I want to write a brief history and some of the things GD and Bigbang have changed over the years so you can grasp on how much of a big deal he actually is. I already know this won't be short as I'm very passionate about GD and Bigbang's music but I'll try my best to keep it reasonable, I'll likely write something similar when/if you ever get to Bigbang. GD debuted in 2006 from YG Entertainment as the leader of Bigbang. They were not super successfull right from the start but with Lies in 2007 and Haru Haru in 2008 they catapulted to superstardom in South Korea. They grew bigger with each comeback and started to get international fame too. This was before streaming, UA-cam and social media were huge like they are now. GD and BB are really diverse musically as they really like to experiment with their music, you'll never know what to expect from them.... pop-rock to ballads to EDM to old school rap and everything in between. I think that is one of the biggest reasons why they are so loved by both kpop fans and the general public. Never trust a kpop fan who doesn't know Bigbang (or the other 2nd gen legends). GD has a hand in everything regarding his/BBs music, writing and producing (kpop idols didn't have any creative freedom back in the day, the companies did everything. GD changed that), they fund their concert tours 100% themselves, they design the lighting, stages, setlists, arrangements etc for concerts. GD (and BB) is hugely respected in the kpop industry and BB is the blueprint that other companies use to form their new groups. Labels used to bring trainees to Bigbang concerts when they were active to show the trainees stage presence, how to engage the audience and how to perform. ”Even if Bigbang isn’t your bias, they are your bias’ bias.” GD and BB are the kings of live performances!! They like to arrange their songs differently for pretty much every concert and live show. They have had the same live band with them since 2012. The Band Six was put together by the request of GD and they toured with BB for years until they went to hiatus for military and the band has since toured with other YG groups, mainly Blackpink. My personal favorites live are Café (MADE Tour), Tell Me Goodbye (Japan Dome Tour X), Candle/Fools Only Tears (Love & Hope Tour 2011), Haru Haru (acoustic version in any tour, try the Japan Dome Tour X for a japanese version) and Sober (MADE Tour with Daesung on the drums). I highly recommend watching a concert, the Japan Dome Tour X 2014-2015 is one of the best ones and the MADE or 0to10 tours are also great ones. But to fully grasp the impact they have had on the whole kpop industry and it's structure, here is a list of some things that are very normal now in kpop but what GD and Bigbang started and changed: - Lightsticks (GD invented the concept and designed BB's yellow crown lightstick, the bang bong) - First fandom name: VIP - To have actual "real" rappers in a group and not a group member who can't sing well enough and was trained to rap here and there. The first real rapline GD&TOP (and they actually have an album together from 2011). - TOP was the first underground rapper, he went by the name Tempo, a "real rapper" turned idol (turned into a successfull actor) - Rapper combo with higher voice and a deeper voice and at least one deep voiced rapper in a group. - Writing their own songs and producing their own music (started with GD but now all of them write and produce). So now younger idols have the chance to make their own music thanks to GD breaking the stereotype of idols, it actually was a scandal back in the day when it was revealed it was GD who did the songs. - Different genres of music started to be more common in Kpop thanks to them (Hip Hop, EDM...) as they were exploring different genres and making variety of different genre music. - Combining different genres in one song became popular thanks to them. Like Bang bang bang. (They were not the first to do this but they made it popular) - Fantastic Baby started the EDM era in Kpop. - First ones to have international collaborations (Missy Elliot, Pixie Lott, Flo Rida, Skrillex, Diplo..) - Solo carees, back in the day idols started their solo careers only after disbanding, but BB members wanted to go solo and stay in BB. - Every group having a maknae (youngest) position. BB has two Seunghyuns, TOP and Seungri. They used to call Seungri maknae not to confuse the two with each other and now every single group has a maknae. - Khiphop community doesn’t take kpop idols seriously but GD and TOP are the only few ones who have the respect of Khiphop. - The first brand global ambassador GD with Chanel. - First high fashion brand sponsorship (GD in Heartbraker MV in 2009 with LVMH). - Huge international success before social media and streaming were a thing. - First real world tour spanning Asia, America and Europe (Alive tour 2012-2013) - First international award (MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Worldwide Act 2011) - First mini album in 2007 - They always were and are themselves, goofy, weird and funny. So group members now can also be more free to who they are and not signed to a certain role in a group. But with 4th and 5th gen now it's getting worse again. - High fashion in kpop (mainly GD.. and TOP) - Crazy hair colors (mainly GD again) - The list goes on.. "BB started a revolution that made Kpop thrive to where it is today." (Found this on a comment here on UA-cam but I can't for the life of me find the comment anymore to give credit, but as this is 100% true, I'll leave it here anyway) "YG made BIGBANG but BIGBANG made YG." - Yang Hyun Suk (YG himself, the founder of YG ent.) YG ent is one of the "BIG 4" all thanks to BB. Many kpop fans doesn't seem to know this, but YGE was extremely poor (like going bankrupt level) and a tiny company when BB were trainees and debuted and thanks to their success they are now one of the biggest companies in South Korea (much like what happened later with BTS and BigHit that newer fans do know about). BB was responsible for over 70% of YGEs income at one point and for some time too, 2NE1 did the rest. GD and the BB members have had scandals over the years (some real and some not) that has caused them to have a somewhat "problematic" image especially among the younger kpop fans. But in my opinion most of it is just South Korean media (and knets) hating on them (they always have) and them being grown up men just living their life in a super conservative world of kpop idols. They have never cared about the clean idol image, they smoke, party, drink and date as they wish. What I personally love the most about GD and BB is that they really don't give a f**k about anything anymore, they just do what they like and want the most.
