[Article] [YG Life] BIGBANG’s Heartwarming Friendship… G-DRAGON→T.O.P Congratulate TAEYANG’s Birthday, “♥”

[뉴스1=고승아 기자] G-DRAGON and T.O.P of group BIGBANG congratulated TAEYANG’s birthday.

On May 19, G-DRAGON uploaded a photo on his social media account with a heart emoji.

The uploaded photo showed TAEYANG and G-DRAGON being active as unit group ‘GD X TAEYANG’ with their song ‘GOOD BOY’, back in 2014.

It seems that G-DRAGON has made the post to congratulate TAEYANG’s birthday, which was May 18th. T.O.P also captured G-DRAGON’s post and uploaded it on his own social media account with an additional heart emoji to reveal his friendship towards the members.

Meanwhile, BIGBANG renewed their contract with YG Entertainment for the third time back in March.

2020. 5. 19.

[Article] Watch: Taeyang Talks About His Mindset For Every Album, BIGBANG Members And Staff Share Their Experiences With Him

Watch: Taeyang Talks About His Mindset For Every Album, BIGBANG Members And Staff Share Their Experiences With Him

Watch: Taeyang Talks About His Mindset For Every Album, BIGBANG Members And Staff Share Their Experiences With Him

May 19, 2020

May 18, the first episode of Taeyang’s documentary “White Night” was unveiled through BIGBANG’s and Taeyang’s official YouTube channels.

The episode features footage of Taeyang from before the release of his third studio album “WHITE NIGHT” in 2017.

Fellow BIGBANG members and staff members talked about Taeyang, saying, “He is very clear on his own opinions and views, but he’s also very considerate of others,” “He always has an optimistic point of view,” and “He’s so human.”

On what values he’s pursuing as a person and artist, Taeyang said, “I have to always progress. I need to people to see me as my real self. That’s ultimately the reason why I make music, and why I make art.”

People close to Taeyang further commented on the singer. His old friend and colleague said, “He’s an open person, and he always works hard. It’s great seeing how he never changes.” One bodyguard said, “[Taeyang] is a model person. He’s up early in the morning and is out and about at the same time.” Taeyang’s tour manager added, “I could clearly see how he takes care of the production staff, dancers, and the band [on tour], and it made feel just how good of person he is.”

On the day of his album release, Taeyang said, “I’ve decided to leave everything to the heavens.” He shyly added, “This is the first time I’ve been this nervous.”

When asked if he has a prediction for chart performance, he said he doesn’t know and commented, “I just hope that the results are as great as the process. More than anything, I hope the people that I worked with are happy.”

People around Taeyang gave further testimony on his work ethic, saying, “When he starts on a project, he’s focused 24 hours a day,” and “When people see how hard he works, they push themselves to do better.”

Taeyang said, “Whenever I release an album, I treat it like it’s my last. I’m a realistic person. I always think it could be my last.”

Watch the first episode of the documentary here:

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[Article] May Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

May Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

May Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

May 16, 2020

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 630 boy group members, using big data collected from April 14 to May 15.

BTS’s Jimin topped the list for the 17th consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 7,496,181. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Lie,” “Filter,” and “ARMY,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “perfect,” “join,” and “reveal.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 80.83 percent positive reactions.

EXO’s Baekhyun rose to second place in the rankings this month, scoring a total brand reputation index of 5,608,321 for May.

Finally, ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo took third place with a brand reputation index of 5,406,125, marking an impressive 78.15 percent increase in his score since April.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BTS’s Jimin
  2. EXO’s Baekhyun
  3. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
  4. BTS’s Jungkook
  5. BTS’ Suga
  6. BTS’s V
  7. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
  8. BTS’s RM
  9. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
  10. BTS’s Jin
  11. BTS’s J-Hope
  12. EXO’s Suho
  13. NU’EST’s Minhyun
  14. CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa
  15. NU’EST’s JR
  16. NU’EST’s Ren
  17. NU’EST’s Baekho
  18. EXO’s Chanyeol
  19. SHINee’s Taemin
  20. TVXQ’s Changmin
  21. BTOB’s Yook Sungjae
  22. TVXQ’s Yunho
  23. HOTSHOT’s Ha Sung Woon
  24. GOT7’s Jinyoung
  25. ASTRO’s Moonbin
  26. NCT’s Jaehyun
  27. BTOB’s Eunkwang
  28. EXO’s Chen
  29. SF9’s Rowoon
  30. NCT’s Haechan

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