G-Dragon: Last News

Big Bang member G-Dragon has released a new song ‘Home Sweet Home’, featuring bandmates Taeyang and Daesung.Today (November 22), K-pop rapper G-Dragon dropped his new song titled ‘Home Sweet Home’, a collaboration with his Big Bang bandmates Taeyang and Daesung. While it is credited as a G-Dragon track, it marks the first music the boyband have made together since 2022.“Well I said, I would be back / And I’d never let you go / Pick a petal off a flower / Daze you love me nope? / Well I said, I would be back / And I’d never let you go / Pick a petal off a flower / Do you love me or (Stop!),” the trio sing in the chorus.‘Home Sweet Home’ comes just weeks after G-Dragon returned with the surprise single ‘Power’, his first solo release in seven years, following his 2017 self-titled EP ‘Kwon Ji-young’.

G-Dragon has made his long-awaited comeback with the album ‘Übermensch’, which dropped alongside a music video for the single ‘Too Bad’, starring aespa’s Karina and featuring Anderson .Paak. ‘Übermensch’ is G-Dragon’s third studio album overall and his first body of work in seven years, since the 2017 EP ‘Kwon Ji -Yong’.

Elton John is set to headline Singapore’s 2025 Formula 1 Grand Prix, despite his recent retirement from touring. Find all the details below.The legendary singer-songwriter and pianist will close out this year’s edition of the huge motor racing event, which is due to take place between October 3-5.Over two years on from concluding his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour with an emotional concert in Stockholm, Sweden, Sir Elton will make his highly-anticipated return to the stage in Singapore on Sunday October 5.He’ll deliver a bill-topping performance on the Padang Stage in Zone 4 after the F1 race to bring the weekend to a close.Sir Elton appears on the bill alongside K-pop star G-Dragon, who’ll kick off the race weekend at the Padang Stage on Friday October 3.

G-Dragon has teased his upcoming 2025 ‘Übermensch’ world tour in support of his forthcoming solo comeback album of the same name.G-Dragon announced his upcoming 2025 ‘Übermensch’ world tour via his personal Instagram page today (February 6), with a promotional poster of his own silhouette. Specifics about the tour’s stops, dates and venues have yet to be unveiled at the time of publishing.The ‘Übermensch’ world tour will be the Big Bang rapper’s third solo world tour and will also mark his first in over seven years, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

88rising has announced the ticketing information and line-up for Head In The Clouds Los Angeles 2025, featuring G-Dragon, 2NE1 and more.On February 4, 88rising announced the line-up for Head In The Clouds Los Angeles 2025, which will take place at the Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on May 31 and June 1. This year’s edition will be headlined by Big Bang rapper G-Dragon, veteran K-pop girl group 2NE1 and R&B musician DEAN as headliners.Joining them will be Korean-Australian musician DPR Ian and DPR bandmates DPR Artic and DPR Cream.

G-Dragon has revealed that his long-awaited solo comeback album, titled ‘Übermensch’, will be released later this month.Today (February 4), G-Dragon uploaded a teaser to his YouTube channel announcing the new record. The brief new clip features two silhouettes walking toward one another amid a colourful backdrop, while a crowd cheers.Due out February 25, ‘Übermensch’ will mark G-Dragon’s third studio album overall and his first body of work in seven years.

G-Dragon‘s 2013 album ‘Coup D’etat’ became one of the most-searched on South Korean search engines amid the martial law attempt by President Yoon Suk-yeol.Yoon declared martial law on the night of December 3 during a live television broadcast. In his statement, the South Korean president accused political opponents of “anti-state activities plotting rebellion” and alleged that he was protecting the constitution from “pro-North Korean forces”, per The Conversation.Shortly after martial law was declared, searches for a 2013 album titled ‘Coup D’etat’ by South Korean artist G-Dragon spiked.

G-Dragon has returned with his first solo music in seven years – listen to the single ‘Power’ below.The South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper has partnered with independent record label Empire to release the new track.“‘Power’ manifests the essence of music,” G-Dragon explained of the song. “I express myself through music.

