Male groups has always dominated not just in the music industry. the success and achievements that BLACKPINK have done bests even that of their male counterparts is suprising. its very rare to see. Very difficult to do in the industry. And its crazy to think the achievements can be even greater if YG their label would release more content from these girls. maybe a strategy for longevity? No one really knows how his mind works. he’s just the kind of brilliant that just pisses fans off. Lol 😂 you wanna hate him but he’s consistent and produces top notch legendary artist.
@@ht-xz8ei you do realize he still has the say on the artists and decisions right?? He is like the secret guy who controls behind the scenes lol. The current CEO is just the one who merely takes care of the company’s business aspects.
@@idkanymorehonestly1389 really do you hear yourself the secret guy behind the company you sound like a conspiracy nut You're living in a fantasy world
@@idkanymorehonestly1389 what??? No, that is not how a company works. This is not a movie. If he's not the CEO, he can't make decisions. Yg still owns the company since he has the most shares I believe so he receives money. But decisions aren't his.
You're so dead on about their real life persona being so different from their celebrity image. As was the case when Lisa used Destiny Roger's song "Tomboy" for a dance cover on her private TH-cam channel. The song was two years old and Roger was on the brink of bankruptcy. As soon as Lisa's dance video was released, Tomboy went viral world wide, charting number one in some countries, and charting in the top ten in many more. The views on TH-cam for Tomboy jumped from three million to over 38 million. Roger herself said that Lisa's global impact is so incredibly powerful, it literally saved her career. When Rogers went to personally thank Lisa via FaceTime, Lisa refused to take any credit, giving all credit to how great Tomboy was as a song. Rogers in interviews kept stating how amazed she was on how humble and shy Lisa was. With all this said, you should check out Lisa's dance cover of Tomboy. It's called Lilifilm The Movie. It's on Lisa's personal channel Lilifilm's
Abou YG’s statement: yes, he used to say the girls in 2NE1 were ugly. The Korean beauty standards are very strict and difficult to achieve. Of course it doesn’t make his statement acceptable but unfortunately it happens a lot in kpop
There is some context to what he said that is being left out. YG was always known to overlook the "beauty standards" and promoted girls with talent rather than just a pretty face i.e. Big Mama. YG received a lot of criticism for his girls not being "pretty" from knetz and he was addressing those critics with his statement.
Here are the numbers or data you wanted: 1 Justin Bieber 63.8 million TH-cam subscribers 2 Blackpink 62.1 million TH-cam subscribers 3 Marshmello 53 million TH-cam subscribers 4 BTS 52 million TH-cam subscribers 5 Ariana Grande 48.5 million TH-cam subscribers 6 Eminem 48 million TH-cam subscribers 7 Ed Sheeran 47.7 million TH-cam subscribers 8 Taylor Swift 42.7 million TH-cam subscribers 9 Billie Eilish 41.6 million TH-cam subscribers 10 Katy Perry 40.9 million TH-cam subscribers
This is literally the best story of Blackpink! Every person should watch this! Every time I watch this, I get goosebumps! And it's really cool how it's called "The revolution"! For sure I will show this to the future generation, so they can see the biggest singers ever! ✊🏻✊🏻😔😔😔😏😏💖💖✨✨
BOY GROUPS have a heavy advantage over girl groups cuz they have got so many fangirls who would buy anything that they make and do, where as girl groups are held at more stricter standards in the music industry and as the pop industry is filled with lots of female fans who would find guy groups more attractive hence stan them, even with all this blackpink are 2nd biggest group in the world beating all other boy groups and are just behind bts, and they did that with total of just 23 songs
I really hope you'll react to Lili Films 1-4 and The Movie - they're all from Lisa's personal channel and most are only a couple of minutes long. Her rap skills are awesome to listen to, her singing voice is really beautiful, but her dancing is just unreal!
In kpop, the most famous and popular concept is the "cute", specially for girls. They are super feminine, romantic and sweet. Usually the songs are softer too. The “girl crush" is like Blackpink, something more powerful, with striking visuals and not that super sweet girly concept. I personally don’t like the cute concept so much, it depends on how it’s portrayed. A good example of cute concept is a group called Twice. They are slowly getting more mature but they still have that cute aesthetic and sound
If u wanna see more of their personalities, watch “A Crackhead Guide To Blackpink”. Be warned though… it’ll make u fall even more in love with the girls.
Please, react to BLACKPINK Journey and Friendship. This video will explain a lot about their very close relationships that they formed over the years. Fun fact, that $37 million that guy mention is just an estimate that they made when BLACKPINK still on their World Tour. After finishing their World Tour in February 2020, YG officially confirmed that their World Tour gross more than $56 million. Unfortunately, BLACKPINK don't get enough credits for their participation in the songwriting of their songs. This is a fact. For example, Jennie admitted that she wrote Stay in one of the behind the scene video that I found on Twitter. It is clip of one of the BLACKPINK reality show on TH-cam. In that clip, Jennie reveal the reason why she felt very emotional whenever they performed Stay live is that she is the songwriter. Jennie literally cried when performing Stay live. I also found out that after they release As If Your Last, they have an interview. During that interview, Lisa admitted that she wrote the rap verse for As If It Is Your Last. She even said that it is longer than she thought it is. This interview was all over the news in South Korea. During an interview, Tushar Apte one of the producer who work on the BLACKPINK's song, Love To Hate Me, reveal that Danny Chung and Lisa write the rap verse for Love To Hate Me together. 😃 This is what Tushar Apte said during his interview, Question: Was the first draft you submitted instantly approved or did the members share their feedback with you to rework on? Tushar Apte's answer: We pretty much got it right the first time on this! Which isn’t common at all, but of course Lisa and Danny Chung had to go and write the amazing rap verse that really takes the record to a whole different level! However, if you look at their credits for their songs such as Love To Hate Me, you won't find their name on the credit list for some songs. If anyone want to see the link for that Jennie's clip and those interviews that I mention earlier, just let me know and I will gladly give you the links for it. 😄
@@k4ch0w Jennie write Stay behind the scene video clip: twitter.com/jnkloops/status/1074822006628065280?lang=en Jennie cried when performing Stay live: th-cam.com/video/HCpPukP75oo/w-d-xo.html Lisa admitting that she wrote the rap verse for As If You Your Last news video (make sure to turn on the caption to see the English subtitle):th-cam.com/video/9SUYIr0n_l8/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BLACKPINKStory (This video was uploaded by a Thai blink who know Korean language. In her video she explain everything about a Korean news article is about a BLACKPINK interview that they have after releasing As If Your Last. She did talk about Lisa writing the rap verse.) BLACKPINK As If You Last interview news article (in Korean): m.tf.co.kr/amp/entertain/1694629.htm?__twitter_impression=true (This is the news article that Thai blink was talking about. It is in Korean. If you want to read it, I would recommend you to install free S3.Translator addon on Firefox. It translate it 100% accuracy. This is how I double check to make sure what she said is true.) Lisa and Danny Chung wrote the rap verse for Love To Hate Me: www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-songwriter-tushar-apte-working-bts-home-blackpinks-love-hate-me-talks-collab-exo-568082 (This news article is in English. It will show everything that Tushar Apte said about Lisa and her rap verse for Love To Hate Me. You just need to scroll down until you see a picture of BLACKPINK to find what he said).
Two and a half years after their debut, they embarked on their first world tour with just 9 official songs. The tour as the video stated became the most lucrative ever by a girl group. What act, male or female, solo or group can boast that kind of numbers off just 9 official songs. That's the statistic that blow my mind.
The hardest thing about being a blink is the lack of content. Even right after a comeback I’m hungry for more. It’s crazy because the girls are constantly working on things. Their schedules are always packed. For example Lisa hasn’t seen her family in almost 2 years and her grandfather and uncle have recently passed away but she hasn’t had the chance to go to Thailand. Even though they are extremely busy I feel like we don’t see the content. That’s why blinks go crazy over any mention of the pinks.
