Trivia / BLACKPINK

• Black Sheep Hit: "Ice Cream", though not their best-known song, is their highest-charting song on the Hot 100 due to it being almost entirely in English (save for part of Lisa's rap) and being a collaboration with Selena Gomez. Though lyrically an Intercourse with You song, it is musically one of the only bubblegum pop songs that Blackpink has released, whereas their usual sound is edgier and more hip-hop influenced.
• Breakthrough Hit: Blackpink has been popular from the start in Korea, with debut single "Whistle" even being a number 1 hit, but "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was the song that blew them up internationally, to the point of getting them booked for a Coachella performance and giving them appearances on American TV to promote their tour.
• Chart Displacement:
  • Their highest charting song on the Hot 100 at #13 is "Ice Cream", thanks to it being a collaboration with Selena Gomez, as well as being mostly in English. However, it isn't quite as well-known as many of their other songs, such as "How You Like That", "Kill This Love", and "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du", among others.
  • "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was their first Hot 100 entry, but it didn't make the Top 40. "Kill This Love" missed it by just one spot. "How You Like That" is actually their second Top 40 hit. The first was "Sour Candy", a collaboration with Lady Gaga on Gaga's album Chromatica, which was released as a promo single with no video one month before HYLT. "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" is exempt from this in Korea, where it was one of their number-ones, and so far all of their main singles have made at least the top ten there.
  • "Boombayah" is the better-known half of their debut single album, but "Whistle" was the one that topped the Digital Chart in Korea, whereas "Boombayah" stalled at number seven. "Boombayah" did make number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs Sales chart, though.
• Fan Community Nicknames: Blinks, from combining "black" and "pink." Used by Jennie herself on Instagram.
• Referenced by...: In Joy Ride (2023), the main characters masquerade as a K-Pop girl group with two members named Lisa.
• Saved from Development Hell:
  • The group was originally intended to debut in 2012 but was delayed for years with no official explanation. They eventually debuted in 2016.
  • The members' solos were announced in 2018, but only one of them (Jennie's) was released that year. The rest were sent to Development Hell for a few years. Rosé and Lisa both had to wait until 2021 for their solos to be released, and Jisoo had to wait until 2023 for hers.
• Shout-Out: "Pink Venom" contains shout outs to "P.I.M.P" by 50 Cent, "Pon De Replay" by Rihanna and "Kick In The Door" by Notorious B.I.G.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The group was intended to have nine members but was reduced to just four. Miyeon of (G)I-DLE and Jinny of Secret Number were known to have been pre-debut members.
  • Moon Sua of Billlie was introduced as a potential member but ultimately left out of the group.
  • The group was officially unnamed throughout their pre-debut years until less than six weeks before their debut. Potential names for them included Pink Punk, Magnum, and Baby Monster. The last of these names was eventually given to another YG group that debuted in 2023.
  • "Typa Girl" was initially intended to be a Lisa solo song.