GD : YOU are One of A Kind!
All was a little too hot and smoky last weekend but we here at KNUKEast ain’t blaming the haze. All that weekend heat came from the leader of k-pop super boy band Big Bang – G-Dragon (GD for short) – gracing our Malaysian shores with a stop on his solo ‘One of A Kind’ tour. One of the most anticipated concerts of 2013 had thousands of screaming fans packing up Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil last Saturday, June 22nd, lighting up the hazy skies with their sea of fan club glow sticks.
And GD did not disappoint. Decked with pyrotechnics, a full live band, energetic dancers, and an impressive stage set up, GD kept the crowd mesmerised with his performance for almost two hours. Big Bang fans were also shown a real treat – GD flew in fellow member Taeyang to help him out as special guest star for this this leg of the OOAK tour.
The show started with a big bang (BIG BANG, geddit?) at 8.15pm with GD in a snazzy black and white ensemble, sitting in a fitted-out glass sports car performing his latest single ‘MichiGo’. He then whipped out his monster hit ‘One Of A Kind’ and by now, had the whole crowd eating out of his hand. Showcasing a few of his solo efforts with his label (YG Entertainment) mates CL, Teddy and Tablo, he performed ‘Leaders’ and ‘Light It Up’ ‘alongside’ them through a giant portable LCD screen that projected them as if they were standing next to him in person!
That wasn’t the only memorable moments from the show – we loved the giant butterflies that floated around the elevated stage as GD performed ‘Butterfly’, GD on the turn tables himself when mixing the track ‘Today’ was such a treat and we gasped out loud at the dramatic conclusion of ‘Obsession ‘ where a female dancer was suspended mid-air. But we are pretty sure that for some fans, the highlight of the night was a little part in the middle of the concert we like to call … Taeyang’s solo stage! We were screaming ourselves hoarse singing along to his solo hits ‘Where U At’ and ‘Breakdown’. We don’t know how he does it but he even got the whole crowd singing along to his adlibs.
And just when we thought we couldn’t scream anymore, GD busts out his hit tune ‘Crayon’. With confetti, crazy ‘Crayon’ graphics and back up dancers running up and down the stage, it was like a huge party had exploded all over Bukit Jalil! And if that wasn’t enough to drive the crowd wild, he mixed in a massive hit song made famous by his boy band, ‘Fantastic Baby’, into the madness that was ‘Crayon’. With energy at an octane high, it was only right that GD returned with an encore set – the crowd really got their groove on (and so did Taeyang as he rejoined GD back on stage) to the tunes of ‘Bad Boy’. GD, the ever heartbreaker that he is, had to finally bid us goodnight but before getting off stage, had promised to return with his Big Bang brothers to our shores very soon. We are holding you to that promise GD but till then, we’re gonna GET OUR CRAY-ON!
