Blackpink 6th Anniversary Recap
8 Aug ‘22 — There has been a lot of anticipations all week long from Blinks leading up to Aug 8 since Blackpink’s comeback announcement last week. Not only the expectation for the second teaser poster to drop, today also marks Blackpink’s 6th Anniversary, which usually means there’s going to be some kind of video that will be published for the anniversary or hopefully a live with the OT4, which hasn’t happened for a while now. Blinks (me included) are hoping they would do a casual live instead of a formal studio live for this year because we all miss seeing them in a more casual setting (OT4 3rd Anniversary VLive was one of the more fun ones to watch). But we’ll see if we’re getting any live at all this year.
Minutes later, Lisa, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé updated on their Instagram accounts almost simultaneously for their 6th anniversary. From Instagram posts, Instagram stories, to Weverse updates, the four members wrote heartfelt messages for their fellow bandmates as well as to Blinks who have been in on the journey together with them these past 6 years. I still can’t believe it’s been 6 years since Blackpink debuted. Has it been that long? It sure doesn’t feel like it.
Rosie’s caption translation:
The members’ Instagram story updates:
Jennie, Jisoo and Lisa’s (Lisa posted hours later) Weverse updates:
Jennie’s polaroid apparently was taken for Blackpink’s first anniversary. (Source: @jenniedebuts)
There were so many things going on at the same time during the first hour of the update, it sent Twitter to quite a bit of a frenzy because it’s rare for us to get this many updates at the same time.
I’m convinced they’re together (maybe except for Rosie who updated last this time around. But it could very well be because she’s still looking for good pictures to share or writing a long essay for her captions 😝) because it’s rare to see Lisa posted at 12 on the dot (except for that one time when she wished Jennie happy birthday when she was in China if I remember correctly). She’s usually late with updates or sometimes doesn’t even post at all. My theory is other members (most likely Jisoo who’s always been consistent with updates or Jennie) probably told her or reminded her to.
Big fan accounts scrambled to keep up with reposting the members’ new posts on Twitter and at some point one of them gave up to do it in real time because things got hectic real fast.
With all the throwback pictures the members posted, they immediately commented on the picture quality which seems to be mostly in low-resolution. Most of them do look like they’re taken out of google image search or Pinterest posts. One of the pictures Jennie posted even has a watermark of the poster on it. 😂 Here are some funny reaction tweets from Blinks that I found:
Update: It’s confirmed that Jennie indeed googled those photos. Jisoo shared the story during her Weverse live with Lisa later that night. Jennie also confirmed it herself during her CH+ live with Rosé even later that night.
Some Blinks also were wondering if the throwback photos the members posted is some sort of hint for Blackpink House Season 2 because lots of the photos seem to be from that era. I personally wouldn’t mind watching Blackpink living in the same roof again. It’s fun to watch them in a more relaxed setting.
There’s also this observation which I realized too earlier. Does this means we can expect new updates from the group when Lisa posts next time? 😆
One and a half hour later, unseen video and photos of pre-debut Blackpink started to circulate on Twitter. @axis_sinxity, a former YG creative director who was responsible for Blackpink’s pre-debut and debut visual concept direction shared some unseen video and photos from the shoot on his Instagram account.
The Set Up:
The Shot:
Blackpink Pre-Debut Photo | Photo Courtesy: YG Entertainment
I always thought that this picture was taken at night time. Guess I was wrong. Here are some other unseen pictures from Blackpink’s pre-debut era:
Blackpink also posted handwritten messages and a special video message for their 6th anniversary on Weverse. The clips of the video were first seen on Twitter playing on one of the screen at YG building. Hours later, the HD version of the video is posted on Blackpink’s Weverse account.
Rosé updated her Instagram account later that morning with pictures from her archives. The post also made Blinks speculate that she’s hiding her new hair.
After a whole day of waiting for the member to go live, Jisoo and Lisa finally went live on Weverse for the first time a couple of minutes before 9pm (KST) at Lisa’s house (Watch the replay here).
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
The bright bubbly duo greeted Blinks through the screen with their usual introduction followed by singing Happy (Birthday) Anniversary song together. Jisoo then quickly told Blinks that they wanted to do an OT4 live together, but since their schedule didn’t match, she and Lisa decided to go live just the two of them to greet Blinks for their 6th anniversary and promised that the four of them will go live together next time.
Jisoo then started talking about Lisa’s new hair. Lisa said she actually has recent pictures of them for their 6th anniversary but couldn’t upload them because she wanted to hide her hair. Jisoo told her to post them in black and white but Lisa doesn’t want to. Jisoo then said these days Blinks are good at figuring out their hair colors from changing the hair colors on the photos they posted and they’ll definitely find out. She then added that they actually had a lot of pictures taken lately but they’re all with various new hair colors and contain spoilers so they can’t actually post any of them.
