[PIC] G-DRAGON - 'CROOKED' M/V HITS 100 MILLION VIEWS

Source: G-DRAGON Facebook

[NEWS] G-Dragon's album cover ranks 20 of the 50 Best Pop Album Covers of the Past Five Years

The 50 Best Pop Album Covers of the Past Five Years

20. G-Dragon, Coup D'Etat

Release date: Sept. 13, 2013
Photography: Jang Hyun Hong
Art direction: Seong Eun Chang
Label: YG Entertainment

[NEWS] G-DRAGON dominates charts with his songs

GD power extends to Taiwan and Hong Kong, knocking down all music charts

G-DRAGON is arousing much attention as he now dominates the music charts in Taiwan and Hong Kong with his songs following his huge success in South Korea. This phenomenon is the so-called ‘lining-up’ of his songs in a single chart.

[NEWS] G-Dragon Kills Music Charts in Taiwan and Hong Kong

After succeeded in sales in Korea, G-Dragon is continuing the trend in music charts in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

G-Dragon’s second album, Coup d’Etat has ranked first in the Korea song and album charts of Taiwan and Hong Kong’s biggest music site, KKBOX after its release on October 4.

Crooked has kept its place at number one since it was pre-released on September 13.

[NEWS] G-Dragon's second album 'Coup D'etat' tops the monthly music charts for September

G-Dragon's second album 'Coup D'etat' topped the monthly charts of both Gaon and Hanteo for the past month of September, showing G-Dragon is widely popular not just for his music but also in the music marketplace.

[NEWS] Reviewed: G-Dragon’s Coup D’etat

On the recently released Coup D’etat, K-pop star G-Dragon has his cake and has a fanciful outfit made out of it too.

Successful pop megastars engage with a fan’s sense of fantasy. The Beyoncés, Britneys and Biebers of the world incite lusting, envy and lifestyle aspirations. One of the reasons K-pop’s prince is so magical, and not to mention wildly successful, is because he sets the imagination off in so many different directions. He gluttonously engages with identities; he is a suave superhero, a trusty sidekick (especially to his YG Entertainment brethren, like his group Big Bang), and a Tim Burton-esque cartoon villain all in one.

He has the charm of a sociopath who has mainlined decades of pop culture from an early age. He’s ingested the magnetism of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow/Edward Scissorhands/Willy Wonka, Parklife-era Damon Albarn, Snoop Dogg in Bones, Lady Gaga, Steve Urkel, Johnny Rotten, and many, many more personas. The allure of his eclecticism carries over into his music, which sometimes ends up taking a backseat in conversations about G-Dragon in the West, in favor of narratives surrounding his fashion sense.

[FEATURE] The Making of G-Dragon's "Coup D'Etat"

G-Dragon and a host of collaborators from Korea, America, and beyond reveal the stories behind his new album. (This feature is part of Complex's Coup D'Etat Week with G-Dragon)

We celebrated G-Dragon's influential style in our digital cover story but remember: G-Dragon is a musician first and a fashion icon second. As one of Asia’s biggest stars, the 25-year-old is the rare K-pop artist with the autonomy and power—not to mention the seven-figure publishing checks—to fully execute his musical vision, even while under major label YG Entertainment.

[NEWS] G-Dragon’s 2nd Album Exceeds 300,000 Preorders Just in Korea

Opening up possibilities of breaking new records, G-Dragon has 300,000 preorders of his second album, Coup d’Etat, already lined up, and that’s just in Korea.

While G-Dragon has already pre-released a good majority of his second album, the physical album is set for a September 13 release with two more songs that are only available with the album purchase.

