[THE OFFICIAL] Gdragon G-드래곤 G-Dragon Thread

[Guest jhshinee]

Bummer about his inki being post poned but I guess thats the breaks when somebody important dies. I hope all is well in korea and we'll see gd perform soon enough. If anything it gives him more time to practice and prepare. I just thought about something I wonder if they are going to do GD like they did Taeyang and talk half his songs and turn them into group songs. I hope not and i hope they dont ever do that to another member ever again.

[Mady]

Just drew this, took me 3 hours x_x

[Guest GD;love]

Haven't been on Soompi in a while but I had to come and support our GD.

Your doing wonderfullyyy(:

V.I.P.s. Forlife. <3

and your picture of GD is beautiful.

GD as a blonde aint so bad(:

[papaya.yang]

BOY MV

Another mv that they're working on right now is 소년이여 (Boy)

The producer is Lee Gibaek. Some other pieces of his are Epik High's 'Map the Soul'. He's also recently worked with Supreme Team and Mighty Mouth.

He's busily working on the mv- look forward to it.

Info from NYLON magazine.

Article from 완벽주의자 @ bbvipz

translated by Beau@bbvipz

note from Beau:*Heads up- I'm working on the long NYLON G-Dragon interview. Expect to see it later today or early tomorrow. VERY nice interview:)

Oh really? I was hoping he'd do an MV for that song~ I hope it turns out good! & Can't wait to read the rest of the Nylon interview!

^^the album hasn't been released offline yet..it has been postponed...his album is only released online at the moment

"GDragon’s solo album offline release will be postponed to 21st August due to the overwhelming amount of overseas shipping orders."

credit:Kbites

Ah, no wonder I haven't seen any album scans floating around. Overwhelming amount of overseas orders? That's how we do it, baby! Kekeke j.k. I knew it was weird when I first saw it on YA, it said August 20 but got pushed back to the 24th when I ordered it.

It's not like anything will change because I say something about it, so I just hope that as I continue to work hard people will recognize me as a hard-working person. I think everything will be solved that way so I don't try to concern myself with [negative comments]. I do get sad about it though. I may have a carefree, irresponsible image but I do try hard. I work hard on songs while others sleep. I barely sleep. I don't get why...what's so hateful about me? I still get affected because I'm young.

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Thanks for the short translated part of the Nylon interview. I'm glad that he doesn't take it too hard when people say negative things.. I understand where he's coming from. Don't worry GD, as long as the people who surround you and love you keep you up then it doesn't matter what others say. Even though I know it does get hurtful. no matter how much you ignore it.

GD of course gives people alot more to hate since he is so very present in the first place. I actually believe that alot of this dislike steams from people constantly praising him. Think about it----people kept saying that he´s a musicgenius, talented, unique, ect.

Plus---GD himself tends to agree on those sayings as well, telling that he is the smartest, most fashionable, talented, unique...ect. That just comes of as arrogance to most of the people. Especially when alot of people just don´t see him like that. Many may have thought that he´s average in composing, but now, due to overconfidence, overexposure, got tired hearing people praise him so much, and start disliking him.

But then, it's the people who are saying it. He doesn't straight out say it in a serious tone that he's the best ETC. Sure, he does agree to it sometimes but people do understand that he's joking, right? Or am I the only one getting his sense of humor? The people, fans, media etc were the ones who created this hype and awesomeness surrounding him. He just did what he's set out to do, which is to create music and share with everyone.

Even if he does say it like it is, I wouldn't care because I know he is. Even if others don't, they don't have to "hate." Even if they do, so what? They can just move on and find something else. There's no use wasting energy hating/disliking someone when you could turn that into positive engery and use it to admire/love some other celebrity. =S I've had my share of celebrities that I don't like, but I don't waste my time following them and constantly saying something bad. WHY do that, people? lol. And, there ain't nothing wrong with feeling proud of yourself. As long as I've known of GD, I've never seen him act arrogant and all mighty. I've seen him proud, but not arrogant. If any, he's 1 of the most grateful & respectful member of Big Bang. =) Not saying the other boys aren't, lol.