thank you for all this info!!! 🥰🥰 Didn't realize they were some of the first for international collabs, that's quite the list! I can't wait to get to the bigbang stuff later this year as well, I have a feeling I'll be in for a wild ride as well!
I love BIGBANG They were the 1st group I got into and 2NE1 and all of YG groups Epic High, IKon, WINNER, AKMU, & Lee High are some groups you should check out unless you have already heard of their music. Thank you for your GD reactions
I love GD and Bigbang!!! I've been a VIP (the BB fandom) since 2010 and still am. VIP untill whenever. 💛 You're in for a wild ride!! GD is a musical genious, if you can find the videos with subs, that would be optimal. I love the duality within him, between the stage persona GD and him offstage as Jiyong. Also he has done everything as far as genres go so you never know what is next. Can't wait for the rest of his week!
Ahhh GD the goat, so glad you enjoyed it, Crayon is also one of my favorites it’s so good. I feel like one of my favorite things about GD is that he mixes humor with his message and artistry so well. Like he’s not afraid to be silly but still has something to say. Anyways looking forward to the rest of the week 😊❤
The thing is too is that if you watch some live performances of these songs mostly in 2016-2017 concerts they are revised and sound different especially with live band
I prefer you watch the MV with lyrics.. Also With GD and Bigbang with each member, their MVs do not do justice for their live performance. Their Live performance are 100 times better than their MVs. They were well respected in the Kpop industry because of their contribution to the kpop industry. They were called "Emperor Of Kpop" "Kings Of Pop" and so on. I hope you watch the other member too.
lmao without you and michigo are two songs id never think of recommending anyone, and theyre two of your first impressions LOL. GD took risks ; crayon worked, michigo didnt imo. anyway im catching up on these and exited to binge, i love how in depth youre going
uhh never seen or heard of Without You, it must of gotten a MV sometime after the One of a Kind album came out cuz i stay forgetting that they release entire albums along with an MV of the title songs XD
Loved it. Really nice reaction style. Thanks. Hope you react to Untitled 2014 mv and divina comedia (no mv) Bullshit - happy with anything though. His lyrics to all of his songs are really good too
Michigo and Crayon have the same title basicly 😅 . Michigo means crazy in korean and Crayon is Cray On . Life does not always have to be serious . The old crazy kpop was fun 😊. For B side I recommend Fact Assault with Psy , Light it up with Tablo . Highly recommend to see lyric videos for these 2 , you need translation. Also lives of The Leaders- GDragon and CL , Nilliria - GD and Missy Elliott. GD and TOP Knock out - live .
The rumors of a comeback album have been flying around for years. He is the definition of GOAT in kpop/khiphop. Thanks for reacting!
would loooove to have new music from him!!!
I want to write a brief history and some of the things GD and Bigbang have changed over the years so you can grasp on how much of a big deal he actually is. I already know this won't be short as I'm very passionate about GD and Bigbang's music but I'll try my best to keep it reasonable, I'll likely write something similar when/if you ever get to Bigbang.
GD debuted in 2006 from YG Entertainment as the leader of Bigbang. They were not super successfull right from the start but with Lies in 2007 and Haru Haru in 2008 they catapulted to superstardom in South Korea. They grew bigger with each comeback and started to get international fame too. This was before streaming, UA-cam and social media were huge like they are now.
GD and BB are really diverse musically as they really like to experiment with their music, you'll never know what to expect from them.... pop-rock to ballads to EDM to old school rap and everything in between. I think that is one of the biggest reasons why they are so loved by both kpop fans and the general public. Never trust a kpop fan who doesn't know Bigbang (or the other 2nd gen legends).
GD has a hand in everything regarding his/BBs music, writing and producing (kpop idols didn't have any creative freedom back in the day, the companies did everything. GD changed that), they fund their concert tours 100% themselves, they design the lighting, stages, setlists, arrangements etc for concerts.