Yess but then it is every yg stan’s problem of being a stan. Haha except for the dongsaeng TREASURE. So while waiting for BP content and other YGA, lets dive into TREASURE!! 💙💙💙
Yup everyone is softie. But I think the guy in the documentary means the most shyness in the group off stage is 🖤Jennie💖! Total different from she’s on the stage. From her recent TH-cam vlog, she talks about the fans praise her TH-cam channel when they met on the street, then she’s too shy & not knowing how to react at that time. But actually she’s really glad & feels thankful. So that’s her, 🖤Jennie💖! 💗
Since you are talking about how 'grounded' they seem it might be about time to check out Rosé's solo 'On the Ground' seeing as how that was your interpretation of them from the documentary, I think you would enjoy the message she delivers in that song which came out only a few months ago. Obviously you should check out all of them individually, Jennie's 'Solo', Lisa's LiliFilm dances, and Jisoo has some great covers like Clarity & yuki no hana, and Rosé also has another solo song called Gone. Just thought it was worth mentioning 'On the Ground' because of the message of the song she recently released.
Lisa's "LALISA A Documentary Film" 🥰 Best documentry Film 🎥 you should watch to know more about Lisa's great journey so far and her dedication level, hardwork so inspiring 🤗
Usually in the stereotype male group always dominated since normally guy wouldn't buy merch or even album. yeah many guys nowaday are changed but majority of fanbase are still girls anyway. so yeah that make male groups dominated the industry even in K-pop. like seriously even some small male groups from small company physical album sales are still can get 1M physical album sales. while girlgroups just 300K physical album sales are high enough to made them in top10 record for girlgroups already. so that Blackpink archived this far are impressive enough already.
RE: GIRL GROUP QUALIFIER: Boy groups have it easier because large groups of fangirls (The biggest buyers of CDs and merch) will buy multiple copies of CDs to help their oppas succeed. That BLACKPINK first full album (8 songs is a full album for a YG girl group I guess?) THE ALBUM sold over 1.3 million copies is historic as those are numbers of a very successful boy group (one certain boy group now sell 4 million copies of newer albums). BP broke a 52 year standing record in Korea for girl group album sales for THE ALBUM. It hit #2 on Billboard Hot200, which is a huge deal for a girl group but a few boy groups have hit #1 thanks to large devoted fanbase. A really really successful Kpop girl group (2 others besides BP and one recently disbanded as planned = limited contract from reality music contest show) will sell maybe 300k to 550k or so copies of album. As mentioned in the video, BLACKPINK's girl group predecessors at YG were very popular 2nd gen group and sold around 700k albums total in their 7 year career. Worldwide you hear more about boy groups, think about the ones in USA & UK compared to how much attention girl groups got at same time.
It’s the company making them look exclusive but only in terms of promotion not personally it has to do with the events they do or attend it has nothing to do with their personal image they’re not forced to act a certain way everyone knows how sweet they are kpop groups in general are way more respectable as people because of those years of training and just Korean culture in general
Ive been into kpop since 2010, and I would say The main reason that attention was on BlackPink was because 2ne1 was one of the most popular girl groups in kpop back then the 2 main girl group were 2ne1 and SNSD and since YG had been teasing this girl group, and they hadn't had a girl group since 2011 everyone was really excited. Peoples attention was on YG and wanted to see what was next when they finally came out with teaser pics for the members everyone was excited especially for Jennie because she had been teased the most with features on G Dragon's That xx, and Black and Lee Hi's song special. Thus when the actual 2 music videos came out people loved the swag and the quality of the music video. Ever since then they instantly became famous. The hype had been building and the songs were catchy and lived up to everyones expectations. People also liked the duality of their personality off vs on stage, and girls having edgy concepts was more rare in the kpop world but YG is known for their edgy more foreign swag so to speak lol.
i dont think so... im 36 but i never had interest with your so called snss and 2n1... only BP made me , kpop before is such a cringe... dont even know YG or whatsoever,, i just knew the girls and song then im hook... something about them not because of there senior
@@michealtaylors I wasn't a big kpop fan growing up but knew of some groups like 2ne1 and snsd n how popular they were and I think the original poster meant the reason or partial reason for their quick rise and initial attention is from the kpop community who new about all about the upcoming hype, not the casual listeners or new to kpop/blackpink fans. With that said, I think based on BP overall talent and persona, I think they would have reached where they are now regardless of having initial hype and quick rise to fame from the kpop community.
Yes that video is too old because some BP records have been broken by other groups. But that video is still relevant and enough giving all information about blackpink journey. We all know that other groups have many more records than blackpink but all achievements that blackpink have in short years since their debut and with only few songs is amazing 🔥.
Boygroups are aimed towards female audiences, specially younger girls, while girlgroups aim towards more mature audiences and more towards male audiences and the general public. K-Pop was and still is a genre where most listeners are female so yes it does make a difference and a girlgroup on the level of Blackpink is not just untouched in K-Pop, but worldwide. The main reason why they say "girlgroup" and not just "group", is another group that is more popular at the moment. Blackpink is the 2nd most popular K-Pop Group at the moment at least, but maybe that changes some day. Boygroups just have big advantages, not just in Korea. Just looking back at the history of the most successful groups, the literal top 5 are all boygroups. Girlgroups have a much harder time to get taken seriously cause they can't just impress young girls who are basically already impressed by boygroups when the members look good. Girlgroups have to work very hard so people take them seriously, while dealing with a lot more hate than boygroups, because like i said a big part of the K-Pop community is female and some of them have huge problems with other women being successful. Sounds weird, but everyone who is part of the community can confirm that i think. (except the young toxic girls of course) Blackpink's success right now is already untouched by any other girlgroup...and they just started.
boy groups have always had a bigger following than girl groups. especially in kpop. lisa speaks 5 languages now. shes not quite fluent in japanese or mandarin yet though. you're right about their personalities. they're nothing like the image that they portray in their music videos/photo shoots. they're normal, sweet, down-to-earth girls thanks for the reaction!
24:42 realize that BlackPink also had a "reality show" called BlackPink House... it really helped spread the word about the group ...... feel free to react on each show!!
@@notsuperkingcowbabytv they hate YGE because he make to debut a GG pretty aswell , i mean his not lying right?? just a fact but still its a harsh remark
Girl Groups compared to other male groups are much more difficult to weigh and achieve society standards in the entire music industry and not just K-pop. Girl Groups receive more backlash and criticism in terms of Age, Beauty, Talent, Status, Body Shaming, Rumors, Hate and many more. So for a girl group to achieve international recognition and such status with all of those achievements at such a young age within 4 years means that they have overcome all of those Backlashes and criticism and labels whatever society throws at them. Making Blackpink as stated in the video one of the best and if not The best. If you think about it and try recalling the last popular international girl group in modern generation, One could argue that would be Fifth Harmony and Pussycat Dolls which was years ago. There's not a single girl group that can compete with Blackpink in this generation if you just base it on achievements alone.
for blinks the long wait for music wouldn't be that unbearable if only we could see the girls appearing in different shows etc...but they seem to completely disappear in between their comebacks..we rarely see them outside of the usual instagram posts...also for Jennie, she's the most loved but also the most hated idol ever since she debuted...she was criticised a lot initially for a lot of things that weren't even in her control and that's why I think this documentary emphasised her soft part 💕 and yes Jisoo is a goofball but it does very understated that she's an AMAZING vocalist too not only the visual and the funniest
19:53 You aren't wrong there regarding the group members' personal attitudes. They themselves are very personable and humble and do make friends with other singers and groups. It's just the larger overall company (YG) that make bigger decisions regarding their exclusivity and public image. It's the same thing with all non-independent artists or athletes and whomever in the US too. Your favorite actor or actress may be super personable but depending on the agency they sign with, or PR firm they hire, or endorsements, or studio they like to work for, etc., they'll be told to not attend certain events or not publicly hang out with people at other companies, etc. It's just that kinda thing.
16:45 nope you didn't hear that wrong. YG has always been known to be very sexist and misogynistic. Yes 2NE1 had that punk look that didn't necessarily abide by Korea's strict beauty standards, and yes YG did mean that statement in a more business sense but this is one of the reasons why we all love YG artists but not necessarily the company itself. That's why we were worried with BLACKPINK not releasing that much content because if you read into the unfortunate end of 2NE1, we were scared that YG is pushing BP to the same fate. :(
the 2ne1 situation was totally different. they didnt "push" 2ne1 away because of blackpink. but because of pressure from the society(see the park bom scandal). it was all very bad timing. Blackpink is way too successful now. they would be insane to cut them off like that lol.
