BIG BANG - BOY GROUP
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♔BIG BANG♔
♔YG Entertainment ♔ Sunbaes of 2ne1 ♔ Hoobaes of Jinusean and 1TYM
♔Debuted in August 2006 with big bang ♔ Known for their unique urban-originated music
♔5 members ♔Every member had a solo period ♔Fandom (fan colors): vip (black and gold)
♔Latest comeback (as a group): monster ♔Latest comeback (as a solo): g-dragon - Michigo
♔g-dragon♔
♔Full name: kwon jiyong | 권지용 ♔
♔nicknames: GD | kwon leader | jingyo | fashion king ♔
♔august 18, 1988 (25 years old)♔
♔position: Leader, main rapper, face of the group, composer, song writer ♔
♔STALKER INFO: A blood type | 177 cm | 58 kg♔
♔PRECIOUS FACTS: known as korea's fashion icon | joined sm entertainment at 8 years old, but decided to change labels after 5 years | was a trainee in yg since 2000 | writes, composes, and produces many of big bang's songs (Lies, Last farewell, haru haru) | 1st member to promote outside the group as a solo (this love) | will become the 2nd member to debut in japan as a soloist | debuted at 8 with little roora & after the group's contract was terminated, he told his mother that he wouldn't debut again | took rapping classes at 12 years old after his friend introduced him to american rap group wu tang clan | first met sean (jinusean) who took him to yang hyunsuk (yg ceo) | met taeyang as trainees and formed the unofficial group gdyb | helped produce taeyang's solo album | says he changed many things about himself (even his voice) because he's self-conscious about being an artist | strongly opposes the idea of artists as a product of the entertainment industry | prefers to write lyrics that sound like an actual story | won 4th for "most god-like idol" in japan | won most hardworking artist | made the list for "korea 2030 power leaders" | In 2011 he was tested for after receiving a "strange smelling cigarette" from a japanese fan; he was tested postive from his hair test, but his urine test was negative | trained alongside taeyang and minjun (2PM) ♔
♔SPECIAL INFO: twitter | appeared in various yg entertainment music videos since 2001 (1tym's hot, jinusean's phone number) | featured in several yg songs (yg family's fly gentlemen | had a few singles with taeyang (gdyb) | Had 2 solo albums and a solo concert ♔
♔TOP♔
♔Full name: Choi seunghyun | 최승현 ♔
♔nicknames: The official pimp (TOP) | Tempo | tabi | bingu top ♔
♔November 4, 1987 (26 years old) ♔
♔position: lead rapper and beat boxer♔
♔STALKER INFO: b blood type | 181 cm | 65 kg♔
♔PRECIOUS FACTS: can act | known for his deep voice (low bass rapping) | before becoming a trainee, he was an underground rapper under the stage name tempo | gd and top knew each other in childhood (they lived in the same neighborhood) | gd contacted top when yg was scouting members for a new boy group, they made several demos together, and yg asked top to audition after listening to them | was rejected the 1st time because yg thought he was too chubby to fit the "idealistic idol image" | he went home and exercised hard, and 6 months later he auditioned again and was accepted | se7en created top's stage name | won the cover of 1st look magazine in 2011 ♔
♔SPECIAL INFO: Has acted in several movies: 19Nineteen (with seungri), 71: into the fire, iris (film adaptation for japan), alumni | has acted in several dramas: i am sam and iris | was an MC for show! music with sunye and sohee (wonder girls) | Appeared in labelmate gummy's i'm sorry in 2008 with dara (2ne1) | featured in gummy's i'm sorry in 2008 | featured in uhm jung hwa's d.i.s.c.o in 2008 | featured in pixie Lot's dancing with g-dragon ♔
♔TAEYANG♔
♔Full name: dong youngbae | 동영배 ♔
♔nicknames: sol | teydaddy | yb | bae ♔
♔may 18, 1988 (25 years old)♔
♔position: main vocalist and main dancer♔
♔STALKER INFO: ab blood type | 174 cm | 56 kg♔
♔PRECIOUS FACTS: taeyang means solar, which is why his nickname is sol | joined yg as a trainee in 2000 | trained alongside g-dragon and minjun (2pM) | 1st member to release and promote a solo album hot in 2008 | has 2 solo albums and a 3rd on the way in 2013 | ♔
♔SPECIAL INFO: twitter| first starred in jinusean's ayo at the age of 12 before becoming a trainee in yg | featured in several artists' songs: wheesung's player, swi.t's everybody get down, se7en's run and give me permission, lexy's get up, rush, and super fly (with g-dragon and top), ymga's real talk, g-dragon's korean dream, tablo's tomorrow | Starred in several music videos: yg family's ymca, 1tym's hot, gd&top's high high, gd's one of a king, gd's michigo, and cl's baddest female ♔
♔DAESUNG♔
♔Full name: kang daesung | 강대성 ♔
♔nicknames: d-lite♔
♔april 26, 1989 (24 years old)♔
♔position: main vocalist♔
♔STALKER INFO: o blood type | 178 cm | 63 kg♔
♔PRECIOUS FACTS: 1st member to debut in japan with d'scover | known for his wittyness on variety shows | education: kyunghee university | dropped out of school to focus on big bang but passed his entrance exams in 2008 | diagnosed with voice chord nodules after debuting, gummy helped him and he recovered before big bang's 2nd album | was injured in a car accident in 2009 and had to go through surgery | was in a car accident in 2011 and took a hiatus after a man was killed | returned for big bang's comeback in 2012 ♔
♔SPECIAL INFO: had several solo singles, including trot singles | featured in several artists' songs: nemo's now we, lee hyori's how did we?, gummy's shinai naru Kimi e | was a host with seungri and iu on music core | acted in cats musical | regular in family outing ♔
♔SEUNGRI♔
♔Full name: Lee Seunghyun | 이승현 ♔
♔nicknames: victory | vi | baby ppanda | young seunghyun♔
♔december 12, 1990 (23 years old)♔
♔position: lead dancer, vocalist, choreographer, and maknae♔
♔STALKER INFO: a blood type | 176 cm | 60 kg♔
♔PRECIOUS FACTS: before debut he was the leader of the dance team il hwa | competed in several dance competitions against taeyang, eunhyuk (super junior), yunho (DB5k), and taemin (shinee) | choreographed a lot of big bang's dances | 1st member of big bang to act in a musical | wanted to shed his young and cute status | Education: chung-ang university with yuri and sooyoung (snsd) ; he dropped out after being put on academic probation so many times | opened several schools in korea called joy dance (seungri academy) and many idols attended: minzy (2ne1), hara (kara), zelo (b.a.p), and a lot more ♔
♔SPECIAL INFO: twitter | acted in musical shout and musical sonagi in 2008 | was an mc with daesung and iu on music core | acted in 19nineteen with top ♔
♔Staff notes:
big bang is my favorite guy group! g-dragon is my ultimate bias, and he always will be! do you love big bang as much as i do? know more information that can go here? let us know in the comments below!
updated on june 2, 2013 by kay.
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