MBC‘s ‘Good Day’ opened with a cheerful story about producer G-Dragon who is making waves with the power of music.

According to Nielsen Korea, the household viewership rating for ‘Good Day’ that aired on the 16th was 4.9% in the metropolitan area. The 2049 viewership rating was 3.0%. The best minute was the preview scene for ‘88 Nation’, where G-Dragon, Kim Soo-hyun, Jung Hae-in, Im Si-wan, Lee Soo-hyuk, and Kwanghee gather, and the highest viewership rating per minute soared to 6.2%. (Nielsen Korea, metropolitan area)

In the ‘Good Day’ that aired that day, G-Dragon’s journey toward a music project to complete the song of the year with people from various fields began. The legendary combination of Jung Hyung-don, Defconn, Code Kunst, and Jo Se-ho reunited around G-Dragon, and amidst the meeting with the planning team, as well as the story with his true fan Kian84 and actor Kim Soo-hyun, who was born in 1988 and is the same age, G-Dragon‘s endless laughter caught everyone’s attention.

The ‘Good Day’ project first began in June~July of last year, ahead of G-Dragon‘s comeback after 7 years. G-Dragon said that one of the reasons he wanted to become a singer when he was young was because he missed the places where senior and junior singers would all gather, such as the ’Teen Singer Festival‘, and he came up with the idea of a project that they could do together as a group. He explained the purpose, saying, “I wanted to create a place to cheer people on with people who were most active through the music that I am most confident in, and I hope that the power of music can be used with good people and in good places, and I hope that it can continue like this every year. I wanted to create a ’Good Day‘ for everyone.”

The first people to work with G-Dragon on a project were Jung Hyung Don and Defconn, the ‘Dongmyoz’ who created a legend at the ‘Infinite Challenge Music Festival’ 11 years ago. G-Dragon, who headed to Dongmyo that brought back memories, couldn’t hide his excitement at being reunited with Jung Hyung Don, with whom he had a fantastic chemistry in ‘Hyungyongdonjjang’, saying, “It‘s like a ‘transfer love affair’,” and the reunion of the two made even the viewers excited. Jung Hyung Don, who used to be G-Dragon’s fashion mentor, showed off the side of Dongmyo‘s big hands that returned and made people laugh by completing G-Dragon’s style. Jung Hyung Don said about Dongmyo, where joy and longing intersect, “It feels like memories are coming back.”

Defconn, who used to be an assistant on ‘Hyungyongdonjyong’, appeared showing off his changed status as a popular variety show star, aka ‘Growth Character’. In particular, as the MC of ‘I‘m Solo’, he showed interest in the news that G-Dragon usually enjoys watching dating variety shows and attempted to niche market himself. Jung Hyung-don became jealous of this and a subtle love triangle was formed between the three of them, causing laughter. Defconn analyzed the ‘I’m Solo’ characters that suit Jung Hyung-don and G-Dragon, saying, “If Hyung-don has the charm of Ok-soon that is tangible but elusive, G-Dragon is like Yeong-cheol who goes straight ahead once he gets hooked.” G-Dragon made everyone laugh by revealing that Big Bang‘s Taeyang is a real fan of ‘I’m Solo’, saying, “He almost evangelizes”.


G-Dragon revealed the reason why the two were the first to come to mind for the ‘Planning Team’. The reason was, “As MCs of ‘Weekly Idol’, wouldn‘t they be able to play a key role in holding on to idols?” In the midst of this, the ‘Inconvenient Truth’ about when PD Kim Tae-ho cast G-Dragon, Jung Hyung-don, and Defconn was revealed, causing everyone to burst into laughter. Contrary to expectations, it was revealed that Jung Hyung-don was the last to be cast. In response, Jung Hyung-don vented his anger at PD Kim Tae-ho, saying, “Are you talking like that?”, causing everyone to burst into laughter. The unchanging chemistry of the three people who push and pull each other like this was enough to heat up the anticipation for the project even more.

The next main character to appear was G-Dragon’s perfect match, the comedic fairy Code Kunst. Code Kunst, who will be another supporter in this project, expressed his anticipation by saying, “I saw my hyung as Kwon Ji Yong, but this is the first time I‘m meeting him as G-Dragon.” He then summoned Kian84 to his seat, saying, “There’s one true fan of yours. Even if he‘s on the other side of the world, he’ll come if it‘s you,” Kian84. Kian84, who came running through the rain, made G-Dragon burst into laughter from the moment he appeared with his unique charm of ordering an iced Americano at a tea house. Above all, G-Dragon foreshadowed a new relationship by saying, “He smells like a man I have a crush on,” about Kian84’s unique charm.

Kian84‘s unique interpretation of the ’Good Day‘ project was also a point of laughter. Kian84 expressed his regret for losing music that they could sing together, such as ‘Become One’, ‘Tomorrow Will Be Too Late’, by saying, “The world is heartless. It’s cold. Come together. Make a killer song. Sing it together. Happy, happy Republic of Korea”, and revealed a clear summary in a Kian-style way, drawing attention. When Kian84 said, “But I can‘t sing” before they start their full-fledged project, G-Dragon responded, “But are we going to do this together?”, adding to the laughter.

G-Dragon’s longtime close friend Jo Se Ho also joined the planning team, raising expectations. Jo Se Ho, who is known as the networking king with acquaintances in various fields, told G-Dragon and Code Kunst that he would introduce G-Dragon to a friend of the same age, born in 1988, as they headed somewhere. That friend was actor Kim Soo Hyun. G-Dragon and Kim Soo-hyun only exchanged phone numbers in the past, and the two quickly became close while working out together at Kim Soo-hyun‘s agency’s fitness center. In particular, while mentioning his friends born in 1988 in the entertainment industry, Kim Soo-hyun introduced an episode where he met Kwanghee by chance while serving in the military, and showed off a 100% synced-up imitation of Kwanghee‘s voice, making everyone laugh.

At the end of the broadcast, a friendship gathering called ’88 Nation’ with not only G-Dragon and Kim Soo-hyun, but also Jung Hae-in, Im Si-wan, Lee Soo-hyuk, and Kwanghee, was teased, stimulating curiosity. In addition, a scene where G-Dragon meets actor Hwang Jung-min was revealed, raising expectations for the music project that will begin in earnest.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com Reporter projecthong@donga.com

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