BLACKPINK’s Jennie tells crew ‘I warned you’ as she cries for help, says Jisoo should’ve done HotOnes instead: Watch

Jennie on how Shakespeare’s play inspired Ruby 

The K-pop artist, who last year went solo with her agency ODDATELIER after terminating her individual contract with YG Entertainment, released her latest album RUBY. The album is said to have been inspired by the iconic English playwright Shakespeare. The singer reacted to the fact that the play was broken down into seven parts for her to understand, and that’s when things kicked in; it was her time to show the seven years in BLACKPINK through her style. “I’ve had my ups and downs. I’ve had my rollercoaster emotions of when I loved music, and when I hated music. And every moment in between was the important thing that got me here. So, I started just breaking myself down, and I guess it just inspired me to look at myself in a different way and really dive into what got me here and who I am,” she said.

When asked if there were any songs that she fought for, she admitted she did — and not just the songs, but even the core message of the album. “We didn’t have to forcefully make the music easy for people to like this album. Let me try and do what I like and what I convince myself to do to get to people,” she said. Jennie mentioned songs like Zen and Starlight to describe how the idea of the songs and even the theme wouldn’t instantly kick in, but once it does, it stays with people. “I knew that it would touch the people that I want to touch.”

#Jennie’s reaction to every wing on ‘Hot Ones’.

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Jennie reveals what happens when fans scream lyrics of her song

BLACKPINK’s rise to prominence in a normally boy group-dominated K-pop landscape is a trailblazing revolution in the industry that opened gates for other girl K-pop groups to expand their aura overseas. The group holds countless records, one of them being headlining Coachella, both as a group and individually. This year, both Jennie and Lisa performed solo. Sean asked how much it means to her when fans sing the lyrics of her lesser-known songs, to which the singer replied that it’s not even the lesser-known songs,  it’s the ones that never made it to the album, the B-side tracks,  that fans know by heart and even scream out loud in the crowd. “They’re just screaming the lyrics from the top to the end, and that’s when you really feel like — oh, they really do listen to your album. They really do listen to your music.”

Other than the questioning round where she completely blanked out after the No. 8 sauce, Da Bomb, kicked in, she said, “This is no joke,” as she finally gulped down the milk, grabbed some ice cream, and yet kept coughing,  joking with her crew playfully, “See, I warned you!” She fanned herself with a napkin, said she couldn’t hear anything anymore, and looked fully shaken.

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When the host asked if she could convince Jisoo to join, she said, “100%, because she’s the one who taught me spicy and she’s the other you. Like, she made me eat spicy food with her ever since we were trainees. So, I think [Jisoo] should come on this show. You’re gonna love it.” Signing off, the singer added, “Whatever ROSÉ and LISA did — this is the real reaction. Because I watched their episode and they were so chill about it, so I was like, if they’re doing it, maybe I can do it too. But I can’t!”