The breezy and tropical hip-hop track heavily samples Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man -- even featuring Method Man himself for a brief cameo in the video. Directed by Dave Meyers (Missy Elliott's WTF), the Lifted music video, which dropped Thursday, shows CL dancing and drinking her way through a hazy New York summer day, eventually flying above the roofs atop cartoonish clouds.
Produced by frequent collaborator Teddy Park and co-written by Park, CL and Asher Roth, Lifted reached the top 30 of iTunes’ Hip-Hop/Rap chart within three hours of its release.
It's a long-awaited English-language debut for the 25-year-old rapper, whose become one of the most prominent K-pop superstars in South Korea. Now, she's ready to break into the States.
Who is CL?
Chaelin Lee, better known as CL, is a South Korean rapper, 2NE1 girl group member and fashion icon better known in the States for her appearances at New York Fashion Week than her music.
As a member of 2NE1 and as a solo artist, she's released tracks that experiment in electronic pop, reggae and trap. With Lifted, CL takes on 90s East Coast hip-hop with heavy beats and a mellow sound -- a huge change of pace from her usually aggressive style.
Why should you care?
CL has been testing the waters in the U.S. for years, with last year's grime-influenced Doctor Pepper -- a collaboration with Diplo, Riff Raff and OG Maco -- as well as her traptastic electronic single Hello B****es in November. As part of 2NE1, she was featured on several will.i.am songs, and filled in for Fergie on a Black Eyed Peas tour.
It's high time for CL's U.S. debut, and with her upcoming EP, also titled Lifted, she may take K-pop to new heights.
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