The Album (Blackpink album)


BLACKPINK: The Album is the upcoming debut Korean studio album by South Korean girl group Blackpink, scheduled to be released on October 2, 2020, through YG Entertainment. It will be preceded by a lead single as well as two pre-release singles: "How You Like That", which was released on June 26, 2020, and another, which will be released in August 2020. It will be Blackpink's first Korean material since Kill This Love.

Background

On May 4, 2020, it was reported that the girl group had finished recording for their new album, and were working on a schedule to shoot a music video later that month. On May 18, the group's Korean label YG Entertainment shared an update on the project, originally teased for June, revealing more than 10 songs for their first full-length album.
On June 10, YG posted the teaser poster to the pre-release single on all social media platforms, revealing the date for the single to be June 26. On June 13, YG Entertainment released a prologue of Blackpink's newest reality show, 24/365 with Blackpink ahead of launch through YouTube. The show will document their comeback alongside sharing their lives through vlogs. On June 15, YG Entertainment posted individual posters for Blackpink's members. The next day another teaser posters were revealed with the name of the pre-release single "How You Like That". Other teaser photos were released on June 17. Concept videos which feature the members Rosé, Jennie, Lisa and Jisoo were released on June 18 and 19. Another concept photos were revealed on June 20. The teaser concept video was released a day later. The official group teaser poster was revealed on June 22. The music video teaser was released on June 24.
On July 23, YG Entertainment released a teaser poster for a new collaboration single between the group and an unnamed artist, set to be released in August. On July 28, the band announced their debut Korean studio album, BLACKPINK: The Album, would be released on October 2, 2020.

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