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Daesung D-Day Release Event, 2nd Event in Tokyo on May 3, 2017.

Daesung D-Day Release Event, 1st Event in Tokyo on May 3, 2017.

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o0Rflp16L0&feature=youtu.be

This is the title track of Daesung’s new mini album D-Day, to be released on April 12, 2017.

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暗い宇宙の片隅でやっと見つけた　 僕だけの星を これまでの出会いと別れ　 全てが君へ繋がっていた Kurai uchuu no katasumi de yatto mitsuketa Boku dake no hoshi wo Kore made no deai to wakare Subete ga kimi e tsunagatte ita

In a corner of this dark universe I have finally found it My star (that belongs to me alone) Every encounter and parting in my life until now Has led me to you

初めて見る光　 初めて聞くメロディー 今から僕の人生は始まる 初めて知る痛み　 初めてのぬくもり 君が何もかも　 塗り替えたんだ 今日がD-Day! Hajimete miru hikari Hajimete kiku melody Ima kara boku no jinsei wa hajimaru Hajimete shiru itami Hajimete no nukumori Kimi ga nanimo kamo Nurikaetanda Kyou ga D-Day!

The light that I see for the first time the melody that I hear for the first time My life begins now The pain that I feel for the first time the warmth for the first time You have repainted everything

つぶらなその瞳の奥　 銀河のように　　涙が散らばる 微笑みの裏に隠した　 君の悲しみ僕に分けてよ！ Tsubura na sono hitomi no oku Ginga no you ni　　namida ga chirabaru Hohoemi no ura ni kakushita Kimi no kanashimi boku ni wakete yo!

In the back of your lovely round eyes Like a galaxy 　your tears scatter The sadness that you hide behind a smile share it with me!

初めての香りに　 初めての後味 今までどんな恋をしてきたの！？ 初めて得る強さ　 初めての寂しさ 君の何もかも　 抱きしめたんだ 過去も未来も Hajimete no kaori ni Hajimete no ato aji Ima made donna koi wo shite kita!? Hajimete eru tsuyosa Hajimete no sabishisa Kimi no nanimo kamo Dakisimetanda Kako mo mirai mo

The first aftertaste To the first fragrance Just what kind of love have I felt until now? The first time gaining strength The first loneliness I have embraced everything of you Past and future

冷たい闇の寒さに震え Tsumetai yami no samusa ni furue Shivering in the cold darkness

Information was leaked at the night of February 7 that Daesung would release a new mini album to commemorate his Dome Tour (the tour is scheduled for April 15 to April 23 in Seibu Dome and Kyocera Dome with 4 concerts with an expected audience of 200,000 fans)

On February 8, Japanese news sites released official information about the album. I summarized what’s known so far on day one.

I’d appreciate if you could credit me for translation when taking anything out of this post! Thanks :)

A few details about Daesung’s new mini album “D-Day”, to be released in Japan on April 12:

The album will contain at least 7 songs (according to YGEX pre-order information) (1)

It is currently being recorded. (2)

About the name of the album D-Day: D-LITE’s Day. Daesung: “The (name of the) album expresses that with this album I can see my fans” – Daesung (3)

Sound producer: Seiji Kameda (Daesung worked with him in 2013 for the production of his first solo album D’scover – D-Day is not a cover album though, it contains original songs) (3)

Songwriters: Daesung asked Ayaka (writer of the song Hello that Daesung covered on his D’scover album in 2013) to write one of the songs for him. Other than Ayaka, Motohiro Hata (writer of the song “Ai” that Daesung covered on D’scover) and Yoshiki Mizuno (writer of the song “Joyful”, also covered by Daesung on D’scover) also wrote songs for D-Day. The three songwriters all debuted in 2006, the same year as Daesung debuted with BIGBANG. “They realized my image of the kind of song I wanted to create perfectly and I’m very thankful. We made these songs with their live performance in mind, so please look forward to my performing them at the dome concerts.” – Daesung (3, 4)

 Sources:

(1) YGEX Online Shop Album pre-order information released on February 8, 2017: http://sp.shop.mu-mo.net/mumo/item1/;jsessionid=1B86E626F97C57BAA59DFDAD44A0FD38.jvm3?jsiteid=YGSP&seq_exhibit_id=190557

(2) Sponichi Annex Article from February 8, 2017 5:30 AM “Ｄ―ＬＩＴＥ　４月に豪華アルバム！絢香、秦基博、いきもの水野らとコラボ” http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/02/08/kiji/20170207s00041000304000c.html

(3) Sports Hochi Article from February 8, 2017 6:00 AM “Ｄ―ＬＩＴＥソロ始動！絢香、秦基博、「いきものがかり」水野良樹らが楽曲提供” http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20170207-OHT1T50214.html

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I translated an interview by the German newspaper Rhein-Zeitung with members of the “Out of Control” film crew and the mayor of Cochem, one of the film locations. Here is the link to the source: https://youtu.be/HXcvnnDiAd4

Please credit mshinju as translator if you take out any of this. 

