BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU” Was Placed at #6 on RollingStone’s List of “The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music”
What truly binds the industry now is its perfection-honing training system and emphasis on highly conceptual multimedia storytelling. That industry has birthed two of the world’s most influential and bestselling artists today, BTS and Blackpink. #6 BLACKPINK – DDU-DU DDU-DU Since 1996, the YG model has been to pick idols with superstar potential and give […]
JISOO’s “FLOWER” Was Included in Rolling Stone’s List of “The Best Songs of 2023 So Far”
Jisoo ‘Flower’ This spring, Jisoo, the only member of Blackpink who had yet to release solo music, dropped “Flower,” from her debut single-album, ME. A sophisticated track with a staccato, Latin-tinged melody and Caribbean-inspired percussion, “Flower” feels instantly familiar yet unlike anything else on the radio at the same time. True to the name of […]
Taeyang Mentioned LISA in His Interview With Rolling Stone
“Shoong!” featuring Lisa of Blackpink After being discharged from the military, I would go to the studio and work, but I didn’t know what story to tell, what direction to take my music in. It was difficult and I felt lost. It wasn’t like I could come out with a confident song about being the […]
BLACKPINK Dazzle Onstage During Historic Headlining Coachella Set
Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé showed off impeccable choreography and a catalogue of massive hits. Blackpink just made history at Coachella. The K-pop heavyweights — Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé — performed an almost two-hour-long set of their greatest hits as they closed at a jam-packed second night of Coachella on Saturday. The performance actually […]
Rolling Stone Names BLACKPINK As One of the Artists They Can’t Wait to See at Coachella
BLACKPINK When Blackpink made their Coachella debut in 2019, they had yet to release a full album and were only a few singles deep into their U.S. career. Relegated to a side stage, they delivered an energetic set that instantly won over the cynical crowd. This year, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rose return as official […]
Classy, Bougie, Rapturous: JISOO’s “FLOWER” Is a Song You Need to Know
On the Blackpink member’s excellent debut single, the world finally gets to hear from one of K-pop’s most beloved stars. LAST FALL, JISOO shocked an L.A. crowd when she brought out Camila Cabello for a surprise duet of Cabello’s “Liar” during one of the final stops on Blackpink’s North American tour. While the other members […]
BLACKPINK Ranked #6 on RollingStone’s List of “The 25 Most Stylish Musicians of 2023”
#6 BLACKPINK How does a band balance streetwear, glamour, and rock & roll all at the same time? When Blackpink dropped their much-anticipated “Pink Venom” video, not only did they prove it was possible, but they also compressed everything that makes them great into three minutes and 13 seconds: conceptual storytelling, distinct personal styles, and […]
RollingStone Ranks BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” as the 35th Best Song of 2022
35 Blackpink, “Pink Venom” When Rosé yells, “I’m so rock & roll!,” believe the woman. Blackpink kick down the door in their summer hit “Pink Venom,” an unbelievably fun raising-hell anthem full of Eighties hair-metal glam. Even the song title sounds like the name of a tribute band playing Poison and Def Leppard covers at […]
RollingStone Ranks BLACKPINK’s “BORN PINK” as the 25th Best Album of 2022
25 Blackpink, ‘Born Pink’ Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie, and Rosé have long ruled K-pop as the “Lovesick Girls,” but with Born Pink, they blow up into rock queens. It’s short and sweet — eight songs in 20 minutes — but that’s all the time Blackpink need to sashay through a whole wardrobe of star poses, blazing […]
BLACKPINK’s “BORN PINK” Tour Opens in Seoul With Surprise Performances, Unreleased Track
“It feels weird to perform in front of our Blinks after so long. I feel nervous and emotional and excited,” Rosé says at launch of K-pop stars’ biggest tour yet. Global superstars BLACKPINK kicked off the Born Pink World Tour Saturday in the group’s home ground of Seoul, South Korea. The girls returned to the […]
