Year 7, Day 255

Morning! Today's song is DDU-DU DDU-DU by Blackpink. 

So Blackpink is a K-pop band active since 2016 and made up of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. They got put together by YG Entertainment, which was the first girl group from them in six years. Their debut album came out in 2016 with two songs hitting the top of the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, and was the fastest group on record to do so. They performed on Inkigayo, which is a show in South Korea that has a segment called Take 7 featuring seven popular songs of the week performed live to crown one ultimate winner. Blackpink broke the shows record of shortest time for a girl group to win after debuting. They released their second album later that same year, and also won a bunch of rookie awards. In 2017 they released an EP in Japan, that got re-released a year later. In 2018 they released another EP, which is where this song is from. It got in the top 20 on the Trending Chart in the UK, the first k-pop group to chart since it started in 2016. It also was the highest charting Top 100 song from an all female k-pop act. They've broken some other records, and have done tons of touring and debuts in different countries that I'm not going to get into. In 2019 they released their third EP, and Jennie also released a solo song. That same year they performed at Coachella, the first k-pop girl group to do so. In 2020 they collaborated with Lady Gaga for a song which charted, making it the highest charting song by a k-pop girl group. They also have plans to release another album, followed by some solo work from a couple members, along with a reality show of them vlogging their lives. So there's much to look forward too. 

Peace.