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K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER have performed covers of hits by Olivia Rodrigo and more on the latest episode of ‘Last Evaluation’.On April 14, YG Entertainment released the latest episode of its online reality series Last Evaluation, which follows some of its trainees through a series of missions to decide the final line-up of upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER.The sixth episode includes the solo showcases of trainees Chiquita, Ruka and Haram, as well as final trainee Ahyeon’s preparation process for her performance, which will air in the next episode.The episode begins with Chiquita’s powerful performance of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘traitor’, earning praise from WINNER members Hoony and Yoon for her expression of the emotional track.She is followed by Ruka, who remixed Masked Wolf’s ‘Astronaut in the Ocean’ and CL’s ‘MTBD’, adding her own lyrics to the latter track. She was also the only trainee to perform a song by a K-pop artist in her solo evaluation.Vocalist Haram went on to showcase a soulful cover of Jazmine Sullivan’s 2020 single ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’.

14 sold-out shows in October and November 2022.Today (April 14), the K-pop girl group released a teaser for their upcoming an encore leg of their ‘Born Pink’ world tour in North America.

BLACKPINK member Lisa is set to feature on ‘Down to Earth’, the upcoming album from Taeyang of Big Bang.Today (April 12), South Korean news outlet Osen reported that the Thai-born K-pop idol would appear as a featured artist on Taeyang’s upcoming release. The publication also reported that Lisa would appear in a music video for the unnamed song.Part of the report has since been confirmed by Taeyang’s agency, The Black Label, in a statement to Xsportsnews.

BLACKPINK have opened up about what it feels like to return to this year’s Coachella as headliners.The K-pop girl group recently spoke with Billboard, ahead of their appearance for day 2 of both festival weekends on April 15 and 22, where they reflected on their 2019 Coachella debut and their upcoming headlining sets.“We’re so excited and honoured to be able to return to Coachella as headliners,” said member Jennie. “We had the best time in 2019 and can’t wait to experience the energy of the audience again.

BLACKPINK member Jisoo’s solo debut single ‘Flower’ has debuted at Number Two on Billboard’s Global 200.On April 10, Billboard announced the Top 10 songs on its latest Global 200 chart for the week of April 15. Jisoo’s solo song ‘Flower’, from her debut single album ‘Me’ landed at Number Two, while Miley Cyrus‘ ‘Flowers’ continues its reign atop the chart for an 11th week.Jisoo is the third BLACKPINK member to score a Top 10 hit on the chart with a solo release, following Rosé and Lisa with ‘On The Ground’ and ‘Lalisa’, respectively.

BLACKPINK member and K-pop soloist Jisoo has opened up about the quartet’s reactions to rumours of feuds within the group.Following her recent solo debut with her single album ‘Me’, Jisoo joined rapper Lee Young-ji on the latter’s YouTube talk show No Prepare. During the episode, the K-pop idol discussed BLACKPINK and how the members respond to rumours feud within the group, considering the members’ individual successes.“Some people might think that as BLACKPINK are so famous, there will be trouble between the members and someone might think that certain members have trouble with the others,” Lee commented, asking how Jisoo felt about such rumours.“We laugh when we see such things,” Jisoo said, sharing that such comments have become a running joke within the group.“We say [things] like, ‘they say I’m your competition, so be careful’ or ‘why didn’t you post on your Instagram, it caused a rumour, you should’ve promoted my album’,” added the singer with a laugh.

K-pop boyband TREASURE was recently caught in the middle of a stage equipment malfunction, leaving him with minor burns.Yesterday (April 2), the 10-member boyband performed at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand as part of the ongoing Asia leg of their ‘Hello’ tour.As seen in photos and videos taken by fans at the concert, member Yoon Jae-hyuk had been walking over stage equipment with a fire-emitting mechanism when it malfunctioned and unexpectedly released a burst of flames.The idol quickly moved away from the equipment and made sure that his clothes were not on fire, before heading backstage to receive medical attention.Is Jaehyuk ok? He step on fire OMG@treasuremembers pic.twitter.com/KXWbZnUhKm— bLub (@chubbyhubbybaby) April 2, 2023According to news outlets and fans at the show, Yoon returned onstage after a brief break with a bandage on his hand, where he sustained minor burns. After the concert, the singer held a livestream where he told fans not to “worry too much”.

YG Entertainment’s upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER have covered BLACKPINK’s ‘Don’t Know What To Do’ on the latest ‘Last Evaluation’ episode.K-pop label YG Entertainment has released the latest episode of its reality series Last Evaluation, through which the members of its new girl group will be elimited after going through performance challenges and missions.The newly released fourth episode features the group’s trainees – Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Ahyeon, Haram, Rora and Chiquita – in their first mission as a full group. The potential BABYMONSTER members teamed up for a dance cover of BLACKPINK’s 2019 song ‘Don’t Know What To Do’.While this episode’s mission was a dance-focused challenge, the seven trainees also re-recorded the track with their own vocals.

