[News] Daesung + Taeyang, First Join Appearance on NHK's "Music Japan"

:: 28 June 2014

[스타뉴스 윤성열 기자] BIGBANG’s TAEYANG and DAESUNG will be making an appearance on Japan’s top music program “Music Japan” together.

According to YG Entertainment on June 28, the two will be showcasing each of their solo song when they appear on NHK’s “Music Japan” on July 21 at Tokyo Shibuya’s NHK Hall.

They have appeared on the show together as BIGBANG in the past, but it is a first for the two to appear separately as solo artists.

DAESUNG, who successfully finished his first Japan Tour Concert after his solo debut in the country, recently released an album “D’slove” that topped Japan’s iTunes overall album chart. He certainly created a sensation in the neighboring country.

Moreover, his Arena Tour “D-LITE DLive 2014 in Japan ～D’slove～” that began on June 11 and 12 at Yokohama Arena now has extra concerts added to the schedule due to very enthusiastic response from the local fans. Now he is scheduled to perform 15 times across 8 cities in total.

TAEYANG is also garnering much popularity from the local fans even before his official solo debut on August 13. The Korean version of his 2^nd full album “RISE” already topped Japan’s largest music site recochoku’s daily album chart while ranking #1 on Japanese iTunes pop album chart. With the Japan debut in August, TAEYANG is also schedule to kick off his solo concert tour in the country.

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[News] Daesung Fires Up 34,000 Fans At Japan Solo Arena Tour

:: 13 June 2014

[스타뉴스 김수진 기자] BIGBANG’s DAESUNG proved his popularity in Japan by firing up 34,000 local fans at his solo arena tour.

He kicked off “D-LITE DLive 2014 in Japan ～D’slove～,” starting from the concerts on June 11 and 12 in Yokohama Arena.

The two-day concert attracted whopping 34,000 fans, and he, who became a big hit as a solo artist, aroused much attention by being a producer in most parts of his tour.

He freely crossed over different genres like dance, ballad and medium tempo songs. His new song “Rainy Rainy” was unveiled, and it is said some Japanese fans broke into tears after listening to the sentimental ballad.

On June 11 his single “Rainy Rainy” was released, which topped major Japanese real-time charts like iTunes and mu-no. It also topped iTunes overall top albums.

The latest mini album holds two new songs including “Rainy Rainy,” a medium-tempo song in which DAESUNG was involved writing the lyrics, and an upbeat “HOT&COLD.” The other two are “Try Smiling” and “Look At Me, Gwisun”, which received positive reviews at his last year’s solo tour. All four songs are recorded in Japanese.

On June 12, some contents of the songs and title for the new album to be released in Japan on July 16 were unveiled. The title is “D’slove.” It is to hold 10 songs including “I LOVE YOU,” which was the theme song of the Japanese drama “I LOVE YOU” aired last July, and 4 songs from “Rainy Rainy”, along with others like the sentimental “LOVE.”

The DVD will feature DAESUNG enjoying his holidays in Hokkaido, along with the music videos of “Rainy Rainy” and “I LOVE YOU.”

DAESUNG, who successfully completed his first solo tour that was held 26 times across 20 cities, accompanied by 100,000 fans last year, will move on to Kobe World Memorial Hall, Marine Messe Fukuoka, Zebio Area Sendai, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkaikitaeru, Nihon Gaishi Hall, Nihon Budoukan and Osaka Castle for the latest tour that will be held 15 times across 8 cities joined by 170,000 fans.

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[News] Daesung will release Digital Album to commemorate the start of solo tour [D'slove Tour] In Japan

:: 4 June 2014

Good news for Daesung's fans who are waiting for new songs from him. As we all know, Daesung will do his solo tour starting from 11 June 2014. To celebrate this solo tour, Daesung will release digital album that contain 4 songs. The title track-Rainy Rainy is co-written by Daesung himself. Another three songs are 'Try Smiling', 'Look At Me Gwisson' and  '醒めて、眠'- translates as ' Awake, Asleep' 

Please kindly note that, Daesung's new physical album will be released on 16 July 2014. 

[News] Daesung Adds Another Performance To Nippon Budoukan Arena Tour

[스타뉴스 전형화 기자] BIGBANG’s DAESUNG, upon request from the Japanese fans, decided to add another performance in Nippon Budoukan.