Translator comments in [ ]

Director of production Tobias Knubel

What makes Cochem a unique film location is its beautiful castle that hovers over this beautiful place. It delivers perfect production conditions for us. Logistics are quite complicated but thanks to receiving a lot of support locally and the rather long preparation time everything worked out very well. You can imagine, getting all the stuff that we need here up to the castle is not easy.

Filming scenes with helicopters is always complicated. Camera staff and director always want the helicopter to move as close to the actors as possible, and the closer you move the helicopter to people the more dangerous it will be. So it often turns into a negotiation between the pilot and the director to decide what’s possible, how we can set the border. Top priority is of course the safety of everyone involved and of all local citizens, so we won’t take big risks. You need to find a good balance between taking good shots and at the same time make sure to keep the security standards.

 Stunt Coordinator Christoph Domansky

The story that we’re filming on the castle is this: two cars are chasing each other, our hero crashes into our villain who drives with the Lamborghini onto the courtyard and overturns here, causing the hut to collapse. Then a big fight arises between the two actors who fight each other. At the same time we have the helicopter up in the air with two actors fighting inside and in the end, the helicopter crashes into the Lamborghini and everything explodes. That’s the rough story that we’re filming here on the castle.

We built up a large construction here on set that’s based on rail system, similar to a roller coster. The helicopter slides down the rail system right onto the position where we need it. Then we create a small gas based explosion without pressure wave. The whole scene will of course be magnified digitally into a beautiful picture.

 Helicopter Pilot Jürgen Schütz [slightly shortened translation]

I’m a professional helicopter pilot and have done stunt scenes several times before.

Q: What’s the challenge here at the castle?

Well, of course we don’t want to cause any damage. Our helicopter is quite big and heavy with a lot of downdraft so we need to be careful with our route. We operate quite close to the castle so we need to keep that in mind. It’s exciting because we do things that you’d never be doing (in real life). We have people fighting each other inside the helicopter, or we save people out of cars, that’s nothing you’d do in real life. The challenge is fun.

 City Mayor Wolfgang Lambertz

Q: Mr. Lambertz, this must be the first time for you to see the courtyard like this.

That’s right. I’m surprised myself, and very excited as well because we are partnering with a very professional team that’s doing a great job in implementing the production work, which is exactly what we hoped for.

Q: What were the main things that needed to get done for this production?

There were a lot of things. The main point was of course the protection of the castle as a historical monument and of course keeping the disturbance for our citizens at a minimal level. And of course we had to organize everything with our local school to and our students. But up until now coordinating the interests of all the involved parties has worked out very smoothly.  

We were first approached in December [2015]. The city council discussed the matter in January which is also when the negotiations started. We closed the last negotiations just yesterday. There are a lot of small details that arise along the discussions and need to be decided on. But we’re on the right track and have a good negotiation partner.

Q: What results do you hope this movie will bring for Cochem?

Of course we hope this movie serve as a further promotion for Cochem in Asia, but for now we are very happy that we have such a beautiful scenery here and that the beauty of the Moselle region is recognized by an international production. That was very important for us, that not just the castle is filmed but that the movie also includes an impression of the city Cochem and the region around Cochem.

 Producer Stefan Retzbach

First of all, it’s important that we show the typical image of Germany as it’s known in the Chinese market. If you’ve ever been in Asia, in Shanghai or in Beijing, you will realize that there are a lot of glass, steel and concrete. That’s nothing we could compete with. But what you can see here you won’t find anywhere in Asia. These are the kind of places where you will find tourists from China and Asia. That’s what they seem to love and it’s what they expect from Europe or Germany in specific.

It’s an amazing location [= motif]. It would have been better if the lord of the castle would have built it a slightly bit larger 400 years ago for us, that would have been great. That didn’t work out. But it’s a great location. We are receiving great support from the city mayor, being allowed to film at such a great location that’s interesting for local tourists as well for three days straight is nothing we can take for granted. We have occupied it quite a bit as you can see. It’s not for granted that such a location is placed at our disposal.

