BLACKPINK to Make Live Appearance on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on the 12th
[스포츠조선=김영록 기자] BLACKPINK confirmed their upcoming appearance on ‘Good Morning America’, the most popular American morning news show, notifying their debut in the US market.
ABC’s ‘Good Morning America, GMA’ officially announced, “BLACKPINK will perform live in Times Square studio for their American morning show debut next Tuesday’ through their official social media account on the 5th(local time). The global fans are showing heated reactions on the news.
BLACKPINK will meet American viewers by appearing on ‘Good Morning America’ on the 12th and ‘Strahan and Sara(GMA Day)’ on the 15th.
‘Good Morning America’ is a morning news show that represents ABC and has a history of over 40 years. The show also has the highest viewer ratings among all morning shows of the US. ‘Strahan and Sara’ is an afternoon show which is an extension of ‘Good Morning America’, hosted by ‘Michael Strahan’ and ‘Sara Haines’.
BLACKPINK will perform live at ‘Good Morning America’ studio located in Times Square, New York. The public is paying keen attention on what kind of performances BLACKPINK will present through ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘Strahan and Sara’ to grab the US viewers’ attention.
In addition, well-known media and press channels are spotlighting the news on BLACKPINK’s upcoming appearance on ‘Good Morning America’.
ABC News introduced BLACKPINK’s global influence by writing, “BLACKPINK will make their first American morning show debut by appearing on ‘Good Morning America next week” and added, “They’ve already officially announced their US tour, got listed on the Coachella lineup poster as one of the main artists, and signed with Interscope Records which overseas Lady Gaga, Zedd, and Selena Gomez”.
The economy magazine Forbes reviewed, “As BLACKPINK has officially announced their appearance on a major US TV show, they are proving that 2019 will be a year for them to gain immense popularity not only in Korea, but also in the US”. They added, “The group proved to be a Pop group in the center of attention in the US even without full-scale promotion in the US”. The magazine also praised the group by mentioning their ‘entry in Billboard’s main charts’, ‘the collaboration with Dua Lipa’, and ‘the Coachella lineup poster which put BLACKPINK as one of the main artists’.
US Billboard also mentioned that “BLACKPINK will grab the viewers’ attention in an instant in Times Square by appearing on ‘Good Morning America’”, while spotlighting BLACKPINK’s amazing achievements including their ‘entry in Billboard’s main charts’, and ‘The group’s MV ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ which gained the highest number of views this year’.
BLACKPINK, the group receiving the spotlight from the mass media for their upcoming appearance on ‘Good Morning America’, has previously notified their expansion to the US market by partnering with Interscope, the representative label of Universal Music Group. They will also perform at ‘Coachella’, the largest music festival in the US, for the first time as K-Pop idols on April 12 and 19th.
As a ‘global girl group’ on another level, BLACKPINK held their first-ever world tour in large scale to meet their global fans. After notifying a successful start of their Asia tour by selling all tickets of their 3 concerts in Bangkok, BLACKPINK is also expected to hold concerts in North America, Europe, and Australia to connect with the local fans.
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