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Last Friday (October 2), K-pop group Blackpink released their highly anticipated Korean debut LP, The album. Its eight tracks boasted a deft mix of genres – EDM, hip-hop, pop rock – with high-profile collaborations with American superstars Cardi B (“Bet You Wanna”) and Selena Gomez (“Ice Cream”). The project marked a major milestone in the careers of the four girls, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa, and catapulted them into the mainstream.
But the road to success wasn’t always easy, and that hard-earned journey is captured in a new documentary, coming to Netflix later this month. On Monday (October 5), the streaming giant dropped the trailer for the Caroline Suh-directed movie by surprise. Blackpink: Light up the sky, which follows the quartet from their time as trainees in Seoul (they debuted in 2016) to the time they became the first South Korean girl group to perform at Coachella in 2019.
“Who would have imagined thousands of people singing in Korean?” Jennie asked in the trailer, remembering Blackpink’s Coachella debut. “We became something that we didn’t even know was possible,” Rosé said. The documentary will tell Blackpink’s story through never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage, as well as personal interviews with the girls and producers who helped shape their powerful sound. It will be in your area on October 14.