38 Facts About Daesung

Kang Dae-sung, better known mononymously as Daesung and his Japanese stage name D-Lite, is a South Korean singer who made his musical debut in 2006 as a member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang.

Daesung debuted as a solo artist in South Korea with the number one trot song "Look at Me, Gwisoon" in 2008.

Since the inception of the Gaon Digital Chart in 2010, Daesung achieved two Top 10 songs, the digital single "Cotton Candy" and "Wings" from the BigBang album Alive.

Shortly after the debut of BigBang, Daesung was diagnosed with voice chord nodules and developed sociophobia and stage fright.

Daesung released his first trot single "Look at Me, Gwisoon" in 2008.

Daesung stated that although he was worried about dampening the group's image, he wanted to try something different.

Daesung made his musical debut in Korean production of Cats, playing the role of Rum Tum Tugger.

Daesung released his second trot single titled "Big Hit" in 2009.

Daesung was scheduled to join bandmate Seungri in the autobiographical musical Shouting.

Daesung was returning to Seoul from a filming location for Family Outing when the accident occurred on the Pyeongtaek Express highway, Gyeonggi Province.

Daesung, who was in the passenger seat, broke his nose, injured his back and sustained minor bruises on his face and arms.

Daesung fully recovered and made his return to BigBang in October 2009, joining the group to perform at the Dream Concert.

Daesung released a new single, "Cotton Candy", at the end of January 2010.

In 2010, Daesung began his shoot for MBC's pre-produced musical drama What's Up, written by Song Ji-na.

Since November 2010, Daesung became a host for the variety-talk show Night After Night.

That same year, Daesung recorded a duet with Family Outing co-star Lee Hyori titled "How Did We Get", featured on the latter's album.

In 2011, Daesung released a solo song, "Baby Don't Cry", which was included in BigBang's 4th extended play.

On May 31,2011, Daesung was involved in a car accident in which a motorcyclist died.

Daesung had his first public appearance after the incident on November 6,2011 when he attended the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Daesung made a comeback with the rest of the BigBang members in March 2012 with their new mini-album Alive, which includes a solo track sung by Daesung titled "Wings", an "uplifting rock ballad" that received positive reviews.

Daesung released his first solo Japanese album, D'scover on February 27,2013.

In February 2014, YGEX announced that Daesung would hold a second tour in Japan.

Daesung become the first K-pop artist to bring in more than 100,000 fans to his concert tour for two consecutive years.

On December 2,2016, YGEX announced that Daesung would be holding his first solo dome tour in Japan, titled the D-lite Japan Dome Tour 2017.

Later, YGEX announced that Daesung will embark on a nationwide hall tour named DNA Show Vol.

Daesung was featured on an official cover album of the Japanese band Dreams Come True, covering the song "Egao no Yukue" which was originally released in 1990.

Daesung released the digital EP Delight 2 on October 12,2017, containing three covers and one original song.

On July 25,2019, was reported that a building in Gangnam, that Daesung purchased in 2017 before his military enlistment, has been operating an illegal entertainment business.

The next day, Daesung released an apology statement and claimed that he was not aware of it because he started his military service right after purchasing the building and that would take legal action against tenants who committed illegal acts, such as the landlord of the building.

Daesung opened an anonymous YouTube channel in 2020, but was discovered in March 2021.

On December 26,2022, it was confirmed by YG that Daesung had terminated his contract and was looking for a new start.

In July 2023, Daesung performed at the Waterbomb Japan festival in Nagoya and in Tokyo.

In March 2024, Daesung released a single song called "Falling Slowly" and began his fan meeting tour in Asia called D's ROAD.

Daesung released his first Korean extended play, D's Wave, on April 8,2025.

Daesung enrolled at Kyung Hee University to study post-modern music in 2008.

Daesung is a devout Christian and he has said that his faith was a big influence in re-evaluating his life after he ran a red light in 2011.

Daesung began his two-year mandatory military service by entering the 27th Infantry Division's boot camp in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province as an active duty soldier on March 13,2018.

Daesung was discharged along with fellow Big Bang member, Taeyang on November 10,2019.