Coup D'Etat (G-Dragon album)
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| Studio album by G-Dragon | ||||
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September 13, 2013 |
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| Recorded | 2011-13 | |||
| Genre | K-pop, hip hop | |||
| Length | 45:58 | |||
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| Producer | G-Dragon, Teddy, Yang Hyun-suk (exec.) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| MTV Iggy | favorable |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.1/10 |
| The New York Times | favorable |
Coup d'Etat (stylized as COUP D'ETAT) is the second studio album by South Korean artist G-Dragon, member and leader of the K-pop group Big Bang. The album was initially released on iTunes. The first five tracks of the album were released on September 2, 2013, the next seven tracks were released on September 5, and physical copies were released on September 13. The album contains the single "MichiGO" which was released earlier in 2013.
The album features collaborations from various artists such as Diplo, Baauer, Missy Elliott, Boys Noize, Sky Ferreira, Zion.T, Lydia Paek, and labelmate Jennie Kim.
YG Entertainment announced in June that Missy Elliott and Diplo will be collaborating on the album. A series of teaser photos were then released by YG Entertainment on August 26 and on August 27, 2013. YG then released the full album track list on September 1 which revealed other collaborating artists such as Lydia Paek, Jennie Kim, Boys Noize, Baauer, and Sky Ferreira.
In LOEN Entertainment's "Ask in A Box" interview, G-Dragon revealed that it took less than two years recording Coup d'Etat. He also revealed that he recorded "Niliria" in 2011.
G-Dragon and Missy Elliott debuted the song "Niliria" with a live performance on KCON 2013 on August 25, 2013. YG Entertainment released the music video for "Coup d'Etat" on YouTube on September 1, 2013 which garnered over 750,000 views after a day. The music video for "Crooked" was then released on September 4, 2013. G-Dragon performed the tracks "Niliria", "Michi Go" and debuted the song "Black" (with Jennie Kim) on the SBS music show Inkigayo on September 8, 2013.
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