@@MikedieONE I know that.. I didn't say that's what really happened to BP but it did seem dejavu-ish to us that we HOPED that they wouldn't be in the same fate as 2NE1. Yes I agree the media blowing things waaay out of proportion was a major factor.
Blackpink, the girls themselves, are VERY and I mean VERY humble and grounded and they are very surprised they actually are achieving records, awards, and charts. They mention it on interviews and shows that they are grateful especially to their fans, they do stuff and create content just for the fans. The company YG manages them, as they want Blackpink to appear top tier and exclusive/expensive which makes them different.
Historically, boy bands have much more fans/success than girl groups but that mostly apply to (white) English-speaking boy bands like One Direction. That's why in the kpop scene, Blackpink has much more potential to do well in the American mainstream market!! They don't need to deal with all the prejudice against Asian boys and the general public require less musical authenticity from them than from the boys bands cuz boybands are often associate with the superficial image that they are all about the bubblegum bops. Blackpink is so big that they outperform all their American counterparts but if they want to leave a mark in pop music history and enter legendary status like the Spice Girls. I wish they can have more diverse discography and more creative control over their work. They've already built the brand image so successfully - fierce girl power but bubbly on the inside with distinctive personalities and have a huge dedicated fanbase. I am sure they can now try experimenting with their music without worrying too much about the result. I can totally imagine Rosé staying in the studio all day having so much fun with writing her own songs. They are doing the luxurious concept to the maximum. It's now time to conquer the musical side that I don't see other girl groups doing that ever. With that, Blackpink will earn more respect from ppl and even the insiders. Being the biggest girl group ever in history will be just a matter of time.
Personally when they said “a hint of female empowerment” I respectfully disagree. I think they are are over flowing with female empowerment and strength👑 Definitely QUEENS/ KINGS ( woman can be kings too, they definitely don’t have to always be second)❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
There were a lot of things I wanted to comment on but the biggest point I wanted to relay was that the internet is of course a tool of success for any artist these days but I don’t believe lit to be responsible for Blackpink’s success. If that were the case everyone would be just as successful but they aren’t. The #’s and records of the Pinks speak for themselves. There’s no arguing with facts and statistics. Something you mentioned was that the girls didn’t seem stuck up or better than everyone else and you’d be right. That persona is what their company wants but the girls are humble, down to earth, and love their blinks. Bad asses on stage and every day people off stage. This is why they have the enormous fan base that they have. Best of both worlds.
In the part that they mention that they go to exclusive events and meet important people, it refers as part of the promotion, not that they personally don't want to be in other programs or get together with other people, but that the company takes great care of the events they have to attend to give them an exclusive image as a group, as not just any program can have Blackpink as guests, that depends on the company, not on them.
Also they were on a world tour for like an entire year. Also YG artist tend to have their own schedule. This video is kinda out dated. It is just a theory after all which everyone is entitled to. And they are extremely busy being global ambassadors and i cant imagine how many CFs they do and photoshoots, being a dance mentor in shows, drama movie, then solo work jesus. Definaley not what any other kpop groups have to juggle around thats including boy groups. The photoshoots must be insane.
I guess, back in 2018, before dudududu release, one of the big program call Blackpink House, ALSO play a great role in making BP more popular because you can understand everyone's personality after watching and when all of the pinks together always giving me that "family vibe", warm, sweet...etc.
14:34 I dunno if you've searched and found the answer after watching the video, but if not, "girl crush" is a label for kpop girl groups that basically just means... cool powerful women performing cool powerful songs. So like, in appearance and music, they're not just cute with pop music, or just sexy with r&b, or just hip-hop, or just punk-rock, etc. It's like... all the best bits of them all.
Now they're the real queen.. Jiso Queen (ambassador) of Dior, cartier Rosé Queen (ambassador) of St Lauren & tiffany and Co Lisa Queen (ambassador) of Celine & Bulgari Jennie Queen (ambassador) of chanel And they also the face of a lot more high brands..
The girls are very humble and down to earth, they made friends with anyone, but the exclusivity mentioned in the video was the company decision on what YG wants Blackpink to attend or associate with more likely
Lisa is fluent in Thai, Korean and English, she knows a bit of Japanese and because of her becoming a dance mentor in a chinese program she also started learning basic chinese. Her english varies, from what I have seen. She understands english fluently but when she speaks I have seen her both be really fluent but also sometimes struggle with her speech - I am assuming it's because of the contact she has with the language varies so, when she is more distant from english, her speaking english fluidity decreases because that happens a lot when you are speaking a foreign language that you don't have contact with every day.
As you mentioned, this was released last year so some of their accomplishments aren’t mentioned but they now have the biggest selling album for a kpop girl group with over 1 million sales (this video showing their best selling being at 380,000 sales). It’s harder for girl groups to accomplish what boy groups do because a lot of fans are mostly female and are very dedicated when it comes to following groups, girl groups mostly have to rely on the general public which most just casually listen so girl groups tend to do better in charts and streaming than in sales of albums or tours but as mentioned before, the girls released an album in October that sold over 1 million, they just keep getting bigger and bigger! It’s exciting to see what they can do with each release.
its why i feel these 4 are the perfect they match that duality needed perfectly between there stage roles and are very simple and down to earth in there normal off stage life like a example when rosie did a vlive on her birthday and she was doing a origami puzzle
The comment from YG about how he wanted BlackPink to be just like 2ne1 but pretty too I feel is greatly misinterpretted by most. I think what he was attempting to say is that 2ne1's concept was mainly the "badass" type, and they very rarely gave off a feminine vibe in their music videos like BP had done with a song like As if Its your last. Lets say 2ne1 was on the left side, while the right side is a cutesy girly type group. BlackPink fits in the middle in that they have the badass persona, but they will also go to the other side of the spectrum in a song or a styling as well. Which is also where the name BlackPink comes from.
I just became blink last year HYLT era. I don't know I just love them sir 😭 I love everything about them ❤ this video was just released before releasing rhe album. How I wish they released this after thet dropped the album. Hehe. They have solo documentary in TH-cam sir.
Boy groups have more advantage compare to girl groups. Kpop boy groups will only need to face racism, while kpop girl groups need to face racism, sexism and ageism! So its way more harder for kpop girl groups like Blackpink to grind on the top. Blackpink paved their own way.
I think this info about (G)-Idle is a good thing for you to get to know them too. Blackpink is amazing, I love them, but (G)-Idle has a different concept and it’s very cool 😊
What they mean when they are exclusive is, they are not talking about the girls, they are talking about the label, yg, they want the group blackpink's image is like that :)
The difference between girlgroups and guygroups is quite massive. Boygroups generally have an advantage as fanbases are usually female fans (tending to lean to boygroups more). Now, BLACKPINK and BTS are really equal and compete with each other. Basically, they keep breaking each others records over and over. However, sales of BTS beat BLACKPINK hard. As explained in the video, KPOP groups rely on many yearly releases for promotion, BTS is one of these groups. BLACKPINK is all about international numbers and promotion. Marketing and business strategy of BLACKPINKS company is all focussed on this. Only releasing one mini album a year, or even one single. Rarely appearances on TV shows, but promotion through high fashion companies, etcetera.
