Taeyang of Big Bang First Solo Album Pre-order Reached 45,000 Copies

'Big Bang' Taeyang, First Solo Album Pre-order 45,000 'Big Talk'
(Money Today Star News Kim Ji Yeon reporter)

Male group, Big Bang's member Taeyang's first solo album 'HOT' is attracting hot attention like it's title, making a record of 45,000 pre-ordered albums.

Taeyang's entertainment company, YG Entertainment, revealed on the 21st that "Taeyang's first solo album 'HOT', planned to be released on the 22nd, has a pre-order of 45,000 albums" and "it is far more than expected so it is very surprising".

Furthermore, the entertainment company happily expressed that "the attention is so great that a lot of people even want us to have previews to listen to Taeyang's solo album in advance."

This album was planned not to expect popularity, but to show Taeyang's unique music and performance to the fans who have waited for so long.

The album is filled with sophisticated African-American style music that fits Taeyang's nickname 'Black Vocal.'

YG's staff member Kang Sun Young said "the amount of Taeyang's pre-ordered albums is almost the same as the amount Big Bang's album sold when it was released" and "these people do not merely like Taeyang out of the Big Bang members, instead, they look upon Taeyang as a music fan, proving that they were expecting and supporting his music latently".

Taeyang's first title song 나만 바라봐 (Look Only At Me)' was co-produced just for Taeyang by Kush, who produced 1TYM's Teddy and Gummy's hit 미안해요 (I'm Sorry).' It's lyrics represent a man's selfish heart shown in a sincere way.

The album is going to be released this upcoming Thursday on various websites and offline stores.