Come Back Home (2NE1 song)

[3] The name of "Come Back Home" initially sparked curiosity amongst fans due to it being reminiscent of the popular 1995 song of the same name by Seo Taiji and Boys—which Yang Hyun-suk, the founder of YG Entertainment, was a member of.

[3] 2NE1 leader CL confirmed in an interview that the name of the song was in fact intended to pay homage to Seo Taiji and Boys, although the music video concept would remain different.

[6] "Come Back Home" was written and produced by long time YG-collaborator Teddy Park, with additional composition and arrangement both being handled by the duo Choi Pil-kang and Dee.P of Future Bounce.

Kim Young-jin from domestic webzine Weiv noted its incorporation of American pop and hip-hop styles with "advanced contemporary trends", and said that "'Come Back Home' once again confirms the direction and capabilities of YG Entertainment, not just 2NE1.

[8] August Brown of the Los Angeles Times commented that "'Come Back Home' tosses Atlanta trap drums, pop-reggae guitars and Robyn's bleary-eyed pleading into one song and makes it work".

[21][22] "Come Back Home" rose to the top position on the digital chart the following week, becoming the group's ninth and final number-one single in the country—extending their record at the time for the most number one songs out of any lead artist.

[42][43] Yang Hyun-suk described the music video as "set in a near-future city", with the concept revolving around the notion that people in the said era prefer the virtual world over the real one, similar to the movie The Matrix (1999).

[7] Popdust commented, "'Come Back Home' is laced with giffable special effects and bonkers CGI, all of which work perfectly against the genre-bending electro-reggae-acoustic-EDM-hybrid song.

According to YG insiders, the members of 2NE1 specifically requested for Yang himself to create the choreography for the song, as they felt that the elements from Seo Taiji and Boys would also suit the color of 2NE1's new performances.

[48] On May 23, 2014, 2NE1 made an appearance on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook where they performed the unplugged version of the song live in order to commemorate the Sewol ferry disaster that occurred a month prior on April 16.

The stage was met with positive reception amongst netizens, who applauded 2NE1's emotional delivery with comments such as "I got live goose bumps" as well as "the song and lyrics of 'Come Back Home' are really comforting".

[49] 2NE1 performed the song, along with "Crush", at the 2014 SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 21 without Park Bom due to her scandal at the time, and drew the highest viewership of the event with a nationwide rating of 11.1 percent.