BIGBANG IS BACK !
Big Bang finally revealed the first MV for their comeback mini album "Alive".

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Big Bang's upcoming album will have six cover versions for their fans to choose for and is already open for preorders starting from February 15 up to the 28th. "Alive" is set to be officially revealed on February 28th.

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Earlier this month,SBS‘s ‘Healing Camp‘ paid a visit to YG Entertainment‘s office, where they interviewed Big Bang about their past 2,000 days together as a popular five member group.

The boys even revealed hidden stories that have never been brought to light.

During the interview, Seungri shared a shocking secret about Daesung. “After Daesung’s body became really fit from working out, he liked to be naked..there was even a time when he passed through airport immigration naked.”

Another hidden story revealed how T.O.P mischievously made Taeyang desire an Olympic Gold medal.

Aside from stories, T.O.P, Seungri, and Taeyang showed off their cooking skills as they prepared a special meal for G-Dragon and Daesung. Additionally, a special surprise gift to the members will be revealed.

‘Healing Camp’ will air on February 20th at 11:15 p.m. (KST).

Who else is eager to know what other secrets Big Bang’s maknae has in store for viewers?

Source + Image: Naver

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Rapper/producer Cho PD recently shared his thoughts about several controversial issues haunting the music industry, such as the bulk purchasing of albums and ‘hype’ versus stable success.

Cho PD began by expressing his determination to come out on top through good music and careful planning. Although Cho PD once shunned TV appearances in favor of gaining recognition through his music only, he’s since changed his opinion on the matter.

The producer recognized the growing importance of TV promotions, but also warned that it’s foolish to expect success to come from that alone. “It’s important to increase the level of closeness you have with the public through TV broadcasts,” he said. “But to think that you can become the best with just that alone is delusional.”

“Plastering one’s self all over TV shows and buying albums in bulk can only achieve superficial success, and it cannot be sustained,” he flatly explained. “There’s no reason to even criticize that kind of behavior because the truth will come to light after the hype dies down in just a year or two.”

He continued, “You can figure out the current response when visiting a record store or going to one of the performances. If the song is #1 on the charts but their albums don’t sell and the audience response is mediocre, is that not proof of hype rather than real success?”


Cho PD also stressed the importance of content planning and cited SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment as agencies that achieved success through their content in an era when the K-Pop we know today, was not the dominant force in the music industry. “When both H.O.T and Jinusean made their respective entrance into the K-Pop scene, SM and YG were inferior in a lot of ways to others in the industry. But the two groups defeated the big players of their era and went on to becoming the companies that represent the nation.”

“The number of albums being sold back then was much higher than now, and it was much harder to defeat the biggest names in the industry back then, as there was all sorts of absurdity during that time period, so it was probably very difficult to overcome the traditional big players. Their rapid progression is a good example of how elaborate, meticulous planning and powerful content results in an explosive reaction from the market.”

He continued, “In the beginning, YG and I had the same manager and so I heard a lot about the company. Back then, YG did not have an in-house management system, so they had to look for outside sources whenever they wanted material. What’s noteworthy here is that developing an in-house team (which most major labels have) was not as importance to them. Their first priority was on developing content.”

“In comparison to [the start] of those two senior labels, Brand New Stardom is in a very good situation despite being in its early stagse. All that we need to grow even further is a ‘syndrome’ that starts in the [music] market, rather than looking for a shortcut. If we were to start buying our albums in bulk, it would make our situation more difficult.”

Source + Photo: Newsen via Nate, Star News via Nate,

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Big Bang has just unveiled their final image teaser, this time featuring member G-Dragon!

Big Bang’s leader finalizes the dramatic theme previously established by T.O.P , Daesung, Taeyang, and Seungri with his A-line haircut.

Source: YG Entertainment

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Big Bang has just unveiled their fourth image teaser, this time featuring member Seungri!

Following the pattern established by T.O.P , Daesung, and Taeyang, Seungri’s image features a graphic for one of Big Bang’s title tracks, ”Bad Boy“.

Source: YG Entertainment

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YG Entertainment has just revealed that Big Bang will promote two title tracks!

The entertainment label agonized fans for days with their title-by-title unveiling of Big Bang’s 5th album tracklist. By February 1st, YG had revealed the names of all seven tracks.

But they weren’t quite done yet.

On February 15th, the label updated their YG-Life blog with an updated tracklist. It looks like the boys will be promoting two tracks simultaneously — “Blue” and ”Bad Boy“. Both “Blue” and “Bad Boy” were written and composed by leader G-Dragon, with assistance from producers Teddy and Choice 37.


YG has also unveiled the jacket cover to Big Bang’s 5th mini-album after announcing that pre-orders have become available.

It looks like there will be six versions of the album, one for each member (Seungri, Taeyang, T.O.P, G-Dragon, and Daesung), as well as another for the entire group.

