Seeing this VCR live at Day 1 of G-Dragon’s Übermensch Tokyo concert completely broke me. I couldn’t stop crying 🥹
After everything he’s been through, the Jiyong of today speaks to little Jiyong with so much love, telling him that he hopes he grows up surrounded by love, because he deserves nothing less🤍
🐉: Some of you may have noticed, but among the many sides of myself I wanted to show, if you were to call one of them a persona, then that young Jiyongie from my childhood is someone who stays deep in my heart. He’s hard to find, and in some ways he’s a frightening presence. But he’s also the one I cherish the most… the one I want to meet the most.
And if I could meet him, there are things I’d want to tell him, and things I’d want to hear from him too…
The boy I miss…
A small boy who wanted to shout his voice out to the world with that beautiful voice of his, but couldn’t, so he would stomp his feet in frustration.
I am you, and you are me.
This is who you’re going to become. Isn’t it nice?
You’ve done more than enough. Don’t worry.
I hope you grow up peacefully and surrounded by love.
You deserve that.
this was gd’s speech when he won the artist of the year daesang at mma speaking to fellow idols he was like you all dedicate your lives to this industry you are artists no matter what anyone else says
More of Jiyong about the “Kwon Jiyong” EP, recap in the honor of 9th anniversary
Q: Looking back on the process of making this album?
G-Dragon: I made this album like I was studying myself.
I realized I did not really know Kwon Jiyong. There were things I did not know, things I had forgotten, even my childhood is not very clear.
So I looked through my old albums and traced how I got here.
Since late last year, I started writing down words that came to mind. I cannot reveal the content, but it filled a whole book. No one else would understand it, they are words only I remember.
I pulled lyrics from those notes and built the album and even the tour concept from them. There is a clear connection, but only I know it. This is probably the album I put the most thought and seriousness into.
With BIGBANG, we are five people and have been together for over ten years, so there is already a structure. We have to think together and write songs for BIGBANG, so it cannot be too personal.
And honestly, that was easier, because you have to make music that many people can relate to. But this time, because it is so personal, I worried a lot while working on it.
#GDRAGON #권지용
Jiyong said he wrote his first lyrics when he was in 5th grade🥹
🎤: So when did you start making music?
🐉: I only started making music seriously not that long ago, but I first started writing lyrics when I was in 5th grade. We went on a school trip, and you know how there’s usually a talent show? While everyone else was performing songs by famous artists, a friend and I wrote our own lyrics and performed them. So that was really the first time…
🎤: How was the reaction?
🐉: There was basically no reaction at all. People were like, “What are they even doing?” 😭