With U is BIGBANG’s 2nd Japanese mini-album. As their first Japanese mini-album For the World, all the songs are English versions of the original Korean songs, except for “Mad About You” which is sung in mixed English and Japanese, and “My Girl” which is sung in Japanese. Both were their first Japanese recorded songs. Only one new song was recorded for the mini-album “With U”.
BIGBANG 4th Mini-Album is BIGBANG’s fourth Korean mini-album. It was released as their Korean comeback, as it was the first release that they would actively promote in Korea since the release of their first Japanese album Number 1 (October 2008). As apposed to YG Entertainment’s 2010-2011 trend to promote more than one track at once, only the song “Tonight” was used as lead track, however, all the songs were performed on different stages at some point, with even a 1-hour comeback special program on SBS.
Two months after BIGBANG 4th Mini-Album, a special repackaged version of the mini-album was also released, BIGBANG Special Edition. This would be BIGBANG’s first repackaged release, and instead of only including a few new songs, YG decided to release it as a new compilation album with a 100 page photobook. BIGBANG Special Edition only included three songs from the original mini-album, “Tonight”, “Cafe” and “Somebody to Love”. It also included three new songs, “Love Song” and “Stupid Liar” which were used as lead tracks, and Daesung’s solo “BABY DON’T CRY”. Additionally, the album also includes a collection of the solo songs released by GD & TOP, Taeyang and Seungri before their come-back as BIGBANG.
Sandara Park (Korean: 박산다라, Hanja: 朴-, born November 12, 1984 in Busan, South Korea) is a Korean who once starred in movies and television shows in the Philippines. Her unusual three-syllable Korean name, which she has talked about numerous times during interviews, comes from that of a Korean general, Kim Yushin – whose childhood name was “Sandara (산다라)”. Sandara Park made her debut in 2004 with ABS-CBN’s Star Circle Quest.
Park Bom (born March 24, 1984) is member of Korean girl group 21. She is signed to YG Entertainment. She was featured on two Big Bang songs “We Belong Together” and “Forever With You” in 2006.
2NE1 (Korean: 투 애니원; pronounced “to anyone” or “twenty-one”) is a South Korean girl group created by YG Entertainment. First appearing in a Cyon commercial campaign with Big Bang for LG Telecom, their debut single “Fire” was released on May 6, 2009.
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