Blackpink talk about The Album, working with Cardi B, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez, and their four-year journey in pop
- They played Coachella. They did a song with Lady Gaga. All of it was a lead-up to the release of The Album. Blackpink members talk about what that means
- It is ‘us being very vulnerable’, says Rose, while Jennie recalls the thrill of working on the album with Cardi B and Selena Gomez, ‘the sweetest girl’
Four years after they made their debut as the next buzzed-about girl group on the K-pop music scene, Blackpink’s lofty dreams in music have come to fruition.
Perform at Coachella? Check. Record a song with Lady Gaga? Check. Collaborate with Selena Gomez? Check. Get a verse from Cardi B? Check.
Another major objective: Record their first-full length album, after being known for dropping hit single after single, to showcase a deeper, more personal side of the group.
Boldly titled The Album, the eight-song project released on Friday highlights all the things Blackpink have become known for: fun, big, explosive songs that mesh sounds such as pop, electronica, hip-hop, dance and trap.
“We had so many things to take a look into. When it comes to one song, the video, the choreography, the fashion, the visual, everything is just put into one – let’s just times that by how many,” says band member Jennie, 24.