D's WAVE
D's WAVE Album ∙ Rock ∙ 2025 DAESUNG Kang Daesung, known simply as DAESUNG to his fans, rose to fame as a member of the second-generation K-pop group BIGBANG. The group, which also includes G-DRAGON and TAEYANG, debuted in 2006 and would go on to become one of the most popular K-pop groups of all time. As a soloist, DAESUNG has made a big impact in Japan (where he is known as D-Lite), but 2025’s D’s WAVE was the first Korean-language solo EP for the Korean singer, 19 years after he first debuted. Like his Japanese releases and the solo songs done under the BIGBANG moniker, the eight tracks on D’s WAVE make use of DAESUNG’s powerful vocals. On the pop-rock lead single “Universe”, the Korean singer builds to an exclamatory, joyful chorus: “Beyond the darkness/Found my own/A universe filled with you.” Like the wave referenced in the album title, DAESUNG’s bold, expressive tenor washes over the listeners in the EP’s successive ballads.