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Friday, April 6, 2012
[NEWS] Producer Kim Changhwan covets G-Dragon the most among all idols
Kim Changhwan was the producer behind the big names like Shin Seung Hoon,Kim Gun Mo, CLON, he made their biggest hits in 1990s. He was one of the two key words in 90s Korean music industry, the other one was Seo Taeji.
In his recent interview:
Q: When you were producing your own group last year, how did you differentiate them from other idol groups in the market?
- No matter idol or not, singers only success because of their good music. Shin Seunghoon came out after appearing a few times in radio program,Kim Gun Mo came out because his songs were very unique, Clon, Hong Gyungmin also became famous because of the hit songs they sang. so I think whether idol or not,the music has to be good.
Q: Is there any idol you covet?
- I said this on my twitter before, I envy that SM has DBSK, YG has G-Dragon, JYP has Rain. At the moment, I covet YG's G-dragon the most.
Q: What do you think of the difference between SM, YG and JYP?
- YG comines DJ,R&B, Electric and house,which are the most popular trends in America right now, kind of remind me of Nicki Minaj. JYP makes new pop music with Park Jinyong's own flavor. SM only makes music that has SM's own color. They collaborate with Swedish composers alot, and also buy European and other foreign songs.
Q: How do you compare yourself to other producers?
- To be honest, other companies make similar music. they only change the group that sings the songs, but the music from the same company sounds too similar. I'm different because I dont repeat or recycle the same music, I wrote totally different songs for Kim Gun MO and Clon.
We used to have visual singers, they became famous based on their good looks, but the problem nowadays is that there are too many of them....
Source: yes24.com
[NEWS] BIGBANG TAKE OVER THAILAND
The Big Bang members, who recently became the face of Yamaha Motors’ new TTX concept bike, hit up Thailand for a mini concert on March 28.
Mnet’s Wide Entertainment News followed the group to Bangkok for the Yamaha Presents INVV Concert, where the TTX commercial featuring Big Bang was unveiled and the boys performed old hits as well as songs from their latest album.
The members also sat down for an interview on stage, warming up the crowd with their silly antics.
Seungri revved up the crowd, relating the new TTX bike to Big Bang’s album concept saying, “If I were to express the entire album’s concept in one word, I want to express it as TTX. Technology. Trendy. Exciting. That’s Big Bang.”
The boys then took turns showing off their Thai language skills to the delight of the fans.
Source : enewsworld.com
[NEWS] Big Bang’s ‘Alive’ goes Double Platinum in Taiwan
Top Hallyu group Big Bang has once again demonstrated their international star status by hitting Double Platinum in Taiwan with their recent album, ‘Alive’.
On April 6th, Warner Music Taiwan revealed, “Big Bang’s album ‘Alive’ has achieved Double Platinum status“. This achievement is especially notable when it is taken into account that Big Bang has never visited Taiwan before.
Taiwan’s major album sales site G-Music reported that ‘Alive’ was the highest selling K-pop album of the week on ‘Five Music’. Furthermore, it also reported that the sales for ‘Alive’ made up 22.28% of all album sales in Taiwan for that week, making their record all the more impressive.
The success continued in the online world, as ‘Alive’ topped Taiwan’s eZPeer K-pop Digital Album Chart, while their song “Blue” hit number one on the Taiwan Mobile single’s chart. Additionally, Big Bang’s “Bad Boy” recently hit number one on MTV Taiwan‘s K-pop weekly chart.
A representative of Warner Music Taiwan commented, “Currently, Big Bang’s popularity in Taiwan is such that we are printing additional copies of the album to keep up with the high volume sales.”
In related news, Big Bang will be making their long awaited visit to Taiwan on April 9th and 10th.
Source : Naver (via allkpop)
[NEWS] BIGBANG ON MEZAMASHI [120404]
Big Bang had to get up early in the morning to perform for its Japanese fans.An online community recently had a video posted under the title ‘7:00 a.m., Big Bang dances’. The video was from the April 4 broadcast of Fuji TV’s Mezamashi.
On the day of the broadcast, Big Bang had to deliver a splendid performance and perfect vocals early in the morning. Daesung especially stood out by approaching a male anchor to ask him to ‘put your hands up’.After the performance, Big Bang said, “All of the members are happy that they’re on the show, but they’re still sleepy because it’s early in the morning.” The MCs also joked, “You’re sleepy but that performance was still great.”Netizens left comments on the video such as, ‘Is that like dancing on Korea’s Morning Wide show?’, ‘Dancing early in the morning looks great but still it’s funny’ and ‘I burst out laughing when Daesung asked the announcer to put his hands up’.Big Bang will be touring Yokohama, Osaka, Saitama and Fukuoka after starting off its Big Bang Alive Tour 2012 in Japan in Aichi from May 17-18. An approximate total of 130,000 fans are expected to gather for the tour.
