Korean media has given a specific time for BLACKPINK’s comeback.
BLACKPINK is expected to make a comeback in the second quarter – third quarter of 2024
After announcing that they would not renew their individual contracts with YG, BLACKPINK members are working hard with personal projects. This makes global fans of the 4 girls both happy and worried because it is likely that group activities will have to last a relatively long time.
However, recently, Korean news site Ten Asia gave the latest comments about BLACKPINK’s comeback time. Specifically, according to the latest records, YG shares are on an unprecedented decline from 2020 until 2020. Therefore, according to Korean experts, YG will have to speed up the process soon for BLACKPINK to return and save the situation.
YG shares have dropped the most since 2020 until now after announcing that BLACKPINK did not renew their personal contract.
Mr. Lee Ki Hoon, researcher at Hana Securities, said: “It will take time to confirm the scale of the entire tour until BLACKPINK’s next comeback. Estimated around the 2nd and 3rd quarter of this year. Ultimately, BABY MONSTER’s growth is extremely important. However, it is assessed that the promotion was not good and the actual reaction of the domestic market to BABY MONSTER was not as expected.
In addition, Lee Hwa Jeong, researcher at NH Investment & Securities, said: “The current stock price has dropped to the point of eliminating expectations about BLACKPINK’s future performance. So there are only situations left.” positive situation thanks to the success of BABY MONSTER, TREASURE’s new album and BLACKPINK’s return to working with the group.”
Previously, YG made a move to survey fans about the BORN PINK finale concert in Seoul last September. Therefore, it is likely that YG has specific plans to soon bring BLACKPINK back and go on tour in the fourth quarter of 2024 as previously predicted by Korean media.
BLACKPINK is expected to make a comeback in the 2nd – 3rd quarter and have a tour in the 4th quarter of 2024.
YG suddenly deleted the hit game The Girls from digital music platforms
On the evening of January 18, the social network Twitter was abuzz about the song The Girls – the promotional song for the game BLACKPINK: The Game suddenly “evaporating” from digital music platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. Music. Soon after, many users realized that this song was deleted (or hidden) entirely on all platforms and was still searchable except for Asia. This makes fans suspect that YG may have proactively deleted the song The Girls to include it in BLACKPINK’s new album.
The song The Girls was suddenly deleted from digital music platforms
The information made international netizens stir
However, there are also opinions that this was an out of control incident. Accordingly, on the morning of January 19, the official page of BLACKPINK: The Game on Twitter made an announcement about receiving information about the song The Girls being deleted and will re-check this issue.
The representative of BLACKPINK: The Game said they had received the information and soon re-checked the issue
Previously, the only song BLACKPINK released in 2023 was The Girls – the game’s theme music. The song was nominated for a Grammy by YG, but the online community rated it unconvincingly. The two categories the group is targeting are both in the Big 4 (4 most important Grammy awards) including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. BLACKPINK has had 3 consecutive years from 2020-2022 submitted nominations to the Grammys, including the Best New Artist category but has not yet reached the nomination. Big 4’s “ambition” for a game theme song, without proper promotion, brought many mixed opinions.
The Girls is the only song BLACKPINK will release in 2023
