BLACKPINK followers had been despatched right into a frenzy on Tuesday morning (July 1) after the Ok-pop woman group unveiled a brand new interactive web site that seems to arrange their upcoming period. In a tweet on Monday (June 30), the group wrote, “Welcome to PINK AREA,” together with a shot of a cartoonish map of Seoul that includes a series of popular tourist spots together with Goyang Sports activities complicated, Banpo Bridge, Namsan Seoul Tower and Sevit Island, all marked as PINK AREA.
Two of the websites had been marked with an all-caps signal that learn DO NOT JUMP, with the “Not” crossed out in pink spray paint over the YG constructing and the Shinsegae division retailer; at press time it was unclear what the message referred to. The positioning — whose identify picks up on the group’s iconic “BLACKPINK in your space” catchphrase — was sluggish to load at press time, attributable to what some Korean information shops reported was a flood of site visitors.
The map adopted up on final week’s first full group picture together in months, in a since-expired Instagram Tales submit that confirmed ROSÉ, LISA, JENNIE and JISOO holding their arms collectively to create the form of a four-leaf clover, accompanied by a clover emoji. BLINKS shared the picture on their socials in an try and decode its that means, with many speculating that it was a touch in regards to the title of an upcoming music or undertaking.
Again in Might, LISA revealed that the group had already been within the studio engaged on new songs. The quartet’s most up-to-date album was 2022’s sophomore LP Born Pink, which was adopted by solo albums and a sequence of singles from all of the members.
Within the meantime, BLACKPINK are gearing as much as launch their Deadline world tour, which is slated to kick off at South Korea’s Goyang Stadium on July 5, resulting in additional hypothesis that the websites on the interactive map are clues about occasions timed to coincide with the tour kick-off.
After this weekend’s hometown present, the quartet will hop to North America for present in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and New York. The group will then play stadiums throughout Europe in August and return for a run of Asian dates in October and November, winding down on Nov. 30 with the second of two reveals at Singapore Nationwide Stadium.
Try the PINK AREA tease under.