[SC Zoom-In] GD took No.1 on charts of 35 countries within 6 hours of new album release… “Unprecedented record”

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[스포츠조선=박영웅 기자] BIGBANG’s leader G-DRAGON is boasting his power in the global music scene, sweeping No.1 on music charts around the world.

On June 8 at 6PM, G-DRAGON officially released the songs of his new solo album on all music-streaming websites in Korea and iTunes of countries around the world. It is G-DRAGON’s first solo album with multiple songs in four years since “COUP D’ETAT” released in 2013.

As of June 9, G-DRAGON’s new album “KWON JI YONG” is in No.1 on the iTunes albums charts of 35 countries around the world including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Hungary, Finland, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine, to prove his unrivalled power in the global music scene. That is an unprecedented record, which renewed the record set by BTS when the team topped the iTunes charts of 27 countries. The record is all the more significant as G-DRAGON topped the iTunes albums chart of the United States, the center of pop music. G-DRAGON is also in the fourth place on the iTunes chart of Spain, France, and Canada, to prove his worldwide influence.

G-DRAGON is also sweeping music charts in Korea. “UNTITLED”, the title track of album “KWON JI YONG”, topped the real-time charts of seven music streaming websites in Korea: Melon, Bugs, Genie, Soribada, NAVER Music, Mnet Music, and Olleh Music, as of the evening on the day of the album’s release. Other songs of the album including “BULLSHIT” also entered charts in high ranks.

The new album presents five songs: intro track “MIDDLE FINGERS-UP”, “BULLSHIT”, “SUPER STAR”, “UNTITLED”, and outro track “DIVINA COMMEDIA”. “UNTITLED” is the title track of the album. G-DRAGON who turned 30 this year in Korean age as he was born in 1988 talks about the beginning of this thirties with his flagship color in the new album.

G-DRAGON worked as an all-round player for his new album, taking part in not only the music and fashion but also the design for the new album’s jacket. According to insiders, G-DRAGON did his very best for all the works for his comeback, as the title of the album is his own name. G-DRAGON designed the images for the songs in his new album on his own as well. They are images that embody the feel of each song and G-DRAGON directly led all the planning and design work.

G-DRAGON’s label YG Entertainment said, “In his new album, G-DRAGON openly talks about his stories and thoughts as a grown-up and his feelings about the beginning of his thirties, as ordinary person “Kwon Jiyong”.

G-DRAGON will also host a solo world tour. He kicks off world tour “ACT III, M.O.T.T.E” along with the release of the new album, to meet fans around the world. The tour will begin on June 10 at Sang-am World Cup Stadium in Seoul and then continue in 19 cities including Macao, Singapore, Bangkok, eight cities in North America, four cities in Oceania, and Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo in Japan.

2017. 6. 8.

Source: YG Life

G-Dragon’s “Untitled 2014” MV accomplished something that’s normally impossible

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G-Dragon‘s music video for “Untitled 2014” finished filming in under an hour, a feat that was considered impossible.

G-Dragon recently released his newest album, Kwon Ji Yong, achieved an incredible feat by finishing the filming for his music video in just one hour.

The director, Han Sa Min, expressed he wanted to convey the emotions behind the lyrics of the song, and so he took close-up shots of  G-Dragon emotionally performing it while he took close-up shots to capture the emotions.

He also spent two days on preparing multiple filming sets so that they could shoot several takes over a few days and choose the best scenes to put together, but filming schedules for the music video were cut short after G-Dragon finished it in just one take.

Filming a music video is said to take at least 2 to 3 days, as the sets are often changed throughout the filming, and resulting in multiple takes of the same scene. According to sources, filming a music video in under an hour is extremely rare, as well as filming the entire music video in one take.

According to the director, he never stopped filming G-Dragon convey his emotions while performing the song, and even canceled plans to shoot several more takes the next day, because he believed this one take was enough for the music video.

“There’s no need to film anymore. There are other sets prepared for tomorrow, but I don’t think we need to film anymore.”

— Director Han Sa Min

Watch the incredible music video below!

 

Source: Korea Daily via Koreaboo

[M+Hot Comeback] The Real G-DRAGON is Back with New Songs

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[MBN스타=신미래 기자] The solo album of G-DRAGON has been revealed.

G-DRAGON’s solo album “KWON JI YONG” was released online at 6 PM today.

The album consists of five tracks: “UNTITED”, “KWON JI YONG”, “BULLSHIT”, “SUPER STAR”, and “NEW SONG”.

