 won first place on Mnet's "M!Countdown" with the song " Clap Your Hands". The next day " Go Away" won on KBS "Music Bank" and a week later " Can't Nobody"got Mutizen on SBS "Inkigayo". Generally, 2NE1 took first place eleven times at various music shows. October 21 Yang Hyun Suk announced that 2NE1 will release the song on October 31st, later revealed to be "It Hurts (Slow)". The video was released on November 1st and featured a Halloween theme. On October 28, it was announced that Avex would become 2NE1's official label in Japan, and the track "To Anyone" would be released on Japan December 8, 2010. However, the release was delayed indefinitely. Also " To Anyone" was introduced in Thailand on October 28, 2010. November 26 2NE1 released the single "Don't Stop The Music" as a "special gift for Thai fans".

2011: debut in Japan and Korea:

Originally Japanese debut 2NE1 was scheduled for December 2010, but was delayed until September 2011. On January 19, the track "Can"t Nobody (English Version)" became available on Recochoku. The music video was released via iTunes Japan on February 2. February 22 Avex announced that 2NE1 debuted with the Japanese version of the track "Go Away" on March 9, 2011. It was later announced that the single would serve as the title theme television program Mezamashi. On March 16, the group released their first mini-album " 2NE1" V Japan no performances or promotions due to the Tōhoku Earthquake and tsunami. The album immediately peaked at number 24 on the Oricon chart. At the end of 2011, the group received the award " Best Newcomer", awarded as part of the annual Japan Record Awards ceremony. April 18 2NE1 announced their plans to return to Korea with mini-album " 2NE1", promotion took place from April to August. Park Bom's solo project "Don't Cry" was presented on April 21, 2011. The song rose to the top of the charts and reached "All-Kill" status on real-time music charts (Bugs, Melon, Soribada, Monkey3, Dosirak) within 24 hours of release. After Park Bom completed her solo promotions, C.L. officially confirmed that the group's new single, entitled "Lonely", will be released on May 12, 2011. Behind-the-scenes video from the filming of the video for " Lonely" was shown in the second episode of the show "YG on Air", and he Music clip was published on May 11, 2011 on the official YouTube channel 2NE1. The song became a huge success, becoming No. 1 on all music charts. The music video also received over 4 million views within four days. The song subsequently reached "All-Kill" status. June 24 2NE1 released the single "I Am The Best". Within 24 hours after release" I Am The Best" topped all major Korean charts except for Monkey3, where the song was ranked number two. It eventually reached number one and was awarded "perfect all-kill" status. July 21 2NE1 released music video for the song "Hate You". On July 28, along with the release of the album, the single "Ugly" and its music video were presented. 2NE1 became the first artist in K-pop history to achieve five all-kill statuses in a row. After the promotion ends 2NE1 held the first series of concerts in Olympic Hall in the Chamsil Olympic Park V Seoul August 26, 27 and 28. In September 2011 2NE1 returned to promotion Japan, presenting the mini-album "NOLZA". Immediately upon release, the album peaked at number 2 on the Japanese iTunes chart and number 4 on the Oricon chart. On September 19, the “2NE1 First Japan Tour – NOLZA” started, attracting a total of more than 70,000 fans.

2012: Japanese album, American debut:

March 28, 2012 2NE1 released their first full-length Japanese album "Collection", the title track of which was the track "Scream". The album included Japanese remakes of Korean songs such as "Love Is Ouch", "Fire" and "I Don't Care". The album peaked at number four on the Oricon Daily Charts and number two on the iTunes Album Chart. The girls collaborated with legendary Japanese hip hop group M-Flo for the single "She's So (Outta Control)". The song was included in the album M-Flo"Square One". The girls were working on their American debut album with will.i.am, planning to release it in 2012.

2013:

