SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK urged the world to join efforts to tackle climate change in its video message to the World Leaders Summit at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The summit was held Monday and Tuesday as part of the COP26 conference under way in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, scored her second-ever appearance on the Hot 100, Billboard’s main singles chart, with “Money.” According to Billboard on Monday (U.S. time), “Money,” a track from Lisa’s first individual single album released in September, opened at 90th on the chart for the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Boombaya” has surpassed 1.3 billion YouTube views. The video, released in August 2016, hit the milestone at 9:34 a.m. Monday, 146 days after passing the 1.2 billion mark, according to the group’s management agency, YG Entertainment. “Even though four years have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have created another sensation at Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France. Jennie, a brand ambassador for Chanel, received major media attention at the Chanel 2022 Spring and Summer Show held in Paris on October 5. Jisoo, a global ambassador for Dior, also made [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Kill This Love” has exceeded 1.4 billion views on YouTube, its management agency said Sunday. The video hit the milestone at about 6 p.m. the previous day, becoming the second video from the group to do so after the 2018 hit [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will speak and perform during a YouTube event on climate change next month, its management agency said Friday. The four-piece band will appear on “Dear Earth,” a YouTube Originals special organized to raise awareness on protecting the environment, on Oct. 23 (U.S. time), according to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has offered to help improve children’s education in her hometown in Thailand, a South Korean foundation said Thursday. The rapper-dancer expressed an interest in joining a social program led by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange in Buriram Province, where she was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has become the world’s No. 1 artist in terms of number of subscribers on YouTube, the band’s label said Friday. The quartet’s YouTube channel counted more than 65.2 million subscribers as of 2:42 p.m. (Korean time), dethroning Canadian singer Justin Bieber, according to YG Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK said Friday her first solo album “Lalisa” focuses on showing herself, along with elements of the Thai culture in which she was raised. In an online press conference ahead of the album’s release at 1 p.m. (Korean time), the rapper-dancer expressed her excitement [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, will release a “dynamic” hip-hop song as her first single as a solo artist, her label said Monday. The rapper-dancer is set to drop her debut solo album “Lalisa” on Friday, containing the single of the same name and “Money,” and [...]