It’s such an important point because usually guys groups get famous and successful so easily especially in Korea because most of kpop fans there are girls + girl groups face a lot more than a guys groups actually I don’t want to mention it but girls idols have to be perfect in every single thing if you know what I mean
YGE sees them, not just as a girl group, but as a name brand. It is not just about the music, but fashion, just to name one. All four are 'muse' for different big-name fashion houses) as well as, (Papa YG) wanting perfection. Teddy's songwriting, set design, choreography, lighting, and costumes. A lot of work and time goes into making MV's achieving this level, which stand out above the rest. The rounds on Music award shows, TV shows such as Running Man, Knowing Brothers, is South Korea's way to get exposure for groups and it works. It has always been YG's formula for doing things. The separation between the boy and girl groups is part of the K-Pop genre that makes it ..well K-Pop. Acceptance of a different way of doing things in the South Korean culture, such as Popular Korean music, is still met with resistance. Change moves more slowly than in the western music industry. Look at the backlash Lalisa has gotten from some local critics for being Thai.
will try to answer what I can most of your first questions boils down to the fans Girlgroups tend to have more of the "masculine" persuasion, and boygroups more of the "feminine" persuasion. and they all tend to peak at around 4-6 years into their career, meaning at 21 there will be much younger girlgroups for the "masculine" persuasion to follow, that would be considered a risk, remember that at 30 you are considered a fossil on social media. how Blackpink counteract that, is by appealing to a more "feminine persuasion" audience by being girlcrush (blackpink has a pretty even distribution of fans, both in gender and in age (only preteens think 30 is a fossil, but they do dominate the social media)). the fans are the reason for the separation in sales as well, all groups release albums with photocards and stickers, but the boygroups fans tend to want to own all them stickers of their favorite boys, and thus buy more albums per person to own them all, this is by far not as widespread with girlgroups, so the album sales are lower, even though the number of fans buying are the same. a jungle to write that in a way where I try not to offend anyone.. probably failed, sry about that... more female fans means more sales, that's the bottom line. Yeah YHS was a weird dude, not very nice in his way of saying things, one thing to remember is that Koreans have two distinct words for pretty, one for princess like pretty or cute pretty, and one for more cool pretty (and a third definition for beautiful), it's a different language and much is lost in translation, 2NE1 was without a doubt the cool charismatic kind of pretty, but were seen by the general public (and YHS) as not the princess pretty..... but again YHS is a questionable character at best. sidenote. I remember in Korean class we had a bunch of girls who started learning because of a boygroup they loved (amazing that a group can inspire to learn a new language), anyways our teacher an elderly Korean woman, was talking about the different kinds of pretty, and the girls asked her, "so the boygroup is the cool pretty?" and she empathically declined that notion, they were definetly the princess kind of pretty... it is sometimes seen as a gender thing, but that is not the meaning of the two kinds of pretty (could be more kinds I simply don't know, had to stop classes due to covid) the video is careful, because many anti fans get triggered very very easily, they do inspire confidence in many female fans I know, and that is awesome and should be appreciated more, but it will get a LOT of backlash to say so. I think the channel creators study marketing, so keep that in mind, they have a tendency to overfocus on the mechanical aspect of the marketing, and that's fine, just good to remember that, the reason I say study, is because in one of their videos they used a selfmade SWOT to explain a point.... that is not something I have ever seen outside a classroom, and even then it was explained that a SWOT is more a brainstorming tool then a marketing tool by itself. love the channel though very well made and thought through videos. it is 5 now, she added very basic Chinese and is learning it currently (she was/is a mentor on a Chinese survival show) oh the good old scarcity principle, little sidenote it only works in a perfect economy, so not really applicable, in theory it fits, but because it is in a nonperfect economy it is fueled by intrinsic value more than fundamental value, the only reason it works is because the fans (hardcore and casual) place so much intrinsic value on the music due to the high quality and tendency to disrupt the market on release, so it is anticipated, it's in essence not scarce as we can always stream what there is without limit, but it is the impact on the status quo that makes it so anticipated, but on the other hand it is a fair question that, would they be as big if they released more? no one will ever know... but even that question drives demand through anticipation... love that principle so fun to think about. it's a funny but faulty comparison, blackpinks fans originally came from Kpop only fans, so they would not care about other regions release rates, by now for western fans it makes sense, but most of their fans like kpop in general just prefer blackpink (I Know I am gonna get butchered for that comment) anyways sry in advance for triggering anyone, it's just my point of view from the questions asked, I'm not right, I don't claim that, just what I found through my limited research, and own thoughts on the matter :)
All YG meant was that when they recruited the girls for 2NE1 they were only interested in their skills. With Blackpink they wanted the skills and the beauty both. They had no idea at the time just how perfect their choice of girls was.
Whatever u saw here is about professional career of theirs and what u saw in the netflix doc it's more of their personality....They are wholesome and as u said they would talk to everyone
Based on my observations, Lisa is trilingual (Thai, Korean, English) and Jennie and Rose are bilingual. They can all speak basic Japanese and phrases of Mandarin/Cantonese.
the difference is made because men have more possibilities than women and especially in Korea, that is why it is super important what they are achieving. companies usually ask and demand is much more from the girls
In Korea the guy groups were always the top $ makers, they tended to stay together longer, and as a result more money was put into marketing them KPop is know for just releasing a few songs every few months.... and some times thats all that happens. It's often about 13 months, on average, before a group releases a full album. But the are releasing "come backs" every few months. Lisa does Know 5 now(Thai, English, Korean, Japanese and basic Mandarian)... and knows the basics of 2 more(Tagalog & Indonesian) Jennie is so shy it's almost painfull, that is why she is always being protected by the other members. You see this especially in crowds(airports, etc.) Sometimes the qualifier "Girl Group" is valid.... For Coachella it isn't. They were ther FIRST Kpop Group to play Coachella period.
This also mentions Baby V.O.X the first Kpop group I really got into, but I didn't know where to find info and didn't really know the members, just the music and MVs and it was pre TH-cam so an anime friend downloaded MVs to show me in relatively low res picture quality. Luckily fans have put these old MVs on TH-cam nowadays. Check out their 2 best songs: BAESHIN (Betrayal) th-cam.com/video/EwJVd_yfAMU/w-d-xo.html and GET UP th-cam.com/video/Fu8v_WDpNHU/w-d-xo.html Having been a fan of the first girl crush group Baby V.O.X around 20 years ago, I feel like I was destined to choose BLACKPINK as my favorites one day.
Extra info: People may not see it or may not want to see it but they suffer under such a misogynistic company. There is a lot of male privilege in YG. Take songwriter and producing credit that YG male artists get but Blackpink doesn't. It wasn't until recently they got a few credits for their own work. The reason being the earnings from the songs go directly to the company rather than the girls. You've seen the Netflix documentary, so you've seen how they are trained to write, produce and Choreograph.. but for some reason they don't let them do that anymore after they debut. Even after all the hate they have received by the gp, the mistreatment from their own company Blackpink saved YG from bankruptcy.
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Male groups has always dominated not just in the music industry. the success and achievements that BLACKPINK have done bests even that of their male counterparts is suprising. its very rare to see. Very difficult to do in the industry. And its crazy to think the achievements can be even greater if YG their label would release more content from these girls. maybe a strategy for longevity? No one really knows how his mind works. he’s just the kind of brilliant that just pisses fans off. Lol 😂 you wanna hate him but he’s consistent and produces top notch legendary artist.
ok I just wanted to clear one thing up you keep saying he but YG the person actually no longer runs the company there's a new CEO for about a year now
Now I seriously miss papa yg and now there is a new CEO. I hope he will not change Bp strong and Preety concept to cute concept
@@ht-xz8ei you do realize he still has the say on the artists and decisions right?? He is like the secret guy who controls behind the scenes lol. The current CEO is just the one who merely takes care of the company’s business aspects.
@@idkanymorehonestly1389 really do you hear yourself the secret guy behind the company you sound like a conspiracy nut You're living in a fantasy world
@@idkanymorehonestly1389 what??? No, that is not how a company works. This is not a movie. If he's not the CEO, he can't make decisions. Yg still owns the company since he has the most shares I believe so he receives money. But decisions aren't his.
You're so dead on about their real life persona being so different from their celebrity image. As was the case when Lisa used Destiny Roger's song "Tomboy" for a dance cover on her private TH-cam channel. The song was two years old and Roger was on the brink of bankruptcy. As soon as Lisa's dance video was released, Tomboy went viral world wide, charting number one in some countries, and charting in the top ten in many more. The views on TH-cam for Tomboy jumped from three million to over 38 million. Roger herself said that Lisa's global impact is so incredibly powerful, it literally saved her career.
When Rogers went to personally thank Lisa via FaceTime, Lisa refused to take any credit, giving all credit to how great Tomboy was as a song. Rogers in interviews kept stating how amazed she was on how humble and shy Lisa was.
With all this said, you should check out Lisa's dance cover of Tomboy. It's called Lilifilm The Movie. It's on Lisa's personal channel Lilifilm's
Abou YG’s statement: yes, he used to say the girls in 2NE1 were ugly. The Korean beauty standards are very strict and difficult to achieve. Of course it doesn’t make his statement acceptable but unfortunately it happens a lot in kpop
Yep, not good, but, in cultural context, not as bad? Yang was also talking from a business standpoint. I'm glad he's gone.
yes it happens, still
He even marketed them as ‘ugly’ to the gp. Honestly YG is such a horrible person.
