Tae Yang

Tae Yang (born Dong Young Bae) has been with G-D in YG Entertainment since he was 12. He started out as a rapper but is now one of the vocalists of Big Bang. He was known for being scared of girls, and is still known as the shy, sweet, thoughtful and sensitive one in the group. Tae Yang was the first to release a solo mini-album out of the five Big Bang members. On Thursday, May 22, 2008 HOT was release consisting of mostly rap and hip-hop. Look at me was first release, followed by Prayer featuring Teddy.

Real Name : Dong Young Bae 동영배
Position in Big Bang : Vocalist & Choreographer
Pendant: “YB” with a crown over it. (“To become the best in the music industry”)
Birthdate : May 18, 1988

Specialty : Rapping, dancing, beat boxing, singing, & foreign languages (Japanese & Chinese).
Hobby : Gardening, listening to music, watching TV, & Basketball
Personality : Does his best in everything, over-achiever.
Doesn’t like to fight, he talks about his problem with the opponent.
He listens to you well and thinks about what he is going to say before he says anything.
Likes : church, summer, clothes, games, and mangas.
Musicians he admires : Usher, Omarion, Justin Timberlake

Fun Facts

- Became ‘interested’ in music after hearing Brian McKnight’s first album when he was little.
- He can make ramyun.
- Once when he was younger, he had a nightmare of a unicorn riding on his mom and flying.
- When asked what love is when he was younger(2002), he answered ‘diarrhea’.
- He talks in his sleep.

- He has never had a girl friend before.
- Known to be extremely shy and nervous around girls, has become better but still unable to speak or look at them.
- First kiss was : “Last September(2006) when we had our 2nd single out, at the music video set. The girl was the actress Lee Suh Ra. A little bit but many times. What? I couldn’t help it!” He texted his the other Big Bang members soon after with “HYUNGS IM DEAD!” (them: what happened?)’I KISSED THE GIRL!!’

- Dislikes when people make face judgements about them.
- Picked Daesung as the member he would date if he was a girl.
- Says if he weren’t a music artist, he’d be a Gag Man.
- His biggest conflict with GD was during trainee years and it was over a basketball game where he even grabbed GD by the collar because he was so mad.
- Chooses love over work.
- One of his favorite songs is ‘Frankie J – Don’t Wanna Try’.
- Answered to if he crushed on a girl in his fan group, that he would give her his hand.
- Always carries his ipod, bible, and English vocab cards in his backpack and sometimes energy drinks.

“Music is a way for me to express myself. I’m usually bad at expressing myself to other people but I can do that through music.”