104-419: Street Woman Fighter ( Korean : 스트릿 우먼 파이터 ), often abbreviated as SWF , is the debut season of a South Korean dance competition franchise of the same name. It aired on Mnet from August 24 to October 26, 2021, every Tuesday at 22:20 ( KST ) time slot for 9 episodes. It revolved around eight female dance crews fighting for the position of Korea's best female dance crew to represent street dance in
208-596: A system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from
312-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
416-496: A Korean or an Asian phenomenon, she really is a global superstar". Hailed as an "ultimate style queen" in South Korea by Dazed , CL's influence extends beyond music into the fashion industry. Regarded as a style icon and a fashion industry figure, she has been known to experiment with a variety of fashion trends and styles throughout her career. She holds connections with several internationally renowned designers, including Jeremy Scott, Marc Jacobs , and Karl Lagerfeld and
520-407: A best-of-seven dance battle. After an intense battle, Lachica comes out on top and Want is eliminated. The next mission, the P Nation Choreography Mission, is revealed in which each crew will make a choreography for P Nation artist Jessi 's new song "Cold Blooded". Jessi makes a guest appearance to announce the song. The semifinal round is revealed to be 2 missions which scores will be combined. It
624-621: A company who has attracted attention with its TV commercials, and featured the pair in a "Cyber Dance Battle" in a space and Arctic themed environment. In 2014, CL landed endorsement deals with Glacéau's Vitamin Water, KGB Lemon Vodka, and appeared alongside bandmate Minzy and Winner in Adidas ' s #allinfordance advertising campaign. In February of that year, CL was named the face of Maybelline New York and subsequently appeared in multiple commercials for their cosmetic products. Her endorsement of
728-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
832-403: A dance video. Each rank will only have one main dancer which will be chosen by the judges. The rest will be back-up dancers in the video. Each dancer in a rank will create a short choreography which will be voted on by the members of their rank. The chosen choreography will be the one used to determine the main dancer. The worst dancer chosen by the main dancer can choose another dancer except for
936-459: A few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to
1040-415: A guest performer with HOOK. The performances and Judges' scores of Lachica, HolyBang, CocaNButter, Prowdmon, and Hook were shown in this episode. The Mega Crew Mission continues with the performances and Judges' scores for YGX and Want being revealed. The Global Popular Vote Scores for all the crews are revealed and added to their Judges' scores to calculate the final scores. HolyBang wins this mission with
1144-473: A new album that would be released later that year. Two days later, she released the music video for the song "Post Up", which would serve as the intro track for her upcoming album. On October 29, she released two singles—"Hwa" and "5 Star"—which were co-written by former labelmate Tablo . At the same time, CL announced that her first full-length album Alpha would be released on November 30. However, on November 16, she announced that she had decided to postpone
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#17331158731861248-618: A period of inactivity, CL released the project EP In the Name of Love in December 2019. Featuring six tracks, Billboard noted that the EP "[shares] a bit of herself, and her past, through its reflective tunes." Stylistically, the record explores a variety of music genres from R&B to rap and tropical dance. In October 2020, CL released the track "Hwa", which references the national flower of South Korea . Rolling Stone commented that "CL's rapping prowess
1352-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
1456-438: A result of receiving the highest score out of the 4 losing crews. The crew that ranked 1st, YGX, was given the power to choose their opponent out of the remaining losing crews. WayB was chosen as the second candidate for elimination. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It
1560-617: A short choreography to be used in the main dancer evaluation which was voted on by the members of the rank. The main dancer evaluation begins with the Assist Rank in which Prowdmon's Hyeily was chosen. The episode ends with the Leader Rank evaluation with WayB's Noze being chosen. The second mission continues starting with the main dancer evaluation for the Sub rank. Instead of one dancer from each team, there are two and both members from one team will be
1664-512: A single for the original soundtrack of My Little Pony: The Movie soundtrack , entitled "No Better Feelin'", released on September 22, 2017. On January 4, 2018, it was reported she would make her Hollywood debut as an actress in Peter Berg 's film Mile 22 which starred Mark Wahlberg . On February 25, 2018, CL performed at the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , performing parts of "The Baddest Female" and