Has YG looked at himself in the mirror lately? LoL
There is some context to what he said that is being left out. YG was always known to overlook the "beauty standards" and promoted girls with talent rather than just a pretty face i.e. Big Mama. YG received a lot of criticism for his girls not being "pretty" from knetz and he was addressing those critics with his statement.
Here are the numbers or data you wanted:
1 Justin Bieber 63.8 million TH-cam subscribers
2 Blackpink 62.1 million TH-cam subscribers
3 Marshmello 53 million TH-cam subscribers
4 BTS 52 million TH-cam subscribers
5 Ariana Grande 48.5 million TH-cam subscribers
6 Eminem 48 million TH-cam subscribers
7 Ed Sheeran 47.7 million TH-cam subscribers
8 Taylor Swift 42.7 million TH-cam subscribers
9 Billie Eilish 41.6 million TH-cam subscribers
10 Katy Perry 40.9 million TH-cam subscribers
NEXT: BLACKPINK'S JOURNEY AND FRIENDSHIP
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This is literally the best story of Blackpink! Every person should watch this! Every time I watch this, I get goosebumps! And it's really cool how it's called "The revolution"! For sure I will show this to the future generation, so they can see the biggest singers ever! ✊🏻✊🏻😔😔😔😏😏💖💖✨✨
BOY GROUPS have a heavy advantage over girl groups cuz they have got so many fangirls who would buy anything that they make and do, where as girl groups are held at more stricter standards in the music industry and as the pop industry is filled with lots of female fans who would find guy groups more attractive hence stan them, even with all this blackpink are 2nd biggest group in the world beating all other boy groups and are just behind bts, and they did that with total of just 23 songs
I really hope you'll react to Lili Films 1-4 and The Movie - they're all from Lisa's personal channel and most are only a couple of minutes long. Her rap skills are awesome to listen to, her singing voice is really beautiful, but her dancing is just unreal!
In kpop, the most famous and popular concept is the "cute", specially for girls. They are super feminine, romantic and sweet. Usually the songs are softer too. The “girl crush" is like Blackpink, something more powerful, with striking visuals and not that super sweet girly concept. I personally don’t like the cute concept so much, it depends on how it’s portrayed. A good example of cute concept is a group called Twice. They are slowly getting more mature but they still have that cute aesthetic and sound
Now, most new girl groups are trying hard to do girl crush. lol.
Blackpink is the trend.
If u wanna see more of their personalities, watch “A Crackhead Guide To Blackpink”.
Be warned though… it’ll make u fall even more in love with the girls.
that's why when you watch this then listen to rosé's song on the ground you'll understand thr lyrics ain't about a boy but their journey to fame ❤️
Please, react to BLACKPINK Journey and Friendship. This video will explain a lot about their very close relationships that they formed over the years. Fun fact, that $37 million that guy mention is just an estimate that they made when BLACKPINK still on their World Tour. After finishing their World Tour in February 2020, YG officially confirmed that their World Tour gross more than $56 million. Unfortunately, BLACKPINK don't get enough credits for their participation in the songwriting of their songs. This is a fact. For example, Jennie admitted that she wrote Stay in one of the behind the scene video that I found on Twitter. It is clip of one of the BLACKPINK reality show on TH-cam. In that clip, Jennie reveal the reason why she felt very emotional whenever they performed Stay live is that she is the songwriter. Jennie literally cried when performing Stay live. I also found out that after they release As If Your Last, they have an interview. During that interview, Lisa admitted that she wrote the rap verse for As If It Is Your Last. She even said that it is longer than she thought it is. This interview was all over the news in South Korea. During an interview, Tushar Apte one of the producer who work on the BLACKPINK's song, Love To Hate Me, reveal that Danny Chung and Lisa write the rap verse for Love To Hate Me together. 😃 This is what Tushar Apte said during his interview,
Question: Was the first draft you submitted instantly approved or did the members share their feedback with you to rework on?
Tushar Apte's answer: We pretty much got it right the first time on this! Which isn’t common at all, but of course Lisa and Danny Chung had to go and write the amazing rap verse that really takes the record to a whole different level!
However, if you look at their credits for their songs such as Love To Hate Me, you won't find their name on the credit list for some songs. If anyone want to see the link for that Jennie's clip and those interviews that I mention earlier, just let me know and I will gladly give you the links for it. 😄
heyy, could link the clips and interviews u mentioned?
@@k4ch0w Jennie write Stay behind the scene video clip: twitter.com/jnkloops/status/1074822006628065280?lang=en
Jennie cried when performing Stay live: th-cam.com/video/HCpPukP75oo/w-d-xo.html
Lisa admitting that she wrote the rap verse for As If You Your Last news video (make sure to turn on the caption to see the English subtitle):th-cam.com/video/9SUYIr0n_l8/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BLACKPINKStory
(This video was uploaded by a Thai blink who know Korean language. In her video she explain everything about a Korean news article is about a BLACKPINK interview that they have after releasing As If Your Last. She did talk about Lisa writing the rap verse.)
BLACKPINK As If You Last interview news article (in Korean): m.tf.co.kr/amp/entertain/1694629.htm?__twitter_impression=true (This is the news article that Thai blink was talking about. It is in Korean. If you want to read it, I would recommend you to install free S3.Translator addon on Firefox. It translate it 100% accuracy. This is how I double check to make sure what she said is true.)
Lisa and Danny Chung wrote the rap verse for Love To Hate Me: www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-songwriter-tushar-apte-working-bts-home-blackpinks-love-hate-me-talks-collab-exo-568082 (This news article is in English. It will show everything that Tushar Apte said about Lisa and her rap verse for Love To Hate Me. You just need to scroll down until you see a picture of BLACKPINK to find what he said).
thanks
Two and a half years after their debut, they embarked on their first world tour with just 9 official songs. The tour as the video stated became the most lucrative ever by a girl group. What act, male or female, solo or group can boast that kind of numbers off just 9 official songs. That's the statistic that blow my mind.
The hardest thing about being a blink is the lack of content. Even right after a comeback I’m hungry for more. It’s crazy because the girls are constantly working on things. Their schedules are always packed. For example Lisa hasn’t seen her family in almost 2 years and her grandfather and uncle have recently passed away but she hasn’t had the chance to go to Thailand. Even though they are extremely busy I feel like we don’t see the content. That’s why blinks go crazy over any mention of the pinks.
Yess but then it is every yg stan’s problem of being a stan. Haha except for the dongsaeng TREASURE. So while waiting for BP content and other YGA, lets dive into TREASURE!! 💙💙💙
Yup everyone is softie. But I think the guy in the documentary means the most shyness in the group off stage is 🖤Jennie💖! Total different from she’s on the stage. From her recent TH-cam vlog, she talks about the fans praise her TH-cam channel when they met on the street, then she’s too shy & not knowing how to react at that time. But actually she’s really glad & feels thankful. So that’s her, 🖤Jennie💖! 💗
Since you are talking about how 'grounded' they seem it might be about time to check out Rosé's solo 'On the Ground' seeing as how that was your interpretation of them from the documentary, I think you would enjoy the message she delivers in that song which came out only a few months ago.
Obviously you should check out all of them individually, Jennie's 'Solo', Lisa's LiliFilm dances, and Jisoo has some great covers like Clarity & yuki no hana, and Rosé also has another solo song called Gone. Just thought it was worth mentioning 'On the Ground' because of the message of the song she recently released.
"grounded". I see what you did there👍
Lisa's "LALISA A Documentary Film" 🥰 Best documentry Film 🎥 you should watch to know more about Lisa's great journey so far and her dedication level, hardwork so inspiring 🤗
Usually in the stereotype male group always dominated since normally guy wouldn't buy merch or even album. yeah many guys nowaday are changed but majority of fanbase are still girls anyway. so yeah that make male groups dominated the industry even in K-pop. like seriously even some small male groups from small company physical album sales are still can get 1M physical album sales. while girlgroups just 300K physical album sales are high enough to made them in top10 record for girlgroups already. so that Blackpink archived this far are impressive enough already.
