T.O.P: Last News

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has described the hit show’s second season as being a “comeback” for the Korean rapper T.O.P.T.O.P, real name Choi Seung-hyun, was given a 10-month jail sentence and a two-year suspension from his mandatory military service in 2017 after being found guilty of using marijuana.Following the controversy, the rapper and actor – who rose to prominence as the lead rapper of the boy band BIGBANG in the 2000s – was excluded from the Korean entertainment industry until his appearance in Squid Game.In the Netflix thriller, he plays Thanos, a famous rapper who becomes Player 230, and uses drugs while competing.Speaking to People, Dong-hyuk has explained his decision to cast T.O.P in his show, while praising him for his performance too. He said: “This is a comeback after quite a long hiatus, and particularly because he portrays a character that’s a rapper and also someone who is on drugs.“I feel that it took him a lot of guts, in a way, to portray a character, especially someone who shares a lot of similarities that are quite negative to him as a person too.

Big Bang member T.O.P has hinted at his return to music this year, which he says is his “responsibility as a musician”.T.O.P recently sat for an interview with NMEin light of the premiere of Squid Game season 2 in December, where he plays the character Thanos. His appearance on the hit Netflix series marked his first project since he announced his departure from the entertainment industry in 2020 after he was charged with smoking marijuana at home.Though his role on Squid Game marked his return to entertainment, T.O.P revealed that he has no “concrete ideas” about future acting projects.

Big Bang member T.O.P has opened up about his recent role in the second season of Netflix’s Squid Game.On January 15, T.O.P spoke to South Korean media for the first time in years to discuss his recent return to the public eye as Thanos in season two of Squid Game. The 37-year-old rapper and actor was previously absent from the public eye due to previous backlash over his 2017 conviction for marijuana use.In an article published by The Korea Times, T.O.P shared that “the offer to play Thanos was a daunting proposition” for him. In Squid Game, Thanos is a rapper who joins the games after falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam.

Netflix has released a new trailer for the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game.Over three years after its first season, South Korean Netflix series Squid Game has released a trailer for its upcoming second season. The dystopian series follows a competition in which contestants play a series of children’s games hoping to win a life changing cash prize.

Big Bang member T.O.P has teased that he has “a lot of new music” that will be coming “soon”.T.O.P touched on long-awaited new solo music in a recent Instagram post, where he addressed the cancellation of the ‘dearMoon’ project. The moon trip, funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, was originally set to launch in 2023 using a spacecraft developed by SpaceX.The K-pop idol was first announced as one of eight civilian crew members of the project in December 2022.

Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae has reportedly shared when we can expect season two of the hit Korean drama.The series, which aired on Netflix in 2021 was hugely popular, becoming the platform’s most-watched series within its first 28 days of being uploaded. It has gained more than 265million views since its release, and received 14 Emmy nominations, with Lee winning the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.The highly-anticipated second season began production in July last year, with a teaser trailer having been released by Netflix in February.Now, Lee has given an update on when we can expect the series, as he told Business Insider via an interpreter that it “will be released in December”.

Squid Game, featuring former Big Bang member T.O.P.In a new press announcement, Netflix introduces T.O.P as a new cast member by his birth name Choi Seung-hyun. The new role will be the K-pop idol’s first acting role in over five years, since the 2017 German-Chinese action film Out of Control.Announced alongside T.O.P as the new cast of Squid Game are: former IZ*ONE member Jo Yu-ri,Sweet Home actors Park Gyu-young and Lee Jin-wook, Kang Ae-sim of Move to Heaven fame and Heartbeat‘s Won Ji-an, as well as Lee David and Roh Jae-won.The eight new cast members join Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-Hoon and Yang Dong-Geun, who were all first revealed in mid-June during Netflix’s TUDUM event in Brazil.Squid Game season two will also see the return of Lee Jung-Jae (as Seong Gi-Huh), Lee Byung-Hun (Front Man), Wi Ha-Jun (Hwang Jun-Ho) and Gong Yoo (Recruiter).In its press announcement, Netflix also shared that the cast and showrunners of Squid Game season two had gather for the first table read of the script earlier this week.

T.O.P has said that he has “withdrawn” as a member of K-pop boyband Big Bang.On May 29, T.O.P uploaded a video of him playing around with a music workstation, seemingly hinting that he is currently working on new solo music.Fans soon flooded the post with questions for the South Korean musician over the next two days. “[T.O.P] did you leave Big Bang?” one fan asked earlier today (May 31).T.O.P has since responded to the question, saying that he is has “already withdrawn” from the iconic K-pop boyband.

Big Bang’s T.O.P will soon be launching his very own wine label.Today (June 13), the Big Bang rapper unveiled new product images of his upcoming wine label, T’SPOT. The official brand logo features art by Kyoto-based artist Kohei Nawa, who T.O.P also tagged in his post.“Here it is- T’SPOT.

Big Bang member T.O.P was spotted reportedly filming a music video in Manhattan, New York recently, sparking speculations of a solo comeback.Earlier this week, South Korean news outlet The Fact shared several photos of the South Korean musician in various locations around Manhattan accompanied by a filming crew, reporting that the photos of T.O.P were taken sometime in mid-May.The outlet also claimed that the filming had taken place with strict security measures in place, but quoted local staff as saying that the filming was for an “experimental piece of work that harmonises film, music and art”.In the same report, The Fact quoted a separate unnamed inside source, who claimed that the filming was done for a “large-scale comeback project”, as translated by South Korean news publication SBS News. “It’s hard to disclose specific details, but we are preparing this content as part of a large-scale comeback project that T.O.P has been preparing with his global partners,” the insider said. “The content will depict T.O.P with his many identities ― including a singer, an actor and as a human being.”While neither T.O.P nor his representatives have yet to respond to the reports, the purported “comeback project” may mark the rapper’s first since he left longtime label YG Entertainment in February.