Source : Fuji tv,global.mnet.com
Thursday, April 5, 2012
[NEWS] BIGBANG & 2NE1 LOLLIPOP ON "THE BIGGEST NUMBER 1 SINGLE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF" FOR DROWNED IN SOUND
7) Big Bang & 2NE1 - Lollipop
While K-pop is a relatively new phenomenon, its popularity is booming in both South Korea and Europe. At last year’s MTV European Music Awards, it was Big Bang not Britney Spears who scooped 58 million votes to win the Best Worldwide Act award. ‘Lollipop’ is the boyband’s collaboration with girl group 2NE1 and was originally dreamt up as a scheme to sell the LG Cyon mobile. Mark Ronson and Katy B’s Olympics collaboration for Coca Cola has a lot to live up to.
Source : drownedinsound.com
While K-pop is a relatively new phenomenon, its popularity is booming in both South Korea and Europe. At last year’s MTV European Music Awards, it was Big Bang not Britney Spears who scooped 58 million votes to win the Best Worldwide Act award. ‘Lollipop’ is the boyband’s collaboration with girl group 2NE1 and was originally dreamt up as a scheme to sell the LG Cyon mobile. Mark Ronson and Katy B’s Olympics collaboration for Coca Cola has a lot to live up to.
Source : drownedinsound.com
[CLIP] BIGBANG CUT ON NTV MUSIC LOVERS TALK [120401] [ENG.SUBBED]
Source : bbvipchannel.com +BestKpopVideos
[NEWS] BIGBANG TAKE OVER THE ADVERTISEMENT MARKET WITH ‘CM SONGS’
Simply landing CF deals doesn’t seem to be enough for idols on their quest for world domination, as even singing ‘CM songs’ is now a required must for the hottest idol stars.
With the K-Pop boom being felt all over the world, the influence of idols has definitely reached new heights. Their names are regularly seen on everything from internet portals, variety shows, dramas, and endorsement deals, so it’s no wonder the advertisement industry is eagerly making full use of their potential.
CM songs, or theme songs for CFs and endorsements, has become an easy and effective way to increase marketing power for brands, as songs sung by idols will easily land at the top of music charts and earn an explosive response from consumers. Previously, bands like Big Bang, Girls’ Generation, JYJ, KARA, 2PM, and T-ara all have experience with hit CM songs under their belts.
Perhaps the strongest in the area is Big Bang thanks to their hits like “Stylish” for ‘Fila’, “So Fresh, So Cool” for 'Hite Beer', and “Lollipop” for ‘LG Cyon’. Just these three tracks alone recorded over $883,978 USD in profits.
Source : Sports World via Naver , YGEntertainment,1perfectgirl ,tammeephammee (via allkpop)
[NEWS] Big Bang & 2NE1 rank within the top 5 on the Oricon Weekly Chart
YG Entertainment‘s Big Bang and 2NE1 have placed well on the Oricon charts, both ranking within the top 5 at the same time.
According to the most recent April 4th Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, Big Bang’s ‘ALIVE‘ album sold over 53,000 copies, seizing the #3 position. The album also immediately rose to #2 on the Daily Oricon Chart upon being released on March 28th.
‘ALIVE’ was released in Korea at the end of February, and the Japanese version includes two new original Japanese tracks.
Big Bang’s label mates 2NE1 sold 22,000 copies of their new album ‘Collection‘, securing the #5 spot on the chart. This album was also released on March 28th is much like a ‘Best Of’ album, including Japanese versions of hit Korean tracks “Ugly“, “I Am The Best“, “I Don’t Care“, amongst others.
The 10th spot on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart belonged to none other than girl group Rainbow, who released their new album ‘Over the Rainbow‘.
The Oricon Singles Chart was also full of recognizable Korean artists. Idol group the BOSS who is becoming quite successful in Japan secured the #5 slot on the Weekly Singles Chart with their new single “Jumping“, while KARA‘s new single ‘Speed Up/Girl’s Power‘ released back on March 21st is maintaining it’s 4th position on the Top 10 list for 2 weeks straight.
Source : MoneyToday StarNews via Nate (via allkpop)
[CLIP] BIGBANG ON NTV PON! [120403] [ENG.SUBBED]
Translated by RURU (@0401rurutic)
Subbed by VIC @ bigbangupdates.com
Video from happyrichlife @ ameblo.jp
[TRANSLATION] BIGBANG INTERVIEW ON ORICON STYLE PT.2
BIGBANG 『pressure! Open up about mindset and the thought for the album!』
Starting from "love at first sight" then become lovers…
Various types of songs are recorded in the album, so please give comment for each one.