Anyway, I think his question in the interview was asked in a sincere way. I don't think he meant that he's so loved, why would anyone hate him? Please don't be offended, I don't mean to say that you said it like that but that's just the feeling that I got from reading your post. Sorry if I'm wrong.

His question sets the tone of a young child asking his mother why the bully bullies him. But, *sigh.* Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and there will always be others out there to judge and criticize.. But.. Yeah. As long as he remembers that there's still us fans, friends, and family who think other wise then.. Continue to soar high~

[Guest nad_donad]

BOY MV

Another mv that they're working on right now is 소년이여 (Boy)

The producer is Lee Gibaek. Some other pieces of his are Epik High's 'Map the Soul'. He's also recently worked with Supreme Team and Mighty Mouth.

He's busily working on the mv- look forward to it.

Info from NYLON magazine.

Article from 완벽주의자 @ bbvipz

translated by Beau@bbvipz

note from Beau:*Heads up- I'm working on the long NYLON G-Dragon interview. Expect to see it later today or early tomorrow. VERY nice interview:)

enjoy!!!!

Whoaaaaaa......this is really fast...... BOY MV!!!!!!!! I love love love the song, the melody is awesomely addictive....

Thank you for the news...

So so so so so so so happy that they'll make MV for this song.......

I wonder if Big Bang members will make an appearance in his MV...

Too bad this week Inkigayo was canceled, but that's really understandable...

[Guest chopsticksandspoon]

Oh really? I was hoping he'd do an MV for that song~ I hope it turns out good! & Can't wait to read the rest of the Nylon interview!

Or am I the only one getting his sense of humor? The people, fans, media etc were the ones who created this hype and awesomeness surrounding him. He just did what he's set out to do, which is to create music and share with everyone.

I've seen him proud, but not arrogant

Anyway, I think his question in the interview was asked in a sincere way. I don't think he meant that he's so loved, why would anyone hate him? Please don't be offended, I don't mean to say that you said it like that but that's just the feeling that I got from reading your post. Sorry if I'm wrong.

His question sets the tone of a young child asking his mother why the bully bullies him. But, *sigh.* Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and there will always be others out there to judge and criticize.. But.. Yeah. As long as he remembers that there's still us fans, friends, and family who think other wise then.. Continue to soar high~

I also want to see the MV, from the preview of YGTV next week, it looks like it's going to be CGed all through out, like maybe, he'll be flying around, lol.

You're not the only one. It's just that some people just don't get his humor and wit.

Exactly. I think the boys are never arrogant. Even Seungri, Seungri may come off as that but like GD, their sense of humor is totally taken way out of proportion. GD did stand up for Seungri and explained for Seungri.

I also got that when I was reading her comment. Actually, all her comments come off as like that.

Glad I'm not the only person who got his tone their.

In my opinion, Jiyong's human, not god. all the criticizers and haters and netizens together with those reporters all say that Jiyong's fans make him out to be like he is "god". guess what, it's actually them who make him out to be "god" and put him up in a pedestal so high that when they see that he doesn't measure up to their definition of "god", they bring him down.

jiyong may be a great composer, lyricist, fashionista, star... but he is first and foremost human.

Anyways, GDTV was awesome. And did I hear correctly in the part where Ji was playing with Gaho in his room? He said that Seungri and him bought Gaho together but Seungri hasn't been taking care of him. and that Gaho only sleeps with him. And then Gaho suddenly started beating up the bear and he said, "Yes! Beat him up like that! Later, I'll beat Seungri up like that too." He was so cute being bratty over Seungri.

Not sure, my limited Korean skills fail me.

