DAESUNG tops Japan’s iTunes with single “RAINY RAINY”
[OSEN=김사라 기자] BIGBANG’s DAESUNG attracted much attention by topping Japan’s iTunes with his single “RAINY RAINY.”
His mini album “RAINY RAINY” released on June 11 in celebration of his solo arena “D-LITE DLive Tour 2014 in Japan” swept across ranking #1 to 4 on Japanese major real-time charts including iTunes and mu-no.
The latest mini album holds two new songs including “RAINY RAINY,” in which DAESUNG was involved in writing the lyrics, and an upbeat “HOT&COLD.” The other two are “TRY SMILING” and “LOOK AT ME, GWISUN”, which received positive reviews at his last year’s solo tour. All four songs are recorded in Japanese.
Early last year DAESUNG unveiled his solo album “D’scover,” and broke the record on Oricon Weekly Chart in Japan for becoming the runner-up with the first album as a solo artist from a Korean idol group.
He positioned himself as a talented solo vocalist in Japan when he successfully completed the “D-LITE D’scover Tour 2013 in Japan” that was held 26 times across 20 cities, accompanied by 100,000 fans.
On June 11, starting with 2 concerts at Yokohama Arena, DAESUNG will move on to Kobe World Memorial Hall, Marine Messe Fukuoka, Zebio Area Sendai, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkaikitaeru, Nihon Gaishi Hall, Nihon Budoukan and Osaka Castle for the “D-LITE DLive Tour 2014 in Japan” that will be held 15 times across 8 cities joined by 170,000 fans.
On July 16, DAESUNG will be releasing a new solo album in Japan.
