BLACKPINK X Selena Gomez, New Sweet and Sweep Teaser Poster Revealed… Global Anticipation ‘UP’

2020-08-18 11:33 am

[텐아시아=우빈 기자] While group BLACKPINK and Pop star Selena Gomez will release a special collaboration, the teaser poster revealing their upcoming concept has been revealed.

On August 18, YG Entertainment uploaded BLACKPINK’s ‘New Single Release Teaser Poster #2’ through their official blog.

With black and pink colors as the background, the cute and vibrant feelings of the poster connecting to the previous one raised curiosity on the upcoming song.

The ice cream design which made the viewers forget about the heat of the summer also grabbed the people’s attention. ‘BLACKPINK’ and ‘Selena Gomez’ were written on the two sticks, and their collaboration has been emphasized as they were stuck in the same ice cream bar.

The title of the upcoming track and its credentials are still in veil. Other than the fact that Pop star Selena Gomez will be participating as a featuring artist, other information are secured thoroughly.

BLACKPINK has recently excited the global music market by notifying their upcoming collaboration with Selena Gomez. Foreign media such as Billboard and Rolling Stone also spotlighted the news, focusing on BLACKPINK’s upcoming activities.

BLACKPINK has collaborated with world famous Pop stars including Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa, as well as setting new world records with ‘How You Like That’ released back in June, which is making the music fans anticipate their upcoming single even more.

‘How You Like That’ not only achieved an ‘all-kill’ in Korean music charts, but was also ranked at no. 2 on the Global Top 50 chart of Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming platform, as well as being ranked at no. 20 and no. 33 on the UK Official Singles chart and US Billboard Hot 100, respectively. They are continuing their long-run popularity even after 2 months since the song was released by being ranked at the top on major Korean music charts.

The MV of the song reached 86.3M views on the date of its release and was listed on 5 categories of the Guinness World Records including the ‘Most Watched Video on YouTube in 24 Hours’ category, as well as setting the fastest view count records. Furthermore, BLACKPINK’s official YouTube channel has added approximately 100 thousand subscribers a day after the release of ‘How You Like That’ and has currently surpassed over 44M subscribers. The figure is the highest among all female artists in the world, and 4th combining all male and female artists.

BLACKPINK’s new single will be released on the 28th.

The song will be released at 12AM EST and 1 PM KST. BLACKPINK will then release their official debut album on October 2. The people are paying keen attention on how BLACKPINK will create new sensations with their upcoming collaborative single with Selena Gomez, as the group has always brought sensations with music exceeding the people’s expectations.

2020. 8. 18.