[Article] [YG Life] BIGBANG Signs Third Contract Renewal with YG Entertainment… “Been Together for Over 20 Years”

[뉴시스=이재훈 기자] Group ‘BIGBANG’ and YG Entertainment will continue their relationship.

On March 11, YG Entertainment announced, “Members G-DRAGON, TAEYANG, T.O.P, and DAESUNG of BIGBANG have signed an exclusive contract”.

It is the third contract renewal between BIGBANG and YG Entertainment after their renewals which happened back in 2011 and in 2015. As a result, BIGBANG is now capable of planning their long-term future activities.

After making debut as BIGBANG back in 2016, BIGBANG has released multiple hits including ‘Lies’ and ‘Last Goodbye’. The group is one of the representative teams of K-Pop.

As YG has went through struggles last year, some expected that the members of BIGBANG may leave the agency. But it is said that the members of BIGBANG valued their friendship with YG Entertainment and the fact that the agency has discovered their talents.

It is also said that YG has promised to treat the group with a deal that suits the group’s status. It is rare to witness an entire group that has reached the top to partner with an agency for over 20 years, sharing their joys and sorrows since training period even before making debut.

YG stated, “BIGBANG is a group that changed the trend of K-Pop over the musical realm. We will continue to wholeheartedly support the group so that BIGBANG will continue to rewrite K-Pop history in the world as the representative group of our agency”.

All members of BIGBANG have completed their mandatory military service last year. As SEUNGRI has left the group, BIGBANG has been reformed into a 4-member group. They are planning to make comeback this year.

2020. 3. 11.