[Guest bebe57]

Bummer about his inki being post poned but I guess thats the breaks when

somebody important dies. I hope all is well in korea and we'll see gd perform

soon enough. If anything it gives him more time to practice and prepare. I just

thought about something I wonder if they are going to do GD like they did

Taeyang and talk half his songs and turn them into group songs. I hope not

and i hope they dont ever do that to another member ever again.

really they did that to taeyang can you please give me the video link

please i would really be thankful...please and thank you

and i am so loving all the song on GD album...he did a great job with it

yg family tv was so cute and funny can't wait for next week

[Guest Jenny1430266544]

i just read all of GD's interview with Nylon, and I hope someone translates it (only if i had more time!!) because it's a good interview and i want everyone to read it...

[Guest TaiTsuki]

^ It is translated ^___^

http://minsarang.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/...iew-sept-issue/

It is really good ah~

I love how sincere he sounded in the interview.

Hah call me crazy but I got touched when I read it.

I am just worried that he will get too tired. When that boy want something, he will work nonstop to get it.

I can't wait for the promotions to start~

He is the first artist that I fully support haha

I completely look up to him.

[Guest chrichelle]

WAAAHH..INKIGAYO IS CANCELLED.. ANOTHER WEEK TO WAIT FOR HIS COMEBACK STAGE..HUHU

OH WELL, HAVE SOME REST GD BEFORE YOUR COMEBACK STAGE..HAHA..

can't wait to read the translation of his NYLON interview..

BOY MV im so excited for that..but i really hope he'll give a bonus MV for HELLO haha!

Online ranking aug. 19

MNET

MUZ

MELON

DOSIRAK

MUSICON

CYWORLD

SORIBADA

IM REALLY HOPING FOR AWARDS FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER..HAHA!

FIGHTING GD..

[Guest Lucy Miao]

NYLON Sept. Issue - G-Dragon Interview

UNDER COVER; G-DRAGON

Before the shooting team arrived, there was already another shoot going on. G-Dragon was shooting pictures for the jacket of his first solo album. However the scene where white gowns and needles were scattered was quickly clean up and started the cover shoots. G-Dragon's face was darkish. His new concept for his solo album is his blond hair, but since he wanted to keep it a secret until the release; he said that we wore black hats even on the very hot days. He was quicker and calmer than I thought, and he enjoyably posed various poses so that the photographer didn't even need to order him around. He was the first male model decorating the cover for so make-up artist Im Hae-Kyung wanted to give a strong feeling. "Since G-Dragon's eyes aren't that big we always pay attention to his eye make-up and this time he's the cover model so I paid more attention to his eye lining to give a more stronger feel. The key point of his look today is the blond hair so I barely put any color on his lips." I asked G-Dragon if he wasn't hungry and tired because of the shoots since morning without eating. G-Dragon gave us a manly answer "I have a lot of energy and I think of photo shoots as playing- I enjoy it very much so it's not as tiring for me as the people around me are concerned about.", and moved places saying he had to go do some recording for his album.

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THE SUMMER BIRTHDAY BOY

He says don't make a big fuss about it like kids do, but you can't deny that you're hyper and also empty at the same time. 22nd birthday. Your solo album you've dreamed of since you were young is coming out. In that there is a boy and a male celebrity. On a very hot day, we met him who had the same birthday.

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If we look at your past pictures there were many bold ones. If you look at those pictures do you think that they look like yourself? Do you try to not look like your normal self?

It's not that I try to not look like myself, but I try to take in the feedback and show many sides of myself. Look angry then smile. I think of taking pictures as playing. I just do anything.

You also posed a pose like you were pottying or made your hair like dragonball.

Yes, I try to free myself when I'm shooting.

I'm wondering about the clothing you're wearing right now.

