BIGBANG’s G-Dragon made a meaningful donation!

On November 24, Nike stated, “Through a donation ceremony held on November 23, G-Dragon donated the nation’s first ‘art court’ containing the artwork in PARA-NOISE to the community at Olympic Park where there only used to be basketball hoops on asphalt. Not only does it intend to improve the sports environment, but it also contains the hopes to instigate change in all communities that enjoy sports and culture and the hopes that that they will unleash their own new inspiration.”

The activity can also be seen as a move to once again celebrate the symbolic meaning of the sneakers that have become the center of G-Dragon’s collaboration with Nike. Since its debut on the basketball court in 1982, the Air Force 1 has now become a source of inspiration in a wide range of fields encompassing art, music, design, and street culture.

In the circle that is located in the center of the court, there is a large daisy that symbolizes peace, and the sidelines have the phrase “THE FLOWER IS THE YOUTH OF LIFE” as well as the artwork G-Dragon incorporated into his sneakers. The backboards of the hoops add more energy to the court by having Nike’s “JUST DO IT” slogan written in Korean.

Through this contribution, G-Dragon commented, “I hope that everyone who enjoys sports and culture will gain more confidence and maximize their capacity. I wish that their culture and energy will be more widely shared and respected in the future.”

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Sandara Park showed her support for BIGBANG’s G-Dragon and his new collaboration with sports brand Nike!

On November 24, Sandara Park took to her personal Instagram account to share photos from a private fashion event in Seoul where G-Dragon participated in a “Live Art Performance” with Nike. She tagged both Nike and G-Dragon’s fashion brand PEACEMINUSONE and wrote, “Congratulations!”

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#paranoise @peaceminusonedotcom x @nikesportswear 추카추카!!! ??????

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Earlier, she shared other photos from the event, as well as the shoes she received from G-Dragon through the collaboration. She wrote, “They say that if you keep something for too long, it will spoil. But I kept these so I could finally open them today! The half white, half yellow swooshes have a funny but sad story to them. So cute! Thanks Ji Yong [G-Dragon’s real name].”

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#paranoise @peaceminusonedotcom x @nikesportswear ???

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아끼다 똥된다더니.. ? 아끼고 아끼다 드디어 오늘 첫게시!!! 웃픈사연으로 탄생한 반흰반노 스우시? 짱귀!!! ? 고마워 지용아~!!!??? #paranoise @xxxibgdrgn @peaceminusonedotcom x @nikesportswear #IdontcAIR

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The private fashion event was G-Dragon’s first public event since being discharged from the military in October. He has worked with Nike to release the limited edition Air Force 1 PARA-NOISE (AF1 PARA-NOISE) sneakers.

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual idols!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,135 idols, using big data collected from October 22 to November 23.

BTS’s Jimin maintained his position at the top of the list with a brand reputation index of 10,523,260 for November. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “fancam,” “ARMY,” and “leaving the country,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “cute,” “love,” and “does well.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a high score of 90.81 percent positive reactions.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 9,916,947, while Kang Daniel took third place with a total index of 8,273,745.

BTS’s V and MAMAMOO’s Hwasa rounded out the top five for the month at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
3. Kang Daniel
4. BTS’s V
5. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
6. BTS’s Jungkook
7. NU’EST’s Minhyun
8. (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon
9. BTS’s Jin
10. HOTSHOT’s Ha Sung Woon
11. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
12. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
13. NU’EST’s Baekho
14. NU’EST’s JR
15. BTS’ Suga
16. NU’EST’s Aron
17. Red Velvet’s Irene
18. NU’EST’s Ren
19. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
20. BTS’s RM
21. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
22. AOA’s Seolhyun
23. Kim Jae Hwan
24. MAMAMOO’s Solar
25. Girls’ Generation’s YoonA
26. BTS’s J-Hope
27. MAMAMOO’s Wheein
28. (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi
29. Park Ji Hoon
30. MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul

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