YG Entertainment on March 29 announced, “DAESUNG will have an additional performance on July 18 at Nippon Budoukan.”

DAESUNG was originally scheduled to perform a total of 12 times across 7 cities for his solo Arena Tour “D-LITE Tour 2014 in Japan” starting from Yokohama Arena on June 11, Kobe World Memorial Hall, and Marine Messe Fukuoka to Nippon Budoukan on July 17.

DAESUNG’s tour attracted 200,000 registrations for the tickets, and the last performance at Nippon Budoukan drew registrations which volume was 3 times larger than the indicated maximum number. Thus DAESUNG confirmed to add another concert in the same hall, travelling across 7 cities to perform a total of 13 times. He is expected to be joined by 138,000 fans.

DAESUNG released his solo album “D’scover” in Japan early last year, and broke the record for a first South Korean solo album in Japan when he ranked #2 in the country’s Oricon Weekly Chart. He successfully completed the “D-LITE D’scover Tour 2013 in Japan” across 20 cities where he performed 26 times in front of a total of 100,000 fans.

DAESUNG is scheduled to release a new solo album on July 16 in Japan.

2014. 3. 29.

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[News] BIGBANG's Sapporo Concert In Japan Draws 45,000 Fans With Their Tour Coming To An End

BIGBANG `s Sapporo concert was a huge success, enthralling 45,000 Japanese fans.

BIGBANG is the first foreign artist in history to have a 6-dome tour in Japan with their “BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2013-2014”. The tour began in November last year and there is only one more concert left.

The Sapporo Dome concert, held on the 4^th, kicked off with BIGBANG singing “Haru Haru” in Japanese. Their three hour stage was filled with heat as BIGBANG sang their biggest hits, such as “My Heaven”, “Gara Gara Go!-the very song that won them the ‘Best New Artist’ at the 51^st Japan Record Awards”, “Fantastic Baby”, and “Bad Boy”.

Their solo stages were another joy for the fans. G-DRAGON sang “Crooked”, TAEYANG sang “RINGA LINGA”, T.O.P sang “DOOM DADA”, DAESUNG sang “Wings”, and SEUNGRI sang “Gotta Talk To U”.

YG Entertainment, the company that represents BIGBANG, announced, “When the boys were doing their encore, T.O.P came up on the stage wearing the baby head that appeared in his “DOOM DADA” music video and the fans loved it.” They added, “The Sapporo concert was breathtaking and fabulous with BIGBANG singing 30 of their hit songs. The fans even requested two encores.”

BIGBANG started their Japanese 6-dome tour at Saitama`s Seibu Dome in November last year. The following concerts at Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo Domes and this time`s Sapporo Dome concert were huge successes. The Kyocera Dome concert in Osaka, scheduled to be held from 11^th till 13^th, will be the last concert of BIGBANG `s three-month long tour.

2014. 1. 5. 

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[News] Daesung & Yoo In Na to host WIN: Who Is Next’s finale show!

:: 23 Oct 2013

BIGBANG’s DAESUNG will be coupled with YOO IN NA to MC ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, a real survival program designed by YG Entertainment to determine the formation of the next boy group. The two will be MCing for the final live show. 

This is the first time for DAESUNG to take part in the job in 4 years and 7 months since he took the pair MC position with BIGBANG’s SEUNGRI on MBC’s ‘Show! Music Center’ from May 2008 to March 2009.

A person familiar with the matter stated, “We decided that DAESUNG, who has accumulated much experience in music program live shows and as an MC, would be a perfect partner for YOU IN NA to MC the final round of battle aired live. There are many sources of entertainment for the viewers now: apart from final battle, DAESUNG and YOO IN NA’s MCing skills will be another exciting feature of the show.”

The final battle will be aired live on Mnet, KM, OnStyle and Olive, while also streamed live on Daum website.

The third battle will encompass Team A (Song Min Ho, Kim Jin Woo, Lee Seung Hoon and Nam Tae Hyun) and Team B (B.I., Kim Jin Hwan, Bobby, Song Yoon Hyung, Koo Jun Hoe and Kim Dong Hyuk) preparing for their final missions, which include self-composed song, dance and remaking Producer Teddy’s songs. A total of 3 performances will be showcased on ‘WIN’ in the final round.

