Earlier this week, on the April 26 broadcast of tvN’s ‘You Quiz on the Block’, Big Bang member/solo artist Taeyang appeared as a guest and shared stories from his life and career. 

On this day, MC Yoo Jae Suk pointed out that Taeyang’s “diligence” in his work ethic was still unrivaled, even in the music industry today.

To this, Taeyang responded, “Ever since I was young, I was surrounded by these amazing, incredibly talented people. Jiyong being one of them. And objectively speaking, I still don’t know if they’re anything I’m talented in.” 

He continued, “That thought was always eating away at the back of my mind as a trainee. So I thought to myself, ‘I should make diligence my talent’.”

However, this comment greatly angered(?) netizens, as they refuted,

“Excuse me, sir, what are you talking about, you’re the top of the top in both vocals and dance in the K-Pop scene.”

“If I were him I’d be like, everyone below me is trash, and then get embroiled in an attitude controversy before being shunned from the industry lol.”

“Objectively speaking, there’s no other idol who can top him when it comes to being dually talented in vocals and dance?? Him saying that must make a lot of other K-Pop idols just feel bad about themselves.”

“His standards must be sky high since he grew up next to G-Dragon the genius.” 

“From the beginning, he was meant to be great… only great people are surrounded by such talented and amazing people that they feel like they have to live up to those standards.”

“If you think about his debut days, he really wasn’t one of the popular members but he just stuck to his own art and established himself as the artist he is today.”

“Your vocals and dance are top class… no one is denying that.”

You can check out a clip from Taeyang’s appearance on this week’s broadcast of ‘You Quiz on the Block’, above.