BLACKPINK Reveals Spot Video for Their First-Ever World Tour… 7 Cities in Asia
[일간스포츠=김연지 기자] BLACKPINK will hold their first-ever world tour.
On November 27 at 4 PM, YG Entertainment revealed the spot video for BLACKPINK’s first-ever overseas tour titled ‘BLACKPINK 2019 WORLD TOUR [IN YOUR AREA]’, through their official blog(www.yg-life.com).
The title of the concert ‘IN YOUR AREA’ and the phrase ‘BLACKPINK’ were combined with a pink square on the video, grabbing the viewers’ attention.
With ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ as background music, the video displayed lively scenes from BLACKPINK’s concert held in Seoul KSPO DOME (Olympic Gymnastics Arena) on November 10.
Along with BLACKPINK’s passionate group and solo performances, the tour locations including Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Taipei were revealed along with the phrase ‘BLACKPINK IS COMING TO YOUR AREA’, raising the global fans’ expectations.
BLACKPINK’s first-ever overseas tour, ‘BLACKPINK 2019 WORLD TOUR [IN YOUR AREA]’ will start in Bangkok on January 12 and 13, 2019 and will continue in Jakarta on January 20, Hong Kong on January 26, Manila on February 2, Singapore on February 15, Kuala Lumpur on February 23, and in Taipei on March 3.
They added more meaning to the tour by planning two concerts in Bangkok, which is LISA’s hometown, while tour regions other than Asia will be additionally announced in the future. The upcoming tour will present solo performances by the members of BLACKPINK including JENNIE, who recently started her promotion activities as a solo artist.
BLACKPINK has proven their influence by reaching over 100 million YouTube views on all 6 MVs released ever since the group made debut, including ‘BOOMBAYAH’, ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’, ‘WHISTLE’, ‘STAY’, ‘AS IF IT’S YOUR LAST’, and ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’. The MV for ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’ is about to reach 300 million views, while even the choreography videos for ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ and ‘AS IF IT’S YOUR LAST’ have surpassed 100 million views on YouTube.
The MV for ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ released on June surpassed 500 million views in 162 days. BLACKPINK became the fastest group to reach 500 million views on YouTube among all groups of K-Pop.
As BLACKPINK has recently partnered with Interscope Records, the subsidiary label of Universal Music Group to prepare the group’s expansion into the United States, the people are paying keen attention on BLACKPINK’s upcoming overseas tour.
2018. 11. 27.
