2nd generation · YG Entertainment
ビッグバン / 빅뱅
BIGBANG shaped how Korean pop presented itself — self-expression, clothes, stage design — before the music travelled the way it does now.
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Hip-hop, R&B, dance production and ballads all sit in one catalogue, and the group continues as G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung.
Start here to understand the taste that most of the second generation was reacting to.
ジードラゴン지드래곤 · G-DragonSoloGD X TAEYANGView in Japanese
テヤン태양 · TaeyangSoloGD X TAEYANGView in Japanese
テソン대성 · DaesungSoloView in Japanese
トップ탑 · T.O.PView in Japanese
スンリ승리 · SeungriSoloView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジードラゴン | 1988-08-18 | 38 | 172cm | A | ENTP | South Korea |
| テヤン | 1988-05-18 | 38 | 174cm | B | INFJ | South Korea |
| テソン | 1989-04-26 | 37 | 178cm | O | ISFJ | South Korea |
| トップ | 1987-11-04 | 38 | 181cm | B | INFP | South Korea |
| スンリ | 1990-12-12 | 35 | 177cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Fantastic Baby MVFantastic Baby is the club anthem that carried the group furthest outside Korea.
Bang Bang Bang MVBang Bang Bang is the loudest and most quoted of the later singles.
Still Life MVStill Life is quieter and about time passing, which the big singles never had room for.3 daesang · 3 awards (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of September 17, 2026)
MAMA Awards MAMA
MAMA Awards MAMA
Mnet KM Music Festival MKMF
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What anchors BIGBANG is its influence over self-expression, fashion and live staging. A leading group of the second generation that already carried weight before K-pop spread as a global popular culture, it is now counted as the three of G-DRAGON, Taeyang and Daesung.
Fantastic Baby and Bang Bang Bang left a very strong memory as K-pop club anthems. Songs like Blue, Bad Boy and Still Life show the other side, singing loneliness and the passing of time rather than only spectacle.
Reading the current work and line-up means keeping the historical five-member era, with T.O.P and Seungri counted as former members, apart from the three-member present. Fantastic Baby, then Bang Bang Bang, then Still Life runs from club anthem to the passing of time.
Editors' take Fantastic Baby / Bang Bang Bang / Still Life — three songs cover the club anthems and the passing of time in a leading second-generation group.
No. 7 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 3%)
The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-09-17).
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