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BLACKPINK members Lisa, Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé official group portrait
K-pop girl group · four members · four solo empires

BLACKPINK

Active girl group · 2016–present

Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa do not become smaller when they reunite. That is the trick. Four women built separate careers big enough to bend pop culture, then walked back under one name and made the group feel dangerous again.

Meet the members first

The solo work matters, but this is the group file. Each card opens the one full profile for that person—music, acting, fashion, business, side quests and all.

BLACKPINK at a glance

Korean debutAugust 8, 2016 with SQUARE ONE: “WHISTLE” and “BOOMBAYAH.”
MembersJisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa.
Group agencyYG Entertainment manages BLACKPINK group activities.
FandomBLINK, a blend of “black” and “pink.”
StatusActive. The four renewed for group activities while managing solo careers separately.
Current group eraDEADLINE (2026), following the 2025 single “JUMP” and the DEADLINE world tour.
Years active2016–present.
Group typeFour-member K-pop girl group.
Official light stickThe pink hammer, commonly called the BI-ping-bong.

The reunion was not a nostalgia booking

BLACKPINK spent the years after BORN PINK making the group’s strange structure impossible to ignore. Jisoo built BLISSOO, Jennie built ODD ATELIER, Rosé moved her solo music through THEBLACKLABEL and Atlantic, and Lisa built LLOUD. They did not abandon BLACKPINK; they proved that the members could own more of their individual work and still return for group activities under YG.

“JUMP” arrived on July 11, 2025 as the first group single since the BORN PINK cycle. The DEADLINE tour started before the album carrying the same name, which made the title feel less like marketing and more like a dare: after years of people asking whether BLACKPINK was quietly over, the answer arrived with stadium dates. YG released the third mini album DEADLINE on February 27, 2026.

RaeRae warning: four solo labels did not make BLACKPINK less of a group. It made the old “the company created everything” story harder to swallow. The reunion works because each member returns with a sharper identity than she had when she left.

How four trainees became the biggest room in the building

Before the name: YG’s next girl group was discussed, delayed and reshaped for years. Jennie trained from 2010, Lisa won YG’s Thailand audition and moved to Korea in 2011, Jisoo joined in 2011, and Rosé placed first at the company’s 2012 Sydney audition. The final four survived a trainee system that had already watched other possible lineups disappear.
2016—2017, no gentle introduction: “WHISTLE” and “BOOMBAYAH” gave the debut two different weapons: minimal, hypnotic cool and full-volume festival impact. “PLAYING WITH FIRE,” “STAY” and “AS IF IT’S YOUR LAST” established the pattern that would follow them—very few releases, extremely high replay value, and visual eras fans could recognize from one outfit.
2018—2019, the global door came off its hinges: “DDU-DU DDU-DU” turned the finger-gun hook into international shorthand for BLACKPINK. SQUARE UP, “KILL THIS LOVE,” a major Coachella performance and the In Your Area tour moved them from successful K-pop act to a group global pop had to account for.
2020—2021, scarcity became scale: “How You Like That,” “Ice Cream” with Selena Gomez and “Lovesick Girls” led THE ALBUM. The Netflix documentary BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky gave casual viewers trainee footage, family history and the uncomfortable truth that the polished machine was held together by four people who were tired, ambitious and very aware of the clock.
2022—2023, BORN PINK and stadium territory: “Pink Venom” and “Shut Down” opened a cycle that became one of the largest tours by a female group. Their 2023 Coachella headlining set mattered beyond a press-release “first”: the same group once introduced to the U.S. festival crowd was now responsible for closing the night.
2024—present, the separate empires: Solo agencies, acting projects, fashion houses, global singles and individual tours made the members more visible apart. Group renewal covered BLACKPINK activities, not a return to the old arrangement. “JUMP,” the DEADLINE tour and the 2026 mini album are the first full test of that new power balance.

