BIGBANG: K-pop princes of gender-fuckery and family dysfunction

yeah, and the line after the alphabet is from the national anthem iirc

still jamming this. Can we talk about the video for a sec? This is basically TOP letting all his weirdness and eccentricities shine and it's glorious.

I like how it starts by explicitly referencing "Turn It Up", with his back to the camera, silhouetted against the lights. In a way, this is him casting off the "Turn It Up"/BigBang icy cool playboy rapper persona, and embracing his actual personality, which is all about losing himself in art, films, and high-end furniture and goofing around like a demented baby.

And goddamn it, that face. He's so beautiful.

MIB appreciate Let's Talk About Love as much as I did (unless there's another song both are referencing):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X7k3LauAFQ

There's been much more relevant Big Bang news (as always), but this comes with a pretty dope song attached.

That's a really nice song

MIB always have good songs, even though their lyrics are kind of gross sometimes.

hmm I always thought Seungri was referencing this, he just replaced the word sex with a Korea-friendly alternative:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfo4txaQJA

NICE. Yes, that's the reference I was looking for, thank you <3

Songs from Taeyang's upcoming album sounding GREAT live:

http://youtu.be/ZmaEKBAkKZ8?t=1m2s
http://youtu.be/ZFwwcc9bJlg?t=1m18s

Watching this it's kinda clear why he wanted to change up his style from Solar, the high-energy tracks are probably more fun to perform.

the hair though remains a tragedy

lol, true

one of his backup dancers had the old Taeyang mohawk. I think he's just taunting the fans at this point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxF92Dpz2E

lol these mad fools <3

I like the commenter on omona who pointed out that TOP barely dances Big Bang's songs, but goes all out for these 2NE1 numbers.

Taeyang's solo album out on Monday:

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/waves_of_light/19973005/8820/8820_600.jpg

01. Rise *INTRO*
Composer: Peejay, Taeyang
Lyrics: Tablo, Choice37, Taeyang
Arrangement: Peejay

02. 눈, 코, 입 *TITLE SONG*
(Translation: Eyes, Nose, Lips/Mouth)
Composer: Teddy, Dee.P, Rebecca Johnson
Lyrics: Teddy, Taeyang
Arrangement: Teddy, Dee.P

03. 1AM
Composer: Teddy, Choice37, Boys Noize
Lyrics: Teddy
Arrangement: Teddy, Choice37, Boys Noize

04. Stay with Me (Feat. G-Dragon)
Composer: G-Dragon, The Fliptones, JHart
Lyrics: G-Dragon
Arrangement: The Fliptones

05. Body
(Korean Title: 아름다워/Beautiful)
Composer: Teddy, Taeyang, PK, Dee.P
Lyrics: Teddy, Taeyang
Arrangement: Teddy, PK, Dee.P

06. Ringa Linga
Composer: G-Dragon, Shockbit
Lyrics: G-Dragon, Tokki
Arrangement: Shockbit

07. 이게아닌데
(Translation: This Isn't It/Not What I Meant)
Composer: Airplay, Jo Sung Hwak
Lyrics: Airplay, Jo Sung Hwak
Arrangement: Airplay

08. 버리고
(Translation: Throw Away/Abandon)
Composer: Taeyang, PK, Dee.P
Lyrics: Tablo
Arrangement: PK, Dee.P

09. Love You To Death
Composer: Happy Perez, Britt Burton, Taeyang
Lyrics: Tablo, Britt Burton
Arrangement: Happy Perez

Apparently the single is "a slow RnB song" that was added "at the last minute" and is the only track Taeyang will promote on music shows, though "Body" is getting a video from our favorite guy Seo Hyun Seung.

Or in other words holding the album hostage until Taeyang agreed to record and promote an RnB song seems to have worked out for YG.

Seungri endorses this album:

http://photos-c.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-frc/10401769_228202727390418_1378828382_n.jpg

http://instagram.com/p/oia9nNPNfM/

More Tablo, less GD is good for me.

The title of that last song is so dramatic though, haha.

Yeah, I'm looking to the combo of Tablo-style introspective lyrics and Taeyang-style sensitive vocals, ala No Tomorrow.

And the title of the last one is reminding me of Taeyang's vow to follow his girl to the grave in I'll Be There.

looking FORWARD... sheesh

Channeling D'angelo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwuAPyOImoI

He sounds amazing. <3

Haven't even listened to the whole thing yet but the album kicks off with an "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" sample um yessss

I cannot wait for that 'Body' MV because this song is a jam and right on time for the Michael Jackson revival:

https://soundcloud.com/givemesomesugar/taeyang-body-2-rise

FANTASTIC record, by the way. Love that the long delay is going to end up paying off for him after all, because sonically, this album is smack in the middle of current pop trends. Full album:

https://soundcloud.com/givemesomesugar/sets/taeyang-2-rise

It's a little too back-to-basics for me, but it's very Taeyang... the first five tracks are great, the last three are getting a little too close to hymnals for me to really embrace them as pop songs.

He really sounds like CL on "Eyes Nose Lips", huh.

I really love "1am" a lot, that's the other one he was doing at showcases last year... wasn't Ringa Linga supposed to be on this too?

I take it back, Taeyang is the best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWBgBx_x5w

My favorite song got an MV: http://youtu.be/flVkp4S8CMc

Which was apparently filmed around the same time as Ringa Linga's, then shelved for mysterious reasons known only to Mr YG.

Also here's Big Bang #1 fanboy, Sungha Jung, doing a cover of Eyes Nose Lips http://youtu.be/1ivB0CEW_9o

And an official cover from AKMU; http://youtu.be/DTl4Ib4qbzg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5nodeum-g

This might be closer to the gloomy record Taeyang originally wanted to make, actually

http://alwaystaeyang.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/interview-gq-korea-july-2014-taeyang-to-me/

Six years later...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlG0fz4WvoQ

And the new single!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk4-bBVLYyk

TOP's Pitbull-esque Cass beer commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqe27eq9lwg#t=51

It's funny 'cause we all know dude never leaves his house

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/aki_san/3432044/39219/39219_original.jpg

IT BEGINS

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/aki_san/3432044/38604/38604_original.jpg

family dysfunction?

Ask Roz!

I think that's a "YG family" reference though.

the group is more business-like than it used to be

lol errrr yeeah... it's partly a YG fam ref and partly a reference to weird dynamics within the group, particularly in the early days.

family dysfunction: now available in LINE emojis (I still like how everyone figured out the blue bears from Lee Hi's video were Big Bang without them explicitly saying so)

Wait I thought Kakaotalk was the big app in SK?

the dynamics in BB are def pretty odd still, now that you mention it.

co-dependence errwhere... and they're all from messed-up families to be begin with if you read their book

First promo pic of the new album!

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/waves_of_light/19973005/35077/35077_600.jpg

they have a book? in english?

In Korean, there's translated bits floating around here and there.

https://kumjae137.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/big_bang_-_shout_out_to_the_world.pdf