What happened to Big Bang, how's it going guys?
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catalysts of the rise of yg into the big three and
What else can I say the kings of kpop before we talk about what happened to Big Bang?
What I always like to do is look back
The beginning of BIGBANG began with a young and she dragon they were trainees in yg were actually prepared to debut as a duo called
GD YB g-dragon was scouted by Shawn from jinusean night
Until within yg
Then he recommended g-dragon's who young Han Suk the founder and at the time CEO of YG
Entertainment Taeyang went on to audition to be mini Shawn in a she knew Shawn music video
And he also had a desire to join yg as well, but it wasn't that easy
He had to beg for a chance and when he was given a chance to audition
He nailed it and joined YG as well going a little bit backwards
one of g-dragon childhood friends wild tea dragon left his home town to pursue yg was known as tempo but better known as
T.o.p. Today. Auntie. Opie had a really strong passion for music t.o.p
Was a rising star in the underground hip-hop scene as a rapper both t.o.p
And g-dragon will record a few demos which g-dragon sent to yg young hands
So then as top-2 audition when he did he was failed for being too chubby
That didn't deter t.o.p. As he said he went home and exercised really hard because he wanted to join yg as well
He lost 44 pounds in two months. He auditioned for the second time and was signed a white sheet a member
That didn't make it into the final lineup of BIGBANG and actually had amazing career in kpop was hyun-sung
Kang song was training with big bang in the pre debut days, but didn't debut with the group and later
He would leave the joint cube entertainment being a part of beast and then troublemaker with jana
They sung the maknae of the group simply too in white sheet through an audition song
He was next to be found through a show to find the next xinhua a4 generation. Kpop group
Who was so huge at the time though? He was eliminated in the ninth episode
He was scouted by
yg where he auditioned and joined what's really interesting and I
Suggest you do it is you can actually watch the formation a Big Bang in the early days through a documentary here on YouTube
I should mention that they went through some rough times in the beginning
they all lived in one apartment along with their manager and they mentioned that they had days where they can only afford one meal a
day and some members sacrifice their meal that day to give to
another member Big Bang made their official debut at the YG Family 10th anniversary concert in
2006 their debut track was we belong together with future 21 member Park Bom at the time
Nobody knew who BIGBANG was and their debut went and gone with little attention
They continued to release singles that averaged around 40,000 sales each, but their next release became a kpop classic
Lies pulled out the heartstrings with an emotional melody and a strong storyline
Critics described lies as through the roof it became big banks first number one and the output sold a hundred and twenty thousand copies
Saying at the top of the charts for six consecutive
Weeks and one eminent Asian Music Awards mama artist of the year and digital record of the year
Yes
Their second EP hot issue was completely composed and produced by T Dragon the results proved
G-dragon's talent and the lead single of the album last farewell topped many charts including melon where it stayed number one for eight consecutive weeks
Where it became the longest-running number-one by boy group selling another
120,000 copies as fast as they were rising their bodies couldn't handle it as several members were
Hospitalized for exhaustion so they had to step back from promotions
but their success didn't stop as their albums were in so high demand that the record company had to repin and
Repackage albums for a rerelease a lot of rear E's at the tail end of 2007
BIGBANG took Japan by storm BIGBANG debuted Japan with the album for the world
Which charted really?
Well without much promotions to save time BIGBANG in 2008 released another album
featuring numerous Korean artists the title track day by D
Became one of the most downloaded singles in Korea with over 5 million downloads Big Bang returned to Japan with a new single called number
One and BIGBANG received their second artist of the year award at mama
2008 coming off the biggest year yet BIGBANG slowed down on promotions, but that didn't mean they didn't have feature in other groups
What am I talking about? Have you heard about lollipop lollipop was a collaboration between Big Bang and YG's new girl group
21 a song created to promote a brand deal with LG but also
21 as they were just debuting something that I miss in kpop today, you know groups from the same company just
Doing stuff together. The rest of 2009 was scheduled brand deals and the Japanese tour and some promotional songs in support of kim
Yuna and korean figure skater and the 2010 at world cup with no full group promotions. This is when we saw Gd and
T.o.p. For the first time the first subunit of BIGBANG between g-dragon and CEO P with the album of the same name which saw them
achieve equal success as BIGBANG did
2011 after a two-year break BIGBANG was back as one with the release of their new EP
Tonight and before it's official release, it broke records surpassing
TVXQ in the number of pre-orders at
10,000 not one but four tracks off the album top charts at the same time that two year break
They took did much more good than as BIGBANG reportedly earned sixty nine point four million dollars in 2011
Despite the fact that they promoted for only half the year 2012 was the beginning of something big
BIGBANG put out the alive album one of the best kpop albums ever created some of the tracks in the alive album are blue
The lead single bad boy and a little song. I don't know. Maybe you heard about it called
fantastic, baby
I
Believe this album and Big Bang
Single-handedly started the first kpop wave across the world
Fantastic baby went crazy viral and was a huge hit big banks saw themselves claim five spots in the top 10 on
Billboard Hot 100 and number
