Tag: G Dragon (BIGBANG)

The leader of Big Bang is back with this second album, Coup D’etat. One of the title songs used from this album is Coup D’etat. As you can see this song is exactly the albums name and also the focus on today’s review. After a successful run of promotions last year with his singles Crayon, That XX and One Of A Kind ; and Seungri’s Gotta Talk To You, he is back to rock the stage with his new songs. With this, Taeyang  will soon be having his comeback and Big Bang had just announced that they will be returning in October with a new single. Looks like YG will be very busy when it comes to the end of the year.

The song is quite boring. Honestly, I don’t think this song should be receiving the attention it is getting. There are much better songs out there at the moment, that deserve the level attention that this song is getting.  On top of that, I found the song quite unappealing. I listened to it once, never actually ever touched it again. It is lacking quite a bit and really does not live up to its standard that Crayon had set. It does mildly epic for a small amount of time. Okay, I am not a big fan of hip hop, but this song is rather slow and disappointing. Also that part where he incorporates part of Crayon into the song, seems like he borrowed off a successful song and just carried it over. This rapping skills in this song aren’t that great compared to much better song Crooked.

As for the music video, YG always does best to mash up a whole heap of different scenes that make no sense whatsoever. I get some bits with the gun wound part, the laundry house scene (which looks quite like a kitchen to me) as their are direct references to the song. But the scenes where he is a ninja at the end and the scene with him taking off his mask, kind of confused me a little bit. Maybe I am not looking into it hard enough, but it really throws me off. Oh and where are the controversies with his “taking the mask off his face” scene? Usually there would’ve been a lot of criticisms about that, but where have they gone. He uploaded a picture once like that, which made people angry. So where are those angry people?

The dance, yeah, not as great and energetic as Crayon. And what is with YG or G-Dragon’s favourite thing about his backup dancers? The faces are so not covered in this performance (Note Sarcasm was used here). I am just watching MNET’s performance, and there seemed to be inefficient lighting. Planned or a mistake made by the broadcaster, but it looks like G Dragon relied on the candles in front him. And what was the final scene for? Kind of scary though. Hahahahahaha…. G Dragon, why do you always give me nightmares?

1/10. Mildly better that CL’s song though, but still not appealing and I am very disappointing.

Yay! Another song that has been since forever that was on the list to review. G Dragon released this song separately before releasing his actual album and this song got some light. Although, this is not G Dragon’s best song out there, it is still a good song. But I have been noticing, YG artists have comebacks with more than 1 song, 2NE1, Big Bang, Epik High etc. I am pretty surprised with the amount of effort that YG puts into the comebacks.

First of all, I was blown away with this song. I was completely caught off guard with song (and so were you!). I expected something hip-hopish and we all got some really smooth ballad. Really, G Drgon should just rap and do his crazy stuff, not sing ballads. However this song is pretty good. I did feel his voice a bit awkward in the song and was really held back. I don’t think he poured enough emotion into this song than One Of A Kind or Crayon. This song just sucks compared to the other songs. However, who is comparing this song anyway! This song just alone would be pretty good. I liked the guitar and found the rhythm pretty good. But beside that, I was disappointed in the song. Also, I hated those beeps. I know they are covering up words that should be heard by young people, but seriously? Could they not just found a less hurtful word!

The music video is quite interesting in a way. It was dark, like the song and quite mysterious. The song talks about a guy who follows his girlfriend around and finds that another guy is treating his girlfriend bad. It turns out that “other guy” is actually him and he treats his own girlfriend quite bad. So that is why you see him all sad and sulky and see him looking through some keyholes in the door, as if he is stalking him. The only thing I hated in this whole video is the fcat how they made G Dragon look in the video. firstly, hated the hair, secondly they filmed the face as if the skin was all flaky. Like geez, that is really disgusting.

As the live performance, I found it okay. Nothing bad really. I was just *insert poker face here*. But the guitar was pretty good.

Yeah, okay song, just does not live to the standards of One Of A Kind or Crayon. 6/10.

[Having difficulties trying to link the music video in. will do after exams]

Released late last August, and currently it is October. How do you know I am good with my dates! LOL. Anyway, at first I did not want to review this song, because when it comes to G Dragon’s solos, I really cannot be stuffed with it. However I decided, why not! So yeah, I am basically a month and a bit delayed. Ohh well, at least I have it on the site now, that is good. This was the first of the 3 songs that were “promoted” by G Dragon on SBS. This song soon followed by That XX and Crayon, all three with a different style and mojo.

Well, definitely as soon as you are listening to this song, you can hear a hip beat. It is much different from his Heartbreaker days, or any of the things that he had in mind for the album or anything to do with Big Bang. I guess, it is the side that represents him the most, except for being crazy. It is kind of slow like other hip hop songs, but at the same time still has the feel as a rap and breakdancing kind of feel to it. Oh did I forget to mention SWAG!!! It is what G Dragon does the best anyway. I guess this song title can be related by everyone, but I am not sure if this song is to represent everyone else, which is why I guess the title of the song would be misleading in a way. I describes him, and only him since he is “One Of A Kind”.

The music video is quite like Crayon, except for the craziness. This music video has more of a serious feel to it, rather than a “Get your Crayon” style of crazy. Taeyang features in this music video. There is a lot of G Dragon being crazy as well, anyway, especially evident through the craziness to smash many glass cases that may have contained really expensive clothes. But beside that, I think the music video matched the feel of the song. Especially with the girls, at the Hello~ parts. 😉

Anyway the live performance is a lot like the dance in the music video. But beside that, I am not really that happy or disappointed.

I am only gonna give this song a 7/10. It is not really that good if you compare it to Crayon.