Not long after, the group’s ‘Communications Director’ Sandara Park revealed a photo of their award through her me2day.
She expressed,Later on, she heard that 2NE1 won the ’2011 Album of the Year’ award, which prompted her to exclaim, ” Oh..My..Go..D!!! 0.0 Bam Ratatata! Tatatatata!!! We received Melon’s album of the year award?!?ㅠ.ㅠ ohh..ohh..!!! Ahh~! This award! I dedicate this award to our 5th 2NE1 member Teddy, who is like a God! He always gives us great songs, so all the thanks and congratulations goes to Teddy oppa!^0^”.“Ahh~!! A Top 10 Melon Music Award!!! We received this nice and warm trophy! ^0^ Clap clap clap!!! Thank you so much~!!! We’re sad we couldn’t attend [the award show]!ㅠㅠ We just finished performing at Kobe’s Best Hit Song Festival~ we did a good job on stage! Ah~! Today we received so much love from Blackjacks~! Even if we don’t eat, we’re full from everyone’s love!^0^ ah!”.
Netizens commented, “2NE1 forever!”, “You guys really, truly deserved this”, and “Now you can really say that ‘I Am The Best’ kekeke“.