According to OSEN [i think this is only for the first half of the year]
-Gummy is doing this drama thing. I have no idea what type of drama. I think she's singing the OST idk.
-Taeyang will be releasing his solo album.
-Daesung will be releasing his solo album after Taeyang. After the Big Show Concert ends, Daesung will be releasing his solo album and it is said that he'll reveal two songs from his album during the concert.
-Top will be releasing his solo album following after Daesung's album release.
-2NE1 will then release their full studio album after Top. YG said that 2NE1's album is the most anticipated one and is one of the biggest topic?
-SE7EN, one of the most anticipated artist this year is coming back as well with a more mature and sexy concept.
-Then Big Bang for the second half I guess.
-YG "Fans are already having high expectations and [something about love from the fans]"
Netizens call Sean-Jung HyeYeong’s son HaRang Big Bang TaeYang lookalike!
credit: K bites
Celebrity couple Sean and Jung HyeYeong’s son HaRang has been the topic amongst netizens for being the lookalike to Big Bang TaeYang.
Sean recently posted up new photos of Harang on his minihompy. Sean would often post photos of his family up on his minihompy.
Netizens have been much interested in Harang’s photos as he is said to be lookalike to TaeYang. They had looked alike in terms of hairstyle and their hiphop style. You can even say that Harang is like the ‘little TaeYang’. Sean and TaeYang are both from YG Entertainment and they have been known to have close relationships amongst themselves.
Netizens’ comments were, “It’s like looking at TaeYang”, “Harang is looking more and more like TaeYang” etc.
DaeSung, “The female idol member whose contact number is in my mobile phone is KARA Kang JiYeong”
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Big Bang DaeSung reveals that special ties he has with one of the female idol group members.
He was SBS Strong Heart aired on 12th January when he was asked by MC Kang HoDong “Other than the singers in your company, do you have the contacts of other female celebrities?” and his answer was “2 of them”.
He said, “They are Lee Hyori from Family Outing and Bada” and then he added, “There is one more person. KARA Kang Ji Yeong.”
He explained, “I was introduced to KARA when I was doing a video call with Lee Hyori once.” And then KARA Goo Hara who was present on the show revealed, “Actually DaeSung is Kang JiYeong’s ideal type of guy”.
DaeSung was a little flustered and then said, “Kang JiYeong sent a message saying to work hard for the filming. And then I replied that I will work hard, that’s all. I drew the line.” which caused laughters in the filming studio.
Aside from rapping and acting, TOP of Big Bang has been blessed with a prominent jawline, towering height and piercing eyes, which have all played to his advantage thus far. Hence, it comes as no surprise that his school photo for Dankook University has recently taken the internet by storm for no apparent reason other than the fact that he just looks damn good.
Besides his acting and Big Bang duties, TOP (real name: Choi Seung Hyun) has been enrolled as a student at Dankook University since 2008 after he passed the entrance exams in 2007. He’s currently double majoring in Theater and Film.
His school photo has been busily traveling online portal sites, shaking the hearts of fan girls who may have forgotten the effect TOP tends to have on the ladies (and guys).
Netizens have remarked:
“Even from a guy’s point of view, he’s really good-looking.”
“A perfectly symmetrical face.”
“I must attend that school.”
TOP was certainly one of the luckier ones who managed to escape the humiliation of a “bad” school picture caused by an acne outbreak or a hairstyle that resembles a bird’s nest.
Although Big Bang has been packed with promotional activities in Japan lately, hopefully their schedule will subside so TOP can return to school to have more stalker photos taken of him receive the education he deserves.
DaeSung, “Big Bang breakup text message incident is still a mystery”
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Big Bang DaeSung revealed an incident of ‘Big Bang break up text message commotion’. He was on SBS Strong Heart aired on 12th January when he revealed the prank that the Big Bang members came up with.
He said, “When Big Bang members plays a prank, it will go on for about 2 months. TaeYang hyung was the first to start it by sending the text message with a different sender’s number.”
“First he sent a message ‘Oppa! I love you!’ using 2NE1 MinJi’s name as the sender. I was worried about how to turn her down since she is still so young and can be hurt by that, and then the next day I realised it was TaeYang who pulled a prank on me.”
After TaeYang, Kwon JiYoung used SeungRi’s name to send a text message to DaeSung “Is it alright to sleep next to hyung today?”.
DaeSung said, “Even though I’m close to SeungRi now, we were pretty awkward back then. With such pranks going on, I begin to feel this distrust towards the members. I even received prank messages on our schedule given by our managers.”
So there was once a message “There is no more Big Bang” sent to all the Big Bang members under mobile phone number of their president Yang HyunSeok. The Big Bang members have all gathered together to look for Yang HyunSeok to confirm this piece of news.
The Big Bang members asked Yang Hyun Seok, “What wrong did we do that you have to say things like breakup?” And then Yang HyunSeok got flustered, “What breakup?”. So it turned out to be a bad joke pulled on the Big Bang members and they were mad about it.
MC Kang HoDong then asked, “So in the end, did you find the culprite to that?” DaeSung said, “It is still a mystery who sent that text message.”
YG behind the scenes with Aimee Lee Lucas
credit: seoulbeats & Kanauru Productions
Aimee Lee Lucas is probably envied by all female Big Bang fans. She is well known for being a backup dancer and choreographer for YG Entertainment, closely working with Tae-yang, 2NE1, and more scandalously G-dragon for his Shine the Light concert. Her boyfriend, Shaun Evaristo, is pretty well known himself, directing the choreography for YG artists and extensively for Big Bang and their solo endeavors. Lucas sat down with an interview for Kanauru Productions on Youtube recently, and here is what she had to say about the YG family.
On YG Entertainment:
“YG really takes care of us. Every time I go, it’s five star treatment. I mean, tickets, food, you name it; everywhere they go they take us along. We’re just like one of the family.”
On working with Tae-yang and G-dragon
“[It was] awesome, amazing. Tae-yang and GD are two totally different artists. Different energy, different focus. Working with Tae-yang, he was the first artist I worked with [along] with Shaun. It was really cool getting to do partner things, just because he’s just not experienced girl-wise. He started off shy, but I think when we got more comfortable and broke the ice he totally got things going.”
On 2NE1:“It’s just recently [that I choreographed for 2NE1]. Shaun takes care of everything… but this last trip I was in Korea for about thee or four months…YG finally actually gave me [Park] Bom as an artist. So she was actually my project. So I did “You and I.” After that, I finished “Please Don’t Go.” Shaun started it, and then I had to finished it up for MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards).”
On G-dragon’s potential jail time:
“I hope [he's] not [going to jail]; I haven’t been there. I don’t know what’s going on in the label. Right after the concert, I think three days later, I was on the plane, and I was heading home here to the states.”
On who has the best English:
“CL is really good. CL is pretty much fluent, but she went to international school so she knows Korean, English, French, I believe… J (Lee Jae-wook*),Young-bae (Tae-yang) and GD are really fun to talk to, really fun. Even if they don’t know English fluently, I really enjoy having conversations with them.”
*Lee Jae-wook is a YG choreographer who was seen on Dae-sung’s Introducing Star’s Friend episode as well as Big Bang’s documentary show. Thanks to Jquest for the info.