Almost three years after its K-pop debut in August 2016, wildly popular girl group Blackpink is making back-to-back U.S. TV debuts: first on late-night TV via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday night, followed by daytime TV on Good Morning America Tuesday.
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The TV appearances coincide with the social media announcement of the dates for the North American leg of their “2019 In Your Area” world tour, posted on the girl band’s official Instagram and that of their label, YG Entertainment—the Korean entertainment company that’s also behind other big K-pop names like 2NE1 and Big Bang (with whom they did a collaboration back in 2016).
#BLACKPINK WORLD TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA!
Blackpink is coming to your AREATOUR INFO @ https://t.co/3OTd31Fsf6#블랙핑크 #BLACKPINKinNORTHAMERICA #BLACKPINK2019WORLDTOURwithKIA #INYOURAREA #POWERHOUSELIVE #POWERHOUSE #KIA #GOLDENVOICE #YG pic.twitter.com/SZl3uz4Bc4
— YG FAMILY (@ygent_official) February 12, 2019
The tour kicks off in Los Angeles on April 17, “in between the two weekends of Coachella, where they’ll also be performing,” Billboard reports. “They will become the first K-pop idol group to appear during both weekends of Coachella 2019,” the website notes in a separate report.
According to Billboard, the band will be performing in arenas and plans to release a new EP next month. The quartet’s first U.S. performance was at Universal Music’s annual Grammy Artist Showcase last week.
Blackpink’s members are Jisoo, Rosé, Lisa, and Jennie (who also made her solo debut last November and is the first Korean female soloist to hit iTunes top 10 in the U.S.). Their songs include “Whistle,” “Boombayah,” and “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du.” (The video for the latter, released in June 2018, became the most watched music video by a Korean group on YouTube, now with over 660 million views as of this writing.) Besides their singles, you might also be familiar with their collab with Dua Lipa, “Kiss and Make Up.”
Tickets to all U.S. tour dates are rumored to go live on Feb. 20, and fans, who call themselves Blinks, are getting ready to shell out to see their K-pop idols.
“Shut up and take my money” is pretty much what every Blink is saying now:
More on: https://t.co/gI9e0aa1lF pic.twitter.com/E8cju9Qw4u
— BLACKPINK 💙 COMEBACK 블랙핑크 (@YG_BLACKPINK) February 12, 2019
Can we buy them now???
— ☀️ (@rosekook__) February 12, 2019
A GIRL IS SELLING HER LIVER FOR THESE TICKETS
— elora! (@saddisttic) February 12, 2019
Blinks in the U.S. are very emotional about this announcement:
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
— Gabby 💫 | 풍경 | IT’S MA BIRTHDAY YEEHAW (@jinismygrin) February 12, 2019
OMG ATLANTA!!!! I’m literally crying 😭😭😭😭😭
— J.M. (@jm0168374) February 12, 2019
Some stans have already scoped out the venues and their respective capacities:
This is the arena BLACKPINK is performing at in Los Angeles, The Forum is one of the biggest ones in there with a capacity of 17k people pic.twitter.com/skYMSKO7gt
—  (@jennievantes) February 12, 2019
The capacities of the arenas for BLACKPINK’s north american tour:
The Forum (Los Angeles) – 17,500
Allstate Arena (Chicago) – 18,500
Firstontario Centre (Hamilton) – 17,300
Prudential Center (Newark) – 18,500 pic.twitter.com/Kuu3RJmfwZ—  (@jennievantes) February 12, 2019
So far, only five dates have been announced in the U.S. (L.A., Chicago, Newark, Atlanta, and Fort Worth) and one in Canada (Ontario). Blinks have yet to see whether the quartet will hear the clamor for more dates and venues. There seems to be a lot of fans begging for a South America tour leg, too:
SOUTH AMERICA
BRAZIL PLEASEE!!!!— minhoco WANT; desistindo de viver kk (@yeonjunkywoo_) February 12, 2019
BLACKPINK IN LATIN AMERICA? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT
— cami (@tesfayemanoban) February 12, 2019
LATIN AMERICAAAA PLEASEEEE ❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
— anenha – bp em nyc ❤️ (@bpchaelvly) February 12, 2019
south america please 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/NSnzOsHAVF
— eve (@swftjennie) February 12, 2019
YG Entertainment should consider the calls for more tour stops. Especially after Blackpink’s late-night television performance of their hit single “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” naturally earned them more new fans, including @TheLateShow Twitter, which “is now a Blackpink stan account.”
