[NEWS] YGE explained about the upcoming GD&TOP Japanese Album! (111006)

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Since G-Dragon was under the suspension of indictment for the suspicion of smoking marijuana, a lot of focus and attention is being placed on his future activities. Today, the Japanese side released a statement that “there won’t be any big problems for album sales”, which also became the center of attention.

G-Dragon was planned to promote the single album 'Oh Yeah' in Japan on November 9th under the duo GD&TOP with exceptional activities. This album was highly anticipated by fans since it was the first project under the collaboration of YG Entertainment and Japan Avex.

However, the announcement of the charge made on October 5th will impact GD&TOP’s and BIGBANG’s activities. YG Entertainment has been busy coming up with a strategy to handle this. A high executive from YG expresses that they will be changing a lot of the plans for BIGBANG, GD&TOP, etc, and that G-Dragon is undergoing deep self-reflection.

Yang Hyun Suk says: “Since G-Dragon received a suspension of indictment, we received the response from Japan that there won’t be any major problems with album sales. Although it wasn’t intentional, G-Dragon and YGE still shoulder responsibility and guilt for the incident. There’s also an issue of moral responsibility, and we need to consider a lot of factors. We are still worried (about whether album sale should be postponed)”. Moreover, G-Dragon as a CF endorser has a lot of contracts in effect. Although the companies for the endorsements were shocked when they heard the results of the prosecutor's investigation, they were able to quickly stabilize the situation.

G-Dragon is currently endorsing: CJ, G Market, LG Smart Phone Optimus BIG, Soul by Ludacris, The North Face, Nikon, and Beanpole, etc. A YG representative says: “The companies so far have not reacted with violent dissatisfaction nor have they threatened to sue. We are very thankful to them for giving us their understanding”.

Suspension of indictment means: although the suspect is guilty of the crime, but taking into consideration factors such as the suspect’s age, environment, motives, methods, etc. Compared to when someone already with a previous record, the prosecutor will not officially indict the first time offender in order to give him a second chance to abide by the law.

So does it mean GD&TOP Japanese album still on process, as planned?! Without GD being there to publicly promote the song? I'm glad we still have at least a good news to wait for but I personally don't know if it's wise choice though. Hopefully, this whole issue will be burned down soon. Stay strong, GD! More info will be updated once available~

Source: E-daily//Trans:影子@BigBangFamily+bigbangvip.net

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