BLACKPINK at Wembley Stadium review: The world's biggest girl group at the top of their game
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'Yours and Juniors relationship is so beautiful to watch - loving the show, you should be extremely proud xxx.' 'Lovely to see the relationship she has with her brother, they have both grown up to be lovely people.' 'Loving the show - you and @officialjunior_andre bond is amazing. His face watching you smash the catwalk.' 'A lovely couple of young siblings. Mum and dad must be proud.' The siblings are children of Katie and Peter - who met in 2004 while appearing on ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! The former couple tied the knot the following year and went on to split in 2009. Earlier this month, Princess and Junior shrugged off being called ' nepo babies ' as they launched Princess's brand new ITV2 reality series, insisting they're working hard to make it on their own. Speaking at the glitzy ITV launch of her show, Princess admitted that under the true definition of a 'nepo baby' the term applies, but said the focus should be on how she has built her own career over the past two years. The rising star has already inked big-money deals with brands including Morphe and Superdrug, cementing her status as a celebrity in her own right. She added that the new series will give fans an unfiltered look into her life, away from her famous parents. Speaking to The News Movement she said: 'Well obviously if you're using the actual terms of a 'nepo baby' then yeah, but we are focusing on ourselves. 'This is our own career and I feel like within the last two years I've built myself as a solo person, so this is a good time to for the show to come in as it actually shows what goes on in my life, without my parents.' 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Evening Standard
a day ago
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BLACKPINK at Wembley Stadium review: The world's biggest girl group at the top of their game
As the first K-pop group to headline Wembley Stadium, BLACKPINK made sure to have the most fun possible, but they also took every opportunity to soak up the 'surreal' and 'insane' achievement. 'It really is such an honour,' said Jennie, thanking the crowd for supporting the band over the past nine years. There have been rumours circulating online that BLACKPINK will go on a more permanent hiatus after this tour, but at no point during the show did it feel like things were winding down.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Blackpink: K-pop band make "epic Wembley dream" come true
South Korean pop band Blackpink reasserted their position as the world's biggest girl group, with a riotous two-and-a-half hour show at Wembley quartet – comprised of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa – became the first K-pop girl band to headline the venue, following in the footsteps of Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, BTS and rewarded fans with a high-voltage set, full of delirious hooks and crisp choreography, while highlighting their sisterly bond."What an absolute honour to be performing here at Wembley Stadium," said Lisa, dedicating the concert to the 70,000-strong audience. "We're absolutely in awe at all of you guys [for] rocking up and making this possible." "It's an epic dream," added her bandmate Jennie. "And it still feels a little unreal.""The last time we were here [in London] was insane but this was just a whole other level," concluded Rosé. "We're really grateful that you guys stuck around and supported us." The show was the first of two nights at Wembley Stadium, wrapping up the European leg of the band's Deadline tour, which will see them play 31 dates in 16 cities trek began in Seoul last month, shrewdly accompanied by a new single, Jump - which set a new milestone on YouTube for the most-watched video in a single day, with 26 million the end of the run, the band are expected to break their own record for the highest-grossing tour by a female group. They previously snatched that title from the Spice Girls, during their 2022-2023 Born Pink world tour. Killer choreography The London show opened in a blaze of laser light and pyrotechnics, with three muscle-flexing pop anthems in a row: Kill This Love, How You Like That and Pink stadium was immediately awash with pink, as the audience flew to their feet and waved lightsticks that flashed in time with the pounding stage, the dance moves were intricate and precise. Blackpink lined up in formation, peeling off as each member took a vocal line, before recombining like a 16-limbed pop Playing With Fire, the massive video wall at the back of the stage split into four, allowing for close-ups for all of the members, each followed by their own camera, as they danced around the circular catwalk for the first segued perfectly into Shut Down (complete with a sample of Paganini's second violin concerto, La Campanella), with killer choreography mirrored flawlessly by hundreds of hardcore fans. Deadline is billed as a reunion tour, even though it's only two years since Blackpink last played in the interim, the band have negotiated a new contract with South Korean agency YG Entertainment (reportedly the most lucrative record deal of 2023), received honorary MBEs from King Charles, and spent a year pursuing solo teamed up with Bruno Mars for the global smash APT, Lisa starred in The White Lotus, Jennie went viral for her self-referential club hit Like Jennie and Jisoo took the lead role on K-drama a result, the tour alternates between group and solo sections - with British pop star FKA Twigs making a brief cameo eating a scone during a backstage prelude Rosé's set, for some reason. But if fans feared that time apart would weaken the band, the tour is proving them anything, the singers' personalities come through stronger now that they've had the opportunity to spread their is the rabble-rousing rock star, responsible for Blackpink's signature attitude, which she undercuts with a few well-timed winks to the Zealand-born Rosé is the cheerleader, handling most of the on-stage chat, while harbouring secret ambitions to be Taylor Swift, judging by the semi-acoustic ballads she belts out during her solo could be your cool older sister, all dark sunglasses and leather jackets, as she swats away her choreography like a pesky house meanwhile, is the most reserved member, saying precious few words but taking the lion's share of the high notes and tricky vocal all the best girl groups, every fan can pick a favourite - or bias, in K-pop parlance - who aligns with their own while each solo set has a stand-out moment (Like Jennie is so dynamic it could power a small city; and Rosé's APT is built for a stadium-sized singalong), it's when they come together as the "One True 4" that Blackpink really shine."All gas, no brakes," as they put it in their comeback single. Early hits like Whistle and DDU-DU-DDU-DU are treated with the same energy and focus as recent favourites such as Lovesick Girls. Pretty Savage has some of the night's best staging, with the four singers floating in and out of picture frames, before ending the song at a golden ballet barre; while an effervescent Forever Young feels like a hymn to their band's chemistry is particularly evident during Don't Know What To Do, as Lisa and Rosé deliberately bump into each other on the catwalk and collapse in a fit of the song ends, the band spend several minutes chaotically ad libbing to the crowd as Rosé struggles to tie an errant during a reprise of Jump (surely a contender for song of the summer?) the band ditch their prescribed dance moves and toss their heads back and forth like they're in a Wayne's World when Rosé asks Jisoo for her verdict on the night, Blackpink's most reticent member simply holds aloft her thumbs."Two thumbs up? That's huge!" her bandmates laugh – then squeeze together for a hug, with all eight of their thumbs raised that moment, Blackpink promise this is more than just a comeback. It's the start of a new chapter. Setlist Kill This LovePink VenomHow You Like ThatPlaying With FireShut DownEarthquake (Jisoo)Your Love (Jisoo)Thunder (Lisa)Lifestyle (Lisa)Rockstar (Lisa)Pretty SavageDon't Know What To DoWhistleStayLovesick GirlsHandlebars (Jennie)With the IE (Jennie)Like Jennie (Jennie)Dance All Night (Rosé)Toxic Till the End (Rosé)APT (Rosé)JumpBoombayahDDU-DU DDU-DUAs If It's Your LastForever YoungEncore:JUMP (reprise)Yeah Yeah YeahKick It
