Fly like a G-Dragon
Big Bang leader and K-pop stylemeister G-Dragon came, smoldered and pulled off not one, but two feats beyond any K-popster's wildest dreams.
1. He's the first K-pop boybander to hold a solo concert here.
We're referring to full-fledged concerts, not small-scale fan meets, mind you. Even without his Big Bang mates, G-Dragon managed to pack the Indoor Stadium with 14,000 adoring fans over 2 nights. As far as flying solo goes, pretty boy Kim Hyun Joong comes in a distant second place with his fan meet last year. Even then, KHJ has to high-five every one of his 3,000 fans present. Super Junior, Girls' Generation or even Big Bang have easily filled two nights at the Indoor Stadium before, but would Suju's Choi Siwon or GG's Tiffany be able to hold the fort as a one-person-show? Hard to say.
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Yes he cane: GD is living up to his name as K-pop's king of swag. The 24-her-old pranced around on stage with a blinged-up walking stick during parts of the two-and-a-half-hour gig. He first incorporated the cane into his act a few months ago when he sprained his ankle. He recovered but kept the cane as a prop 'cos "everyone said I looked cool holding it." Not shy, this one.
Get your cray on: Your not a true K-popster until you've mastered the art of flirting with thousand of fans at one go at a gig, a practice known as, um, "fan service" in K-popdom. And, boy, does GD know how to, well, service his fans. In perfect American-accented English, he'd coo: "I miss this beautiful city and the beautiful girls. Team Singapore! Did you miss me?"
Thorny issues: Few men can boast that they've got tailor-made DJ decks to flaunt their skills for just one verse of a song. Even fewer can pull it off wearing women's clothes. Yes that's a sequined blazer from Saint Laurent's line of womenswear on GD.
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2. He reduced Singapore's cool crowd to a bunch of bumbling fans.
A day before his gig, GD turned up at a private party at Salon by Surrender to launch the AMBUSH x G-Dragon capsule collection, a collab between him and designer pals Verbal and Yoon of Japanese cult label, Ambush. Teenage fans showed up outside the MBS boutique as early as four hours before the invite-only party for a glimpse of their idol, but it was the 200 invited guests who behaved like starstruck fans hoping for a brush-- or an Instagram opp-- with the K-pop star. (And we're referring to the supposedly 'in' crowd here that normally wouldn't even admit any K-pop song besides 'Gangnam Style'.) But that's not why GD and his posse spent a considerable part of his hour-long visit ensconced in the dressing room. It was just too warm in the crowded shop area. Perhaps GD would have been better off hold up in the comfort of one of his three hotel rooms-- we hear he booked rooms in three different hotels (including MBS) to evade the watchful eye of fans.
Is it too bright in here?
GD meets Fiona Xie, artiste-turned-citizen of the world-turned-director of Shanghai branch of multi-label Singapore boutique, Surrender. The star flew home just for the event and jetted off to Paris the next day to suss out new threads for her store.
Credits: 8 Days
Thanks to Pae.J for the pics!
Posted by vic on July 26, 2013
Big Bang leader and K-pop stylemeister G-Dragon came, smoldered and pulled off not one, but two feats beyond any K-popster's wildest dreams.
1. He's the first K-pop boybander to hold a solo concert here.
We're referring to full-fledged concerts, not small-scale fan meets, mind you. Even without his Big Bang mates, G-Dragon managed to pack the Indoor Stadium with 14,000 adoring fans over 2 nights. As far as flying solo goes, pretty boy Kim Hyun Joong comes in a distant second place with his fan meet last year. Even then, KHJ has to high-five every one of his 3,000 fans present. Super Junior, Girls' Generation or even Big Bang have easily filled two nights at the Indoor Stadium before, but would Suju's Choi Siwon or GG's Tiffany be able to hold the fort as a one-person-show? Hard to say.
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Yes he cane: GD is living up to his name as K-pop's king of swag. The 24-her-old pranced around on stage with a blinged-up walking stick during parts of the two-and-a-half-hour gig. He first incorporated the cane into his act a few months ago when he sprained his ankle. He recovered but kept the cane as a prop 'cos "everyone said I looked cool holding it." Not shy, this one.
Get your cray on: Your not a true K-popster until you've mastered the art of flirting with thousand of fans at one go at a gig, a practice known as, um, "fan service" in K-popdom. And, boy, does GD know how to, well, service his fans. In perfect American-accented English, he'd coo: "I miss this beautiful city and the beautiful girls. Team Singapore! Did you miss me?"
Thorny issues: Few men can boast that they've got tailor-made DJ decks to flaunt their skills for just one verse of a song. Even fewer can pull it off wearing women's clothes. Yes that's a sequined blazer from Saint Laurent's line of womenswear on GD.
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gdragon-singapore-8days
2. He reduced Singapore's cool crowd to a bunch of bumbling fans.
A day before his gig, GD turned up at a private party at Salon by Surrender to launch the AMBUSH x G-Dragon capsule collection, a collab between him and designer pals Verbal and Yoon of Japanese cult label, Ambush. Teenage fans showed up outside the MBS boutique as early as four hours before the invite-only party for a glimpse of their idol, but it was the 200 invited guests who behaved like starstruck fans hoping for a brush-- or an Instagram opp-- with the K-pop star. (And we're referring to the supposedly 'in' crowd here that normally wouldn't even admit any K-pop song besides 'Gangnam Style'.) But that's not why GD and his posse spent a considerable part of his hour-long visit ensconced in the dressing room. It was just too warm in the crowded shop area. Perhaps GD would have been better off hold up in the comfort of one of his three hotel rooms-- we hear he booked rooms in three different hotels (including MBS) to evade the watchful eye of fans.
