пока Тэян путешествует по LA и Лас Вегасу, Сынри твиттит про свой новый альбом:
Seungri: ” “She stepped on the last pride I had, it’s a war now - 1/13 SeungRi 1st minialbum [VVip] Reavealing teaser for ‘So What’”“ 13 января выйдет тизер на песню ‘So What’ и *подозреваю* строчка из этой песни))
Некоторые куски бесед из шоу (на англ.) Lies MC Tak Jae Hoon: “I heard that Lies was actually your solo track, but they decided to change it to Big Bang’s title song. They said you got so jealous, you cried.” G-Dragon: “I was honestly disappointed. It took a long time to complete it, and then our CEO said that the song was for Big Bang. I was young at the time, so it hurt. I’m not upset about it anymore.” T.O.P: “The song did well because we sang it. All five of us created a synergy effect. You can’t do anything about the past now, though.” Daesung: “Lies would’ve been buried if G-Dragon sang it by himself.” (which made the studio audience laugh.)
On debuting as an idol group G-Dragon: “I was about six years into my trainee life with Taeyang. When I heard that they were making an idol group, I was kind of disappointed. My influence from the underground hip hop scene was strong at the time, so I wanted to debut as a hip hop artist.’”
The Samgyupsal Story T.O.P: “At the time, the six of us would go eat samgyupsal after rehearsal, but it was always Daesung and Hyun Seung that would cook the meat for the hyungs. But one day, Daesung and Hyun Seung began wondering why it was only just them that cooked the meat, and why Seungri didn’t help out. Both of them tried to come up with a plan to make him cook too, and Hyun Seung finally asked him, ‘Hey, cook some meat.’ Seungri replied, ‘I can’t cook meat.’ Daesung didn’t follow the plan and stayed quiet, leaving Hyun Seung to do all of asking. Hyun Seung got mad the more he thought about it and retorted, ‘You think we’re cooking meat because we’re good at it?’ Seungri still replied, ‘I’m really not good at it.’ The situation didn’t end there, though. They went to go buy vitamin drinks together and their emotions exploded. They both came back later and Seungri opened the door, covered half his face, and said, ‘I didn’t get hit that much!’” [Eventually, G-Dragon and T.O.P took the role of ‘hyungs’ and reprimanded their behavior, including Daesung (who was just soundly sleeping at the time).]
T.O.P's original name was Mark? T.O.P: (Imititating President Yang)“There’s two rappers in Big Bang, right? Jiyong will be G-Dragon, and I’ve chosen ‘Mark’ for your name. No special reason, my favorite guitarist’s name was Mark. That’s the only name I can think of.” [He didn’t like the name, requested to have it changed, leading senior labelmate Se7en to name him T.O.P.]T.O.P: “At first, I was embarrassed of being called T.O.P when I was just a rookie. Now, I think it’s easier to memorize.”
G-Dragon talks about the plagiarism issue During GD&TOP's guesting on Night After Night, the topic of G-Dragon being picked as the #1 overrated musician came up. When asked about it, he answered: "It's the truth. People have never told me I was a genius or that I was good at music. When that article came out, I was glad because it was the truth." When asked about the plagiarism accusations against Heartbreaker, he answered: "I feel like it depends on the person. I think it's a part I have to fix, so I don't make a mistake next time. The only thing I can do as a singer is to show a better stage next time instead of writing an apology. I didn't do anything wrong, but I ignored family and friends' calls and I felt like I had done something wrong. I was depressed, and all the attacks hurt me. I wondered what made them think those things about me. But I felt like I had to move on."
The "roots" of G-Dragon's music G-Dragon: “The source of my music… I think it comes from habit. CEO Yang would always make us compose a song once a week and submit it to him during our trainee days. It’s become a habit now. I listen to the experiences of other people.” MC: How many songs have you registered in the Copyright Association: G-Dragon: “I have about 100.”
Have you ever broken a woman’s heart? G-Dragon: “I have, and I’ve also been hurt in return. For the most part, I think I was hurt the most, but there’s no other special reason for break ups. One time, I took a girl friend home to the wrong house.”
