Entertainment celebs Flying Solo Ready to be impressed? The BIGBANG members dropped their chart-topping (nope, absolutely no exaggeration here!) solo releases recently, and Priscilla Wu and Amanda Tan finally got a taste of what their records sound like. G-Dragon Album, COUP D’ETAT Have we mentioned how much we worship GD’s latest solo project, COUP D’ETAT? While his previous albums Heartbreaker and One of a Kind are totally rad, this record takes the cake as a must-have compilation of power hip-hop. Filled with collaborations with various artistes including Missy Elliott, Sky Ferreira and label- mate Jennie Kim, COUP D’ETAT has taken over the radio waves and cracked major music charts like Gaon, Mnet, Billboard and Oricon Style. And despite the number of hits GD has created over the years, it’s not hard to see that the BIGBANG leader continues to push the musical boundaries and experiment with various styles with title tracks ‘Crooked’, ‘Black’ and ‘Niliria’, sealing the deal that he remains one of the most talented songwriters in the Korean music industry. T.O.P Digital Single, ‘Doom Dada’ Honestly, it video and lyrics aside, the track follows feels like the the winning dance-hip-hop formula of his rapper has first single ‘Turn It Up’. We were expecting been working something more electro-pop, like the usual on his new BIGBANG fanfare, but ‘Doom Dada’ is single for what nevertheless, crazily catchy, especially after seems like T.O.P’s charismatic rap runs a few loops on forever. T.O.P has been pretty busy with our playlist. his drama and film projects (most recently, Commitment), so when the 26-year-old Capitalising on the single’s popularity, a finally announced the release of his solo special edition will be released with never- effort ‘Doom Dada’, anticipation was seen-before footage of the music video and understandably high. The bizarre music a behind-the-scenes photobook. 082JAN 2014.