Big Bang member G-Dragon has posted a new cryptic teaser, seemingly hinting towards an upcoming solo comeback.A teaser was posted on G-Dragon’s official fan social media channels on October 21, containing a black image and the caption “beyond-black”. The post also included hashtags such as #hiddengem and #GDRAGON2024, supposedly teasing upcoming solo music from the veteran K-pop idol.Several fans discovered that the words “Loading… Progress: 10%” are included in the image upon increasing its brightness.

Big Bang rapper and soloist G-Dragon is set to perform at this year’s MAMA Awards.On Monday (October 21), CJ ENM announced the return of G-Dragon at this year’s ceremony. The 2024 MAMA Awards will be held across three days.

BABYMONSTER are set to drop a new single called ‘Drip’, co-written by Big Bang’s G-Dragon for their upcoming first studio album.Today (October 8), YG Entertainment released a new video featuring the agency’s founder and producer Yang Hyun-suk introducing aspects of BABYMONSTER’s upcoming record release. The nine-track studio album will arrive on November 1 and be led by the single ‘Drip’.In the video, Yang shared that ‘Drip’ featured an “unexpected” contributor in its credits.

Big Bang singer Daesung has opened up about performing on stage with bandmates G-Dragon and Taeyang again for the first time in years.Earlier this month, Big Bang’s Taeyang kicked-off his ‘The Light Year’ tour in Seoul, where he invited bandmates Daesung and G-Dragon to perform some of the group’s hits on stage.In a new episode of Daesung’s YouTube show Zip Daesung, the vocalist offered a behind-the-scenes look into the concert and shared his thoughts on their first performance together since December 2017.“It was pure joy,” he said. “The fact that people still remember us and talk about us is just incredible, you know? For a group that’s almost 20 years old, that’s quite an achievement.

Big Bang members – Taeyang, G-Dragon and Daesung – recently reunited during Taeyang’s solo concerts in Seoul over the weekend.Big Bang’s Taeyang held the kick-off shows of his ‘The Light Year’ tour over the weekend on August 31 and September 1 at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, South Korea. The concerts were the K-pop star’s first solo shows in about seven years, and also marked the first Big Bang reunion since the departure of founding member T.O.P last year.During the September 1 show, Taeyang invited them both G-Dragon and Daesung on stage to perform the 2016 Big Bang song, ‘WE LIKE 2 PARTY’.

G-Dragon – real name Kwon Ji-yong – has acquired the trademark rights to his stage name from former agency, YG Entertainment.Today (August 2), G-Dragon’s new agency GALAXY Corporation, which he signed to last year, confirmed to South Korean news outlet OSEN that the rapper had been able to acquire his stage name from his former label.“It is true that Kwon Ji-yong has been transferred the trademark rights for ‘G-Dragon’ from YG Entertainment,” a representative from GALAXY Corporation told OSEN, per The Chosun Daily.The latter publication also reported that G-Dragon has also received trademark rights for other names related to the rapper, including the acronym ‘GD’.The move comes months after his label confirmed that G-Dragon would be making his long-awaited comeback “in the second half of this year”. At the time, the agency also said that the K-pop star would also be “carrying out global activities and activities in Japan” as part of his comeback.G-Dragon’s last solo release was his self-titled EP ‘Kwon Ji-yong’ in 2017.

Big Bang frontman G-Dragon has been appointed as a special professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) under the Department of Mechanical Engineering.South Korean media outlet The Korea Herald reported on the K-pop idol’s appointment at the university earlier today (June 5), sharing that G-Dragon’s involvement at KAIST is “aimed at expanding the global competitiveness of Korean culture by incorporating the latest science and technology developed at KAIST into K-content”, according to the institution.Referring to G-Dragon as Professor Kwon, a KAIST representative told the outlet about his plans to “collaborate on digital twin technology research for Hallyu artists, research on convergence of K-culture and technologies such as artificial intelligence, robots and metaverse, and develop artist avatars using the latest technologies”.This would include volumetrics, motion capture and haptics, per the university. This research will be conducted at the as-yet-unopened KAIST-Galaxy Corporation Enter-tech (Entertainment and Technology) Research Center, set to be a new branch of the department.

