Big Bang's overwhelming Coachella stage made global fans cry...Refusing to interview for NYT is also a hot topic [K-EYES]

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"Confidently refusing NYT interview"...BIGBANG and Coachella made 17 songs and "trot"

K-pop legend BIGBANG, which celebrates its 20th anniversary, performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Outdoor Theater Stage on the 12th (local time). An hour before the performance, the Coachella YouTube channel (5.85 million subscribers) was waiting for comments such as "King of K-pop" and "#BANGCHELLA."

"I've been waiting for a long time"…17 songs, 60 minutes, overwhelming performance

Big Bang, which stands as a three-person system of G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung, poured out a total of 17 songs in a variety of arrangements for 60 minutes. It opened with "Bang Bang Bang Bang," followed by a parade of hit songs including "Fantastic Baby," "Mental Sober," "Loser," "Day by Day," "Lies," "Bad Boy" and "We Like 2 Party." Fan account @pinksbabymon exclaimed, "Seeing Fantastic Baby in Coachella — 20 years of experience and I've never lost my live spark," while @seungt0phyun posted the video, saying, "I call you day by day, oh my god."

The solo performance was also overwhelming. The sun heated up the scene with "Ringa Ringa Ringa," and G-Dragon exploded energy with "Power Power." Since then, the two have performed together as "Good Boy." Taeyang said, "Tonight's Coachella stage means a lot to us," and G-Dragon predicted, "The 20th anniversary of Big Bang has just begun."

Is there a trot song in Coachella?Daesung, "How do you know this song?"

The most unique scene of this day's performance was Daesung's surprise trot stage. Daesung turned the middle of the American desert into a trot stage by singing "Over the Limit" and "Look at Me Defect." After the performance, when I asked the audience, "How do you know this song?" the scene was once again covered with shouts. Fan account @jiyongvamp was surprised, saying, "Exceeding the limit in Coachella??? What is the concept of Korean trot in Coachella?"

"Still Life" finale...When the T.O.P. verse resonates, tears pour out

The finale of the performance was the 2022 song "Still Life". The whole performance skipped the T.O.P. part, but only in this last song.I played P's verse as it was. Fan account @jekkibby2 wrote, "I skipped the T.O.P. part in the whole show and only played his verse in Still Life — In the end, our OT4 bangcella is complete," he said, shedding tears. @jiyongvamp also said, "Big Bang sang Still Life on a live stage for the first time, saving the T.O.P. part. Don't talk to anyone. I'm crying right now."

NYT/Rollingstone also rejected..."You don't need to verify the West". Fans cheer

There was another topic ahead of the performance. When leading U.S. media reporters such as NYT and Rolling Stone posted on X that "Big Bang is the only K-pop team to refuse an interview, and G-Dragon directly rejected the NYT interview offer," fans were enthusiastic, interpreting it as "pride that Western media does not need verification." The pop account @TheePopCore said, "Big Bang is currently the most mentioned artist in Coachella and is the number one real-time trend in the world." Big Bang is also scheduled to perform in the second week of Coachella on the 19th.

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