If K-Pop was ‘Ten Things I Hate About You‘, SNSD would be Bianca, and 2NE1 would be Kat. You know, Kat– the one who has the tough girl exterior and rams into other people’s cars. But you know what, most people tended to like Kat better, because Kat was cool, Kat was different. And I could only imagine how disgruntled the audience would be if the movie ended with Kat doing a 180 and kissing puppies and moving into a fluorescent pink house. Just to make Patrick fall in love with her or something. Well, this is exactly what’s happening to 2NE1. Japan is Patrick. And I am the disgruntled audience.
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And dare I say it, the whole thing is coming off as kind of… contrived. Except it only just teeters on the line, because it’s 2NE1. And they can do anything. They can pull off anything. They can wear the most ridiculous things ever, and I’d be immune to it. They can even smile forcefully and pull aegyotic expressions at the camera, and the Earth would only slightly tilt on it’s axis. But I won’t lie– when Minzy popped out from behind that couch with that puppy in her arms, I was anticipating the impending splitting of the sun.