I use Maybelline's eye studio gel eyeliner and simply glide it onto the eyelids to shape the makeup. Then, I use brown eyeshadow to add more detail to make my eyes look deeper.
— CL
I actually wrote the lyrics for 'Goodbye' in 10 minutes.
My dad didn't like staying in one place, so we moved around every year - to a new house, new town, new country.
I think it's in my blood: both of my parents are very hard workers and were always working when I was growing up. I love working and what I do.
We're into discovering ourselves as 2NE1. Since all four of us are different, we inspire and push each other.
I don't want to take too much responsibility, where I'm like, 'Oh, I'm representing Asia.'
I'm not the standard Asian girl.
Culturally, I'm not 100 percent Korean. I'm very mixed and very open.
I love Chanel. Everything about her was personal. All of those lions she made, she handmade them. Red and green, they were her favorite colors. She kept it personal and real, and she was a woman.
Jeremy Scott is a good friend, and we love his stuff.
We're 2NE1, and we're from Korea. We're this girl band with great music.
Once you have the money, fame, success or power, it's so easy to maintain that, because all you have to do is play it safe.
A lot of Asian girls love being basic because it's safe. But the thing is, a lot of my fans are those girls, and they want to be bolder, but there's no one they could look up to and be like, 'It's OK to be that way.'
We treat each album as our traces and our legacy.
I wanted to go on a project which shows the mixture of Chae rin and CL, not just CL on stage or in a music video.
What I do is all about expressing myself, whether it's music or the clothes I wear.
I love to perform and express myself to inspire people.
I enjoy exploring and finding myself.
I don't cry often.
Growing up, I listened to a lot of Queen and Lauryn Hill because of my dad. Those are songs that have messages.
I love Karl Lagerfield. Riccardo Tisci - I love his work.
I don't actually like calling myself a rapper. I'm more a performer.
Some people want to tell me what's right for me, and I have to stick up for myself all of the time.
I don't want a 'good' image.
I feel like an alien sometimes, where I don't feel like I belong anywhere.
I love Grace Jones. She's everything.
Love A$AP Rocky. I love his music, and I love his style.
Our goal is just to put the best music out there possible.
Yes, I am successful in Asia. But if you think about that too much, you become boring. Because you don't want to take risks.
Girls in Asia are very obedient, shy, timid, quiet, but I can tell that it's changing, and I want them to be stronger and tell them that it's OK to be different.
For 2NE1, it's always been all about music.
My creative is for the world.
I want to show who CL is on my first solo album.
Fashion and music are connected, since both are expressions.
I'm not against being beautiful or sexy or anything, but I have this 'cool' image that I want to keep.
I know from my own experience that anything is possible, that there's nothing you can't do.
Personally, I don't like defining myself. I don't want to be put in one category in any kind of way.
I love being called Baddest Female.
I don't like to box myself into anything, because I also sing and I love to dance; I do everything.
Back in Korea, I'm always in the studio with YG people. I'd be given a song, and I'd cut it.
2NE1 was special because we each had different characters and styles, for individual tastes.
We just love shopping. I don't look at the brand; I don't look at the most pricey outfit. Even if it's a dollar, I don't care.
I have so many gay friends, and I love them so much because they're fun.
All our fans have great energy, and that's where we get our energy to perform. They know how to have fun with our music.
It's so easy to be pretty and perfect.
Normally, people think of Asian women as timid, but I think I'm very strong.
For me, the things that are luxurious are things that are rare. It's not really about how much something costs or whether it's 'limited edition'; it's about how special it is.
In my point of view, bad girl is not a villain. Like, people in the United States use 'bad' as referring to something cool. So it means 'Cool girl.' I wish CL was like that.
I love men's clothes better than women's collections.
I know how important '36 Chambers' is, and it inspired me to record 'Lifted.'