Please credit me (mshinju) when taking out any of my translations. Thanks!

【BIGBANG / modelpress; February 23】 In 2015, BIGBANG made the whole world boil with “MADE SERIES”, their comeback project after 3 years. The project has been released as their new Japanese album on February 3, with the popular songs “LOSER”, “BANG BANG BANG” and “IF YOU” recorded as new Japanese versions. Reas about the members' interpretation of the recorded songs and episodes during the MV recording. After 3 years of solo activities, they have achieved a further “evolution” coming back as BIGBANG and told us about the passion that is compressed into this album. The members’ interpretation of their “MADE SERIES” songs ・LOSER TAEYANG: This is the very first song we released for this project. When the decision was made that it would be the first to be released I thought it would make for a good start, and when it really did make for a good start I felt very happy. TEDDY who is the producer of this album created an overall concept first, and when someone came up with a good melody or idea we would freely join and participate, and by lucky chance my opinion was adapted for this song, so my name was included in the credits for song composition. SEUNGRI: Of all people I am singing the chorus of this song. To be honest, this being our first song as BIGBANG in three years I was wondering at first if my voice would be okay for this important part, but I was eager to let our fans hear my voice after growing with the pressure that I felt, so I really worked hard during the recording. In life there may be moments when nothing goes right and you just want to give up, but you are not the only person loser out there, everyone in this world is a loser, there are no winners, ah there are our juniors WINNER though (laugh) but we as well are losers who struggle with loneliness and agony, so it’s okay; that’s the message of this song. When I heard this song for the first time, I myself felt encouraged by it and was close to tears. For a moment you’d think it’s a sorrowful song, but I think if you listen to LOSER when you are exhausted and in pain it will warm your heart. ・BANG BANG BANG T.O.P: I think this song makes you directly feel the power, the energy of the group BIGBANG. Also G-DRAGON’s “ichigeki de zokkon” (the Japanese equivalent of “Chong majeun geotcheoreom“) and the words “bangya bangya bangya” create a big impact. G-DRAGON: As if stirring up many people before something big is about to go off, right from the intro this song creates a kind of feeling of monumental scale. We were able to fill this song with BIGBANG’s style of playfulness by crossing an aggressive sound with humourous elements, and at concerts this is a song where we get wild with the audience. ・IF YOU G-DRAGON: We have songs like “FANTASTIC BABY” and “BANG BANG BANG” that create a vivid impact and where we go wild becoming one with the audience, but then we have emotional songs like “BLUE” and “LOSER”, or R&B songs with a gentle tempo like “BAD BOY”. I think one of our appeals as BIGBANG is being able to express many different genres of music. “IF YOU” diffuses a sad atmosphere but the way of singing etc, in general is quite pragmatic. I created this song with the image of our Korean seniors’ songs that I listened to in my childhood, so when people from Korea listen to this song they might feel a kind of nostalgia. But since people in Japan do not feel this kind of familiarity some might even feel confused (wry smile) I hope you can indulge into this new side of BIGBANG, this accoustic view of the world. ・BAE BAE –KR Ver.- G-DRAGON: Personally I think this is the song for which we challenged ourselves the most up until now. The characteristic melody and lyrics like “chapssaltteok gunghabi (rice cake chemistry)”, the sudden change and turn in the chorus, we included many different elements into this one single song, and working on it was a whole lot of fun. ・WE LIKE 2 PARTY -KR Ver.- SEUNGRI: You could say this song is the closing of our concerts, it’s a song that we can sing along to and wave our hands together with our fans who came after we invited them our party, it’s a melody easy to memorize for anyone and a soothing beat, I really like it a lot. TAEYANG: It’s a song that you can enjoy without thinking at all. For the recording, we actually brought the wine that is mentioned in the lyrics, “D’yquem” to the studio and recorded while drinking and having fun in a party mood. The atmosphere of that time is conveyed just like that in the song. ・SOBER -KR Ver.- DAESUNG: On stage it's the most free and everyone is in high spirits during this song, but if I were to say something about myself, I am playing the drums during this song (shy laugh). So that makes it special for me. You can have fun listening to this song both when you’re sober and when you’re not. ・LET’S NOT FALL IN LOVE –KR Ver.- DAESUNG: I think we were able to show a side of us with this song that we haven’t shown before. It has a beautiful melody but the lyrics are cool. It is a love song that describes the separation with a loved one, but to be honest, I do not relate to the lyrics (wry laugh) because I do not want to separate from my dear fans. I want to go on without thinking about separation (laugh). But I think there are many different kinds of love, so I hope you will enjoy listening to this song with the pure thought that there is this kind of love as well. ・ZUTTER -KR Ver.