The title song “UNTITLED” has impressive a piano melody, and G-DRAGON sings about how he misses his ex in the slow beat song. It is quite a change from his usual strong rap songs.

His sad singing voice  touches the hearts of the listeners, especially in the chorus part that goes “if i can see you one more time, i can give up everything.”

“BULLSHIT”  is a powerful hip hop song as strong as the title. Even from the beginning of the song, G-DRAGON raps, “What is this bullshit? I have no idea. Go and bite them. I have my gang. Call them. It’s all bullshit”, and the strong lyrics combined with the powerful hip hop beat defines the tone of the song.

In the solo album, G-DRAGON tried to express the personal side of himself by singing about what he is worried about these days and the growth pains he’s been going through as a guy who just entered his thirties.

“KWON JI YONG” is not an album made to produce hit songs. It is an album that G-DRAGON made to do the music he wants to do now and talk about what he is going through as a regular person.

2017. 6. 8.

Source: YG Life

“The unmatched class of KWON JI YONG”… “UNTITLED” sweeping charts with other songs of the album for two days in a row Tweet

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[OSEN=최나영 기자] The unmatched class of the status of group BIGBANG’s G-DRAGON in the music scene is being fully proven with his new solo album.

As of June 9 at 7AM, the second day from the release of G-DRAGON’s new album, “UNTITLED” is sweeping charts in Korea including Korea’s biggest Melon, Genie Music, NAVER Music, Olleh Music, Soribada, Mnet.com, and Monkey 3.

Along with “UNTITLED”, all the other songs of G-DRAGON’s new album including “BULLSHIT”, “SUPER STAR”, “INTRO”, “MIDDLE FINGERS-UP”, and outro track “DIVINA COMMEDIA” are dominating music charts, taking high ranks on them.

G-DRAGON released “KWON JI YONG”, his first solo album in four years, on all music-streaming websites in Korea on June 8 at 6PM. Title track “UNTITLED” proved G-DRAGON’s formidable influence in the music scene by topping music charts upon the release of the album. It dominated overseas iTunes charts as well. “KWON JI YONG” took No.1 on the iTunes charts of 33 countries including the United States, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Chile, Czech Republic, Columbia, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Macao, Malaysia, Norway, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Ukraine, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.

G-DRAGON who has come back with his first solo album in four years is now being recognized by his fandom and the wide general public for the quality of his music once again. The success of his new album is the proof of the fact that “the quality of the music is the key for success”.

In G-DRAGON’s concert “M.O.T.T.E” to be hosted on June 10 at Sang-am World Cup Stadium in Mapo-gu, Seoul, the performance of the new songs of “KWON JI YONG” will be unveiled for the first time.

2017. 6. 9.

Source: YG Life

YG Gives Update On BIGBANG’s T.O.P, Explains He Is Being Moved To A New Hospital

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Following yesterday’s news of his improved condition, BIGBANG’s T.O.P and his family have made the decision to have him moved to a different hospital.

YG Entertainment released an official announcement on June 9 and said, “We are deeply apologetic to the patients who have been inconvenienced for the past couple of days,” referencing the large influx of reporters who had gathered at the Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital.

They continued to state, “The hospital’s medical team made the recommendation that T.O.P should be moved from the intensive care unit to the general ward. However, his guardian requested that he be moved to a different facility that has single patient rooms to make visiting him a smoother process. We will not be releasing the name of the new hospital as we wish to avoid the situation we faced at the first hospital. We ask for your understanding.”

T.O.P was discharged four days after he was first admitted. He was escorted out of the hospital in a wheelchair, and was heard saying, “I’m sorry” as he left.

We truly hope that T.O.P is able to rest well and recover fully.

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Source: Soompi

[Updated] T.O.P leaves hospital amid military service suspension

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SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) — T.O.P of South Korean boy band BIGBANG, who has been hospitalized for a drug overdose, left the hospital on Friday, as he was officially suspended from his mandatory military service due to a marijuana scandal.

“I’m sorry,” the singer responded succinctly towards a barrage of questions from reporters as he came out of the intensive care unit of Ewha Womans University Medical Center in western Seoul.

The singer, who came out sitting in a wheelchair, was in a patient gown and wearing a mask. He was later transfered to another hospital at an undisclosed location by an ambulance, where he will receive psychiatric treatment.

T.O.P, whose real name is Choi Seung-hyun, is suspected of smoking the banned substance four times with a 21-year-old female trainee singer at his home in Seoul in October last year.