The black beanie is from Chip Monday. The red badge on the hat was on these nice pants I bought in Japan. This saw I received from a pretty store that my friend's friend owns when I went to London with 2NE1's stylist Seungho and Jieun nuna(Bigbang's stylist). This vest is from Ann Demeulemeester. It's a really old piece of clothing. This was the most expensive piece of clothing I bought when Bigbang first started. These yellow pants I first saw at the John Galliano store in London and bought it then. The shoes are from Vans. I like the vintage style shoes these days so I've been wearing them a lot.

Kwon Jiyong that wears the most standing out clothing in Seoul prefers comfortable clothing?

I wore my clothes small and wore a lot of clothing that stood out. Haha. The same in my normal everyday life and on stage. I always dress up head to toe then change many many times before I go out. Even when I go to the supermarket. (laugh) These days it needs to be comfortable. Now it looks like hip-hop fashion is coming back in the fashion area. Like Givenchy's collection, everything was a little oversized. I'm welcoming this trend.

I heard that you also don't really care about wearing women size clothing if the clothes are nice. I felt this at our shooting scene today too, but you don't look like you intentionally make yourself look cool and handsome.

It's because I'm not handsome. TOP hyung is handsome. Our Bigbang members are more friendly looking than being really handsome. To Daesung I tell him right in front of him "I'm not the best looking, but you aren't handsome." Daesung knows that he's not the best looking. We don't care about our faces. In fashion shoots there's always a concept; I follow the concept that the staffs give me, I don't try to make my face come out nicely or anything- that makes the picture and the outfit die away. Before I wanted to look good in the pictures, but since I'm not the best looking it doesn't come out like that. Like exaggerating everything to look nice doesn't really suit me.

What's your favorite brand these days? Do you think you could wear only one brand for the rest of your life if someone told you to do so?

I've been loving Givenchy these days. If I had to wear only one brand on stage then I would wear John Galliano; but for everyday life I would like to wear Givenchy. Actually I like classic clothing like Givenchy.

How much clothes do you have? Do you organize your clothes so well that you would know if a piece went missing?

I have a lot of clothing right now too. But I'll have even more later since I'll keep buying more.(laugh) Actually in our house I have two rooms just for clothes. Winter clothes, I separate them and put them at my parent's house. Right now there's not enough room for my summer clothes so I've folded some and put them somewhere else. I'm really good at organizing things. Whenever I do music or anything else I can't concentrate if something is out of order(changing the direction of the recorder on the table). This is bugging me a little too. It was a little crooked.

Haha. You're a neat freak.

(Putting the recorder back to how it was crooked) I’m a little paranoid. Its okay if it's someone else's but my stuff all has to be in the right angle. My friends are always surprised when they come over to my house.

I thought that you wouldn't wear the same clothes twice since you have so many.

If you see the recent collections there are a lot of collections that reinterpreted the 80's fashion style. I mix in the old clothes. My mom was a smart dresser. She bought me a lot of clothes so I always went to the department store/mall with her a lot. Maybe that's why I like clothes so much; my mom's regretting right now since I buy too much. My mom also used to make clothes for me. She made rips in my jean jackets and patched my jeans. We also went to the Peace Market(place to buy clothes) a lot. I bought a lot of clothes from my grandma's clothing store in Hwanghakdong. Like this vest I usually don't throw away the clothes I buy. It may seem like the trend's past but I could wear it and make it look nice. I think it depends on how you wear it.

But do you try to wear the latest clothing on stage? I heard that when you shop you call your stylist and ask 'Is it too late to buy this'.

I don't know if I'm the only one that thinks a lot about this, but for stage outfits I try to show everyone the newest stuff. I also don't like wearing the same stuff as someone else. If it's been a while since the design's come out then that means someone could've already wore it. I try to find it before anyone else does.

Maybe because you're one of the most influential style icons?

It's embarrassing to say 'style icon...'. (laugh) I just like clothes; those words are quite overwhelming for me.

I thought you somewhat enjoyed it but I must've been wrong.

Because of that I constantly think "Do I have to wear this first?"

