BLACKPINK ANNOUNCES SOPHOMORE ALBUM
BORN PINK WILL RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH
WORLD TOUR KICKING OFF OCTOBER 15TH IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
FIRST SINGLE “PINK VENOM” RELEASING NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH
Global phenomenon BLACKPINK has announced via social media their second album, BORN PINK will release on Friday, September 16th. Last week, an official visual teaser revealed the first single titled “Pink Venom” will be available next Friday, August 19th. Pre-save the track HERE.
The group’s long-awaited return was announced earlier this summer in an official statement from YG Entertainment noting the upcoming new music would kick off “a continuous large-scale project [that] extends through the second half of the year”. Yesterday, the large-scale project was revealed as BLACKPINK’s 2022 / 2023 world tour, set to kick off on October 15th in Seoul, South Korea. Additional information on the tour will be available in early September. Full list of dates linked HERE and listed below.
Prior to the release of their first full album ‘THE ALBUM’ in 2020, BLACKPINK gained steady popularity with their pre-release single “How You Like That” and their special collaboration with Selena Gomez “Ice Cream”. Despite the restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic, BLACKPINK drew a record-breaking explosive response from global fans with only their music. ‘THE ALBUM’, which catapulted to number 2 on both the U.S. Billboard 200 and UK Official Chart, also featured standout track “Lovesick Girls”, which sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide, making BLACKPINK the first K-pop girl group to sell over a million units.
BORN PINK TOUR DATES:
October 15th – 16th – Seoul, South Korea
October 25th – Dallas, TX
October 29th – Houston, TX
November 2nd – Atlanta, GA
November 6th – 7th – Hamilton, GA
November 10th – 11th – Chicago, IL
November 14th – 15th – Newark, NJ
November 19th – Los Angeles, CA
November 30th – London, UK
December 1st – London, UK
December 5th – Barcelona, Spain
December 8th – Cologne, Germany
December 11th. – 12th – Paris, France
December 18th – Berlin, Germany
December 22nd – Amsterdam, Netherlands
January 7th – 8th – Bangkok
January 13th – 14th – Hong Kong, China
January 20th – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
January 28th – Abu Dhabi, UAE
March 4th – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 11th – Jakarta, Indonesia
March 18th – Kaohsiung, Taiwan
March 25th – Manila, Philippines
May 13th – Singapore
June 10th – 11th – Melbourne, Australia
June 16th – 17th – Sydney, Australia
June 21st – Auckland, New Zealand
