[일간스포츠=황지영 기자] TAEYANG confirmed to add concerts in eight cities in Asia to his world tour, following his North America tour.

According to YG Entertainment on August 10, TAEYANG’s world tour “WHITE NIGHT” will be also held in eight cities in Asia (Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan). That will be TAEYANG’s first concert in the Asian region in two and a half years and the first concert in Manila and Macao, so TAEYANG’s upcoming Asia tour will be all the more meaningful.

TAEYANG already announced his North America tour in eight cities (Toronto, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Vancouver), following Japan stadium tour. Now that Asia tour has been added, TAEYANG has confirmed 22 concerts in 19 cities in 11 countries. TAEYANG will continue with his history of success three years after the last “RISE” tour held in 2014.

“WHITE NIGHT”, the title track of TAEYANG’s world tour, symbolizes TAEYANG himself who has long been building his artistic career with never-ending passion. That is also the core meaning of TAEYANG’s new album “WHITE NIGHT”. The Seoul concert of TAEYANG’s world tour will be held on the 26 and 27 this month at Jamsil Gymnasium.

TAEYANG who is now preparing for the world tour and he started counting down for his comeback by unveiling the music video of “Intro”, the first track of his new album, on August 8. On August 9, TAEYANG further raised music fans’ anticipation for his comeback, by unveiling “Darling”, the title track of another song in the new album.

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[일간스포츠=이미현 기자] TAEYANG will be making a comeback in five days, and today, he revealed the name of the sub-title track of his new album. The title is “Wake me up”.

On August 11, YG Entertainment posted a teaser image of “Wake me up”, the sub-title track of his new album “WHITE NIGHT”, on its official blog.

TAEYANG is to release his first solo album after a long break that lasted three years and two months. On August 16, he will be releasing his solo album and the music videos of the “Darling” and “Wake me up”, the title and sub-title tracks of his new album.

In the teaser image that was revealed today, TAEYANG ins wearing a red jacket and showing his back to the camera against the background of a blue sky. He has his head down, making fans wonder what his posture means.

KUSH and Joe Rhee of The Black Label wrote the lyrics of “Wake me up”, and its music is made by KUSH, Joe Rhee and R.TEE. TAEYANG has been working mostly with TEDDY so far, and now he has expanded the scope of his collaboration to include the producers of The Black Label. Thanks to this new collaboration, his new album is expected to show a whole new spectrum of music. 

TAEYANG commented, “It is a song that could show my new vocal style to the maximum. I liked everything about it, from its concept to the end product. It is a song about a man who doesn’t want to be woken up from the love with his lover.”

TAEYANG has experimented a lot through this album, and the album will show a side of TAEYANG that he never showed before and the best of his vocal skills.  

Earlier on, the intro of the music video of “Darling” was revealed. Now that the name of the sub-title track has been announced, fans won’t have to wait for long until they can listen to TAEYANG’s new solo album. Expectations are running high for TAEYANG’s new solo album, and fans are dying to see how much he has grown and changed as a solo singer during his long break.

TAEYANG’s new album “WHITE NIGHT” will be released on August 16. 

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