BIGBANG's Daesung Adds 'I'm The Trouble' to a Year That Has Been Anything But

BIGBANG member Daesung is set to release "I'm The Trouble," his contribution to the tvN drama "Nice to Not Meet You," on November 24. The rock-edged OST arrives at a revealing moment in a solo year that has already rewritten most of what K-pop assumed about his post-group career — and points toward a 2026 that may finally bring the group itself back together.

S27M's parent company announced the OST through a teaser describing the track as a straight rock beat with a playful vibe, Daesung's signature high notes riding a melody line that builds toward, in the label's words, "a strong catharsis." It is the fourth OST contribution to the drama, which stars Lee Jung-jae and Lim Ji-yeon in a story about two people gradually overcoming their prejudices toward each other. For Daesung, the collaboration represents something beyond a single promotional slot — it is the latest data point in a year that has systematically expanded what his solo identity can mean in the Korean market.

The Album That Changed His Discography

To understand why 2025 has been significant for Daesung, it is worth noting that for the first eleven years of his solo career, every release he made — "Delight" (2014), "D-Day" (2017), "Delight 2" (2017) — was recorded and released in Japanese, for his dedicated fanbase in Japan under the name D-Lite. The Korean-language tracks he sang lived on BIGBANG albums, not on his own. That changed on April 8, 2025, when he released "D's WAVE," an eight-track mini-album that marked the first time Daesung had released original Korean-language solo music in his career.

The album was not a quiet debut. Its title track "Universe" carried the kind of pop construction expected from a BIGBANG affiliate, but the surrounding tracks — including collaborations with The Rose, Han Yo Han, and Sunwoo Jung-A — showed an artist actively building a collaborative solo identity in Korea rather than simply reprinting a Japan-tested formula. The response was immediate: Seoul concert tickets for the April 26 and 27 shows at Olympic Hall sold out the moment they went on sale.

Fourteen Shows, Eleven Cities — the Tour in Context

The Asia tour that followed "D's WAVE" traced a route across the continent that underscored both the breadth of Daesung's established fanbase and the commercial viability of his solo brand. The full leg covered Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Hong Kong, Kobe, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Macau, Yokohama, and Kaohsiung — fourteen total shows across eleven cities, with Sydney and Melbourne representing his first-ever solo concerts in Australia.

The Japan stops — Kobe and Yokohama — drew on the same dedicated UNIVERSE fanbase that had followed his D-Lite releases for years. But the broader Asia routing represented something different: a proof-of-concept that his appeal could translate commercially across markets that had primarily known him through BIGBANG's group output. Seoul encore tickets sold out instantly through NOL Ticket in October, prompting a third concert date to be added for January — three nights in total at Ticketlink Live Arena at Olympic Park, each night sold out before a general sale window ever opened.

Where the OST Fits

"I'm The Trouble" arrives in the middle of this encore cycle, dropping November 24 at 6 PM KST while the three sold-out Seoul shows are already booked for January. In terms of the drama itself, "Nice to Not Meet You" — starring Lee Jung-jae and Lim Ji-yeon — has been airing on tvN since November 3, with the fourth OST slot typically landing when a series has found its audience and is deepening its emotional stakes. OST contributions at this stage of a drama cycle often become the track most associated with the show's climactic stretch.

The rock-oriented direction of the track is consistent with Daesung's vocal range. Within BIGBANG, his voice has always carried the most classically trained quality — a precision that works as naturally in a pop ballad as it does over a distorted guitar bed. "I'm The Trouble" is described as building toward catharsis, a structure similar to the anthemic builds that defined BIGBANG's concert closers. For audiences encountering Daesung through the drama rather than through his tour, the OST functions as an introduction to a singer whose solo career has been quietly running at a high level for years.

A Trajectory with One Final Destination

Reading 2025 as a standalone solo year misses its clearest implication. The Korean EP, the Asia tour, the Seoul encore, and now the drama OST are all outputs of a period defined by the absence of a full BIGBANG comeback. G-Dragon returned to music in late 2024, Taeyang has maintained his solo presence, and the trio released "HOME SWEET HOME" in 2025 — but a proper group album has not materialized since "Still Life" in 2022, which debuted at number nine on the Billboard Global 200 and confirmed BIGBANG remained one of the few K-pop acts capable of charting globally after a multi-year absence.

G-Dragon has since confirmed that BIGBANG is planning a 20th anniversary comeback in 2026, and the group is set to perform at Coachella on April 12 and 19. Daesung's solo activities have, in this light, served a dual function: maintaining his profile during the group's extended pause while simultaneously demonstrating that the pause has not diminished his individual draw. "I'm The Trouble" is one more piece of evidence in that argument — and one that will reach an audience far beyond the fans who made it to a tour stop.