In the final voting, text messaging with account for 60%, Daum website 20%, and Kakao Talk and Kakao Game ‘Fantasy Runners for kakao’ 20%.  1st and 2nd battles will each account for 20% of the final score, while the last one 60%, to determine the final team who would seize the group name WINNER.

‘WIN’ has also been drawing huge attention from abroad. China’s largest video-sharing website Youku streams the show exclusively, raking in more than 1 million viewers for each episode from 1 to 9, recording 10 million hits. It has also been aired in 10 different Asian countries from Sept 17, including on STAR TV-related Channel V and East Asia’s CJ E&M Channel M. Niconico video, Japan’s largest video-sharing website has made a special streaming for ‘WIN’ exclusively, while Arirang TV has been airing it in 188 countries to reach more enthusiastic international fans.

Source: yg-life

[News] Seungri: "Daesung has 3 personal financial planners"

Seungri showed his trust for fellow Big Bang member, Daesung.

On September 3, Seungri was a guest on Kim Shin Young‘s MBC radio show, where he revealed, “If I were to lend someone money, I think I can lend it to Daesung.”

Seungri said, “Daesung has two or three financial planners for himself. He has meetings with them at least once a week. Just like this name, I think he will achieve great things.” In Korean, “dae sung” also means, “achieve greatness; be accompished.”

Seungri continued, “I don’t think I can lend money to TOP. TOP loves furniture shopping. He spends a lot of money on his home interior. He purchases really expensive furniture that people can’t even sit on from Italy or Paris. If I lend him money, I think he’ll end up using it to buy furniture.”

Meanwhile, Seungri along with G-Dragon and Daesung were confirmed to appear on “Running Man.”

Source: soompi

[News] Daesung Brings A Dynamic End To Japan's A-Nation Festival With Powerful Voice

:: 5 Aug 2013

[enews24 전수미 기자] BIGBANG’s DAESUNG won the hearts of Japanese audience with his powerful voice when he appeared to wrap up Japan’s large summer festival ‘a-nation.’

DAESUNG was at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium in Tokyo on August 4 to be part of ‘a-nation island heat island carnival 2013.’

‘a-nation’ is a summer outdoors live tour held annually from 2002 by Japan’s large record company Avex Group, one of Japan’s largest summer festivals which garnered 500,000 visitors in Japan last year.

As soon as DAESUNG appeared for the finale of the festival, the audience was filled with great excitement. DAESUNG stood on stage to sing 7 songs with the band who accompanied him on 26 performances of [D-LITE D' scover Tour 2013 in Japan ~ DLive ~] tour concert in Japan’s 20 cities, joined by 100,000 fans. Saji Masanori and Marty Friedman were two of the few band members who performed with DAESUNG at the festival. The songs included ‘Utautaino Baratta,’ ‘Hino ataru sakamichi,’ ‘WINGS’, ‘Joyful’, centering around songs from the ‘D’scover’ album that was released in February and more.

DAESUNG’s first Japanese single ‘I LOVE YOU’ on July 31 made some of the fans cry with his soft and sentimental voice.

DAESUNG said, “last year I was here for a-nation, but as a member of BIGBANG. This year I am here by myself in this great event. I strongly believe that all of you who support me made this possible. I am always deeply grateful for you.”

DAESUNG’s charming voice left the audience awe-struck for full 35 minutes. His performance ended in great success.

DAESUNG’s Japanese first single ‘I LOVE YOU’ that was released recently already ranked 4th on Oricon Single Daily Ranking, proving his popularity in Japan.

DAESUNG, actively promoting his song in Japan will return as a member of BIGBANG on November 16 (Sat) to 17 (Sun), starting from Seibu Dome to carry out 15 concerts in Japan’s 6 largest Dome for their tour concerts in 6 cities joined by 721,000 fans. This will be the largest concert held by foreign musicians.

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[News] Daesung's "I Love You" No. 1 on USEN's Request Chart

Big Bang Daesung's 1st Japanese solo single "I Love You" has already landed at the top of USEN's J-POP Request Ranking Chart.

Within a week since its release on the 31st, "I Love You", a remake of Japanese singer Ozaki Yutaka's hit song, rose up to #1 on USEN's 'J-POP Request Ranking Chart' with floods of requests from fans.

"I Love You" also grabbed the 5th spot on the Oricon Daily Single Chart the day it was released, showcasing Daesung's popularity in Japan not just as a Big Bang member but also as a solo artist.

