Vogue Italy's writer, Francesco Spampinato recently admired BIGBANG member G-Dragon's "media power" via Twitter after he received a great response for his story, wherein he gave G-Dragon a compliment for "his almost other-worldly charisma" which made him "the perfect pop star for the global society of the post-digital era." He also went made a detail about G-Dragon's journey as an artist from listening to the Wu-Tang Clan to making an influence in the progress of K-Pop as it "metabolizes Western youth subcultures and borrows elements and symbols of rock-n-roll, punk, Goth, club culture and hip-hop."
On November 15 Francesco Spampinato posted on his Twitter account saying, "I'm impressed by G-Dragon's media power. My cover story for L'Uomo Vogue has generated more than 20K likes in 24 hours." Fans posted comments in response saying, "G-Dragon is simply the best," "Not only G-Dragon, but you should feature the whole group and I'm sure the numbers would triple!", "He is very talented and his music continues to mature" and "I look forward to the day he is as well-known in America and other Western countries."