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga have been invited to perform for US president Joe Biden and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol at an upcoming state dinner.According to a report by South Korean news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, the pop stars have been invited to perform at an upcoming US state dinner between US president Biden and South Korean president Yoon.Yoon is set to make a state visit to the US on April 26, which will feature a joint cultural event at a state dinner with the US president. The dinner will reportedly begin with an opening ceremony, at which BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga have been invited to perform at.YG Entertainment has since confirmed that the girl group have received an invitation.

BABYMONSTER trainees Asa, Haram, Rora and Chiquita have covered BLACKPINK’s song ‘Stay’ for the latest episode of Last Evaluation.YG Entertainment has unveiled the third episode of Last Evaluation, through which the agency will decide the final line-up of its new K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER in a series of challenges.The trainees were previously split into two groups: Ahyeon, Ruka and Pharita for a cover of Rosé’s ‘Gone’ in episode two, and Asa, Haram, Rora and Chiquita for BLACKPINK’s 2016 track ‘Stay’ in the new episode.Their take on ‘Stay’ includes new melodies at some parts of the song, as well as a re-written rap section by Asa in the second verse. Its instrumental remained true to the original’s stripped-down acoustic.The four trainees’ performance of ‘Stay’ was criticised by AKMU’s Su-hyun and WINNER’s Yoon for appearing “tired” and “stiff”.

BLACKPINK have announced a brand-new stadium show in Europe, as part of the Encore leg of their ongoing ‘Born Pink’ world tour.Today (March 23), the quartet revealed on their official Twitter account that they are set to perform at the Stade de France in Paris, France on July 15. The stadium Encore show will take place about seven months after the girl group toured Europe in December 2022, which included two shows at the Accor Arena in Paris.“We are so excited to come back and play in Paris, at the Stade de France this time, in July,” BLACKPINK said in a statement, per the official Stade de France website.

Last Evaluation, an online series by YG Entertainment that will decide the line-up of new K-pop group BABYMONSTER, has been released.The episode picks up where the previous one left off, and opens with the performance of Rosé‘s solo song ‘Gone’, as covered by trainees Ahyeon, Ruka and Pharita.Their version of the track was positively received by the judges, which included WINNER members Hoony and Yoon, AKMU‘s Lee Su-hyun and YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk.Notably, Hoony gave special mention to Pharita, who said that her voice gave him “goosebumps”. Meanwhile, Lee complimented Ahyeon’s harmonisation skills: “It got me thinking that she’s capable of being part of a group”.Elsewhere in the episode, the second group from BABYMONSTER – comprising Haram, Asa, Chiquita and Rora – were assigned ‘Stay’ by BLACKPINK to perform.The quartet are later joined by Lee in the practice room as they rehearse their upcoming performance.

Big Bang member G-Dragon has revealed that he is currently working on a new project.The K-pop idol recently appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Korea, as part of his work as the global ambassador for Chanel. For the cover, he’s seen in pieces from the luxury brand’s 2023 Spring/Summer collection.G-Dragon also briefly spoke to the publication about what’s he been up to, revealing that he has something in the works.

BLACKPINK member Jennie has been revealed as one of the stars of fashion brand Calvin Klein’s new spring campaign.Yesterday (March 15), Calvin Klein released new advertisements starring the K-pop singer on its Instagram. In them, Jennie is seen sporting a chic dark hair with bangs while modelling a variety of the fashion brand’s pieces, and even posing with a kitten in one image.A post shared by Calvin Klein (@calvinklein)The spring campaign arrived alongside a moody visual, where Jennie dances to ‘I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself’ by The White Stripes while sporting different denim looks.A post shared by Calvin Klein (@calvinklein)Jennie is no stranger to Calvin Klein, having previously starred in the brand’s 2022 spring and fall campaigns.

YG Entertainment has released the first episode of Last Evaluation, the online series that will decide the line-up of the upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER.The episode opens with YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk breaking down his idea for wanting to further evaluate the trainees by splitting the members up into two different groups. “To form a team, you can’t just put together members that are really good,” he said.

Rosé of girl group BLACKPINK and Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-Jung are set to co-host an event at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.Today (March 9), The Met announced that Rosé and Youn, along with Chinese actress Song Jia, will co-host an event for Korean beauty brand Sulwhasoo at the museum later this month on March 29. Notably, all three celebrities are global ambassadors of the beauty brand.In its press release, The Met revealed that it is partnering with Sulwhasoo in a year-long agreement that aims to boost programmes and activities at the Museum to help “celebrate global heritage”.

