Taeyang Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Just like the rest of Big Bang, Taeyang stands out for "how serious he is about his craft and artistry," in opposition to the rest of the "manufactured confines of K-pop." Through his older brother, Taeyang met pop music at the age of six, with the music of American singer Michael Jackson, since then he has developed his musical interest mainly influenced by genres soul and R&B. However, he became mainly an R&B singer and dancer, but is also known for fusing hip-hop, soul, and EDM with R&B in his solo albums. Dazed claimed that his sound absorbs "style influences from punk to rap and twinning current underground R&B to his native, hyper-sonic pop music", while Allmusic described his material as "smart, hip-hop-flavored pop." Additionally, Billboard called him one of South Korea's "rare R&B stars." For his second album Rise (2014), Taeyang stated that while "R&B and hip-hop are a given," "there is also electronic, ballad, and rock," hoping to blend genres like Kanye West. Taeyang lists Miguel, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and Michael Jackson as his biggest influences, in particular the latter's album Xscape. Lyrically, he is known as a "specialist in love songs". His debut single, "Only Look at Me", narrates a selfish relationship, while in "I Need A Girl" he describes his ideal type.

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