The members of Blackpink immediately seem to be they’re virtually angling for the title of Queens of Christmas, as the vacation season has seen a flurry of three huge bulletins or releases — together with Lisa selecting Christmas Eve to drop her cowl of a Britney Spears vacation perennial, “My Solely Want (This Yr).”
The group has huge plans for the day after Christmas, too, with a virtual-reality live performance showcase, “Blackpink: A VR Encore,” set to stream on Dec. 26.
The third piece of Blackpink information got here earlier on Christmas Eve when the group member Jennie introduced on to followers that she can be launching her personal label and firm, OA, within the new yr
Whereas followers who need in on Jennie’s product line will expertise a little bit of delayed gratification, Lisa’s Britney cowl was one thing they may unwrap instantly. (Watch it under.)
Lisa is finest often known as Blackpink’s major rapper and dancer, so her cowl of Spears’ lone vacation tune marked a vocal departure from her normal rapping persona.
“Christmas current for my Blinks… Have a beautiful vacation,” wrote Lisa on her Instagram account earlier than dropping her Spears cowl onto her YouTube channel, accompanied by a holiday-themed, romantic cinematic escapade shot in Paris.
The shock cowl revives a Spears tune initially discovered on Jive Information’ 2000 all-label vacation album, “Platinum Christmas,” which moreover featured then-top label artists reminiscent of NSYNC, Santana, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys and R. Kelly.
“My Solely Want (This Yr)” is Lisa’s first solo work since 2021’s “Lalisa” album and that yr’s non-LP single, “SG” with DJ Snake, Ozuna and Megan Thee Stallion. Earlier this yr, Lisa was a featured visitor on “Shoong!” from South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer Taeyang.
For followers desirous to see the total group in motion, “Blackpink: A VR Encore” is ready to air Dec. 26 at 5 p.m. PT on Meta Horizon Worlds and options the ultimate present from Blackpink’s world 2023 tour in help of “Born Pink.”
The Okay-girl group dropped a trailer earlier this week for the VR particular, which can viewable by homeowners of the particular headsets, teased with the legend “Take a entrance row seat as Blackpink performs a few of their greatest hits and unlock a limited-edition Okay-pop impressed emote! To get rewarded, set off a confetti balloon on the dance flooring in Music Valley.”
Singer-actress Jennie’s is outwardly seeking to begin 2024 off with new product, not recent recordings. After performing within the Weeknd’s much-maligned HBO collection, “The Idol,” she dropped her personal new tune in October with “You & Me.” However for the time being, she seems to be targeted on product traces other than music.
“OA, which stands for Odd Atelier, is an area that goals to create new issues that appeal to consideration otherwise from what is common or anticipated,” she wrote. earlier than displaying off a number of OA-branded hoodies.
It stays to be seen whether or not Jisoo and Rosé will make their very own energy strikes within the close to future.
Together with headlining Coachella earlier in 2023, Blackpink (solely the third Okay-pop ensemble to high the Billboard 200 album chart, with 2022’s “Born Pink”) renewed unique contracts as a quartet and as soloists with YG Leisure, the South Korean expertise company, document label, manufacturing firm, live performance group and music publishing home.
