CL. Credit: Team Cherry/CL official Facebook
CL has released a brand-new song dedicated to her late mother titled âWish You Were Hereâ.
The song, which was released today (February 26) on the K-pop starâs 30th birthday, was co-penned by CL with MNEK, Asia Whiteacre, Gary Hill and others. In an Instagram post, the K-pop star said she wrote âWish You Were Hereâ for her mother and her family. She also dedicated it to âanyone else who misses a loved oneâ.
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Cuz itâs been 6 months since I last saw you but I hope youâre okay / Canât believe you went from mother to angel in the space of a day,â she reminiscences on the laid-back track. The song dropped alongside a music video featuring home video footage and photographs of CL growing up.
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Epik High Is Here might sound like the title of a nascent group’s wide-eyed debut, but veteran Korean alt hip-hop outfit Epik High has been making music since 2001. The first part of the tenth studio album from Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz continues their penchant for genre-warping bangers, deep introspection, and blessed collaborations with some of the most notable Korean artists in the industry. The 10-track effort’s greatest example of this is the Latin-infused leading single “Rosario.” Enlisting the star power of pop firestarter CL and rapper Zico proves to be an inspired move as both descend upon the mellow beat, matching the unwavering confidence of a group that correctly boasts of “[paving] the way for everyone that is paving the way.” The rest of the album cleverly borrows elements from EDM (Miso collaboration “True Crime”), ’90s-era hip-hop (“Acceptance Speech,” featuring former iKon leader B.I), and pop, courtesy of dreamy
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A’ (she who shall not be named) only added fuel to the fire. While he admitted to wanting to rely on said drugs because he was going through a challenging time in his life, he denied ever going through with purchasing or abusing them. Under the pressure of guilt, B.I announced his departure from iKON immediately afterwards. In February of 2020, a drug test conducted on B.I returned negative results, dismissing any doubts about his admitted innocence in the matter. However, Korean media and the entertainment industry at large did what it does best and forced B.I into a hiatus almost 2 years long, during which time he worked on himself and quietly rebuilt the foundation for his career.