https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5nodeum-g
This might be closer to the gloomy record Taeyang originally wanted to make, actually
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 20 July 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
http://alwaystaeyang.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/interview-gq-korea-july-2014-taeyang-to-me/
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 20 July 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Six years later...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlG0fz4WvoQ
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 October 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
And the new single!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk4-bBVLYyk
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 18 October 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link
TOP's Pitbull-esque Cass beer commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqe27eq9lwg#t=51
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 16 January 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
It's funny 'cause we all know dude never leaves his house
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/aki_san/3432044/39219/39219_original.jpg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
IT BEGINS
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/aki_san/3432044/38604/38604_original.jpg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
family dysfunction?
― soyrev, Thursday, 16 April 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Ask Roz!
I think that's a "YG family" reference though.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 April 2015 03:33 (nine years ago) link
the group is more business-like than it used to be
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 April 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
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)
― Roz, Thursday, 16 April 2015 10:57 (nine years ago) link
Wait I thought Kakaotalk was the big app in SK?
― 龜, Thursday, 16 April 2015 11:12 (nine years ago) link
the dynamics in BB are def pretty odd still, now that you mention it.
― soyrev, Thursday, 16 April 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
co-dependence errwhere... and they're all from messed-up families to be begin with if you read their book
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 17 April 2015 01:23 (nine years ago) link
First promo pic of the new album!
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/waves_of_light/19973005/35077/35077_600.jpg
― Roz, Friday, 17 April 2015 03:16 (nine years ago) link
they have a book? in english?
― soyrev, Friday, 17 April 2015 04:57 (nine years ago) link
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
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 18 April 2015 00:03 (nine years ago) link
thanks!
new japan dome tour live album 'X' has some excellent rearrangements on it. this "blue" is like something off the final fantasy tactics OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Utks47jeXU
― soyrev, Saturday, 18 April 2015 09:23 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's great. mildly amused by this version of "Haru Haru" which uses Ginuwine's "Differences" as a backing track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbj1vdB1-5M
― Roz, Sunday, 19 April 2015 22:20 (nine years ago) link
also i thought i already posted their album/tour trailer but apparently not. Tarantino-themed... it's nice to see they're still biting Brown Eyed Girls after all these years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwV2I5tH4no
― Roz, Sunday, 19 April 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
is it literally just using a ginuwine instrumental? makes me wonder if the new "blue" backing is just grifted, too
― soyrev, Monday, 20 April 2015 02:27 (nine years ago) link
Videos are out!
BigBang cryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CTced9CMMk
BigBang get highhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKD03uPVD-Q&feature=youtu.be
― Roz, Thursday, 30 April 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
Considering TOP's the 'actor' in the group his acting is shockingly bad in Loser, haha.
The song and video do briefly gel around 2:50 when GD drops the cross then himself, I think.
Bae Bae is pretty bold!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:28 (eight years ago) link
Very true to character too
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
I wish they'd stuck with that @2:50 sound and not regressed back to Taeyang singing over piano just cause the public liked it in Eyes Nose Lips :( But if it placates the generic public so they don't come howling about the drug references in Bae Bae then OK
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
Loser lyrics, translated by someone who can write: http://popgasa.com/2015/04/30/big-bang-loser/
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
Loser sounds like a return to the 2nd EP, I'm onboard
― 龜, Friday, 1 May 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
I maybe see 'LOSER' as a continuation of 2NE1's 'UGLY'
― 龜, Saturday, 2 May 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Bae Bae sure does make 'other' recent idol group output feel cheap and constrained by comparison, though.
(Other in quotes cause Big Bang isn't exactly an idol group anymore, ya know.)
I like the chorus on Loser a lot, just wish it had less extensive solos (from TOP and Taeyang especially). The simple structure if fine when you're going for that anthemic emo sound.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 2 May 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
BIGBANG (collectively): I'm a loser
(TOP's outfit cost as much as a midsize sedan)
― 龜, Saturday, 2 May 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
― 龜, Friday, May 1, 2015 8:58 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I meant the ALIVE one or w/e the one with BLUE etc. etc.
