[OSEN=??? ??] BIGBANG’s G-DRAGON did a cover of WINNER’s new single.

On January 24, a staff member of YG Entertainment told OSEN that G-DRAGON is the fifth artist to cover the title track of WINNER’s new album. It’s the first time that G-DRAGON – BIGBANG’s leader/fashionista – covered a song of another artist, and so, it is expected to create a big sensation.

The cover relay project is a pre-release promotion campaign for WINNER’s new album headed by YG’s CEO YANG HYUN SUK. The first two artists that covered the song were LEE HI and TAEYANG. They were followed by non-YG artists Zion.T and Dean.

Korea’s top R&B vocalists have participated in this cover relay project, and the fact that G-DRAGON is next up on the line is drawing great attention to the project.



G-DRAGON volunteered to cover WINNER’s new song since he cares about his lablemate WINNER a lot. G-DRAGON even appeared on the shows “WIN” and “WINNER TV”. Of course, the rising number of collaborations must have played a part on the new project. In any case, YG artists are known to be close and always give full support to their labelmates.

So fat, top R&B vocalists covered WINNER’s new single. It will be interesting to see G-DRAGON’s cover as he is a rapper not a vocalist.

WINNER’s project is special in many ways. Usually, covers are done by fellow singers or not-well-known rookies. But this time, the covers are being revealed even before the release of the song, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it’s a world first.

Meanwhile, WINNER will be making a comeback by releasing a mini-album on February 1 and they will release three music videos, two for the double title tracks “BABY BABY” and “SENTIMENTAL” and one for NAM TAEHYUN’s solo track “I’M YOUNG”.

2016. 1. 24.

Source: YG Life

[OSEN=??? ??] What would it be like to listen to WINNER’s song sung by BIGBANG’s G-DRAGON?

According to YG Entertainment (“YG”)’s insiders on the 26 this month, G-DRAGON’s cover song of WINNER’s “SENTIMENTAL” will be unveiled on the 27. G-DRAGON is the third YG artist to cover for WINNER’s new song “SENTIMENTAL”, following AKMU and Katie Kim.

“SENTIMENTAL” is a sentimental minor pop song, in which WINNER members’ tender voices stand out. The song was directly produced by member NAM TAEHYUN. He expressed the sentimental emotions in witty lyrics.

It is a very rare case for G-DRAGON to fully support a junior YG artist like this. That shows how big affection G-DRAGON has for WINNER. Fans are already paying keen attention to what the G-DRAGON’s cover song for WINNER will be like.

The focus of fans’ interest is the singing G-DRAGON. G-DRAGON has been a rapper, songwriter, and producer as a member of BIGBANG and a solo singer. So, music fans have big curiosity about what kind vocal he will show in his cover song of “SENTIMENTAL”.



WINNER’s comeback has been fully supported by YG’s head producer YANG HYUN SUK. The relay cover project directly planned by YANG himself is a pre-promotion that is being implemented before the official release of the title songs of WINNER’s new album. 

Most of cover songs are usually created by singing existing songs. However, in WINNER’s relay cover promotion, artists create cover songs for WINNER’s new songs even before their official release. That is a kind of world-first format of promotion which has never been tried so far.

WINNER’s mini-album to be released on February 1 has “BABY BABY” and “SENTIMENTAL” as the double title tracks. So far, LEE HI, TAEYANG, Zion.T, and DEAN have presented new versions of “BABY BABY” in their own colors, to captivate music fans in Korea.

Then, AKMU, Katie Kim, and G-DRAGON supported WINNER’s new album by presenting their cover songs for “SENTIMENTAL”. As more artists are to unveil their cover songs for WINNER, fans are now paying keen attention to who will follow G-DRAGON to create the next cover song for WINNER.

WINNER is finally coming back one year and five months after their debut in August, 2014. Their comeback is already creating a big sensation in the music scene.

2016. 1. 26.

Source: YG Life