Where is Blackpink? Angry fans are demanding a comeback, but Lisa is busy breaking Spotify records with her solo music, Jisoo’s acting In Snowdrop and Jennie is focused on fashion endorsements

Mar 12 , 2022

Will Blackpink make a comeback soon? Fans are getting impatient. Photo: @blackpinkofficial/Instagram

Blackpink have released just 21 songs since debuting in 2016, with no music at all since 2020’s single long-player The Album – now fans are saying ‘no music, no money’

Lisa, Jennie and Rosé have all released solo music while Jisoo just wrapped up filming her first K-drama, Snowdrop, alongside Jung Hae-in, but all Blinks want is a comeback

It’s been a while since four-member girl group Blackpink took over the pop universe, released a full studio album, or even produced new music at all – and Blinks are feeling the drought.

The Blackpink girls reunited to celebrate Lisa’s new song, Lalisa. Photo: @jennierubyjane/Instagram

Lisa, Rosé, Jennie and Jisoo have each become global superstars, even breaking through the fashion scene and venturing out on their own independent solo projects, but why has there not been a single note of new music from the girls as a group? Here’s what we know.

No music, no money

On Valentine’s Day this year, YG Entertainment announced the release of Blackpink’s 2022 Welcoming Collection merch – much to their fans’ dismay. Blinks soon took to Twitter urging each other to boycott the launch and demand for new music. “We didn’t wait 500 days for a welcoming collection,” a fan wrote, according to Koreaboo. “Give us a comeback.” Many simply repeated, “No music, no money.”

Just a few days ago, educational tech company Hybe Edu and Korean mobile app Weverse – both of which are owned by Hybe, the agency of global superstars BTS – released a set of Korean language-learning materials, Blackpink in Your Korean. However, according to SK Pop, fans were disappointed with the collaboration between YG and Hybe and continued to demand new music.

Why fans are furious

Blackpink posing for a photo. Photo: @blackpinkofficial/Instagram

Blinks have pointed out that for a group as big as Blackpink, they have quite a small discography of only 21 songs – especially considering they debuted in 2016. And it’s been a long 18 months since Blackpink released their one and only studio album in October 2020, “The Album”, which featured the hits How You Like That and Lovesick Girls.

Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie and Rosé have been busy focusing on their solo careers. Photo: @blackpinkofficial/Instagram

Instead of prioritising merchandise, money-grabbing fashion endorsements and other collaborations, fans want Blackpink to release new music – as they are music artists, first and foremost, after all.

Going solo

Blackpink member Jisoo starred in Snowdrop with Jung Hae-In. Photo: @holyhaein/Instagram

Although fans are craving a powerful group comeback, the Blackpink members have been wrapped up focusing on individual projects. Most notably, Jisoo recently wrapped up her first K-drama, Snowdrop. While controversial for its historical plot, her on-screen presence and chemistry with co-star Jung Hae-in certainly made fans proud.

Lisa, meanwhile, continues to break records. Her debut single album “Lalisa”, released in September 2021, has become the “most-streamed album by a K-pop act in Spotify’s history”, according to a Pinkvilla report.

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