YG vs. non-YG, who can beat BIGBANG? [End-of-year music awards]

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[OSEN=??? ??] Only three months are left until the end of the year  2015. As the end of the year is approaching, Korea’s music scene is getting hot once again. That is because a series of end-of-year music awards are waiting for music fans. Beginning from Melon Music Awards scheduled for , a series of music awards including “2015 MAMA” and music awards of public TV networks will be held until early next year. 

The meaning of the grand prize at those music awards are not like in the past, as prizes for each section are gaining more significant meaning, but anyway, someone should be the winner of the trophies. Music fans are paying the biggest attention to who will receive the man’s and woman’s rookie awards,  album of the year award, song of the year award, and singer of the year award. Although a little but premature, fans are merrily predicting the winners of those awards.

The most remarkable achievements have been made mostly by YG Entertainment for this year. It is highly likely that the competition for music awards will be between YG artists and non-YG artists.


In the year 2015, BIGBANG swept all major music charts. Starting from “LOSER” and “BAE BAE” released , “BANG BANG BANG” and “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” were released in June, “SOBER” and “IF YOU” in July, and “LET’S NOT FALL IN LOVE” and “ZUTTER” in August.

Those songs made this year’s summer “the season of BIGBANG”. BIGBANG’s new songs released from May to August this year swept not only the top rankings on music charts, but also No.1 trophies of TV music shows. The only rival for BIGBANG to compete for the No.1 was BIGBANG themselves.

Then, the baton was passed to “monstrous rookie” iKON. iKON released “MY TYPE” in mid-September  and “chewed up” music charts even before their official debut. “RHYTHM TA” and “AIRPLANE” unveiled on October 1 with the official debut also fascinated music fans immediately.

However, the power of SM Entertainment, the biggest rival for YG, is also substantial. SM artists also made big achievements during this year, including SHINee’s “View” released in May, Super Junior who released the 10th anniversary album, and solo vocalists such as Jonghyun, Taeyeon, and Kyuhyun.

To look into the rankings on charts only, past hit songs performed in the “Saturday Music Festival” of MBC’s TV show “The Infinite Challenge” created sensation during the first half of this year. Then, in the second half, hip-hop music enjoyed big popularity because of the big popularity of “Show Me the Money 4?. In the second half, too, songs and artists of a variety of genres excited the music scene.

Music fans are now paying keen attention to whether YG artists will sweep all major prizes of end-of-year music awards or an unexpected dark horse will arise. 

2015. 10. 23.
Source: http://www.yg-life.com/archives/57050?lang=en

BIGBANG’s Seungri Gracefully Deals With Fan Who Jumps Onto Stage During Concert

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BIGBANG’s Seungri Gracefully Deals With Fan Who Jumps Onto Stage During Concert

During live situations, unexpected accidents are bound to happen. During a recent concert, BIGBANG’s Seungri proved he was a pro by showing how he dealt with such situations.

Recently, a post was uploaded on a community site with the title “Fan who intruded BIGBANG’s Sydney concert” along with a video.

In the revealed clip, a male fan jumps onto the stage and starts dancing with Seungri during the song “FANTASTIC BABY.”

When the bodyguards try to take the fan down, Seungri gestures that everything is fine. After they enjoy a dance together, he personally escorts the fan down to the bottom of the stage. Taeyang, who had been observing from the sidelines, gives the fan a high five.

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This incident happened on October 18 in Sydney, Australia during BIGBANG’s “MADE” world tour.

Meanwhile the group just finished a concert in Melbourne, Australia on October 21. The “MADE” world tour will continue to be held in Macao, Hong Kong from October 23 to 25.

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Watch the unexpected collaboration between Seungri and the fan in the video below:

 

 

Here’s a video of Seungri escorting the fan down the stage:

Source: Soompi


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[Video | Photos] Seungri’s reaction with fan who jumped on stage in Sydney 2015-10-18

G-Dragon: K Pop Star, Fashion’s New “it” Boy

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K Pop star, Kwon Ji Yong, who is better known as G-Dragon, is not just one of the biggest names in Korea, thanks to his membership in boy band, BIGBANG. The 28-year old, who has been described as embodying “Justin Timberlake’s boy bander-turned-credible musician pedigree and Kanye West’s genre-bending artistic daredevilry,” is something of a bona fide street style star; you’ll see him on websites like Vogue, Le-21eme, NY Magazine, and TFL. He’s a front row fixture at just about every Chanel show, and Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Rick Owens, and Hood by Air, too. And as you can likely discern from his music videos (think: head to toe Chanel, Thom Browne, etc.), he’s a major fashion fan. Not surprisingly, he has been gaining traction as a fashion industry insider for the past several years, with an increasing number of designers and publications taking notice.