So in the end, they ended up looking through old pictures from their trainee days. Lisa said they actually opened their old computer and went through the pictures one by one, asking the members if there’s any photo that they all happy about. They didn’t find anything that all of them like, but they ended up liking the photos from the Blackpink house era which they then looked through. But while they’re doing that, Jennie Googled Blackpink pictures and complied a bunch which she thought were the best ones and shared them with the group. Jennie said to use the photos and so they posted the photos that Jennie found. Jisoo said that they didn’t realized that the Coachella picture was an edit and Lisa agreed because they couldn’t remember what pictures were taken back then. Jisoo then said (to Blinks regarding the edited picture) that your editing skills are very nice.
Jisoo said Lisa was trying really hard to hide her new hair color but didn’t even realize that it’ll be revealed when they shoot the anniversary message video. Lisa said when she saw the video the next morning (where her new hair is on display), she was questioning why she was hiding it so hard all these time if it’s going to be revealed in the video. Lisa said she originally wanted to keep her new hair a secret until the day of the comeback and was even planning to wear a blonde wig today to hide her new hair color that she’s been keeping under wrap so well. But when she saw the anniversary video this morning, she realized she doesn’t need to hide it anymore so the wig plan was cancelled.
From some of the late comers, the most frequently asked question was where are Jennie and Rosé. Jisoo said they all wanted to go live together, but Jennie and Rosé couldn’t make it because they have schedules so they’ll go live together later when their schedules end. Lisa and Jisoo told Blinks to make Jennie and Rosé make hearts for their 6th anniversary later when they’re live.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Jisoo talked about their debut days where fans came and supported them. She remembers finding it fascinating that people already knows who they are when they debuted.
For the live, Jisoo purposefully wore black and pink and even matched her hair ties. Lisa wanted to match her black pink color coordinated outfit as well so she went to change in the middle of the live, leaving Jisoo with Blinks. When Lisa came back with her new pink top, Jisoo commented that even during their promotion periods, they never wear obvious black and pink color coordinated clothings like this.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Blinks asked if they’ve eaten and Lisa said they did. They went out and ate something delicious together. Jisoo ordered a course meal and Lisa ordered a regular meal. Then Lisa complained that Jisoo stole some of her meal while enjoying her course meal. Jisoo said it was the best followed by Lisa’s whines.
Jisoo said that since there’s now a video livestream on Weverse, they will come to play a lot during comeback, which Lisa agreed immediately.
When Lisa asked Jisoo the most memorable moment with Blinks, Jisoo answered with their first fan meeting where they gave away ice cream to Blinks on a rainy day. She said they wanted to create a good memory with Blinks but it ended up raining and she ended up feeling sorry to Blinks who came. For that reason, that day is one of the most memorable day for her that now has became a good memory. She then added because today it was raining too, it reminded her of the times when Blackpink has big events and it’s always raining. Lisa quickly added that it was a rainy day too during their 5th anniversary. Jisoo feels sorry to Blinks that rain seems to always follow them during their special days (including this year too, which led to one of the worst flooding in Seoul this year in Gangnam area).
When Jisoo asked Lisa the same question, Lisa answered with their ‘Stay’ stage during their first concert.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Blackpink Lisa and Jisoo Live on Weverse during Blackpink's 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Not long after the live ended, Jisoo updated on her Weibo account as well as her Instagram story.
At 10:35PM (KST) Chaennie went live on Blackpink Vlive CH+ channel at Jennie’s house. Watch the replay here.
Honestly, kinda bummed that they went live on a channel with a paywall the one time they decided to do it. I don’t have a subscription to the Ch+ anymore (I didn’t renew my subscription after paying for it for three years since they only updated once in a blue moon during my subscription period) so I couldn’t watched the broadcast live. Here are some reaction tweets from Blinks who are in the same predicament as me as well as Blinks who were waiting for a Chaennie live all these times:
But fear not, we can still enjoy some of the content from Blinks who are kind enough to post clips or updates from the live stream on Twitter. Although I noticed most of the accounts that updated with the CH+ live stream are mostly Korean accounts. The accounts that usually provided translations for Blackpink contents are quieter. Guess most of them are not a Ch+ subscriber like I am? But here are some highlights that I found on Twitter:
For context, they were reenacting this scene:
After they finished their VLive Ch+ live, they switched to Weverse and did another (free) live on the app, ASMR style, for 5 minutes. Watch the replay here.
Jennie and Rosé Blackpink Live on Weverse during Blackpink’s 6th Anniversary. | Photo Courtesy: Weverse.
Even though we didn’t get an OT4 live this year, at least we got a casual Lisoo and Channie lives which were pretty fun. Lisa and Jisoo were chaotic per usual while Jennie and Rosé were giggling through out their live. Blinks certainly happy that we got a glimpse of them during the 6th anniversary celebration.
After Channie’s live ended, Jisoo posted another update on her Instagram story.
Lisa also updated on her Weibo account shortly after.
The day then concluded with the announcement of Blackpink’s Born Pink World Tour schedule, including the cities and dates, that will kick off in October.
Blackpink Born Pink World Tour Schedule | Photo Courtesy: YG Entertainment.
And that’s pretty much what happened during Blackpink’s 6th anniversary day. There were lots of updates (compared to when they’re inactive), which made the day fun. Can’t wait to see more updates from them leading to their first comeback.
