Billboard Ranks BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” as the Best K-Pop Song of 2022
91. BLACKPINK, “Shut Down”
BLACKPINK may have kicked off their sophomore album Born Pink with a taste of “Pink Venom,” but the K-pop girl group elevates their latest era to even greater heights with the swagger and savvy of second single “Shut Down.” Melding bouncing hip-hop with a sample of Niccolò Paganini’s 1826 violin concerto “La Campanella” proves ingenious as Rosé, Jisoo, Lisa and Jennie assert their status as the biggest girl group in the world. Now catch ‘em when you hear their Lamborghini go vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom… – GLENN ROWLEY