[PIC] G-DRAGON COUP D'ETAT EXCLUSIVE PUBLIC PHOTOS

[LYRICS] G-DRAGON - YOU DO (OUTRO) TRANSLATION

G-DRAGON - YOU DO (OUTRO)

GD That’s me who you Not me
GD That’s me who you Not me
GD That’s me who you Not me
Not me
Not me
Do you You do
You could be somebody man
Superman of justice
Look so fine tony stark or bruce wayne
You can be anyone
You can do anything if you dream
I said
You can do it too man
If you play guitar, Kurt Cobain
If you grab the mic, lil wayne
If you’re the best, BIGBANG
You can be anyone if you want
You can be like me
I’m gonna be the future president
Scientist, innovationist
My dream will come true

[LYRICS] G-DRAGON - I LOVE IT (Feat. Zion T) TRANSLATION

G-DRAGON - I LOVE IT

I love your lips and your scent
I love your long legs and your short skirt
You see that, your hips that catches my eyes
I love it
Before I even know, my hands reaching out for your waist again
ooh I like it
Your thin ankles on top of those high heels all day baby
Could you be my lady cuz
I know you want it
This is a club or a bar sky lounge
sky high
Don’t dress casual and dress up more
Don’t stop and keep going
Open Rose dom p cigar
Exciting, or not
Party like met gala
We play at a different level
I love your eyes and the way you talk
I love your long hair and your mold at the tip of your nose
I love it
You see that, your hips that catches my eyes
I love it
Before I even know, my hands reaching out for your waist again
ooh I like it
Your thin ankles on top of those high heels all day baby
Could you be my lady cuz
I know you want it
It doesn’t matter what time it is right now or where it is
Don’t ask me who I am or what I’m doing girl
I can just go home after enjoying like this
Let’s bury each other’s secrets
I love your black stockings
I love your red lipstick
I love your erotic smile
I love everything about you
I love your lips and your scent ye
I love your long legs and your short skirt
I LOVE it
Where on earth did you come from
Why did you come to me now
How are you so perfect
I always get amazed when I see you
It’s too bright, let me dim the light
Watch this, I’m gonna show you something
Rather than woodcutter and the fairy, it’s lady and a playboy
I love your eyes and the way you talk
I love your long hair and your mold at the tip of your nose
I love it
It doesn’t matter what time it is right now or where it is
Don’t ask me who I am or what I’m doing girl
I can just go home after enjoying like this
Let’s bury each other’s secrets
YEAH
GATTA LOVE IT
BROUGHT YOU BY GD
BOYS NOIZE ZION T
AND YOUR GIRL
I LOVE IT

Translated by @BIGBANGGisVIP
Audio credit : Duy Thanh Quach

[LYRICS] G-DRAGON - NILIRIA (GD VERSION) TRANSLATION

G-DRAGON - NILIRIA (GD VERSION)

G DRAGON hot
“Hot pot”
This is hip hop
rappin along to our country’s folk song
Hurray Hurray I can play well
I’m going back to reality
Ay we gon celebrate every
freakin day
I lift the corner of my mouth, grinning mischievously
yeah
Ugiya Diucha (Korean singing in the folk song)
Now follow me
Tossing to this upbeat tune
Me who you can’t see very much
My place is at the top, top
Don’t dare to thoughtlessly touch me
I’m too hot, a straightener
I’m scissor-hands and you’re paper
I’m a telephone pole, you’re a sausage
I’m a goblin, you’re a kid

[LYRICS] G-DRAGON - RUNAWAY TRANSLATION

G-DRAGON - RUNAWAY 

As soon as I wake up, my phone has missed calls
At this time, you are restlessly following me
When the bell rings again
I turn off my phone
After I break it I just run away
Bu there’s not much time
Baby I'm trippin'
Sorry I don’t hate you
It’s just that something about you makes me feel uncomfortable
Everything about you
You say that it’s love but it’s not for me
I don't need you
I don't love you
Every night, sometimes I’m lonely
I miss you but that really rarely happens
Don’t ask me if we’re gonna meet again
I like it better without you
YAHOO I wanna runaway
YAHOO baby
Can you please let me go
YAHOO Hurry and run away
oh my god
YAHOO YAHOO

