Taeyang's comeback has been a long time coming. His "Solar" album is a great R&B/K-Pop album ("Wedding Dress, "I Need a Girl" anyone?) and I assumed that we would be getting a updated spin on that sound, until I saw the teaser photos. Then again, sometimes teasers are very misleading. Then I saw the title...Again, titles are misleading. Then I heard the song..."Ringa Linga" sounds like it was meant for G-Dragon (he did produce it after all) but he didn't have room for it on his "Coup D'etat" album, so he gave it to Young-Bae. GD already had his time to shine with his solo efforts and was featured on Seungri's album back in the summer, so maybe he should have a seat until BIGBANG comes back as a group. The song is a banger that grows on you though, the best part of the song being the bit where before the chorus starts and the blantant "We Can't Stop" rip-off towards the end. I was impressed with the dance video, though EXOtics weren't feeling it because they assume that everything EXO does is original and accused YG of copying their one take "Growl" M/V. Then you have the actual video, which takes me back to the 90s when Busta Rhymes made those crazy ass videos. This is pretty much the best video from the YG camp all year. But can we please petition YG from messing with his and Dara's hair whenever they have comebacks? Let's keep it subtle like in the "I Need a Girl" video plz.
Dance Video
Music Video
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