1768-464: A solo artist the following year in the United States, teaming up with Scooter Braun as her manager. In May 2015, she featured on Diplo 's single " Doctor Pepper ", alongside Riff Raff and OG Maco . In November 2015, CL released her first single " Hello Bitches ", as a teaser for her planned EP Lifted . She was also featured on labelmate Psy 's single " Daddy ". The song debuted at number 97 on
1872-522: A solo artist, CL made her debut with the single " The Baddest Female " in May 2013 and released the solo track " MTBD " in February 2014 as part of 2NE1's final studio album Crush . Following the group's hiatus at the turn of 2015, CL pursued a solo career with the release of the singles " Hello Bitches " (2015) and " Lifted " (2016). The latter single led CL to become the first female Korean solo artist to place in
1976-634: A special performance of "Hey Mama" by David Guetta from the Rank Mission. During the winner's announcement, Lachica and CocaNButter came in third and fourth respectively. HolyBang was announced as the winner leaving HOOK as runner-up. Each dancer beforehand pointed out a dancer from an opposing team that they can beat in a one-on-one dance battle. The chosen dancer is given a "No Respect" Sticker for each time they are chosen. Color key: Each crew leader chooses five members including themselves to be split into four ranks. Each rank will work together to create
2080-462: A variety of other genres. Her debut solo single "The Baddest Female" in 2013 was characterized as "a clattering ego massage that channelled Atlanta hip-hop ", combining techno and dance elements with the catchphrase "Now do the unnie". The track jumps from a hip-hop beat to an electronica-infused build-up to the dubstep breakdown during the bridge. Her next solo track, "MTBD", was included as part of 2NE1's second studio album Crush (2014) and fused
2184-427: A video of their impressions from other participating crews and then seated at their designated area. Each dancer also selects the person that they think is the weakest dancer, and the selected person receives a "No Respect" Sticker. The exclusive preview ends with a preview of the first episode where Kang Daniel explains the first mission; various dance battle previews can be seen along with reactions from Kang Daniel,
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#17331158731862288-473: A way for other K-pop artists to follow". An anomaly in the mainstream K-pop scene, as The Guardian describes, CL has been called "a bold and brash personality in a world of high-gloss uniformity". Noted for deviating from stereotypical trends throughout her career, Jeff Benjamin of Billboard magazine stated that "She has a more fearless mindset when it comes to her career that's not seen in most K-pop stars." Regarding her live performances, Tamar Herman of
2392-523: Is also revealed that only 4 crews will be in the finals, meaning that 2 crews will be eliminated for this round. The first mission is the Jessi Choreography Mission. Each crew will make a choreography for Jessi's new single "Cold Blooded" and Jessi and Psy will pick the best choreography. Each team's choreography is shown and Jessi and Psy pick YGX's choreography as the best one. YGX will receive extra points and will have to opportunity to direct
2496-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
2600-408: Is between CocaNButter and Hook who are performing to Hyuna 's songs. Hook wins this round. The next battle is between Lachica and HolyBang, performing to Jessi 's song with a special video evaluation appearance of the latter and Psy . Lachica wins. The last battle is between YGX and Want performing to fight judge BoA 's songs. YGX wins. After all the fight judges' scores are revealed, the final score
2704-540: Is calculated with the Global Popular Vote Score and the Main Dancer and Worst Dancer scores from the last mission. YGX, Prowdmon, Lachica, and Hook win their matchup while Want, WayB, HolyBang, and CocaNButter are up for elimination. It is announced that two teams will battle it out with the loser being eliminated. CocaNButter is automatically placed in the battle having the lowest overall score. The second team
2808-414: Is chosen by YGX, who had the highest overall score. WANT cannot be chosen and is safe from elimination because they had the highest scores among those who lost. YGX chooses WAYB. CocaNButter faces off against WAYB in a best-of-five dance battle in a similar style to the first mission. CocaNButter comes out on top and WAYB is eliminated. The episode starts with the 7 surviving crews enjoying a pool party on
2912-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
3016-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
3120-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
3224-444: Is often seen wearing and attending events for fashion houses such as Chanel , Saint Laurent , Fendi , Moschino , Givenchy , Balmain , and Alexander McQueen . Vogue magazine called her "affinity for loud, larger-than-life clothes" a "catnip for photographers during Fashion Week." Often combining clothes from luxury fashion houses with streetwear, the magazine stated that "While most front row attendees show up in something from