Big Bang star G-Dragon will be releasing new music sometime in the second half of the year, his label has confirmed.His label Galaxy Corporation announced that G-Dragon would be making his long-awaited comeback “in the second half of this year”, in a statement to South Korean news outlet News1 earlier today (April 3).“After making his comeback, he will be carrying out global activities, and activities in Japan are also planned as part of them,” Galaxy Corporation added in its statement, via Soompi. G-dragon’s forthcoming comeback will be his first solo release in about seven years, since he released his self-titled EP ‘Kwon Ji-yong’ in 2017.

Big Bang singer Taeyang joined bandmate Daesung on stage during the latter’s fan meeting event this past weekend.Both of Daesung’s Big Bang bandmates G-Dragon and Taeyang attended the singer’s second and final showing of his solo fanmeeting concert at the Blue Square Hall in Seoul, South Korea, held on the evening of March 17.G-Dragon was spotted watching the show among the audience, while Taeyang joined Daesung on stage for a performance of several Big Bang songs as well as the former’s hit solo song ‘Eyes, Nose, Lips’.Taeyang and G-Dragon’s public appearance at Daesung’s show marked the band’s first public reunion in years.

G-Dragon has announced plans to set up a foundation to help fight drug abuse and addiction.On the morning of 21 December, G-Dragon’s new agency GALAXY Corporation hosted a press conference to address the musician’s recent police drug investigation and his plans for 2024.Although the Big Bang member was not in attendance, the musician wrote about his plans to launch a foundation to fight drug abuse in a letter, which was read by an executive from GALAXY Corporation.“I have gone through very difficult times this year, as you will know,” G-Dragon wrote, per Korea JoongAng Daily. “Going through such times, I have seen things I had not seen before and experienced things I hadn’t before.”“There are over 20,000 drug users in Korea, and less than 500 of them get proper treatment.

G-Dragon has reportedly signed with a new agency called GALAXY Corporation.In a press release received by NME today (December 20), GALAXY Corporation announced that it will be holding a press conference tomorrow (December 21) to address G-Dragon’s recently drug investigation, as well as to detail the musician’s plans for 2024.According to Korea Daily, GALAXY Corporation is an “AI metaverse company”, and also produced Netflix’s hit reality TV series Physical: 100, alongside other shows.Last week, it was reported that South Korean police would close the investigation into G-Dragon‘s suspected drug use. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, the case was not referred to prosecutors and was officially closed on Tuesday (December 19).The news of G-Dragon signing with a new agency also comes roughly half-a-year after the musician’s exclusive contract with YG Entertainment expired in June 2023.

G-Dragon, who is currently under investigation for suspected drug use.The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency has reportedly notified G-Dragon that it would not be extending a travel ban that was placed on the singer amid his ongoing investigation, according to The Korea Times.The travel ban on G-Dragon had expired on Saturday (November 25), following the police’s decision to not requesting an extension. The move comes just days after the Big Bang member had reportedly test negative for drugs in his hair and nails.G-Dragon was booked by South Korean police on suspected drug use in late-October.

G-Dragon says he will pursue legal action against “malicious comments about him” amid his ongoing drug investigation.G-Dragon’s lawyer, Kim Su-hyeon, said today (November 22) that the K-pop star would be “taking legal action against those who posted malicious comments about him, including defamation, insults, sexual harassment, spreading false information and malicious slander”, per Yonhap News Agency.Kim added that they have a “zero-tolerance policy” and are preparing to file complaints with investigative agencies using evidence they have collected through self-monitoring and reports from fans.The move comes just a day after South Korean news media reported that G-Dragon’s hair and nails have tested negative for drugs. The tests were carried out by the police at the request of the K-pop idol, after his urine had first tested negative for drugs on November 6.The Big Bang member had initially been booked by South Korean police for suspected drug use in October 2023.