YG's New Girl Group is named...

[sayuridoll.livejournal.com]

BLACKPINK

YG confirms BLACKPINK as grp name for new girl grp + initially 9 members but decided with 4 https://t.co/Iu8qfa0JhW pic.twitter.com/jET6m09Bt2

— The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) June 29, 2016

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[xlovexlessxtyx.livejournal.com]

New-NE1 IS HERE Y'ALL!

[opd-devil.livejournal.com]

lol this is exactly what I thought when I saw this.

[maknaeroli.livejournal.com]

Lisa is so pretty im here for this

[oxfordowls1.livejournal.com]

Why did it take them 5 years to chose such an ugly name tho???

I'm happy that there's only four of them because there are already too many girl groups that have 5+ members. But I'm also surprised that he only chose to debut four cos what about all the other girls that are left in the company aka jinny and really the only new face was rosé

That being said, I'm looking forward to their debut and what the song will actually sound like

[donutism.livejournal.com]

im so desperate for a new gg to stan since kara, AS, 2ne1 pretty much all died this year i will be all over this

[haxoru.livejournal.com]

tragic

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

I've heard worse, tbh. I wonder about those other girls who aren't debuting though.

[alleybetwixt.livejournal.com]

Well that's a mouthful. 'Black' seems like a popular word in Kpop. Does it sound especially 'cool' to Korean-speakers or something?

AOA Black, Rainbow Blaxx, A.KOR Black, MBLAQ, etc...

[aurellee.livejournal.com]

I think they associate the word to dark theme, but instead of using the word 'dark' they use the word 'black'. DARKPINK would sounds more suitable, cause it's a legit word and they can use dark pink as their color without others unnecessary problem.

[lovealwaysliana.livejournal.com]

I don't like the name blah

[jyushimatsu.livejournal.com]

...ew @ that name
i like lisa and jisoo tho.

[mangomuffins.livejournal.com]

i guess it's their attempt at blending edgy/black with cute/pink but yeah the name is not poppin

[queenhinata.livejournal.com]

the name is ...nothing special but w/e im lowkey looking forward to their debut

[chastainy.livejournal.com]

maybe he'll do an ikon/winner kinda thing and debut another girl group soon cause if not i feel bad for the other rookies

[honey-baymax.livejournal.com]

And then he'll pit them against each other, if that happens.

[flowereon.livejournal.com]

i'll check them out but gosh that name

[bubblyshades.livejournal.com]

nope @ at that name. rooting for the girls anyway but I want to know the reason behind blackpink as a name.

[lovealwaysliana.livejournal.com]

Apparently pink is known as the most beautiful color but being beautiful isn't everything so... I guess the black represents that part!

[chatshire.livejournal.com]

in nobody asked for this news

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

f u i waited 5 years for this debut

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

Lmao that name is... not great but I still have high hopes for this group. There's a hole in my heart where 2NE1 used to be that needs to be filled.

[ggumd.livejournal.com]

I'm excited tbh they look really charming but nhf that tragic name

[honey-baymax.livejournal.com]

Blackpink....I mean there have been worse group names, but did they even try lol.

I'm actually looking forward to their debut.

[reasontowander.livejournal.com]

Jesus, they really are attempting a 2ne1 redo

[filmgoesround.livejournal.com]

what about the other 5.... i can't believe those girls spent all these years thinking they'd get to debut only to be shafted in the end idol business is really so ruthless damn

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

who were the other 5, besides jinny and miyeon?

[jaequeeragenda.livejournal.com]

i saw it earlier on tumblr so i had time to get over the bland ass name

I LOVE if they do a punky concept cause it makes me think of the craft lmao

i just hope its not another ayego-esque concept tho im pretty tired of it :/ and since most of my hardcore girl groups all blew apart, im pretty desperate for a girl group to stan over that doesnt cater to creepy dudes into the ..purity virgin thing..

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

lol at them not keeping pinkpunk but changing it to blackpink.

also wtf with companies and terrible girl group names lately?

and i feel like they chose only four to not get compared with twice (i bet that yg is really pissed for jyp debuting a 9 members girl group before him, he wanted the 'next' snsd).

[abcd123.livejournal.com]

Especially since he's been hinting at the next snsd thing for like... Years?

(Though with only four they're just going to get 2ne1 comparisons so my theory is that most of the other 5 left)

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

the girls are so cute idec abt the name, god knows we've had worse

[cedric-mcfly.livejournal.com]

I kinda like that it's a smaller group, but 4 members is a little too close to 2ne1 2.0.
Plus i was hoping that more girls would escape the dungeons with this group, lmao!

The name will surely grow on me. I mean, i feel like i say this for most new group names but whatevs.

Do we know anything music-wise?
Like is there a schedule for anything i know this is YG we're talking about here, teaser, a single , anything?

[sjtaazrz.livejournal.com]

Sound-wise, they've only said Teddy's making music for them *shrugs*

[iigoru.livejournal.com]

I do NOT like formations with 4 members. Where's my 5th member? You promised me, YG/The seoul story! Fuck you!!!!!!!

I'm sure I'll like them anyway tho

Also, if he just wanted to put "black" and "pink" together, "Blink" would be a better name imo

[lettace.livejournal.com]

blink sounds so much better omg