Taeyang Released His First Single in Six Years With Jimin From BTS

After a six year hiatus, Taeyang is back with a bang! His new single ‘Vibe’ has been released and fans can’t keep calm because of his collaboration with Jimin from the boy band BTS. He previously worked with ‘Big Bang’, who released their single ‘Still Life’ last year. Taeyang has established himself as a soloist with his 2018 song ‘Only Look At Me.’

Ever since then, he has released hits like ‘Wedding Dress’, ‘White Night’ and ‘Ringa Linga’ among others. ‘Vibe’ has elements of retro, R&B and New Jack Swing. Taeyang, in an interview stated, “I wanted to go back to my core values of when I first started my career, both in music and life, and be more down to earth because the past six years made me think more about relationships with people and life, not only about the music. I really had this heart of rebuilding and going back to basics and starting fresh. I see this timing as the second chapter of my life, a big turning point where I can start fresh. I’m a little nervous but also very excited at the same time for the release. Overall, I’m just happy to be able to finally meet fans after such a long wait.”

Regarding his collaboration with Jimin, he said, “I didn’t think that was possible because we didn’t know each other back then. So I was actually surprised, because it occurred to me like, ‘Wow, I never even thought of that. But starting from last year, there were some events and private gatherings where I got to meet the BTS members and got to know Jimin naturally. From there, we just started to talk about music and we both agreed that we wanted to collaborate and it became very seamless after that.”

After teaming up with Jimin, Taeyang also stated, “There will be an album in the future.” He teased the album and said, “and I am looking forward to collaborating with other artists in my next project.”

– Riya Sohini