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3328-407: Is on full display", as she rides a "booming bass line and snappy snares". The song reflects her individuality, referencing themes of fire, wealth, flower and change. In the track "5 Star", it contrasts the styles of "Hwa" with its love-filled lyrics and channels a more pop vibe. "She expanded the image of the female K-pop idol. Her brand of unapologetic cool was refreshing and contributed in paving
3432-486: Is presented by Kang Daniel . The judge panel in this season consists of three dancers from SM Entertainment : Color key: Released on the Mnet TV YouTube channel on August 18, 2021. All participating crews are introduced while they enter into their separate rooms. Each crew produces a personal ranking of all participating crews which is shown to each crew. Each crew are called to the main lobby where they are shown
3536-565: Is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has
3640-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
3744-494: The Billboard Hot 100 , and the third Korean artist overall to do so. In November 2016, YG announced the disbanding of 2NE1 after a hiatus of nearly two years, and CL subsequently remained on the label. Shortly after leaving YG in December 2019, she released her solo EP project In the Name of Love (2019), consisting of six tracks written during the three years since her previous single "Lifted". Her debut studio album, Alpha ,
3848-475: The Billboard Hot 100 , earning her first entry on the chart. The single, " Lifted " was released on August 19, 2016. The song appeared in the Top 30 of iTunes' Hip-Hop/Rap chart within three hours of being released, peaking at number 21. It incorporates samples of Wu-Tang Clan 's 1993 track " Method Man ", and had the rapper himself appear in the accompanying music video. Time magazine referred to her as one of
3952-549: The 2018 Winter Olympics , Korean-American snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim stated that "I listen to CL before I compete." As the leader of 2NE1, CL has appeared in a number of commercials and advertisements for various prominent brands, including Nikon , Intel , Samsung , and LG . Aside from her group endorsements, CL took part as a celebrity model for luxury cosmetic company Lancôme 's 'Vision of Beauties' campaign in 2011. The following year, she appeared alongside actor Lee Dong-wook in advertisements for Cass Light Beer,
4056-474: The Gaon Chart by the end of November. Her first solo single, " The Baddest Female ", was released on May 28, 2013. For 2NE1's second album Crush , CL wrote the lyrics and co-composed the music for the tracks "Crush", "If I Were You", and "Baby I Miss You". She also wrote the lyrics for her solo track " MTBD ", as well as the track " Scream ". In October 2014, it was announced that CL was planning to debut as
4160-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to
4264-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
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4368-539: The " Song of the Year " accolade at the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards , making them the first rookie group to win a prize the same year they debuted. In August 2009, she collaborated with label-mates G-Dragon and Teddy Park of 1TYM for the single "The Leaders", featured on G-Dragon's first solo album, Heartbreaker . The same month, after the group finished "I Don't Care" promotions, CL collaborated with fellow member Minzy for "Please Don't Go," which charted at number six on
4472-949: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
4576-432: The 20s and 30s age demographics a great fit for the brand's modern image. In 2016, CL became a muse for Alexander Wang ; Monica Kim of Vogue deemed her a prime example of "unapologetic approach to life" and a "fearless take on hair and makeup that celebrates individuality". In January 2020, CL became the first Korean brand ambassador for Ivy Park , an athleisure fashion line owned by Beyoncé , and appeared alongside
4680-518: The 2NE1 global hit " I Am the Best ". During the closing ceremony, she met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in , First Lady Kim Jung-sook , Exo , and Ivanka Trump , daughter of US President Donald Trump . In July of the same year, the Olympics channel included CL's performance in their list of Top 10 Olympic Live Music Performances of All Time, ranking her at number 8. In October, CL collaborated with
4784-508: The Black Eyed Peas on the track " Dopeness " along with an accompanying music video. On November 8, 2019, YG Entertainment announced that CL did not renew her contract with the company and left the label. On December 4, shortly after leaving YG, she began releasing previously unreleased tracks for her digital solo EP project In the Name of Love for three consecutive weeks. On September 12, 2020, CL announced that she had been working on