In 2013, the group leader C.L. shared in her interview with Billboard that 2NE1 will return in April and the concept for their new album is still being discussed. March 14, 2013 2NE1 released the song "Take the world on" on English language, which was the fruit of the group's collaboration with American singer Will.I.Am. On April 16, they released their second song, "Getting Dumb". The song was included in solo album Will.I.Am, which was released on April 23. At the beginning of May 2013, the 2NE1Loves website posted a video teaser with C.L., and a little later with Daroy. The project was announced 2NE1 Loves Shinsegae to advertise the Chrome Hearts brand. On May 15 it was announced that C.L. will release a solo song. The song was originally supposed to be called " Bad Girls", but later the title of the song was changed to "The Baddest Female". The release took place on May 28, 2013. In the video " The Baddest Female"label mates and friends took part C.L.– G-Dragon and Taeyang BigBang, Lidia Pak / Lidia Pak, and even a producer 2NE1– magnificent Teddy Park / Teddy Park. In summer 2NE1 surprised fans with an unusually light and feminine style, releasing singles such as “Fallin in love” and “Do you love me”. The catchy and light love songs were loved by fans, but fans were waiting for the “real 2NE1” with their unique and unique style, strong and daring. However, talk about a new album 2NE1 remained only unfulfilled promises. 2013 was coming to an end and November 21, 2013 2NE1 released their tenth single "Missing You". Incredibly touching and sad lyrics, vocals of the participants - this is the simple concept " Missing You", which captivated and sunk into the souls of all fans. The group performed with this song at the annual Mnet Asian Music Awards 2013, held in Hong Kong. C.L. received an award Mnet Asian Music Awards behind " Best Dance Performance".

2014:

The first announcements about the new album were made on January 15, 2014, along with a list of cities for the band's new concert tour. Shortly before the release of the disc 2NE1 organized a small private performance for the guests and music critics, which featured new songs from the album. The initially planned release date was February 24, but later it was moved to midnight from the 26th to the 27th, in honor of the birthday C.L.. On March 2, video clips for “Come Back Home” (the usual version and a live acoustic performance) and “Happy” appeared. " Come Back Home"has reached the status all-kill in the Korean charts, topping all major music charts immediately after its release. The album was released on physical media on March 7. On May 20, a video for the song "Gotta Be You" was released. The Japanese version of the album "Crush" was released on June 25, 2014. Album " Crush"gained relative popularity in the United States, where, thanks to sales, it was able to reach a record 61st place for Korean artists in the main album chart Billboard 200, becoming the best-selling in history USA K-pop album. FUSE magazine included him in the list of " Top 25 Albums of 2014" (from those already published) " Crush" is the second studio album 2NE1. Authors of lyrics and music from the album " Crush" become Teddy Pack and the leader of the group - C.L., a member of the group also took part in the recording Big Bang G-Dragon. All songs from the album became new compositions with the exception of the track " Scream", previously released in Japanese in the album "Collection". The album belongs to the genre of K-pop with elements of R&B.

2015: group and solo activity participants:

Since 2015 Dara began to restore her acting career. Because Minzy was the main dancer in the group, she opened her dance school"Millennium Dance Academy". C.L. continued her solo career in America, releasing the single "HELLO BI + CHES" from the upcoming mini-album "Lifted". For the first time in 2015, the group gathered at an awards ceremony Mnet Asian Music Awards V Hong Kong in 2015 to perform their hits together" Fire" And " I Am the Best"Even though the group never returned with new songs, they became the sixteenth most popular group on Tumblr in 2015.

2016-2017: Minzy's departure and group disbandment:

5th of April YG entertainment confirmed that Minzy leaves the group 2NE1. "We officially declare that the maknae of the group, Gong Minzy, no longer included 2NE1". They also added: "Due to the expiration of the girls' contracts on May 5, 2016, our agency conducted interviews with each of the participants individually in January. Unfortunately, plans Minzy did not coincide with ours." November 25, 2016 YG Entertainment announced the dissolution of the group, C.L. And Dara signed a contract as solo performers, and Bom left the agency. On January 5, 2017 it was announced that 2NE1 will release their latest joint single, "Goodbye", as a farewell song for their fans. It was released on January 21st, the song had lyrics written by C.L. as a letter to Minzy.

It turns out that in South Korea there is rap. And there is her own Nicki Minaj. And she almost overtook Putin in the Times rankings

If you Google CL, you will get a dozen links to sites with brand new Mercedes and best case scenario a couple of mentions about CL. But this “South Korean Nicki Minaj”, together with Vladimir Putin, shared the first line in the reader’s rating of the most influential people on the planet according to Time. There she overtook Kanye West, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus by a wide margin.

Perhaps these are the tricks of Korean hackers, but now CL has armed itself with the support of Diplo and moved towards the USA. Plus, the final Times rating is very different from the reader rating. But why isn’t this a reason to meet a cute young lady and find out why Western media are increasingly writing about Korean turnips?

From our vantage point, Korean pop music seems like a distant and not very interesting kingdom, where it occasionally shoots out characters like PSY with the YouTube-breaking hit “Gangam Style.” However, this point of view is not entirely correct. Unlike North Korea, in the south they actively draw on and try out a variety of manifestations of pop culture, from the desire to become like the local Barbie to the love of action films, boy bands and video games. And they also have their own “Star Factory,” headed by local Rick Rubn, the head of the YG Entertainment label, Yang Hyun Suk. It was with her promos that young CL first came there. And she had to knock long and persistently because rap was not yet in fashion.