(For those fans who wish to purchase through the YGE shop, you can find the link to the shop here. Others who may not be able to access the official shop can pre-order the album through YesAsia.)

Big Bang will unleash their 5th mini-album, ‘Alive‘, on February 29th. Stay tuned for more updates!

Source + Image: YG-life blog, YG’s official online shop , allkpop

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Previously, YG Entertainment revealed T.O.P and Daesung's comeback teaser photos. YG Entertainment was scheduled to release one image every day, however, today's image had an unexpected occurance.

On February 15th in Korea, Taeyang's teaser was leaked on Naver Music. Although Taeyang's teaser was set to come out on the 15th in Korea, Naver Music posted the photo before YG Life posted it.

Later in the day on February 15th around 11AM KST, YG Life finally posted the full size image of Taeyang for Big Bang's comeback. Taeyang's teaser follows the same concept as T.O.P and Daesung's teasers with the same color scheme. Taeyang is also wearing the same breathing mask that T.O.P and Daesung are wearing in their teasers as well.

YG Life is set to release one teaser each day with only G-Dragon and Seungri left to go. Big Bang will be releasing their comeback album, "Alive," in Korea on February 29th.

Check out Taeyang's official teaser for Big Bang's comeback, below!

Are you excited for Big Bang's comeback mini album on February 29th?

Source: Koreaboo via YG-Life

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Earlier today, YG Entertainment revealed another new picture ahead of Big Bang's comeback. So far, T.O.P and Daesung's teaser images have been revealed, showcasing Big Bang's concept transformation.

Big Bang was recently spotted going to the US for the recording of their newest music video for their comeback track. The mini album will consist of 7 tracks including "Blue," "Love First," "Bad Boy," "No Fun," "Fantastic Baby," and "Wings," a solo song by member Daesung. It is set to be released on February 29th.

On February 15th, Taeyang's teaser was leaked on Naver Music. Although Taeyang's teaser was set to come out on the 15th in Korea, Naver Music posted the photo before YG Life, YG Entertainment's blog, posted it. Someone from Naver Music posted the image that was set to be released later today without the intention of leaking it. It was not visible, however, fans figured out that if they changed the last number in the URL from 4 to 5, Taeyang's image was able to be seen.

Naver Music has since taken down the picture, but netizens were quick to save the image.

Check out Taeyang's transformation for Big Bang's comeback, below!


Note: YG Life has not reported on Taeyang's teaser, so this photo is unconfirmed. Stay tuned to Koreaboo for the official teaser image later today when it is posted on YG Life.

Source: Koreaboo via Naver Music

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Big Bang's Taeyang and 2NE1's Minzy will become trainers for a day, as they step up to help contestants on an episode of SBS's "Survival Audition - K-POP Star," which will be broadcasted on February 12th.

It was reported that the energy at the scene was extremely high because of the two stars. Their training style involved personally guiding each participant, thus showing off a very proactive image.

Taeyang first encouraged the contestants by giving them advice and demonstrations on dancing, singing, and stage manners. The production team was reportedly taken by surprise when he gave everyone personal lessons.

Minzy was also very generous with her advice, telling contestants with a lack of confidence in their singing, "I couldn't sing well before too."

The production team stated, "It was a lot of help for the contestants to receive lessons and support from Taeyang and Minzy, who were both extremely animated."

Source: Star News

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It was revealed earlier today that boy group Big Bang is set to go to New York soon for the shooting of their new music video. Even though YG has been careful with spending money from his company, they will be making the group's comeback MV a grand-scaled production.

After their Korean concerts in March, and their comeback with a new mini-album, the group is also set to have a world tour. They'll be visiting Asian countries through the first half of the year, while Europe, North America and South America will be visited in the second half of 2012. For these concerts, YG will be working together with well-known company Live Nation.

Yang Hyunsuk also mentioned that he views Big Bang as six teams. While they have the full group as a whole, all five members can stand on their own. They focus when they're working on solo releases, but they're a team when they tour and promote together. Talking about the solo releases, it was revealed that the first one to release a solo album later this year would be Daesung. "We plan to start solos with Daesung. I want all the scars he got last year to be washed away soon."

Will you be anticipating Big Bang's new MV as well as Daesung's solo release?

Source: BigBangUpdates and My Daily , koreaboo

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We’ve just been informed that Big Bang will be holding their very first world tour, titled ‘ALIVE TOUR 2012‘ this year through Live Nation.

Fans will finally have their wishes come true, as the 5-member boy band will make various stops at different cities. Our sources at YG Entertainment have informed us that Big Bang will perform in 25 cities in 16 countries.

From March 2nd to the 4th, Big Bang will open their world tour in the Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastic Stadium. Following these shows, the group will tour 16 countries, 25 cities, in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe.