Daesung is currently promoting his new single in Japan by appearing in various TV and radio shows. He recently performed at A-Nation, Japan's biggest summer music festival.

*USEN is one of the largest cable broadcast companies in Japan.

Source: allkpop

[News/Videos] I Love You MV BTS

:: 11 July 2013

I Love You MV Behind The Scenes

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Daesung tries his very first kissing scene in new MV for Japan

BIGBANG’s Daesung is drawing much attention as he films his very first kissing scene in a music video for the new song that is to be released in Japan.

In the morning of July 11, Daesung’s short-version music video of first solo single "I LOVE YOU" was revealed on BIGBANG’s official YouTube channel. This is where Daesung’s very first kissing scene was unveiled. In the music video, Daesung plays a role of a character whose girlfriend does not have much time left. The character is suffocated from pain as he feels helpless. It is a love story which the two characters spend the very little time left together until the end. Daesung’s genuine singing and his acting of the character’s pain in the video clip are gaining much popularity from music lovers.

After filming the scene, Daesung said, “It was my very first kissing scene and I was too nervous to remember anything. In the music video, there is just one scene like this, but we had to film it many times for different camera angles. The use of high-speed cameras and the rain in the background made it a particularly beautiful scene.” Daesung recently wrapped up his first solo tour "D-LITE D'scover Tour 2013 in Japan, D-LIVE" that involved 26 performances joined by 100,000 fans in 20 Japanese cities. It was a huge success. Following this success, on July 31, his first single in Japan, ‘I LOVE YOU’ will be released. The song is selected for the main theme song for a Japanese TV series ‘I LOVE YOU’. The sentimental ballad is a collaborated work with Japan’s famous violinist Taro Hakase, which is building up even higher expectations.

Source: YG Entertainment

[News] Daesung Gets 'D'scover' Nominated for an Album Cover Award in Japan

:: 21 June 2013

Daesung, who has been promoting in Japan as D-Lite, has been nominated for an album cover design award in Japan.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan announced through its official webpage on June 17 the list of nominees for its Music Jacket Gallery 2013. In the list of 50, comprised of albums which made it through the first round of preliminaries, Daesung′s D′scover album was included.

He is the only Korean artist to have made it into the list.

The Music Jacket Gallery 2013 is in its third running this year, and introduces fans to many attractive CD packages while aiming to foster the development of such artwork.

Nominees were chosen out of albums released between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, and winners will be decided based on local fan votes to take place in September.

Daesung′s D′scover was released on February 27. The cover brings together images of birds, butterflies and skyscrapers, as Daesung stares out in monochrome styles.

Daesung will next hold an encore for his Japan tour on June 23 for the members of Big Bang′s official Japanese fan club VIP Japan.

Source: @ENewsWorld

[News] Daesung To Sing For Nihon TV's 60th Anniversary

:: 12 June 2013

Big Bang′s Daesung will be performing alone at the 60th anniversary event for Nihon TV in Japan.

Recently, Nihon TV released on its official webpage the lineup for its 60th anniversary live concert, The Music Day Live Presented By Zero, to be held on July 7.

The third lineup for the show announced on June 12 included Big Bang′s Daesung. Daesung is currently the only Korean singer on the list.

The singer, who has been promoting in Japan under the alias D-Lite, has been holding his solo tour D-Lite D′scover Tour in the country since March.

One outlet was quoted to have said about his appearance in the Nihon TV concert, "As Daesung′s solo concerts have been selling out, his appearance in the show will be good news for his fans."

Big Bang will be touring six domes in Japan from November to January 2014. It is the first foreign group to head such a tour, and only the second in Japan after Mr. Children.

Source: @ENewsWorld

[News] Daesung Pretended to Lose His Passport to Stay with Girlfriend

:: 27 March 2013

Big Bang is important to him, but Daesung revealed a time when he lied to his group members for a girl.

On March 26, Daesung appeared as a guest on SBS’ Incarnation, where the topic was on relationships, specifically what holds a person from ending a relationship.

Daesung, as well as the celebrity panel, began talking about promises and the unwillingness to break them as he carefully shared a promise he made with a girlfriend.