You're ryt about that. They are the most friendly idols talk about it that they are so down to earth
Blackpink biggest girl group in the world queens Of kpop
RE: GIRL GROUP QUALIFIER:
Boy groups have it easier because large groups of fangirls (The biggest buyers of CDs and merch) will buy multiple copies of CDs to help their oppas succeed. That BLACKPINK first full album (8 songs is a full album for a YG girl group I guess?) THE ALBUM sold over 1.3 million copies is historic as those are numbers of a very successful boy group (one certain boy group now sell 4 million copies of newer albums). BP broke a 52 year standing record in Korea for girl group album sales for THE ALBUM. It hit #2 on Billboard Hot200, which is a huge deal for a girl group but a few boy groups have hit #1 thanks to large devoted fanbase. A really really successful Kpop girl group (2 others besides BP and one recently disbanded as planned = limited contract from reality music contest show) will sell maybe 300k to 550k or so copies of album. As mentioned in the video, BLACKPINK's girl group predecessors at YG were very popular 2nd gen group and sold around 700k albums total in their 7 year career. Worldwide you hear more about boy groups, think about the ones in USA & UK compared to how much attention girl groups got at same time.
It’s the company making them look exclusive but only in terms of promotion not personally it has to do with the events they do or attend it has nothing to do with their personal image they’re not forced to act a certain way everyone knows how sweet they are kpop groups in general are way more respectable as people because of those years of training and just Korean culture in general
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Ive been into kpop since 2010, and I would say The main reason that attention was on BlackPink was because 2ne1 was one of the most popular girl groups in kpop back then the 2 main girl group were 2ne1 and SNSD and since YG had been teasing this girl group, and they hadn't had a girl group since 2011 everyone was really excited. Peoples attention was on YG and wanted to see what was next when they finally came out with teaser pics for the members everyone was excited especially for Jennie because she had been teased the most with features on G Dragon's That xx, and Black and Lee Hi's song special. Thus when the actual 2 music videos came out people loved the swag and the quality of the music video. Ever since then they instantly became famous. The hype had been building and the songs were catchy and lived up to everyones expectations. People also liked the duality of their personality off vs on stage, and girls having edgy concepts was more rare in the kpop world but YG is known for their edgy more foreign swag so to speak lol.
i dont think so... im 36 but i never had interest with your so called snss and 2n1... only BP made me , kpop before is such a cringe... dont even know YG or whatsoever,, i just knew the girls and song then im hook... something about them not because of there senior
@@michealtaylors I wasn't a big kpop fan growing up but knew of some groups like 2ne1 and snsd n how popular they were and I think the original poster meant the reason or partial reason for their quick rise and initial attention is from the kpop community who new about all about the upcoming hype, not the casual listeners or new to kpop/blackpink fans.
With that said, I think based on BP overall talent and persona, I think they would have reached where they are now regardless of having initial hype and quick rise to fame from the kpop community.
They already release their Album title "THE ALBUM" 😊😊
Yes that video is too old because some BP records have been broken by other groups. But that video is still relevant and enough giving all information about blackpink journey. We all know that other groups have many more records than blackpink but all achievements that blackpink have in short years since their debut and with only few songs is amazing 🔥.
Boygroups are aimed towards female audiences, specially younger girls, while girlgroups aim towards more mature audiences and more towards male audiences and the general public.
K-Pop was and still is a genre where most listeners are female so yes it does make a difference and a girlgroup on the level of Blackpink is not just untouched in K-Pop, but worldwide.
The main reason why they say "girlgroup" and not just "group", is another group that is more popular at the moment. Blackpink is the 2nd most popular K-Pop Group at the moment at least, but maybe that changes some day. Boygroups just have big advantages, not just in Korea. Just looking back at the history of the most successful groups, the literal top 5 are all boygroups.
Girlgroups have a much harder time to get taken seriously cause they can't just impress young girls who are basically already impressed by boygroups when the members look good. Girlgroups have to work very hard so people take them seriously, while dealing with a lot more hate than boygroups, because like i said a big part of the K-Pop community is female and some of them have huge problems with other women being successful. Sounds weird, but everyone who is part of the community can confirm that i think. (except the young toxic girls of course)
Blackpink's success right now is already untouched by any other girlgroup...and they just started.
boy groups have always had a bigger following than girl groups. especially in kpop.
lisa speaks 5 languages now. shes not quite fluent in japanese or mandarin yet though.
you're right about their personalities. they're nothing like the image that they portray in their music videos/photo shoots. they're normal, sweet, down-to-earth girls
thanks for the reaction!
24:42 realize that BlackPink also had a "reality show" called BlackPink House... it really helped spread the word about the group ...... feel free to react on each show!!
I remember the girls once reveal that YG's CEO always tell them to be down to earth and graceful to the fans coz without the fans they are nothing.
The amount of hate YHS got is just too much, people call him a horrible person and that's it as if he only did bad things in his entire life
@@notsuperkingcowbabytv they hate YGE because he make to debut a GG pretty aswell , i mean his not lying right?? just a fact but still its a harsh remark
Girl Groups compared to other male groups are much more difficult to weigh and achieve society standards in the entire music industry and not just K-pop. Girl Groups receive more backlash and criticism in terms of Age, Beauty, Talent, Status, Body Shaming, Rumors, Hate and many more.
So for a girl group to achieve international recognition and such status with all of those achievements at such a young age within 4 years means that they have overcome all of those Backlashes and criticism and labels whatever society throws at them. Making Blackpink as stated in the video one of the best and if not The best.
If you think about it and try recalling the last popular international girl group in modern generation, One could argue that would be Fifth Harmony and Pussycat Dolls which was years ago. There's not a single girl group that can compete with Blackpink in this generation if you just base it on achievements alone.
They were surely privileged but talented as well. Love their music and its coming from an army
Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to learn more about our girls
BlackPink has given me so much! Finding them in 2020 helped me navigate and stay sane in a horrible year. I'm honored to be called a Blink!
for blinks the long wait for music wouldn't be that unbearable if only we could see the girls appearing in different shows etc...but they seem to completely disappear in between their comebacks..we rarely see them outside of the usual instagram posts...also for Jennie, she's the most loved but also the most hated idol ever since she debuted...she was criticised a lot initially for a lot of things that weren't even in her control and that's why I think this documentary emphasised her soft part 💕 and yes Jisoo is a goofball but it does very understated that she's an AMAZING vocalist too not only the visual and the funniest
19:53 You aren't wrong there regarding the group members' personal attitudes. They themselves are very personable and humble and do make friends with other singers and groups. It's just the larger overall company (YG) that make bigger decisions regarding their exclusivity and public image. It's the same thing with all non-independent artists or athletes and whomever in the US too. Your favorite actor or actress may be super personable but depending on the agency they sign with, or PR firm they hire, or endorsements, or studio they like to work for, etc., they'll be told to not attend certain events or not publicly hang out with people at other companies, etc. It's just that kinda thing.
16:45 nope you didn't hear that wrong. YG has always been known to be very sexist and misogynistic. Yes 2NE1 had that punk look that didn't necessarily abide by Korea's strict beauty standards, and yes YG did mean that statement in a more business sense but this is one of the reasons why we all love YG artists but not necessarily the company itself. That's why we were worried with BLACKPINK not releasing that much content because if you read into the unfortunate end of 2NE1, we were scared that YG is pushing BP to the same fate. :(
BP is different...
the 2ne1 situation was totally different. they didnt "push" 2ne1 away because of blackpink. but because of pressure from the society(see the park bom scandal).
it was all very bad timing.
Blackpink is way too successful now. they would be insane to cut them off like that lol.
@@MikedieONE I know that.. I didn't say that's what really happened to BP but it did seem dejavu-ish to us that we HOPED that they wouldn't be in the same fate as 2NE1. Yes I agree the media blowing things waaay out of proportion was a major factor.
20:13 yes they aren't rly like that. They are kind and interacts with blinks and idols, even blinks don't rly want them to be "that" so exclusive.
Blackpink, the girls themselves, are VERY and I mean VERY humble and grounded and they are very surprised they actually are achieving records, awards, and charts. They mention it on interviews and shows that they are grateful especially to their fans, they do stuff and create content just for the fans. The company YG manages them, as they want Blackpink to appear top tier and exclusive/expensive which makes them different.