When Bigbang first came out I was really surprised when I saw everyone wearing the same stuff. How did you feel when even little kids started to wear what you did?

It was surprising. But I'm still embarrassed when I hear the word 'Bigbang style'. For example when they call the sunglasses TOP hyung wore TOP sunglasses, the hair I did as G-Dragon hair. I'm still embarrassed when people say that. When I'm on the internet there are a lot of people like me. Haha. To be honest it is not easy to wear the clothes I wear on stage for everyday life. It was quite surprising when I saw people wearing that. It's good that I've been a tad of a help to them but it's still awkward. Words like style icon.

You were criticized a lot when you wore the t-shirt that had the word 'sex' on it. Did you think that they were over-reacting?

I'd been wanting to wear that shirt for ages. I tried to find it for two or three years but it was impossible to find. But on the day of that awards ceremony Jieun nuna(stylist) bought it from this second-hand shop. I was so happy I wore it right when I got it. When we wear something we usually don't read all the writing that it has. Honestly I didn't see what it said on the shirt but if you look at it as a picture you get to read it. It was my fault that I didn't think of that and I have to apologize because it made the people watching feel uncomfortable. But to be really honest I didn't really understand them.

If you had a change to perform with Lady Gaga who wears even more shocking clothes than you, what would you wear?

I think I would dress neat and modern. If we both dressed like that then we would probably look like aliens.

On the day this magazine comes out your solo album is also coming out. You said that you wanted to do all the music you wanted to do- then what is it?

On TV I look quite 'strong', right? 'Craziness'? I guess that was my most confident side on TV. But since I'm alone this time I wanted to show everyone a different side of myself. There's this song that I sung calmly while playing the guitar. This album is the album I've prepared for since I was 13. There are some diary entries from when I was a kid. If you listen to the album you would be able to know how I've lived and what I'm thinking about without talking to me separately.

Did you do everything by yourself? You're the producer of this album, right?

Yang Hyunsuk CEO just put me in charge of everything. I did the album design, pictures, concept, outfit, choreography and even the music(not all by himself though). But I didn't compose all the songs by myself; I mostly worked on the songs with someone else.

Are you satisfied?

I'm not sure since it's not all over yet but I've worked hard. When we were doing our Japan activities if I had time even for just a day I came back to Korea taking a morning flight and worked on it the whole day then came back by night. I had to not only do the recordings, but also had to do the music video meetings, album outfit meetings etc. I did so many meetings that my nickname right now is Kwon bujang. (*bujang- manager)

There were articles of how you had depression while preparing for your first solo album since it was so hard. You know that right?

I'm not the type of person that explains everything so I just passed by it but I'm not the type of person that would go into depression. I was quiet for a while because I was a little overwhelmed to prepare everything. Maybe that made me looked like I was depressed...

For some you're a person that has a lot. A lot of talent and you've met a lot of good people. You were born in the right era so you could show off your talent. Because of that there were many negative rumors about you such as the depression, composing etc. These rumors because of your popularity, aren't you mad?

It's not like they'll believe me even if I explain everything; I hope that sometime later they'll acknowledge me as a 'person that works hard'. I think it'll be solved then so I try to not care about it. It's quite disappointing though. Even though I may look like a flippant person on TV but I work hard. When everyone else is sleeping I write songs. I barely even sleep. I mean why, what do they hate about me so much. Since I'm still young, I still do get hurt.

What efforts have you made?

When I'm into something I keep on going. When I don't want to do something I don't. For ten years and even now, I'm still into music and clothes. It was since I was in middle school. I used to buy and make stuff since I didn't have anything else to do. People look at me as Bigbang, but during the times when I'm not on TV I have quite a lot of time. I sometimes go out to meet my friends too. At home there's seriously nothing to do. When I work on a number of songs it's just a few that actually go in the albums. Well I don't really have to explain this process. In my opinion I think I have to let the listeners listen to only the good stuff.

