TAEYANG’S ‘RINGA LINGA’ DANCE COVER EVENT ON FIRE… SPOTLIGHTS TAEKWONDO!

[OSEN=정유진 기자] A taekwondo version of TAEYANG’s ‘Ringa Linga’ cover dance is attracting huge attention. The song is TAEYANG’s title song for his 2nd full album.

YG Entertainment, through its official blog at 3 p.m. on Dec 5 posted a music video of ‘Ringa Linga’ in a taekwondo version. This one was chosen among many other cover videos, as it was the one that restructured the original dance performance video of TAEYANG most perfectly.

In the revealed video clip, handsome looking men dance along TAEYANG’s ‘Ringa Linga.’ The key point of the choreography is the powerful movement that comes from the Korean martial art, taekwondo. The video is attracting even more attention because the taekwon girl Taemi appears in the clip—she is the famous side-kick ball thrower at the baseball game held in Jamsil in August.

BIGBANG’s G-DRAGON retweeted TAEYANG’s tweet that said, “You need to peep this!” which was posted with the taekwondo cover video. And through his own twitter account, he recommended the video to the followers with the comment, “Taekwondo Turn up!”

‘Ringa Linga’ is a song that aroused much attention, which is co-written and composed by G-DRAGON with many other foreign artists. G-DRAGON is TAEYANG’s friend of whopping 13 years. YG Entertainment posted 2 videos, including the original one and the newly created one, attracting much attention from the fans.

TAEYANG is known for being one of the top dancers in South Korean music market and has gained much popularity through his solo songs. International fans showed great interest for his music video that featured his dance performance. On Dec 5, the viewer number hit a sensational 11.5 million views on YouTube.

The event on making cover dance video started on Nov 20 and ended on Dec 4 on Facebook, and scores of high-class dance videos were submitted. The largest number of contestants came from the United States with 34 videos, followed by South Korea and France. A total of 207 videos were submitted. The best video is scheduled to be announced on Dec 9.

source: yg life