BLACKPINK JENNIE’s First-Ever K-Pop Satellite+A Mega Drone Show for LISA… A Legendary Event by the Chinese Fans to Celebrate the Group’s 4th Year Anniversary
[OSEN=김은애 기자] While BLACKPINK has celebrated their 4th year debt anniversary on August 8, the fans gifted them an amazing tribute event.
August 8 was BLACKPINK’s 4th year debut anniversary. After making debut on August 8, 2016, BLACKPINK received a lot of love due to their charming visuals and amazing talents. They’ve rewrote K-Pop history by releasing numerous hits including ‘WHISTLE’, ‘BOOMBAYAH’, ‘AS IF IT’S YOUR LAST’, ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’, and ‘Kill This Love’.
To celebrate BLACKPINK’s 4th year debut anniversary, the fans gifted the group a special present. The fans of JENNIE launched a Ladybug satellite. The satellite contained a photo celebrating JENNIE’s 4th year debut anniversary. The project was launched by the manager of “CHINAJENNIEBAR”, which is JENNIE’s biggest fan community in China.
The satellite is the only satellite in the world to carry a display and a selfie stick, which allows it to shoot the earth from space. JENNIE has now become the first-ever K-Pop idol to have her debut celebration photo displayed in space through a satellite.
Furthermore, the Chinese fans of LISA flew drones in Pudong, Shanghai. The drones decorated the sky with words “LALISA” “LISA♥︎57” “DANCE QUEEN”, as well as creating a magnificent scene which reminded the viewers of LISA’s looks.
The events for LISA and JENNIE became a hot topic on social media and online communities. As BLACKPINK is receiving global popularity, one can realize their influence through these events.
BLACKPINK has established themselves as the representative girl group of K-Pop in the global music market. The song ‘How You Like That’ released back in June dominated Korean music charts as well as reaching no. 20 and no. 33 on the UK Official Singles Top 100 and the US Billboard Hot 100, setting the best K-Pop girl group record in history.
The MV for the song also reached 86.3M views on the date of its release, allowing them to be listed on 5 categories of the Guinness World Records including ‘The Most Viewed Video on YouTube in 24 Hours’ category as well as becoming the fastest video to surpass 100M, 200M, and 300M views.
Meanwhile, on the 28th, BLACKPINK will release a song collaborated with a special artist and will release their debut album on October 2, in 4 years since the made debut. YG has previously revealed, “BLACKPINK will target the global market with systematic and thorough planning and the execution of those plains in 2020”, making the global music fans look forward to BLACKPINK’s upcoming activities.
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