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G-Dragon also rolls in style: partnerships between YG and creators, who have well understood the importance of positioning in an environment where idols are overexposed to the
media and imitated by their fans, have granted
him an opened closet to Givenchy, Balmain or
Comme des Garçons. He's a brand with his
own trademark. He controls his aesthetics as
much as possible and refines his connections
in the West.
His sexual ambiguity can trouble us, Europeans, for we are not accustomed to the homoerotism climate of Kpop, in a society where
the stigma over homosexual celebrities is quite
irreversible.
G-Dragon is not a drag, not a second Lady
Gaga or a Daphne Guiness. Other idols can
fall under this label, but he is the perfect embodiment of the triumphant androgyne. His
cat’s eyes, his slender silhouette which naturally fits women’s clothes, and his brat voice
effortlessly places him at the gender crossroads.
G-Dragon has been able to navigate in a world
of restrictions to build himself an image of an
icon. An idol is a work on which everything
can be projected, and that sends you its light
back; the perfect recipe to overheat the sexuality of young debutants. On the eve of the release of his next album on August 20, GDragon truly is the Kpop icon for he is full of
potentials: man-woman, blond, brown, pink,
individual, group member. He is at the image
of Kpop, very aggressive in his visual impact,
all the more forthright, protean and experimental, like Kpop itself, in a sort of glorious and
eccentric adolescence.
Thanks to Ouley_Soleil @ Twitter for the
translation!
Source/Credit: Big Bang Updates & France's L'Express

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