YOUR REACTIONS ARE SO THOROUGH AND ACTUALLY MEANINGFUL!! I LOVE IT!!😍
Historically, boy bands have much more fans/success than girl groups but that mostly apply to (white) English-speaking boy bands like One Direction. That's why in the kpop scene, Blackpink has much more potential to do well in the American mainstream market!! They don't need to deal with all the prejudice against Asian boys and the general public require less musical authenticity from them than from the boys bands cuz boybands are often associate with the superficial image that they are all about the bubblegum bops.
Blackpink is so big that they outperform all their American counterparts but if they want to leave a mark in pop music history and enter legendary status like the Spice Girls. I wish they can have more diverse discography and more creative control over their work. They've already built the brand image so successfully - fierce girl power but bubbly on the inside with distinctive personalities and have a huge dedicated fanbase. I am sure they can now try experimenting with their music without worrying too much about the result. I can totally imagine Rosé staying in the studio all day having so much fun with writing her own songs. They are doing the luxurious concept to the maximum. It's now time to conquer the musical side that I don't see other girl groups doing that ever.
With that, Blackpink will earn more respect from ppl and even the insiders. Being the biggest girl group ever in history will be just a matter of time.
Next year Coachella in April BLACKPINK and BTS will be there just to let you know
Yes... Queens of K-pop
They're so cute n cool n pretty n perfect
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Personally when they said “a hint of female empowerment” I respectfully disagree. I think they are are over flowing with female empowerment and strength👑 Definitely QUEENS/ KINGS ( woman can be kings too, they definitely don’t have to always be second)❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I apprreciate u for remember the documentary of them when watching another story of them..that's so cool to watch and know..😇😎 thanks 🙏😁
The DPR guys are an interesting group to get into. check out DPR IAN - No Blueberries. DPR Live, DPR IAN, theyre artists in a true sense
There were a lot of things I wanted to comment on but the biggest point I wanted to relay was that the internet is of course a tool of success for any artist these days but I don’t believe lit to be responsible for Blackpink’s success. If that were the case everyone would be just as successful but they aren’t. The #’s and records of the Pinks speak for themselves. There’s no arguing with facts and statistics. Something you mentioned was that the girls didn’t seem stuck up or better than everyone else and you’d be right. That persona is what their company wants but the girls are humble, down to earth, and love their blinks. Bad asses on stage and every day people off stage. This is why they have the enormous fan base that they have. Best of both worlds.
In the part that they mention that they go to exclusive events and meet important people, it refers as part of the promotion, not that they personally don't want to be in other programs or get together with other people, but that the company takes great care of the events they have to attend to give them an exclusive image as a group, as not just any program can have Blackpink as guests, that depends on the company, not on them.
The idea that he has of the girls not going to award shows and other events is that they are VERY busy.
Also they were on a world tour for like an entire year. Also YG artist tend to have their own schedule. This video is kinda out dated. It is just a theory after all which everyone is entitled to. And they are extremely busy being global ambassadors and i cant imagine how many CFs they do and photoshoots, being a dance mentor in shows, drama movie, then solo work jesus. Definaley not what any other kpop groups have to juggle around thats including boy groups. The photoshoots must be insane.
I guess, back in 2018, before dudududu release, one of the big program call Blackpink House, ALSO play a great role in making BP more popular because you can understand everyone's personality after watching and when all of the pinks together always giving me that "family vibe", warm, sweet...etc.
14:34 I dunno if you've searched and found the answer after watching the video, but if not, "girl crush" is a label for kpop girl groups that basically just means... cool powerful women performing cool powerful songs. So like, in appearance and music, they're not just cute with pop music, or just sexy with r&b, or just hip-hop, or just punk-rock, etc. It's like... all the best bits of them all.
Now they're the real queen..
Jiso Queen (ambassador) of Dior, cartier
Rosé Queen (ambassador) of St Lauren & tiffany and Co
Lisa Queen (ambassador) of Celine & Bulgari
Jennie Queen (ambassador) of chanel
And they also the face of a lot more high brands..
The girls are very humble and down to earth, they made friends with anyone, but the exclusivity mentioned in the video was the company decision on what YG wants Blackpink to attend or associate with more likely
if you want more on their individual personalities you can react to “an unhelpful guide to blackpink 2019 version” & “a crack guide to blackpink”
Good document clip and thank you for your react.
Lisa is fluent in Thai, Korean and English, she knows a bit of Japanese and because of her becoming a dance mentor in a chinese program she also started learning basic chinese.
Her english varies, from what I have seen. She understands english fluently but when she speaks I have seen her both be really fluent but also sometimes struggle with her speech - I am assuming it's because of the contact she has with the language varies so, when she is more distant from english, her speaking english fluidity decreases because that happens a lot when you are speaking a foreign language that you don't have contact with every day.
As you mentioned, this was released last year so some of their accomplishments aren’t mentioned but they now have the biggest selling album for a kpop girl group with over 1 million sales (this video showing their best selling being at 380,000 sales). It’s harder for girl groups to accomplish what boy groups do because a lot of fans are mostly female and are very dedicated when it comes to following groups, girl groups mostly have to rely on the general public which most just casually listen so girl groups tend to do better in charts and streaming than in sales of albums or tours but as mentioned before, the girls released an album in October that sold over 1 million, they just keep getting bigger and bigger! It’s exciting to see what they can do with each release.
its why i feel these 4 are the perfect they match that duality needed perfectly between there stage roles and are very simple and down to earth in there normal off stage life like a example when rosie did a vlive on her birthday and she was doing a origami puzzle
The comment from YG about how he wanted BlackPink to be just like 2ne1 but pretty too I feel is greatly misinterpretted by most. I think what he was attempting to say is that 2ne1's concept was mainly the "badass" type, and they very rarely gave off a feminine vibe in their music videos like BP had done with a song like As if Its your last. Lets say 2ne1 was on the left side, while the right side is a cutesy girly type group. BlackPink fits in the middle in that they have the badass persona, but they will also go to the other side of the spectrum in a song or a styling as well. Which is also where the name BlackPink comes from.
Watching this so documentary really makes you know where BLACKPINK started. From PINK PUNK with 9 members to BLACKPINK with 4 members.
Putting it simple, blackpink and bts are carrying the whole k-pop industry roght now
I just became blink last year HYLT era. I don't know I just love them sir 😭 I love everything about them ❤ this video was just released before releasing rhe album. How I wish they released this after thet dropped the album. Hehe. They have solo documentary in TH-cam sir.
Have you watched every episode of Blackpink House already? I love that and watched it many times :)
Now this is a thoughtful reaction...
You are correct about Lisa. She is fluent in Thai, Korean, and English, and she speaks basic Japanese and Mandarin.
It is 5 languages now, the video that they put in this one was way back 2018. Now lisa speaks 5 languages. :)
Its because girls will buy an album of a BG but guys wouldnot for GG, so for a GG to sell as much album as BG they neeb to have many female fans.
Currently Jisoo was promoted from Dior muse to Dior's global ambassador
Can’t wait for your Dududu reaction! Thanks for reacting to the girls
Boy groups have more advantage compare to girl groups. Kpop boy groups will only need to face racism, while kpop girl groups need to face racism, sexism and ageism!
So its way more harder for kpop girl groups like Blackpink to grind on the top.
Blackpink paved their own way.
More blackpink contents please 😭😭😭 I miss them 🥺
react to blackpink journey and frienship and lalisa documentary please
I think this info about (G)-Idle is a good thing for you to get to know them too. Blackpink is amazing, I love them, but (G)-Idle has a different concept and it’s very cool 😊
8 months without group content, I really miss them
Unhelpful Guide to BLACKPINK 2019 will provide you a view of their personality. Hope you could react to it as well!
What they mean when they are exclusive is, they are not talking about the girls, they are talking about the label, yg, they want the group blackpink's image is like that :)
The difference between girlgroups and guygroups is quite massive. Boygroups generally have an advantage as fanbases are usually female fans (tending to lean to boygroups more). Now, BLACKPINK and BTS are really equal and compete with each other. Basically, they keep breaking each others records over and over. However, sales of BTS beat BLACKPINK hard.
As explained in the video, KPOP groups rely on many yearly releases for promotion, BTS is one of these groups. BLACKPINK is all about international numbers and promotion. Marketing and business strategy of BLACKPINKS company is all focussed on this. Only releasing one mini album a year, or even one single. Rarely appearances on TV shows, but promotion through high fashion companies, etcetera.
