sandara park is finally making her OWN music after 22 years and i need everyone to sit down
the 2ne1 legend has done literally everything in this industry except release her own songs — and she's fixing that with a solo project called 'reprism.' 22 years of waiting and mother said now.
okay everyone take a breath because sandara park — DARA, 2ne1 royalty, a woman who has been famous since flip phones — is finally releasing her own music. after twenty-two years. i'm normal about it. (i am not.)
the project is called 'REPRISM' and it's not a one-off — she's been building it for over two years. a two-track single album lands this fall, with a full-length album coming after. she's doing this properly, like someone who has waited two decades and is not about to rush the good part.
the two songs tell you everything: one's called 'Festival,' a rock reimagining of a track you already know, and the other, 'Nail,' is her very first original composition, written with her own songwriting team. not her covering someone. not her featuring. HER songs. finally.
she called it "the biggest turning point in my life," and honestly? believe her. she said in 22 years she wore every hat except the one where she makes her own music — and that hat is on now.
so yes, a 2ne1 member is entering her singer-songwriter era in the year 2026 and i think that's beautiful. we are so back and dara is so home.
Reported by Korea Times. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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bigbang played their 20th-anniversary homecoming and 40,000 people lost it in unison
g-dragon, taeyang and daesung closed three nights in goyang with two decades of hits and one very emotional flex
twenty. years. bigbang brought their 'XX: COSMOS' tour home to goyang stadium and turned it into the kind of night that makes you text your ult group chat at 2am.
the facts: g-dragon, taeyang and daesung ran a 30-plus-song set across three nights, closing sunday, august 23 in front of roughly 40,000 people — think 'Fantastic Baby,' 'BANG BANG BANG,' and their new anniversary single 'BiiiG,' their first fresh music together in over four years.
"we started in 2006 and we've made it to 2026," g-dragon told the crowd, and yeah, that landed straight in the chest. a whole generation grew up on this discography.
and they're not done — the anniversary run rolls on with dozens of stadium shows across the globe. the kings said thank you by simply refusing to fall off.
Reported by The Korea Times. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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Source Music and police both shut it down back in 2023 (her break was a severe flu), and the anonymous user behind it confessed it was invented. Setting the record straight.
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