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2NE1 made an appearance at this year’s SBS Gayo Daejeon festival to perform a medley of their biggest hits.
On Christmas Day (December 25), South Korean television network SBS held its annual Gayo Daejeon festival, which featured special performances by some of the top K-pop acts. During this year’s show, second-generation girl group 2NE1 took the stage for a powerful performance of some of their most popular tracks.
The performance opened with the group singing the chorus of their 2014 single ‘Come Back Home’ offstage, before appearing to perform their debut single ‘Fire’. Later, the girl group got the crowd to sing along to ‘I Don’t Care’ and ‘Ugly’, before closing the performance with ‘I Am The Best’.
The girl group are now halfway through the Asian leg of the tour, having just completed a two-night show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The tour will resume in January 2025 in Bangkok, followed by shows in Kuala Lumpur, Taoyuan, Ho Chi Minh City and Macau through February.
In other K-pop news, Jennie has unveiled new details about her upcoming solo debut album, which she described as a “buffet” with “a little bit of everything for everyone”. She will likely be the third BLACKPINK member to release a solo album, following Rosé’s ‘rosie’ earlier this month and Lisa’s upcoming February album ‘Alter Ego’.
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Drake’s Christmas giveaway stream with Adin Ross may have been about giving back to fans, but his ongoing beef with Kendrick Lamar also lingered in the winter air.
During the lengthy broadcast, which took place on Thursday (December 26) and saw the pair donate large amounts of money and other expensive goodies to viewers, Drizzy mocked one of the many lyrical jabs that K.Dot threw at him during their diss song battle earlier this year.
While gushing over his friendship with Sexyy Red, the 6 God joked: “When I see her, I see two bad ones, n-gga. What’s up? [laughs] Fuck what y’all talmbout.”
He was referencing the line from Kendrick’s “Euphoria” where he rapped: “When I see you stand by Sexyy Red, I believe you see two bad bitches.”
Elsewhere, Drake surprisingly stopped himself from dissing the Compton rapper all over again while reading out an email from a fan hoping to secure free tickets and travel to his upcoming tour in Australia.
“In the beautiful land Down Under, it would be an unforgettable honeymoon filled with laughter, fun and, of course, the Drake charisma. And it’s always fuck Ken–,” he said, cutting himself off. “Oh, I am not reading that.”
Drake previously jabbed Kendrick Lamar during a separate stream with xQc, prompting a response from the Pulitzer Prize winner.
Sitting down with the Canadian streamer and gamer following the release of Kendrick’s GNX album, Drizzy told viewers: “I’m here — mind, body and soul fully intact, in case you were wondering. You need facts to take me out; fairytales won’t do it.”
His defiant statement seemingly referenced the salacious allegations on Kendrick’s diss songs, such as him being a pedophile, associating with other sex offenders and secretly fathering a daughter.
A text message from Kendrick’s close friend Reli that was shared online revealed his reaction to Drake’s comments.
“You done turned blood into a streamer on Phillies [laughing face emojis],” Reli texted K.Dot, who replied with several laughing face emojis of his own.
Reli then said: “That’s a damn shame,” to which Kendrick asked: “He trippin??!”
Reli wrote back: “Blood don’t won’t [sic] no smoke Philly gang,” before censoring his next message.
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