Just a few days ago, CL premiered another solo single. While fans are certainly happy with the solo release, others may have started to wonder where her previously announced U.S. debut album is.
Indeed, when exactly will CL be making her official U.S. debut?
According to YG Entertainment president Yang Hyun Suk, fans will have to wait until next year before CL releases her previously announced U.S. debut album. Recently, Yang explained several details about CL's upcoming release schedule, including a confirmation that she would release her solo album next spring.
According to Yang, CL's album is currently close to being finished.
"Since she's been preparing for so long, the album is 90 percent completed, and the music video for the title track has been filmed," said Yang (via Soompi)
He then went on to explain that her recent single "Hello Bitches" was released in order to counterbalance CL's rookie status in the U.S. music market.
"Because she is not well-known in America, we decided to do some promotions before the album came out. From all the tracks on her album that we hadn't planned on promoting, we chose to make a dance performance video for 'Hello Bitches' as a pre-release promotion. The reception has been better than expected," Yang further explained.
The reception has definitely been good if you consider that CL's dance music video for "Hello Bitches" currently has over 2 million views. Since the video was only released on Nov. 21, it means that CL managed close to 1 million views a day since releasing the video.
After discussing the pre-release promotions, Yang Hyun Suk confirmed that CL plans to release her official U.S. debut EP, said to be titled "Lifted," next spring, asking fans to look forward to it during that time.
Though it seemed as though CL's U.S. debut was up in the air, hopefully with the album being close to finished and a rough release schedule, there won't be any more delays.
But then again, Yang Hyun Suk has said a lot of things about releases before.
