♛ BIGBANG ♛ The Official 빅뱅 Thread ★彡[ Ver. 3 ]

[Guest shinhdeplol]

[iNFO] 111019 G.NA shows her support to BIGBANG

Yes indeed just voted for Big Bang sunbaenims =] amAzing how kpop has branched out this far.. 나도 one day=] MTV EMA's! asia.mtvema.com/vote

C: @ginachoi87

I love GNA more now

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more bigbang intimate note gifs

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[Guest gossipgirl01]

[Article] MTV IGGY'S KPOP UNCOVERED: MAKING BUBBLEGUM PART 2 

(Daesung and BIGBANG mentioned)

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2NE1 mentioned too 

 

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READ THE REST BY CLICKING HERE.

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Apparently, this article is about the KPOP as a music industry, struggles of the Idols when still training and after debuting, hidden rules and etc. Obviously, Dae's interview here is already old and I actually dunno why they used BB's pic here as the cover (since this is the only mention they gave to BB), maybe because of the innovation of the "Idol" title they brought to the table.. Isak, if you know her, is the one being interviewed here.

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Source: MTV Iggy 

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[Guest shinhdeplol]

[PHOTOS] 111019 More scans of TOP from W magazine

C: DCTOP // happyrichlife @ ameblo

[Guest Xara8584]

[PHOTOS] 111019 More scans of TOP from W magazine

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C: happyrichlife @ ameblo

Top is sooo HOT!!! I'm drooling right now... Are these the whole pictures? If they were, that's too bad. They went all the way to New York to shoot inside a hotel...

Such a waste... LOL... *sincerely hoping for more picture*

[Guest paananya]

wahahahhahaha...that pic of TOP n YEH with bra...really SHOCKED me!! i wonder how TOP control himself....but a better question would be, HOW YEH CONTROL HERSELF, WITH THAT ONE HANDSOME BIRD..I MEAN, MAN....hehe

Top is not my 1st bias, yet i'm still sad, just a little...but, i gotta admit, that pictorial is sexy, yet classy..i mean it's TOP n YEH, for heaven's sake...

LIKE IT...LOVE IT...COPYING IT!!!

and about Daesung's comeback this december, there's not one emoticon or word can describe my feeling, but still...GD is still to be decided..so, i'm not celebrating just yet...

[Atenais]

[iNFO] Ko-ki (Vivid) wrote about GD on his personal blog.

Ko-ki, member of Japanese visual kei rock band Vivid (stylized as ViViD) while talking about fashion cited G-Dragon on his blog.

“After all I only like thing which form has good, being different from a person.

It is an artist for a fashion.

I like G-Dragon from BIGBANG.

And 2NE1!”.

Source: http://ameblo.jp/vivid-ko-ki/theme-10012023433.html

Translated by Drake + Atenais @ Bigbangbrazil

[Guest comforcloud]

source: http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20110928/40677705/2

Korean indie band Toxic, the winner of KBS reality show "Top Band" has confessed their admiration for Bigbang's G-Dragon, especially regarding his touching lyrics in Heartbreaker. "It is amazing how he can express the lyrics like that"

"Kwon Jiyong(GD), SANULRIM, 10CM, they all have great sense in writing lyrics"

The article also mentioned that they have recieved love call from YG entertainment, but they drew the line with the statement "We like Kwon Jiyong, but signing for YGE is another story "

lol , well said, Toxic is cool

for those who are interested, here is their performance on TOP BAND

[Guest shinhdeplol]

[PHOTO] 111020 Unseen photo of Daesung with @mc_ruri

C: @mc_ruri // Jeri丫@ baidu

[kimlees]

[iNFO] 111020Taeyang will be featuring in one of Tablo's songs

TABLO'S 1ST SOLO ALBUM

- 06. Tomorrow (feat. Taeyang)**TITLE TRACK

November 1st is when Tablo's album will be out!~

Source: yg-life

Re-uploaded & posted by: mizz_julie@bigbangvip.net

[Guest Qj_GDragon]