BLACKPINK have officially become the most-streamed girl group in the world on Spotify.The quartet – consisting Jennie, Lisa, Rosé and Jisoo – clinched the title with over 8.8billion streams on the service as of Wednesday (March 8), beating previous title holder British group Little Mix by 400million streams, according to Guinness World Records.A good portion of the girl group’s total streaming numbers come from their hit singles, the most popular ones being ‘How You Like That’ with 746 million streams, ‘Kill This Love’ with 672 million streams and ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ with 574 million streams.Aside from being the most-streamed girl group on Spotify, BLACKPINK also currently hold the record for having the most subscribers for a band on YouTube, per Guinness.Congratulations to BLACKPINK who have become the most streamed female band on @Spotify

BLACKPINK member Jisoo has finally announced a date for her long-awaited solo debut.At midnight KST today (March 6), the K-pop idol teased her upcoming solo debut on Instagram with an intriguing “Coming Soon” poster. The image confirms a release date of March 31, and features a bright red dress in the middle of a field.Jisoo’s post was accompanied by the caption “See you soon” in Korean.

YG Entertainment has revealed that its upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER might not debut with all seven previously revealed members.K-pop agency YG Entertainment spent the last month unveiling the seven members of its upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER. However, the company has now shared that the lineup for the new act is not yet set in stone.At midnight KST today (March 6), the entertainment agency released a new teaser titled ‘Last Evaluation’, in which founder and producer Yang Hyun-suk informs the seven trainees that BABYMONSTER “will never be a seven-member group”.“We want to unveil the very last evaluation to fans, which was held right before deciding the members of BABYMONSTER, and then finalise the best members as BABYMONSTER,” explained Yang.

Usher has become a fan of BLACKPINK, praising the girl group’s live show in a recent interview.The R&B star recently sat down for an interview with GQ Magazine, during which he talked about seeing BLACKPINK – comprising Rosé, Jennie, Jisoo and Lisa – live in Atlanta last November with two of his sons. Usher told the publication: “I literally went to a BLACKPINK concert in Atlanta, and I was like, man! I’m goofy! I’m looking like, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ ” The magazine also pointed out that he “took notes in his head” while watching the show.“They were putting on a show.

BLACKPINK member Jisoo’s long-awaited solo debut is finally on the way, with a music video in the works.On February 21, YG Entertainment shared that the K-pop idol is currently filming the music video for her first-ever solo single.“The music video for Jisoo’s solo track is being filmed overseas for all the [filming] locations in strict secrecy,” revealed the agency, as translated by Soompi, adding: “It is worth anticipating as we invested the highest production cost of all BLACKPINK videos to date.”The news comes just over a month after Jisoo and YG Entertainment shared that the BLACKPINK singer would be making her solo debut in 2023. At the time, the idol announced on fan community platform Weverse that she would be releasing solo material this year.YG Entertainment later confirmed the news and revealed that that Jisoo had already shot concept photos for the album, adding that the singer “worked on music production whenever she got the time” while on the girl group’s massive, ongoing Born Pink world tour.Details such the title, tracklist and release date of Jisoo’s forthcoming solo record are still unavailable, however.The 28-year-old Jisoo will become the fourth and final BLACKPINK member to release solo music.

BLACKPINK have become the first K-pop act to receive a nomination for Best Video at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards.The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) announced its list of nominations for its 2022 edition on October 12, which included a nomination for BLACKPINK in the Best Video category for their ‘Pink Venom’ music video. This makes them the first-ever K-pop act to receive a nomination in this category.Aside from their Best Video nomination, BLACKPINK have also been nominated in three other categories at the awards: Biggest Fans, Best Metaverse Performance (for their PUBG Mobile in-game concert ‘The Virtual’) as well as Best K-pop.

AKMU‘s Lee Chan-hyuk will be making his debut as a soloist later this month with his first album, ‘Error’.Lee’s upcoming effort, titled ‘Error’ was first announced via social media earlier today (October 5). It will mark the musician’s first-ever solo project outside of sibling duo AKMU.A teaser image for Lee’s forthcoming record was also unveiled alongside the announcement, which features a cryptic photo of himself distorted by oversaturated film filters.

WINNER, AB6IX and Weeekly are on the lineup for K-pop music festival K.FLEX’s forthcoming show in London.Europe’s largest K-pop festival, formerly known as KPOP.FLEX, announced through a press release that they are set to host another mega-concert later this year – this time, at The O2 in London on November 20.The event will feature performances from AB6IX, PENTAGON and WINNER – who will be marking their first live performance in Europe during the event. Other acts on the line-up include girl groups VIVIZ and Weeekly, as well as rookie acts Billlie and Younite.Tickets are set to go on pre-sale on AXS on October 5, 9AM BST, and on See Tickets and The O2 on October 6, 9AM BST.