“I promised that if she was sick I would always be by her side,” shared Daesung, a bit hesitant on whether he should continue talking. “There was a time when Big Bang had to go to Japan and my girlfriend got really sick. We were supposed to leave on the first flight out, but I pretended to lose my passport and spent the entire day taking care of my girlfriend.”

Sitting right beside Daesung was G-Dragon, who was hearing the story for the first time. He appeared speechless at first, but later nodded his head saying, “I understand. I’m going to lose my passport next time.”

Daesung also added that he took care of his girlfriend and successfully made it in time for his schedules in Japan.

Meanwhile, MC Kim Hee Sun revealed that she heard from Yang Hyun Suk that Daesung seems to disappear every time he’s in a relationship.

Daesung admitted to the fact, saying that when he falls in love, he loses track of time.

Source: eNewsworld

[News] Daesung reveals his plan of how he got a girl to notice him on ‘Incarnation’

Big Bang‘s Daesung revealed his plan on how he got a girl to notice him.

Daesung and G-Dragon were guests on the March 26 installment of SBS‘s ‘Incarnation‘. On the show, Daesung revealed that in real life he is actually very shy. MC Yoon Jong Shin confirmed this and said, “He’s a very cautious person“. G-Dragon added on, “When I see Daesung from the side, he sort of acts like a boy still going through puberty. He sort of teases whoever he likes. He plays a lot of jokes on them. He tells them they’re ugly for no particular reason and makes fun of them, he playfully pushes them around.”

Kim Hee Sun also revealed, “I heard Daesung disappears when he gets in a relationship. He gets so focused on his relationship that he just disappears.” Both G-Dragon and Daesung admitted the claim, and Kim Hee Sun jokingly added, “Since you’ve appeared now (on the show), you must not be in a relationship.”

Daesung admitted it and said, “When I start a relationship, I forget how time passes. One time, I liked someone who I didn't really even have a chance to meet often. I knew her number, but I didn't have a reason to contact her. But I really liked her, and I wondered how I could talk to her. The thing I came up with was to pretend like I misdialed her number. I felt like pretending that I texted her by mistake would be too much, so I pretended like I dialled the wrong number. So I called her, but before that, I had to write out what I was going to say on paper, since I’d be too nervous to properly speak. For example, I pretend like I was supposed to call my stylist, and prepare things like, ‘Noona, what’s on the schedule tomorrow? What time should I get to the shop?’. Since I shouldn't talk too much, I’ll just end speaking right there.”

He continued, “You also have to be careful because you have to talk before the other person has a chance to speak, since you know her voice. If you look at your phone, the phone will read, ‘Dialing’, but then when the other person picks up, the screen changes to the call timer of 00:00. So you can’t listen – you have to be carefully watching. As soon as it changed, I said everything. There was silence, and then she started to laugh. So I said, ‘Oh! I'm so sorry!’ and hung up. The reason why I hung up was because if I kept talking then, I’d have no more reason to talk to her. So I pretend like I'm talking to the original person I was supposed to call for 5-10 minutes, and then I text back.“

Source: AKP

More news about Daesung on 'Incarnation'

G-Dragon and Daesung reveal their unique skinship methods

Spoiler:

Daesung and G-Dragon have fan girls tossing aside their earrings as they make their ears freely available for the unique types of skinship the two idols discussed! On this ‘Incarnation‘ episode discussing the mentalities of women and men, MC Kim Hee Sun asked, “Do you have any type of skinship method that you think is a little unique?” Daesung answered first and said, “Ears? It’s not that I kiss their ear, but I like making the kissing sound to their ear. You can hear that sound really close. Then they react a little.” G-Dragon answered, “One thing that I do all the time is that when I’m working and my girlfriend is next to me, I touch her ear as I work.” He demonstrated on Daesung, who asked, “Why the ears?” He answered, “I just get calm when I touch the ear.”

[News] NRG's Chun Myung Hoon Reveals He's Thankful to BIGBANG's Seungri & Daesung

Chun Myung Hoon revealed that Big Bang‘s Seungri and Daesung had inadvertently taught him a lesson.

On the latest episode of ‘Radio Star‘, the old school idol member chose G-Dragon‘s “Heartbreaker” as the song he wanted to let his hoobaes hear him sing. When asked why, he answered, “This song is really hard to sing, so I want to show that I’m not dead yet. Also, I want to thank Seungri and Daesung.”