T.O.P winning his rookie award T.O.P: “I was skeptical as to whether I’d receive an award while I had my hair bleached. I was honestly very embarrassed. It made me look as if I specifically bleached my hair for the event. Kang Sooyeon looked at my hair and complimented it, but then she couldn’t hide her laughter and burst out of the room.” MC: Would you return the award then? T.O.P: “I can’t do that, but right after winning the award, the first thing I thought was, ‘I’m so happy I won a award that you can only win once in your lifetime, but why when my hair is bleached white?!’”
Working as GD&TOP G-Dragon: “Ever since T.O.P filmed for ‘Into the Fire,’ he doesn’t move around on stage that much. Compared to him, I fly around everywhere. It feels like he’s the uncle and I’m the nephew.” T.O.P: “G-Dragon told me to balance the center, like with Big Bang, so that he can fly above. I thought that the concept he wanted this time was to ‘fly’. The balance has to be just right, so I figured I’d stand center while he flies around.” Англ. субтитры на всю передачу (вероятно, хардсаб) предвидится позже.
А пока SeungRi готовится к камбеку, а ТОП с GD ходят по передачам и в гости к Dae, Teayаng укатил на 2 недели в Штаты (Лос-Анджелес), дабы немного развеяться и получить пару танцевальных уроков у любимого хореографа всея YG Shaun Evaristo: ......
13 января появится тизер на песню So what? (один из заглавных треков, второй - VVIP), а 20 выйдет мини-альбом и клип. Треклист на англ. 01 VVIP (title track) lyrics/composed: Seungri 02 So what do you want?/So what? (title tack) lyrics/composed: Seungri 03 Open the window/Open Window (feat G-DRAGON) 04 Magic lyrics: Seungri composed: Seungri+choice37 05 I Know (feat IU) lyrics/composed: Seungri 06 White Love lyrics/composed: Seungri 07 Outro (In My World) lyrics/composed: Seungri
читать дальшеGD&TOP’s third title track, “Knock Out“, has been banned from all three public broadcasting networks.
KBS, MBC, and SBS stated that the reason for the ban was because the title and lyrics used slang, which they believed would damage the national psyche. The song itself has been popular on music charts, and news of the song’s ban quickly became a controversy amongst fans and netizens alike. The majority are of the belief that the ban is “ridiculous and out of line.”
One netizen commented, “TV dramas are allowed to show adultery, violence, swears, and even sexual abuse. I cannot understand why they would say that the expressions used in ‘Knock Out’ is a problem.”
Representatives of YG Entertainment commented, “The song has already been released to the public, and we cannot edit the title or the song just because the public broadcast networks ban it. We won’t be editing anything that damages the original meaning of the song.”
G-Dragon had previously revealed that he drew inspiration for the song’s Korean title, ‘Bbeokigayo,’ from the MBC drama, “My Name is Kim Sam Soon“, since it was an expression used by the leading character.
GD&TOP has decided to jump over their triple track promotion by promoting an additional two songs, making it a total of five tracks they will be promoting this cycle.
GD & T.O.P “Knock Out” запретили на KBS, MBC и SBS
Третий заглавный трек GD &T.O.P – "Knock Out" – было запрещено на всех трех общественных сетях вещания.
KBS, MBC, SBS заявили, что причиной запрета стали название и текст, где используется сленг, который, как они считают, несёт вред национальной психике. Сама песня была популярна на хит-парадах, и новости о запрете песни вызвали споры среди поклонников и пользователей сети интернет. Большинство убеждено, что запрет является «смехотворным и переходящим границы».
Один интернет-пользователь прокомментировал: «ТВ-драмы показывают измены, жестокость, ругательства, и даже сексуальное насилие. Я не могу понять, почему они говорят, что выражения, используемые в "Knock Out" – это проблема?».
Представители YG Entertainment комментируют это так: «Песня уже выпущена для общественности, и мы не можем изменить название или саму песню только потому, что публичные сети вещания запретили её. Мы не будем менять то, что идёт в ущерб первоначальному смыслу песни».
G-Dragon ранее рассказал, что он черпал вдохновение для корейского названия песни – "Bbeokigayo" – из драмы MBC "Меня зовут Ким Сам Сун", поскольку это выражение использовал главный герой.
Несмотря на все запреты, GD & T.O.P продолжат раскручивать 3 песни, добавив к ним ещё 2, продвигаясь уже с 5ью треками.