This is now a BLACKPINK stan account. https://t.co/At6tm8OX8K
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) February 12, 2019
i’m not a kpop fan and i just heard about blackpink today. WHO IS THIS? she is gorgeous 😍 her voice is also incredible! where can i see more of her? #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/4eC8xc36pv
— َ (@nceety) February 12, 2019
The Blinks blew up Twitter, expressing how “proud” they are to watch their favorite Korean female group on American television. “It’s their first time performing in U.S. and they did so great,” gushed @chichuchikin.
it’s their first time performing in US and they did so great 😭💖 #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/OrdzWifyBx
— ‘치치’ (@chichuchikin) February 12, 2019
I’m so so proud of them, they fucking killed it and now we should get ready for GMA in a few hours, cannot wait 💘 #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/j6Y4GNTo7i
—  (@jennievantes) February 12, 2019
So PROUD being a BLINK ❤️❤️❤️#BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/7aAwhVpwtk
— -💜JenLis23🖤- (@JenLis23) February 12, 2019
This is the group I stan and I couldn’t be more proud 💕#BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/hruzUjJqWE
— 젠득의 젠덕 toni🐻 (@black2dpink824) February 12, 2019
they did great omg so proud of them 😭#BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/G1jp4RqvpH
— 슈 (@intoblackpivk) February 12, 2019
Fans praised their dancing skills and vocals:
JENNIE’S BAD BITCH ENERGY SAYING FUCK LIPSYNC #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/DnTceGrgdt
—  (@jennievantes) February 12, 2019
THEY SOUND SO GOOD THEY’RE DOING SO WELL #BLACKPINKonLSSC
— 젠득의 젠덕 toni🐻 (@black2dpink824) February 12, 2019
no other lead vocal is doing it like miss kim jisoo #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/uaivEOmSgp
— alyanna (@ultchaelis) February 12, 2019
That fcking hip movement MAMA IM DIZZY
😵😵😳🤧 #BLACKPINKonLSSC
pic.twitter.com/l1gn6f9klf— Chippmunkksé 💣💗 (@lovechaees) February 12, 2019
i fucking held my breath every time she raps her part in dddd, i’m so proud of you lisa. 😩#LALISA #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/gWRvE8mYtO
— ` (@rubyjanemanoban) February 12, 2019
The Blinks are an organized fandom that can make hashtags trend in the U.S. and worldwide—like last night’s #BlackPinkonLSSC. They’re poised to make #BlackPinkonGMA trend any minute now.
This is today’s official hashtag for their USA television debut on Stephen Colbert, also don’t forget to mention the group’s @ to help them increase and climb on the Billboard Social 50 #BLACKPINKonLSSC @ygofficialblink pic.twitter.com/DW6O6qyNiE
—  (@jennievantes) February 12, 2019
This is the hashtag for Blackpink’s USA television debut on Stephen Colbert. Make sure you tag @ygofficialblink to help them increase on the Billboard Social 50. #BLACKPINKonLSSC pic.twitter.com/U1DeUrSgei
— 𝐸𝑋𝑂𝑃𝐼𝑁𝐾 (@exobp_updates) February 12, 2019
Trending #1 worldwide!!! BLINKnation scream!!! 🖤💖#BLACKPINKonLSSC @ygofficialblink pic.twitter.com/pOk2mEgRXE
— lilogurl (@lilogurl88) February 12, 2019
It ain’t over yet BLINKS!! BLACKPINK will be on GMA in a few hours!! We will be trending #.BLACKPINKonGMA for their first US daytime talk show appearance!!#BLACKPINKonLSSC @ygofficialblink
— BLACKPINK FANBASE (@OnlineBLACKPINK) February 12, 2019
Let’s get those fans working on booking more tour dates.
H/T Billboard
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