Born into a family of a scientist and an actress, 23-year-old Lee Chae-rin received an excellent education, shuttling between Seoul, Paris and Tokyo. But she picked up her love for hip-hop during a fleeting trip to Atlanta. Back then, in 2006, no one could even think about Psy’s success; K-pop was just emerging on the Korean scene, and hip-hop/RNB had not yet had such a strong influence on pop music. Therefore, 15-year-old CL had to be content with small verses on other people's songs as a guest MC and carry her demos around the studios. And one day luck smiled at her - with her drive, the girl defeated the stern producer and became part of the new girl band 2NE1, ahead of which loomed deafening success by local standards.

But stories about Korean pop music are unlikely to be of interest to anyone, so we teleport to Seoul 5 years later. Having become friends with all the Korean rappers (and then there were many more of them), CL grew to the status of a kind of Korean Timati, who achieved everything “here”, but was of no interest to anyone “over there”.

And just at that time the heavens opened up, revealing to the world the face of the chubby-cheeked Korean PSY. While even your grandmother was dancing gangam style, enterprising Western producers were already packing their bags for Seoul to get to know the local cuisine better. CL was one of the few who firmly grabbed the chance - first she appeared in an ad for Adidas Originals, then she recorded with the then king of dubstep Skrillex, and now she has reached the miracle worker Diplo.

IN recent interview The Fader Diplo jokingly called her "the baddest girl I know" and said that he produced half of her debut album, trying to find a balance between Korean pop music and modern hip -hop. The first single from the album was the recent "Doctor Pepper", which sounds like someone threw it into a vat of Korean noodles Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea. Koreans spat at this dish, but in the West, on the contrary, they warmly received it.

After the Times rating and the release of “Doctor Pepper,” the Western press gave the girl discreet advances and called her “the Korean Nicki Minaj,” which is a compliment in itself. The girl herself behaves no less modestly, intending to become the face “with which Western listeners will associate South Korea.”

We don’t even know, on the one hand, Koreans in “black” clothes look quite funny, and in terms of level this is no higher than the conventional Christina Xi, on the other hand, all these advances are definitely given for a reason, and it looks outlandish. How about you?

Article:[Exclusive] CL is almost unrecognizable... 'shocking' appearance due to weight gain

Source: Ilgan Sports via Nate

1. [+3,795, -43] ??? Something happened? This is alarming; especially because of how sudden it is;

2. [+3,420, -36] She must be... under a lot of stress... ugh...

3. [+2,367, -62] I bet even Yang Hyun Suk is shocked ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+338, -2] Doesn't this look like normal weight gain? It seems she has gained more than 20 kg...

5. [+313, -2] I think this is a public display of her displeasure towards Yang Hyun Suk. She must be stressed right now due to the uncertainty in her career.

6. [+277, -4] This is shocking... it's only been 6 months since the Olympics ended...

7. [+261, -2] I'm concerned about her health;;; What's happened?!

8. [+245, -7] She didn't just "gain weight", she's now obese. How long did it take for her to gain so much weight???????

Source: Nate

1. [+533, -7] Is this really CL????

2. [+465, -7] Looks like she was skinny just a few months ago...

3. [+344, -23] She gained weight because of American food... She looks like an American now

4. [+32, -1] Looks like she's gained at least 30kg... how much stress she's been under because of Yang Hyun Suk...

5. [+31, -0] She's having serious difficulties...

6. [+29, -2] Incredible...

7. [+24, -2] Doesn't she have health problems if she gained so much weight after a few months...? For example, problems with the thyroid gland...

8. [+22, -3] I think even CL gains weight if she doesn't stay in shape...

Source: Nate

1. [+511, -4] Well... no matter how much she ate to gain that much weight, I'm sure she was also under a lot of stress

2. [+455, -10] She must have some health issues

3. [+437, -24] More shocking than the Shoo scandal

4. [+50, -4] I think weight gain comes from stress. Her group failed because of that su.. Park, and no matter how talented CL is on her own, her looks aren't good enough to perform on her own... She's getting older, there are more and more trainees... she's already gotten a taste peaks...

5. [+35, -5] You guys are so shallow. I watched fan videos of her and she was still signing autographs for fans, accepting gifts and doing everything she could, although I'm sure she wanted to hide

Article: Does Yang Hyun Suk have anything to do with CL's weight gain?