Entry #2 Where It All Began: 2006 and the Soundtrack of My Heart

All Things Big Bang.

Where shall I begin?

2006—the year my world shifted with a beat. The year I fell in love with Korean Pop Music, or as the world now knows it—@KPOP. If 2006 was when I first fell, then Big Bang was the reason I stayed in love.

Back then, it wasn’t just music. It was a lifeline. A window into a culture. A rhythm that spoke to my "teenage heart" in ways I couldn’t explain. From pixelated fancams and grainy live stages to waiting hours—sometimes days—for subbed MVs, it was more than a hobby. It became home. Home sweet home to a late-20s girl who found comfort in every beat, every verse, every voice.

There was something different about Big Bang. They weren’t molded, they were made—bold, honest, unpredictable, but somehow still tender. Their music grew with me.

Lies was the anthem of heartbreak before I even knew what heartbreak was.

Haru Haru tore through my chest with every piano note.

Blue held me gently on days I couldn’t explain why I felt empty.

Loser made it okay to not be okay.

Then there was Fantastic Baby—wild, explosive, electric. It didn’t just play at parties—it was the party.

Bang Bang Bang was adrenaline.

Bae Bae, strange and hauntingly beautiful, was art in motion.

And Let’s Not Fall In Love…A quiet ache. A song that understood the fear of getting too close. It still gives me chills.

Each member brought something irreplaceable: G-Dragon’s fearless creativity. Taeyang’s raw emotion. TOP’s poetic depth. Daesung’s light in the dark. Seungri’s fire and unforgettable flair.

They weren’t just idols. They were chapters of my life.

Even now, years later, a single chord from a Big Bang song can pull me right back—to my teenage room, to message boards full of usernames and inside jokes, to late nights with earphones and a heart full of dreams.

I don’t follow everything like I used to. Life’s different now.

But Big Bang?

They’ll always be that warm, glowing corner of my heart.

A place I go back to when I want to remember the girl who felt everything deeply and found her rhythm in five voices that changed her world.