150 on Billboard's 200 they were officially the first Korean act ever to do this with a Korean album
Getting recognized by Time magazine and the Grammy Awards
Needless to say BIGBANG made the world do a double take when it comes to kpop as a music genre
Following the boom of a live BIGBANG set off their first world tour the alive
galaxy tour covering 21 cities in over 13 countries
The demand was so high for tickets that they added additional shows in LA
New Jersey in London the final tally of the whole tour was
800,000 people their next release was like deja vu still alive was the name of their special album, which had the town attract monster
back-to-back triumphant albums had boosted BIGBANG in global recognition
Hitting 11th on Billboard's social 50 and receiving three awards at the 14th
Mom awards for best male group and artist of the year
The other award was given to t Jagan for best male solo for his artistic
Coupe d'etat album if you haven't give that a listen man, she dragons now
Let me mention that all the other members also had solo songs aside from G track
Hey, yang over the course of BIGBANG career had wedding dress ringa linga t.o.p. Had doom da da doo
doo mad that da
2003 dot, you know what to talk about
this song actually had pretty successful solos in Japan as a solo artist delight and some D as
Well, you know
Who's there Jim then in 2015? There was a sudden drop
BIGBANG was on hiatus for two years again with g-dragon expressing his lack of motivation to write new music
but many sleepless nights later BIGBANG made their long-awaited return with the
Ambitious made album breaking up the album in this special singles M
Ad and e/m had two songs a loser and Beibei. This was the start of the
Domination both songs occupied the number one and number two spot in Billboard's world Digital Songs lose being number one
funny enough loser one song of the Year awards awhile bay baked it the same the next month was time for a
This had we like to party and the modern-day fantastic baby on steroids bang bang bang
I don't even need to mention how powerful bang-bang-bang is still today, man
come home bang bang bang earned song of the year at mama 2015 was the best performing single of
2015 in South Korea
Next month was d out came the songs if you and sober a little bit more emotional
Imbalance well as arrests olmec taking that number two spot in world digital charts
And finally II he was special as we saw the return of Gd and t.o.p with Shara and the song
Let's not fall in love to emphasize the release of their new album
BIGBANG went on their second world tour and this tour was the biggest tour
Kpop has ever imagined performing for a total of 1.5
million fans across the world and stands as the single largest tour by any Korean act
ever the official release of the complete album was postponed to add even more songs including fuck it and last dance and then
BIGBANG celebrated a monumental milestone on August 19 2016. BIGBANG had their tenth anniversary
something many k-pop groups never get to see as
2016 true to a close so did BIGBANG as a whole group February 2017 is when t.o.p
Enlisted for his mandatory military service na 2018 BIGBANG had one more song to bid a farewell to VIP
aka big bangs fans with flower road
We would see BIGBANG members follow t.o.p into the military one at a time with g-dragon
Taeyang Daesung and sunny soon to follow but success always come with trouble as during military service
GOP was brought out to face marijuana use allegations, which he admitted was true while dealing with the legal battle
TOB was found one night in his home unresponsive. He was rushed to the hospital where it was deemed t.o.p
Took much and overdosed on a sleep aid and was put into intensive care as he didn't wake up people began to imagine worse
But t.o.p would come out and make a full recovery
Returning back into the military to serve the rest of his time
The marijuana case was suspended so he can serve his mandatory military service in which he will face the sentence then
And of course the most recent events
Signe and the burning sun well to make a long story short
Why there was a dispute at a club called burning Sun and the police started investigating?
the club and found evidence of prostitution
The club has ties to Sandy and YG Entertainment and it was then reported son
B would provide prostitution services to investors and businessmen who would work with him
Once this news broke the media got a hold of Kakao Talk
Conversations was found between sandy and other notable Korean celebrities from Gyeongju young
choi dong-hoon and others about the controversy somebody announced his retirement from all entertainment his mandatory military service has been
postponed and this case continues to unfold and now today all BIGBANG members are in the military serving their time not to be
discharged until
Later this month, actually the first to come out would be t.o.p
but again
He would have to face that suspended sentence of marijuana use and I can imagine that once all the members come out except for Sandy
that they wouldn't have a comeback for a while that they would go on hiatus again and maybe
Probably come back as BIGBANG once again
so
BIGBANG had a rollercoaster of her career 10 plus years in kpop being dubbed the kings of kpop
Many many groups don't get that name
They've had their ups and they've had their downs but to see BIGBANG
prosper from the days of not being able to eat while training and going to school working hard to the point of their bodies giving
Out from exhaustion all that determination and hard work putting them up on a pedestal for other groups to look up to starting that first
Kpop Korean Halu wave in the world when I say Trailblazers in k-pop
I mean they scorched the earth
Big Bang is
BIGBANG
And that's it for me guys, I hope you guys enjoyed this one
wow, this this was a
monster of a what happened episode 2
To wrap my brain around and editing and all this stuff
But I hope I did BIGBANG somewhat of a justice
In order to fit my schedule of releasing this on Friday
I had to kind of speed things up and this could seriously be like a whole movie about big bangs career
But maybe one day I could do a documentary on
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