BLACKPINK’s JISOO on Fame, Mental Health, and (Maybe) Going Solo
“I listen to music when I’m going through a hard time, or don’t want to think about anything — I hope our music can have the same effect on many others.” Within Blackpink, Jisoo Kim is known as the funny one. She’s quick with a joke and loves a good prank, like the time she […]
JENNIE on BLACKPINK’s Unique Brand of Hip-Hop and What People Get Wrong About Her
“There’s a lot of things I can do. The Jennie you’ve seen so far has been practice.” During breaks from her recent Rolling Stone photo shoot, Jennie Kim could more than once be spotted walking arm in arm with staffers from YG Entertainment, Blackpink’s label and management company. “I talk to her often about my own problems,” says […]
ROSÉ on the Power of Vulnerability and Why BLACKPINK Is Family
“That fierce [Rosé] persona — it’s fun when that happens, when I can turn on this whole different character.” Rosé has juggled different personas her whole life. Born to Korean parents in New Zealand, Roseanne Chaeyoung Park grew up mostly in Australia, comparing her childhood there to Hannah Montana’s double life: She was the Korean Chaeyoung at […]
BLACKPINK’s LISA on Her Big Ambitions — And Why Going Solo Made Her Nervous
“I want to keep doing what I do within Blackpink,” she says. “But personally, I have so many things I want to try.” Lalisa Manobal was 14 when her life changed in an instant. In 2010, she attended an audition for YG Entertainment in her native Thailand — and became the only person to get […]
Rolling Stone Collector’s Edition Box Set Featuring BLACKPINK
PRE-ORDER Musical superstars. Fashion icons. Social media queens. It’s hard to completely encapsulate the global appeal of Blackpink, who have worked hard to become one of the biggest acts in the world. When it came to featuring the group in Rolling Stone, we knew that we had to go just as big and that one […]
How BLACKPINK Went From Strangers to Sisters to Pop Supernovas
They’re the world’s biggest girl group, turning out banger after banger. But before they could get there, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé had to become a family. In an otherwise ordinary Seoul neighborhood, the headquarters of YG Entertainment rise like a giant spaceship above the Han River. YG is one of South Korea’s largest entertainment […]
BLACKPINK for Rolling Stone June 2022
Covers More Photos Other Photos by Peter Ashlee BLACKPINK Covers Rolling Stone Magazine JISOO JENNIE ROSÉ LISA
Rolling Stone Teases Collaboration With BLACKPINK
Video #BLACKPINKxRollingStone. Coming soon. #블랙핑크 pic.twitter.com/rsfVVbCjRW — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 21, 2022
“Kill This Love” & “SOLO” Were Included in the “10 K-Pop Feminist Anthems Perfect for Women’s Day” List by Rolling Stone India
10. “SOLO” by JENNIE Blackpink’s main rapper Jennie’s debut single “Solo” is a 2018 dance-pop track laced with hip-hop influences. Conceptually, the theme outlines forsaking a relationship built on pretence, lies and insincerity, to seek happiness in solitude and eventually finding solace within oneself. The music video is decadent and high budget, shot in locations varying