Biography

Name: Lee Chaerin/이채린
Stage name: CL
Position: Leader, Vocals, Lead Rapper, Dancer
Date of Birth: February 26, 1991
Star Sign: Pisces
Blood Type: A
Height: 162cm (5ft 4in)
Weight: 45kg
Specialties: Singing, Rapping, Dancing, Writing lyrics, Drawing (and color)
Languages: Korean, English, Japanese, French
Favorite Color: Black, White, and sometimes brown/tan
Favorite Flower: White Roses
Favorite accessories: Sunglasses

 

Early life and career

 CL was born in Seoul, South Korea. She comes from a family of academics: her grandfather is a physicist; her uncle is an economist; her aunt is an art director, who also runs an art gallery; her father is a renowned physics professor, illustrator, robot builder and author of a series of children's books dedicated to his children. She has a younger sister, who is currently studying in Hong Kong.

CL spent most of her childhood living in Paris, Tsukuba Science City and Tokyo. She attended international schools throughout her school-days. her father encouraged her to listen to different genres of music and she dreamed of becoming a singer when she was about 10. Influenced by Teddy Park, CL wanted to join YG Entertainment. She had tried to figure out ways to send in demo tapes since an elementary kid, yet she never got a reply. When she was 13, she moved back to Paris alone where she studied for two years.[5] At the age of 15, she went to YG building and waited for CEO Yang Hyun-suk a long time downstairs. She finally gave him her demo tape and then she landed a successful audition. As a trainee, CL practised for more than 12 hours everyday after school.

CL's first feature on a song recording was Big Bang's "Intro (Hot Issue)" in 2007. Later that year, she had her first stage debut at Seoul Broadcasting System's Music Awards alongside her label mates at YG Entertainment.[citation needed] Her first credited appearance in a song was in 2008, with Uhm Jung Hwa's "DJ," in which she rapped. CL also appeared on YMGA's track "What" as part of the YG Family.

2NE1

 2NE1 debuted in SBS's The Music Trend on May 17, 2009 where they performed their digital single Fire produced by Teddy Park of 1TYM. With the release of their self-titled extended play, the group started the promotions of their title track I Don’t Care. Their mini album hit the no. 3 spot at the Hanteo's "Best-selling Album of 2009" with over 100,000 copies sold.

In October 2010, 2NE1 returned with their first full-length studio album To Anyone,which was released on September 9, 2010. Promotions started with the simultaneous showcase of the three title tracks of the album, "Clap Your Hands", "Go Away" and "Can't Nobody". Following those promotions, another song "It Hurts (Slow)"  was released on October 31 for Halloween. The album garnered huge success and 2NE1 won an overall 11 times on various music shows from their promotions.The album went on to sell over 150,000 copies.

In 2NE1’s second album Crush, CL composed and wrote the lyrics of three songs, including track No.1 “CRUSH”, “IF I WERE YOU” and “BABY I MISS YOU”. She also wrote the lyrics of her solo track “MTBD” and “SCREAM”. As such, CL exerted her talent as a singer-songwriter, composing three songs and writing the lyrics of five songs among total 10 songs of the new album.

Solo activities 

In August 2009, CL also collaborated with label-mates G-Dragon of Big Bang and Teddy Park of 1TYM for "The Leaders", which was featured on G-Dragon's first solo album Heartbreaker. It was revealed that CL wrote her own lyrics to the song.

In August, after finishing "I Don't Care" promotions, 2NE1 took a temporary hiatus with each member releasing their own solo singles. First, Dara released "Kiss" which featured CL. The song peaked at number five on the Gaon monthly charts CL then collaborated with fellow member Minzy for "Please Don't Go," which charted at number six by the end of November.

In March 2012, CL was featured in a new rap campaign "all Originals Make Moves" by Adidas Originals. It was reported that CL personally penned the lyrics to the rap.

In May 2013, YG Entertainment announced that CL will release her first solo single on the label in over five years at the end of the month with a promotions circuit to follow.The single title was originally intended to be "Bad Girls", but was retitled "The Baddest Female" following the release of Lee Hyori's "Bad Girl" music video. It was released on 28 May 2013 as well as the official music video that debuts on the same day.

CL and G-Dragon both appeared on Skrillex's song "Dirty Vibe" from his 2014 album Recess.

Name: Lee Chaerin/이채린

Stage name: CL
Position: Leader, Vocals, Lead Rapper, Dancer
Date of Birth: February 26, 1991
Star Sign: Pisces
Blood Type: A
Height: 162cm (5ft 4in)
Weight: 45kg
Specialties: Singing, Rapping, Dancing, Writing lyrics, Drawing (and color)
Languages: Korean, English, Japanese, French
Favorite Color: Black, White, and sometimes brown/tan
Favorite Flower: White Roses
Favorite accessories: Sunglasses

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Name: Lee Chaerin/이채린

Stage name: CL
Position: Leader, Vocals, Lead Rapper, Dancer
Date of Birth: February 26, 1991
Star Sign: Pisces
Blood Type: A
Height: 162cm (5ft 4in)
Weight: 45kg
Specialties: Singing, Rapping, Dancing, Writing lyrics, Drawing (and color)
Languages: Korean, English, Japanese, French
Favorite Color: Black, White, and sometimes brown/tan
Favorite Flower: White Roses
Favorite accessories: Sunglasses

- See more at: http://ygladies.com/2ne1/cl#sthash.DFqr3x84.dpuf