People seriously cannot see the similarities between these ladies and 2NE1? YG himself came out and said they're basically 2NE1 "but pretty" - him throwing 2NE1 (and Blackpink really) under the bus there.
You can see the quotes from the press conference here (the article has it's own viewpoint, clearly, but it was the first copy of the quotes that came up on google):
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news...86_211515.html