Why CL won't stop until she's conquered America
Lee Chae-rin, also known as CL, has a global following of millions. Here, she talks about identity, cultural appropriation and her fight to break America.
Her videos on YouTube are viewed by millions, American fashion designers Alexander Wang and Jeremy Scott regard her as their friend and muse, and Method Man features in her latest music video "LIFTED."
"I go around the world, I've seen her fans in Chile, in Brazil, obviously all through Europe. I mean she's not just a Korean or an Asian phenomenon, she really is a global superstar," Jeremy Scott tells CNN Style backstage at New York Fashion Week.
You may be forgiven for not yet knowing who CL, or Lee Chae-rin, is, but if she has her way, she'll soon be a mega-star.
A K-pop poster girl, CL fronted the all-girl group 2NE1, whose 2014 album "Crush" became the best-selling and highest-charting Korean album in US Billboard 200 history. In the year prior to the band's US Billboard success, CL had already released her first solo track "The Baddest Female."
She announced her intentions to formally debut as a solo artist in the US in 2014, and partnered with American music agent Scooter Braun, who has represented Usher and Ariana Grande, among others.
