G-DRAGON (BIGBANG) starts performance 73 minutes late in temperatures of -5℃... Some audience members went home midway through

G-DRAGON (BIGBANG) has tarnished himself on his return after an eight-year absence by looking unprofessional.

G-DRAGON held the first day of the “G-DRAGON 2025 WORLD TOUR [Übermensch]” at the Goyang Sports Complex in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do on March 29.

This performance drew great interest as G-DRAGON's first solo concert in about eight years since 2017, when he rocked the music charts with “TOO BAD,” the title track of his third album “Übermensch,” as well as “HOME SWEET HOME,” “POWER,” and other songs, and the king The performance, however, was not originally scheduled.

However, the performance was suddenly delayed by 30 minutes from the originally scheduled time of 6:30 p.m., and then by an additional 43 minutes, much to the dissatisfaction of the audience. In total, the delay was 73 minutes. He was expected to be unable to escape criticism for not taking into consideration the fact that they had to watch the performance in the cold weather. At 7:43 p.m., when the performance began, the temperature at the venue was 2℃, and the wind was blowing violently, making the temperature 5℃ below zero. The audience prepared body warmers and put on thick coats to watch the performance, but many of them gave up and went home.

In the process, Coupang PLAY, the organizer of the event, was eager to promote its own contents. Despite repeated performance delays, Coupang PLAY's major content advertisements were played, and played again, to the displeasure of the audience.

His agency Galaxy Corporation belatedly explained the reason for the delay, saying, “While the performance was delayed once for safety reasons due to worsening weather conditions (gusty winds) at the site, the performance was further delayed by about 40 minutes due to the extended reasons."

G-Dragon's apology was also delayed and frowned upon; G-Dragon made no mention of the performance delay during the opening MC. Later, during the second MC, he apologized for the delay, saying, “I apologize for starting the show like this even though it was very cold."