- ／ GD&T.O.P T.O.P: In Korea as well as in Asia as a whole, there is a notable HIP HOP movement, and as the two rappers who represent Asia (GD&T.O.P) we attempted to express our advocated HIP HOP with wit. Including names of characters of the movie “Tazza – Hand of God –“ that I acted in, the song sketches my real life. The sound, the lyrics, the MV, everything makes you feel our characteristic thought-out humor. Music Video Focus Points, Shooting Episodes ・LOSER TAEYANG: This MV was filmed in L.A. We went to America to shoot the videos for our world tour, the schedule was tough and we filmed using every second of time provided. The first scene of LOSER is my scene, there are many scenes where I run or jump so I actually hurt my leg in the beginning. I immediately went to a doctor in L.A’s Korea town and received treatment so it didn’t turn into a big thing and I was able to enjoy the shooting. SEUNGRI: We expressed the emotions of a man with our acting in the MV, and I acted out the feeling of “anger”. The director suddenly told me “please just get angry!” so in this MV I’m madly angry (laugh) ・BANG BANG BANG G-DRAGON: In the MV we dress up as soldiers, waving BIGBANG’s flag and riding a huge tank. I think this turned into a startling MV that creates a lasting memory even after watching it one time only and that we were able to express the world of this song with this vividly colored, large scale video. T.O.P: I approached this shooting with the mind set of acting as a character in a special movie, setting up my own character. My character is a homage to Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, and as the exact opposite to the message of the movie, I myself am representing my own ego while wearing a space suite, and I think I was able to express how in the end my ego collapses. ・BAE BAE -KR Ver.- G-DRAGON: I gave the idea for this MV, directly expressing sexuality. In this song, every part of the lyrics is quite characteristic, so in tune with the lyrics, TAEYANG all of a sudden appears on the back of a horse, Daesung is on a deserted island, T.O.P is in a field of flowers and so on, we filmed the video with each member’s distinct characteristics in mind. Overall we wanted to create a fantasy, other-worldly atmosphere, so in the last scene we are all dancing on the moon. And we’re eating rice cakes (laugh). We also paid attention to the clothes, I’m wearing 10, 20 year old vintage clothes of the fanshion brand RAF SIMONS that I personally like. ・WE LIKE 2 PARTY -KR Ver.- TAEYANG: We filmed everything from the point where we all took off to Jeju Island by self camera. It’s like our holiday, I think we were able to show the audience what our reality looks like. SEUNGRI: I really took the subway to the airport. With Taeyang driving, we all took a ride together in Jeju island, went to the beach, had fun riding Go-Karts, did a house party in a rented luxury pent house style apartment building, jumped all together into a pool… you can see the five of us simply having fun, the private life of BIGBANG. It’s a MV where you can see a side from BIGBANG that is different from the glittering image of us standing on stage all with make up and stage clothing. ・SOBER -KR Ver.- G-DRAGON: Like the meaning of the title SOBER, we tried to express a dream-like, unreal feeling through the MV as well. In between shooting different scenes us members and the staff played with a soccer ball, I have a showdown with Seungri (included in the Making Of video), and since it was open air we felt discharged as well, it was fun finally being able to play around all together like that again. DAESUNG: The biggest key point of this MV is my drumming… ahahaha (shy laugh). The shooting took place inside a forest, and the sun was very strong, I felt really hot drumming with my whole heart and I was sweating so much. And another key point are the different characters of each member. There are many MVs for MADE SERIES, and we acted in several of those MVs, but in this MV you can strongly feel the different characters of the five of us. The shooting took place on a deserted island in South Korea and we didn’t stay sober for the whole time (laugh). ・LET’S NOT FALL IN LOVE -KR Ver.- DAESUNG: The five of us acted as couples with five female actors or models, and were filmed in different situations. The shooting time itself was quite short, and we had to act as couples so we were nervous throughout, but I think it turned out light and fresh. T.O.P: After we finished the shooting, the director told me “this is the first time since your debut that I’ve seen you like this”. But I’m always like this when I’m together with a girl I like (laugh). I think you will be able to see an unknown side of me in this MV. ・ZUTTER -KR Ver.- ／ GD&T.O.P T.O.P: As GD&TOP we always create songs and MVs with a playful extra innings [baseball expression] feel, so this MV shows in an abstract way how in contrast to all those people in the Hip Hop scene who are nothing but serious without any specific reason, we can do this much without being serious. The MV starts with a scene of the two of us inside the toilet, and just as in the lyrics pigs appear in the MV, and it develops like a short movie where you really cannot imagine what will happen next. Third consecutive Japan Dome tour, to be released on DVD soon BIGBANG are currently on their third consecutive Japan Dome tour "BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015 ～ 2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN". The tour final is held in Tokyo Dome on February 23 and 24, and on the 24th the live DVD & Blu-ray of the same tour will be released. 