GD (and BB) is hugely respected in the kpop industry and BB is the blueprint that other companies use to form their new groups. Labels used to bring trainees to Bigbang concerts when they were active to show the trainees stage presence, how to engage the audience and how to perform. ”Even if Bigbang isn’t your bias, they are your bias’ bias.”
GD and BB are the kings of live performances!! They like to arrange their songs differently for pretty much every concert and live show. They have had the same live band with them since 2012. The Band Six was put together by the request of GD and they toured with BB for years until they went to hiatus for military and the band has since toured with other YG groups, mainly Blackpink.
My personal favorites live are Café (MADE Tour), Tell Me Goodbye (Japan Dome Tour X), Candle/Fools Only Tears (Love & Hope Tour 2011), Haru Haru (acoustic version in any tour, try the Japan Dome Tour X for a japanese version) and Sober (MADE Tour with Daesung on the drums). I highly recommend watching a concert, the Japan Dome Tour X 2014-2015 is one of the best ones and the MADE or 0to10 tours are also great ones.
But to fully grasp the impact they have had on the whole kpop industry and it's structure, here is a list of some things that are very normal now in kpop but what GD and Bigbang started and changed:
- Lightsticks (GD invented the concept and designed BB's yellow crown lightstick, the bang bong)
- First fandom name: VIP
- To have actual "real" rappers in a group and not a group member who can't sing well enough and was trained to rap here and there. The first real rapline GD&TOP (and they actually have an album together from 2011).
- TOP was the first underground rapper, he went by the name Tempo, a "real rapper" turned idol (turned into a successfull actor)
- Rapper combo with higher voice and a deeper voice and at least one deep voiced rapper in a group.
- Writing their own songs and producing their own music (started with GD but now all of them write and produce). So now younger idols have the chance to make their own music thanks to GD breaking the stereotype of idols, it actually was a scandal back in the day when it was revealed it was GD who did the songs.
- Different genres of music started to be more common in Kpop thanks to them (Hip Hop, EDM...) as they were exploring different genres and making variety of different genre music.
- Combining different genres in one song became popular thanks to them. Like Bang bang bang. (They were not the first to do this but they made it popular)
- Fantastic Baby started the EDM era in Kpop.
- First ones to have international collaborations (Missy Elliot, Pixie Lott, Flo Rida, Skrillex, Diplo..)
- Solo carees, back in the day idols started their solo careers only after disbanding, but BB members wanted to go solo and stay in BB.
- Every group having a maknae (youngest) position. BB has two Seunghyuns, TOP and Seungri. They used to call Seungri maknae not to confuse the two with each other and now every single group has a maknae.
- Khiphop community doesn’t take kpop idols seriously but GD and TOP are the only few ones who have the respect of Khiphop.
- The first brand global ambassador GD with Chanel.
- First high fashion brand sponsorship (GD in Heartbraker MV in 2009 with LVMH).
- Huge international success before social media and streaming were a thing.
- First real world tour spanning Asia, America and Europe (Alive tour 2012-2013)
- First international award (MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Worldwide Act 2011)
- First mini album in 2007
- They always were and are themselves, goofy, weird and funny. So group members now can also be more free to who they are and not signed to a certain role in a group. But with 4th and 5th gen now it's getting worse again.
- High fashion in kpop (mainly GD.. and TOP)
- Crazy hair colors (mainly GD again)
- The list goes on..
"BB started a revolution that made Kpop thrive to where it is today." (Found this on a comment here on UA-cam but I can't for the life of me find the comment anymore to give credit, but as this is 100% true, I'll leave it here anyway)
"YG made BIGBANG but BIGBANG made YG." - Yang Hyun Suk (YG himself, the founder of YG ent.)
YG ent is one of the "BIG 4" all thanks to BB. Many kpop fans doesn't seem to know this, but YGE was extremely poor (like going bankrupt level) and a tiny company when BB were trainees and debuted and thanks to their success they are now one of the biggest companies in South Korea (much like what happened later with BTS and BigHit that newer fans do know about). BB was responsible for over 70% of YGEs income at one point and for some time too, 2NE1 did the rest.
GD and the BB members have had scandals over the years (some real and some not) that has caused them to have a somewhat "problematic" image especially among the younger kpop fans. But in my opinion most of it is just South Korean media (and knets) hating on them (they always have) and them being grown up men just living their life in a super conservative world of kpop idols. They have never cared about the clean idol image, they smoke, party, drink and date as they wish. What I personally love the most about GD and BB is that they really don't give a f**k about anything anymore, they just do what they like and want the most.
thank you for all this info!!! 🥰🥰 Didn't realize they were some of the first for international collabs, that's quite the list! I can't wait to get to the bigbang stuff later this year as well, I have a feeling I'll be in for a wild ride as well!
I love BIGBANG They were the 1st group I got into and 2NE1 and all of YG groups Epic High, IKon, WINNER, AKMU, & Lee High are some groups you should check out unless you have already heard of their music. Thank you for your GD reactions
Please react to all of these groups
They are "one of a kind"
can't wait to check out bigbang when we get to the boygroup series!
