The guy being praised as having the most beautiful voice in Bigbang, DLITE, will be releasing his Japanese solo debut album by covering some of J-pop’s most popular songs.

[Even though they are ballad songs, I will still dance to them!]

Interviewer (I): You are part of Bigbang which has gone on a highly successful world tour that lasted for about a year. As one of the member being known to have super good singing skills and vocals, DLITE’s J-pop cover album has been a highly anticipated debut album! How did you feel when you decided to debut in Japan?

DLITE: At first, I felt uneasy. I kept thinking how I could clearly portray the Japanese lyrics. However, since Bigbang’s “Lies” era, I have already shown interested in J-pop so I am looking forward to it!

I: Did you do anything special to digest the meaning of the Japanese song lyrics?

DLITE: I ate the card containing the song lyrics… It’s a joke.. (laughs). Actually I had to look at the translations from Japanese to Korean and listen to the original song at the same time for a few times. This allowed me to understand the Japanese lyrics. As I have recorded songs that are of different feel, it was really fun doing the recording session. I was happily dancing and recording to fast songs like “Joyful” and “全力少年”.

I: How did you contact the other members during your solo album production?

DLITE: We didn’t keep in contact… This is also a joke (laughs). All my members were supporting me. V.I was in Japan at that time doing his promotions so he introduced me some Japanese songs. I stayed in touched with the other members by SNS. As Bigbang has a chat room, we will frequently joke and contact each other using the chat room.

I: Please speak some words to fans who have been waiting patiently for your solo album!

DLITE: I think this album is an album where you can relate to it no matter where you are or when you are listening to it. All the songs contains both the original singers memories and my memories when I am doing the covers, thus I think this is how you can get two different memories from this album. In March, I will be having my first ONE MAN LIVE TOUR in Kobe and Tokyo. I feel that as a singer, LIVE is very important segment. It will definitely be a stage that you guys will not regret coming to, so you guys MUST come and have fun!

I: Memories of the world tour?

DLITE: In the Japan leg of the world tour, VIPs used glowsticks and did a surprise event for us. The members also can’t stop talking about it. During the tour, as long as we have time, all 5 of us will eat sushi together. The people who suggest to go out most are TOP and SOL. Even the selection of food choices in the menu are also done by TOP and SOL. See, this is because both of them have the same B blood type (laugh).