Of course, the MCs couldn’t let this go, and Kyuhyun asked, “What do you have to thank them for?” For Seungri, Chun Myung Hoon revealed, “About 1-2 years ago, I was going through a hard time. I was going back and forth between variety shows and music. It was a time when I was rebelling a lot, and I got into music and DJing, so I went to clubs often. I really liked music, so I would stay in front of the speakers. I really like the loud bass sounds. Every time I went to a club, Seungri would also be there looking really cool. To be honest, I should have gone to him first, but he came first and bowed down 90 degrees to me. This probably occurred around three times in all, strangely, even when I went to a different club, he’d be there. It was very coincidental.”

After they laughed about the bizarre coincidence, he continued, “He’s a very high-class person. But I saw him everywhere I went. Since he greeted me every time so politely, I was so thankful, and I realized I should get a grip over myself. It was in my own imagination, but it was like he was telling me, ‘Get a grip, hyungnim’, or ‘What are you doing here’. I got a grip on myself after that.”

He was then asked about why he was thankful to Daesung, and he revealed, “For a while, I thought I would be really popular on variety shows. But after a point, that all disappeared, and I stopped watching variety shows. One time, I turned on the TV by chance, and I saw Daesung on this show. It was at a time when I was really angry. And coincidentally on the show, he was asked what he thought about me, and he said that I wasn’t funny. I heard that and I was in such a hard time then. I was really weak in my heart back then, and I couldn’t believe I saw that. If it was before, I’d just laugh it off and be like, ‘oh, that’s cute’. But instead, I got so mad and thought to myself, ‘I’ll see you later’. I drank 3 bottles of soju because I was so mad.”

Confused, the MCs asked, “Then why are you thankful?“. He replied sincerely, “After that when I came out from the army, I had another low point. But I suddenly remembered what he said. I realized that the fact that he mentioned my name and for some reason it made me feel alive again. Because of that comment Daesung made, he went on other shows and my name was brought up again. Over time, I was just very grateful."

Source: allkpop

[News/Photos] GD and Daesung To Spill Their Guts On 'Incarnation'

:: 12 March 2013

G-Dragon and Daesung will be filming for their episode of ‘Incarnation‘ soon.

YG Entertainment stated, “G-Dragon and Daesung plan to film for ‘Incarnation’ on the 14th.” This will be one of the rare times since ‘Healing Camp‘ that the two idols, who are both preparing for their solo comebacks, will get the chance to spill their guts on a talk show.

G-Dragon has his ‘One of a Kind‘ world tour coming up, and he’s also been confirmed as the first Korean solo artist to go on a dome tour in Japan. Daesung recently released his first Japanese album ‘D’scover‘, and he’s currently preparing for his Japanese solo concert as well.

Souce: allkpop

During Recording Day, 14 March 2013

"With D, Today"

Source: G-Dragon's Instagram

[News] Daesung Shares His Chicken Wing Obsession And Captivates With His Singing In Japan

Big Bang‘s Daesung captivated a crowd of roughly 1200 people at a Japanese event.

Daesung featured as a guest at ‘ViVi Night‘ held in Nagoya, Japan on February 22nd. With his singing skills and cute speech, he showed off his various charms.

This event was also covered in the local news and thus is garnering a lot of attention. SanK wrote on February 23rd, “Daesung came up on stage and shared that he loves chicken wings and would like to move here.”

Daesung sang three songs from his solo Japanese album ‘D’scover‘ that will be released on February 27th capturing the hearts of the roughly 1200 people gathered.

Daesung will release his solo album on the 27th and is planning to follow with active promotions for the album.

Source: allkpop.com

[News] Sean, Daesung, and Yoo In Na join forces to open children’s hospital

YG Entertainment artists took time off of their busy schedules and stepped up to open a children’s rehabilitation hospital. Sean, Big Bang‘s Daesung, and Yoo In Na joined forces for the ‘$10 Miracle‘ project, which is raising funds to build a children’s hospital, by donating a total of 30 million won (~27,800 USD) under the ‘YG WITH Campaign'. 

The campaign is led by none other than The Purme Foundation ambassador Sean, who’s asking participants to donate $10 daily for one year, a total of $3650 for children in need. Makeup brand Kiehl helped organize the charity event through the ‘Kiehl’s Mr. Bone Project‘. Over 1500 celebrities participated in the campaign throughout the years including YG Entertainment labelmates Psy, Big Bang, 2NE1, Se7en, Tablo, Gummy, Jinusean, and more.

