SEOUL, May 02 (AJP) - K-pop boy band BIGBANG will recruit members for its official fan club, V.I.P, for the first time in 11 years ahead of the group’s 20th anniversary comeback, YG Entertainment said Saturday.
The group unveiled a teaser poster for the recruitment of the sixth generation of V.I.P through its official social media channels on Friday. It marks the first official fan club drive since 2015.
The poster features BIGBANG’s official light stick, known as Bang Bong, which symbolizes the bond between the group and its fans.
Recruitment for the fan club will take place through BIGBANG’s official community on fan platform b.stage.
“We prepared this new V.I.P membership round to communicate more closely with fans who have supported BIGBANG for many years,” YG said. “Please look forward to the new journey of the 20th anniversary that the artists and V.I.P will write together.”
BIGBANG recently performed at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the United States, where the group said it had completed preparations for a new album and plans to begin a world tour in August.
Originally a five-member group, BIGBANG now works as a trio after Seungri left in 2019 amid the Burning Sun scandal involving a Seoul nightclub and T.O.P departed following the end of his contract with the agency. T.O.P, who later appeared in Netflix’s “Squid Game” Season 2, had previously been convicted of marijuana use.
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