The Show wasn’t announced until December 2020, but it had been in the works for at least eight months.
“It’s our first online concert too, so we are trying to take advantage of that and create stages that wouldn’t be possible if we were going to do it live - especially regarding choreography - and make it ‘Blackpink.'” On Tuesday morning, Blackpink also announced it would appear on CBS’s The Late Late Show With James Corden to share a preview of what its livestream will look like.
“We want it to be a secret,” Jennie said in December. In a Zoom interview with Rolling Stone, Blackpink members Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé, and Lisa said fans should expect multiple surprises. Singer Paulette McWilliams on Her Years With Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Steely Dan How True Is 'Respect'? Fact-Checking the Aretha Franklin Biopic The group’s 2020 debut album The Album was supposed to be paired with a blockbuster world tour - but because Covid derailed those plans, Blackpink decided to translate the spectacle into a livestream on January 31st. (Justin Bieber is the only artist who ranks higher.) What any “Blink,” or Blackpink fan, will tell you is how visually energizing the group’s performances are: A Blackpink concert is the epitome of pop showmanship, produced with choreography and costumes that burst with dazzling flair. Since signing with Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records in the United States in 2018, and also striking a global partnership with South Korea’s YG Entertainment, Blackpink has pulled off the highest-grossing tour by a Korean girl group of all time and become the second most-followed act on YouTube.
And anyone who doesn’t yet understand the hype will have the chance to check it out for themselves when the group hosts its top-of-the-line livestream concert on YouTube this weekend. Blackpink is an undeniable force right now.