[iNFO] 111020Taeyang will be featuring in one of Tablo's songs

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TABLO'S 1ST SOLO ALBUM

- 06. Tomorrow (feat. Taeyang)**TITLE TRACK

November 1st is when Tablo's album will be out!~

Source: yg-life

Re-uploaded & posted by: mizz_julie@bigbangvip.net

wow they divided it into 2 parts ..1st half will be out Oct 21st and the rest will be out at Nov 1st ..it means the 1st will be out online ?!? ..when I saw YongBae's name ..I screammmmm !! how expectation !! YG is the best warmest FAMILY ever !! jjang~~

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cute ^^

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YG to set up an "artist risk management" team + IPO talk

Article from Bloomberg: (Important points re: YG at the end of the post)

YG Reduces IPO Size as Marijuana Use Adds Risk to Korea Pop

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- YG Entertainment Co., which manages the Korean boy band Big Bang, lowered the amount it’s seeking in its initial public offering after the band’s leader tested positive for marijuana use.

G-Dragon’s drug use could be a “constraint” for the band’s activities for a while, YG said in a revised prospectus submitted to Korea Exchange Inc. yesterday. Big Bang’s concerts may be delayed and revenue from commercials could fall, the company said. Big Bang and its members accounted for more than half of the company’s total sales in 2010, YG said.

YG is seeking as much as 35.9 billion won ($31 million), less than the 39.9 billion won it had earlier sought as Big Bang played to full stadiums in Japan and fans flocked to female quartet 2NE1, which is also managed by the company. Shares of listed rival S.M. Entertainment Co. more than tripled this year, even as the benchmark Kospi Index slumped 9.5 percent.

“A short-term impact on earnings is inevitable given that G-Dragon was YG’s flagship artist and helped lift the company to the top ranks in the Korean music industry,” Choi Woong Pil, a Seoul-based fund manager at KB Asset Management Co., which manages $23 billion in assets, said in an interview. “It won’t end interest in the IPO because its main rival S.M. continues to perform really well and YG’s potential is intact.”

Deep Regret

YG declined to make G-Dragon, whose off-stage name is Kwon Ji Yong, available for comment. The singer unwittingly accepted what he thought was a regular tobacco cigarette from a fan during a tour of Japan in May and took “two or three puffs” before throwing it in a toilet, the company said in a statement on Oct. 5.

“Prosecutors decided not to indict G-Dragon as he didn’t have intention to smoke drugs and extremely small traces of marijuana were detected from tests,” YG said in that statement. “G-Dragon and the company deeply regret and apologize for not being more careful.”

YG plans to set up an “artist risk management” team, the company said in yesterday’s prospectus. An artist’s image tends to affect revenue of entertainment companies, YG said.

Orders for stock in the IPO will be taken on Nov. 14-15, compared with the previous schedule of Oct. 12-13, the sale document said. The company is seeking to sell almost 1.25 million shares at 22,100 won to 28,800. It earlier offered them at 24,600 won to 32,000 won.

Music Charts

YG’s stock price was 64,000 won on Oct. 18 in the over-the- counter market, according to the website of online equity exchange pstock.co.kr in Seoul. That’s down from 69,000 won on Oct. 5.

South Korean pop, or “K-pop,” acts promoted by S.M. Entertainment dominate the nation’s music charts. S.M.’s biggest boy band, Super Junior, and main female group Girls Generation were the top album sellers last year, according to South Korea’s Hanteo music chart.

Girls Generation’s videos, including “Run Devil Run,” and Super Junior’s “Mr. Simple” have generated tens of millions of views globally on Google Inc.’s YouTube. Shares of smaller label JYP Entertainment Corp. have climbed 163 percent in 2011 on the chart strength of its bands such as Miss A.

It was that kind of success that made YG decide to go public, Chief Operating Officer Choi Sung Jun said in a phone interview on Oct. 10.

Winter Sonata

“K-Pop is definitely getting attention these days,” he said. “Even if investors aren’t fans of the music, their teenage kids may buy the music and hum the songs. We hope that familiarity means they’ll feel comfortable making bets on our potential.”

K-Pop is now the main force behind the so-called Korean Wave of popular culture, which started to spread across Asia in early 2000s with television dramas such as “Winter Sonata.” Japan, which has its own home-grown music industry known as J- Pop, is the biggest market for Korean music, accounting for 69 percent of exports, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency said in a June report.

