Crush

Crush (stylized as CRUSH) is the second and final studio album overall by South Korean girl group 2NE1. It was released at midnight local time on February 27, 2014, through YG Entertainment. The album marked the group's first Korean album release since 2NE1 2nd Mini Album (2011) and the first studio album following To Anyone in four years. Crush was produced by Teddy Park, Choice 37, Dee.P, Masta Wu, Choi Pil-kang and Peejay, as well as group leader CL. Stylistically, the album incorporates a broad range of musical influences from R&B, hip hop, dance, electronic, and reggae. Crush was positively received by music critics, who highlighted its modern electronic innovation and was listed as one of the best albums of the year worldwide by Rolling Stone and Fuse. Crush sold over 5,000 copies within four days in the United States and debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200—simultaneously becoming the best-selling and the highest charting Korean album in the country, at the time of its release. The Japanese edition of Crush was made available on June 25, 2014, and peaked at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart. The first single from the album, "Come Back Home", peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart for two consecutive weeks, becoming the group's ninth number-one hit in South Korea. The second single, "Gotta Be You", was promoted on music program Inkigayo and peaked at number three on the Gaon Digital Chart. Shortly after the release of Crush, the group commenced their third concert tour titled the All or Nothing World Tour, which visited multiple countries in East and Southeast Asia. Background On January 15, 2014, a poster for the group's upcoming All or Nothing World Tour was revealed on their agency's website, with hints about a new album. On February 19, it was revealed the album would contain of a total of 10 songs. All of the songs are new, except two; "Scream", which was previously featured on their 2012 Japanese language album Collection and an Acoustic Version of the album's title track. It was further revealed that the group's leader CL co-composed and wrote lyrics for three and five songs respectively, a first for the group.