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“The group that mopped floors and cleaned toilets at YG, the group that slept with rats, the group that didn’t have anything to eat, the group that made YG Ent. a big 3 company, the group that pulls in $44M a year, the group that YG admitted to wanting to pull the plug out of in 2011 but was saved by the MTV award, the group who put themselves on TV and worked their asses off in 2011 despite their scandals, the group whose leader lived through death threats and the most vile comments yet locked himself in a recording studio to work on a new album, the group with members who have suffered through anxiety and depression, the group who have had to beg YG to do anything for them, the group who go on massive world tours and never complain once, the group who has dealt with the lowest of lows and the darkest times that you can’t ever imagine, the group who were shunned before Lies for being ugly and short, the group who were shunned for doing a new music style, the group who still gets name called and bullied? Ah yes BIGBANG the group that gets all their success handed to them a group that didn’t lift a finger. G-Dragon opened up and said, “When we first debuted, we released a lot of singles. If we re-released it now, people will think they’re new songs because there’s a lot of people who didn’t know them…These days, when rookies debut and top the charts, people call it a ‘successful debut,’ but when we were rookies, it wasn’t that kind of system. We started from the bottom. We tried many things. We came out with 1 single per month and performed them, to the point camera directors were feeling sorry for us. They told us, ‘You guys must be struggling,’ I remember.” G-Dragon smiled and continued, “Back then, we were poor-looking.” Taeyang added, “We were 'hungry’ [for success]. We didn’t care about anything else.” G-Dragon added, “We would get up in the morning, and if there was no schedule, go to lessons, clean the apartment, and sleep. We did almost all variety shows. We went to all performance stages. We would make choreography, write music, record them, and do concerts. It really wasn’t easy.“ In 2013, Seungri said in an interview, "During Bigbang survival documentary, I was afraid of what people would say if I don’t make it to Bigbang after bragging about going into YG. It was like Superstar K, Kpop Star of that time. Being alone at that young age (15), with no friends or family in Seoul. I would sleep in the train stations or at spas. I was thankful when I got cut first because it was so hard. I got into YG, but then I got cut from Bigbang. I didn’t have any friends to talk about my troubles and worries with so I talked to myself saying, “Seungri, you’re the best”. I had no one to learn from, so I worked with some female trainees, 2NE1’s Park Bom helped me with some English as well. When I came to Seoul, I brought 100000 won with me, but there was an old man in the station who said he lost his wallet and asked me for 40000 and I gave him. The taxi driver cheated me when I wanted to go to Hongdae because I had an accent. It cost me 50000 won.” I don’t know what BIGBANG you’re talking about but it isn’t the one I’ve loved for 10 long years, the ones who’ve worked endless days and nights for every fxxking penny that they’ve made every fan every award. BIGBANG’s hardwork has made them who they are and don’t you dare take that away from them. YG helping them? BIGBANG fxxking made YG it’s the other way around. All groups work their asses off. Don’t think that you’re the only one. Success isn’t being sold at Walmart it is earned.”
