‘B19BANG’: G-Dragon Celebrates 19th Debut Anniversary

By Jieun, Baek

Aug 19, 2025

‘B19BANG’ G-Dragon Celebrates 19th Debut Anniversary



BIGBANG G-Dragon celebrated his 19th anniversary.

G-Dragon posted a photo on his account on the 19th without any comment.

August 19 is Big Bang's debut anniversary. In commemoration of the 19th anniversary of G-Dragon's debut, G-Dragon released an image with the phrase 'B19 BANG' on top of a crosswalk photo. The fact that Big Bang has chosen the crosswalk as an image to celebrate the 19th anniversary of its debut is a big dealIt appears to be a device to symbolize a difficult path.




‘B19BANG’ G-Dragon Celebrates 19th Debut Anniversary
Big Bang has been a legend in the music industry since its debut in 2006, producing numerous hit songs such as 'Lies'Last Greetings'Haru'Haru'Red Sunset'Fantastic Baby'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter' It is considered one of the most successful bands in K-pop history, challenging various genres such as hip-hop, R&B ballads, and electronic dance music at the same time, capturing both musicality and popularity. In particular, idols broke the prejudice that it was a product made by an agency and created a huge record through their own production, leading to a revolution in the K-pop scene. Thanks to Big Bang, YG Entertainment is now on par with SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.

‘B19BANG’ G-Dragon Celebrates 19th Debut Anniversary
However, Big Bang's history has not been smooth.

Top was sentenced to 10 months in prison and two years of probation for smoking cannabis in 2017. Afterwards, he declared his retirement from the entertainment industry after a war of words with netizens who said, `Don't think about returning to work.' And he left the Big Bang with the last song 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and so on'. After leaving Big Bang, Top was criticized a lot for drawing a line with Big Bang, blocking fans celebrating the 18th anniversary of Big Bang's debut, unfollowing the members' accounts, and deleting all Big Bang-related histories from his profile. Then, T.O.P., who reversed his announcement of retirement from the entertainment industry and returned through the Netflix original 「Squid Game 3」, explained that `I left Big Bang because I felt guilty about the members and blocked the fans because it was painful to see pictures of separated families.' However, he said he has not contacted the members.




Seungri withdrew from the team and retired from the entertainment industry after being named the main culprit of Burning Sun Gate in 2019. He strongly denied all allegations surrounding him, but was eventually sentenced to one and a half years in prison on nine charges, including habitual gambling, prostitution, prostitution arrangement, and punishment of sexual violence crimes, violation of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act, violation of the Food Sanitation Act, embezzlement in business, violation of the law on aggravated punishment of certain economic crimes, and special assault teacher. Seungri is planning an overseas business after being released from prison after his sentence. In the process, he will perform at a Cambodian club and bring G-Dragon here"I was slammed for saying.

After the withdrawal of the members, Big Bang united into a three-member system of G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung. They are showing off their solid friendship by appearing as guests at each other's concerts and contents, and are discussing their activities as a whole to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their debut.





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