Blackpink to release new album in August, tour at end of the year

Girl group Blackpink will be releasing a new album in August, according to its agency YG Entertainment on Wednesday. "The group is in the final stages of recording," the agency said in a statement. "Blackpink will film music videos this month and...

2022-07-06

Korean celebrities represent luxury fashion brands, and fans take notice

The scene of luxury brand Celine presenting its Spring/Summer 2023 menswear collection in Paris on June 26 was more like a concert as the crowd cheered for attending K-pop stars V of BTS and Lisa of Blackpink, and actor Park Bo-gum. According to ...

2022-07-05

Blackpink speaks about climate change in video with British ambassador

Girl group Blackpink delivered a video message about the aftermath of climate change as the advocates for the United Nations 26th Climate Change Conference (COP26). “We all saw documentaries about the issues [of climate change], spoke to others...

2022-06-02

Fans divided over rumors BTS's V is dating Jennie of Blackpink

With many divided over rumors that BTS's V and Blackpink's Jennie are in a romantic relationship, a group of BTS’s fans, known as ARMY, posted a statement on an online community called “BTS Gallery” on Tuesday, showing support for the alleged new...

2022-05-25

Blackpink becomes first Asian girl group to make cover of Rolling Stone

Girl group Blackpink became the first Asian girl group to make the cover of Rolling Stone on Tuesday. The group graced the cover of the June issue of the American magazine which also featured an article describing Blackpink as "Pop Supernova" ...

2022-05-24

Divine in Dior

Blackpink member and Dior's global ambassador Jisoo attends Dior's Fall 2022 show at Ewha Womans University in Seodaemun District, central Seoul, on Saturday. It was Dior's first runway show in Korea.

2022-05-01

As K-pop goes global, Koreans fall behind when it comes to consumption

The K in K-pop stands for Korea, but it’s long past the point of only being enjoyed in Korea. As a matter of fact, Korea is not even the country that consumes K-pop the most. According to an analysis of YouTube’s data by the JoongAng Ilbo, an ...

2022-04-05

[WHY] Ever-expanding idol groups have some asking how many is too many?

"With this many members, surely one of them must be your type." This has become a widely used phrase among K-pop fans as the number of members in an idol group has been steadily increasing. Somewhere around five members used to be the standard ...

2022-03-22

Jennie's 'Solo' passes 800 million views on YouTube

“Solo,” the 2018 debut single by Jennie from Blackpink, surpassed 800 million views on YouTube Thursday. According to her agency YG Entertainment, the video broke 800 million views at 3:24 a.m. on Thursday, three years and four months after it was...

2022-03-17

[THINK ENGLISH] YG, 블랙핑크 피처링 한국어 학습자들을 위한 패키지 출시

Korean students can now study the language using actual conversations between Blackpink members, the girl group’s agency YG Entertainment said Monday.