Source : GKGD@DCGD
Saturday, March 24, 2012
[NEWS] BIGBANG 2012 BIGSHOW FEATURED AS "PHOTO OF THE DAY : K-POP" ON USA TODAY
from Mark V.W. in Seoul, South Korea. Here's what he says about the shot:
Last week at Seoul Gymnastic Stadium, I saw my favorite K-pop band, Big Bang! Yes, I was the only old white guy in my section, but none of the Korean teenage girls hurt me. Plus, now all my English language students think I'm cool. I did notice two strange things, though: First, before the concert, while we were waiting for the band to take the stage, they played all their videos -- the very same songs we were about to hear. Weird. Second, nobody clapped -- because everyone was all rhythmically waving their torchy things for two hours. Still, I had a great time!
Source : USA TODAY via 나인차@Bestiz(via soompi_bigbang)
[NEWS] BIGBANG'S MV ON "THE 20 BEST K-POP VIDEOS" OF STEREOGUM.COM
13. BigBang – “Love Song
The track itself is a better Coldplay song than anything Coldplay themselves have done since A Rush Of Blood To The Head. The video, meanwhile, is one long Children Of Men/Touch Of Evil-style tracking shot (with sly edits, sure) that takes place entirely a post-apocalypic wasteland full of flaming debris and exploding car husks that fall from the sky for no reason. There’s nothing about this thing that I don’t love.
7. GD & T.O.P. – “Knock Out”
Probably the first non-English rap song I’ve ever managed to enjoy. (Second if you consider “Gasolina” a rap song.) G-Dragon and T.O.P. are the two rapping member of BigBang, and their all-rap side project is reliably just awesome. G-Dragon’s also one of the musical masterminds behind his own group, exceedingly rare in K-pop, and if I’m to believe Wikipedia, he started rapping after the first time he heard Wu-Tang. But he sounds nothing whatsoever like Wu-Tang! This song was apparently banned in South Korea because “Knock Out” is Korean slang for being drunk, which is awesome. And the video itself takes place in some Bugs Bunnified alternate universe that reminds me, more than anything else, of a prime-era Missy Elliott video. The part where they dance under the tank turret is the best. Also, this one is probably the most immediately Stereogum-relevant song on the whole list. Diplo produced it, swiping a big chunk from Cajmere’s Chicago house classic “Coffee Pot (It’s Time For The Percolator)” in the process.
4. GD & T.O.P. – “High High”
It took real restraint to keep myself from populating the top five entirely with stuff from the BigBang/2NE1 braintrust, and I just couldn’t help myself here. This one doesn’t have the cartoonish avant-garde force of the “Knock Out” video, but it does poppy American club-rap better than any American has done it in many years. I love the way T.O.P. manages to look like Don Draper even with this goofy spaceman clothes, I love the way way G-Dragon says “like ninja,” and I love that dance they do with their hands on the “high high high high” part. More than anyone, I love how these two guys appear to be having more fun than anyone else on the global pop-music landscape. Also, I hope Slick Rick is making so much money from that sample.
2. BigBang – “Fantastic Baby”
This one is only a few weeks old, so it seems faintly ridiculous to be putting it so high on a best-of-all-time list. But in K-pop, the groups that last do it by pushing their shit to new extremes every time they’ve got a new single out. And right now, BigBang, a dominant commercial force throughout Asia, are Lady Gaga circa-”Telephone.” I mean, look at this thing. It’s a post-apocalyptic Daft Punk adolescent Tumblr fantasy, and nothing about it makes the tiniest bit of sense, the haircuts especially. I can’t tell you how happy I am that it exists. Amrit will tell you: I kept myself awake enough to write all my SXSW coverage stuff by watching this video every 15 minutes.
Source : stereogum.com
[NEWS] G-DRAGON IS THE IDOL HAN GA IN HAS HER EYES ON
Actress Han Ga In made an appearance on SBS’ Power FM ‘Choi Hwa Jung’s Power Time’ and answered honestly to the blunt questions asked by DJ Choi Hwa Jung.
DJ Choi Hwa Jung asked, “You seem tall. How tall are you?”
Han Ga In brought laughs with her reply, saying, “167cm. People think that I am short and that isn’t true. But, I am getting shorter as I age.”
Choi Hwa Jung then asked her about her weight saying, “You are really thin so I am curious about your weight.” Han Ga In seemed a bit taken aback by her question, but she easily replied, “Do I have to say it now. 49, 50, 51kg it fluctuates.”
Han Ga In also chose Big Bang's G-Dragon as the idol she has her eyes on, and also remarked that she would like to meet ZE:A‘s DongJun someday as many people have told her that they look alike.
Source : Sports Donga via Nate (via allkpop)
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