By working with Live Nation, the tour will be brought to a higher level in terms of the scale of directing. As Live Nation has helped world tours for Madonna and U2, Big Bang is the first Asian singers to earn the help of Live Nation with the joint investment and production team. Live Nation is recently a promotion agent for K-pop singers in 1-2 regions in America and Europe.

Live Nation’s president, Alan Ridgeway, stated, “We are very happy that we are working with YG Entertainment and Big Bang to show [our work] to worldwide K-pop fans. If this performance is a good starting point for the Korea branch we established last December, we expect it to contribute to the K-pop fever expansion.”

It’s been confirmed that the producer Laurieann Gibson will be taking the lead position as director. Laurieann Gibson is a well-known director, choreographer, actress, and creative director. She is known most recently for directing Lady Gaga‘s ‘The Monster Ball Tour’, in addition to choreographing “Poker Face”, “Judas”, and “Telephone”. She has also worked with top stars like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyonce, and Katy Perry.

In addition, stage/lighting designer, Leroy Bennett, will help put in his efforts for the world tour as he has previously worked with Madonna, Paul McCartney, and Eagles. In addition, Ken Van Druten will work as the sound director, who has previosuly helped Eminem, J-Jay, and Linkin Park. The visual contents producing team, Possible Productions, will also join in preparing for Big Bang’s World Tour.

YG Entertainment relayed, “We are in the process of preparing the world’s best concert with the best production team to equal the anticipation of the world fans who are waiting for the first concert they will get to meet Big Bang … With the newly released album and the starting of the worldd tour, you will be able to confirm Big Bang’s maturity and skill.”

More information on the world tour will be released in the future, so stay tuned for more details!

Source: YG Entertainment

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After release of TOP's teaser photo earlier today, YG Entertainment revealed that a shocking and new transformation and concept are expected from the rest of the members.

On the 6th of February, YG Entertainment released the first teaser photo for the group's pending comeback and revealed TOP in bright blue hair while clad in a leather outfit.

While some fans rave on the first photo teaser from Big Bang, YG Entertainment is quick to reveal that the rest of the members' hairstyles will be just as shocking as this transformation.

It was confirmed through OSEN News, as a representative was quoted saying, “The other members have most definitely taken the risk to transform into something just as shocking as TOP has. They have especially put forth a lot of effort in their hair to better surprise their fans.” Further adding that there will be a diverse set of fashion statements for each members which will be seen in the album. Aside from focusing on TOP's masculine concept, the team have also been planning other concepts which is set to be revealed in due time.

Meanwhile, fans' anticipation seem to have increased since the release of the teaser photo and have inquired if "Fantastic Baby" written on the top righthand part of the photo will be Big Bang's title track. YG Entertainment, on the other hand, did not reveal any other information about it.

Source: OSEN

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YG Entertainment is back updating their YG-Life blog

with a new track from Big Bang‘s upcoming album titled ‘Alive‘!

It was revealed that the release date for the upcoming album is leap day, February 29th!

Source + Image: YG-Life blog

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SPICA, produced by singer Lee Hyori‘s entertainment label is receiving some new attention, as it has recently been revealed that member Kim Bo Hyung was previously a YG Entertainment trainee preparing to debut as a member of 2NE1.

Kim Bo Hyung is the lead vocal of SPICA, and the singer trained with the 2NE1 members under YG Entertainment for 2 long years. During an interview conducted with SportsKorea on January 31st, Kim Bo Hyung remarked, “I trained with the four 2NE1 members, however after 2NE1 made their debut as a 4-member group, CEO Yang Hyun Suk introduced me to this new label and I eventually became a member of SPICA.”

Kim Bo Hyung has not revealed this information to the public until now. She did not want the public to misunderstand that she was using this information as a way of promoting her new group. But as she made her official debut with SPICA, the news naturally spread.

“I learned a lot from YG Entertainment,” she said. “They taught me everything from A-Z. When I look at past videos of myself as a YG trainee, I can see where I was lacking. I want to develop those areas and become a more mature musician as a member of SPICA.”

Singer Lee Hyori herself has participated in producing SPICA, offering her advice and ideas regarding album jacket designs, stage ensembles, and more. Also in the group is ‘Super Star K‘ contestant Park Narae, and member Yang Jiwon, who was previously in a different girl group. The other two members are Kim Boa who possesses extreme vocal talent and Park Ju Hyun, a previous model who has filmed a number of CFs.

Could you imagine 2NE1 with 5 members?

Source & Image: SportsKorea via Nate

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Big Bang is scheduled to make their long awaited return next month in February. VIP’s have missed them tremendously and they alleviated some of that by performing on TV Asahi‘s “Music Station“ in Japan earlier today.