― 龜, Saturday, 2 May 2015 12:24 (eight years ago) link
I woke up this morning with "Bae Bae" stuck in my head.
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Saturday, 2 May 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
@龜 believe it or not, that's their most recent release!
also yeah i think "i'm a loser" is *such* a ridiculous concept for them to be shilling in 2015, esp. in a song that is the single biggest success in korea all year (and was obviously going to be). these guys have won k-pop so many times over it's silly (and surviving scandals from drunk driving to public drug endorsement to accidental murder...!). "bae bae" feels much more big bang 2k15 to me
― soyrev, Sunday, 3 May 2015 04:22 (eight years ago) link
I'm pretty sure they wrote it partly to troll Winner. XD
yeah, so many of the boy groups are trying to 'out-crazy' each other and BB still managed to outdo the whole lot of them. it's a victory lap... dancing on the moon while singing about sticky rice cakes.
― Roz, Sunday, 3 May 2015 09:39 (eight years ago) link
I don't think either of these songs are close to being the best of the k-pop year, although reeling back the 'crazy' and writing obvious, solid hits was a good choice, comes off as a confident winner. Production on Bae Bae really works for me.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 3 May 2015 09:50 (eight years ago) link
idk, i think "bae bae" is really weird, just in a way that's much subtler than most weird k-pop. "loser" is totally big bang ballad by the books, though, yeah
― soyrev, Sunday, 3 May 2015 11:31 (eight years ago) link
Bae Bae is totally odd - the trap beats, the typical acoustic ballad chorus, and then that super floaty Seungri bridge which plays off the aggressiveness of the rap verses... none of it should work together, but somehow it does and not in the same way as your typical 3 songs-in-one k-pop track. not really sure how else to explain it.
Both songs do have a very confident and effortless vibe, which is a feat in itself given the pressure on them to release new material and after lacklustre comebacks from other big groups this year. (i agree though neither are the best k-pop tracks of the year... that would be "Ice Cream Cake" for me.)
― Roz, Sunday, 3 May 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link
Hah I didn't pick up on the WINNER connection XD
― 龜, Sunday, 3 May 2015 13:08 (eight years ago) link
Forget about the pressure to release new material, what about the pressure of being 90% of the revenue stream of what's now the most valuable publicly traded music company in Korea?
They got to play it a little safe, but not *too safe, or it wouldn't be a Big Bang release.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4TfsMdHN3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_NHgfNijAs
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
And some free promo from Jinusean @0:05 "Big Bang is back" https://youtu.be/t4vDEt9CpAI
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
BAE BAE has lowkey earwormed itself into me
― 龜, Sunday, 3 May 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link
FYI the composer credits are Teddy/GDragon for Bae Bae and Taeyang/Teddy for Loser... which explains the ENL-ness of it.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 4 May 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMwqhnJs_w8&feature=youtu.be
Always amazed at how much effort goes into designing their music show stages, considering they're basically one-off performances and those sets will never be used again.
― Roz, Sunday, 10 May 2015 09:53 (eight years ago) link
You gotta post the Loser stage too, those transparent steps were freakin cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0XMQmRhw7I
I think I liked last week's Inkigayo performance a little more but these stages are really gorgeous.
Reports are that G-Dragon cried after they won. They received almost a perfect score - full points for digital, physical and live voting, just missing some SBS mobile app advance voting points. Now VIPs have to download that app, I guess.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 10 May 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
I wanna know who thought up the double-single idea for BigBang, that was kind of genius 'cos now they are only being compared to themselves, and not to any of the other idol groups/artists currently promoting.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 10 May 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
M Countdown stages suffered from too much bactrack but the official BTS video is quality: https://youtu.be/hk-XeYDlcTE?t=3m0s
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 10 May 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
the obvious young thug-derived "skirt skirt" stuff is so silly, hahaha (wonder if he got it from thug or from keith ape getting it from thug...)
that "loser" stage is especially insane. you know the label has to pay for everything on these shows, too, which makes the one-time-only aspect of all that investment especially nuts.
also, fuckin ridiculous i have to use a VPN to watch k-pop videos in korea : |
― soyrev, Monday, 11 May 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link