The musical spine: menace, sweetness and a very expensive drop

The Teddy architecture

BLACKPINK’s signature was built with producer Teddy Park and a rotating team including 24, R.Tee, Bekuh BOOM and later international collaborators. Many title tracks use space as aggressively as sound: a teasing verse, a pre-chorus that lets Rosé or Jisoo stretch the emotion, then a hook or instrumental drop designed for Jennie and Lisa to detonate onstage.

That structure can be thrilling. It can also become predictable. Both things are true, and pretending otherwise is how fan pages turn into brochures.

What each voice does

Jisoo grounds the group with a huskier tone. Jennie moves between clipped rap attack and bright pop singing. Rosé supplies the instantly identifiable vocal color and emotional lift. Lisa makes rhythm visible; even before she starts rapping, her timing changes how a chorus lands. Their individual tones are so distinct that line distribution is part of the arrangement, not merely fandom accounting.

BLACKPINK’s “black” side is not simply tough clothing and bass. It is control, intimidation and the pleasure of knowing the room is watching. The “pink” side is flirtation, vulnerability and glossy pop. Their best songs let those identities interrupt each other instead of keeping them in separate boxes.

The essential discography path

SQUARE ONE (2016)Start with “WHISTLE” and “BOOMBAYAH.” One whispers; the other kicks the door.
SQUARE TWO (2016)“PLAYING WITH FIRE” and “STAY” proved they could ache without losing their silhouette.
“AS IF IT’S YOUR LAST” (2017)The bright, urgent summer single that still feels like a sugar rush with consequences.
SQUARE UP (2018)“DDU-DU DDU-DU” is the global ignition point; “Forever Young” is the festival aftershock.
KILL THIS LOVE (2019)Brass, breakup warfare and a title track engineered for arenas.
THE ALBUM (2020)“How You Like That,” “Ice Cream,” “Lovesick Girls” and the first full-album argument.
BORN PINK (2022)“Pink Venom,” “Shut Down,” “Typa Girl” and the album that fed the stadium tour.
“JUMP” (2025)The first group single of the post-renewal era, built to announce movement before explanation.
DEADLINE (2026)The third mini album and the group’s answer to years of reunion speculation.

The frustrating part: BLACKPINK’s official Korean group catalog is unusually compact for a ten-year career. The generous interpretation is quality control. The less generous interpretation is that YG learned scarcity could be monetized. BLINKs have argued about that gap since long before the members created solo companies.

Four solo worlds, one group file

Jisoo and Jennie

Jisoo expanded acting alongside solo music, moving from Snowdrop into later screen projects while building BLISSOO. Jennie’s ODD ATELIER gave her a base for music, fashion and creative direction; her solo work leans into the tension between celebrity armor and the person trapped inside it.

Rosé and Lisa

Rosé’s solo identity centers the voice, guitar-shaped confession and songwriting, while collaborations pushed her beyond the “main vocalist goes solo” box. Lisa’s LLOUD career treats dance, rap, fashion, acting and international pop as one stage rather than separate side jobs.

Personal social handles, full solo catalogs, acting credits and business details belong on the individual profiles. This page only keeps enough context to explain why the 2026 version of BLACKPINK is not the 2022 version wearing new clothes.

Trophy case and live-history file

BLACKPINK has enough trophies and records to turn this page into a spreadsheet with stage lighting. I am keeping the milestones that explain the scale of the group instead of pretending every weekly award carries the same historical weight.

First music-show win
“WHISTLE” won on Inkigayo thirteen days after debut.
Coachella
First K-pop girl group to perform at the festival in 2019; returned as a 2023 headliner.
Global video scale
“DDU-DU DDU-DU,” “Kill This Love,” “How You Like That” and “BOOMBAYAH” became billion-view landmarks on the official channel.
Major award shelf
Circle Chart, Golden Disc, MAMA, Melon, MTV, People’s Choice and Billboard honors live across the group file.
2026 recognition
YG’s official profile lists a 40th Golden Disc Awards Best Digital Song honor.
The actual flex
All four members built viable solo careers without making the reunion feel like four strangers sharing a logo.
RaeRae note: record totals age faster than fandom arguments. The official video tracker below keeps live YouTube numbers; award lists stay attached to dated sources so this does not become a museum label somebody forgot to update.

