SEOUL - BIGBANG's Taeyang signaled the start of the iconic K-pop group's 20th-anniversary project this year with a solo comeback centered on a search for his core "essence" and a drive for new challenges.Released on Monday to coincide with his birthday, his fourth studio album "Quintessence" marks his first release in three years since his April 2023 EP, "Down to Earth." It also stands as his first full-length solo record in nearly a decade, arriving nine years after "White Night" dropped in August 2017."I've been incredibly busy this year," he said at a press event in Seoul on Monday to pr…READ FULL ARTICLE