Beginning of BLΛƆKPIИK
As you read earlier, BLΛƆKPIИK is composed of four members, namely Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa, the fourth member of the BLΛƆKPIИK is derived from global auditions in various countries. Jisoo is a member of YG Blackpink who auditioned in Korea in 2011. Jennie is a South Korean man who was born in Korea but he moved to Auckland, New Zealand and after being accepted at YG him back to South Korea, at that time he was about 14 years old , Rosé is a Korean who was born and raised in Australia, he auditioned for YG in Australia in 2012, and unexpectedly he became the first winner in the YG audition in Australia, Rosé became a member of YG trainee when he was only about 15 years. And the youngest member is Lalisa Manoban, Lisa is a person who auditioned YG Thailand in Thailand in 2010, this audition Lisa became the first champion and joined YG in 2011, he became the first member of the Non-Korean YG.
On June 1, 2016, YG began to show a teaser photo of this new group, every week members began to appear one by one, starting from Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo until Rosé. On June 29, 2016, YG confirmed that his new group consists of four members, namely Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa and will debut in late July 2016. In late July 2016, YG delay the debut of this group, YG said that they will debut in dated August 8, 2016, and the long-awaited finally came, Black Pink debut on August 8, 2016 with the album titled SQUARE ONE, with the lead single titled "Boombayah", a song Boombayah is directed by Seo Hyun Seung who is also a director from a song titled Fantastic Baby Big Bang and 2ne1 song titled I Am the Best, their second single, called "Whistle" Whistle song was written by Teddy and Bekum Boom. BLΛƆKPIИK perform their debut stage on Inkigayo stage which took place on August 14, 2016.