If you follow me on Twitter, then you’d know that I was up last night at midnight waiting for the scheduled premiere of the new 2NE1 single. 12am came and went and the song was nowhere to be found, with most of us fans assuming that the non-premiere was a result of the recent car accident involving BIGBANG’s Daesung. Turns out we were right, with 2NE1′s agency YG Entertainment confirming the news today.
“We have decided to delay the release of 2NE1′s new song and the content of YG On Air by one week. It was a decision made in a tight and stressful situation, and we hope that we will be forgiven and understood for not giving proper forewarning about our decision”
If you haven’t been keeping up with the K-Pop news, BIGBANG’s Daesung was involved in a car accident this week in which a motorcyclist was killed. It’s a very complicated situation involving another car, a hit and run before Daesung was even on the scene, and some other factors — you can read the specific details on AllKPop, but for the mean time, police are conducting a thorough investigation to fully determine whether Daesung was at fault or not (so far, it looks like he probably wasn’t). Having YG Entertainment’s biggest band involved in something like this is obviously taking its toll on the agency, so it’s no surprise that 2NE1′s new promotional campaign has had to temporarily take a back seat.
Anyway, it’s not like one week will hurt 2NE1 too much. Their single “Lonely” is #5 in its third week on the chart, after hitting number one last week, and they already picked up a music program award on Sunday’s Inkigayo. Although, you do have to wonder if Daesung’s situation could end up negatively affecting 2NE1′s new album launch overall — and don’t get me started on what this will mean for BIGBANG, who were scheduled to drop another album soon.
Good luck to Daesung the YG family, and everyone involved during this difficult time.
[Source: Omonatheydidnt]