G-Dragon began gracing the pages of Vogue Korea in 2013, appearing on a special three-cover issue alongside “it” models Soo Joo, Kim Sung Hee, and Ji Hye Park. A 2014 cover saw him posing with Belgian model Hanne Gaby Odiele. He has since covered various issues of W, Dazed & Confused, and Hypebeast, and landed editorials in Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Cosmo, Numero, Esquire, and a number of other Vogues.

  

His penchant for designer labels (he actually purchases a lot of garments – as opposed to relying on loans or gifts from brands) have found him friends in the industry’s most notable creative directors, ranging from Hedi Slimane to Karl Lagerfeld, the latter of whom he first met in early 2014. As for Slimane, when he took the helm at Saint Laurent in 2012, he reportedly gave G-Dragon first dibs on all of his debut menswear pieces. Turns out, G-Dragon has been closely following Slimane’s work since the designer was in his hey-day at Dior Homme in the mid-2000’s. G-Dragon told Complex in 2013: “I didn’t really like it when it was YSL, but I’ve been a fan since it became Saint Laurent because I’m a huge fan of Hedi Slimane. I’ve been a fan of all the brands Hedi Slimane was a part of—I really liked Dior Homme when he was there, and bought a lot of pieces.”

As for Chanel, you may recall that the pop star – who also produces and tours as a solo artist – has consistently been seated front row at the runway shows for the past several seasons – whether they be in Dallas, Texas, Korea or Paris – dressed in Chanel, of course. More recently, he appeared in the Paris-based house’s Fall/Winter 2015 couture show, which was staged at the “Chanel casino,” alongside other celebrity participants like Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore.

With such industry credibility, you may not otherwise guess that G-Dragon is a relatively new fixture on the fashion scene. Unlike his more seasoned bandmate, Taeyang, who GQ labeled the “unexpected star of the [June 2013] Paris fashion festivities,” G-Dragon is a bit newer of a fashion darling. As New York Magazine’s The Cut noted in connection with his attendance at the Paris Fashion Week shows in January 2014: “G-Dragon has not appeared at Fashion Week since a brief, pink-haired stint in 2012.”
  

That’s not to say he hasn’t been curating a well-received fashion persona all the while, with the help of early stylist Ji Eun noona. Recently titled “Fashion’s New It Boy” by Yahoo style, he is consistently spotted – usually in the airport or in concert – in an array of the industry’s most coveted brands, and his garments of choice are not limited to menswear. You may recall the Spring/Summer 2014 Marc Jacobs tasseled jacket he wore; or the Chanel and Céline women’s jackets; or still, the multi-colored fur cape straight from the Saint Laurent womenwear runway. He says he has also taken a liking to Rick Owens, Hood by Air, Thom Browne, and Juun. J. However, his designers of choice tend to change as regularly as his hair color, which has been red, orange, pink, turquois, blue, black, blonde, bronze, and a number of other hues. He’s also a fan of Chrome Hearts, which lead him to collaborate with the brand (hence, the excess of Chrome Hearts gear – from garments and jewelry to skate decks – in his “One of a Kind” music video). The same goes for his involvement with popular Japanese brand, Ambush.

Still, cult status in Korea and recognition in the often-insulated fashion industry does not necessarily equate to celebrity status in the world at large. This, however, appears to be changing for G-Dragon. As BOF noted not too long ago: “When Karl Lagerfeld included G-Dragon in a group photo at the latest Chanel couture show alongside international A-listers like Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore, it helped elevate the Korean rapper’s status as an ‘it boy’ even higher. G-Dragon had already attained cult status in the West by infiltrating the pages of Dazed & Confused, which chronicles edgier stars from Hallyu cinema, K-pop and other Asian entertainment scenes.” Maybe an even better indication: the depiction of the star in the New York Times’s recent review of BIGBANG’s recent concerts in Newark, New Jersey.

Describing the band as “an outlandishly popular K-pop boy band,” the New York Times’s Jon Caramanica, described the scene as “an extreme, intense, overwhelming Korean pop carnival.” The stand-out member of the group: “G-Dragon, G-Dragon, G-Dragon — so many of the screams here were for G-Dragon, fashion show front-row habitué and collaborator with Diplo and Skrillex.” Caramanica continues on, “G-Dragon is very much at the top [of the group’s hierarchy]. He gets the best clothes.” And considering that he’s been wearing a lot of archival Raf Simons pieces on the group’s recent tour, it’s hard to argue with that. 
Source: The Fashion Law

Seungri makes headlines for how he handles fan on stage during BIGBANG's Sydney concert

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Seungri is making headlines for how professionally he handled a fan who trespassed on stage at a recent BIGBANG 'MADE' concert in Sydney, Australia.

