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Blackpink: Light up the sky is now streaming on Netflix, ready for fans of the band (“Blinks”) to get a fresh look at the lives of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa. Two years in the making, the documentary tells the story of the band from infancy through the hard work of K-pop boot camp, to their 2019 Coachella performance.
Although some critics have pointed out that the doco is primarily presented as an introduction to the band rather than a new experience for fans, Blinks will get a better view of the band from watching the film, especially on their five-plus years of training for being pop stars and the emotional strain that life in a world famous band can have.
In one section of the film, the members of Blackpink are sitting in a movie theater, looking younger on screen. Among the images that appear in Light up the sky is each member’s audition tape for the band that, while dedicated fans may have already tracked down, for many it will be the first time they see the raw talent that led mega-label YG Entertainment to form the band.
What many fans may not have realized is how much work went into turning them into so-called overnight sensations as the band conquered the Billboard charts. Prior to that, the band members spent an average of five years working in the infamous K-pop boot camps, described by Light up the sky director Caroline Suh in a Entertainment tonight interview as “Hogwarts for K-pop stars”.
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in a Teen vogue In the interview, Rosé described her days as a trainee: “We were in practice for more than 14 hours a day, it was almost like school.” In the doco, the band members reflect on their struggles at the time, such as how Rosé struggled to write her own music, and how Jennie didn’t feel like a natural performer.
As the documentary reveals, these doubts have not disappeared now that the band is world famous. Some critics have praised the documentary for the level of emotional insight it offers the band. Jennie, for example, talks of feeling empty after performing, and laments always feeling “halfway” as the band launches into the next performance or the next single.
Light up the sky It also reveals that even though Blackpink is at the height of its powers, with an album at number two on the Billboard album charts and the band working with Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez, they are already prepared for their inevitable end.
Filmed after making her Coachella debut, Lisa tells the director, “It doesn’t matter if we grow old and are replaced by a new younger generation … because they will still remember how we shine so bright.”
Blackpink: Light up the sky is now streaming on Netflix.