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Release date: Feb 24 - Shipping on February 27 - March 2

Included on all 4 Versions:

Video Contents ・BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015～2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN [Concert Footage] ・BIGBANG: BEST LIVE SELECTION 2012-2015 Limited Contents  (only included in the “2 Blu Ray + 2 CD + Photobook” and the “3 DVD + 2 CD + Photobook” editions) 

Video Contents: ・BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015～2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN [SPECIAL FEATURES] ・BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015～2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN [COLLECTION OF BEST MOMENTS] ・BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015～2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN [MULTI ANGLE] All videos are without subtitles.

Video  [DISC 1][DISC 2](DVD) -OPENING- SHUT UP -MC- Rainy Rainy Dress Omoi Tsunotte -MC- Futari? Hitori!! Samete, Nemure -BAND JAM- Utautai no Ballad BABY DON'T CRY -MC- Dounimo Tomaranai with Yamamoto Linda Furui Nikki Zenryoku Shounen -MC- Joyful WINGS -INTERLUDE MOVIE- ＜ENCORE＞ Konya wa Boogie Back - nice vocal Daebakiya (A Big Hit!) Nalbwa Gwisun (Look at me, Gwisun) ＜DOUBLE ENCORE＞ Dounimo Tomaranai Konya wa Boogie Back - nice vocal Dress

Track List (included in all 7 versions)

01. LOSER –JP Ver.- 02. BANG BANG BANG –JP Ver.- 03. IF YOU –JP Ver.- 04. LOSER -KR Ver.- 05. BAE BAE -KR Ver.- 06. BANG BANG BANG -KR Ver.- 07. WE LIKE 2 PARTY -KR Ver.- 08. IF YOU -KR Ver.- 09. SOBER -KR Ver.- 10. Let’s not fall in love -KR Ver.- 11. ZUTTER -KR Ver.- / GD&T.O.P

  Video contents

DISC 1 (included in versions 3 - 6)

[Music Video] ・BANG BANG BANG ・LOSER ・LOSER -KR Ver.- ・BAE BAE -KR Ver.- ・BANG BANG BANG -KR Ver.- ・WE LIKE 2 PARTY -KR Ver.- ・SOBER -KR Ver.- ・Let’s not fall in love -KR Ver.- ・ZUTTER -KR Ver.- / GD&T.O.P   [BONUS FEATURES] ・BAE BAE -KR Ver.- “Chapssalddeok” CLIP_ #1 / #2 / #3 / #4 ・LOSER -KR Ver.- SOLO CLIP_D-LITE / SOL / G-DRAGON & V.I / T.O.P ・BANG BANG BANG -KR Ver.-_BEHIND THE SCENES ・BANG BANG BANG -KR Ver.-_DANCE PRACTICE ・SOBER -KR Ver.-_BEHIND THE SCENES ・ZUTTER -KR Ver.-_BEHIND THE SCENES ・ZUTTER -KR Ver.-_DANCE PRACTICE ・LET’S NOT FALL IN LOVE -KR Ver.-_BEHIND THE SCENES   [a-nation stadium fes. 2015] ・BANG BANG BANG -KR Ver.- ・TONIGHT ・HANDS UP ・LOSER -KR Ver.- ・BAD BOY ・WE LIKE 2 PARTY -KR Ver.- ・BAE BAE -KR Ver.- ・FANTASTIC BABY ・Koe o Kikasete ・MY HEAVEN ・FEELING ・SOBER -KR Ver.-    

DISC 2 (only included in Deluxe editions = Versions 5 - 6)

[BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2014～2015 “X” (TOUR FINAL at KYOCERA DOME OSAKA)]