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

Back to the days when we were trainees .. [~ Pt.Two~]

I concentrate on whatever I do. I play hard when I am with friends and I work with all my heart when I have to concentrate on my career. I am that kind of person who can even sacrifice my sleep to complete the tasks that I have to and yes, this is the person which is present in front of you.

You should have heard of someone said I am ‘rude and indifferent to others’ feelings’ but I think they form such perceptions of me just because I hate people who are irresponsible and do not exert themselves fully to achieve what they have to. I will speak out my mind straight to your face if I do not agree with what you are doing no matter who you are. That is the reason why I always leave a deep impression on others.

I have been answering ‘being a singer’ as my dream career ever since I was young. It may seem to be so distant for a kid who started training at the age of 10 but I can never think of other careers that I am interested in. Music is my air, I breathe it and it strikes my heart chord too. I love being on that gorgeous stage which allows me to display what I have gotten. That’s why I cannot imagine what else I could be if I were not a singer.

Originally there were 6 people competing to be debuted under the name of ‘Big Bang’. During that training days, we did not know how many of us would be selected as the final members actually so I could only gave out all I had to show that I am the qualified one.

In the eyes of our president, it does not matter whether we had been trained for 6 years (I had been trained for 6 years by that time) or 60 years, if we did not possess the ability which enables us to excel in this industry, he would rather choosing no one to debut. Therefore, I and Taeyang were leading a very stressful life in that period of time. In short, Having been trained for a longer time did not bring me any advantages to outwit the others.

At that time, we had to practice a variety of things each day, dancing, singing, learning 2 foreign languages, etc… When teenagers of our age were enjoying their youth at school, hanging around with friends, busy memorizing the English vocabulary for their exams, what we were doing? We were stuck in the poorly ventilated basement practicing , practicing and practicing.

When people of our age were annoyed by their mum always telling them , ‘hey, don’t forget to have breakfast.’ we could only be afraid of our mums seeing us being so exhausted after all of these practices when they visited us once a week. We could only dry up our tears after they had returned. For us, we did not even have the choice of turning back once we had chosen this path.