4888-534: The Color of Crew Mission, where each crew will create and perform a choreography that shows off each crew's color. This episode is the live finale of the program competition. The finals is composed of two missions, the Performance Song Mission and the Color of Crew Mission. The winner will be decided based on the following criteria: 70% live voting + 30% Global Popular Vote. Audience members in attendance include
4992-546: The MVP crew and will create the match-ups for the next mission. Two crews compete against each other using the same song from four "queens of K-pop", leading female solo artists: BoA, CL, Jessi, and Hyuna. Each crew must also complete the Choreography Copy Challenge. The crew with the higher score for each battle wins and avoids elimination while the losing crew is nominated for elimination. Final scores are calculated as
5096-547: The Magnum Volume Express mascara soon saw a significant increase in sales, tripling the amount as compared to the previous year, and became known as the "CL mascara". In 2017, she joined the likes of Karlie Kloss , Candace Parker , and Hannah Bronfman in Adidas's "Here to Create" movement; an official from the company cited her representation of creativeness and inspiration as the reason for her selection. In April, CL
5200-647: The Second Rank, Hook's Born and Hyowoo from the Sub Ranks, and Want's Lee Chaeyeon from the Assist Class. The final Worst Dancers are: HolyBang's Honey J, WayB's Leesu, YGX's Yeojin and Jihyo, and Want's Lee Chaeyeon. The third mission was announced as the 4 Queens of K-Pop Mission where two crews will battle against each other using the same songs. PROWDMON was chosen by the judges as the MVP Crew and thus are allowed to create
5304-521: The Second Rank, YGX's Jihyo and Yeojin from the Sub Rank, and HOOK's Yoonkyung Seon from the Assist Rank. The chosen Worst Dancers can choose another dancer in their rank who they think is the Worst Dancer to battle, excluding the Main Dancer. The loser, chosen by the remaining dancers, becomes the Worst Dancer for their rank. The chosen battlers are: HolyBang's Honey J from the Leader Rank, WayB's Leesu from
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#17331158731865408-414: The a preview of the battle between HolyBang leader Honey J and CocaNButter leader Rihey, who used to be in the same dance crew but disbanded. The first mission continues starting with a battle between Lachica's Rian and WayB leader Noze. YGX and CocaNButter were tied with the same number of wins in the final rankings and so YGX leader Leejung had a tiebreaker battle against CocaNButter's Bicki in which YGX
5512-456: The album release until early 2021, stating that while preparing the album she had developed new ideas. On February 26, 2021, CL released "Wish You Were Here", which coincided with her 30th birthday, released as a tribute to her mother who had died days prior on February 10 due to a heart attack. On June 16, CL appeared in the first episode of the second season of the TV series Dave , where she played
5616-469: The basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since
5720-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
5824-700: The biggest female style icons in K-pop. In April 2019, CL was listed by Forbes magazine as one of Asia's 30 Under 30 most influential celebrities in the field of entertainment & sports. In recognition of her stage presence and duality, The Guardian ranked her as the 19th best girl group member of all time in October 2019, and was only one of the two Korean artists to have been mentioned. She has been called "K-pop Queen" by international publications such as France 24 , Rolling Stone and Billboard , as well as "Asia's first lady of pop" by Dazed . In March 2021, she
5928-698: The biggest stars in Asia, and called her the "Future of K-pop in America". "Lifted" went on to peak at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning her her first entry as a solo artist and her second overall, and making her the first female South Korean solo artist to appear on the chart. On October 29, 2016, CL kicked off her first North American tour, the Hello Bitches Tour , at New York City 's Hammerstein Ballroom . With
6032-413: The corresponding brand," CL chooses "something that complements not just the aesthetic of the house, but also perfectly encapsulates her own 'baddest female' reputation." Her personal style has been described as resembling a tomboy-like aesthetic, commonly incorporating boots, biker jackets and sports caps with young menswear favorites such as Nasir Mazhar , Astrid Andersen and Sam MC. CL has appeared on
6136-490: The country (loosely marketed under the term "K-dance"). The winning crew (HolyBang) received ₩ 50 million, a sponsorship deal with Budweiser , and the Street Woman Fighter trophy. The second season of the show, Street Man Fighter , aired in 2022 with the same show format but with male contestants. Subsequently, a third season, Street Woman Fighter 2 , returned in 2023, with new female dance crews. The program
