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You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.
When I was still a student, I came out of a performing arts high school, and the female students who were doing traditional dance and ballet were so beautiful. They were beautiful, starting from their postures.
I would write down the lyrics to 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Korean - not translating it, but phonetically writing out each word. I didn't know what they were saying, so I would just write everything down as I heard it. I would recite it and imitate it like that. That's how I started to write my own raps.
When I was young and didn't know any English, I was drawn by the energy and power of foreign songs and their melodies.
Stage outfits are loud, outspoken, glamorous, fancy, and very different from normal day-to-day clothing. Therefore, by its nature, it is experimental.
There was this hip-hop collective called People Crew. And at the time in Korea, there was no real place to access rap music. So People Crew used to host this summer school program, which taught rapping and dancing. I begged my mom to attend that school to learn how to rap.
There are albums that I like because of specific songs, but then there are albums that I like as a complete body of work. 'Ghetto Fabolous' is an album I lived with daily.
I think Taeyang developed this image as a dancing singer, mostly because of records like 'Only Look At Me,' and 'Where U At.' To me, personally, I think Taeyang tried to make a change on 'I Need a Girl.' It gets a little mellower.
I wasn't trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn't the first thing I wanted.
Unfortunately, in Korea, I feel like some people are just seeing the dollar signs and sending out artists into the foreign markets who aren't fully prepared.
My mom is in charge of my earnings.
I want to have freedom with everything I do.
Don't be afraid. There is no right answer in fashion.
We are Korean, so obviously they call our music K-pop. But we never thought of our music as K-pop. Our music is just our music.
It would be ridiculous for anyone to consider me the face of Korean art.
I want a daughter no matter what.
Whatever I like, even after a long time, I still like it. And I reminisce about the moment when I first heard it. That's what I love. Just remembering those moments.
I always think today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow is better than today.
In order to keep my creativity alive, I just try to enjoy life to the fullest.
When I was younger, Big Bang didn't go on many variety programs, so we used to try and plan many fun events for our concert, like drama parodies, which Korean fans enjoyed.
We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them.
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