A video clip titled, "A fan who trespassed on stage at a BIGBANG concert in Sydney," has been making its rounds on internet forums. The clip reveals a particularly excited fan jumping on stage and dancing next to Seungri during BIGBANG's performance of "Fantastic Baby" at the concert on October 18. 

Though bodyguards came immediately to escort the fan off, Seungri stopped them and continued dancing with the overzealous fan. Afterwards, Seungri even walked the fan offstage. 

Netizens commented, "He has a lot of experience, so that's probably why he handled it so well," "He's such a pro," and "This could've easily turned into a dangerous situation."

Source: ALLKPOP
To see a video of the fan onstage and Seungri's reaction, please visit: 
[Video | Photos] Seungri’s reaction with fan who jumped on stage in Sydney 2015-10-18

[STARCAST] BIGBANG’s first ‘MADE’ concert tour in Australia!!

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Global group BIGBANG who’s having a ‘MADE’ world tour to meet fans all around the world! They have finished Northern America tour in Las Vegas, LA, Anaheim, Mexico, New Jersey, and Canada with 87,000 audiences in total and flew to Australia after that.

It was first time for BIGBANG to visit Australia! Therefore the local fans’ interest towards concert was enormous.  BIGBANG members also met the fans with extraordinary thrill. They made 35,000 local fans go crazy for two days on October 17th and 18th in SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK ALLPHONES ARENA and on October 21st in ROD LAVER ARENA.

It is said that BIGBANG is the first Korean singer who have sold out all tickets for solo arena concert in Australia. Australian staffs also praised BIGBANG by saying ‘Crazy show’, ‘Amazing show’. It is BIGBANG who always present perfect concert. Then shall we have a look at the first concert in Australia held at Sydney together?


1. Sydney 
The surprising event held in front of ALLPHONES ARENA by the fans!


In front of ALLPHONES ARENA is already feverish before actual concert because of enthusiastic fans!! The fans presented cover dance for BIGBANG’s music and danced for unique flash mob. You can feel their exciting feeling while waiting for BIGBANG concert, right?


Local fans filled up SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK ALLPHONES ARENA!


There were 23,000 audiences gathered for two days of concerts! The tickets for Sydney concert sold out as soon as it opened on October 17, therefore fans wrote petition to request extra concert. Thereafter extra concert for one more day has been confirmed because of fans’ support. The concert was feverish as much as they asked for it.
The concert place filled with fans is looking spectacular!
G-Dragon who has changed his hairstyle!


G-Dragon who’s been issuing for new hairstyle all the time! The new hairstyle for this concert received good reviews!  
Taeyang who is concentrating on his emotional expression


It is Taeyang concentrating to express emotion well. You wouldn’t be able not to fall in love with him if his sweet and soulful voice resonate in the concert place, right? Fans also listened Taeyang’s voice carefully.
T.O.P who wore mint color jacket with unique pattern on it!


T.O.P’s appearance should deserve a word worthier than handsome! He showed upgraded sophisticated fashion with mint color jacket. Can you feel T.O.P’s extraordinary attractiveness and charisma? 
Fans’ ‘BLUE’ event colored the arena blue


As soon as the song ‘BLUE’ played, fans colored the arena into blue. It was an event prepared from the fans for BIGBANG. The fans harmonized with blue light is very touching scene.  
G-Dragon presenting stuffed koala to a fan!


G-Dragon is presenting stuffed koala to a fan during encore stage! We can even feel the fluttering heart of that fan from here too! Everybody around her must have been envy for her, right?
The finale stage to finish the concert


Spectacular finale stage. A night in the Sydney has passed like that.  
'Sydney Morning Herald' made headline of BIGBANG’s concert!


To prove BIGBANG’s feverish popularity in Australia, the major media of Australia, ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ made BIGBANG’s concert a headline. BIGBANG’s global popularity is really amazing! We will be able to see BIGBANG’s great concert in Sydney again, right?


2. Melbourne


Now we are flying to Melbourne! The fever around ROD LAVER ARENA is extraordinary even before the actual concert starts on October 21! There were so many fans came along to see BIGBANG. Shall we have a look at the concert place filled up with the fans waiting for BIGBANG?
 
Melbourne audiences gathered at the concert place to see BIGBANG


There were 23,000 audiences gathered for the concert held in Sydney and the place in front of the arena in Melbourne was overcrowded with 12,000 audiences. Although it was way earlier before starting concert, but the fans came already! The fans who do not have tickets also came along too.
Beautiful Australian fans!!


