"I'm ashamed of the members""Did you meet the members of DUN TOP and BIGBANG?" [★FOCUS]

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"I can't contact Big Bang members because I feel sorry for them" (interview of "Squid Game Season 2)

Top from Big Bang, who returned as an actor first, returned as a singer. After returning after a long time, Top is passionately promoting his album and doing good activities to see. In the midst of this, Big Bang members are drawing attention by supporting Top one after another.

Top's first solo studio album "ANOTHER DIMENSION" was released on the 3rd. Meanwhile, Big Bang Taeyang, G-Dragon, and Taesung drew attention by posting promotional posts for Top's album on their personal accounts one after another. Above all, the image posted by G-Dragon said it was 8:19 p.m., and it was said that it was in time for Big Bang's debut on August 19, raising interest in the reunion of Big Bang.

Earlier in January last year, Top spoke frankly about his relationship with Big Bang members during an interview for Netflix's "Squid Game" Season 2. "To be honest, I'm not doing it at the moment," Top said. I don't remember exactly how long it's been, but I feel a little calmer. (I think I can contact you) I'm still so sorry that I can't contact you immediately, he said. "There is a little bit of ambiguity (in the process of leaving). I think it would be careless for me to say anything about the members who are not here or those who are not here," he said.

To be really honest, Top said, "I'm the one who caused so much damage to the team Big Bang and the entire company (YG Entertainment) because of the mistakes I made. So I said I would leave the team for many years with the feeling that I couldn't hurt the agency and the members anymore, he said. "If I do something by myself, I endure the public's criticism on my own, and I get criticized by myself, but if I go back into the team, I feel like I'm being labeled as my fault is attached to the members, so I'm ashamed and I was in a lot of pain." So it's been a long time since I said I'd leave. When I saw fans who wanted to reunite and such posts, I was also very heartbroken. At the time, I wanted to be sure, but as I say in an interview after 11 years, there was no window to say that at the time. I feel guilty when I see the posts of fans who want to reunite, or when I see pictures of members. I'm a person who left the team, so to me it's like looking at a family photo that's broken up. "I can't tell you the pain and pain," he confessed desperately.

At the time, Top said he was not in touch with the members of Big Bang, but as the members promoted Top's album one after another, the members met and attention is focused on what kind of stories went back and forth between them. In particular, this year marks the 20th anniversary of Big Bang's debut, which draws more attention.

The new album is Top's first full-length album in about 20 years since its debut in 2006. Top participated in the production in person, with "Studio54)" and "Desperado" as their double titles.

Other tracks include the opening track "SELF CRUCIFIXION", "THE GIANT", "OVAYA (AS SMALL, FILTHY SHOW WINDOW), "ZERO-COKE", "Another Dimensity Holy Dude!!!!!!!!!" "SEOUL CHAOS" for fans, "FOR FANS" after the play is over," and "BE SOLID" to decorate the ending.

In particular, IRKO, an engineer who has worked with global pop icons such as Kanye West and The Weeknd, was in charge of sound design and mixing all of the songs. In addition, legendary American layout artist and living master painter Ed Ruscha and art director Chae Kyung-sun of the Netflix series "Squid Game" participated as the overall design and music video art director of the album.

Meanwhile, Top was indicted in February 2017 after he was later found to have smoked cannabis while serving in the military, and was sentenced to 10 months in prison and two years of probation. Since then, his position as a police officer has been lifted and he has completed his military service as a social service agent. In 2019, when a netizen left a comment on his personal SNS, "Don't return and just self-reflect," Top said, "I don't intend to (return)." He also said that he had already withdrawn from Big Bang.

However, Top returned to the entertainment industry by appearing in "Squid Game 2," which was released in 2024, and later apologized for various controversies surrounding him through interviews. He then released his solo album and resumed his main job.

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