Concert chapters

BLACKPINK Arena Tour (2018)

The Japan arena chapter proved the catalog could hold a full ticketed show before the first world tour became the larger test.

In Your Area (2018–2020)

The first world tour carried BLACKPINK through Asia, North America, Europe and Oceania while the group’s international profile was still exploding in real time.

The Show (2021)

The livestream concert was pandemic-era infrastructure, not a replacement for touring: live arrangements, solo stages and a catalog stretched beyond music-show length.

Born Pink (2022–2023)

A stadium-scale world tour that turned the second album into a global live chapter and fed directly into the group’s 2023 Coachella headlining set.

Deadline (2025–2026)

The post-renewal reunion tour began before the 2026 mini album arrived. That strange order made the live show the first proof that the new group arrangement worked.

What to verify before buying

Use BLACKPINK Weverse notices, the official tour site and the regional ticketing partner. BLINK Membership can unlock presale eligibility for specific events; it does not guarantee a ticket.

YG Entertainment BLACKPINK profile and awards · Official BLINK Membership · Tour chronology reference

BLINK file: how not to get lost in the woods

Words you will keep seeing

OT4: support for all four members. Bias: the member who chose you before you realized a choice was happening. Bias wrecker: today’s threat to that arrangement. BI-ping-bong: the hammer-shaped official light stick. Jenlisa, Chaesoo and other pair names: friendship or fandom shorthand, not proof of private relationships.

Official membership

BLINK Membership is sold through Weverse Shop and is valid for 365 days from purchase. Benefits vary by event and region, but membership commonly matters for membership-only content and eligibility for certain ticket presales. Read the specific concert notice before assuming a membership guarantees a seat—it does not.

BLACKPINK BLINK Membership on Weverse Shop

The fandom is enormous and not remotely one personality. Solo stans, OT4 fans, chart accounts, fashion fans and people who arrived through a single viral stage share the same internet. Follow official channels first when dates, ticketing or releases matter. Translation and fan accounts are useful; they are not the agency.

RaeRae’s BLACKPINK files

My reviews, rants and tea are separate because a music-video reaction is not the same thing as a sourced timeline, and neither one is the same thing as me climbing onto a soapbox.

Reacts and reviews

Official music videos, the song itself, hook, lyrics, styling, choreography, director choices, Easter eggs and the part that made me pause or rewind.

Read BLACKPINK reacts

Rants

Arguments with a point: industry decisions, double standards, fandom behavior and whatever made the panda pace around the room.

Read BLACKPINK rants

Tea with receipts

Timelines, confirmed updates, rumor checks and stories that may keep changing. Dates and sources stay attached.

Open BLACKPINK tea

Follow the real BLACKPINK accounts

These are the group channels. Personal handles live on Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa’s profiles so this section does not become a phone book.

Official music video library

This is the BLACKPINK group-video file: every primary group music video plus official Japanese, dance-practice, performance and special-stage variants fans actually search for. Member solo releases stay on the individual artist profiles. Teasers, fan uploads, lyric reuploads and ordinary concert clips stay out.

Every title opens the official upload. The CVM Sekai YouTube tracker supplies total views and daily gains after collection—no invented numbers, no piggybacked thumbnails.

20261 video
20251 video
20231 video
20226 videos
20212 videos
20206 videos
20193 videos
20184 videos
20177 videos
20167 videos

Official group variants live here because BLINKs love them and they belong to the group era. Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa solo videos remain in their own profile libraries so this file stays navigable.

Receipts and deeper reading

RaeRae take: BLACKPINK’s catalog is too small, the waiting has been ridiculous, and YG benefited from fans treating every comeback like water after a drought. I can believe all of that and still admit the four-member chemistry is rare. Plenty of successful soloists can stand beside each other. BLACKPINK still knows how to become a group.