[Article] [YG Life] In a Whopping 4 Years…BIGBANG to Make a Comeback

[뉴스1=황미현 기자] BIGBANG (G-DRAGON·TAEYANG·T.O.P·DAESUNG) is finally making a comeback.

YG Entertainment said on the 7th that “BIGBANG is set to release a new song this spring”. They then added “Their new song has already been recorded and they are about to shoot their MV”.

BIGBANG’s comeback comes after approximately 4 years since releasing their single ‘Flower Road’ in March 2018. At the time BIGBANG had sung ‘This isn’t our last, we’ll meet again when the flowers bloom again’ through the song. Just like the lyrics, BIGBANG is now meeting again with their fans in spring, when the flowers bloom.

BIGBANG made their debut in 2006 and is now in their 17th year. They had produced numerous hit song such as ‘LIES’, ‘LAST FAREWELL’, ‘HARU HARU’ ‘FANTASTIC BABY’ and ‘BANG BANG BANG’.

BIGBANG members had joined the military one by one starting with T.O.P in 2017, floowing G-DRAGON, TAEYANG, and DAESUNG, resulting in a 4 year break.

Meanwhile, T.O.P terminated his exclusive contract with YG Entertainment with BIGBANG’s comeback, and will challenge himself in various fields as an artist and businessman with his personal projects.

YG said “We respect his decision of wanting to expand his activities as an individual, not only as a BIGBANG member, and we drew a great conclusion with other members too regarding this. He will join BIGBANG’s activities when the situation allows him to”.

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[Article] Breaking: BIGBANG’s T.O.P Leaves YG + Group Announces Spring Comeback

Breaking: BIGBANG’s T.O.P Leaves YG + Group Announces Spring Comeback

Breaking: BIGBANG’s T.O.P Leaves YG + Group Announces Spring Comeback

Feb 7, 2022

BIGBANG’s T.O.P has parted ways with YG Entertainment amidst news of the group’s long-awaited comeback.

On February 7, YG Entertainment officially announced, “BIGBANG will be releasing a new song this spring.” The agency added, “[BIGBANG] has already completed recording their new song, and they are currently preparing to shoot the music video.”

However, that wasn’t the only big news YG Entertainment had to share about BIGBANG: they also announced that T.O.P would be leaving the agency after 16 years.

“T.O.P’s exclusive contract with YG has ended, and he will be taking on a wide variety of new challenges as both an artist and an entrepreneur,” stated YG Entertainment. “We respected T.O.P’s desire to broaden the scope of his individual activities aside from just his promotions with BIGBANG, and he successfully came to an agreement about this with the other members.”

The agency continued, “As long as the conditions are right, [T.O.P] will always participate in BIGBANG’s activities whenever he is able.”

BIGBANG’s upcoming comeback will mark their first new music in four years since the release of “Flower Road” in March 2018.

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[Article] February Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

February Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

February Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

Feb 2, 2022

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual idols!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,453 idols, using big data collected from January 2 to February 2.

BTS’s Jimin topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 5,682,902. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Jeju,” “Instagram,” and “COVID-19,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “travel,” “certify,” and “surgery.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis revealed a score of 78.50 percent positive reactions.

2PM’s Lee Junho took second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 4,367,152, while Kang Daniel came in third with an index of 3,967,058.

Finally, BTS’s Jungkook and V rounded out the top five for February at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BTS’s Jimin
  2. 2PM’s Lee Junho
  3. Kang Daniel
  4. BTS’s Jungkook
  5. BTS’s V
  6. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
  7. BLACKPINK’s Lisa
  8. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
  9. BTS’s Jin
  10. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
  11. WINNER’s Song Mino
  12. Apink’s Son Naeun
  13. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
  14. Red Velvet’s Irene
  15. aespa’s Winter
  16. Red Velvet’s Joy
  17. Girls’ Generation’s YoonA
  18. aespa’s Karina
  19. SF9’s Rowoon
  20. BTS’ Suga
  21. MAMAMOO’s Wheein
  22. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
  23. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
  24. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
  25. BTS’s RM
  26. BLACKPINK’s Rosé
  27. BTS’s J-Hope
  28. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
  29. 2PM’s Chansung
  30. MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul

Watch 2PM’s Lee Junho in his hit drama “The Red Sleeve” with subtitles below!

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