Who is BLACK PINK?

Blackpink (Hangul: 블랙핑크), stylized as BLACKPINK or BLΛƆK PIИK, is a South Korean girl group formed in 2016 by YG Entertainment. The group consists of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa. They are a multinational group, with members hailing from South Korea, the Netherlands, Australia and Thailand, although their Dutch member Jennie was born in South Korea and lived in New Zealand before coming back to Korea to join YG.

On June 1, 2016 YG Entertainment began to post a teaser image of group debut. Each week a member, starting from the believed to be leader of the group, Jennie, who previously collaborated with artists of the same agency revealed. On June 8, it was revealed to be Lisa, the mysterious girl who surprised many with a YouTube video uploaded on the channel of the agency itself.  On June 15, they revealed the third member Jisoo, the oldest of the group, who modeled for various brands and appeared in several music videos and made a cameo appearance in The Producers in their pre-debut stage. On June 22, Rosé was revealed to be the last member, who collaborated with G-Dragon in 2012 showing her powerful voice with the song "Without You".

Finally, on June 29, YG Entertainment revealed images with the four group members previously revealed, confirming that the group consists of four girls: Jisoo, Jennie, Rose and Lisa.

The agency confirmed that the debut would take place in late July, however, the debut was postponed to August 8.

2016: Debut with their first single album Square One

On July 29, 2016, YG Entertainment revealed an image confirming the debut on August 8 at 8pm. Later it was reported that their stage debut would be on August 14 on Inkigayo

On August 4, a teaser image of Jennie and two new group members with simple clothes walking down the street was revealed. On August 5, a teaser image of Lisa and two new group images were revealed. That same day. YG Entertainment released a promotional image that revealed the debut song title, "BOOMBAYAH". "BOOMBAYAH" was produced by Teddy, and written by Teddy and Bekuh Boom. This single was released on August 8 at 8pm (KST).