G-DRAGON - COUP D'ETAT (Redemption Reacts)
Added 2023-07-18 18:36:34 +0000 UTC
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React to Gdragon and Taeyong "Good Boy" 2014 anthem ๐ฅ
humblegrind
2023-07-20 06:10:49 +0000 UTCOh goodness ๐๐๐๐๐ Iโll Delete that
Ginger Elle Nichols
2023-07-19 01:27:24 +0000 UTCCTFU.. She's expressing herself
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-19 01:26:46 +0000 UTCYes we can...
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-19 01:26:04 +0000 UTCAppreciate this.. Def wanna do more research and hear more...
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-19 01:25:54 +0000 UTCYโall go to bed
Ginger Elle Nichols
2023-07-19 01:25:20 +0000 UTCWhat is Yazzi talking about ๐๐๐
Ginger Elle Nichols
2023-07-19 01:25:16 +0000 UTCMan you can't tell ppl how to feel tho. If anyone was taken back or felt offended you have to be respectful of that. Again we don't think he's racist or meant any harm but I def can see how ppl who aren't familiar with him can take that the wrong way. This feels like a "you had to be outside when this dropped" moment..We'll continue to follow his journey and watch more. This video was interesting to say the less
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-19 01:24:17 +0000 UTCYazzi: Honestly people always gravitate to the negative things. He was not doing blackface which I feel like they thought. He was expressing his feelings with color. Thatโs just Gdragon he has always been that deep of a person for people to understand. He had it right that most people these days are not artists..GD is a true artist. His vision was deeper and just because he played โcatch upโ didnโt mean it wasnโt good. Listen more to his music and you will see
Ginger Elle Nichols
2023-07-19 00:54:23 +0000 UTC^ agreed. bullshit by g dragon is a very good one. it might help for his "redemption" lol, hope you guys can check it out!!
agustdpaving
2023-07-19 00:28:05 +0000 UTCCTFU
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-19 00:21:49 +0000 UTCg dragon looks hot in this >_< off topic but..
agustdpaving
2023-07-19 00:11:11 +0000 UTCCan u react to bullshit by g dragon, it really good.
Saido Hassan
2023-07-18 20:39:44 +0000 UTCCan u react bullshit by g dragon, it really good
Saido Hassan
2023-07-18 20:39:13 +0000 UTCYes! Who you is definitely a good one. I definitely have to recommend that one too
Josiah
2023-07-18 20:12:00 +0000 UTCI think you definitely had to be outside for this album, I guess. It was huge, especially coming a year after his last solo album, which had Crayon which was massively popular. This mv actually won the MAMA that year for best mv. The most popular song off the album was Crooked though, and I think that is still his most popular solo track. This was his artsy song, and Crooked was the commercial hit. My fav mv though was actually Who You? I still love it and think it was so creative. He got 1000 of his fans to watch and record him perform the song in a large clear stage and all their video was edited into the mv. You should totally watch that one.
Jules
2023-07-18 20:05:47 +0000 UTCFor sure. Next month I'm gonna give y'all a banger
Josiah
2023-07-18 19:43:57 +0000 UTCIโm gonna have to pull over to read this ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฝ
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-18 19:32:09 +0000 UTCThank you.. Iโve always heard all these things about G dragon and weโve seen some dope tracks from him.. Iโm interested in learning more and seeing all his discography.. We appreciate you for putting us on new tracks
Redemption 46 Studios
2023-07-18 19:30:29 +0000 UTCBut about the mv. G Dragon is just too deep, it's really hard to understand him, he is almost unreal, that genius he is. The english translations aren't enough to understanding the concept. The colors of a revolution: This album has an emphasis on the colors red and black (and white, to a lesser extent). The album itself comes in either red or black. The video's color scheme is mostly black and white, with occasional red. Aside from being visually impactful, all three of these colors are highly symbolic. Red, most notably, is the color of passion, anger, blood, love, and revolution. Christian tradition has also linked the color red to the crucifixion of Christ. Black is the color of death, darkness, and mourning. White is more traditionally thought to represent purity, though, in China, white is the color of mourning. The video's message of continual rebirth and revolution tie into the colors presented. Boomerang going from mouth to mouth: For those who don't know what a coup d'etat is, it's a French term literally meaning "blow of state," and used to describe an overthrow of government. The term ties directly to the theme of revolution explicitly referenced by the lyrics. Of course, the revolution GD is referencing isn't one of traditional governments or heads of state. According to the lyrics, his coup d'etat is his music. The "boomerang" refers to the lyrics of his songs that "go from mouth to mouth," spreading his influence, giving him power in the music industry, as if he were an usurper gaining power within a government. In G-Dragon's Collection, the photobook features quotes about the making of the album. A phrase that came up frequently was that G-Dragon "broke out of the kpop box," a revolution in its own sense. GD also said, "You know, the meaning of coup d'etat is rebellion, it's overthrowing a government. Just perceiving the world, I wrote the lyrics with that in mind. I want to continuously instigate, whatever it may be." This continual instigation within the music industry is only possible so long as an artist continually transforms. What instigates society at one moment of time won't have any influence in five or ten years. In order for artists to remain relevant, they must change and evolve, which is exactly what the video is about. The revolution is in your mind: In order to maintain relevance, artists must constantly change and undergo personal revolution. Of course, this revolution external one, but a mental one, just as say, "the revolution is in your mind." see in the video is a metaphorical nation occurring within the psyche of G-Dragon. This is hinted with the video's lack of corporeal locations. The sky always looks like the cosmos, or there's just a room set in pure darkness. There is no actual