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Born Pink (2022)

Where the lyrics of Born Pink take you, and where it was really made.

Born Pink sold 2.2 million copies in less than two days and debuted at number one, yet critics gave it only mixed reviews.

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Typa Girl demo written at The Black Label studio (2022)

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Album story

Overview

• Born Pink: second studio album by South Korean girl group Blackpink
• Released September 16, 2022 through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records
• First full-length record since The Album in 2020
• Final release under Interscope
• Produced by various producers, including Teddy Park, Freddy Wexler, Nohc, and Paro
• Group conceived it as the essence of Blackpink, drawing on hip-hop and combining various genres
• Two singles, both reaching number one on the Billboard Global 200

Background

• Jennie hinted at the comeback on The Game Caterers in March 2022
• Ready for Love was released as a promotional single with PUBG Mobile in July 2022
• Album trailer released July 31, 2022, with a world tour announced for October
• Pink Venom released August 19, 2022, and performed at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
• Shut Down revealed as the title track, with a teaser poster on September 6, 2022
• Ready for Love was cut from The Album's final tracklist, so it was not on the earlier record

Recording

• Rosé said the album tried to express the essence of Blackpink while trying new things
• Bekuh Boom wrote the demo for Typa Girl in 2021 at The Black Label's studio
• Recording process of Ready for Love shown in the Netflix documentary Light Up the Sky in October 2020
• Teddy Park handpicked every song on the album

Cover

• Digital cover art shows two pink fangs rising from the top against a white background
• Group name and album title sit below the fangs in a grey font

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Blackpink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment.
• Formation began in 2010 when YG held worldwide tryouts for preteen and teenage recruits.
• The group was revealed in 2016 with four members instead of the originally planned nine.
• Their name was announced on June 29, 2016 and debut was set for August 8, 2016.

Members

• Jisoo: lead vocalist.
• Jennie: main rapper and lead vocalist.
• Rosé: main vocalist and lead dancer.
• Lisa: main rapper and main dancer.

Career

• Debut single album Square One (2016) included "Whistle" and "Boombayah".
• "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" (2018) marked their international breakthrough.
• Debut studio album The Album (2020) was the first by a Korean girl group to sell one million copies.
• Born Pink (2022) was the first album by a Korean girl group to sell two million copies and topped the US Billboard 200.
• The Born Pink World Tour (2022–23) became the highest-grossing concert tour by a female group.
• They became the first Asian act to headline Coachella in 2023.
• The Deadline World Tour (2025–26) and the EP Deadline (2026) set further sales records.
• All four members have also pursued solo careers.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Born Pink was met with mixed reviews from music critics
• Metacritic weighted average of 70 out of 100 from 9 reviews, indicating generally favourable reviews
• Vince Ferreras of CNN Philippines called it the group's most mature release to date
• Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic said it matures Blackpink with stronger production, more personal lyrics, and bold conviction
• Alex Ramos of Pitchfork noted that the rest of the album features more of the same after Pink Venom
• Tanu I. Raj of NME said the album's imagery of finding solace from heartbreak is not particularly novel
• Criticism focused on a lack of innovation and musical development

Reappraisal

• Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Uproxx named Born Pink one of the best albums of 2022
• Billboard included Born Pink in its list of the 50 best albums of 2022
• Singles Pink Venom and Shut Down were also named among the best songs of 2022

Records

• Circle Album Chart debut at number one with 2,141,281 copies sold in less than two days of tracking
• First album by a K-pop girl group to sell over two million copies on the Circle Album Chart
• Billboard 200 debut at number one with 102,000 album-equivalent units
• First album by a female Korean act to top the Billboard 200
• UK Albums Chart number one, first K-pop girl group album to do so
• IFPI ranked it the eighth best-selling album worldwide across all formats in 2022
• Certified double million by KMCA, gold by RMNZ, and silver by BPI

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Bekuh Boom wrote the demo for Typa Girl in 2021 at The Black Label's studio.
• Freddy Wexler conceived Hard to Love during a jam session with friends and sent the demo to Teddy Park in June 2022.
• Ready for Love was cut from The Album's final tracklist, and was later released as a promotional single with PUBG Mobile.
• The Born Pink World Tour drew 1.8 million attendees across 66 shows, the most-attended concert tour by a Korean girl group.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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