In an episode of Wide Entertainment News, G-Dragon revealed that he first trained with SM Entertainment when he was eight, before moving to YG Entertainment at 13. G-Dragon started out very young and is one of the idols who has trained the longest.
He has turned a bulldog clip into a cool accessory
G-Dragon has a massive influence in the fashion world. Just after he was discharged from military services, he launched his collaboration with Nike, the Air Force 1 Paranoise Collection, and it sold out worldwide in minutes. In China the shoes were gone in 0.06 seconds, Allkpop reported.
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The style icon often gains attention for his unusual yet effective style, such as using bulldog clips, safety pins and other office supplies to customise his looks. He eventually made bulldog clips the trademark item of his own label, Peaceminusone.
3. His self-titled album was released through a USB format and was not recognised by top album charts
In 2017, G-Dragon launched his eponymous album, Kwon Ji-yong, through a hand-designed USB, coated in red ink with an inscription of his birth date, name and blood type. It was considered his most soul-revealing and personal work.
Despite skyrocketing sales, Gaon chart did not count Kwon Ji-yong as a real album due to its format. Later that year, Soompi reported that policies were revised and G-Dragon’s album was eventually acknowledged.
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G-Dragon once sported a hairstyle that was unofficially called sushi hair
At the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards held in Hong Kong, he sported middle-parted yellow-dyed hair while his black roots showed. It earned the nickname “sushi hair”, or tamago.
G-Dragon has used BigBang’s music videos to sport numerous memorable hairstyles, making his dreadlocks famous in One of a Kind, two-toned, half-shaved “seaweed hair” in Fantastic Baby and sporting cotton candy pink hair in solo hit Crayon.
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He’s a serious artist who values creative freedom and has strong convictions about keeping his public image and persona separate
His stage name G-Dragon is derived from his real name, as Kwon means dragon in Korean while the G comes from Ji-yong. As his birthday falls on August 18, 1988, he’s born in the year of the dragon and often uses the figure 8 in albums and debut dates.
Happy birthday, G-Dragon!
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