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Blackpink’s Light and Dark


 

Shreeti has loads of hobbies like drawing, dancing, reading, writing, listening to music, watching anime. She likes travelling too. She is usually busy with her school work but she still tries to find as much time as she can for other activities.

 



One of the most popular and best girl band out there is Blackpink. Ever since their debut, this group has been making music that has broken multiple records. As successful as they are as a group, their individual careers are quite impressive and admirable too.





This South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment has four members, namely, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa, and even without a leader, they have no problem when it comes to decision making. On 8 August 2016, they released their debut single album, Square one, consisting of tracks 'Boombayah' and 'Whistle'. 'Whistle' claimed the number-one position on the Gaon Digital Chart for two weeks, marking the first number-one single of their career. It achieved over ten million views within five days of its release and was awarded Best Music Video of the year at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards. Impressive, right? With this mind-blowing debut, Blackpink continued making songs, winning awards, and breaking records.







Their song ‘Ddu-du-Ddu-du’ debuted at No.55 on the Hot 100. It was the highest K-pop girl group hit ever. By gaining 36.2 million views in the first 24 hours of release, this song became the most-viewed Korean music video of 2018. Currently, ‘Ddu-du-Ddu-du’ has 1.7 billion views and is the most viewed music video by Blackpink and is followed by Kill this love which has 1.4 billion views. Just recently, ‘How You Like That’ their 2020 comeback song surpassed 1 billion views.






Blackpink also won the Best Female Group at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards. This year they earned their sixth Guinness World Record for having the most subscriber as a band on YouTube.





This group is definitely one of the most successful K-pop groups ever. But behind all that fame, there is the darkness that this talented group does not usually speak. To stay away from someone’s family is really difficult. Apart from that, Blackpink receives a lot of hate for many silly reasons. It’s also said to be one of the most controlled groups. The multitalented members weren’t even allowed to write their songs. Multiple times they were attacked by haters and toxic fans, and YG failed to protect them. Jennie was called lazy for not being able to dance properly because of her leg injury. Lisa, who is originally from Thailand, is hated for not being Korean. Rose is called ugly, which is absolutely not true. And as for Jisoo, she is hated for being visual and was told she can’t sing. Yet, they continue smiling and helping people with their music and never give up. In their career, one thing is for sure, no matter what happens, Blinks (Blackpink fans) will always support them.




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