BLACKPINK — Music Videos

About

BLACKPINK are a South Korean pop group consisting of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa. Their recordings combine strongly differentiated vocal and rap parts with arrangements built for clear contrasts: a restrained verse can give way to a forceful chorus, while changes in rhythm and texture make each member’s entrance easy to recognize. The group’s musical identity brings together pop melody, hip-hop delivery and electronically shaped dance production, supported by a precise sense of performance.

Sound and recordings

DDU-DU DDU-DU was released in June 2018 as part of Square Up and became one of the group’s defining songs. Its spacious beat and emphatic refrain make the relationship between rhythm and vocal character particularly clear. How You Like That followed in June 2020, using another sharply staged progression from a controlled opening toward a much larger release. Both recordings show how the group turn changes in density and energy into part of a song’s structure.

Listening guide

Although their best-known singles often emphasize impact, the catalogue also includes more melodic and reflective material. The contrast between the four voices is central across those settings: the arrangements can move between sung lines, rap passages and shared refrains without losing their overall direction. These two singles provide accessible starting points for hearing the combination of individual presence, tightly organized production and collective performance that distinguishes BLACKPINK’s work.