A Comeback, a Quiz and more Behind-the-Scenes, BLINKs, this is for you.
BLACKPINK’s fab four, Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé are back in your area.
After a two-year wait since their last studio album, The Album, in 2020, the girls have finally released their second studio album, BORN PINK.
The girls dropped their pre-release digital single, Pink Venom, on August 19 this year with the captivating sounds of the geomungo. What’s a geomungo, you ask? It’s a traditional Korean zither that Jisoo plays at the start of the music video. A hit with BLINKs, the girls broke Spotify records with the August 19 release of their latest single, “Pink Venom,” becoming Spotify’s most-streamed song by a female artist in a single day in 2022 so far.
This set the stage for their official comeback, as BLACKPINK leans into both classical, and retro sounds for the album. BORN PINK’s title track, Shut Down samples Niccolo Paganini’s La Campanella, blending classical music with trendy hip-hop to deliver a mysterious and alluring tune. B-side track, Yeah Yeah Yeah, which Jisoo and Rosé co-wrote, is another earworm, with its fun, ’80s synth-pop beats. The album also includes Ready For Love, a single that was released during the group’s virtual concert in August.
And BLINKs, your patience has paid off. BLACKPINK collaborated with Spotify to give fans around the world* the ability to listen to the album for free as many times as they want and in the order they wish for the first week of release. Fans can access the listen-free feature exclusively via the BORN PINK by BLACKPINK playlist.
Want more never-seen-before content? Go behind-the-scenes as the girls film exclusively for their playlist on the Spotify mobile app.
Now, are you a true BLINK? Take our mini-quiz to find out.
#1. When did BLACKPINK debut?
#2. BLACKPINK’s most streamed song as the No.1 K-Pop girl group on Spotify’s Wrapped List in 2021 was ____________.
According to Spotify’s year-end Wrapped list in 2021, the quartet achieved the most streamed song from a K-Pop girl group with How You Like That, which now has over 671 billion streams.*
*As of September 12, 2022
#3. BLACKPINK was the first K-Pop girl group to perform at Coachella
In 2019, the girls were the first K-Pop girl group to take the stage at Coachella, which also happened to be their US debut.
#4. What award did BLACKPINK win at the 2022 MTV VMAs?
The group took home the Best Metaverse Performance award for their recent virtual concert with PUBG Mobile. The mobile game’s first-ever in-game concert, aptly titled The Virtual, saw the girls debut the upcoming track, Ready For Love, off their BORN PINK comeback.
#5. Which artists have BLACKPINK collaborated with?
The group featured on Dua Lipa’s Kiss and Makeup off the British singer’s debut album, Dua Lipa (Complete Edition), in 2018. Two years later, the quartet joined Lady Gaga on Sour Candy off the Grammy Award singer’s Chromatica album in 2020. That same year, the girls also teamed up with Selena Gomez on Ice Cream and with Cardi B on Bet You Wanna — both tracks can be found on BLACKPINK’s The Album.
#6. BLINK and you’ll miss it: who wears red in the #SpotifyxBORNPINK behind-the-scenes video?
Did you notice it? If you didn’t, just scroll up to watch the video again!
Results
The Results:
0-1: Perhaps you’re new to the K-Pop universe, and that’s ok. Get into the BLACKPINK universe by listening to all their hits on the This is BLACKPINK playlist?
2-3: You know them and you probably have a few favorite songs, so we definitely see a BLINK in the making.
4-6: A true BLINK indeed. Your patience has paid off so go reward yourself by listening to the BLACKPINK’s newest comeback, BORN PINK, once more.
The Results:
0-1: Perhaps you’re new to the K-Pop universe, and that’s ok. Get into the BLACKPINK universe by listening to all their hits on the This is BLACKPINK playlist?
2-3: You know them and you probably have a few favorite songs, so we definitely see a BLINK in the making.
4-6: A true BLINK indeed. Your patience has paid off so go reward yourself by listening to the BLACKPINK’s newest comeback, BORN PINK, once more.
