SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix plans to next month release a documentary chronicling BLACKPINK’s four-year journey from talented trainees to K-pop superstars. The streaming giant and YG Entertainment, the band’s agency, said Wednesday “BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky,” the first Netflix film about a South Korean music band, will premiere Oct. 14. It [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of South Korean girl group BLACKPINK’s hit song “How You Like That” exceeded 500 million YouTube views in the shortest time in K-pop history, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The music video surpassed the 500 million mark around 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, 73 days after its release [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK is poised to potentially make the biggest South Korean girl group album debut next month, with retail pre-orders for its inaugural studio record reaching 800,000 units worldwide, according to the band’s agency Friday. The number of pre-orders for the record titled “The Album” reached over 530,000 copies in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK said Friday it looks forward to one day standing on stage with Selena Gomez to perform “Ice Cream,” the band’s latest bubble-gum pop single featuring the American pop singer. BLACKPINK at 1 p.m. Friday released “Ice Cream,” the second prerelease single from its inaugural studio [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK is gearing up to drop its second song of this summer, “Ice Cream,” having invited a special guest artist for the track and adopted a new visual style that represents a sharp departure from its previous hit “How You Like That.” The K-pop quartet plans [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK will drop its first full studio album in October, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. On its official blog, YG Entertainment posted an album teaser poster titled “The Album,” with a pink tiara in the middle and the date “2020.10.02″ at the bottom. It is expected [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning from a 14-month hiatus, BLACKPINK has shaken up the K-pop scene with its new single “How You Like That” and accompanying music video released in late June. The music video has set five new Guinness World Record titles, while the single has remained on top of most domestic [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK said Friday they felt a deeper sense of responsibility when releasing their new song, “How You Like That.” “This may sound too lofty but we want to send out a positive and hopeful message through the new song,” BLACKPINK’s main singer Jisoo said [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — “Sour Candy,” American pop singer Lady Gaga’s latest song featuring K-pop quartet BLACKPINK, reached the No. 1 spot on more than 50 Apple iTunes charts, according to the group’s management agency Friday. The song, part of Lady Gaga’s new album “Chromatica,” climbed to the top of the iTunes Song [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK plans to release their first full studio album in September, preceded by serial releases of two new singles starting next month, the group’s management agency announced Monday. Through an online announcement addressed to fans, YG Entertainment said the four-piece female act have finished recordings and production [...]