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[News] Daesung to Solo Debut in Japan Through Rock Ballad in February

Big Bang’s Daesung will debut in Japan using rock-ballad genre.

Daesung will release his solo debut album “D’scover” on February 27th. The title song will be Saito Kazuyoshi’s song that was released in 1997, “Utautai no Ballad (歌うたいのバラッド)”, a song that was a record as all-time hit during that time. In Japan, it’s a song that has been a re-make for several times, including remake by Mr. Childen’s vocalist ,Sakurai Kazutoshi, who created “Bank Band”, Amami Yuki, Benny, etc.. Daesung arranged the song that was originally in folk-style become rock-ballad style. He also added sad/sorrowful feeling to it.

In South Korea, Daesung debuted with delightful image through “Look at Me, Gwi Soon”, “Daebakiya”, etc. while in Japan, Daesung is going to show the new him through sad rock-ballad. This album is an album that is going to be released in form of J-Pop remake songs. In addition, including his solo songs in Big Bang’s album, like “Wings” and “Baby Don’t Cry”, there will be a total of 12 songs in the album.

Meanwhile, Daesung will be having his solo concert at Kobe World Memorial Hall on March 23 & 24 and at Budokan, Tokyo on March 30 & 31. In South Korea, G-Dragon, who is also from the same group, will have his solo concert on March 30 & 31.

Source: Star Today via Nate
Translated by: V@bigbangforlife

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[News] Big Bang's World Tour Finally Comes To An End, "Biggest Feat Since Debut 8 Years Ago"

Top idol group Big Bang’s one year world tour has finally come to a close.

On January 25-27, Big Bang held their Seoul Concert at the Olympic Stadium in front of 40,000 fans to hold their “Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour” Finale stage.

Last March, Big Bang started their world tour in Seoul and now one year later, Big Bang is also closing their world tour with three concerts in Seoul.

From March 2, 2012 to January 27, 2013, Big Bang traveled to 12 counties and 24 cities for a total of 48 performances in front of 800,000 fans. Their concerts gained much attention even without any official promotions.

Big Bang spent 108 days of the year overseas with 7,200 minutes of performance time, a total of 1,283 songs, 445 staff members and 144 outfits. Also in Japan, they were the first Korean artist to perform at the 3 domes. During their world tour, they performed at the domes 6 times.

Big Bang, who debuted in 2006, is now already 8 years into the business. This world tour was a big step for them as a group and was able to spread their music globally.

During the tour, they were able to create dynamic performances due to their “Alive”, “Still Alive” and G-Dragon’s solo One of a Kind album. They were also accompanied by a live session as well.

All 20 of their songs were different and were filled with energy and power. Their professional yet free spirits on stage revealed their true passion for music and their fans.

During their press conference before their concert, Taeyang commented, “We were able to create many memories while being overseas. It was also a great experience in that we were able to spread our music and show our potential.”

Member Daesung commented, “Our songs have an extra something that sets us apart from the rest. Even when listening to the same song, you will notice that our style is a bit different.”

Member Seungri commented, “It was an honor to perform in front of all of our fans. I was so happy that K-Pop was known and loved by many people around the world. It is because of our teamwork and our hope and passion that led us to where we are now.”

T.O.P commented, “I was able to feel the power of K-Pop and Big Bang through this tour. We now feel responsible for showing new and improved images to our fans.”

Leader G-Dragon commented, “There were many countries that we were visiting for the first time. We were shocked and happy to see people of different ethnicities and languages coming together through K-Pop.”

An YG Entertainment official commented, “Throughout this year, we were able to see a surprising growth in the group. The agency was so proud to see the group grow as people and an artist through this tour. It is surprising to see that it’s already been 8 years since their debut. The members became even closer after this tour.”

At their last concert in Seoul, they revealed a cake that had a world map on it that pinpointed all the countries that they visited during the tour. They yelled, “We will take over the world”.

Big Bang will continue to strive to be their best and bring wonderful music to their fans.

This year, G-Dragon will be holding his solo world tour, T.O.P will be coming out in a movie, Daesung will be releasing a solo Japan album and more.

Source: Kpopstarz

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