[Interview] Daesung @ Tower Records Online

:: 22 July

Series: K-POP Lovers!
Appearance: 22nd July 2013, 6PM

D-LITE released “D’scover”, a J-Pop cover album during February this year. As a member of Bigbang, he has many activities. His solo activities was so well that he attracted many people’s attention. He is about to release his latest single ‘I Love You’ on the 31st of July. 

TOWER RECORDS ONLINE  will definitely be asking new questions and also questions related to “D-LITE D’scover Tour 2013 in Japan ~DLive~” including his added performances. We will also ask about Bigbang’s dome concerts which will begin in winter.

Ending your solo tour that visited 20 cities in Japan

TRO (Tower Records Online): How do you feel about the national tour held during March to June?
D-LITE: To me, every performance is a new learning experience. Till now I did not have a solo concert before so it was considered a beginner’s experience. So every time there’s a new performance coming up, I will think of how to produce the concert to make it last for 2-3 hours. I will also think of the best way of how to spend the concert time together with my fans.

TRO: D-LITE and your accompanying band members look very close together.
D-LITE: We have a good feeling within all of us. They are all top-notch musicians in Japan. They will always bring me new suggestions. A singer and a band do not communicate via talking, but it is how they communicate on stage with their chemistry. When singing on stage, when my voice feels dangerous or when I feel good, I will look towards the band members. So during performing, they can play the instruments and do some interactions at the same time.

TRO: Sasaji Masanori will play and give you suggestions at the same time (laugh).
D-LITE: Yes yes (laugh).Sasaji Masanori, drummer Muraishi Masayuki and everybody else will combine performance and accompaniment together, it will give me lots of support and strength. Although on stage, our support for each other is not via speaking, but to me, it is already a huge support.

TRO: In “D’scover”, the songs are the same, we have to listen to it live to feel more power. What about ‘Joyful’?
D-LITE: I enjoy myself a lot when singing ‘Joyful’ (laugh). I will see how the fans on the day responds to decide how to perform ‘Joyful’ during the concert. There is a hip-hop version, ballad version etc… (laugh). Also, although this song is not in the album, “未来”, I had the deepest impression when singing this song. During the chorus, fans will sing together with me, when listening to that on stage, it is the happiest feeling. Also, during the latter part of the song, everybody will still sing along with me, in the entire venue, me, everybody else and the band members are all integrated as one. It feels different.

TRO: Your solo tour was a national tour in 20 cities in Japan which was a scale never seen before.
D-LITE: Every performance left me deep impressions and beautiful memories.

TRO: Did you eat all the delicacies in the different cities?
D-LITE: Of course! This is also very important. The city that I was most touched for was Sapporo. Sapporo is really too perfect. I love seafood, especially sea urchin. I went to Sapporo to eat sea urchin rice, pork rice, chicken meat…. the vegetables and lamb is also delicious…… In Sapporo I ate so many food of different varieties. Everything was so good (laugh). Bigbang’s upcoming dome concert will also be at Sapporo Dome, so I am anticipating it. I heard that when skiing in Sapporo, the snow is so fluffy that it wouldn't hurt even you fall. So if I have a 1 day vacation, I will go and try it.


Translated by: nakedae@SMILE HOLIC www.dsholic.com

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