4-member South Korean girl group 2NE1, whose debut work spectacularly landed #1 on the Oricon charts last year and was also crowned by MTV (America) as the “Best New Band in the World” by the end of the same year, held their secret fan event on May 2 at Shibuya’s WOMB, performing their rendition of ‘LIKE A VIRGIN’ for the first time.
Those who purchased their first Japanese album entitled “COLLECTION” that was released on March 28 (and could be considered as a “Japanese best” album) were eligible for the lottery application for this event; the invitation was included in the album. 400 fans were chosen to participate in this secret party. ” As they would always meet the Japanese fans in large stages, the small assembly hall was decided on for 2NE1 to be able to communicate and “play” with their fans in a close distance,” was said of the concept of this event.
In this fan meeting, they displayed four of their songs, ‘I AM THE BEST‘, ‘UGLY‘, ‘SCREAM‘ and ‘LIKE A VIRGIN‘ from their album ‘COLLECTION’. Among other things, the song [LIKE A VIRGIN], used in a TV CM, was performed for the very first time. The famous music producer FPM*, who produced this song, was present in the event, joining 2NE1 on stage for the performance. Also, their labelmate SE7EN made a quick stage appearance, surprising the members of 2NE1 and the 400 fans at the event.
At the conclusion of the event, Leader CL commented with a bright smile, “While it’s fun to perform on a huge stage during our solo tour, YG Family concerts and such, it’s really enjoyable to hold a live on a small stage as we can feel the fans’ great enthusiasm in such a close proximity. 2NE1′s concept is to “play” together with the fans, and today I think that we were able to exactly do that: play with everyone. Today too, we performed “LIKE A VIRGIN” live for the very first time. We had the privilege of making a cover of a song done by Madonna who we look up to, and we’re really happy about that. We also had the honor of showcasing it on stage with FPM who produced the song for us. From the bottom of our hearts, we’re grateful and we had a really good time with everyone.”
After the event, 2NE1 personally waited by the exit to give out special presents to each of the fans in attendance, surprising them. The event was covered on TV provided below with English subtitles in case you missed it.
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*FMP – Tomoyuki Tanaka is an electronic music artist/DJ, better known by his stage name of Fantastic Plastic Machine. Tanaka is considered to be part of the Shibuya-kei movement, drawing heavily from bossa nova, lounge music, soft rock, and French pop, but he also incorporates many other types of music.
Source: Musicman-Net
Translated by: Jinhae @ YGLadies.com
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