6240-530: The cover for numerous fashion magazines in South Korea and abroad, including for Paper , W , Elle , Vogue , Rolling Stone , Marie Claire , Dazed , Cosmopolitan , and Allure ; she was the first female South Korean artist to cover an American magazine and the first singer to cover Elle Korea . Daisy Jones of Dazed stated that "her fashion status extends far beyond an avalanche of labels and designer name-checks – like Rihanna, she's an effortless risk-taker, with her eyes firmly facing
6344-705: The end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that
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#17331158731866448-523: The field of music, she is recognized as a style icon by numerous publications worldwide. Lee Chae-rin was born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent most of her childhood living in Paris , Tsukuba , and Tokyo . When she was 13, she moved to Paris alone where she studied for two years. On living in different cities while growing up, CL said, "Culturally, I'm not 100 percent Korean. I'm very mixed, and very open." When she
6552-525: The fiercest girls to come out of Seoul". Because of her influence throughout Asia, CL collaborated with the luxury fashion brands Kenzo and On Pedder in 2014. While on tour with 2NE1, CL appeared at a promotional and fan-signing event for the collaboration at On Pedder's flagship store in Hong Kong. In July of the same year, CL was named the muse of upscale brand Hazzys for their 2014 F/W and 2015 S/S seasons, who cited her charisma, trendy style and appeal among
6656-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
6760-496: The first female K-pop idol to appear on Hypebeast 's list of 100 influential people in fashion as well as the BoF 500 fashion industry power list, who called CL a "South Korean force of nature" and the K-pop scene's "queen of hip-hop" who has been a "muse to a number of designers". Nordstrom 's Trunk Club included her in their list of 15 Most Stylish Female Icons worldwide who have changed fashion in recent history, and deemed her one of
6864-538: The first female solo artist from South Korea to feature in a television commercial in the United States. In May, CL became the face of Nike Korea's "Play New" campaign while Johnnie Walker introduced her as the global ambassador for the brand's 'Keep Walking' campaign, as part of its launch into Korea and other markets in Asia the following month. In 2022, Coca-Cola Korea selected her as an endorsement model for Dr Pepper . In 2013, head of Moschino Jeremy Scott selected CL as one of his muses, owing to her being "one of
6968-406: The four crews eliminated in the previous episodes, YGX, PROWDMON, WANT, and WAYB. The four finalist dance crews, HolyBang, Hook, Lachica, and CocaNButter, started the finale off with a performance to " 7 Rings " by Ariana Grande . The Performance Song Mission is the first mission to take place. In this mission, musical artists gift songs to the dance crews which will then create a performance with
7072-452: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it
7176-537: The future." In an interview with i-D in 2015, CL elaborated on how fashion has influenced her career, saying: "Fashion and music are connected since both are expressions. I love to perform and express myself to inspire people. That's why fashion is a huge inspiration to me." Appearing on Time magazine's readers polls for Most Influential People in the World for two consecutive years, CL ranked 2nd place in 2015 (behind only Vladimir Putin ) and 25th in 2016. She became
7280-404: The genres of EDM , hip-pop and bubblegum trap over a tense drum beat, low bass, and a unique synth sound. Billboard stated that: "The beat was trendy yet fresh, employing of-the-moment, trap-inspired breakdowns" and highlighted her "fierce and playful rap and singing style". Fuse TV compared it to the musical styles of DJ Snake's " Turn Down for What ", and deemed "MTBD" an upgraded version of
7384-429: The highest overall score. The three crews with the lowest scores are Lachica, CocaNButter, and Want, and nominated for elimination. It is announced that two teams will battle it out with the loser being eliminated. Lachica is automatically placed in the battle having the lowest overall score. The second team is chosen by HolyBang, who had the highest overall score. HolyBang chooses Want. Lachica faces off against Want in
7488-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
7592-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
7696-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
7800-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
7904-488: The lowest score and was automatically eliminated. Lachica faces off against YGX in a best-of-five dance battle. After an intense battle, Lachica comes out on top and YGX is eliminated. The finals is revealed to be another 2 part mission, the first being the Performance Sound Source Mission, where each crew will team up with an artist and create a new choreography to the artist's song, and the second being
8008-400: The main dancer in their rank that they think is the worst dancer. The chosen dancer will have a dance battle with the nominated worst dancer. At the end of the battle, all the dancers of the crews except for those of the battlers will vote for the worst dancer using a "Worst" token. The dancer with more "Worst" tokens is the worst dancer. Color key: Color key: Prowdmon was chosen as
