Big Bang mentioned in English Newspaper "The Guardian" [NEWS]

Posted by on December 16, 2011

From the "Guardian" article "Bored by Cowell pop? Try K-pop"

The biggest surprise at last month's MTV European Music awards didn't come from the outfits chosen Lady Gaga, or that weird naked man roaming around the stage. In fact, the most unexpected moment arrived towards the end of the ceremony, when the winner of best worldwide act award was announced. The winners of the fan-driven award were Korean group Bigbang, who won 58m votes to beat Britney Spears. This was the one act that night most viewers wouldn't have known.

Bigbang's victory shed light on the rise and rise of Korean music across Europe. Korean pop – K-pop for short – has become one of South Korea's most notable exports in recent years. Paul Han, co-founder of the South Korean pop culture blog Allkpop.com, defines the style as "fun music, with a fusion of many genres" – it takes in electro-driven bubblegum pop; sometimes it's sprinkled with semi-nonsense English lyrics; sometimes there's an added R&B sway. Its audience is largely female, from early teens through to late 20s. "K-pop, I think, is personality," says the Korean-Canadian singer G.Na. "It's very melodious, very easy to sing along to."

Read the Full article here: "Bored of Cowbell pop? Try K-Pop"

Source: @ukbigbang and guardian.co.uk

Filed under: News

  • bb_android

    BIGBANG FIGHTING :) congratulations oppa ^_^ you deserved it :) 

    jhadephilippines ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/mayris.90 Mayra Simbaña

    amazing yeah BIG BANG figthing!!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/AviWill Avi Will

    that's right, BIGBANG is the BEST, they're making k-pop famous!!!! ^^
    I'm so proud, VIPs are the best! Winning EMA was magical, I love you guys!

  • Cyllene

    Love it!  Although its going to be weird when suddenly everyone KNOWS what kpop is and doesn't think its some fruit flavored drink ;/

  • BigbangVIP

    Love they mention EMA and Bigbang, but K-pop bubblegum pop and semi-nonsense English, Bigbang MORE than that y know..

  • goody.maiden

    so much love for BIGBANG. keep on producing incredible music and anticipated performances. we'll always be your VIPs.

  • VIPs TH

    Keep going my boys.

  • &y

    Quote of the year : Bored by Cowell pop ? Try K Pop...

  • http://twitter.com/vavavoomchie Chie Sillona

    VIPs We Proud

    #BIGBANGisVIP♥

  • Coke_sundae074

    58million votes..n im part of it.. the best moment for Bigbang n VIP <3

  • Xtea-tea

    TEHEHE saw in the shops! I cried xD

  • babypanda

    BIGBANG IS THE BEST. THERE'S NO ARTIST BETTER IN BIGBANG IN KOREA. 

  • http://twitter.com/Kadinoona Kadija

    agree with you after all they start by talking about those who won an MTVEMA with 58m votes! Beacause of BIGBANG winning they are talking about Kpop! anyway i'm happy to read this !

  • Mae

    i just didn't liked the pic they used...it should be Big Bang! anyways i'm still happy :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Claudia-Chávez/100001291907631 Claudia Chávez

    BIG BANG TOP OF THE WORLD , MY BOYS THEY ARE AMAZING

  • Maroug25

    WoW!!
    So damn happy!!
    BB everywhere..turn my head right "BB",turn my head left "BB"This is SUPER DUPER amazing!!!!!!!!
    JJANG BB <3<3

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000478891993 Sea Li Loung

    wow!i never know BIG BANG got 58m votes!! now sooooooo happy!! 58million vote is so not easy!! 58000000,right?am i right?wow!!i see sooo many zero!! soooo pround of our boy BIG BANG and also pround of VIPs over this world!!

  • http://twitter.com/adri_adrienne Adriana 아드리아나

    Our boys are being noticed and getting more attention, having fans of all ages and my mom is fan too kkk.
    don't know much about kpop, I barely recognize some groups KKK but def Our boys are bringing attention to Kpop and Korea :)

  • http://twitter.com/CarlaTaeyang Carla VIP

    BigBang is the BEST!
    Always VIP ^-^

  • http://profiles.google.com/simone.halo Simone La

    the picture should be of Big Bang but hey can't complain
    Big Bang to the world!

  • missluckybreaks

    Yay, go BIGBANG! You deserve all of the recognition! And yay to us fans!

