BLACKPINK - Pink Venom
"Pink Venom" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink for their second studio album Born Pink (2022). It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records as a pre-release single on August 19, 2022. Described as a hip-hop, pop rap, dance and EDM song that incorporates Korean traditional instruments, the track was written by Teddy and Danny Chung and composed by Teddy, 24, R. Tee, and Ido. Lyrically, it expresses Blackpink's confidence and deadly charm.
BLACKPINK - Pink Venom
"Pink Venom" peaked at number one on the Billboard Global 200 chart for two weeks, becoming the first number-one hit by a girl group. In South Korea, the track topped Billboard's South Korea Songs chart for two weeks and peaked at number two on the Circle Digital Chart. It became the first song by a K-pop group to top Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, and topped the charts in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. The track also reached the top ten in Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Japan, and New Zealand, and peaked at number 22 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was directed by Seo Hyun-seung and released alongside the single itself on Blackpink's YouTube channel. It received 90.4 million views within 24 hours, the biggest 24-hour debut for a music video in 2022.
On July 6, 2022, YG Entertainment announced that Blackpink was in the process of finishing recording for their new album and preparing to shoot a music video in mid-July for release in August. The label also confirmed that the group would embark on the largest world tour by a K-pop girl group in history.[1] On July 31, YG Entertainment officially released the album trailer video through the group's official social media accounts, announcing that the world tour would start in October, following a pre-release single in August and the album itself in September.[2] The label later confirmed that two music videos were filmed to support the album, reportedly with the highest production budgets they have ever invested into a music video.[3] On August 7, 2022, it was announced that the album's pre-release single would be titled "Pink Venom" and released on August 19.[4]
On August 10, two sets of individual member teaser posters were posted to Blackpink's official social media accounts.[5][6] On August 11 and 12, two sets of concept teaser videos were released for each individual member.[7][8] On August 13, the credits of the song were reported through a teaser poster with all four members together.[9] A new concept video was presented a day later, showing all four members being trapped in a glass box.[10] On August 17, the teaser for the music video was released.[11] On August 19, the music video was premiered and released alongside the "#PinkVenomChallenge".[12]
"Pink Venom" debuted at number one on the Billboard Global 200 with 212.1 million streams and 36,000 downloads sold, earning Blackpink's first number-one on the chart and the second-biggest worldwide weekly streaming total in the chart's history. The song also debuted at number one on the Global Excl. U.S. with 198.1 million streams and 27,000 downloads sold outside the U.S., earning Blackpink their second number-one on the chart after "Lovesick Girls". With this, Blackpink became the third act to achieve multiple number-ones on the chart, after BTS and Justin Bieber.[35] "Pink Venom" topped both charts for a second week with 108.4 million streams and 7,000 downloads worldwide, and 99.5 million streams and 5,000 downloads outside the U.S., becoming the first Korean-language song to top either chart for multiple weeks.[36][37] The song topped the Global Excl. U.S. for a third week with 69.2 million streams and 3,000 downloads sold.[38] Upon release, the song also broke the record for Spotify's most-streamed song by a female artist in a single day in 2022, with 10.79 million streams.[39]
In Australia, "Pink Venom" debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart dated August 29, making Blackpink the first K-pop group to top the chart and the first Korean artist to do so since Psy with "Gangnam Style".[46] The song entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 22, marking Blackpink's highest-charting non-collaboration and their fourth top-40 entry. It debuted at number nine on Streaming Songs with 14.3 million streams, becoming the group's second top-ten on the chart, and at number three on Digital Song Sales with 11,000 downloads sold, and drew 359,000 in radio airplay audience in its first week.[47] "Pink Venom" debuted at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart as well, the group's seventh top-forty hit in the United Kingdom.[48] The song also debuted at number four on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, becoming Blackpink's first top-ten hit in the country.[49]
A 24-second music video teaser for "Pink Venom" was released on August 17, 2022, followed by the official music video on August 19, both on Blackpink's official YouTube channel. The music video was directed by Seo Hyun-seung, a frequent collaborator with the group.[50] Upon release, it reached 90.4 million views in 24 hours, surpassing the previous record held by their own track "How You Like That" (2020) for the most-viewed video by a female artist in a single day.[51][52] It also scored the biggest music video premiere of 2022 and third-biggest of all time.[53] The video achieved 100 million views in 29 hours, passing "How You Like That" as the fastest music video by a female artist to reach this mark.[54] A behind-the-scenes video of filming was released on August 19.[55]
At the beginning of the music video, Jisoo, wearing a hanbok with a contemporary spin, plays a melody on a geomungo while surrounded by rows of kneeling black-hooded figures wearing VR headsets and chanting the name "Blackpink". Jennie breaks through a concrete wall in a monster truck and struts down a red carpet in front of the truck wearing a sheer red gown. Afterwards, Lisa walks into a room inside a pyramid, where she picks a black apple from a tree and eats it; her eyes turn pink upon taking the first bite. Rosé appears in the next scene, pulling a black heart out of a stream of black water in a stormy environment. Lisa and Jennie then rap together; Lisa wears a streetwear-inspired cropped basketball shirt and denim overalls, and Jennie wears a cropped Manchester United F.C. jersey.[56] During their subsequent verses, Jisoo portrays a vampire, and Rosé plays electric guitar in a fire-lit cave. In the chorus, the group members perform the choreography together in various settings, including a raging sandstorm and a jungle.[57]
On August 17, YG Entertainment unveiled a schedule for the group's "Light Up the Pink" campaign, in which several landmarks worldwide would be lit up in pink to promote the song, starting on August 18.[82][83] On the same day, Blackpink teamed up with YouTube Shorts to launch "#PinkVenomChallenge", in celebration of pink venom music video release.[84] On August 28, 2022, Blackpink performed "Pink Venom" for the first time on SBS's Inkigayo.[85] The same day, Blackpink performed the track at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, marking their American awards show debut and making them the first female K-pop group in history to do so.[86] Billboard ranked it the second best performance of the award show.[87] On January 28, 2023, Blackpink performed "Pink Venom" with French cellist Gautier Capuçon at the Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes charity event organized by the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, in Paris.[88]
Delivering two sets of posters, Jennie, Lisa, Rosé, and Jisoo tease the concept for the upcoming single. The first set of images shows the group members dressed in a variety of light pink gear that seems to express a narrative element. While the second set explores the varied styling points of the girls with distinctive outfits centered around a defiant attitude with lip accessory details.
Teddy has been on a creative decline since Blackpink debuted. Boombayah, Stay, PWF, AIIYL, and Forever Young were all 2NE1 songs. His slump only became obvious at the releases of DDD, KTL, and HYLT after he seemingly ran out of 2NE1 songs to release.
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