A (Big Bang album)

A
EP by Big Bang
Released June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01)
Recorded 2014–2015
Genre Dance-pop, Trap, Acoustic
Length
  • 6:55 (Digital)
  • 20:38 (Physical)
Label YG Entertainment
Producer G-Dragon
Big Bang chronology
M
(2015)		 A
(2015)		 D
(2015)
Singles from A
  1. "Bang Bang Bang"
    Released: June 1, 2015
  2. "We Like 2 Party"
    Released: June 5, 2015
"A" Version (Black)
"a" Version (White)

A is the upcoming fifth single album by South Korean band Big Bang, and the second from their MADE Series.

Details

The single could be pre-ordered from May 27 to June 1, consisting of 4 tracks (two new songs and two previous ones) and two instrumental tracks. It was released worldwide through iTunes, and other online music portals on June 1. There are two different versions of the album, one contains only a CD and a booklet (24p) while the other one contains a CD, a booklet (24p) and a special kit (a random puzzle ticket, 5 photo cards and a limited photo card) with a poster.

Background

The first poster titled "Bang Bang Bang" was released on May 27, YG Entertainment producer Yang Hyun-suk commented that the song was "the most powerful music you have ever heard before."[1] The second poster was released for "We Like 2 Party" a day later.[2] The music video was shot on Jeju Island on May 19.[3]

Commercial performance

A entered the Gaon Album Chart at number three,[4] and peaked at number two the third week of release.[5] The album peaked at number three on the monthly chart in June, selling 93,504 copies.[6] In Taiwan, it charted at number 6.[7]

According to QQ Music, the pre-orders for the album in China reached 1 million,[8] in the first 12 hours the single sold 200,000 copies.[9] After two weeks the album sold over 400,000 digital copies, breaking the record for foreign album sold on QQ Music, they also dominated the chart by having four songs on the top 6.[10]

Reception

The singles received positive reviews from the fans, public and critics.[11] In less than two months, the music videos gained over 60 million views on YouTube.

Promotion

After previewing both songs during their Made Tour in Guangzhou, China, Big Bang participated in Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook[12] on May 30, 2015. The members held a live podcast for the album, an hour before its release via Naver Starcast online,[13] the live chat gathered more than 400,000 viewers.[14] Big Bang had their first official comeback on June 4 installment of Mnet's M Countdown.[15]

On June 1, "Bang Bang Bang" was delayed on being registered in the voting system for 41 hours on SBS's Inkigayo, which lead to SHINee’s "View" winning, despite "Bang Bang Bang" being on the top of the charts, which lead to a storm of complaints from the fans.[16]

The problem with SBS continued, On June 14, it was announced that Big Bang is banned from appearing on Inkigayo, according to SBS the reason was that G-Dragon and T.O.P didn't appear on the show when Big Bang won the first place on May 24, only three members were able to show. YG representative said the members didn't show up due to the shooting of a music video. The winners of the show on June 14 was not announced in the same day, the results came the next day, the winner was Big Bang.[17][18]

Big Bang stop promoting the single afterwards and also didn't promote the next single album D.

Track listing

A - Single
No. TitleLyricsMusicArrangement Length
1. "Bang Bang Bang"  Teddy, G-Dragon, T.O.PTeddy, G-DragonTeddy 3:40
2. "We Like 2 Party"  Teddy, Kush, G-Dragon, T.O.PTeddy, Kush, Seo Won Jin, G-DragonTeddy, Kush 3:16
A - CD[19]
No. TitleLyricsMusicArrangement Length
1. "Bang Bang Bang"  Teddy, G-Dragon, T.O.PTeddy, G-DragonTeddy 3:40
2. "We Like 2 Party"  Teddy, Kush, G-Dragon, T.O.PTeddy, Kush, Seo Won Jin, G-DragonTeddy, Kush 3:16
3. "Loser"  Teddy, T.O.P, G-DragonTeddy, TaeyangTeddy 3:39
4. "Bae Bae"  G-Dragon, Teddy, T.O.PTeddy, G-Dragon, T.O.PTeddy 2:49
5. "Bang Bang Bang" (Instrumental) Teddy, G-Dragon  3:40
6. "We Like 2 Party" (Instrumental) Teddy, Kush, Seo Won Jin, G-Dragon  3:16
Total length:
 20:38

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
South Korean Gaon Weekly Albums Chart[20] 2
Taiwanese Albums (G-Music)[7] 6
Chart Sales
South Korea
China

Release history

Region Date Format Label
South Korea June 1, 2015 CD, digital download YG Entertainment, KT Music
Worldwide
Japan[24] June 17, 2015 YG Entertainment, YGEX

References

  1. ↑ YG Entertainment. "[OSEN Focus] BIGBANG Returns with Powerful "BANG BANG BANG". http://www.yg-life.com/. Retrieved May 28, 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  2. ↑ YG Entertainment. "빅뱅, 6월 1일 두번째 신곡 공개 ‘WE LIKE 2 PARTY’". http://www.yg-life.com/. Retrieved May 28, 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ YG Entertainment. "[ISSUEIS] The Key-Words for BIGBANG’s New Song for June… "Summer, Jeju Island, Fantastic.."". http://www.yg-life.com/. Retrieved May 28, 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart Week 24". Gaon Music Chart. June 6, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart Week 26". Gaon Music Chart. June 20, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart - June". Gaon Music Chart. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Comprehensive Weekly Top 20: 2015/06/26 – 2015/07/02" (in Chinese). G-Music. July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "BigBang数字专辑预约". QQ Music. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "BIGBANG《A》（5.1）数字专辑 QQ音乐独家首发". QQ Music. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Takes over China’s largest portal QQ Music #1 to #3". yg-life.com. June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  11. ↑ "빅뱅의 음악성, 팬덤을 넘어서다". http://osen.mt.co.kr/. June 6, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  12. ↑ "BIGBANG to Perform on "Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook"". Hankyung. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ Lim Jeong-yeo (June 1, 2015). "Big Bang members to live-interact with fans tonight". kpopherald. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  14. ↑ Jackie Chung (June 3, 2015). "'Countdown Live' Big Bang Breaks Their Own Viewership Record With 440,000 Users Watching Online". kpopstarz. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Big Bang and EXO to Face Off on ′M COUNTDOWN′ Today (6/4)". MWave. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  16. ↑ "VIPs flood Inkigayo forums for alleged discrimination against BIGBANG". koreaboo.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  17. ↑ "BIGBANG banned from "Inkigayo"". [classicalite.com Classicalite]. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  18. ↑ "BIGBANG banned from SBS “Inkigayo” after G-Dragon and T.O.P fail to appear". koreaboo.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  19. ↑ "BIGBANG - MADE SERIES [A] 'TRACK LIST'". YG Family Twitter. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  20. ↑ "South Korean Gaon Chart: Album – The 24th Week of 2015". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "[스페셜IS] 빅뱅 중간평가① 음원, 퍼펙트한 성적표" (in Korean). http://isplus.live.joins.com. External link in |publisher= (help)
  22. ↑ "[Special IS] BIGBANG Interim Evaluation① Music, straight-A report card". yg-life.com.
  23. ↑ "MADE SERIES 《A》（5.1）数字专辑 QQ音乐独家首发 - QQ音乐". QQ music. y.qq.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  24. ↑ "全世界を席巻中!! MADE SERIES [A] 日本配信リリース決定!!". http://ygex.jp/bigbang/. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2015-06-14. External link in |publisher= (help)

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