Are the fans of BIGBANG beautiful normally? The beauty of dazzling fans along with ‘bang stick’, the essential item for BIGBANG concert are eye-catching! 




The 12,000 audiences filled up the arena, 'Scream!'


The Melbourne arena is filled with fans’ acclaim as soon as BIGBANG appears! The fans calling BIGBANG while shaking ‘bang stick’! It was concert place full of enthusiastic fever. The fans replied with enthusiastic cheers for BIGBANG’s little movement. The time for BIGBANG and fans to harmonize together!
Moody Daesung!


It’s Daesung who is concentrating for the moody stage while singing the hit song of ‘MADE’ project, ‘LOSER’. The fans also sang along the refrain part with Daesung and cheered him up!
Seungri who’s concentrating on singing while holding standing microphone!


Seungri who always takes the role of entertainer! However his serious look on the stage makes fans’ heart fluttering. 


BIGBANG presented variety of things to enjoy with emotional stage and powerful performances
BIGBANG waving hands with staffs after finishing the concert to the audiences
BIGBANG’s MADE tour dancers and band members

Introducing dancers and the band members who worked together with BIGBANG for their ‘MADE’ tour concert! BIGBANG can complete the high quality concert because of them, right? Thanks a lot guys!!!

BIGBANG has finished successful concerts in Australia and they will continue the world tour concerts in Macau on October 23 to 25 and on November to January in Japan. BIGBANG is busy at proving their global popularity while going around the world! They are drawing people’s attention with remarkable concert scale and the performances.  You can surely expect new features of BIGBANG for them to show in the future!

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Source: Naver

BIGBANG’s Contract Draw To An End, More Likely to Renew

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ig Bang‘s contract with YG Entertainment is coming to an end, but insiders said contract renewal of the group is very likely.
According to a representative, “It looks like BIGBANG has made up their mind to renew their contract with YG Entertainment. Although we can’t know if BIGBANG has already said yes or no to re-signing the contract, it looks like they’ve made their mind to go together (with YGE).”

Many people agreed that BIGBANG should renew their contact with YG Entertainment. The group has been doing a very good impact in the company and there’s no reason YG would let them go. Korean netizens said that renewing their contract with YG Entertainment will be a good choice since BIGBANG has many overseas schedules next year for their world tour. Plus, the members will enter the military from 2016 to 2019, meaning that a there could be a period of years without a full group comeback. They say it would be difficult for a different company to handle these situations, as opposed to YGE.

YG Entertainment simply stated, “It’s difficult to reveal the official stance.”

  
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BIGBANG Members Expected To Extend Contracts With YG Entertainment

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Industry insiders speculate that BIGBANG will remain with YG Entertainment, even after their contract expires. According to an exclusive report published by Sports Chosun, the K-pop quintet is approaching their contract renewal date, which has impacted advanced scheduling.

“As the members have yet to renew their contracts, it has been difficult to plan their schedule, for the next year,” said an unnamed source, who works closely with the group.

The article followed increased rumors circulating about the popular boy band, who would become free agents. if they did not renew their contracts with YG. However, the specific terms of their agreements, including the expiration dates of the contracts for each member, have yet to be confirmed by the agency.

Sports Chosun went on to examine the customary progression of exclusive contracts, as they pertain to K-pop stars. According to the article, most artists begin to negotiate the terms of their agreements up to six months before the contract expires. This provides agencies and other companies who are associated with the acts, such as endorsements, adequate time to prepare for any adjustments. 

The unnamed source went on to discuss the relevance of their contract renewal and international promotions.

“BIGBANG has yet to determine next year’s international schedule,” said the source. 

As one of the leading acts on YG Entertainment, BIGBANG has served as global ambassadors for K-pop. Their large-scale North American MADE tour, garnered attention from top mainstream publications including the New York Times.

BIGBANG debuted in 2006, with the group celebrating nine successful years in Korean entertainment in August 2015. 

Sports Chosun concluded the article on a positive note. While YG has yet to issue an official response, sources close to the agency told Sports Chosun, there was “close to 100 percent probability,” that BIGBANG would renew their contracts with YG Entertainment. 

Source KPOPSTARZ

What BIGBANG members have been doing in their downtime in Australia

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BIGBANG members take some well-deserved downtime during the Australian leg of the [MADE] tour.
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With their Sydney shows done and dusted, and with a couple of days to spare before the Melbourne show, BIGBANG boys are soaking up as much sun and fun in Sydney.

Here are some snapshots of what they’ve been doing!

