BLACKPINK - Whistle

BLACKPINK - Whistle

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     I am not a Blink. I believe their fandom is very toxic and not to my personal taste. But I got into BLACKPINK before TWICE. I wouldn't say I stan them but I really enjoyed their music. So I am in conflict. I prefer the fandom and the personalities of the idols in aegyo girl groups like TWICE and Momoland as opposed to girl crush groups like BLACKPINK. I don't hate all girl crush concepts. ITZY is still endearing as they pull off their bad ass girl crush concept. I'll just chalk it up to YG. BIGBANG is another group where I love their sound and their songs but I can't get into their personalities. G-Dragon and T.O.P., for instance, just seem like really ruthless and aggressive alpha male types and it rubs off on other YG artists. 2NE1 is the same.

Anyway, that was a really long preamble to say thank you to BLACKPINK for making me realize what I do and don't like in K-Pop. I love love love their sound and Teddy Park's genre bending production (from Moombahton to EDM to Tropical House is nothing short of amazing. I just think BLACKPINK's personalities are little pompous and snobby even if it's just their show biz side.

So...happy 5th anniversary to BLACKPINK and their debut song "Whistle"! Stay tuned for K-Pop T_T version of "Boombayah" to be uploaded shortly. Please enjoy the subbed video from fansoop and follow us on IG and TikTok and subscribe to the blog and YouTube channel.

From wiki:

"Whistle" (Korean: 휘파람; RR: Hwi-param) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released through YG Entertainment on August 8, 2016 simultaneously with "Boombayah"; both tracks are on the group's debut single album titled Square One (2016). "Whistle" was written and produced by YG Entertainment collaborators Teddy Park, Bekuh Boom, and Future Bounce, with additional lyrics penned by labelmate B.I of iKon. Musically, the song consists of a minimal drum and bass beat over a "booming", "exotic" hip-hop melody and integrates a variety of instrumentations, including heartbeats and whistles—directly alluding to the title of the track.

The music video for "Whistle" was directed by Beomjin J of VM Project Architecture, and was released through Blackpink's official YouTube channel on August 8, 2016. It surpassed nearly ten million views within five days. A choreography practice video for "Whistle" was released on August 18, 2016. As of June 20, 2020, the video has surpassed 500 million views. As of December 30, 2020, the music video has surpassed 600 million views. The music video was awarded Best Music Video of the year at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards.