Blackpink — the four-piece Ok-pop act comprised of Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie and Rose – are not working with YG Leisure for his or her solo endeavors, the corporate introduced in a press launch on Friday.
The group will stay signed to YG Leisure as an entity however the 4 girls will pursue their solo careers outdoors of the company. “We are going to do our utmost to help Blackpink’s actions, and we are going to cheer on the members’ particular person actions with heat hearts,” learn YG’s assertion translated to English from Korean (through Soompi).
In a earlier press assertion relating to the group’s renewed contract, the corporate mentioned that Blackpink plans a brand new album and a world tour and would “proceed to do its finest to shine even brighter within the international music market as an artist representing not solely our firm but additionally Ok-pop. […] And we ship our unwavering help and religion to [fans].”
Blackpink was shaped beneath YG in 2016, however because the quartet hit new ranges of recognition and recognition worldwide there was hypothesis that their deal would must be considerably renegotiated within the artists’ favor. Blackpink’s current world tour included 66 performances in 34 cities and was watched by 2.1 million spectators, YG has reported.
Individually, all of the members of Blackpink have expanded their presence within the international leisure trade with solo musical initiatives. The newest was Jisoo’s debut solo single bundle “Me,” whereas Jennie, who launched her solo mission again in 2018, freshly launched a new label and firm known as Odd Atelier (OA), and, earlier ths yr, made her performing debut in HBO’s “The Idol.”
