Kwon Ji-Yong a.k.a. G-Dragon – a twenty-five-year-old man from Seoul with an androgynous look and bleached hair – is the biggest Asian pop star of the moment. Discovered by a talent scout when he was 5 years old, he officially made his debut in 2006 as a member of Big Bang, the boy band that is the star of K-Pop, the South Korean music scene that has won over the world with a blend of Euro dance music, urban rhythms, and bubblegum pop.
