#Big bang VIP

[watashinohikari-8]

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 & 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠!

[httpseungmxn]

REQUESTS ARE OPEN!

Requests are officially open! Meaning you can request whatever you want with whoever you want! Just send me an "ask" and I'll get your request done as soon as I can! I look forward to writing what you all request!

[jiyongssi]

okay nvm ive never seen my boys this happy to be on stage (a different kind where they are just fucking glad to share a stage) and im yeah -

i take back whatever i said about mnet and mama, like fuck boycott whatever, do your shit. im just happy they're happy

[rafasbiscuits]

we love a supportive maknae 🥺

[analogboii]

the other day i saw a video of someone talking about how gdragons 'home sweet home' is his version of eyes, nose, lips but for top and tbh i havent been the same

[wordswhisperinthedark]

If Bravern doesn't get an OVA imma riot

[itsmelloww]

Little Nostlagia Spread ~ 🍅✨️

Yall I was so into BB when I was younger (like 5 years ago....). Some of their old old songs like A Good Man and Foolish Love have my heart.

Anyways , anyone else romanticise their teen years ? My teen self would attack me with a knife if she knew how rosy I make it out to be (she was in the trenches) 🙂‍↕️✨️

Also pls pls pls come visit me on IG; I'm trying to make friends but its just me lol : @mellowlow__ 🍅✨️

[chanyoelsears]

Please note that the photo is not mine. Give credit to original owner.

[kpoptarotvibes]

Hold on I need a min. Big Bang my ultimate group came back and GD won the music visionary award. That had me in tears. 🥹

I waited 12 years for this Imma need a minute...

[beatheprincess]

Oh to have a man like him ~ 😭🙌🏽

[anthonyed]

with so many one direction contents flying around i suddenly recalled a vivid memory of when ppl tried to pitch big bang against one direction in youtube and the moment their reactors/judges saw big bang live stage, they were like: yeah nvm, this is no competition

[watashinohikari-8]

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 & 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠!

[mousieta]

Taeyang - Down to Earth

Initial Thoughts

Having given Taeyang’s latest release, Down to Earth, several release-day listens I want to jot down some of my thoughts. First, as a 10-year VIP I don’t think it can be overstated what this release means to the fandom as a whole. After the dark days of 2018/2019 and all the uncertainty that came with them it was never guaranteed that the fandom would ever have a comeback to celebrate at all, and while we did eventually get Still Life that single felt as much a goodbye as an ‘until we meet again’.

Still, there was the hope that the members would provide new music, individually if not as a re-united foursome. And finally, that long awaited day is here, five years since the last single before Still Life and six years since Taeyang’s last album White Night- a millennia in K-Pop years.

Because of that, it is no surprise that Down to Earth opens with collabs with two of the reigning titans of K-Pop’s third gen. Taeyang’s pre-release single collaboration with Jimin, Vibe, and Shoong! with BlackPink’s Lisa start off the album, giving the feel that they are attempting to pull in the newer generation of K-Pop fans, those who have tuned in after his last release. This is coupled with his presence on Tiktok over the last couple of months since the release of Vibe, an acknowledgment to the way the social media landscape of K-Pop has changed in the last five years.

Vibe and Shoong! Are both serviceable tracks. Not bad, but also not groundbreaking or revolutionary in any way; solid entries in his discography and within their sound. I’ll likely not skip them if they come up on shuffle but I doubt I’d ever go searching for them. That’s fine, they serve their intended purpose.

Seed, however, feels like a song directly to VIPs. A companion piece to last year’s Still Life, it is the ‘hello again’ with the promise of more to come, a brighter future and very intentionally so with its imaery and references (as confirmed by Taeyang himself), the transition from black and white to full color. It’s lyrics acknowledge a rough past of unattainable dreams and its allusions to flowers and paths a referenced any VIP would recognize as an allusion to the Flower Road of 5 years ago. This is a song for the fans, a thank-you rendered in a solid ballad style that Taeyang always excels at. While it may not tread exciting ground musically, its message is what matters to the people it will matter to.

The second half of the album is pure Taeyang at his best, where he really shines. Reason feels like a successor to White Night, croony and musically interesting. In another world Inspiration would have been the pre-release track. Unfortunately Beenzino won’t give the click traffic that Jimin and Lisa will, so I get it. He rounds it all out with Nightfall, which is the standout song for me. It has joined Stay With Me as one of my all time top favs of his. It feels at home in the modern K-Pop soundscape but with a point of view that feels purely Taeyang. I’m gonna be coming back to these last two songs A Lot, I already know. I can only hope he may release an MV for either.

All in all this album is all I would want for as a VIP, an appeal to a new audience, a message to his longtime fans and a facet of Taeyang’s unique artistic voice.

[jiyongssi]

VIPs wake tf up, we have been summoned

[babiesarelazy]

[discocactusblogs]

I miss Big bang, but after the Burning Sun scandal, I hope everyone involved *cough* Seungri *cough* gets jail time and gets what they deserve for their crimes.

What gets me is that even the other BB members were surprised. I'm not sure if they knew about the GC but it's noted they all warned Seungri not to be hanging out with the other main people involved because they were bad people and he didn't listen.