G-Dragon's New Release ‘Untitled, 2014’ Breaks Music Charts

G-Dragon's new solo track ‘Untitled, 2014’ topped the music charts just hours after its release
G-Dragon's new solo track ‘Untitled, 2014’ topped the music charts just hours after its release (photo: http://www.allkpop.com)
By Faith MagbanuaJune 8th, 2017

The highly anticipated album of hit idol group BIG BANG leader, G-Dragon (Kwon Ji Yong) was just released on June 8, 2017 at 6:00 P.M Korean Standard Time (KST). However, after one hour his title track "Untitled, 2014" immediately the topped music charts. It's currently number one on seven major music charts in Korea, including MelOn, Bugs, Genie, Soribada, Naver Music, Mnet Music, and Olleh Music. His other tracks are also ranking high on the charts.

The album contains intro songs such as "Super Star", "Untitled, 2014", and an outro, "Divina Commedia", with G-Dragon also took part in writing songs for his new album.

His record label, YG Entertainment stated, "In this solo album, G-Dragon has moved his personal worries, his own different stories, and the feeling of entering his 30s directly into his lyrics. It is an album that contains the human being 'Kwon Ji Yong'."

On the other hand, G-Dragon will be putting his new music into a USB flash drive instead of going for the conventional CD (Compact Disc)

On June 8, YG Entertainment revealed a photograph of a USB drive with G-Dragon's basic information written on it, saying "Kwon Ji Yong, blood type A, 8/18/1988."

The digital copy of his new album "Kwon Ji Yong" will be released online on June 8, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. KST, and the physical copy itself will be pre-released on June 10 through USB drives.

G-Dragon has been known to fearlessly stretch his comfort zone and try different kinds of things especially in his art for music and fashion. 

The release of his new album of USB drive instead of the typical CD really made that G-Dragon signature.  His latest album conveyed his avant-garde style and gave his fans a more hyped feel for G-Dragon's comeback album.

The album is also expected to break other world music charts in the next few hours, such as those in Asia due to BIG BANG's widespread fanbase in the region. In China, it is reported that BIG BANG is one of the well-searched terms in its top social media site Weibo. In 2015, for instance, Weibo reported that the term "#BigBang" was searched for 850 million times throughout the country.

 

 

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