8112-477: The main dancers. Want's Emma and Moana were selected as the main dancers. Lachica's Rian is chosen as main dancer for the Second rank. The choreography video recording is then shown for each rank followed by the choreography video itself. After the choreography video is shown, the main dancer then picks the Worst Dancer in their rank. The chosen Worst Dancers are: Prowdmon's Monika from the Leader Rank, HolyBang's Jane from
8216-459: The matchup bracket for the third mission, choosing which crews battle each other with whose song. It was also announced that a crew will be eliminated after the next mission. The third mission begins with a showdown between Prowdmon and WayB with a special video evaluation appearance from CL , whose songs the two crews are using. The performance videos are shown and the fight judges' scores are revealed with Prowdmon coming out on top. The next battle
8320-481: The music video. All crews participate in the music video. The second mission is the Men of Women Mission, where each crew must recruit male dancers and create a mixed choreography. 2AM 's Jo Kwon appears as a guest dancer with Lachica. Jay Park appears as a guest dancer with HolyBang. The performances and Judges' scores of Lachica, Hook, and CocaNButter were shown in this episode. The Men of Women Mission continues with
8424-471: The participants, and the judges. The first part of the episode is the same as the exclusive preview with the introductions of the crews, personal rankings, impression videos, and "No Respect" selection. Kang Daniel introduces the judges and explains the first mission, Battle of the Underdog, a dance battle between two participants where one calls out another they think they are better than. The episode ends with
8528-469: The penthouse. Afterwards, each crew went to their respective hideout where the fourth mission, the Mega Crew Mission, is introduced. Each crew will create and perform a choreography with a minimum of 25 performers who must be recruited personally by each crew. Weki Meki 's Choi Yoo-jung , Loona 's Yves, and Lee Young-ji appear as guest performers with WANT. Girls' Generation 's Sooyoung appears as
8632-440: The performances and Judges' scores for HolyBang, Prowdmon and YGX being revealed. The Global Popular Vote Scores for all the crews are revealed and added to their Judges' scores in addition to the Jessi Choreography Mission score to calculate the final scores. Hook, HolyBang, and CocaNButter have the three highest scores and move onto the final round. YGX and LACHICA placed 4th and 5th and were nominated for elimination. PROWDMON had
8736-631: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of
8840-482: The role of Shaki L for the animation Baby Shark's Big Show! . CL has cited 1TYM leader Teddy Park , who produced much of 2NE1's music throughout their career, as a source of influence and inspiration. In addition, she has attributed Madonna , Queen , and Lauryn Hill as role models for their unique styles and influence as well as their levels of originality. Her discography primarily consists of hip hop , dance , and electronic styles, as well as integrating
8944-496: The role of herself collaborating with rapper Lil Dicky as he aspires to take over the K-pop industry. On July 10, 2021, CL signed a domestic management contract with Konnect Entertainment in order to manage her activities in Korea. Two weeks later, domestic publications reported that CL would make her comeback in mid-August. It was later announced that CL would release her album Alpha on October 20, 2021. The digital single "Spicy"
9048-526: The same publication stating that she "dominate[s] stage after stage with her charismatic presence". Owen Meyers highlighted her charismatic character and stated that "she helped pave the way for K-pop's explosion." In an interview with CNN at New York Fashion Week 2016, fashion designer Jeremy Scott added: "I go around the world, I've seen her fans in Chile, in Brazil, obviously all through Europe. [...] She's not just
9152-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
9256-401: The singer in promotional shoots for the brand's Ivy Park x Adidas collection. In June 2021, CL collaborated with French haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier in a pictorial for W Korea ' s July issue, where he directly airlifted his collection to Korea for CL. The outfit that she wore for her 2022 We The Fest performance, which was designed by Harry Halim, was later showcased in
9360-516: The sold-out performance, she became the first K-pop female artist to hold a solo concert in the city. The tour visited other cities in the United States and Canada before concluding in Toronto on November 14. Alongside Shaiana, she was featured on Lil Yachty 's song "Surrender", an exclusive track off the Target deluxe edition of his album Teenage Emotions , released on May 26, 2017. CL also recorded
