KILL THIS LOVE Tracklist
KILL THIS LOVE is the second Korean EP by BLACKPINK. It was released on April, 5, 2019, with the title track “Kill This Love” being released at midnight globally (12AM(KST)) first, and then, other tracks. The song “Don’t Know What To Do” is the EP’s sub-title track, and was used to promote the album along with the title track.
After almost a year of BLACKPINK’s last comeback with the mini-album SQUARE UP, YG Entertainment released the first teaser of BLACKPINK’s new comeback, on March 25, 2019, posting on their official pages. The teaser features each member, Lisa, Jennie, Jisoo and Rosé.
On March, 27, 2019, YG Entertainment shared the official song description to the title track “Kill This Love”:
The song revolves around lead/reed brass and drums which comes together with BLACKPINK’s overflowing charismatic rapping and vocals and is stronger than “뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)”.
KILL THIS LOVE comes with two versions, the black and the pink version.
“KILL THIS LOVE” Q&A
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Translations
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How has the EP done commercially?
The EP hit #1 on 31 iTunes charts across the globe.
The EP has received 2x Platinum Certification on QQ Music China chart. BLACKPINK is now the first K-pop girl group to achieve this certification and are the fastest to do so in 2019.
The album debuted at #24 on Billboard 200 chart becoming the highest charting album by a Korean girl group.
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What have the artists said about the album?
On April 1st, 2019, BLACKPINK was interviewed by Elaine Ramirez, from Forbes, and they talked about their album, Kill This Love:
Rosé, the main vocal of the group, said:
This album will be able to demonstrate our musical spectrum, which has become richer, it seems that passion for music deepens with time.
The group, as a whole, concluded:
Whenever an album comes out, it suggests various ideas about music, genre, style and concept. We want to show something more perfect. We are in the fourth year since our debut, and we think our group is still evolving.
Lisa, the lead rapper of BLACKPINK, also talked about how they are conquering global audiences:
As a group with a multicultural background, we have the advantage of being able to speak language freely. I think it is a great advantage when communicating with fans abroad as well as in Korea. Our music seems to be enjoyed by everyone regardless of race, age and gender.
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Teasers
