BIGBANG BiiiG MV Review: When G-Dragon, Daesung and Taeyang decide to walk back into the room, they do not exactly do it calmly: they change the lighting, they repaint the walls in primary colours and ask you if you were not paying attention.
2026 is a big year for BIGBANG, and they have dropped BiiiG on August 19. This is exactly 20 years after BIGBANG made its debut in 2006. BiiiG appears to be at an intersection between a celebration and a statement, reminding us of “BIGBANG 2026”.
BIGBANG BiiiG MV Review: A BIGBANG MV That Knows It Has Something To Prove
The first thing that would hit you about BiiiG is the visuals. The teasers had already given us the palette: red, yellow, blue; a very different styling and the slight BIGBANG energy. The MV takes those ideas and pushes them further, turning the entire thing into a colourful dream.
The members exist almost like individual pieces of a larger visual puzzle before the video keeps reminding us that they are still a part of the same thing. This is, I feel, a distinction that matters. BIGBANG’s identity has always been built around the members who could feel completely different from each other. The three bring quietly different charms that scream on screen in the MV.
BiiiG does not try to smooth out the differences the three bring; it celebrates them, and probably that is the smartest thing the MV could have done.
The Three Of Them
There are three members: G-Dragon, Daesung and Taeyang appearing in the comeback, with T.O.P no longer a part of the group. The teasers had already leaned into the idea of three through the “iii” in “B iii G”. The recurring colour imagery can be seen as something larger than just pretty styling in the now three-member group.
There is something strangely satisfying about watching the three occupy the screen with the confidence of people who no longer need to prove their belongingness to the screen. The group has changed; the industry, K-pop, and the audience have changed too.
The Colours Are More Than Just Being Pretty
The MV makes the visual language impossible to ignore. What is particularly interesting is that the colours do not feel locked into one member. All three members interact with the three colours rather than simply carrying one throughout. This particularly makes the visual language dynamic; less like three separate identities and more like three parts of one basic identity: BIGBANG.
The difference among the three members gets highlighted through this while implying the fact that they are very much part of the same larger identity. The colours, styling and chaos in the MV therefore feel less like random maximalism and more like “We are three, but we are still loudly and largely BIGBANG.”
The Fun Is The Star
One of my favourite things about the video is that nobody seems to be trying too hard to recreate anything which is very important. There is always a temptation attached, especially with the anniversaries and comebacks, to recreate the past with the same styling, choreography and nostalgia bait, with old references thrown at the fans. BiiiG does not really do that.
The BiiiG MV lets the three members look like themselves now. The best part is that none of what is happening in the BiiiG MV feels like they are desperately trying to convince us that their band, BIGBANG, still matters.
The BIGBANG Energy And The “20th” Factor
BiiiG has a sense of controlled chaos, making the BIGBANG’s visual identity memorable. It does not appear polished or perfectly symmetrical, but it has its own personality and texture with moments where you are less concerned with understanding what is happening and more concerned with thinking “wait, all of this looks so cool.”
There is also an emotional undercurrent to BiiiG even though the MV itself is chaotic, electric and energetic. BIGBANG debuted in 2006 and there are now entire generations of fans who were not alive when the group started. The group is celebrating two decades in the industry in the most playful, vibrant and chaotic manner.
Final Verdict
BiiiG is not trying to convince you that BIGBANG is the same BIGBANG of, say, 2016, and that makes it work well.
This group has survived an enormous amount of change and the BiiiG MV does not pretend otherwise. It takes the three members who are here now and builds something loud, colourful and slightly chaotic around them. It feels more like the members taking the pieces of old magic and colouring them all new, and perhaps that makes the MV so satisfying.
The second the beat starts, the colours hit and the three faces appear on screen, you know there is something BiiiG, and it is the “BIGBANG BiiiG.”
Have you watched the BIGBANG BiiiG MV? Watch it on the BIGBANG YouTube channel.
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