Matsu: Although I am not qualified to say anything but after a period of hard time. The group has become more united and powerful.I can feel the power when I am talking to you.I can feel so in your new album too. Big Bang sings Japanese song in the Japanese album, right? Don’t you think it is difficult?

Seungri: We can convey our true feelings to our Japanese fans through singing in Japanese.Surprisingly, we think that it is very easy to sing them in Japanese. If we sing in Korean, then people might feel that it is ‘kpop’
We want to emphasize this characteristic(we are conveying our feeling to the Japanese fans) so it is a must for us to sing in Japanese.

Matsu: It is awesome. The Japanese lyrics of Fantastic Baby was composed by VERBAL san of m-flo.


Seungri: Yes, BigBang has collaborated with Japanese bands quite a number of times, Sol has collaborated with Thelma Aoyama before and we got the tracks of My Heaven and Haru Haru from DJ Daishi Dance.

(looking to the front) We want to collaborate with EXILE,too)

Matsu: (bursted into laughters) I think it would be fun if we can achieve something together. Do you all get along well in the group?


Seungri: Yes, we have not argued even once throughout these 8 years.


Matsu:I have watched the PV of Monster, it is really a large production!


Seungri: It is the era that we can always see the PVs of international artists. Because Asia music is really popular these days so we have to make our PV outstanding.I think it is a must to edit the PV.The making of monster MV is a really big production. Because of this, the director, the artists and other staff have met many times to discuss it. The melody of Monster is sad but the visual effect is strong.We want to convey the meaning of the song through the visual effects as it is our title song. We each have our own image so we have to match it with our make up and hairstyles so we discussed it with our director as well. He has brought the camera which Korea does not have from the West. We are so happy about this precious filmming experience.(we have been doing the filmming for 4 consecutive days)I think it is a really great production.

Matsu:All things are fashionable, I do not only mean the PV but also the songs and even the fashion. We must pay extra attention when doing the prodcuction work step by step. It is the common point that Big Bang shares with Exile. No matter what, we do not just give up easily. I think this is a very common point between our two groups.

VI:Thank you! Today is BXILE! The members of EXILE are the dancers who have a long history of learning dancing.The dance teachers of our company gathers together to watch the videos showing the dancing practice of the members of EXILE or those of Hiro san (which have been filmmed more than 10 years ago).
If EXILE performs in Korea, I think all famous Korean dancers will go to the concerts because you are really famous. In Korea, EXCILE is a well known dancing group,too. You are famous to an extent that no one can match your popularity because you have already established your own style.
I really respect the unique colors and strong characters of EXILE.

Matsu: Oh,thank you so much. although we are still not qualified to be a dancing group, I can say our style is quite different from EXILE. I think there are both vocals and dancers in EXILE but the dancers only focus on the dancing part. It is rare to find such a group in the market. It is really good to see you have been well received by others.
Big Bang is very powerful, we can display our own styles in music and fashion. The feelings are different when doing activities domestically and in other countries. What do you pay attention to when you are doing live in the foreign countries?

Seungri: We do have experiences of performing in Asia and America. We can communicate with the whole world with good music and languages. NO matter where we are, we can still feel there are no barriers between us. We can still convey the energy and feelings of the songs even we do not speak in the same languages if what we produce are good songs. Therefore, I want to work hard in this world tour.

MT:It is cool, please work hard! Exile thinks that dreams are very important. Could you tell me what is your personal dream and Big Bang’s dream?
Seungri: We really like Japan so we have been working hard in Japan. In Japan, We think that people can feel the unique style of Big Bang’s music already. In the future, we want to convey to the fans our individual color because we all have our own distinctive charm. Moreover,this is my dream that Big Bang can become a group which is as famous as Exile in Japan. And the dream of our group is we want to hold on to the name of our group,’Big Bang’ and proceed forward.
And, we also want to embrace our love of singing no matter how old we are. We want to treat each other not only like a working partner but also as family members.


This is our dream that all of the members can respect and encourage each other. Now, although we have been enjoying the support from people all around the world,the ‘generation’ is changing, I am not sure our popularity can last long. Therefore, we really want to become a band which deserve people’s respect. And, in fact, I even have a bigger dream, in the past, when we were receiving the rookie award in the award winning ceremony, EXILE got the yearly award. In my head, there is a battle between ‘EXILE VS BIGBANG’. I hope that the best team can win.

Matsu: I am really surprised at VI san’s mentioning ‘generation’. The nature of this world is sad and torturing, how can we change it? Whenever I think about it,I think there is a need of changing it by the newest generation. We cannot only depend ourselves to change tomorrow and the future. What is more important is we have to convey some messages to the kids of this generation. The lyrics of one of our title songs is about our wish of creating a bright future for our kids. When we are performing, there are a total of three generations will come (grandparents, parents and children). If we can inspire our kids to create a better world, then Exile’s dream is fulfilled.


Today, I am touched after hearing VI san’s words. I think if we embrace the same dreams and collaborate with each other, we can surely create a better world. Let’s get started and give the world better music and more happiness. I am really grateful for sharing all
of these with you today.

Seungri: Thank you!