{"id":145716,"date":"2025-07-23T13:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=145716"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:52:33","slug":"former-bigbang-member-top-might-release-an-album-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/former-bigbang-member-top-might-release-an-album-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Former BIGBANG member, TOP, might release an album this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <strong>BIGBANG<\/strong> rapper <strong>T.O.P<\/strong> might be ready to reclaim the spotlight. On July 23, 2025, reports surfaced that he\u2019s discussing a solo comeback with <strong>CJ ENM<\/strong>, one of Korea\u2019s entertainment companies. An insider claims a new album is in the works for the second half of 2025, which would be T.O.P\u2019s first solo release in over a decade. His last was \u201cDoom Dada\u201d in 2013.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kpop_Herald\/status\/1947930792145125599\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[Exclusive] Big Bang&#39;s T.O.P talks with CJ ENM for solo comeback<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mio20twogX\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mio20twogX<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CJENM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CJENM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHOISEUNGHYUN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CHOISEUNGHYUN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIGBANG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BIGBANG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KpopHerald (@Kpop_Herald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kpop_Herald\/status\/1947930792145125599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>T.O.P has been operating independently since leaving <strong>YG Entertainment<\/strong> in 2022 and officially confirming his exit from BIGBANG in 2023. In addition, he had kept a relatively low profile following his 2017 marijuana controversy. But things got exciting again when he landed a role as Thanos in Netflix\u2019s Squid Game seasons 2 and 3. His return drew mixed reactions from South Korean viewers, but received positive feedback from Western audiences. Most importantly, it began the buzz about a return to form for the rapper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/y_tttop\/status\/1922393153799135704\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">thanos                                                          \u1d57\u02b0\u1d43\u207f\u1d52\u02e2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmVYsXHTBc\">pic.twitter.com\/PmVYsXHTBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; y.tttop (@y_tttop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/y_tttop\/status\/1922393153799135704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CJ ENM has denied any official contract talks, but the buzz is loud. If the deal happens, it could mark a new chapter for T.O.P\u2019s career. CJ ENM manages artists through several sub-labels, though it\u2019s unclear where he might land. Either way, his fans are watching closely, hoping this really is the comeback they\u2019ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former BIGBANG rapper T.O.P might be ready to reclaim the spotlight. On July 23, 2025, reports surfaced that he\u2019s discussing a solo comeback with CJ ENM, one of Korea\u2019s entertainment companies. An insider claims a new album is in the works for the second half of 2025, which would be T.O.P\u2019s first solo release in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":145717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145716"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=145716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}