JINI (South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and a former member of the girl group NMIXX) in an interview with MAPS
Q. Is there a senior you respect the most?
“Well, there's a lot to learn from all the seniors so it's hard to say just one person, but it's @BLACKPINK sunbaenim! I think their charismatic appearances on stage are really cool. What's especially special is that while putting on a perfect performance, you don't miss out on communicating with your fans. When I saw BLACKPINK's performance, I was amazed. Personally, I'm also a big fan.”
We cannot conclude @BLACKPINK's future moves, but the past seven years they have walked are the "best ever" in itself regardless of their additional achievements or moves in the future. To borrow the idiomatic expression often used in English, it was enormous enough to bring up the discussion of the K-pop girl group's "GOAT (The Greatest of All Time)." Compared to the best girl groups in K-pop history, such as Girls' Generation, Wonder Girls, 2NE1, and Twice, #BLACKPINK's presence and popularity, global impact, and enormous brand value stands out.
BLACKPINK's debut was a sensation in itself. YG Entertainment, which succeeded 2NE1 in the early 2010s, wanted to update its own girl group formula with a much more luxurious and global image combining hip-hop sound and punk image.That was BLACKPINK, who has now become a global star.Some pointed out that it was a rehash of 2NE1, but YG and BLACKPINK did not care much about such evaluation and rather continued to build images and music that fit the global market tastes of the new generation. BLACKPINK's music was more catchy and addictive than any other girl group's, and the stage was always full of charisma, and the music videos and pictorials were colorful enough to remind us of advertisements from any luxury brand.
Interestingly, BLACKPINK's complete star image has already been fully displayed since its debut. Most K-pop girl groups, and furthermore, Asian girl groups, started with a girl image and presented purity and imperfections first. Since then, it has been the opposite of using it as a driving force for image transformation and popular attraction by painting a narrative that adds growth and development to become a sexually attractive lady. BLACKPINK combined the image of assertive and tough women like Western pop music and the image of beautiful and colorful women like women as role models, namely "girl crush," but at the same time, it has pioneered a new example of a modern and urban K-pop girl group by excluding excessive sexy and obscene elements.
As K-pop idols have passed the second generation and entered the third generation, the global market has now become a necessity, not a choice. Unlike the early days when it relied on Japan and China, the market in Southeast Asia, Europe, and South America has expanded. In particular, the response of North American markets, including the United States and the United Kingdom, has been a measure of global success and often a performance itself. BLACKPINK matched the demands of this era. Modern sounds based on black music such as hip-hop and R&B, fluent English spoken by overseas members, sophisticated and confident stage manners that are not daunted even among American pop stars, and luxurious visuals that match luxury advertisements were not seen in Asian girl groups.
Foreign media also compared them to Fifth Harmony or Little Mix, not K-pop groups. It was a global status that no girl group had achieved, more precisely, ALL GIRL GROUPS WANTED. Through BLACKPINK, the K-pop girl group has begun to experience new leagues that have NEVER BEEN REACHED before. BLACKPINK became one of the most important K-pop artists to change the game in the global pop market. BLACKPINK, including YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, will conquer the SNS world and gain recognition beyond any other English-American pop star, and the smooth overseas expansion of the fourth-generation girl groups, which are currently receiving a great response in the overseas market, was eventually possible through the PATH PAVED BY BLACKPINK.
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[TRANS] @BLACKPINK, FIRST and BEST as a global girl group.. met with 2.1M fans through the ‘BORN PINK’ tour
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#ROSÉ is currently in four Global Campaigns: for @TiffanyAndCo TIFFANY LOCK, @YSL Saint Laurent Fall 2023, @SulwhasooUS Sulwhasoo The Ultimate S Collection, and @RIMOWA RIMOWA ‘Never Still’ Chapter 4
She remains as the Idol with the MOST LUXURY BRAND and GLOBAL BRAND Campaigns.
#ROSÉxSaintLaurent #TiffanyxROSÉ
#ROSÉxSulwhasoo #ROSÉxRIMOWA
#JENNIE joins #LISA as the only female K-Pop Idols to be part of the Top 50 Women in Power list of @wwd
Jennie for 2023 and Lisa last 2022 👑🔥 #JENLISA@BLACKPINK