JENNIE’s “Like JENNIE” Ranked 4th on NME’s List of the Best K-Pop Songs of 2025
It may be brazenly braggadocious to centre an entire song around your own name, but if anyone can pull it off, it’s Jennie. On ‘Like Jennie’, a raucous masterclass in girlbossing, the BLACKPINK singer marks her spectacular emergence as a solo star. The production meshes Brazilian funk’s relentless drive with metallic thrums of kinetic energy, […]
“APT.” by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars Was Ranked 14th on NME’s “The 50 Best Songs of 2024”
14. Rosé & Bruno Mars – ‘APT.’ Rosé’s first solo single in three years is a brilliant, unexpected blast. Few could have predicted that the BLACKPINK star would turbocharge her solo career with a rollicking pop-punk stomper that recalls noughties indie-poppers the Ting Tings. Bruno Mars’ presence only adds to the infectious sense of chaos. […]
JISOO’s Pretty, Powerful “ME” Finds a Star in Bloom
On her long-awaited solo debut, the BLACKPINK singer showcases two sides to her artistry, but both filled with strength. From the opening lines, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo makes her position clear on her debut solo single ‘Flower’. She might once have been “as nice” as “A-B-C, do-re-mi”, but no longer. The singer details the dissolution of a […]
ROSÉ’s “On The Ground” Was Selected Among the 25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2021 by NME
#23 ROSÉ – On The Ground The K-pop world has watched Rosé grow and develop over the past five years, from her humble beginnings with BLACKPINK, that Yves Saint Laurent ambassadorship and, earlier this year, her long-awaited solo debut with ‘On The Ground’. Here, the Korean-Australian singer opens up and brings us to her reality […]
