[News] YG Entertainment and Avex Japan form YGEX

What is YGEX?
A birth of a record label dedicated exclusively to YG FAMILY!

The name is "YGEX", attributing to the collaboration of YG FAMILY "YG" with AVEX "EX".
"EX" also inspired by words like "EXPERIENCE" and "EXCLUSIVE", carries connotations of it being the one and only label you can experience YG FAMILY.

The collaboration between YG, not bound to just Asia now spreading as a worldwide trend "YG POP", and AVEX who has always innovated and led the Japanese music scene, is definitely a match up bound to create a new and unpredictable form of entertainment.

From official website: ygex.jp / video from YGLcrazyxcami


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Main points from the live stream:
- YG and Avex will be working together as YGEX.
- President Yang: "We will be perfect partners for each other. This is a dream project for me."
- Max Matsuura of Avex: "Jpop or Kpop, we will bring the best music to all fans out there."
- YGEX to start operations in Japan this September.
- Se7en to release a mini-album. Gummy also working on new music.
- Big Bang will be working on solo projects and as a group. Seungri: "Big Bang, as 5 people, we will work as a group too. Not just solo projects."
- 2NE1 to have a Japan tour this September.
- There will be a 15th anniversary YG Family concert this year both in Korea and Japan.

Thanks to JC (@Joyciepo0)  and Tisya for the quick translations! :)


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Q&A

Q. Your thoughts about being part of YGEX with all the YG Family?
GD: Being able to be together as YG Family makes me happy and I feel confident.
T.O.P: Being able to be together makes me happy.
CL: I think we all have the same feeling as a family and to be able to debut as 2NE1 here makes me happy.
Dara: Ibecame the advertisement manager and I will also become the fresh manager Park in Japan as well.
Bom: I’m looking forward to being able to show a various side of us to our fans.

Q. To BIGBANG, you guys released solo and unit albums. what was that like?
GD: We worked on solo projects and we will be doing the same this year.
TOP: we were really excited and felt a different type of fun by being able to do the music we wanted to do and being able to show a different side of us apart from big bang

Q. Can we look forward to having solo and unit activities in Japan?
GD: We were able to do a lot of things last year and we hope to do the same thing in Japan in the near future.

Q. We would like to ask 2NE1, you’ll be releasing an album on september 27th and the concert tour has been set so what are your thoughts on that?
Bom: I can’t tell you yet but we’ll be coming out with fresh music.

Q. You said yourself that you were a manager, so when you’re in Japan how do you plan on promoting?
Dara: Just like in korea, I plan to making things fun by planning fun events and making 2NE1. known and also by learning Japanese.

Q. You had something important to tell us?
Dara: There will be a YG family concert in Japan and Korea soon.

Translations from solshin3 @ 21bangs.com
Via Bigbangupdates