Next is Southeast Asia with a 21 percent share and China with 8 percent. The YouTube video site and other social- networking services are helping to promote K-Pop in Europe, which accounted for just 1 percent of Korean music exports, the Seoul-based agency said.

Cultural Icons

In France, hundreds of fans gathered in front of the Louvre on May 1, demanding S.M. hold another showcase of its artists in Paris after about 7,000 tickets for a June concert sold out in 15 minutes.

YG plans to use the proceeds from its share sale, arranged by Daewoo Securities Co., to increase its pool of new artists, add production staff and open offices abroad.

The company is headed by Yang Hyun Suk, a former member of Seo Taiji and Boys, a 1990s trio that mixed pop, rap, rock and techno to become cultural icons in Korea. Yang, 41, is YG’s biggest shareholder with a 48 percent stake. The company posted net income of 7.2 billion won in the first six months of this year, from 5.6 billion won a year earlier.

“In the past, we may have been too conservative in promoting our bands overseas,” YG’s Choi said. “With the proceeds from the IPO we can make a push to get them recognized.”

Note: IPO = initial public offering. This is basically how much the company will be selling its stocks during its first public sale. YG's first sale was supposed to be last October 12 to 13 but it's now moved to November 14.15. After the incident, they lowered the price per share (of stock) from 24,600 won to 32,000 won to 22,100 won to 28,800. They're looking at selling a total of 1.25 million shares.

Important points from the article to those who think it's too long to read:

- From the article, YG's reasons for going public are: to invest on new artists, additional staff, and more overseas activities/promotions (thanks to the Kpop boom).

- In 2010, more than half of YG's revenue came from Big Bang's activities.

- Because of G-Dragon's marijuana issue, Big Bang's concerts might be delayed and the group's activities might be limited for a while.

- They're predicting drop in the revenue Big Bang gets from endorsements.

- GD's issue will have a short-term impact on the YG's earnings but interest in the company will still be there since YG's potential is intact.

- YG will be setting up an “artist risk management” team to handle its artists' public image because they realized it has an effect on their revenue.

Taken from: bigbangupdates

[Guest shinhdeplol]

LOL I like this edit :lol:

C: 행인 @ DCinside

[Guest prorunawayer]

Broadcast on Space Shower TV..

110515 BIGBANG - TONIGHT (Live Ver) at Love&Hope Tour 2011 in Makuhari

source : happyrihlifebbxxx @ YT

[Guest prorunawayer]

[NEWS] 111020 Big Bang songs ranks on Gaon Charts TOP 50!

 

Rankings:

1st place - I'm having an affair (released on 2 July) ~ Team GG feat 2NE1 Park Bom

Overall score: 342,167,709

Downloads: 3,509,850

Streaming: 17,799,443

19th place - Love Song (released on 8 April) ~ BIGBANG

Overall score: 249,115,417

Downloads: 1,917,840

Streaming: 20,973,236

20th place - Tonight (released on 24 February) ~ BIGBANG

Overall score: 248,711,026

Downloads: 1,823,984

Streaming: 22,739,157

45th place - Cafe (released on 24 February) ~ BIGBANG

Overall score: 177,241,801

Downloads: 145,239

Streaming: 15,890,855

Source: Gaon Chart

via BB Baidu bar // bigbangworld

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seungri finished his first midterm today!!! ^____^

the exam seungri went for today is for 1 of his electives & this particular teacher likes him A LOT...she will give him good marks

Credit: mystifize@twitter

anyway macros ^^

Seungri looks so happy between his hyungs

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[Guest Mia1430271519]

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when was it? is it today??

some funny gifs that I just found

wow,, maknae can also teases his hyungs

[Guest shinhdeplol]

[PHOTOS] 111020 More HQ photos of TOP for W KOREA and THE NORTHFACE

source: bestiz/naverblog

shared by: 南永裴是星星 @ baidu

[taaammy]

quick question, how would we be able to buy YG stocks when it becomes available tot he public? that is if were international, US, sepcifically?