Where is 2ne1

It was tough. I was trying to keep up with the other girls in the group in terms of maturity, but when you're up against these girl groups who look like models and you're doing something different -- cool, but different -- you deal in a different way. With success came challenges that extended beyond her professional life. Citing a lack of a "natural support system" that only magnified with the increasing pressures of celebrity, Minzy says depression and suicidal thoughts plagued her throughout her teenage years.

What eventually came was a confusion of where her passion laid. Life felt like just a stage. I didn't know what was my life about; I wasn't sure if life was better as a performer or if life would be better just alone. It was such a contrast, but I never had the time to figure out how to balance both being on stage and being alone. This was 2NE1's heyday in Korea with five No. But Minzy also cites professional disappointments throughout: She was preparing and recording a solo album, scheduled ahead of "I Am the Best," but that got pushed back and eventually scrapped due to an issue "with a different artist in the company.

Longer hiatuses in between 2NE1 albums meant less quality time with her band mates. She calls them her "sisters" to this day. Maybe because I was so young? But the world was quite a strange place to me, so those moments are close to my heart. The family feel was more important to me than the fame, but as it took longer and longer for our albums to come out, we would only really meet when it was time to plan for the album. As everyone started doing their own thing, I was having even less time with them.

In South Korean society, mental illness is seen as taboo, though the country suffers the highest suicide rate in the world for children ages The country's focus on public image and lack of communication on such issues rendered Minzy unable to find help with her depression. Where she did find a resource was in Teddy Park, who was mainly responsible for producing a majority of 2NE1's discography and encouraged her to hold on to her Christian faith as a positive from her pre-fame life.

I'm really thankful for Teddy and see him as a good person in my life to remind me to keep going even when depression was at its worst. Minzy's breakthrough came by connecting with Christianity in her late teens, which led her to finding resources and, finally, people open to talking about her mental health. People didn't even really know I was struggling. I was just alone. When I was 17, 18, I basically met God, I found my faith. That was a major change in my life.

The people with the same faith and that same encouragement came into my life and were able to speak very boldly into my life. It wasn't like, 'Oh, you just have to get better. It's OK to struggle and it's OK to feel bad, but let's think about it, deal with it and have faith. When she decided to depart 2NE1 and YG Entertainment in , Minzy says it was the first step in figuring out if performing was her true path. I had to find my own direction, and the only way to do that was by leaving the group and fighting for my own will.

I was wondering, 'What is my life about? The next step was putting herself first. She surrounded herself with people who support her and her vision like Ashley Choi, whose previous clients include Justin Timberlake and Jay Park , who handles global management and is her "best friend.

It's that I fought for myself, my own future and what I wanted," she reflects of her now-solo journey.

I did feel pressure and [a] burden [when going solo], but it was a good burden. Many fans, collectively called Blackjacks, has undoubtedly been missing the group and hoping for a reunion.

In addition, she also made her debut as an actress through the American film, "Mile 22," alongside Mark Wahlberg. In the same year, she also performed at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. She finally made her solo debut with her first extended play, "Minzy Work Following her legal dispute with Music Works, and eventually departing from the label, she released her first single "Lovely" as an independent artist.

After some time as an independent artist, Minzy established her own label called MZ Entertainment and signed with Philippines' Viva Entertainment, which allowed her to release made her Philippine debut Tagalog version of "Lovely. Park Bom made her much-awaited comeback back with her debut single album, "Spring," which features her lead single of the same name in and former fellow member, Sandara Park.

In December , Park Bom returned from her year-long hiatus following health concerns. Despite that, she had been updating fans regarding her health on her personal Instagram account.