[1][2] Production of the album started from the release of the group's first Japanese single, "My Heaven",[3] in June 2009.

[4] The song enjoyed mild success; afterwards, the group's second single was released, "ガラガラ GO!!

[4] BigBang finished recording the album by the end of July.

The song "Love Club" is the only track sung entirely in English.

Big Bang debuted on the daily Oricon charts at number 2[1] with over 12,000 copies being sold on the first day.