{"id":784202,"date":"2026-09-27T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784202\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:22:08","slug":"before-bts-and-blackpink-there-was-big-bang-now-the-kings-of-k-pop-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784202\/","title":{"rendered":"Before BTS and Blackpink, there was Big Bang: Now the &#8216;Kings of K-pop&#8217; are back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For fans, it is a long-awaited reunion. But the significance of Big Bang&#8217;s return extends beyond nostalgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Years before BTS were selling out Wembley Stadium and Blackpink were headlining Hyde Park, Big Bang were already proving Korean pop could succeed far beyond Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The group filled arenas across the West, collaborated with major American artists, experimented with hip-hop and electronic music, and turned their own fashion and creative identities into part of their appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Having attended their European debut at Wembley Arena in 2012, the shift in atmosphere on Saturday was striking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Where their original UK shows were driven by a hunger to prove themselves and promote a new album, this return as a trio , comprising G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung, felt entirely crafted for their dedicated community. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By reworking classic tracks and cleverly remixing songs to accommodate absent members, the group relied on pyrotechnics, their signature live band and sheer stage presence rather than elaborate staging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The result was a reunion that felt celebratory, grounded and playful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For fans, it is a long-awaited reunion. But the significance of Big Bang&#8217;s return extends beyond nostalgia. Years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-784202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}