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THROWBACK: When BLACKPINK looked back at their career highlights; Reveled BLINKS will always have their heart
We are looking back at August 2018 when BLACKPINK opened up about the highlights from their career, trainee days and future aspirations. Scroll down to see what they said.
Back in August 2018, not long after BLACKPINK’s debut in 2016, the girl gang spoke to Naver and opened up about their career. For the unversed, BLACKPINK first debuted on August 8, 2016, quickly becoming one of K-pop’s trendiest girl groups with hits like “BOOMBAYAH,” “Playing With Fire,” and “As If It’s Your Last.” In 2018 they broke their hiatus with “DDU-DU DDU-DU” and have broken several records, including for Korean girl groups on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Before BLACKPINK debuted, there was much speculation about the number of members to be included. The interviewer asked them if it had caused them unease to see some of their fellow trainees ultimately leave the company, YG Entertainment, before they could debut. “We practiced harder,” they said instead. “We came here for a reason, and thought it would be such a shame if we weren’t able to realize our dream. So we resolved not to give up and went on.”
BLACKPINK then talked about their trainee period. “Even when we were tired and complaining about it, the conversation always turned back to food,” they said. “We shared our favorite restaurants and felt better.” They then talked about their “no alcohol, no smoking, and no driving” ban. “That was during our trainee days,” they explained. “When we were trainees, we were all minors. Of course, we still voluntarily keep that rule. When we were told about the ban as trainees, we were so young that it seemed like things to do when one was a lot older. We laughed when we first heard about it.”
Picking some highlights of their 2-year career, they shared, “The creation of our fanclub (BLINK) and our light stick. It made us happy to think that a connection had been forged between us and our fans. There are no regrets. If there are, we try to forget about them when we think of them.”
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