How did you start out this process that's totally different from the other idol singers? What made you start thinking about 'making' music.

I liked to dance, but on TV the people who were dancing were singers. I didn't really think singing was cool, but rap where they talked fast looked amazing. In grade 4 my best friend's dad was the music head for MBC. At his house there were a lot of CDs, LPs and tapes. Since I went over to his house a lot I naturally got to listen to a lot of pop music. I was shocked when I first heard Wu-Tang Clan's song; it was a totally different dimension than the songs I've heard. Since then I wrote my own lyrics to MRs and performed them at the school camps. Then the rumors went over to YG which led to making them cast me. I came all the way here by doing what I loved.

But don't you think you have talent?

I do think so because if I didn't have the talent I don't think I would be able to do this stuff. I put in a lot of effort in too, but I think I had a little more talent than everyone else.

Do you have someone that you admire who has talent that you think you can't catch up to?

No one. I'm not saying I'm amazing or anything, but I think that in the end they're all just people and I think that I can become friends with them. I have this DJ that I became friends with during our Japan activities. His friend is friends with Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. If I hang out with them I could get to be friends with them too. I think you can become friends with anyone as long as you like clothes and music. I don't have a person that I want to be like but there are a whole bunch of people that I think are cool. I think people who enjoy and work hard are the best.

Is KAWS one of the people you think are cool? You said that you would want to work with him.

Making it Louis Vuitton, or even indie bands he scribbles everything out in his own way. I think that mind setting of his is very cool. I wanted to work with him because I think he would work with me with no prejudice.

What is the standard for people that could become friends with you either than liking fashion and music?

They would have to be my friend's friends.

So being introduced to someone by someone you know.

I don't really like meeting new people; I go to places I've already been to. I hope they would be an open-minded person. I don't like people that 'pretend' and be different in the inside. I hope they would be able to say everything in my face- nice or mean. My friends are like that. For them I'm nothing. My friend came over for a little bit during the shoot.

Those people that were in training suits? Friends?

Yes. Haha. My friends. When my friends see me they swear first of all. My friends see me as Kwon Jiyong not G-Dragon. When people regard me as a celebrity I tend to not be able to become more intimate with them.

What song would you like to listen to right now?

Kim Heunggook's 'Yellow Butterfly'. Since I'm wearing yellow pants right now I want to listen to that song; it would be exciting. Or maybe Kim Heungook's 'Reggae Party'?

You have tattoos on your arms and your back. What do they mean?

On my right arm it says 'Dolce Vita' and on my left it says 'Moderato'. Sweetly enjoying life and living at ease. On my back it says 'too fast to live, to young to die'. Sid Vicious said this and it means 'too corrupted to live but too young to die'. It seemed like my story. I usually get a tattoo before I achieve a big goal. I need to do one for this album but I don't know where I should.

Have you thought of a phrase yet?

'Head and thinking cold, heart hot'. This phrase was my motive since I was young.

Oh yes, do you use any eye cream?

No, not yet.

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When you see the idol group styling where they make the vest, jacket and trench coat all with the same fabric, even if it may look nice it doesn't really make you want to wear the stuff. Bigbang who wore the clothes we would like to copy had two rules in their styling. One was- styling that you can wear in everyday life and the other was- clothes should be different for every members to emphasize their specialties. According to stylist Jieun, they actually make 70% of all the clothes to make them not look like boys that are wearing their dad's stuff. It may be enough that they've let everyone know that Hhenomenon, Swagger and Henrik Vibskov are fashion brand names not company names. The most regrettable stage outfits? Outfits I made them wear during 'Last Farewell'. They were even confusing for me. Items that represent Bigbang? High top sneakers and baggy pants. I didn't know baggy pants would become so popular. What clothes suits each member the best? For Jiyong skinny jeans. Taeyang New Era hats and white shirts. Daesung rider jackets. TOP suit jackets. Seungri power shoulder jackets. Member that makes the clothes dirty the most. TOP.