  • fuuko4869

    I'm still waiting on proof of that.

  • VILikeLizBBU

    This piece was actually written by a Big Bang fan too :) 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001753217248 Chiaki Karuna

    They are wonderful distinguished services.
    BIGBANG develops increasingly. !!!!

  • http://twitter.com/Yaaniiita anita VIP

    YESS!!
    Still waiting for the Swedish to recognize them & kpop though kkk. :(

  • http://twitter.com/MaggieBuena Maggie Buena

    now we have the proof of how many votes our boys got .. 58 MILLION .. good job VIPs

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zachary-Rosario/1259799013 Zachary Rosario

    Very proud of being a BIGBANG fan , but mostly  I'm very THANKFUL for all the FANS that MADE IT POSSIBLE! 

  • hello

    LOL big bang trumps twisted lady gaga and weird naked men anyday!:D

  • PrincelyLuna

    yeah ... you're right. this will shut the trap of those antis who keep on saying that 58m is made up by fans.

  • PrincelyLuna

    hmmm ... i think they put that picture to draw their readers' (who aren't kpop fans) attention to the article. anyways, we know what's the most important and significant there right? hi hi hi ...

  • Deliesita94

    Thanks to BIG BANG the world is getting to fall in love with KPOP!!!! 

  • nat4706

    the total no. of votes was around 150 million and bb's vote occupies one-third of it! see how big the vip fandom is! (though other k-pop fandoms claimed that they'd made contribution too, i don't think they clicked the button as crazily as we the vips did like no tomorrow ^-^). the voting was actually shown on the screen during the programme live that night, it's proved already!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Glad-Coeur/100003270580504 Glad Coeur

    Hate the principal photo.. but well.. BIGBANG GETS 2 PARTS!

  • nat4706

    happy to read the news but dissatisfied with how they think about k-pop music - 'takes in electro-driven bubblegum pop; sometimes it's sprinkled with semi-nonsesnse english lyrics . . . ', maybe it's true with some k-pop music, but bb's is far much better, both their music style and lyrics are outstanding. bb or other k-pop groups need some more time to alter the western world's impression on them.
    anyway, bb's the best k-pop musicians!!!

  • kwon leadah

    wrong picture..they should put the artist who won the awards but not that female artist...huuuuhuuuu..

  • http://twitter.com/OhItsLAI daragonlai :)

    Aaaah... Reading this article makes me reminisce the crazy voting and the sleepless nights we all had to endure. And I can definitely say, "IT WAS WORTH IT." <3

  • daesung_honeyz

    our boys are so amazing. they deserve all the victory.
    big bang are always  the best...
     

  • fuuko4869

    Look, I'm not hating on BB or anything right, I love them just as much as anyone. But because I need to be meticulous in referencing my own documents, I dislike it when professionals (such as koreaboo and the guardian) so easily insert an ambiguous piece of information without first researching it properly. I voted endlessly everyday for the EMAs, so I'd be really happy if that 58mil thing was true, but so far the only source is some random tumblr site. (I was haunting twitter, tumblr, facebook, bbu, and google for hours after the emas, so I actually saw this rumour develop from 2 tumblrs and 1 soompi forum post, and spread like wildfire). I watched the whole EMAs, and although the MCs did mention that the entire thing got 150million votes, noone mentioned anything about what Bigbang specifically got. If indeed the voting (and not the Twitter Tracker) was shown on screen, I'd like a photo/screencap of it. Just because I'm a fan, it doesn't mean I should blindly accept any rumour that's floating around, so long as it makes the boys look good. After all, if the rumour was negative (they won because vips hacked, or something), you'd all try to find out the truth right? No?

  • Luvtabi

    I remember when i watch EMA, i have to wait up until 5am just to watch my boys to show up, eventhough just 3-5 minutes, its worth it.

    PROUD TO BE VIP :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_J47MLBCCMZ5ZYSKGHQJDMXWU2E Bingu

    big bang is super duper kpop starsss..

  • http://tamaraaa.tumblr.com/ Tamara Tran

    Big Bang deserve this :) They deserved the EMA Worldwide Act title to add to their prestigious victory. 

    A little bit annoyed they used SNSD, but eh... 

  • IAMBIGBANG

    IN THE WORLD!!!!!!