【V.I】「FANTASTIC BABY」is the most energetic song in the album. The costume is of course, we also shoot the music video with fantastic feeling.
【T.O.P】 For this song’s PV , we held a few meetings with everyone, and created the fantastic and crazy atmosphere. The video that comes with the Japan’s version album and the one on YouTube version, are completely different, so I think, if you’re comparing this two, it would be fun.
【V.I】In the song「BLUE」, there’s part in the lyrics. The cold days have ended and now the warm days are coming, this lyric exactly portray BIGBANG’s current situation.
【D-LITE】 For any ordinary love story, it will has a cheerful image like about hoping. This song is a sad song but contains a lovely image instead.
【SOL】 「BAD BOY」is a song composed by our producers CHOICE 37 and G-DRAGON. And I love this song the most in the album. The feeling of the song is like I’m a very bad boy, but my lover is a good girl, and rather than staying with me, I want her to walk away.
【T.O.P】 The contain of the lyrics suits BIGBANG’s current state of mind .They song received a very good response from Korean fans, so I’m really curious how’s the feedback from fans in Japan. Also, this doesn’t mean that BIGBANG is a “BAD BOY”. (laugh)
The popular song HaruHaru’s Japanese version is also recorded in this album..
【V.I】 While recording, we were thinking of giving the song as a present to the Japanese fans who have been waiting for us. We included the solo parts, and we also sang with gratitude feelings and put so much emotion.
The song 「EGO」is about “love at first sight” ..
【D-LITE】 Yes it is. It’s like I’m trying so hard to appeal myself to the girl I’m falling in love at first sight. But she’s not turning around to look at me. Because of that my pride has wounded, and the song is about that kind of love. I do fall in love at first sight too, but I always end up not become lovers with the girl…
【V.I】 That’s kind of lonely.
【D-LITE】 I always feel lonely, because I can’t confess my true feelings.
【V.I】 For the Korean man, if we love someone, we will straight away go and tell her “I love you”.
【SOL】 But the other members are so shy…
【V.I】 Is it only me? I’m sorry. If it’s me, there’s no time to worry about “What should I do” and all, I’ll immediately say “I love you”. Isn’t that way is much better? Since the girl is also waiting.
【D-LITE】 I’m jealous…
【V.I】 So, the man should just say “I love you, what should I do now” instead.
【D-LITE】 What’s with that “What should I do now”? (laugh)
【V.I】 If the answer is OK, you can say yeay! and be happy about it but if it’s not, you just have to find others..Isn’t that way is alright? “This is ‘BAD BOY’” kind of way!
【T.O.P】 But since you’re honest with your own feeling, I think it’s a GOOD BOY instead.
If everyone could feel our passion and enthusiasm..
You guys are always having so much fun even at the backstage.
【SOL】 Different from when we’re on stage, we love to joke and play around with other members. Sometimes, we call it hamburger where V.I will lay down and other members will climb on him, while making some noise.
【V.I】 Since I’m the youngest, I always got bullied, but I feel so happy about it. How to explain it, I feel like “I’m loved” by the others. Am I the ‘masochist’type? No, I’m not masochist, but the ‘very sadist’ type.
(laugh) Let’s go back to the album. It seems like G-DRAGON and D-LITE worked together for making the lyrics of「WINGS」. How was it when you’re working together?
【D-LITE】 G-DRAGON created the framework for me, so I just filled in the contains. The lyrics portray how the very tiring days were continuous, but let’s have some fun for today.
【G-DRAGON】 This is my first time working with D-LITE, but I feel that I can see our vision for future, and we had so much fun working together.
To G-DRAGON, with the role of a producer, did you face hardship while producing your works?
【G-DRAGON】 Producing music is not made out of struggle. Without an inspiration you can’t create a good song, and also you can’t come out with idea for an album. This time all members have become one, and while playing catch ball, I feel that we’ve created a piece of good drawing. And without suffering too much, we had so much fun working.
After this, BIGBANG will have a concert tour, please give some message to the fans.
【T.O.P】 This time, we release an album and announce the tour at the same time. For the stage, Laurieann Gibson (worked with Lady Gaga before) is working together with us as the director and I think we will have a different stage performance this time. I think we will also get to enjoy not only BIGBANG’s music but also personality of each member.
【SOL】 If we’re succeed with this tour, I think BIGBANG will be more upgraded and please look forward for that to happen.
【V.I】 Other than the live tour, from now on we'll also work hard to show the world how great the Asian's music is. Not only in music, but also as a human, we would like to show our charm to all fans. As for this year, we will do concert tour, and we want to appear on variety show too. We really hope that the fans in Japan could feel our passion and enthusiasm.
Source : oricon.jp Trans by marthapido
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