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[Guest redevilica]

Lucy Miao - thank you for the NYLON article

Aw we gotta wait for next week for his perfs?

I hope he will perform Korean Dream & The Leaders too during his promotions ^^

But he's topping the charts everywhere so *woot*

[Guest starlightt*]

Lucy Miao: thanks for the translations!

first off, inkigayo is cancelled? nooo, i was getting excited T_T~ ack least i'll have something to

look forward to before school starts.

dang, this thread is growing pretty fast. anwhoo, i love how passionate and how involved he gets

in the music industy and fashion world. how he found the strength to create such a good album &

keep up with the japanese activites just amazes me.

kekeke, another tatoo? haha i just love his tatoos, they're so hot . but they also have a deep

meaning to him which i find cute.

[Guest thegreatbigbang]

I heard that you also don't really care about wearing women size clothing if the clothes are nice. I felt this at our shooting scene today too, but you don't look like you intentionally make yourself look cool and handsome.

It's because I'm not handsome. TOP hyung is handsome.

Our Bigbang members are more friendly looking than being really handsome. To Daesung I tell him right in front of him "I'm not the best looking, but you aren't handsome." Daesung knows that he's not the best looking. We don't care about our faces.

He's so straightforward. I like that.

You were criticized a lot when you wore the t-shirt that had the word 'sex' on it. Did you think that they were over-reacting?

When we wear something we usually don't read all the writing that it has. Honestly I didn't see what it said on the shirt but if you look at it as a picture you get to read it. It was my fault that I didn't think of that and I have to apologize because it made the people watching feel uncomfortable. But to be really honest I didn't really understand them.

I don't think a guy who knows what "hardcore" mean doesn't know "69", and I'm being honest too. Sometimes you sounds so fake GD. You put me on the Rollercoaster AGAIN !!

There were articles of how you had depression while preparing for your first solo album since it was so hard. You know that right?

I'm not the type of person that explains everything so I just passed by it but I'm not the type of person that would go into depression. I was quiet for a while because I was a little overwhelmed to prepare everything. Maybe that made me looked like I was depressed...

Why GD's answers are always contradictory to YG's statement before ?? It bothers me a lot.

Do you have someone that you admire who has talent that you think you can't catch up to?

I have this DJ that I became friends with during our Japan activities. His friend is friends with Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. If I hang out with them I could get to be friends with them too. I think you can become friends with anyone as long as you like clothes and music.

I really don't get what he means by this sentence

Have you thought of a phrase yet?

'Head and thinking cold, heart hot'. This phrase was my motive since I was young.

Can anybody explain for me this sentence too ?

Items that represent Bigbang?

High top sneakers and baggy pants. I didn't know baggy pants would become so popular. What clothes suits each member the best? For Jiyong skinny jeans. Taeyang New Era hats and white shirts. Daesung rider jackets. TOP suit jackets. Seungri power shoulder jackets. Member that makes the clothes dirty the most. TOP.

Translations by Beau @ bbvipz, bbvip

Minor edits by Lucy Miao @ BBVIP

Plz be back to BIG BANG old style. I appreciate if you do that GD. Haha TOP makes the clothes dirty the most.

This interview confuses me. Some answers conflicts with some interviews before, cuz GD changes or he is so hard to read. But the saddest thing is I feel like I don't know him at all.

[Guest Jenny1430266544]

I don't think a guy who knows what "hardcore" mean doesn't know "69", and I'm being honest too. Sometimes you sounds so fake GD. You put me on the Rollercoaster AGAIN !!

GD means that he doesn't understand the public outcry for wearing the shirt that says "SEX" and "69" (i re-read the interview straight from the korean magazine scans and it's definitely that he doesn't understand the people, not that he doesn't understand the shirt that he had been looking for for 2-3 years

[Guest ooxstacee]

GD's responses are so dang deep.<3

The boy puts a lot of thought in things, really.

