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Blackpink go solo: Rosé’s Gone was the highlight of The Show – will Lisa be next to go solo, and can they ever top Jennie’s record-breaking debut release?

STORYLucy Jeong
Blackpink’s online concert ‘The Show’ was held on January 31st, 2021. Photo: @blackpinkofficial/Instagram
Blackpink’s online concert ‘The Show’ was held on January 31st, 2021. Photo: @blackpinkofficial/Instagram
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Blackpink are in your area once again – this time with recent online concert The Show. But why was this event so highly anticipated? Since YG Entertainment announced back in 2018 that all the Blackpink girls would eventually debut as solo acts, it’s been a long wait for the rest of the group to get in line behind fast starter Jennie and make a success of their own solo projects. Finally, the live-stream heralded a big step in the right direction: read on to find out more about Rosé’s solo debut at the concert – and whose big solo moment is coming next. 

Rosé’s solo debut hints at what’s to come

 
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At the end of January, Rosé performed Gone – one of the songs from her much-anticipated solo album – at Blackpink’s online concert The Show. YG Entertainment also disclosed that Rosé had “completed all filming for her solo album title track’s music video in mid-January”, hinting that the music video was a large-scale production with an unprecedented budget and “surely different from Blackpink’s usual musical style.” It seems we have a lot to look forward to.

Her short teaser video has already set the internet aflame with a staggering 30 million views, and showed Rosé singing pensively over a romantic guitar melody. For her full album reveal, we’ll have to wait a little longer.

Next up? Lisa’s solo debut

Could Blackpink’s Lisa go next? Photo: @lalalalisa_m/Instagram
Could Blackpink’s Lisa go next? Photo: @lalalalisa_m/Instagram
YG Entertainment confirmed at the end of last year that the band’s richest member Lisa would be next to make her solo debut alongside Rosé, so tongues are wagging about what Blackpink’s rapper might bring to the table. While nothing has been confirmed, we can probably speculate that anything Lisa produces will include her signature slaying dance moves – ones that she’s been showing us via solo performances during Blackpink’s concerts and on her YouTube channel. Her LiliFilm channel (derived from Lisa’s nickname ‘Lili’) features a series of dance videos that Lisa collaborated with different artists on.