YG Entertainment has announced that it will be taking legal action against people “illegally” distributing BLACKPINK member Jennie’s “private” photos.In a statement issued to the press earlier today (October 3), the girl group’s management agency announced that it has enlisted the help of police to investigate those responsible for circulating “private” photos of Jennie that have been the subject of recent tabloid coverage.“We have refrained from mentioning the matter or making an official statement in order to minimize any further damage,” the agency’s statement read, per Korea JoongAng Daily. “However, there have been indiscriminate rumours, criticism, personal attacks, sexual harassment and violations of personal life sparked by those private photographs.”The statement claims that the agency has already taken legal action against online users who have made “malicious posts, or those which repeatedly upload unconfirmed claims,” and is currently looking into lodging additional penalties for other damages caused by the leak.“The photos [of Jennie] distributed online were made public illegally, without Jennie’s consent.

Tori Kelly has posted her moving rendition of ‘Typa Girl’, a cut from BLACKPINK’s sophomore album ‘Born Pink’.In a TikTok clip posted to her official account earlier this week, the vocalist performed ‘Typa Girl’ with her acoustic guitar playing as accompaniment.

BLACKPINK have become the first female K-pop act to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart.On September 25, Billboard revealed that the quartet’s sophomore studio album ‘Born Pink’ had debuted at the top of its weekly Billboard 200 albums chart for the week ending September 22. This makes BLACKPINK the first female K-pop act ever, as well as the first all-female group since 2008, to do so.The record reportedly earned 102,000 equivalent album units in its release week, of which 75,500 comprised album sales, while streaming and track equivalent units totalled 25,000 and 1,500 each.It is BLACKPINK’s second Top 10 entry on the music chart, after their first studio album ‘THE ALBUM’ debuted at Number 2 upon its release in 2020.‘Born Pink’ is the third album by a South Korean act to top the weekly albums chart in 2022, following BTS’ ‘Proof’ and Stray Kids’ ‘Oddinary’.

BLACKPINK have performed their brand-new single ‘Shut Down’ for the first time on the latest Jimmy Kimmel Live! episode.On September 19 (local time), the quartet appeared on the talk show to perform the track ‘Shut Down’, taken from their sophomore studio album ‘Born Pink’.In the new clip, the girl group are joined by a team of backup dancers as they perform ‘Shut Down’ and its choreography. This marks the first time BLACKPINK have performed the single live since its release last week.“It’s black and it’s pink once the sun down / When we pull up, you know it’s a shutdown / Pull down the shutter lock the door, shut down,” they sing on the chorus.The music video for ‘Shut Down’ arrived last Friday along with BLACKPINK’s second studio album ‘Born Pink’, which also spawned the pre-release single ‘Pink Venom’ and the song ‘Ready For Love’, which the group previously premiered at a virtual concert with PUBG Mobile.During a recent interview with Variety, longtime BLACKPINK collaborator Bekuh Boom spoke of her contribution of the B-side ‘Typa Girl’ to the record, sharing that she had thought the song would go to member Lisa’s next solo release.“But I’m super happy that it’s […] on the album.

BLACKPINK’s latest album.In a recent story by Variety, several songwriters whose work featured on BLACKPINK’s sophomore studio album ‘Born Pink’ discussed the stories behind their contributions to the record.Among them are singer-songwriter and longtime collaborator Bekuh Boom — known for co-writing the act’s debut singles ‘Boombayah’ and ‘Whistle’ — who penned the track ‘Typa Girl’ from the new record.“It’s a song to empower women,” said Boom of the B-side, adding: “When I hear it, I feel like the shit — and I want other women to hear it and feel that way too.” The songwriter went on to reveal that she had written the demo for ‘Typa Girl’ in 2021, and that she had originally “thought Lisa might use it for her next solo single.”“But I’m super happy that it’s […] on the album,” she said. “It’s a blessing to always get asked back.

BLACKPINK have released the music video for ‘Shut Down’, the lead single from their newly released sophomore album ‘Born Pink’.The fierce new visual, set in between a sleek white garage and a city after hours, sees BLACKPINK confidently recounting their successes as a musical act. “It’s not a comeback since we’ve never left / Heads turning, careful you’ll strain your neck / Pink ice drip drip drip freeze ‘em on sight,” Jennie declares in the opening verse for the track.There are also callbacks to scenes from the girl group’s past music videos like ‘Boombayah’, ‘Whistle’, and ‘Kill This Love’.Apart from confident lyricism, ‘Shut Down’ also incorporates snippets from ‘La campanella’, a violin solo by Italian composer and violinist Niccolò Paganini.The music video for ‘Shut Down’ was accompanied by the release of ‘Born Pink’, arriving two years after the release of the group’s debut studio album, ‘The Album’.