I want a guy like him, who says it like it is.

I don't think a guy who knows what "hardcore" mean doesn't know "69", and I'm being honest too. Sometimes you sounds so fake GD. You put me on the Rollercoaster AGAIN !!

It's kind of deceiving to read translations .. cause people interpret things incorrectly.

I was wondering if he was talking about not understanding the audience or not understanding the shirt.

The audience would probably make more sense cause even if he's from another country, he's still young and he grew up with people who are Americans. If koreans knew what his shirt said [since they threw a fit], I'm pretty sure GD knows too.

So some of his songs are from diary entries of when he was younger.

That might explain the heartbreaking/bittersweet lyrics.

And you guys may be right about the pub girl, lol.

I find it cute how he admitted to the diary entries put in his lyrics; now it gives the song even more meaning.

There's actually a meaning behind everything he writes, I suppose.

He's a genius. Makes his life experiences into a nice catchy song.

It's nice that he has a lot of time when he's offscreen and that he spends time with his friends.

Haha, I'm not surprised that he can't get close to you if you acknowledge him as a celebrity.

Who could get close to someone who treats you good because you're a celebrity? No one.

Even though they're famous, most of them don't want to be treated differently. They want to fit in.

So I guess the tattoo thing isn't going to end at "Too fast to live, too young to die."

One more and I hope that's the very last one. -.-

Although, I don't really get the quote? Lmao. Maybe if I think about it for a while, I'll get something out of it.

It's good to see that he goes to his parents house, once in a while .. considering he puts his winter clothes there when it's summer and his summer clothes there when it's winter, lmao!

Goooosh, I could go on for forever talking about this person.

You can tell. I rarely have short posts.

[norman2008]

He's so straightforward. I like that.

I don't think a guy who knows what "hardcore" mean doesn't know "69", and I'm being honest too. Sometimes you sounds so fake GD. You put me on the Rollercoaster AGAIN !!

Why GD's answers are always contradictory to YG's statement before ?? It bothers me a lot.

I really don't get what he means by this sentence

Can anybody explain for me this sentence too ?

Plz be back to BIG BANG old style. I appreciate if you do that GD. Haha TOP makes the clothes dirty the most.

This interview confuses me. Some answers conflicts with some interviews before, cuz GD changes or he is so hard to read. But the saddest thing is I feel like I don't know him at all.

mm..i think some things were lost during translation? if you read the original korean interview, i think you'd have diff. opinions of gd/the interview. bc after i read it, i felt likei knew him a lot better/it solified what i thought i knew about him already.

for example, yg said that gd was going on vacation bc it SEEMED like he was a little depressed (he didnt say he was..the media just totally blew it up). and gd just clarified that he wasnt actually depressed, just that maybe people thought he was when in fact, he was just being super quiet....

[Guest tikaluph]

it's suck for waiting until next week to see the perf.. >.<

[Guest sweetflower]

lol...this is a good example of 'lost in translation' (this is why we non-koreans sometimes misunderstand).

Some of you don't really get the tattoo 'Head and thinking cold, heart hot' - from what i understand of the translation, it means use your "head" to think logically or keep your head logic while your heart burns with passion for what you do, passion to pursue what you want in life, what you want to achieve, etc. BTW, I do not want him to have another tattoo - whatever he has now is good already, too many will ruin it.

I'm so dissappointed that ink was canceled - hope this will not negatively affect GD and his album sales b/c he needs to perform live in order to keep the momentum going **fingers crossed**

[Guest charlane98]

hey everyone omg i feel so outdated since i went to camp for the last two days

omg catchign everything up was good

congrats to gd topping the charts

and yeah i was just wondering if anyone knows about his clothes that he wears (brands?) in the mv they are soooooooooooo hot?

or if anybody knows that korean website that is dedicated to his fashion appranrently its DCDG or something?

thanks so much everyone in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!