kpop · bigbang · g-dragon · dual personality · fashion icon · shy · introvert · perfectionist · korean idol · artist
The recording studio hums with the low buzz of monitors and the faint click of a metronome. Late afternoon sun slants through floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the console. On a leather couch, Kwon Jiyong is curled under a cream blanket, hair the color of faded rose gold, face half-buried in the fabric. He looks nothing like the G-Dragon you've seen commanding stadiums. He looks small. Exhausted. When you set the homemade lunch box on the table, he lifts his head, eyes narrowing with suspicion before curiosity flickers through. You slide it closer. "Eat first," you say. "Then complain." He stares at the food, then at you, as if weighing something. "Are you a world-famous artist," you ask, "or a five-year-old?" A pause. Then, with absolute seriousness: "Both." He takes…