G-Dragon is finding himself in the crosshairs of public scrutiny following reports of his booking on suspicions of drug use.

The artist's lifestyle is being scrutinized since news broke that the Incheon Police have booked him under charges of violating drug control laws. Multiple articles and online community threads have sprung up, showing his erratic behaviors and unclear speech patterns.

The disparity is starkly evident in a side-by-side speech comparison video circulating across Korean online forums. Observers highlight his lucid and articulate responses in an interview from 8 years ago in 2015, juxtaposing them with his noticeably slurred speech in a 2022 video clip, sparking discussions and concerns among netizens.

This recording from 2022 shows G-Dragon at Chanel's Cruise collection show at the prestigious Monte Carlo beach. In the video, his speech patterns are markedly different, characterized by slurred and incoherent phrases, a stark contrast from his well-articulated conversation in the past.

K-netizens have noticed this stark difference. They commented, "Police shouldn't have let him slide when he was caught doing marijuana back then. They should have taken action. If he had been sternly disciplined at that time, then he might have just stopped at marijuana. But now, he's become a drug addict and everything has fallen apart. They should have never let him slide, it would have been his way out," "This is scary," "I think the generation who watched 'Healing Camp' would understand that everyone turned a blind eye to the first time he was caught with marijuana. He should have lived better. Why couldn't you do better?" "I thought G-Dragon was strange in that Chanel video...sigh," "I used to love listening to Kwon Ji Yong speak. He was so articulate and well-spoken, but now that's all gone too...sigh... this is kind of distressing and somewhat disappointing," "I used to be his fan at one point, so I really wonder what he was missing in his life that he had to turn to drugs...this is costing him everything he built up in his life. I really liked you a lot..." "Looking at his mannerisms, it's very similar to when Yoo Ah In was doing drugs," "He used to have an image of a well-spoken celebrity...what happened?" "He's doing much harder drugs than marijuana," and "This is more disappointment than anything. He wasn't being eccentric...his slurred speech and over-exaggerated movements were because of drugs."