[LYRICS] G-DRAGON - SHAKE THE WORLD TRANSLATION

G-DRAGON - SHAKE THE WORLD

SHAKE THE WORLD SHAKE THE WORLD
SHAKE THE WORLD SHAKE THE WORLD
I'M BACK The Owner of this kingdom
Zoom In your ears
Audacious G D R A G O N
My rap is a spear, Hitting the iron grating
Massacre with my words, Destroying it from the beginning
Everyday My Birthday, people are a swarm of bees
I dance and sing all day long WE ALL DAY
Shut up and follow me
Go insane like you’re crazy
You and I become one IT'S ON
SINCE I WAS BORN
SHAKE THE WORLD SHAKE THE WORLD
The fake ones will get caught, the real ones are different
SHAKE THE WORLD SHAKE THE WORLD
They know when they see me, that I’m the right answer
SINCE I WAS BORN
SHAKE THE WORLD SHAKE THE WORLD
SINCE I WAS BORN
SHAKE THE WORLD SHAKE THE WORLD
SINCE I WAS SINCE I WAS
SINCE I WAS BORN
I'M BACK The Owner of this kingdom
Zoom In your ears

[LYRICS] G-DRAGON - CROOKED TRANSLATION

G-DRAGON - CROOKED

There’s no such thing as forever
In the end you changed
No reasons, no sincerity
Stop with your words about love
Tonight leave me and let me be crooked
After all, I was alone
There’s nobody, everything is meaningless
Stop with your sugar-coated words of comfort
Tonight, I’m crooked
Desperately yell, I’m getting a headache
I kill-time and I take my anger out on other couples
I pointlessly pick on them, like a town’s bully
Sometimes I purposely limp crookedly
In this movie called the world
You and I are the main characters
A lonely island wandering around, not knowing where to go
Geese filling up the empty streets
Unlike my heart the weather is too damn nice
I, who believed you and was happy, now look like a fool
You who pinky-promised me
After all

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[NEWS] GD’s ‘CROOKED’ tops 6 charts in just 2 hrs after release: ‘GD vs GD2’

BIGBANG’s leader G-DRAGON’s PART 2 of COUP D’ETAT, his 2nd regular solo album, climbed up the rank in the blink of an eye to stand in the top range immediately after its release.

On September 5, GD released the 7 songs in the 2nd part of his latest regular album COUP D’ETAT on online music sites, including the title song ‘CROOKED’ to ‘NILIRIA,’ ‘SHAKE THE WORLD,’ ‘RUN AWAY,’ ‘I LOVE IT,’ and ‘YOU DO’.

[NEWS] YANG HYUN SUK, “GD’s grand MV of ‘CROOKED’ filmed in England”

“GD breaks actually cries for a scene while acting… To be revealed on Sept 5”

The leader of the 5-boy band, BIGBANG (consisting of members G-DRAGON (GD), T.O.P, TAEYANG, DAESUNG & SEUNGRI), GD, is in the midst of releasing new songs from his latest solo album. It is said that the music video of his other title song “CROOKED” was filmed on a grand scale in England.

At noon of September 5, GD released the rest of the 7 songs (from track #6-12) in his 2nd regular album COUP D’ETAT on South Korean music websites.

[NEWS] G-Dragon’s New Song “Sweeping the Chart” upon being Released

G-Dragon, the leader of top boy band BigBang has topped music chart with his new songs released on Sep. 5, heralding the beginning of a new sensation.

“Crooked”, the title track of G-Dragon’s new album, which was released at the noon of the day, topped music charts including M-Net, Bugs Music, Olleh Music, and Naver Music. The success has been achieved as soon as the new song was released.

[NEWS] G-Dragon, 'COUP D'ETAT': First Listen

The BIGBANG wunderkind rapper/singer enlists Diplo, Baauer, Missy Elliott, Sky Ferreira and more for an eclectic set.

Despite officially debuting as leader of boy band BIGBANG in 2006, 25-year-old G-Dragon has lived over half his life in the K-pop industry. And as the title to his new album may suggest, "COUP D'ETAT" (the French term for "coup") is about the Seoul native overhauling what fans expect from him and turning to music, and emotions, he wants to express.