South Korean singer and actor T.O.P of boy band BIGBANG, who is serving his mandatory military service as a conscripted policeman, leaves his workplace in Seoul surrounded by reporters questioning his marijuana charges on June, 5, 2017. (Yonhap)

The singer, who began his military service as a conscripted policeman in February, was indicted Monday. He was hospitalized the following day from an apparent overdose of benzodiazepine by a police unit in eastern Seoul.

“There are no single patient rooms in the psychiatric ward at Ewha Womans University Medical Center. Choi and his mother decided to proceed with psychiatric treatment at another hospital,” a hospital official said.

Earlier in the day, T.O.P was officially suspended from his mandatory military service after being indicted for smoking marijuana on multiple occasions.

Police regulation mandates the suspension of duty for conscripted policemen when indicted on criminal charges.

An official at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said, “Choi will be sent home immediately.”

“We’ve suspended Choi from his duty after receiving the original indictment document from prosecutors,” the official added.

T.O.P’s military service period will be put on hold until a court reaches a verdict. If he receives a jail term of 18 months or more, he will be dishonorably discharged from the service.

In the case of a weaker verdict, T.O.P will become eligible for a police review on whether he is fit to serve with the police again. If he fails to pass the review, T.O.P will be discharged from the police and forced to finish his military duty as a public service worker.

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T.O.P transfers hospitals in a wheelchair + apologizes to the press

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BIGBANG‘s T.O.P has been released from the Ehwa Womans University Hospital‘s ICU on June 9 at 2:30 PM KST, and will be transferring hospitals to continue his mental health treatment. 

The idol has been released from intensive care 4 days after being admitted. He’ll be transferring hospitals due to the fact that the Ehwa Womans University Hospital does not have single, private facilities for treatment.

T.O.P left the hospital in a wheelchair, accompanied by his mother and representatives from YG Entertainment. To the press surrounding him, he briefly answered, “I apologize”, and departed from the vicinity.

According to reps from the former hospital, T.O.P was seen walking in his hospital room shortly before his release, and is capable of normal communication.

It’s unclear whether or not T.O.P will be attending his first court hearing on June 29.

Source: AllKPop

‘권지용 (KWON JI YONG)’ Ranks #1 in 39 Countries via iTunes

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T.O.P’s military service suspended over marijuana scandal

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SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) — T.O.P of South Korean boy band BIGBANG on Friday was officially suspended of his mandatory military service after being indicted for smoking marijuana on multiple occasions.

T.O.P, whose real name is Choi Seung-hyun, is suspected of smoking the banned substance four times with a 21-year-old female trainee singer at his home in Seoul in October last year.

South Korean singer and actor T.O.P of boy band BIGBANG, who is serving his mandatory military service as a conscripted policeman, leaves his workplace in Seoul surrounded by reporters questioning his marijuana charges on June, 5, 2017. (Yonhap)

South Korean singer and actor T.O.P of boy band BIGBANG, who is serving his mandatory military service as a conscripted policeman, leaves his workplace in Seoul surrounded by reporters questioning his marijuana charges on June, 5, 2017. (Yonhap)

The singer, who began his military service as a conscripted policeman in February, was indicted Monday. He was hospitalized the following day from an apparent overdose of benzodiazepine at a police unit in eastern Seoul.

Police regulation mandates the suspension of duty for conscripted policemen when indicted on criminal charges.

An official at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said, “Choi will be sent home immediately.”

“We’ve suspended Choi of his duty after receiving the original indictment document from prosecutors,” the official added.

T.O.P’s military service period will be put on hold until a court reaches a verdict. If he receives a jail term of 18 months or more, he will be dishonorably discharged from the service.

In the case of a weaker verdict, T.O.P will become eligible for a police review on whether he is fit to serve at the police again. If he fails to pass the review, T.O.P would be discharged from the police and be forced to finish his military duty as a public service worker.

Source: Yonhap

T.O.P Is Fully Awake and Walking Around

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T.O.P has officially woken up and has even begun walking around, after his overdose. 

According to numerous reports, T.O.P has begun walking around in his hospital room. He has not been discharged from the hospital nor has he left the hospital, as of yet.

 

“T.O.P is currently conscious and it appears he will be able to leave the ICU very soon.” — Seoul Ehwa Woman’s University Hospital

 

T.O.P will be able to check into another hospital after he is discharged, or remain at Ewha Woman’s University Hospital. He will receive psychological treatment once he leaves the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

 

Source: Koreaboo

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