‘Comeback D-1’ BLACKPINK Reveals Official Debut Album Poster… Raises Anticipation
[더팩트=한예주 기자] With the release of BLACKPINK’s official debut album only a day ahead, the global fans’ anticipation hit its peak.
On October 1 at 9 AM, YG Entertainment uploaded BLACKPINK’s ‘THE ALBUM’ D-1 poster through their official blog.
In the poster, the members grabbed the people’s attention with their fierce yet glamorous visuals. They stood out along with their unique characters, emitting not only unrivaled aura as well as sentimental moods, noticing their broadened spectrum to be shown on the album. The phrase ‘D-1’ placed in the middle of the poster made the people realize their imminent comeback.
BLACKPINK has noticed the birth of a legendary album by revealing the ‘Lovesick Girls’ MV teaser and track list. The revealed teaser received a lot of attention and hit over 10M views on YouTube in less than a day after its release.
The anticipation on BLACKPINK’s upcoming album has hit its peak. It is because the album has many points to look forward to including the fact that it will be their first official debut album in 4 years since debut, JISOO and JENNIE’s participation in the writing and composing of the title song, featuring by top-class rapper Cardi B, and the participation of world famous producers.
BLACKPINK’s ‘THE ALBUM’ pre-order volume have been accumulated as over 800 thousand a month ago, 6 days after they started taking pre-orders. People are wondering whether they will set the biggest initial sales record in K-Pop girl group history and whether the group will become million sellers.
BLACKPINK also stands out in the global music market trend.
BLACKPINK’s YouTube channel has reached approximately 50M subscribers after a steady increase in pace. They are the no. 1 female artists in the world in number of subscribers and no. 2 among all artists in the world. Their MV for ‘Ice Cream’, released at the end of August, is about to surpass 300M views. The view count increase pace is fast and is just after ‘How You Like That’ and ‘Kill This Love’, which are BLACKPINK’s mega-hits and has set the fastest records in K-Pop girl group history.
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK’s ‘THE ALBUM’ and the MV for its title track ‘Lovesick Girls’ will be released on the 2nd. They will be released at 12 AM US EST, 1 PM KST on the same day.
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