Jennie News

Tame Impala’s “Dracula” remix featuring BLACKPINK’s Jennie has spent 16 weeks inside the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, becoming the longest-running top-10 song by or featuring a K-pop artist and surpassing BTS’s 15-week run with “Butter.” Originally released by Tame Impala in October, the Jennie remix arrived in February, went viral on short-form video platforms, peaked at No. 5 and was listed at No. 6 for a second straight week in Billboard’s preview

Fans have urged BLACKPINK's Jennie to cut ties with Adidas after Adidas apologized for a controversial Israel promotion; Jennie's new "Adidas Originals by Jennie" campaign photos have intensified calls to drop the partnership

Jennie’s new solo video for “Fallen Angel,” released Aug. 28, sparked heated debate after scenes showing children in white robes and red veils with candles prompted comparisons to ritualistic or satanic imagery, while others defend the sequence as symbolic of the song’s themes; Jennie and her agency have not commented

Jennie released the digital EP Fallen Angel, while Jisoo and Lisa are lined up for solo releases — Jisoo’s single “Click” arrives Sept. 4 and Lisa’s pre-release “SaWaDiKa” drops Sept. 3 ahead of her Oct. 23 album Press Play; Rosé has not announced new music

K-pop’s summer sound is shifting toward slower, more restrained tracks that borrow from bossa nova, reggae and jazz-pop — exemplified by Red Velvet’s Velvet Summer lead “Surfin’ Boy,” NCT Wish’s midtempo “Sticky,” (G)I-dle’s “Gimme Dat Love” and Jennie’s lo-fi “Less than a Lover.”

KATSEYE landed four simultaneous Billboard Hot 100 entries — “Animal” rose to No. 24, “Hootie Frutti” debuted at No. 31, “Pinky Up” reached No. 81 and HYBE collaboration “Iconic By Mistake” hit No. 94 — while their EP Wild became their first No. 1 on the Billboard 200; one report says Wild opened with 170,000 equivalent album units, a female-group record under current tallying methods

Juyeon of THE BOYZ has signed with Ace Factory to pursue an acting career in earnest, joining the agency that represents Lee Jong-suk and Choi Dae-hoon; he previously appeared in the short film Youngyoung and the group is preparing a new chapter with nine members

Jennie of BLACKPINK released old-Hollywood–inspired teaser photos for her upcoming solo EP Fallen Angel, a six-track set that includes lead single "Fallen Angel" and previously released "Less than a Lover"; three tracks will be released as a digital-only album on streaming platforms Friday at 1 p.m