Is it too bright in here?
GD meets Fiona Xie, artiste-turned-citizen of the world-turned-director of Shanghai branch of multi-label Singapore boutique, Surrender. The star flew home just for the event and jetted off to Paris the next day to suss out new threads for her store.
Credits: 8 Days
Thanks to Pae.J for the pics!
Posted by vic on July 26, 2013
A man has been detained at the Mapo police station in Seoul for selling counterfeit Big Bang concert tickets.
According to the police, from December 2012 to May 2013, Mr. Kim (27) forged 50 tickets to Big Bang's concert and sold 24 tickets (30,000 to 300,000 won each) to 6 people over the internet, in which he received around 6.5 million won (5,600 USD).
He also made 7.5 million won selling golf clubs, gift certificates and more to 14 other people.
The police also said that he made fake business cards showing that he works as a choreography team leader at YG Entertainment and told buyers that the tickets are directly from Big Bang's agency.
Source: via Nate
Translation: bigbangupdates.com
Posted by vic on July 8, 2013
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According to the police, from December 2012 to May 2013, Mr. Kim (27) forged 50 tickets to Big Bang's concert and sold 24 tickets (30,000 to 300,000 won each) to 6 people over the internet, in which he received around 6.5 million won (5,600 USD).
He also made 7.5 million won selling golf clubs, gift certificates and more to 14 other people.
The police also said that he made fake business cards showing that he works as a choreography team leader at YG Entertainment and told buyers that the tickets are directly from Big Bang's agency.
Source: via Nate
Translation: bigbangupdates.com
Posted by vic on July 8, 2013
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Korean pop icon G-Dragon is launching his own Vitamin Water product next month.
G-Dragon has participated in Glaceau Vitamin Water’s new campaign “G-Creator Project” and the collaboration product is set to hit the local market next month, the brand’s promoter Imok Communications said in a press release Thursday.
To celebrate the new project helmed by the artist as its project manager and co-illustrator, G-Dragon is joining “G-Creator Special Party” at a café in Seoul next Friday, with the support of his labelmates Tablo and Lee Hi.
The iconic star will introduce the new product named “G-CREATOR,” with its catchphrase “With GD” and a special art label design, and tell the overall stories of his new commercial project.
The K-pop artist and global beverage brand, launched in Korea four years ago, released several promotional videos of G-Dragon on YouTube last month.
Source: @10Asia_English
Filed under: Big Bang, Endorsements, G-Dragon, News
G-Dragon has participated in Glaceau Vitamin Water’s new campaign “G-Creator Project” and the collaboration product is set to hit the local market next month, the brand’s promoter Imok Communications said in a press release Thursday.
To celebrate the new project helmed by the artist as its project manager and co-illustrator, G-Dragon is joining “G-Creator Special Party” at a café in Seoul next Friday, with the support of his labelmates Tablo and Lee Hi.
The iconic star will introduce the new product named “G-CREATOR,” with its catchphrase “With GD” and a special art label design, and tell the overall stories of his new commercial project.
The K-pop artist and global beverage brand, launched in Korea four years ago, released several promotional videos of G-Dragon on YouTube last month.
Source: @10Asia_English
Filed under: Big Bang, Endorsements, G-Dragon, News
Information:
Title: "I Love You" (cover of original song by Yutaka Ozaki)
Featuring: Hakase Taro (violinist)
Availability: Song will be released in CD, CD+DVD (with making of and song MV) and Music Card (to download song from online)
Additional: This song is going to be the main theme for the new Japanese drama "I Love You" airing in July.
Source: @TeamBigBang
Posted by vip4daesung on June 14, 2013
Filed under: Big Bang, Daesung, News
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Title: "I Love You" (cover of original song by Yutaka Ozaki)
Featuring: Hakase Taro (violinist)
Availability: Song will be released in CD, CD+DVD (with making of and song MV) and Music Card (to download song from online)
Additional: This song is going to be the main theme for the new Japanese drama "I Love You" airing in July.
Source: @TeamBigBang
Posted by vip4daesung on June 14, 2013
Filed under: Big Bang, Daesung, News
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Big Bang′s Daesung will be performing alone at the 60th anniversary event for Nihon TV in Japan.
Recently, Nihon TV released on its official webpage the lineup for its 60th anniversary live concert, The Music Day Live Presented By Zero, to be held on July 7.
The third lineup for the show announced on June 12 included Big Bang′s Daesung. Daesung is currently the only Korean singer on the list.
The singer, who has been promoting in Japan under the alias D-Lite, has been holding his solo tour D-Lite D′scover Tour in the country since March.
One outlet was quoted to have said about his appearance in the Nihon TV concert, "As Daesung′s solo concerts have been selling out, his appearance in the show will be good news for his fans."
Big Bang will be touring six domes in Japan from November to January 2014. It is the first foreign group to head such a tour, and only the second in Japan after Mr. Children.
Source: @ENewsWorld
Posted by vip4daesung on June 12, 2013
Recently, Nihon TV released on its official webpage the lineup for its 60th anniversary live concert, The Music Day Live Presented By Zero, to be held on July 7.
The third lineup for the show announced on June 12 included Big Bang′s Daesung. Daesung is currently the only Korean singer on the list.
The singer, who has been promoting in Japan under the alias D-Lite, has been holding his solo tour D-Lite D′scover Tour in the country since March.
One outlet was quoted to have said about his appearance in the Nihon TV concert, "As Daesung′s solo concerts have been selling out, his appearance in the show will be good news for his fans."
Big Bang will be touring six domes in Japan from November to January 2014. It is the first foreign group to head such a tour, and only the second in Japan after Mr. Children.
Source: @ENewsWorld
Posted by vip4daesung on June 12, 2013