From without you to michigo is crazy 😂
just WILD... some musical whiplash right there LOL
I love GD and Bigbang!!! I've been a VIP (the BB fandom) since 2010 and still am. VIP untill whenever. 💛 You're in for a wild ride!! GD is a musical genious, if you can find the videos with subs, that would be optimal. I love the duality within him, between the stage persona GD and him offstage as Jiyong. Also he has done everything as far as genres go so you never know what is next. Can't wait for the rest of his week!
I just love his little personality! he's a sweet heart, then dynamite on stage!!
Ahhh GD the goat, so glad you enjoyed it, Crayon is also one of my favorites it’s so good. I feel like one of my favorite things about GD is that he mixes humor with his message and artistry so well. Like he’s not afraid to be silly but still has something to say. Anyways looking forward to the rest of the week 😊❤
he is the goat! and yes Crayon is sooo good! A top fav of mine 🥰
Window, she's gone r good too live versions.
I doooo have a live version of Window on the lives video coming up!
please dont miss "this love". because this is his very first solo.
I thought Heartbreaker was his first solo?? 👀
@@roguereacts “this love” just his solo from bigbang debut album. heartbreaker is his first solo album..
Btw, this love is the remake of this love from maroon 5
Well michigo is wild and i think untitled 2014 is his best song like a masterpiece
I loooove his voice in untitled 2014! it's sooooo good!
The Without You M/V is fan made, just to let you know :D
i realized well after the fact 😭😭😭😭
The thing is too is that if you watch some live performances of these songs mostly in 2016-2017 concerts they are revised and sound different especially with live band
the lives were amazing!!! having a live band on some of them was amazing!!
15:24 yes indeed, there’s no one like him😭🥂
truly no one! I can see why he is an icon 🥰
Lee Hyori?! omg YASSSSSSSSSSS
yes! she's next up! 🥰
He really is one of a kind!
truly!! 😊
You must hear Can't help falling in love (g Dragon) you might be rock🤘🤘
the other two members from Big Bang you need react to ar T.O.P and Taeyang. their songs are seminole to G-Dragon.
they are on the list! 💙
GD best of the best😂
he's amazing!
I love the intro of Without You but the fan cut it in the video
you know one had to slip in to a video at some point in time 🤣😭
this boi is crazy
agreed!
I prefer you watch the MV with lyrics.. Also With GD and Bigbang with each member, their MVs do not do justice for their live performance. Their Live performance are 100 times better than their MVs. They were well respected in the Kpop industry because of their contribution to the kpop industry. They were called "Emperor Of Kpop" "Kings Of Pop" and so on. I hope you watch the other member too.
If there were ones out there then I must have missed them, because I couldn't find hardly any with subs 😭😭 His live performances are amazing!!!
@@roguereacts Dorian Grey Utube chanel has a lot of their live MVs and concerts with eng sub
good to know for the future! thank you!
lmao without you and michigo are two songs id never think of recommending anyone, and theyre two of your first impressions LOL. GD took risks ; crayon worked, michigo didnt imo.
anyway im catching up on these and exited to binge, i love how in depth youre going
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uhh never seen or heard of Without You, it must of gotten a MV sometime after the One of a Kind album came out cuz i stay forgetting that they release entire albums along with an MV of the title songs XD
its a fan made M/V :D
Without you is a b side that jiyong never promote
😭💙 didn't realize it was fan made when it made it on the list
for g-dragon you really need to focus on his lyrics, would've been so much better if you watched lyric videos after the mv
that Without You MV is fanmade haha
you know... one was bound to sneak in at some point LOL 🤣🤣
@@roguereacts yeah hahaha, rosé’s parts were her clips from stay and playing with fire (even the bts with lisa)
The without you MV is fanmad, it was b side
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Loved it. Really nice reaction style. Thanks. Hope you react to Untitled 2014 mv and divina comedia (no mv) Bullshit - happy with anything though. His lyrics to all of his songs are really good too
thank you! 🥰 glad you enjoyed the reaction! divina comedia and bullshit were amazing!!!
Michigo and Crayon have the same title basicly 😅 . Michigo means crazy in korean and Crayon is Cray On . Life does not always have to be serious . The old crazy kpop was fun 😊. For B side I recommend Fact Assault with Psy , Light it up with Tablo . Highly recommend to see lyric videos for these 2 , you need translation. Also lives of The Leaders- GDragon and CL , Nilliria - GD and Missy Elliott. GD and TOP Knock out - live .
agreed the old crazy kpop was so fun!!!! 🥰🥰
Two of my favorite GD songs and MV's are "Obsession" and "She's Gone".
Those are so underrated, That one “She’s gone”’s live was crazy!
I’m so excited for this journey