BLACKPINK Comeback Dengan Lovesick Girls
JAKARTA - BLACKPINK officially releases their first album THE ALBUM today, Friday, October 2. With the title track Lovesick Girls, a music video was also released to celebrate its release.
Lovesick Girls is a pop anthem song that tells the story of someone's hurt. The music video features the four BLACKPINK members acting.
The song Lovesick Girls shows BLACKPINK's emotional side compared to How You Like That and Ice Cream which seem strong and cheerful.
Jennie and Jisoo took part in writing the lyrics for Lovesick Girls. In addition, several names such as David Guetta, TEDDY, and Danny Chung held the production roles for this track.
A number of big names were involved in the making of this album, namely R.Tee, Selena Gomez, Victoria Monet, Ariana Grande, Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic, Bekuh BOOM, FUTURE BOUNCE and many others.
As the album that fans have been waiting for, BLACKPINK also invited Selena Gomez and Cardi B to collaborate on several songs. After the success of Ice Cream, this time fans can listen to the collaboration with Cardi B in the song Bet You Wanna.
This anticipation was also felt when YG Entertainment announced the pre-orders for THE ALBUM's physical album, which reached one million orders. An astonishing number for BLACKPINK's first album.
Shortly after its release, BLACKPINK's album along with the song Lovesick Girls was ranked at the top of the South Korean and international music charts. Within 30 minutes, the music video for Lovesick Girls was viewed more than 8 million times.
Fans also celebrated the release of Lovesick Girls by writing tweets along with the hashtags #BLACKPINK and #LovesickGirls.
The digital album THE ALBUM can be listened to starting today, while the physical version will only be released on October 6th. Watch the Lovesick Girls music video below: