Source : jisin.jp
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
[NEWS] BIGBANG'S FANTASTIC BABY RANKS #1 ON DWANGO'S HALF YEAR RANKING FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS
dwango Mobile, a music download service primarily for Android smartphones, has just revealed its ringtone download ranking for the first half of 2012!
The results include songs downloaded between January 1st and June 15th onto both cell phones and smartphones, and are divided into multiple categories: “Full Ringtones”, “Overall”, “K-Pop”, and “Nico Nico Music”.
< K-POP Life Ranking >
01. FANTASTIC BABY – BIGBANG
Source: Musicman-net , mimi (via tokyohive)
[NEWS] BIGBANG NAMED THE KINGS FOR FIRST HALF OF 2012 ALBUM SALES
Gaon Chart has unveiled the top artists in physical and digital sales for the first half of 2012!
Perhaps to nobody’s surprise, Big Bang and T-ara were named the Kings and Queens of sales for the year so far, as they each came out on top in the categories of physical album sales and digital album sales respectively.
Big Bang took first with their fifth mini-album, ‘Alive’, which recorded 267,319 units in sales through May, setting it at a lead of over 100,000 units against SHINee, who took second place with 165,411 units with ‘Sherlock’.
Girls’Generation’s sub-unit TaeTiSeo took third with ‘Twinkle’, recording 139,388 units in sales.
As for the digital charts, T-ara’s “Lovey Dovey” took the lead, followed by Big Bang’s “Blue” and “Fantastic Baby” in second and third respectively.
Fourth was taken by the biggest rookie of the year, Busker Busker, and their greatest hit, “Cherry Blossom Ending“. The super rookies are a strong contender on the physical charts as well, as they’ve sold 104,180 units of their debut album to date.
Following after Busker Busker is rookie Ailee in fifth.
Source: E-Daily via Daum (via allkpop)
[PIC] G-DRAGON , TAEYANG , DAESUNG AND SEUNGRI WITH IOKA KAZUTO(BOXER) [120623]
Source: ameblo.jp/ioka-kazuto
[NEWS] BIGBANG ADDS 2nd DATE TO ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN INDONESIA
BIGBANG adds a second date (October 12) to their Jakarta, Indonesia stop of Alive Tour 2012~!! Ticket Sale: June 30, Saturday, 10 AM (http://myticket.co.id/)
Source : BIGBANG's Facebook
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
[INTERVIEW] BIGBANG INTERVIEW ON ORICON MAGAZINE , JUNE 2012
Q: Your new album ‘Alive’ has received good comments, it is said that G-Dragon has participated in melody and lyrics writing of all the songs?
GD: Yes, I am so glad that I have participated in this album from the perspective of producer; however, objectively speaking,I want to show you our new sides…I was very troubled to think of it when it came to this part. I want to show you the message that ‘Big Bang is still alive; and convey you the ‘pains’ and ‘internal struggles’ that we have been going through this year so we have created ‘Blue’.
Q: Based on this idea, you have created ‘BLUE’ and it reminds us that Big Bang is back and it seemed to have suddenly shortened the period that you have not been doing any promotion. It is really meaningful and has become one of the classics songs of Big Bang.
GD: This is the effect that I want to achieve (laugh), ‘Winter is nearly over and we are going to enter Spring’. Although it describes the bitter love that one has to experience in their romantic relationship and it can be interpreted as the description of the situation of Big Bang too. We want to convey our feelings to the fans who have been supporting us for a long time and at the same time, we want to convey the feeling of ‘hope’ to you, too.
Q: Reading the lyrics written by G-Dragon, we can feel the ‘pain’ and ‘internal struggles’ that you have just said, they are the gentle feelings that only men can express.
GD: No matter they are romantic songs or songs I want to express other feelings, I will not add any fake feelings to them. I think that if we put into our true feelings in the songs, not only can we convey our feelings to others but we can also shorten the distance between us and others. In this way, we can ‘echo’ with each other.
Q: Perhaps because the five members of BigBang has different extraordinary talents and charms so the first-time listeners might not be used to it and therefore they feel distant from them. But here is where the magic of Big Bang lies!When you are listening to them as a whole , then you will feel enchanted. Moreoever, talking about Big Bang, we noticed that there is a sharp contrast between the low vocal range of GD and the top range of TOP’s range, did you deliberately make the difference?
TOP: The characteristics of composing songs is we have to emphasize the features of the voices so our songs will not be monotones and the most important is I have good collaboration with G-dragon.
Q: So, please talk about the favourite tracks of the album.
VI: I still love ‘Blue’. Although it is a sad song but I still love the plain and calm feeling that it conveys to us. Why I say so? Because of my part (laugh). “The winter is passing and Spring is coming” (suddenly he bursted out singing). It is just like what the lyrics has been written, we had been experiencing so much hardships last year, it was really a period of hard time. I was hoping that it would be better if Winter could be ended at this very moment and the warm Spring could be started. I recorded this song when I was feeling this way.
Q: You can handle ‘Blue’ only after you have overcome so many difficulties.
VI: I think many fans were worried about BigBang and they must have felt as painful as us and had the same sad memory as we did too. Because of this, if we can warm your hearts by this song, turning your cold heart to warm just like how Spring can warm up the coldness, it is fine.
GD: I have really deep impression about ‘Fantastic Baby’ because originally I was good at writing poetic lyrics and match it with romatic melody. However, when I was producing this kind of dance song, I had to put in my emotion, too. It is really difficult for me. After 2-3 months of making this song, I had to make ‘Blue’, it was really hard for me to change the mood so suddenly.To transit from the dancing mode of ‘Fantastic Baby’ to ‘Blue’, I had watched a lot of sad movies and listened to sad songs. In order to make this song, I had to make myself sad in the reality and forgot myself when I was singing the song.
SOL: I love ‘Bad Boy’ most. Because I personally love Hip Hop. This song is not only a hip hop song but the melody is also good too.
TOP: I like ‘Feeling’ most. This song is limited to be promoted in Japan because it was collaborated with BOYS NOIZE(German, The World Top DJ and producer),the rap is perfectly matched with the melody, too.
Q: In the lyrics of ‘Fantastic Baby’, there is a line,’I am perfect and if you want to grab my weaknesses, It is still 100 years later’. What weaknesses do you think you have?
VI: I have really serious dark circles; however, because it is something that I cannot change so I will emphasize my other charming points.
DLITE: My weakness is I am always worried about others.
SOL: I have too many… (shortcomings)…all are weaknesses.
TOP: Sometimes I think that I don’t have anyone rely on,especially before i need to work,I will be very sensitive and I will be very emotional,too. And sometimes I do give up because of this.
Monday, June 25, 2012
[NEWS] BIGBANG ADD 2nd DATE TO ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN SINGAPORE
[BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012]
BIGBANG adds a second date (Sep. 29) to their Singapore stop of Alive Tour 2012~!!
For more info : alive.ygbigbang.com
Source: BIGBANG's Facebook
[NEWS] BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN SINGAPORE ONLINE TICKET FOR 1st night SOLD OUT IN 10 MINUTES
Tickets for the 1st night of BIGBANG's concert were sold out in 10 minutes!
Ticket sale for 2nd night of BIGBANG’s concert will open at 10am tomorrow - Only OCBC cardholders can book tix on 26 & 27 June.
There is going to be a 2nd night for BIG BANG's concert! :) Watch out for more details.
Source : @OCBCBank
[NEWS] BIGBANG BEATS FAR EAST MOVEMENT
BIGBANG VS Far East Movement poll for week of June 18 , 2012 on popdust is now closed and BIGBANG is the winner!!!!!
Source : popdust.com/pop-off
[PIC] BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 @MARINEMESSE IN FUKUOKA , JAPAN [120623-24]
Source : BIGBANG's Facebook
Sunday, June 24, 2012
[STAR CAPTURE] G-DRAGON'S TATTOO STYLE
“Are you wathing, Donnie?” …GD, his ordinary tattoo style
“Fire hair, seaweed hair, gore fashion…”
Group ‘Bigbang’ has always received public attention. It is fun not only to listen to their new music, but also to watch their new style. Among others, G-Dragon is the fashion icon of Bigbang. He is considered best fashionista in Idols. The clothes which he wore, the shoes on which he put have always been major issues.
Then how about his style in daily life? Expectably, STYLISH~
The pants covered his knee, the high socks with star pattern. Who would dare to try wearing these style?
At the beginning of June, here was Rodeo street in Apgujeong. It’s a place where hot people go. Most people just can’t attract people’s attention. Of course, G-Dragon, can. His unique fashion, can.
That day, G-Dragon’s fashion was ‘funky’. His pants struck the eye of many people. Long-short black pants with white cross stripes on the upper part and high socks with white star pattern. No one could try wearing these style except for GD.
But the point of that day was his tattoo. He had letterings on his both arms. On his right arm, he also had heart tattoo by Keith Harig who is graffiti artist. And there was dragon ball on his left shoulder. It means his name, G-Dragon.
His act of freedom was also unconventional. He spent time alone without the other members. He wasn’t conscious of public eyes, he passed Rodeo street in Apgujeong naturally. And he met his friends and talked to them with his bright smile.
Nowadays Bigbang has had world tour in Japan and met fans. And next month, they will hold world tour in 7 cities in the world. We hope that 2012 will be ‘fantastic’ and ‘monster’(good meaning) to them.
Source : nate
Translated by lucywinslet@twitter
[NEWS] Jeju Air to sell Big Bang airplane model packages
Back in April, Big Bang made headlines when the members took flight in the form of having their photo painted on a Jeju Air plane. Not only does the plane fly domestically, but also between Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, generating a ton of buzz for both Big Bang and Jeju Air.
Now, Jeju Air is giving fans a chance to have their own Big Bang airplane model! The airplane model will be given to those who book a Seoul or Busan round-trip ticket from Hong Kong, departing between now and July 12th. Prices start around $270USD. This event is expected to create a surge in bookings due to Big Bang’s popularity.
Additionally, there are some big events planned for Big Bang. This includes an album release and concert for G-Dragon in August, Seungri’s Japanese activities, as well as continuous touring for the group, including stops in Los Angeles and New Jersey.
Source: Ming Pao News and Jeju Air (via koreaboo)
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