BLACKPINK IN YOUR AREA!

Blackpink, a South-Korean girl group consisting of Park Chaeyoung, Lalisa Manoban, Kim Jennie and Kim Jisoo, took the world by storm in 2016. I was first introduced to K-pop by a friend of mine a few years ago, and… I didn’t like it. I had a mental block against K-pop, so I did not even try to listen to any songs – that is, until I heard ‘Kill This Love’ by Blackpink. The song is unabashedly pure pop, but the tune and the synth beats were stuck in my head for weeks! I found myself playing it on repeat, and even though I didn’t understand the Korean lyrics, it didn’t stop me from singing pure gibberish in the tune of the song. Eventually, I started to listen to more songs, and I realised that all of them were just as catchy and fun to listen to. I can now call myself a ‘Blink’ (a Blackpink fan), having listened to almost all their music.

Blackpink is now one of the most popular groups in the world, being the most-subscribed groups on YouTube, with two songs with over a billion views. One of their latest songs, ‘How You Like That’, received 80 million views within a day – making it the most viewed video ever within 24 hours. They were the first Korean girl group to chart in the Billboard Top 100, and their albums have broken multiple Guinness World Records. At this point, it would be easier to list the records that they haven’t yet broken! Perhaps their iconic slogan – ‘Blackpink is the Revolution’ – really is true!