[talk] YouQ's G-Dragon, Only 5 Years of Life as Kwon Ji-yong... "It Was Hard to Stay Mentally Sound"

I didn't know who I was. I started because I liked it so much, and I'm doing what I like, I'm loved, and I have nothing to lose, so am I happy? I should be happy. There's no way I shouldn't be happy. When I look at it from a third party perspective, I think I should be happy."

G-Dragon said, “After being under the spotlight on stage, I never left my studio when I returned to my daily life. I didn’t know anyone. Since I did everything in my studio, that was the extent of my world,” and added, “I like the movie ‘The Truman Show.’ Maybe that’s why. Many people love me, but there are sides of me that I don’t want to show. I think a lot of thoughts overlapped.”

He said, “It was a time when it was difficult to receive comfort. I felt like asking for comfort was too much because things were going so well. I think I would feel the same way if I went back now.” He added, “More than 100 staff members were working for me. I couldn’t complain that I was having a hard time. I couldn’t lean on anyone.”

G-Dragon said, “I had a bad feeling, but I couldn’t express it. I looked fine on the outside, but I was sick inside. I was at the event until two days before I enlisted. The question I was asked the most when I was on tour was, ‘Where am I?’” and confessed, “I was so out of it. It was hard to even be sane. It was a time when I was confused, being in the same environment for so long.”