What do you think is Big Bang’s impact on Kpop?

Outside of growing kpop and making YGE a big 3 company, not much really.

BB was able to break the barrier of being seen as more artists like, then just idols. And that hasent really happened much since.

I can see Niga Higa's MV were hugely influenced by Big Bang

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Paving the way for criminals. Trash group full of criminals and drug addicts! Overrated music that aged terribly!

obligatory /s for those that don't know superyeah's music tastes lol

As a non-fan, I just know Kangta from H.O.T said BB were the first of their kind in Korea because their popularity kept getting stronger instead of losing steam.

Not sure about exo or seventeen but the hip hop based groups like BTS, BAP etc are all influenced by big bang.

They catapulted Teddy and YG to fame

They were the idols of idols in terms of music

Even the biggest kpop group ever BTS idolized them

Everyone respected them

During award shows, idols from different companies doesn't matter if you're from SM or JYP, almost everyone

stands up to party when they perform which we don't see now

BTS has never said they idolized BIG BONG or was flueneced by them.

Big Bang was def. the advent of an edgier kind c00l in K-Pop. They made the idea of a rapper being the leader of an id0l-Pop group acceptable. I consider some of their songs early Hip-Pop and their symbiotes 2NE1 and Blackpink def. made Hip-Pop a core part of their sound.

I think Big Bang made multiple rappers and a strong rapping duo/sub-unit in a K-idol group a thing..although most id0l groups with just 1 rapper often struggles with competency. M.I.B, BAP, Block B, BTS, ATEEZ, T1419, and Treasure are some guy groups with rapper-leaders and 2 or more rappers.

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BTS has never said they idolized BIG BONG or was flueneced by them.

Big Bang impact shaped the bg scenario

and they have GD

and they have this song

will surely do well on Melon

According to documentaries Bang PD was inspired by 1TYM, not Bigbang nor BAP, to form BTS

Big Bang made YGE what it is. All the YGE groups after them (till their scandal happened) had some hype on their debut because they came from the same agency as Big Bang. They revived rap focused groups and self producing groups. After Seo Taiji, Korea wasn't that high on these types of groups. There used to be some groups like 1TYM but they weren't as popular as their contemporaries like H.O.T. So rap focused groups went kind off lowkey in k-pop till Big Bang. They are epitome of popularity in Korea. I would say at their peak they were as popular as IU & g.o.d.

They didn't expand k-pop beyond it's spheres like TVXQ! or SuJu or BTS did but they did impact k-pop as a whole subtly.

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Paving the way for criminals. Trash group full of criminals and drug addicts! Overrated music that aged terribly! Washed-up ahjussis!

you forget "flop"

non stans keep your mouth off BTS if u dont know ish.

Superb discography is what i can think of. You know those albums where b-sides are really well made.

(super late here. re-listened through a number of their kr and jp songs during a long trip.)

Thank you for releasing songs like haru haru, lies, loser, love dust, cafe, monster, tell me goodbye, beautiful hangover, my heaven, gara gara go etc.

They brought back rap focused/hip hop groups to kpop

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According to documentaries Bang PD was inspired by 1TYM, not Bigbang nor BAP, to form BTS

Apparently, BangPD tricked Suga by using his wish to join 1TYM against him, selling Suga on the notion that BTS would be a newer version of Teddy's group. Mostly rap, no hard choreo lol.

Bigbang are the biggest Korean digimons in Kpop history. They have spent like 40-50 weeks at #1 on Melon with 14-18 songs. Meanwhile, 99 percent of Kpop groups havent even managed to spend 40 HOURS at #1 on Melon in their entire lifetime, let alone 40 weeks.

They got heaps of bops.

in a way they made yg one of the big 3 and maybe popularized hiphop based idols idk

Didn’t Big Bang make fandom light stick a thing in kpop?

They also popularize mini albums

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They also popularize mini albums

It's been around since the 50's actually.

I think they started the impact in the west too. Fantastic Baby was the most viewed kpop group song until 2018. Even nonkpop fans know that song.

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BTS has never said they idolized BIG BONG or was flueneced by them.

Lies

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According to documentaries Bang PD was inspired by 1TYM, not Bigbang nor BAP, to form BTS

Not Bang PD but many BTS members were inspired by Bigbang and they've said it plenty of times before.

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non stans keep your mouth off BTS if u dont know ish.

It seems more like some armys don't want to admit that bts members were inspired by bigbang just bcoz they don't like the group.

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Lies

Not Bang PD but many BTS members were inspired by Bigbang and they've said it plenty of times before.

It seems more like some armys don't want to admit that bts members were inspired by bigbang just bcoz they don't like the group.

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IKR. I mean it's common knowledge that they idolised BB lol. Why deny that?

I think BIGBANG was the first group who turned idols vs artists wave in kpop since their involvement in making their own songs.

Apart from that, they made YG a big 3 company with general public on their side. And GD was and is still a phenomenon in kpop history.

Lastly, someone already said that they were idols of the idols, they influenced so many idols in kpop industry.

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I just want a BTS-BIGBANG collab stage!

These are some of the best covers I've ever seen and heard.

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I certainly would love that even though it'll generate some toxic reactions for sure

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I think they started the impact in the west too. Fantastic Baby was the most viewed kpop group song until 2018. Even nonkpop fans know that song.

To be very honest, Bigbang was the reason that I, as a muggle, would not give kpop a chance for years. idk which video it was but it was one of their videos where I saw a bit and was like, "ugh a bunch of culturally appropriating culture vultures" and I decided all kpop must be just that and I refused to give it another chance until BTS.

Now, clearly my views have shifted and become more nuanced (and less reactionary) but I often wonder how many other people had a similar reaction to mine, especially Black American listeners. So for me at least, they did have an impact on kpop but it was not necessarily positive and my initial impression of the group still colors how I think about them now. I just have a knee jerk rejection. This isn't a very fair reaction but it's one I can't seem to shake.

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Not Bang PD but many BTS members were inspired by Bigbang and they've said it plenty of times before.

It seems more like some armys don't want to admit that bts members were inspired by bigbang just bcoz they don't like the group.

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Seems like kpop stans have to continue to hang on to that BTS link to maintain relevancy

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Seems like kpop stans have to continue to hang on to that BTS link to maintain relevancy

Lol it was some Armys here who were offended for no reason bcoz someone said BTS were inspired by BB, talk about hypocrisy

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Not Bang PD but many BTS members were inspired by Bigbang and they've said it plenty of times before.

It seems more like some armys don't want to admit that bts members were inspired by bigbang just bcoz they don't like the group.

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I don't understand this, liking BB is nothing to be embarrassed about. So many kpop group members idolized them. It is even funny when they deny this coz there are videos from BTS' past where they fawned over BB

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I don't understand this, liking BB is nothing to be embarrassed about. So many kpop group members idolized them. It is even funny when they deny this coz there are videos from BTS' past where they fawned over BB

I know, some are acting like it is an insult to BTS to say that they were inspired by BB

BTS might've been "inspired/idolized" by BB in the past (2013 - 14), but now they're the opposite of bigbang. BTS music and image is nothing like Bigbang. And it's their recent music that made them successful, not the hiphop stuff.

So if I see any VIPs trying to credit BB for BTS success...