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Looking back at BLACKPINK’s peak debut: Creating a Kpop earthquake, containing a secret that was only revealed 4 years later

BLACKPINK and their classy debut still make many people gasp.

On August 8, 2016, YG officially introduced the group BLACKPINK to the public with two debut songs Boombayah and Whistle . This is also the first girl group that YG has let debut after 7 years since 2NE1 debuted. That’s why all the attention is focused on the four girls Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa.

At this time, despite receiving attention from a large public, BLACKPINK cannot avoid doubts or comparisons with their seniors 2NE1. However, the two debut songs have proven that BLACKPINK has achieved its current position – a globally famous group for absolutely a reason.

The earthquake caused social networks to explode, achieving PAK right from the debut song

In less than a week of debut, YG’s rookies achieved outstanding success and created an earthquake that made the whole world stir at that time. Both songs Boombayah and Whistle have received “huge” views on YouTube, becoming the most listened-to music products for Kpop fans.

In particular, the song Whistle also excelled in achieving PAK – Perfect All-Kill on the prestigious iChart chart. For a newly released rookie in the Kpop market, this can be said to be an extremely “terrible” achievement for BLACKPINK in 2016.

Whistle helped BLACKPINK achieve Perfect All-Kill right from their debut song

In 2020, the debut song Boombayah also recorded the achievement of reaching 1 billion views on the YouTube platform. This achievement has helped BLACKPINK become the first Kpop group whose debut MV reached 1 billion views on this platform. Besides, BLACKPINK is also the second group in the world to achieve this desirable achievement when previously, the first international artist to win 1 billion views for their debut MV was a once-popular British group – One Direction with the hit What Makes You Beautiful .

BLACKPINK became the first Kpop group to have their debut MV reach 1 billion views with Boombayah

The debut stage created a record that only BLACKPINK can achieve

After the debut MV was released, fans were extremely looking forward to BLACKPINK’s “debut” on the live stage. Accordingly, on August 14, 2016, BLACKPINK performed the song Boombayah for the first time on the music stage of the show Inkigayo. After more than 4 years and 4 months, this video has earned 100 million views. This achievement helps BLACKPINK’s first debut stage reach the achievement of hundreds of millions of views – a record that only the 4 YG girls can achieve.

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Clip of BLACKPINK’s debut stage with the song Boombayah

BLACKPINK’s debut stage reached 100 million views – an achievement that only BLACKPINK can own

Secrets that were only revealed many years later: Determined to “save” Whistle, objected to Boombayah’s original title

For a rookie group, most of the debut is self-arranged by the management company. But with BLACKPINK, it’s the complete opposite. It can be said that without the “involvement” of the YG girls, it is possible that the two debut songs Whistle and Boombayah would not have achieved so many top achievements.

Specifically, on SBS’s Party People program broadcast in 2017, Jennie revealed that the original song’s title was not Boombayah as announced: “The original name was ‘Oppayah’ but CEO Yang Hyun Suk asked us what we thought about the name. Because the phrase ‘Oppa’ is quite a lot in the song and we felt that if the title was also ‘Oppayah’ then it would feel like the whole song was saying about finding a lover.” It was BLACKPINK’s protest that caused the debut song to be titled Boombayah.

BLACKPINK has their own opinion about the title of their debut song Boombayah

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