Here’s When BLACKPINK Will Be Back With New Music & A World Tour

BLACKPINK announced Tuesday (July 5) that they’ll return with new music in August

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A press release from YG Entertainment announced that the quartet — Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa

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are in the “final stages of recording a new album” and that their new music in August will kick off

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the release promised an international tour by the end of the year that would be the “largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group

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A lot of BLACKPINK-esque music has been prepared over a long period of time,” YG Entertainment says

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On top of new music and large-scale projects, BLACKPINK will also go on the largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group

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The group earned the title of most-subscribed artist on the platform in September 2021,

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