Big Bang Is Back After a 4-Year Hiatus

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After a 4-year hiatus, Ok-Pop group Massive Bang is lastly making a comeback. On Feb. 7, Y.G. Leisure introduced the boy band’s plans to launch a brand new music this coming spring, in keeping with Yonhap Information Company. Massive Bang, which debuted in 2006, went on a break in 2018 as members enlisted in Korea’s obligatory two-year navy service. The leisure company additionally revealed that T.O.P, the band’s predominant rapper, has ended his unique contract with the corporate.

Whereas T.O.P. shall be featured within the band’s upcoming single and can proceed to affix Massive Bang “any time if he’s obtainable,” the corporate mentioned the artist is seeking to develop his profession as an artist and entrepreneur. The group initially consisted of 5 members — T.O.P., G-Dragon, Taeyang, Daesung, and Seungri — however Seungri introduced his retirement from the leisure business in 2019 amidst his involvement within the Burning Solar intercourse scandal. In August 2021, Seungri was sentenced to a few years in jail on a number of fees, together with embezzlement, arranging unlawful sexual providers, and bribery.

Massive Bang is among the world’s most influential Ok-Pop teams, producing a number of hits all through the late 2000s and 2010s and paving the way in which for a lot of Korean artists at present. “Final Farewell,” “Haru Haru,” and “Lies” are among the many band’s most well-known songs.