2NE1 [YG Entertainment]

Girl group 2NE1 member Sandara Park has revealed a website showing a date that is presumed to be related to her group's upcoming debut in Japan.

"2NE1's new site is open!!! www.2ne10921.com I think our BLACKJACKs in Japan will be happy!" Sandara wrote in a posting on her me2day account early on Wednesday. BLACKJACK is the name of 2NE1's official fan club.

The website Sandara referred to, apparently managed by the girls' agency YG Entertainment and Japan agency AVEX, showed "77 days to go. 2NE1 Countdown" with a live timer underneath counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to September 21.

2NE1's debut in Japan has been expected for some time now -- it was supposed to be in March but got delayed following the devastating earthquake that month and YG then announced the following month that the girls would expand their career in the country sometime in September.

Currently, they are focusing on promoting their latest single "I am the Best" which will be one of the tracks to their mini-album set for release on July 21.

2NE1, formed of members Park Bom, CL, Sandara Park and Minzy, has been one of the most popular girl groups in Korea since making their debut in May 2009.

Due to gaining recognition overseas as well, their reality show "2NE1 TV LIVE: WORLDWIDE" will go on air in a number of countries globally including the U.S., Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, Myanmar and Malaysia, starting mid-July.

Their fans in the U.K. are calling on them and other artists of YG Entertainment to visit the country for a concert by planning a flash mob event in London set for July 9. Over 1,200 people have agreed to take part in the event so far.

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