Big Bang flies to Japan on New Years

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The five hip hop shorties aka Big Bang is flying to Japan today to start promoting their Japanese single, instead of celebrating sul-nal, the Lunar New Years with their families.

Big Bang will kick off their promotional activities in Nagoya for two days and will head to Tokyo on the 8th for their showcase at Shibuya HWM and Shinjuku Tower Records.

Although we don’t approve of Big Bang’s name changes and the fact that their Japanese single is recorded in English, we wish them luck.

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30 Responses to “Big Bang flies to Japan on New Years”


  1. 1 an900 February 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Best of luck to Big Bang in Japan!!!! <33

  2. 2 anecia February 6, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Break a leg!
    Kinda suck that they have to work on Lunar New Years

  3. 3 lalala February 6, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    dude popseoul, who you calling “shorties..”
    T.O.P is actually around 180cm !!!

    he’s tall and FINE<3
    but i love all the other big bang shorties :-P

  4. 4 saewon February 6, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    best of luck to big bang~!!!
    i like their japanese album though because i can understand it.
    not too sure about their japanese fans though.

  5. 5 seiwonx February 6, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    WAT!!!!
    THER NOT SHORT
    yea look at TOP

  6. 6 Clementine February 6, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    Funny little faces…..

  7. 7 Machi February 6, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    shorty ? TOP is pretty tall

  8. 8 penguin_x3 February 6, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Big Bang will do GREAT like it says BIG BANG IS GREAT!! I love them all…their not that short if you think about it…I think they still have time to grow…as long as their taller than me I’m fine with that =) BIG BANG FOR LIFE YO!! I wonder if there going to hollywood bowl?

  9. 9 lalala February 6, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    WHY ARE ALL OUR BEST SINGERS AND GROUPS FREAKIN GOING TO JAPAN????

    BoA, i let go of years ago and dont care much, but after i see what happened to my DONG BANG SHIN KI BOYS!!! wthhhhhh they’ve been in japan for SOOOO LONG, they better not become like boA.. YET i still try to understand since DBSK’s fanbase grew HUGER all over the world there, but now
    BIG BANG???? NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! common seriously, BIG BANG is good enough just for Korea, u dont need to go anywhere else!!!

    :( :( :( Go to Japan for 3 MONTHS TOPS and COME BACK TO MOTHERLAND WHERE U BELONG AND BRING OUR OTHER HOMIES DBSK BOYS WITH U!!

  10. 10 miss February 6, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    They’re gonna have to stay longer than a few months if they wanna make it big in Japan. And even then, success is not guaranteed.

  11. 11 lifeisfullofquestions February 6, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    I’m gonna miss them…D:

  12. 12 crystal199187 February 6, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    shorties?oh popseoul,dun be so cruel… :(
    i think their height is average…not too tall or too short…
    they left already?i’m gonna miss them a lot…
    hope dat they’ll perform in Hollywood Bowl in LA… :)

  13. 13 Ai February 6, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Hm, not sure whether Popseoul really mean ’shorties’ by referring to their height [she doesn't do her homework sometimes, we all know that], but it can mean different things that doesn’t have anything to do with height.

    Remember 50 Cents’ In da Club, ‘Go shorty, it’s your birthday’ lyrics? It’s usually referring to girls, but for guys;

    ‘Originally used to mean a young man, new to the game. By new to the game, I don’t mean he just meant a rapper, but he just started selling crack, just started rapping, whatever, but even simpler it was a term used to mean just a person much younger than you.’

    source: urbandictionary.com

  14. 14 crystal199187 February 6, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    @Ai,
    thanx 4 de explanation… :)
    wish BIG BANG all de best in Japan!!!
    i’m soooo gonna miss them… :(
    anyway,Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!!!!

  15. 15 laugh February 7, 2008 at 2:16 am

    i still dont get it…
    what is with the name change and then selling their album in japan which is actually recorded in english (although i have listened to it several time still could capture what they are trying to sing)
    yeah yeah i know my english sucks to the max…
    still all the best BB
    hopefully u will give the japanese some big bang!

  16. 16 bunta February 7, 2008 at 2:50 am

    I’m sure she was referring to their heights and not “Shorty it’s your Birthday”. They are average height. Good luck in Japan BB.

  17. 17 iluvkyuhyunnie February 7, 2008 at 8:33 am

    well that’s good to know ahha i can’t wait for them to have another album… how i want new big bang songs.. haha

  18. 18 Moju February 7, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Big Bang sucks, they are all gay as hell.

  19. 19 R. Kelly February 7, 2008 at 9:52 am

    ^
    Someone’s talking sense!

  20. 20 gtfo_fangirl February 7, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    I still can get over the gayness of their new names.
    Japanese people is not stupid and honestly if you are not even going to sing in their language at least keep your names?

    LOL@Sol… wth girl’s name in spanish, you are doing it wrong. lol.

    nevertheless i like their first jib a lot so i like the english versions although the lyrics are pretty generic and plain. Let’s face it, they are trying for Japan but they won’t make it there unless they sing in japanese and stay there for a few months at least. Western singers can sing in english but they are considered ‘cool’, that doesn’t apply to other artists from east asia.

  21. 21 sharon February 7, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    haha their height is okay =]
    yay go big bang!
    i dont get why japan….well they need a hip pop group i guess since most of the japanese bands are all girly guys. LOL
    i hope big bang suceed and come back to korea soon! :D

  22. 22 sweetie14 February 7, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    lmao shorties~
    OMG DONT GO~~ I love korean singers and bands who just stay in korea and sing their song in korean…

  23. 23 Q February 7, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    What’s the point of the name change?

    I checked out their English version of “Lies” and only the chorus is in English. What the hell? Lets hope all the tracks aren’t like this.

  24. 24 Anna Le February 13, 2008 at 11:56 am

    I love you guys so much I love all of you!!!!!!!!!I’m am your biggest fans ever!!!!!!!!I love your songs do great in Japan!Good Luck I wish some day I will see you guys Love Anna your biggest fan ever in the4 whole wide world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. 25 ... February 20, 2008 at 6:41 am

    BIG BANG FAN!!!!!!!

  26. 26 van anh November 22, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    yeu anh g-dragon nhat lun. chuc cac anh big bang lun hat hay; dep zaj nha


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