Sampling the foods of the city. 
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Doing the touristy stuff.
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Opera House selfie. Check. 
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Enjoying a romantic moment on board a yacht. Check. 
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G-Dragon is clearly enjoying all the nature that Australia has to offer. Here is his artistic capture of a humble seagull. 




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G-Dragon knows that sunbathing is mandatory when in the land Down Under.


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Meanwhile, T.O.P has found love at the Taronga Zoo. Here's 3 different pictures of the giraffe that captured T.O.P's heart. 

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Another creature that won over T.O.P is Seungri in "seal" mode as his band member described him.


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As a keen art enthusiast, T.O.P and the boys also took some time out to check out the local galleries. 


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\As the social butterfly of the group, Seungri took time out to record a video for fans!

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Seungri also hung out with his mummy who came to watch the show! awwwww.

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Meanwhile Taeyang enjoyed some romantic dates with girfriend Min Hyorin.

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Hyorin was also spotted at the show, supporting her man. Awwww.

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We hope the boys enjoy the rest of their time Down Under and we'll keep you posted with fresh BIGBANG DownUnder sightings!

Min Hyo Rin Spotted Supporting Boyfriend Taeyang at BIGBANG Concert in Sydney

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Min Hyo Rin Spotted Supporting Boyfriend Taeyang at BIGBANG Concert in Sydney

Actress Min Hyo Rin, who is dating BIGBANG member Taeyang, was seen to have attended the BIGBANG concert in Australia for two days in a row. Some pictures have surfaced online in a post with the title “Min Hyo Rin Watches BIGBANG’s Sydney Concert Two Days In a Row.”

In the post were pictures of Min Hyo Rin intently watching BIGBANG’s show, and talking to other members of the audience.

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While the picture was taken in the dark, and thus is not very clear, it is still easy to make out Min Hyo Rin smiling and watching the show. Another thing of note is that she is sitting in regular seats instead of the VIP seats.

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Meanwhile, Min Hyo Rin and Taeyang confirmed through their agencies this past June that they are currently in a relationship and have been dating for two years.

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Source: Soompi

TEN THINGS WE LEARNT ABOUT BIGBANG FROM THEIR MADE TOUR IN SYDNEY

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Well Day 1 of the BIGBANG concerts in Sydney (the boys first ever time performing in Australia!) just ended, and boy was the (long) wait worth it. Let’s just say this VIP will probably be sleeping with a crown-shaped lightstick nightlight for a while.

Cass is going to have a full review of the concert soon, but for now- here are 10 of my observations from Day 1 of BIGBANG’s Made Tour in Sydney!

10. Everyone’s got a lot better at English

Well Seungri of course would never let something as trivial as a language barrier stop him from yapping away, but even Daesung (who is hilarious) and TOP (whose English accent is HOT) have improved.

9. From Haru Haru to Bang Bang Bang

In the live concert news songs sounded so familiar and the old sounded new again. It’s a really well balanced concert, and I think having the live band has a lot to do with keeping the consistency across the discography.

8. Dance Dance Dance… Da Da Dance

I personally think GD is very underrated as a dancer cause that boy can bust out some fantastic movements. Taeyang of course is all into it. TOP’s pretty much Choom TOP though, no change there (not that we’d want that).

7. Seungri literally cannot stop talking

He was loving the crowd and the crowd him- yelling at us to scream louder, making jokes about Melbourne to us (they know, lol) and excitingly swearing and telling us all how he’s going to tell his mother, father, cousin, whoever!, that Sydney is the best. Thanks VI, we love you too!

6. Daesung’s big reveal

“Do you guys want to see my… f**king big… … …. Eyes?”

5. BIGBANG shines individually as well as a group

I personally felt that the solo pieces were the highlight of the concert, showing how each member of BIGBANG is just as solid an artist individually as they are together.

4. Speaking of which…

TOP’s Doom Dada live is life. LIFE.

3. Taeyang is the sun

There’s some magnetic force that shifts your gaze to Taeyang when he’s on stage, maybe his dance moves, maybe the fact that he is just so strong vocally live, maybe its just the fact the cameramen really love him and pan on him more often… Whatever it is, I felt like he was the centre of the concert. And Eyes, Nose, Lips live? Woah.

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When GD tells the crowd to stand up, they stand up. Immediately.

1. They seem genuinely really happy to finally be in Australia

This was the boy’s first time visiting and performing in Australia and they kept asking us if we missed them (presumably asking if we had been wanting them to come, since we can’t miss you when you hadn’t ever come before Taeyang!) and telling us how happy they were to finally be in Australia. Cue Seungri telling everyone that it’s the best. Again.

It’s true though, BIGBANG- we are! Please...baby come back!

Source: The AUReview

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