Definitely check out BLACKPINK Journey and Friendship. Its really well put together
It’s such an important point because usually guys groups get famous and successful so easily especially in Korea because most of kpop fans there are girls + girl groups face a lot more than a guys groups actually I don’t want to mention it but girls idols have to be perfect in every single thing if you know what I mean
YGE sees them, not just as a girl group, but as a name brand. It is not just about the music, but fashion, just to name one. All four are 'muse' for different big-name fashion houses) as well as, (Papa YG) wanting perfection. Teddy's songwriting, set design, choreography, lighting, and costumes. A lot of work and time goes into making MV's achieving this level, which stand out above the rest. The rounds on Music award shows, TV shows such as Running Man, Knowing Brothers, is South Korea's way to get exposure for groups and it works. It has always been YG's formula for doing things. The separation between the boy and girl groups is part of the K-Pop genre that makes it ..well K-Pop. Acceptance of a different way of doing things in the South Korean culture, such as Popular Korean music, is still met with resistance. Change moves more slowly than in the western music industry. Look at the backlash Lalisa has gotten from some local critics for being Thai.
will try to answer what I can
most of your first questions boils down to the fans
Girlgroups tend to have more of the "masculine" persuasion, and boygroups more of the "feminine" persuasion. and they all tend to peak at around 4-6 years into their career, meaning at 21 there will be much younger girlgroups for the "masculine" persuasion to follow, that would be considered a risk, remember that at 30 you are considered a fossil on social media. how Blackpink counteract that, is by appealing to a more "feminine persuasion" audience by being girlcrush (blackpink has a pretty even distribution of fans, both in gender and in age (only preteens think 30 is a fossil, but they do dominate the social media)).
the fans are the reason for the separation in sales as well, all groups release albums with photocards and stickers, but the boygroups fans tend to want to own all them stickers of their favorite boys, and thus buy more albums per person to own them all, this is by far not as widespread with girlgroups, so the album sales are lower, even though the number of fans buying are the same.
a jungle to write that in a way where I try not to offend anyone.. probably failed, sry about that... more female fans means more sales, that's the bottom line.
Yeah YHS was a weird dude, not very nice in his way of saying things, one thing to remember is that Koreans have two distinct words for pretty, one for princess like pretty or cute pretty, and one for more cool pretty (and a third definition for beautiful), it's a different language and much is lost in translation, 2NE1 was without a doubt the cool charismatic kind of pretty, but were seen by the general public (and YHS) as not the princess pretty..... but again YHS is a questionable character at best.
sidenote. I remember in Korean class we had a bunch of girls who started learning because of a boygroup they loved (amazing that a group can inspire to learn a new language), anyways our teacher an elderly Korean woman, was talking about the different kinds of pretty, and the girls asked her, "so the boygroup is the cool pretty?" and she empathically declined that notion, they were definetly the princess kind of pretty... it is sometimes seen as a gender thing, but that is not the meaning of the two kinds of pretty (could be more kinds I simply don't know, had to stop classes due to covid)
the video is careful, because many anti fans get triggered very very easily, they do inspire confidence in many female fans I know, and that is awesome and should be appreciated more, but it will get a LOT of backlash to say so.
I think the channel creators study marketing, so keep that in mind, they have a tendency to overfocus on the mechanical aspect of the marketing, and that's fine, just good to remember that, the reason I say study, is because in one of their videos they used a selfmade SWOT to explain a point.... that is not something I have ever seen outside a classroom, and even then it was explained that a SWOT is more a brainstorming tool then a marketing tool by itself. love the channel though very well made and thought through videos.
it is 5 now, she added very basic Chinese and is learning it currently (she was/is a mentor on a Chinese survival show)
oh the good old scarcity principle, little sidenote it only works in a perfect economy, so not really applicable, in theory it fits, but because it is in a nonperfect economy it is fueled by intrinsic value more than fundamental value, the only reason it works is because the fans (hardcore and casual) place so much intrinsic value on the music due to the high quality and tendency to disrupt the market on release, so it is anticipated, it's in essence not scarce as we can always stream what there is without limit, but it is the impact on the status quo that makes it so anticipated, but on the other hand it is a fair question that, would they be as big if they released more? no one will ever know... but even that question drives demand through anticipation... love that principle so fun to think about.
it's a funny but faulty comparison, blackpinks fans originally came from Kpop only fans, so they would not care about other regions release rates, by now for western fans it makes sense, but most of their fans like kpop in general just prefer blackpink (I Know I am gonna get butchered for that comment)
anyways sry in advance for triggering anyone, it's just my point of view from the questions asked, I'm not right, I don't claim that, just what I found through my limited research, and own thoughts on the matter :)
All YG meant was that when they recruited the girls for 2NE1 they were only interested in their skills. With Blackpink they wanted the skills and the beauty both. They had no idea at the time just how perfect their choice of girls was.
Whatever u saw here is about professional career of theirs and what u saw in the netflix doc it's more of their personality....They are wholesome and as u said they would talk to everyone
Based on my observations, Lisa is trilingual (Thai, Korean, English) and Jennie and Rose are bilingual. They can all speak basic Japanese and phrases of Mandarin/Cantonese.
Today is their 5th year anniversary 💕
Their anniversary is August 8th. June 15th is the date when they dropped Square Up (Ddu du Ddu du).
Yes blackpink i am staytune
Thanks for the reaction!
After hylt , there is furthermore story strt from ice cream , lovesick girl , the album - album , billboard top 1 song and rose solo song
Try to watch blackpink journey and friendship to see more of their personality and personal side :)
yeah, she speaks 5 now. English, Korean, Thai, Japanese and Mandarin.
She's not that fluent in Chinese and Japanese
Watch Stay, as if its your last, lovesick girls, pretty savage and all their discography. Their cover os Sure Thing and Loser is amazing too
the difference is made because men have more possibilities than women and especially in Korea, that is why it is super important what they are achieving. companies usually ask and demand is much more from the girls
In Korea the guy groups were always the top $ makers, they tended to stay together longer, and as a result more money was put into marketing them
KPop is know for just releasing a few songs every few months.... and some times thats all that happens. It's often about 13 months, on average, before a group releases a full album. But the are releasing "come backs" every few months.
Lisa does Know 5 now(Thai, English, Korean, Japanese and basic Mandarian)... and knows the basics of 2 more(Tagalog & Indonesian)
Jennie is so shy it's almost painfull, that is why she is always being protected by the other members. You see this especially in crowds(airports, etc.)
Sometimes the qualifier "Girl Group" is valid.... For Coachella it isn't. They were ther FIRST Kpop Group to play Coachella period.
BLACKPINK: Light up the sky
Disparity between girls / boys groups? Males have more fans. The 7 women to 1 man ratio in the World explains it.
Please react to LALISA (a documentary film)
Also, BLACKPINK's journey and friendship and An(un)helpful guide to Blackpink 2019 version.
loveee this!
how because the genaral public loves and support them not only blinks.. and even the haters stream their music 🤭🤭🤭
This also mentions Baby V.O.X the first Kpop group I really got into, but I didn't know where to find info and didn't really know the members, just the music and MVs and it was pre TH-cam so an anime friend downloaded MVs to show me in relatively low res picture quality. Luckily fans have put these old MVs on TH-cam nowadays. Check out their 2 best songs:
BAESHIN (Betrayal)
th-cam.com/video/EwJVd_yfAMU/w-d-xo.html
and GET UP
th-cam.com/video/Fu8v_WDpNHU/w-d-xo.html
Having been a fan of the first girl crush group Baby V.O.X around 20 years ago, I feel like I was destined to choose BLACKPINK as my favorites one day.
Watch A Crack Guide To Blackpink If you wanna see more of their personalities
Extra info: People may not see it or may not want to see it but they suffer under such a misogynistic company. There is a lot of male privilege in YG. Take songwriter and producing credit that YG male artists get but Blackpink doesn't. It wasn't until recently they got a few credits for their own work. The reason being the earnings from the songs go directly to the company rather than the girls. You've seen the Netflix documentary, so you've seen how they are trained to write, produce and Choreograph.. but for some reason they don't let them do that anymore after they debut. Even after all the hate they have received by the gp, the mistreatment from their own company Blackpink saved YG from bankruptcy.
Finally a good blink
You can also react to their interview in the zach sang show. That interview was amazing. ❤️