{"id":166896,"date":"2026-05-17T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=166896"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:55:21","slug":"big-bangs-taeyang-reflects-on-his-20-year-journey-in-his-first-newsroom-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/big-bangs-taeyang-reflects-on-his-20-year-journey-in-his-first-newsroom-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG BANG&#8217;s Taeyang reflects on his 20-year journey in his first Newsroom appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BIG BANG<\/strong> is currently celebrating its 20th year in music, with special surprises, including a mini-world tour kicking off in August 2026. However, <strong>Taeyang<\/strong> is reflecting on his solo journey and with the rest of the members of the boy band in a special interview with Newsroom.<\/p>\n<p>Taeyang is set to release his fourth album, <em>\u201cQUINTESSENCE,\u201d<\/em> on May 18, his birthday! He believes it\u2019s a birthday gift for all of the fans who have been riding with him since day one. One of the songs is<em> \u201cLive Fast, Die Slow,\u201d<\/em> is all about finding your own speed and direction in life, <strong>sharing these lyrics is just a deep thanks for his fans, unchanging love<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[\uc778\ud130\ubdf0] &#039;\ucf54\uccbc\ub77c&#039; \uc120 \ud0dc\uc591 &quot;&#039;\ube45\ubc45 20\uc8fc\ub144&#039; \uba4b\uc9c4 \ubb34\ub300\uc11c \uc2dc\uc791\ud574 \uac10\uc0ac&quot; \/ JTBC \ub274\uc2a4\ub8f8\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwhK4tQB3kE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Time doesn&#8217;t stop for me, you are still exactly as you were back then, wake me up, now now now.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Taeyang has learned a lot about the music scene by working in it for 20 years<strong>. The idol thanked his honest friends and his BIGBANG members for helping him stay strong during tough times<\/strong>. He\u2019s ready to write a new chapter in his artistry, he\u2019s becoming a great role model for younger singers, and becoming a beacon of hope in the Kpop industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG BANG is currently celebrating its 20th year in music, with special surprises, including a mini-world tour kicking off in August 2026. However, Taeyang is reflecting on his solo journey and with the rest of the members of the boy band in a special interview with Newsroom. Taeyang is set to release his fourth album, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":166897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,16],"tags":[3882],"tmauthors":[3735],"class_list":{"0":"post-166896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-big-bang"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166896","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\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166900,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166896\/revisions\/166900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166896"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=166896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}