Furthermore, as a reminder of Big Bang’s looming comeback, the YG-Life blog gave a status update of “BIGBANG IS COMING” along with circle gradient image with the Big Bang logo. There’s still no word on Big Bang’s exact comeback date but we’ll keep you posted as soon as that information is released.

Source + Image: YG-Life Blog

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YG Entertainment, home to some of K-Pop’s most iconic idols, has announced that none other than Big Bang will be making their return this February.

Although the news has stirred up an overwhelming haze of anticipation among fans and the like, the news has also posed a question as to the plans for YG’s elusive girl group project, announced last July.

YG has announced more than once that the group was set for a debut in the New Year. However, with the announcement of Big Bang’s comeback, it seems like the wait for the group’s debut will be extended as the iconic male group is set for a series of heavy promotions on their new album, whose name and release date are currently unknown.

Should Big Bang’s initial plans of a comeback have worked out last March, the girl group project would have been the focus this February. It is speculated now that the unknown project is set to debut this March.

With only one member, Superstar K contestant Kim Eunbi, unveiled, this girl group is said to be the turning point for YG Entertainment, as they will incorporate not only new marketing techniques, but also new music styles, fashion trends and an image that the company has never done before.

Source & image: OSEN
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Big Bang‘s charismatic rapper T.O.P (Choi Seung Hyun) will be mostly active as an actor in 2012.

His agency YG Entertainment remarked, “T.O.P wants to work mostly as an actor in 2012 and is reviewing a few different scenarios for dramas and movies. He feels optimistic about the new drama ‘Celebrity‘, and it’s one of the projects he is highly considering.”

T.O.P was among the first picks for Yoon Suk Ho‘s ‘Love Rain‘ as well as ‘Only You‘ with Kim Haneul, however, he personally felt most drawn to ‘Celebrity‘.

‘Celebrity’ tells the story of a girl who is anguished after being dumped by her idol boyfriend. In order to get her revenge, she becomes an idol star as well but falls in love with a different top star. The love triangle plot is based off a true story of real celebrities, which is garnering the high interest of viewers everywhere.

Source & Image : SportsWorld via Nate, Photo
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GD&TOP have announced that their first Japanese single album will only be sold as a limited edition.

On January 11th, YG Entertainment revealed that “Oh Yeah Feat. Bom“, which was originally meant to be released in November of 2011, will now be sold only as a limited edition at the ’15th anniversary YG Family‘ concert.

The first series of concert were held on the 7th and 8th at the Osaka Kyocera Dome, and will soon be making a stop at the Saitama Super Arena on the 21st and 22nd.

Representatives explained, “The album has been released, but GD&TOP has no plans of promoting in Japan this year. As it is our 15th anniversary concert, we decided to put out a limited release for the fans that have given us their love.”

Source + Photos: Star News via Naver
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Back in 2009, it was reported that famous song producer and Black Eyed Peas member, Will.I.Am would be producing a U.S debut album for Korean hip-hop girl group, 2NE1. Afterwards, there has been huge anticipation for their collaboration and new album. Will.I.Am’s recent tweet has boosted the buzz surrounding this particular topic.

On January 7th, the U.S entertainer tweeted, “2NE1 is coming out crazy“.

In 2011, Will.I.Am showed great interest in 2NE1 as he complimented and met with them several times throughout the year. Back in May, the producer visited Korea and met with YG‘s CEO Yang Hyun Suk and YG’s main producer, Teddy to hold discussions on 2NE1′s U.S debut album.

In addition, Will.I.Am revealed, “We are carefully working to turn 2NE1 into superstars not only in Korea, but everywhere in the world” through an interview with Cambio.

2NE1′s CL and Will.I.Am also collaborated on stage in the ‘2011 MAMA‘ back in late November.

Will.I.Am’s latest tweet can be taken as a sign that there will most likely be a U.S album release in 2012

Source + Photos: Osen
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Big Bang makes a successful comeback in Japan with all 5 members present on stage. On the 7th and 8th of January YG entertainment held their "15th Anniversary YG Family concert" in Osaka and Tokyo, and the Japanese media were also there to capture all the moments.

One of the biggest highlight of the concert was Big Bang's comeback on stage with all 5 members present and this made headlines on Japanese media. On the previous year, G-Dragon was involved in a scandal and Daesung was involved in a tragic car accident and the group have not promoted in Japan since. After 8 months of absence, the group has finally returned on stage in Japan with all 5 members complete.

This is Big Bang's first return on stage in Japan since May last year after they had their concert tour in Japan. Big Bang performed a total of 8 songs in the concert including their hit song "tonight" and the audience received them warmly.

During their performance, G-Dragon apologized to their fans for making them worry also Daesung said that he was very happy that Big Bang can perform on stage with all members and was happy that their fans was there too.

Source: Nate news
Credit : Daily K Pop News

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