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August Brown of the Los Angeles Times commented that "'Come Back Home' tosses Atlanta trap drums, pop-reggae guitars and Robyn's bleary-eyed pleading into one song and makes it work". Jeff Benjamin of Billboard additionally ranked the song the seventh best single of the group's discography in January 2017. Following the music video's release, Joseph R. Atilano of the Inquirer wrote that the "video for 'Come Back Home' is a visual feast and showcases why K-pop groups like 2NE1 currently have a strong and sizable following from around the world".
The music video for the song, directed by Dee Shin, was uploaded to 2NE1's YouTube channel on March 2, 2014. Yang Hyun-suk described the music video as "set in a near-future city", with the concept revolving around the notion that people in the said era prefer the virtual world over the real one, similar to the movie The Matrix . With the increasing focus and reliance of technology, the theme of the music video attempts to convey the "importance and humanity of reality". The dystopian-like real world features a normal girl whose boyfriend is addicted to the virtual paradise and would rather be in the fantasy environment than with her. As a result, all four members go from their real world and transform into warrior rebels to infiltrate the virtual environment in order to destroy it from the inside.
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The stage was met with positive reception amongst netizens, who applauded 2NE1's emotional delivery and the atmosphere of the performance, further commenting "I got live goose bumps" as well as "the song and lyrics of 'Come Back Home' are really comforting". Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Improve your perfomance with your own accompaniment tracks and impress the audience with amazing and exclusive covers! In addition, you will find a folder with audio stems, so you will be able to load these stereo audio files into your favorite multi-track editing software. This recording is an accompaniment track of Come Back Home in the style of 2NE1.
Music video"Come Back Home" on YouTube"Come Back Home" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group 2NE1 for their second and final Korean-language studio album, Crush . The song was released on February 27, 2014, through YG Entertainment in conjunction with the release of the album and serves as one of its two title tracks. Written and produced by Teddy Park along with Choi Pil-kang and Dee.P, the song is a hybrid of a variety of musical genres, including electropop, R&B, reggae and trap. An unplugged version of the single was also made available on the album. On February 19, 2014, it was announced that the release of the album would be postponed to two days later than originally intended, in order to coincide with the birthday of CL on the 26th.
Come Back Home (2NE1 song)
On the K-pop Hot 100, the song peaked at number two, and stayed within the top 10 for 9 weeks, becoming one of the longest songs to do so on the Korean Billboard chart. "Come Back Home" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Referring to it as an earworm, Corban Goble of Pitchfork selected the song as one of the standout tracks from Crush. On their list of Top 20 K-pop Tracks of 2014, Taylor Glasby of Dazed ranked the song at number 6, lauding the "electro dystopia" track as a key work in the year's creative overload. Glasby further praised the song's musical styles and production, writing that 2NE1 does the "sound better than anyone else, managing the surging tempo changes with ease and retaining their fierceness despite the song’s relative calm".
Filled with elaborate sets, special effects, and unique wardrobes, the video garnered notability for its high production value of half a million dollars to effectively exude a futuristic atmosphere, and has been compared to the likes of science fiction movies. Following the success of 2NE1's debut studio-album To Anyone in 2010, there had been much speculation and several announcements in regards to their then-upcoming second full-length Korean-language album. Prior to the release of the group's 2012 single "I Love You", YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun-suk announced that he intended for them to release a new single every three weeks eventually leading up to a new album. One year later in June 2013, however, Yang once again unveiled plans for the promotion of a series of songs leading up to a new album that October. It was only until February 13, 2014, when YG officially confirmed via YG Life the release of 2NE1's second Korean-language studio album, titled Crush, for February 24. The agency announced that the full-length album would instead consist of 10 new tracks, with the exception of the Korean version of their Japanese single "Scream" .
Come Back Home (2014 YG Family Concert In Seoul Live)
A 20-second sample of the song, which has been characterized as a genre-bending hybrid track, incorporating a wide range of musical influences that include electropop, reggae and trap. Lyrically, the song revolves around the group members asking for their separated lovers to "come back home". The plotline of the music video involves the members pursuing to destroy the "virtual paradise" and bring its entrants back into reality. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its musical style and production.
In only four days of tracking, the song accumulated 2,758,049 streams and 276,288 units in digital sales, making it the week's second best-selling song. "Come Back Home" rose to the top position on the digital chart the following week, becoming the group's ninth and final number-one single in the country—extending their record at the time for the most number one songs out of any lead artist. It would stay atop the chart for an additional week, before descending to number three. The track sold a cumulative total of 547,474 digital units in addition to garnering 19,255,908 streams in the month of March, and ranked as the month's best performing single. By the end of the year, "Come Back Home" was placed at number 23 on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart and was ranked as the 12th best-selling single in the country, selling a total of 1,294,905 digital units. In addition, the song peaked at number four on the US World Digital Song Sales, becoming 2NE1's ninth top-five single on the chart.
At the same time, the tracklist for the album was unveiled, and it was announced that "Come Back Home" would serve as one of the two title tracks, alongside "Gotta Be You". The name of the track sparked curiosity among fans due to Yang's former group Seo Taiji and Boys having a song of the same name. In an interview with Vice, 2NE1 leader CL confirmed that the name of the song was in fact intended to pay homage to the former group, although the music video concept would remain different. Both Crush and "Come Back Home" were released as planned at midnight local time on February 27, 2014, with the song being made available for digital consumption in various countries. An acoustic "unplugged" version of the song was recorded and was also included on the album. In its opening week, the song entered the Gaon Digital Chart at number two, placing just behind Girls' Generation's "Mr.Mr".
2NE1 received several accolades for "Come Back Home", including Song of the Year – March at the 3rd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards and Best Electronic Song at the 2014 Melon Music Awards. The song maintained the top position on the Gaon Digital Chart for two consecutive weeks, and sold nearly 1,300,000 digital units in the country by the end of 2014. It was released on 2014 and was originally written by Hong Jun Park / Daniel Park / Phil Kang Choi. Musically, the song is a Pop track and it has a tempo of 75 beats per minute. On the same day, 2NE1 made an appearance on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook where they performed the unplugged version of the song live in order to commemorate the Sewol ferry disaster that occurred a month prior on April 16. In the performance, each of the group members are seen bearing a yellow ribbon—which served as a symbol of remembrance and sympathy for the lives lost in the sinking.