location you can tie these things to. Another hint is in the use of only one outfit throughout the video. While his suit definitely changes depending on setting-whether there are rhinestones on the jacket or if he's wearing gloves or if the jacket is white, etc-these differences are minimal compared to the costume changes GD usually makes during his videos. I don't know how to articulate why this is significant outside of metaphor, and a possibly obscure one at that. In the manga and anime Soul Eater, when Soul is under the influence of black blood, or madness, he retreats to a "room" within his mind where he always wears pinstripe suit. His mental state and madness is indicated by use of this one non-physical location, this one particular suit. Nothing is real. It's only metaphor for internal struggle. The rebellion we see is against himself. The only government that is overthrown is the rule of a past GD. G-Dragon's character within the video is cocky. His gaze never falters. His stance is relaxed, but undeniably intense. There are moments within the video where he looks near demonic with pitch black skin and golden fangs, and yet his character possesses a vulnerability. As the video progresses and we journey deeper into GD's psyche as he attempts to reconcile himself to his death, as he must die before he can reborn, each scene becomes increasingly disturbing. There is an underlying anxiety to the video that we sense, and G-Dragon is subject to it. It affects him more profoundly than it could ever affect us, and yet he doesn't look alarmed. He knows what to expect in this cycle of the death of the present artist and rise of the next. It's only a matter of reconciling himself to the pain. The video opens with a man crouching in rubble before a wall. From the man's wrinkled skin, we know he's old. From his ratty, dirt-covered clothing, we know the journey to this wall has been long and hard. From his crouching position, we know that his journey has exhausted him. From the old man's tattoos, we know this is G-Dragon. This is who he currently is. He's old and tired and his journey has been long. He needs to be renewed, to break through the wall that's separating him from regeneration. His hand inches toward a red-tinted rock. None of the other rocks are this color. As he grips it, the song says, "the revolution is here." The revolution is in this moment that he grips the thing that will bring his destruction. The rest of the video is the process of bringing himself to throw the rock, to break wall, to usher in rebirth.GD stands in a tunnel under a wrecking ball that thunders and shakes the walls that surround him. The swinging wrecking ball invokes a sense of urgency, as if it were a clock counting down or a pendulum. Note also that the wrecking ball is banging against the walls from the inside rather than from outside. This destruction is coming from within. This scene with the wrecking ball and the scene with old GD are the only scenes shown more than once throughout the video. They provide the only source of narrative where the other sequences are purely metaphorical. The scenes with old GD are more obviously narrative as his character actually has action within these scenes, where the wrecking ball scenes are mainly just GD standing there. These scenes with the wrecking ball are the most frequent in the video. They parallel what's happening in the other scenes because this is the G-Dragon that reacts emotionally to what's happening throughout the video. While he's initially straight-faced, we see him in moments of confusion, frustration, defiance, and pain as his death approaches. Next, we see a young boy pledging allegiance to a coffin placed on a pedestal. The child is wearing a military-type outfit and a red glove. This scene is juxtaposed with a shot of GD with his hand, too, over his heart in a red glove. This child is also G-Dragon, as was the old man. An earlier shot showed him standing on top of the coffin as well, so we know that the body within the coffin is also G-Dragon. Here, the video introduces the concept of the cycle of rebirth as we see GD in all three stages-youth, maturity, and death. As a child, he sees what he must become and he pledges himself to it, a blood red hand over his heart. The flashing lights within the pillars of the pedestal hint at the musical nature of this death. They are the flashing lights of a stage and they are within this structure. This is not a literal death, but the metaphorical death of an artist. The first aspect of his death he must come to terms with in order for his continued success as an artist concerns his love life. GD stands in front of a makeshift forest of birch trees with six women in red hiding behind the trees. The birch trees hold two meanings. First, birch trees represent renewal and beginnings, referencing the video's theme of cyclical rebirth. Second, and more relevant to the topic of love, birch branches were used in Gaul marriage ceremonies as tokens of a future successful marriage. The most women I counted in one shot are six. They're dressed entirely in red satins and lace. They're at once delicate and sinister, romantic and seductive. They're blind-folded, like all women in the video are. They're blindfolded to hide their identity, to suggest that they are more concepts than real women. They're symbols of potential partners. There are six of them, six being the number of the love goddess Aphrodite and of the Lovers tarot card. The Lovers card can represent decisions within relationships, and often sacrifice. A deep red spot grows over his heart, as if his heart were literally breaking. He doesn't go into the forest, and he doesn't engage with the women. His heart his bleeding but he shows no pain. He's resolved himself to this heart ache. He knows that in order to succeed, this part of him must die. This is just a part, I will stop here, if you want to find out the rest, read here: http:// mybiasisquiet.tumblr.com/post/132861914491/g not 100% sure but it is the most accurate one.
Josiah
2023-07-18 19:25:27 +0000 UTCI definitely got something next time that would grab y'all. G dragon is ahead of his time with his music. So I see where y'all r coming from. The mv is what I truly like about this song. And the lyrics r really deep, but I see what u mean about the production. I got y'all next time.
Josiah
2023-07-18 19:23:12 +0000 UTC
