After 17 years, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon leaves YG Entertainment

After 17 years, G-Dragon, from BIGBANG leaves YG Entertainment. The information was confirmed by the agency on the group’s official website after speculation that the idol could renew his exclusive contract (which expired in June this year) with the company.

The statement has the following translation:

This is YG Entertainment.

G-Dragon was one of our agency’s representative artists, and all the time together with him since his debut with BIGBANG in 2006 has been an honor.

We sincerely wish G-Dragon success in his new beginning.

We ask the fans for lots of joy and support.

Thanks.

It is worth remembering that at the time the contract expired, YG Entertainment stated that it was negotiating with G-Dragon the possibility of maintaining a separate contract for advertising and other activities. On this topic, the company has not shared any updates.

Furthermore, there are rumors that G-Dragon may have signed a contract with Warner Music or Galaxy Corporation, but none of the information was confirmed by the idol or the companies, although the second company stated after a report from the Korean news channel Money Today released on December 5, that it was not possible to deny or confirm the information.

At this time, there is no official response we can give,” Galaxy Corporation said.

Still, Galaxy Corporation will be responsible for holding a press conference on December 21st addressing the drug abuse accusation that G-Dragon was targeted at the beginning of November this year and the releases are scheduled for 2024. The idol will not be present at the event, as reported by the Soompi portal.

G-Dragon He debuted as a member of BIGBANG in August 2006 under YG Entertainment with the release of the track “We Belong Together”. Currently, in addition to G-Dragon, the group is made up of TOP, Taeyang It is Daesung. The group’s most recent comeback took place in April 2022, with the track “Still Life”.