Bae Bae

"Bae Bae"
Single by Big Bang
from the album M / MADE
Released May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:39
Label YG Entertainment
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Teddy, G-Dragon, T.O.P
Big Bang singles chronology
"Loser"
(2015)		 "Bae Bae"
(2015)		 "Bang Bang Bang"
(2015)

"Bae Bae" is a single recorded by South Korean group Big Bang. It was released digitally on May 1, 2015 by YG Entertainment, as the second single from MADE Series and M, it's remark the first music release alongside "Loser" for the band since 2012.

Background

YG Entertainment announced the title tracks of Big Bang's "MADE Series: M" in the third teaser, including two singles, "Loser" and "Bae Bae".[1] Two of the four teasers for D-1 to D-4 consist of the song info, including who was responsible for the tracks' composition.

Commercial performance

with only two days "Bae Bae" peaked at number two in download chart, with 217,594 sales, three on Digital Chart. On the streaming chart it's charted at no.15.[2][3][4] On the second week, singles raised to number two on the digital and streaming chart, while stayed on second on download chart and selling 178,764 copies.[5][6][7] "Bae Bae" sold in two months 828,966 copies. On August 13 the song sold 1 million copies in South Korea.

The group debuted on Billboard's 'World Digital Songs' chart at number two, behind "Loser" on May 7.[8] The Music Video were also ranked 4th most viewed Kpop MV videos in the U.S. (April) according to Billboard, with only two days viewers.

In YouTube, "Loser" became the fifth most viewed K-Pop video in 24 hours, with over 3 million views. After two months it became the third most viewed kpop video of 2015.[9][10]

The song ranked eight as the best 20 Korean singles in 2015 in Taiwan.[11]

Music video

The music video was directed by Seo Hyun-Seung, who previously directed "Fantastic Baby". The MV includes various erotic, yet not explicit references. Billboard said the most sexual K-pop videos from a male group ever.[12] Fuse praised the fashion and the visual of the video, and noticed their talent by how they blend bad-boy hip hop with emotional boy-band melodies, and calling the video "craziest visual".[13] Vulture choice the single in the "10 Best New Songs of the Week" and talking about it "Big Bang is the best at blending aesthetics, and the music video is a prime example of how they jump from romance-novel realness to the Mad Hatter like a psychedelic bumblebee in.".[14]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Weekly Single Chart)[15] 2
South Korea (Gaon Monthly Single Chart)[16] 2
South Korea (Gaon Half Year Digital Chart)[17] 6
South Korea (Gaon Yearly Single Chart)[18] 4
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[19][20] 2

Sales

Chart Sales
South Korean Gaon Download Chart[21] 1,421,715
Billboard World Digital Songs[20] 8,000

Release history

Region Date Format Label
South Korea May 1, 2015 digital download YG Entertainment, KT Music
Worldwide
Japan[22] May 27, 2015 YG Entertainment, YGEX

References

  1. ↑ "BIGBANG – MADE SERIES [M]". YGLife. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart - Week 19". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart - Week 19". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gaon Streaming Chart - Week 19". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart - Week 20". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart - Week 20". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gaon Streaming Chart - Week 20". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Big Bang's 'Loser' & 'Bae Bae' debut at No. 1 & 2 on Billboard's 'World Digital Songs' chart". Allkpop. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Big Bang, EXO Top YouTube's K-Pop Rankings For 1st Half of 2015". Kpop Starz. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Watch K-Pop Big Bang Band 2015 Music Hits 'Loser' and 'Bae Bae' on YouTube". classicalite.com. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ "2015韓語年度單曲/專輯榜TOP 20 (in Chinese)". KKbox Taiwan. February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  12. ↑ "BIGBANG Are at Their Emotional and Sexual Peaks in New 'Loser' and 'Bae Bae' Videos". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "8 Reasons You Need to Pay Attention to BIGBANG Right Now". fuse. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ "10 Best New Songs of the Week". [vulture.com Vulture]. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Digital Chart Week 19". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Monthly Digital Chart - May". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Monthly BGM Chart - May". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Yearly Digital Chart - 2015". Gaon Chart. Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Billboard's World Digital Singles Chart: Singles". Billboard. Billboard. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  20. 1 2 "BIGBANG Own Top Two Slots on World Digital Songs...Again!". Billboard. Billboard. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Online Download – 2015". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  22. ↑ "全世界を席巻中!! BIGBANG3年ぶりのカムバックシングル5/27(水)日本配信リリース決定!!". http://ygex.jp/bigbang/. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-05-08. External link in |publisher= (help)

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