Big Bang - Shout Out To The World! (English Translation) [2009]

"T.O.P ah, compose more music" [~ Pt.Seven~]

Up till now, the solo song, ‘Big Boy’, ‘As if Nothing’s Wrong’, and BIGBANG’s 착한사람 (A Good Man) are all songs that I helped produce. Even though I’ve written a lot of raps but composing songs are still a recent thing for me.

If I was frustrated with what type of music I should create before, recently the frustration has stretched into finding suitable music for people in their 10-20s and those in their 30s-40s. I want to create and merge different types of music that all these age groups can enjoy. I’ve also started listening to different genres of music like classical music because of that reason. From a recommendation by a friend, I’ve started to learn about fusion style jazz by a French musician, Tete. I’ve learned to use music “to show off my different feelings”.

After co-producing ‘A Good Man’ with Kush hyung, Mr. YG gifted me with a present after listening to our song. He gave me an instrument called MIKO. It is the special edition version with Timbaland’s autograph on it and the music he’s produced has been incorporated into the instrument. It is the first time this kind of music instrument has been imported into Korea. It can be connected to a

computer and has millions of different electronic sounds installed in it. It also has a camera and a keyboard. With this, anyone can make music.

When Mr. YG gave me the present, he came up with a challenging task for me. “TOP ah, it would be good if you could compose more music. Put your imagination into this instrument and produce different kinds of music.” After I received the instrument, my passion for anything got even greater.

I was still frustrated that time for certain things but after receiving that instrument, I tried to figure it out for 3 days without sleep. I didn’t go out anywhere for the next 20 days either. I experimented with the instrument every day and it seemed that I had found my new hobby.

Although all the members were like that, but I wanted to get out of the TOP image that everyone had and because of that thought, I wrote the following words into my diary:

“Become a transformer!”

”I” haven’t been set in stone. Only I can create me.”

I wanted to level up and become a transformer.