0 1 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁respectively . ▁The ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁band ▁focused ▁on ▁their ▁solo ▁care ers , ▁with ▁each ▁( except ▁T . O . P .) ▁re le asing ▁one ▁solo ▁project . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁first ▁announced ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁by ▁G - Drag on , ▁but ▁was ▁post pon ed . ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Y G ▁Entertainment ▁announced ▁Big ▁Bang ' s ▁com eb ack ▁after ▁a ▁hi atus ▁of ▁nearly ▁three ▁years ▁following ▁Still ▁A live ▁( 2 0 1 2 ). ▁Later , ▁the ▁tra iler ▁for ▁Big ▁Bang ' s ▁Made ▁World ▁Tour ▁was ▁un ve iled . ▁Before ▁the ▁official ▁album ▁release , ▁the ▁Made ▁project ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁four ▁parts , ▁each ▁of ▁which ▁included ▁two ▁singles ▁that ▁were ▁released ▁under ▁each ▁letter ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁Made , ▁as ▁M , ▁A , ▁D , ▁and ▁E . ▁The ▁first ▁four ▁parts ▁were ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁every ▁month ▁from ▁May ▁to ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁final ▁part ▁named ▁E , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁August ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁The ▁single ▁releases ▁were ▁met ▁with ▁success ; ▁the ▁four ▁releases ▁to pped ▁the ▁month ly ▁Ga on ▁Digital ▁Chart , ▁making ▁Big ▁Bang ▁the ▁first ▁act ▁to ▁have ▁four ▁consecutive ▁month ly ▁number - ones . ▁Additionally , ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁songs