Yang Hyun Suk, the CEO of one of South Korea‘s most prestigious and successful entertainment agencies YG, stated that he feels immense pressure for WINNER‘s debut since BIGBANG‘s 8 years ago.
Yang spoke out to Star News stating, “As YG’s BIGBANG and 2NE1 rose to global stardom, many foreign music-related people and fans’ interest for YG is growing. They are focusing on WINNER, the first boy group since BIGBANG, so this puts more pressure on the debut than when it was BIGBANG.”
He continued to explain, “Even before their debut WINNER attracted 8,000 fans in Osaka Japan last November. Japanese fans’ interest are extended from BIGBANG to WINNER even before the debut, so this adds to the pressure on WINNER’s official debut.”
“The theme song of the film “Frozen”, titled “Let It Go” is sweeping music charts recently, and this means Korean artists and agencies must work harder to produce better music. I am included in this, and this again adds to the pressure of WINNER’s album.”
It is very evident that Yang realizes just how popular his artists are around the world and the demand for quality music is at an all time high.
It is one of Yang’s top concerns to not only make sure WINNER debuts very successfully, but that Korean artists are placed on the music map permanently.
Yang also mentioned, “WINNER is working day and night on the album, and I am doing my best to support them. They also understand how important their debut album is.”
WINNER is scheduled to debut at the end of February!
Are you excited for it?
Source: yg-life
Article by: Nikki
Edited by: Angelspatience
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