Star News Article:
Original article: Star News
Q: Ceo Yang Hyun Suk expressed that he wishes to continue working with BIGBANG for another 10 years from now.
T.O.P: If we are given the opportunity, then of course (laughs).
Taeyang: If we are given a good opportunity and are faced with good conditions; we as members have all discussed this before, but we release albums and promote together because we enjoy doing it and we think [our music] is good [enough to present]. We say 10 years, but if we are capable of making great music and capable of doing it well, we can definitely last even longer. Making music because “we have to” is something we do not like. [We do it because we want to.]
T.O.P: If we’re on stage and we look too old or have no energy to perform or lose our “coolness”, we discussed and decided as a group that that’s when we would end everything. So in simple terms, we would go for as long as people want us to go. If we are given the right opportunities, we want to continue until we are 70 or 80 years old. That is what’s perfect for us and that is our dream; we want to continue for as long as people still call us “cool”.
G-Dragon: When I look at BIGBANG, the whole group as BIGBANG and as well as each individual member, we are all still just kids. We want to stay as children, that’s the only we I think we could ever continue making music. We, as kids, were raised within CEO Yang’s fences for the past 10 years — if that fence continues to support us without breaking, there is no reason for us to break free and run away. We all still share the same passion for wanting to make music even if we grow old; if our agency and CEO also have the passion to continue to care for us, then we definitely have more than enough possibilities to last more than 10 years.
Inkigayo Comeback
Daesung: T.O.P and I haven’t performed [on TV] in Korea in 3 years, so we were really looking forward to it. Thank you for watching and supporting us warmly. I’m happy that the results are good.
Taeyang: We filmed for Inkigayo yesterday and Daesung couldn’t even find the waiting room (at SBS) because it’s been a long time since he last appeared on TV.
Source: Star News
Q: Have you completed all the tracks for the “MADE” album?
T.O.P: We’re almost done. All the songs in the album have been made and produced. If we release all the songs at the same time, it will be like a big box of chocolates. There will be lots of chocolates inside, but you won’t be able to fully savor each one. If we release our songs one by one, then we can make more music videos and perform the songs in the album longer.
G-Dragon: We already have all the tracks made, but we could do something extra before the album’s release. So there is a chance that we might even change tracks.
Q: What kind of album will be released on September 1? Is it a full album?
Taeyang: The singles are planned to be released on the 1st of every month, but since we have time left until then, the plan can change as the time comes. The songs can change or new songs can be in the album. We have to wait and see more.
Q: CEO Yang said that the full album will only have new songs [not just the songs released each month]?
G-Dragon: That’s because he doesn’t write the songs. (laughs)
T.O.P: It’s his personal wish.
Taeyang: We have time constraints.
Source: Star News
BIGBANG’s Group Chat Room
G-Dragon: We have a group chat room where the members chat together. We just talk nonsense there. We also make jokes like people around our age. I think we’re probably more childish than them.
T.O.P: We often send funny and weird pictures to each other. All the members have weird photos of themselves. Seungri has so many that they start to look weird even when they’re not supposed to be weird at all.
Source: Daum
Please also visit the following articles which are summaries and translation of Korean press:
- Number of Clicks on BIGBANG’s Music Video Surpassing 10 Million
- BIGBANG Says “We’re not close with other singers. We only have each other.”
- BIGBANG’s “LOSER” MV Surpasses 10 Million Views in 88 Hours After Release
- BIGBANG Reveals How Long They Will Perform As a Group
- BIGBANG Says “We are done making our project album ‘MADE’ but might change the tracks.”
- BIGBANG “TV Shows? Might Do Shows That Are Totally Unexpected”
- BIGBANG’s “Loser” Reaches 10 Million Views in Less Than Four Days
- BIGBANG Members Discuss Dating in Comeback Interview
TV Report Article:
http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=703706
More translations: MyDaily Article:
Original Star News article:
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