At the beginning of our interview, Taeyang wanted to talk about his romance but maybe he and we will feel boring about this so we wanted to skip this topic but we have asked him as ‘Dong Yongbae’, whether he has any image he wanted to shake off. And he mentioned the topic again, that was the fact that he has never have a girlfriend. In fact, with no romance history, it is really not easy for the 22 year-old Taeyang to digest the songs, especially ‘Wedding Dress’. The lyrics of it is so sad, even if we listen to it for several times, we will feel depressed. This is also the problem felt by Taeyang himself.
It is just like we have to devote our love when filming a drama. Comparing with the period that he had to sing such songs, Taeyang seems to be better in handling the songs now since the songs he sings now are more ‘comprehensible’. What makes us the happiest is we can see that Taeyang has grown bit by bit very obviously by listening to his songs.
If we can see how good he can sing R&B in his solo activities in 2008, then in 2010, we can see he is becoming more and more confident. Regarding music, he knows how to immerse himself into it. His insistence about music put even very simple lyrics like ‘spicy fried rice’ into his album.
R: This is time when you can walk he way you like with a very light heart.
Taeyang: I think it still takes me some more time to do so.
R: How long?
Taeyang: I want to add my elements in the music part and if I want to project more sentiment into it and makes it become more real, I think we have to wait for quite a long time…
R: After you have ended the promotion of this album, you have to return to BIGBANG then. It seems that you are not so happy about this, what do you think actually?
Taeyang: No, I am not unhappy.
R: So why don’t you smile? (Laugh) I think you don’t often smile, ever since you were performing in the group as BIGBANG when you were just debuted.
Taeyang: Oh.. How should I explain it… I think it is just a bit sad. I cannot do my solo activities endlessly and when I have to return to my group, I do have some regrets. Since I can no longer perform as a solo singer, I have not yet reset my mindset yet.
R: You have released a solo album under your name and got very good comments. And if you come back to perform as a group, you surely can bring good effect into it. What do you want to affect them if you do have a choice?
Taeyang:I want to enhance the overall stage performance since this is the part that I can do best. I want you guys can expect us to do well.
R: Have you ever thought of putting the songs produced by you in the album?
Taeyang: My songs are very different from BIGBANG’s songs so I have not thought of it. As a group, if there are spaces for me to put my songs in, I would write some but I will be patient.
R: Do you have a reason why you must stay in YG?
Taeyang: Of course. If I am not in YG, I cannot make music that I want to make now.
R: In fact, when you were making your first solo album,I thought Teddy wrote songs for you but this time,there are a lot of new names which appear in your new album. Then I think that ‘Oh, not only Teddy can make music for him’.
Taeyang: This also reminds me to work hard. It would be better if I can choose from a wider range of songs. I do not only want to meet more Western producers, I also want to word harder.
R: There are many people who want to work with you. What is your standard of choosing your working partner?
Taeyang: I want to work with those whose music is good and know a lot of people. They have to supplement my work and know my taste too.
R: If there are people waiting for you after your solo concert, what do you want to say to them?
Taeyang: What do I want to say… I want to find my own self in the next album although I did spent a lot of time on this album. However, this is not a question of how much you have spent, what matters more is how much you understand yourself. Although I think it might be luxurious to say so, I think it is quite difficult to produce an album without any meanings inside. Producing, recording, filming and so on… then evaluate the results. I don’t want to repeat all these processes again and again. I don’t think there is any meaning at all.
R: You are happy with the feedback's of your album?
Taeyang: Yes, except at the very beginning.
R: The listeners have already prepared themselves for your next album. We want you to bring us new touching moments.
Taeyang: Yes, I want to do so too.
Since he is so grateful about he can do music. He does not feel proud about the achievements that he got right now. This is just a record that he has in 2010…
In the more-than-1-hour interview, TaeyangYongbae, in his smile we can find the innocent Taeyang. Please do not suspect his sincerity. He wants to sing more songs and perform better for us. He has laid out these plans in his heart already. The young Taeyang does have a lot of ambitions in his music and we can expect him more in the future, the reason is- he has a soul which does not allow him to stop growing into maturity.
Source: F.ound Magazine (October Issue)
Chinese Translation: JOY. PARK @ Baidu
English Translation: Rice@Bigbang World
(Please repost with credits!^^)
Share
Tweet
0 COMMENTS:
Post a Comment
for BigBangWORLD