After a hiatus of 7 years, G-Dragon has finally launched his comeback solo track Power. On October 31, the rapper and songwriter published his song under Galaxy Corporation after departing from YG Entertainment in 2023.
Through an Instagram Live, the artist previewed the track, and later, the official MV was released on the YouTube channel. Within 24 hours, the track has surpassed 8 million views, highlighting his huge fanbase.
As a group member of BIGBANG, he debuted in 2006, while his solo ventures began in 2009. Read further to learn about seven of the most popular tracks by G-Dragon
Note: The article ranks songs by G-Dragon based on YouTube views.
THAT XX, Crooked, and some other most popular tracks of G-Dragon
The list of tracks is as follows:
- Good Boy
- Crooked
- Untitled
- Who You
- THAT XX
- Crayon
- Heartbreaker
1) Good Boy
Good Boy is a collaboration between G-Dragon and his BIG BANG bandmate Taeyang, released on November 21, 2014. Within a month, the official music video garnered 7 million views on YouTube and became one of the chart-topping tracks on Billboard and iTunes.
It has 379 million views on YouTube, and its Spotify plays have reached 95 million at the time of writing. This popular track of G-dragon highlights a luxurious visual throughout the MV and blends EDM and hip-hop.
2) Crooked
Crooked is another popular track of G-Dragon that surpassed 100 million views within 4 years on YouTube. The solo track was a part of the artist's second album COUP D’ETAT, released in September 2013.
On YouTube, the official music video of Crooked has 245 million views and counting. It has surpassed 68 million plays on Spotify.
The track is a reflection of G-Dragon as a fashion influencer. Throughout the song, he is seen wearing fashionable clothes and freely roaming around the alleys of London. The number highlights the artist's desire to get love while he talks about his crude version with thick eyeliner and leather pants.
He sings,
"Tonight, I’ll be crooked / Leave me alone / I was alone anyway / I have no one, everything is meaningless / Take away the sugar-coated comfort / Tonight I'll be crooked"
3) Untitled 2014
In June 2017, G-Dragon released Untitled 2014, and within a day, the track became the chart-topper on music-playing sites in Korea, including Bugs, Naver, Mnet, and MelOn, among others. On the i-chart real-time category, it remained the top song for several days.
After seven years, it has amassed 150 million plays on YouTube and 74 million streams on Spotify. The track sounds slightly melancholic, and G-Dragon pines for a look at his former lover. Being conscious of his crude words that hurt his lover, he yearns for forgiveness.
He sings,
"Please just once / If I can just see you / I'm ok with losing everything I have / I'll meet you, even if it's in a dream / And we can love again / As we are"
4) Who You?
With 135 million views on YouTube, Who You? is one of the coveted tracks of G-Dragon that was released on November 13, 2013. On Spotify, it has garnered 12 million streams.
The track was shot at Ilsan KINTEX in the presence of his fans, who witnessed the filming while cheering for the artist. In the music, G-Dragon was spotted singing in a confined glass room where all of his belongings, like a car, toys, or piano, were decorated.
The song is a ballad of pining over love who is seeing the other person. The vocalist compares them to the dirty flowers on the street while feeling like a loser and longing for her to come back.
He ends the track by saying,
"So lame and loser-ish, I’ve always been a loser / I didn’t know, you’re the same, you bad girl / I will treat you better, will you meet me? / I won’t bother you, will you please come back to me?"
5) THAT XX
On the official channel of Big Bang, G-Dragon published THAT XX in 2012. With more than 44 million streams on Spotify, the track has amassed 108 million views on YouTube.
As one of the popular tracks of G-Dragon, featuring BLACKPINK Kim Jennie, THAT XX is an acoustic song, introducing two different versions of the artist: a playboy and a friendly one. The lyrics are the words of the friendly version, embarking on a man cheating on a girl G-Dragon loves.
The artist croons,
"He smiles falsely next to you / He touches your cheeks and hair / But inside, he is definitely thinking of some other girl / How could he do that? It's like a sin / As much as you shed tears, I'll treat you better, baby"
6) Crayon
The second track of One of a Kind album, Crayon, was released in September 2012. The lyrics were crafted by G-Dragon and Teddy, which introduced the story of a mad scientist. On YouTube, it has surpassed 80 million views and is still counting, while Spotify has amassed 25 million streams.
Crayon is a rap mixed party song and, with the utterance of "Get Your Crayon", the artist asks boys and girls to enjoy.
7) Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker is the title track from G-Dragon's first solo album, which was released in 2009. The track has amassed 84 million views, and on Spotify, it has 7 million streams at the time of writing.
In the first verse, G-Dragon introduced himself as a new version and expressed his feelings as a heartbroken boy. The track is a ballad of a broken-hearted boy who pines over his aches.
He sings,
"You say you don’t like me, what’s the reason why? / Your annoyed expression / that gives everything away makes me sad / But even if I still like you and asked you for a chance"
Apart from these tracks, BANG BANG BANG is also a popular track by G-Dragon, released in 2016.