If ‘G-Dragon wiping his nose’ on stage was an uncommon sight, it was a rare sight. It was a scene from ‘Overmancy in Korea’, a solo concert where he met his ‘Him Alone’ fandom for the first time in 8 years.

Until just a few days ago, it was full-blown spring weather, so it is true that G-Dragon, the star of the ‘Weekend Cold’ concert, was an irresistible genius to not only the 30,000 audience members who came to see him. Even though the scheduled opening of the show was postponed by 30 minutes due to facility inspections and strong winds, the fact that it started 44 minutes later than that meant that ‘the hot concert fever even put an end to the sub-zero weather’ The ‘breath’ that burst out like silk stage effects from various parts of the audience proved that it was already far past the ‘golden time’.

Returning after 8 years, G-Dragon‘s world tour ‘Coupang Play and Ubermancy in Korea’ was held for two days on the 29th and 30th at Goyang Stadium in Gyeonggi Province. Although it has recently gained attention as a ‘new K-pop mecca’with a capacity of 30,000 people, the bitter cold of spring has hit so hard that even the magnolia flowers blooming throughout Goyang City have frozen, effectively making it an ‘addling wrong’midwinter outdoor concert.

As of the 29th, the concert was originally scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM, but was rescheduled to 7 PM, a 30-minute delay, due to emergency inspections of the outdoor facilities in preparation for strong winds. However, even this was delayed, and the actual opening ceremony was held at 7:44 PM. Regarding this situation of repeated delays, G-Dragon’s agency Galaxy Corporation officially apologized, and G-Dragon also bowed his head on stage and said, “I‘m sorry for starting late” despite the cold weather.

G-Dragon performed 25 songs on the 29th. He performed ‘Power’, ‘Home Sweet Home’ from ‘Wevermancy’, which is the name of this world tour and also the name of his third full-length album, as well as mega hit songs he released as a soloist, ‘Crayon’, ‘ThatXX’, ‘Crooked’, ‘Heartbreaker’, ‘Untitled’.

Just like the audience exposed to the cold, the stage could not be free from it either, as both the audience and G-Dragon continuously exhaled white breath. In the process, G-Dragon presented a somewhat disappointing live performance that was expected to be due to ‘poor condition’, to the point where his legendary title of ‘King of Performances’ was meaningless.


The friendly appearances of the so-called ‘Legendary Fam’, who were born and raised at YG Entertainment like G-Dragon, were also notable. CL, a member of 2NE1, made a surprise appearance, and on the second day of the concert on the 30th, Taeyang and Daesung of Big Bang joined the group.

Due to bad weather, some special effects such as ‘G-Dragon flying in the sky’ were banned, but as of the 29th, the state-of-the-art stage equipment that supported G-Dragon, who had occasionally seemed to be out of tune, was enough to maintain his reputation as ‘As expected, Kwon Ji-yong (G-Dragon’s real name) is ahead’.


The line of people buying MD goods at the large merchandise shop (MD goods) set up at Goyang Sono Arena next to the concert hall was also a hot topic. However, this led to the side effect of packaging waste overflowing not only around the stadium but also into nearby residential complexes, which was frowned upon. A resident of H, a residential-commercial complex very close to the stadium, who is just across the crosswalk, lamented the disorderly behavior of some of the fandom who bought the goods, and sighed, saying that the bundle of 20ℓ ‘Tseubon’ (trash bags) distributed for free by the concert hall a few days ago was like ‘giving medicine and giving a bottle’.


Reporter Heo Min-nyeong mignon@donga.com

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