[Article] Concert review: BigBang's Taeyang shines in solo concert

Korean pop star Taeyang serenading a fan onstage during the Singapore leg of his first solo world tour at the Singapore Expo Hall on Feb 8, 2015. -- PHOTO: NICOLE QUEK 

BY NATASHA ANN ZACHARIAH

Halfway through his two-hour set on Sunday, the introduction of a special guest threatened to overshadow Korean pop star Taeyang, who is on his first solo world tour, Taeyang World Tour: Rise In Singapore

As he was about to launch into Stay With Me, the 26-year-old introduced his BigBang colleague G-Dragon, who wrote the track and rapped on it. The 4,000-strong crowd went wild, excited that it would be a BigBang outing after all.

But Taeyang was merely pulling their legs.

G-Dragon, the swaggering leader of the five-piece K-pop megaband, made only a pre-recorded appearance on the giant screens, decked out in a floral shirt and Pharrell-style hat, while spitting his verses about holding on to a reluctant lover.


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