9464-399: The song. Chungha gifted "Bad Girl" to Lachica. CL gifted "Caviar" to CocaNButter. Simon Dominic and Loco gifted "No Break" to HolyBang. Sunmi gifted "Too young to die" to HOOK. In the Color of Crew Mission, each crew will create a performance that expresses the color of each crew. The performances order are Lachica, CocaNButter, HolyBang, and Hook. All the leaders of the crews gave
9568-479: The stage name 'CL' and was appointed the leader and main rapper of 2NE1, alongside Bom , Sandara Park and Minzy . The group then collaborated with label-mates BigBang for the song " Lollipop " on March 27, 2009, before appearing on SBS 's The Music Trend for the first time on May 17, where they performed their debut single " Fire ". 2NE1 achieved significant success with their number-one single "I Don't Care" from their first extended play, 2NE1 , which won them
9672-532: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF CL (rapper) Lee Chae-rin (born February 26, 1991), better known by her stage name CL , is a South Korean rapper, singer, and songwriter. Born in Seoul , South Korea, she spent much of her early life in Japan and France. She rose to fame as a member of the girl group 2NE1 in 2009, which went on to become one of the most popular South Korean girl groups worldwide. As
9776-512: The sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Global Popular Vote Score + Main Dancer Score + Worst Dancer Score from the previous mission. Color key: As the losing crews, Want, WayB, HolyBang, and CocaNButter were chosen as candidates for elimination. CocaNButter was automatically placed in the elimination battle as a result of receiving the lowest score, and Want was excluded from selection as
9880-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
9984-405: The track. CL continued to pursue hip-hop and electronic styles with the release of "Hello Bitches" in 2015, which featured instrumentations of synthesizers , a heavy 808 bassline , and a strong trap hip-hop beat as the main axis. Her 2016 English-language single "Lifted" marked her entry into reggae fusion , and was characterized as a relatively minimal breezy tropical hip-hop track. Following
10088-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
10192-454: Was 15, CL auditioned to join South Korean record label YG Entertainment. Her first feature on a song was Big Bang 's "Intro (Hot Issue)" in 2007. Later that year, Lee performed for the first time on stage at Seoul Broadcasting System 's Gayo Daejeon alongside her label mates. Her first credited appearance in a song was in 2008, with Uhm Jung-hwa 's "DJ," in which she rapped. Lee took on
10296-533: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as
10400-530: Was first released on August 24. On September 13, she became the first K-pop female artist to attend the Met Gala in New York City, alongside Blackpink 's Rosé , wearing a custom made hanbok -inspired denim dress designed by Alexander Wang . Four days later, CL announced that Alpha 's second digital single " Lover Like Me " would be released on September 29. On June 2, 2022, CL made her voice acting debut with
10504-516: Was released in October 2021. After 2NE1 reformed in July 2024, CL resumed group activities under the umbrella of YG Entertainment. CL ranked 2nd and 25th on the readers polls for Time ' s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015 and 2016, respectively. She appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list (2019) and was named amongst the best girl group members of all time by The Guardian . Outside
10608-718: Was the only Korean musician selected as part of Google's Women's History Month campaign, attributing to her unique color and "role in heralding the beginning of the golden age of K-pop". CL was chosen as GQ Korea ' s Woman of the Year in 2022. Artists who have cited her as an influence or inspiration include Blackpink 's Lisa , Loona 's Hyunjin, (G)I-dle 's Soyeon , Chungha , Aespa 's Giselle, GFriend 's SinB , Secret Number 's Jinny, Hot Issue 's Hyeongshin, Lorde , Billlie 's Moon Sua, WJSN 's Exy , and Oh My Girl 's Jiho. Yuji and Haeun of 3YE and Choi Yoo-jung have said that they have studied CL's performances and expressions while practicing performing. At
10712-439: Was ultimately declared the winner of the first mission. They were given access to the penthouse as the prize. The second mission, the Rank Mission, was announced: each leader select five dancers including themselves to represent their crew in each rank (Leader Rank, Second Rank, Sub Rank, Assist Rank). Each rank would only have one main dancer, chosen by the judges while the rest will be backup dancers. Each member of each rank made
10816-462: Was unveiled as an endorsement model for high-end luggage manufacturer Tumi as part of their Global Citizen Campaign, where they selected several influential figures from various fields as Global Citizens. For the campaign, she travelled to Chefchaouen in Morocco as an endorsement for the brand's 19 Degree collection. Upon appearing as an advertisement model for Taco Bell in February 2021, CL became
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