G-Dragon opened up about the distress he experienced during a drug investigation involving him, saying the false accusations left him so shaken that he even considered retiring from the entertainment industry. <\/p>\n
The singer also spoke about his future, including the possibility of marriage.<\/p>\n
The artist appeared on MBC\u2019s current affairs program \u201cSon Suk-hee\u2019s Questions 3,\u201d which aired Wednesday. During the interview, he revisited key moments of his career and discussed the circumstances surrounding his 2023 drug allegations.<\/p>\n
Host Son Suk-hee mentioned the music video for \u201cPower,\u201d released last October, noting that G-Dragon had described it as humorous satire but that the video felt like a direct critique. <\/p>\n
G-Dragon replied, \u201cI had a very clear message. A year before the album release, I became entangled in an incident.\u201d<\/p>\n
In October 2023, he was investigated on suspicion of drug use. G-Dragon firmly denied the allegation, voluntarily appeared for police questioning and was later cleared after detailed forensic tests returned negative. <\/p>\n
Although prosecutors found no grounds to move the case forward, he said he suffered significant stress due to speculative reports and persistent rumors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to appeal for sympathy, but despite being the person affected, I had nowhere to express my thoughts or feelings,\u201d he said. \u201cI was already taking a break from activities, and things spiraled out of control. For two or three months, including the end of the year and the start of the next, I barely remember how I got through it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He described the period as \u201cdraining and empty.\u201d He added, \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to stage a protest, nor did I want to hold a press conference. But it was painful, and enduring it felt stifling. I even wondered, \u2018Should I really come back?\u2019 or \u2018If I quit and retire, I could live like an ordinary person.\u2019 But there was no real reason for me to disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said these experiences shaped the creation of \u201cPower.\u201d \u201cThe root of the problem lay in the media,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to use my voice to satirize the media so that something like this would not happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the interview, G-Dragon also addressed his thoughts on marriage. When Son asked, \u201cWhen will you get married?\u201d he laughed and replied, \u201cYou get married when it\u2019s time. It\u2019s a world I\u2019ve never experienced, so I\u2019m curious about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cIt really is an unknown world to me. Among our members, Taeyang is married and now has a 4-year-old child. When I visit and say, \u2018I\u2019m your dad\u2019s friend,\u2019 even that feels surreal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
G-Dragon said he believes he will become a father someday. \u201cI\u2019m excited but also nervous,\u201d he said. As for a potential partner, he added with a smile, \u201cI\u2019m someone who will get married. If that\u2019s known, maybe someone will come along.\u201d<\/p>\n
This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"G-Dragon opened up about the distress he experienced during a drug investigation involving him, saying the false accusations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-266899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}