Taeyang Releases Second EP ‘[Down to Earth]’ & Sizzling Dance Video With BLACKPINK’s Lisa

Taeyang‘s extremely anticipated second EP has lastly arrived. The BIGBANG singer launched his latest venture, [Down to Earth], on Tuesday (April 25), and it options two celebrity collaborations with Lisa from BLACKPINK and Jimin of BTS.

“This album comes from varied feelings and inspirations that I felt beneath my pores and skin as I gazed on the sundown,” the Ok-pop star shared in a press launch. “The sundown, which decorates a day’s finish, welcomes the darkish night time and never a brand new morning. Identical to the sundown, my world is coloured with stunning reminiscences of the previous, however what got here again to me was the ceaseless night time that adopted. Thus, I started to appreciate that the picture of myself over the previous six years was not a lot completely different than the sundown.”

He continued, “In a means, I used to be deeply touched and felt reduction by the silent sundown and the way it greets the night time, fulfilling its function in probably the most stunning means potential. The repetitive and burdensome occasions that I couldn’t overcome alone guided me ‘again to the drafting board’. Thus, this album allowed me to seize my coronary heart that was prepared to leap again up right into a recent new begin.”

Jimin featured on the album’s first single, “VIBE,” which hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s World Digital Tune Gross sales in January. New to followers is Taeyang’s collaboration with Lisa, the hip-hop and R&B heavy monitor “Shoong!” The track debuted alongside a scorching efficiency video, during which the duo hit intricate choreography strikes, and are supported by backup dancers.

“You retain my engine on purr, you may by no means get swerved/ How you progress ’around the curves make me, ooh/ You bought that factor that I need, know your love hit the spot/ And also you by no means ought to cease, child, shoong,” Lisa raps on her sultry verse for the monitor.

The album additionally consists of tracks “Seed,” “Purpose,” “Inspiration (that includes Beenzino)” and
“Dusk (feat. Bryan Chase).”

Watch the music video for “Shoong!” above, and stream [Down to Earth] beneath.