Girl group 2NE1 successfully charmed the audience with their speech as they represented KPop during the Cannes Advertising Festival in France.

On the 18th, the Cannes Advertising Festival was held at the Claude Debussy Hall, Cannes, France, where 2NE1 was one of the speakers in collaboration with advertising agency, Cheil Communications.

2NE1 represented Kpop artists at the seminar, where they talked about “Korean Wave Through Digital Wave,” and gave a speech about the topic.

It can be remembered that on December of last year, 2NE1 won first place in MTV IGGY’s “Best New Band In The World,” and was even selected as “Most Liked Kpop Star” in a French survey. These accomplishments and recognition is remarkable, as they have achieved them without doing any kind of promotions and even landing them an invitation straight to the Cannes Festival.

As the representatives of Kpop stars to the world, during the seminar on that day, when they were asked whether they could feel their popularity in the international scene, member CL replied, “I was surprised when I discovered that a lot of fans all over the world would make covers of our songs and sing in Korean, then upload on YouTube, it’s amazing,” she said, “The digital environment, which includes YouTube, have removed the borders of our music,” she answered.

When asked what 2NE1‘s secret is to being so well-loved, CL replied, “All of the Korean’s passion, energy, and love for music, are all found in 2NE1′s music videos, stages, and music, and I think that’s what makes the fans all over the world appreciate, and in turn, they give us love,” she said, saying her thoughts.

Also about the digital age, 2NE1 spoke about another method of communicating to fans, through 2NE1 TV, “It shows a more relaxed side of us, it allows us to communicate to fans by showing how we live our daily lives, aside from the extravagant stage performances they are used to seeing us in,” they said.

Finally, 2NE1 said, “2NE1 still has a lot to show,” they revealed, “Now, we will change the world,” potraying their bold aspirations to the world as they finished their speech.

CL became a hot topic last year with her fluent English skills during an interview with BBC WORLD main news program, “NEWSDAY.” During the seminar in Cannes, she also impressed the audience with her excellent English speaking skills.

On that day as well, 2NE1 performed their hit song, “Can’t Nobody,” in a powerful stage performance that left an impression to the thousand or so people in the audience.


Source: Nate
Translated by: BlackjackBelle@OhDara/ SlaveTranslator@WeLoveDara