Kill This Love became the second Japanese studio album released by BLACKPINK.
Don’t Know What To Do (Japanese version)ĥ. However, they did face some backlash for the photocards that were released with the album because some fans pointed out that the imagery of the members with bruised faces glorified physical abuse.Ģ. The single was also no.1 in 35 countries on iTunes. Their efforts paid off because the album became the first a Korean girl group to surpass 500 million streams on Spotify. With “Kill This Love,” BLACKPINK’s company revealed that the group would be releasing a more intense lead single than previously before. Unlike their previous Japanese albums, this one featured no Korean versions of their songs. The album featured Japanese versions of BLACKPINK’s most popular tracks since their debut. The music video also became the most viewed music video by a female k-pop solo artist in 24 hours.īLACKPINK In Your Area was the third Japanese album released by the group, but their first Japanese studio album.
“SOLO” debuted at the top of the Gaon Digital Chart in South Korea and also reached the top spot on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales Chart. Jennie was the first BLACKPINK member to release solo music. The song debuted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart, which made BLACKPINK the first Korean girl group to make it into the top 40. “Forever Young” followed hot on its heels on July 14 as the second single.īLACKPINK teamed up with Dua Lipa on “Kiss and Make Up,” which has made it onto regular rotation on my playlists since it hit the airwaves on 4 September 2018. “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” is also the highest-charting Hot 100 hit ever by an all-female K-pop group, having opened at number 55. This included the now insanely popular “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du,” which was released as the lead single. On June 15 2018, BLACKPINK delivered their first EP, called Square Up, which featured several incredible songs. They included additional Japanese versions of “As If It’s Your Last” and “Whistle” as well as the other songs they’d released in Japanese previously. Re:BLACKPINK served as a repackage album of their first Japanese album, BLACKPINK. Whistle (Acoustic version/Japanese version)
The group titled their debut Japanese album after their own name BLACKPINK with Japanese versions of “Boombayah,” “Whistle,” “Playin With Fire,” and “Stay.”Ħ.