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· Daniel Anderson
Alleged leak of Bella Poarch’s ‘Build A B*tch’ remix with BLACKPINK’s Rosé goes viral
An alleged leak of Bella Poarch’s “Build A B*tch” remix featuring BLACKPINK’s Rosé has gone viral. The leak features verses purportedly written by Rosé and her vocals on the chorus, which remains the same. Fans pieced together that Rosé met Poarch and “Build A B*tch” co-writer…
· Daniel Anderson
BLACKPINK reveals full tracklist for upcoming album ‘Born Pink’
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK unveiled the tracklist of their upcoming album “Born Pink” on Wednesday. The new album contains eight songs: the title track “Shut Down,” prereleases “Pink Venom” and “Ready For Love” and newcomers “Typa Girl,” “Hard to Love,” “The Happiest Girl,”…
· Daniel Anderson
BLACKPINK announce title track ‘Shut Down’ and ticket sale info
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK announced “Shut Down,” the title track of their upcoming album “Born Pink,” on Tuesday. The new song and album will be released on Sept. 16 at 12 a.m. EST/1 p.m. KST. YG Entertainment also announced ticket sale information for the North American and…
· Daniel Anderson
BLACKPINK get accused of lip-syncing at 2022 MTV VMAs
BLACKPINK fans are refuting a Variety review that claims the K-pop girl group lip-synced their U.S. award show debut performance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday. The Variety review lists BLACKPINK’s performance of their new single “Pink Venom” under their “Worst”…
· Daniel Anderson
BLACKPINK, BTS, SEVENTEEN, Lisa grab historic wins at 2022 MTV VMAs
K-pop acts BTS, SEVENTEEN, BLACKPINK and BLACKPINK member Lisa won big at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday. BLACKPINK won for “Best Metaverse Performance” while Lisa became the first K-pop soloist to win “Best K-Pop.” BTS won their fourth consecutive “Group of…
· Daniel Anderson
BLACKPINK makes comeback after almost 2 years with ‘Pink Venom’
K-pop superstars BLACKPINK dropped their highly anticipated comeback single “Pink Venom” on Friday. “Pink Venom” is a pre-release for their upcoming “Born Pink” album in September and world tour starting in October. YG Entertainment said the music video is their most expensive…
· Daniel Anderson
BLACKPINK to make U.S. award show debut at 2022 Video Music Awards
K-pop superstars BLACKPINK will make their U.S. awards show debut at the 2022 Video Music Awards on Aug. 28 with a performance of their upcoming new song “Pink Venom,” which is scheduled to be released this Friday. The girl group is nominated for a VMA this year for best…
· Daniel Anderson
Blackpink celebrates sixth anniversary by revealing next song title, world tour dates
K-pop superstars Blackpink celebrated their sixth anniversary on Monday, announced the dates for their world tour and revealed the title of their upcoming comeback song: “Pink Venom.” The song will be released on Aug. 19 at 12 a.m. EST, the music video for which YG Entertainment…
· Daniel Anderson
Blackpink to ‘Born Pink’: New music announcement trailer drops
K-pop superstars Blackpink dropped a new announcement trailer on Sunday which included a time frame for their upcoming music, new album and world tour. The trailer, titled “Born Pink,” is 30 seconds long and reveals that a pre-release from the group is coming this month. A new…
· Daniel Anderson
Blackpink are ‘Ready for Love’ in new music video collaboration with ‘PUBG Mobile’
K-pop girl group Blackpink and “Player Unknown’s BattleGround (PUBG) Mobile” have released their anticipated single “Ready For Love” today. The collaboration was part of Blackpink and PUBG’s first-ever virtual concert project earlier this month. The quartet’s AI avatars…
· Bryan Ke
Blackpink’s Jennie sparks cultural appropriation accusations for sporting cornrows
Blackpink member Jennie, 26, has been accused of cultural appropriation for appearing with cornrows in the teaser trailer for HBO’s “The Idol.” The video, which was released on Sunday, briefly shows the K-pop star sporting cornrows while playing the part of a backup dancer.…
· Daniel Anderson
Blackpink’s Jennie appears in new trailer for upcoming HBO drama series ‘The Idol’
Blackpink member Jennie appeared in a trailer for the HBO drama series “The Idol” that was released on Sunday. The show, starring singer The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and Lilly-Rose Depp, follows Depp as a wannabe pop singer who begins a complicated romantic relationship with a Los…
· Daniel Anderson
OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder spills ‘Secrets’ on Blackpink collaboration for upcoming album
OneRepublic lead vocalist Ryan Tedder teased his potential involvement in Blackpink’s upcoming album during an interview with “Good Morning America” on Friday. “I think one or two of my songs have made the album,” he said. “From what I’ve been told, and the stuff that I did with…
· Daniel Anderson
Blackpink in your ‘PUBG Mobile’ area with first-ever virtual concert
K-pop superstar group Blackpink and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile” announced today an in-game concert collaboration called “The Virtual.” The virtual concert will take place on July 22-23 and July 29-30 in North and South America and July 23-24 and July 30-31 for…
· Daniel Anderson
Rolling Stone Korea apologizes for Blackpink column that said Lisa has an ‘exotic appearance,’ Jisoo not ‘most talented’
Rolling Stone Korea has issued an apology and correction today following backlash over their column and profile piece about Blackpink originally released on July 5. Two passages in particular caused an uproar among K-pop netizens, especially Blackpink fans, with one claiming…
· Daniel Anderson
‘How You Like That?’: Blackpink announces comeback and world tour
YG Entertainment announced yesterday via press release that Blackpink has an album comeback slated for August as well as a world tour before the end of 2022. According to the statement, the album will kick off “a continuous large-scale project which will extend through the…
· Bryan Ke
Blackpink becomes the first Asian girl group to be featured on Rolling Stone cover
Korean girl group Blackpink has officially made history as the first all-Asian female group to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. “[Blackpink] is Rolling Stone’s June cover star,” the magazine tweeted. “The world's biggest girl group give their most revealing interview…
· Daniel Anderson
88rising announces more artists performing at Coachella, Blackpink’s Jennie and Aespa speculated to attend
Coachella was already packed with Asian artists this year, but 88rising announced today that we can expect to see even more at the festival. The American music company made a surprise announcement via Instagram today that a few more artists are expected to take the stage at…
· Ryan General
Influencer harassed with disturbing, threatening messages because she resembles Blackpink’s Rosé
Korean American influencer Allissa Shin received online hate after social media users noticed her resemblance to Rosé, a member of the popular K-pop group Blackpink. While she mostly tried to ignore the hateful comments, a recent ordeal that involved her and her loved ones’…
· Daniel Anderson
‘Pretty Savage’ gamer: Blackpink’s Jisoo named new ambassador for ‘Maplestory’
Blackpink’s Kim Jisoo has been named the newest ambassador for online role-playing video game “Maplestory,” succeeding Olympic archer Kim Jae Duk. In a YouTube series on the “Maplestory” Korean channel, Jisoo will answer questions about her player experience and share fun…
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