[Seoul = Newsis] Reporter Lee Jae-hoon = The group "BLACKPINK" will release their 2nd full-length album for the first time in 1 year and 11 months.

According to their agency YG Entertainment on the 1st, BLACKPINK will release their 2nd full-length album next month. This is their first full-length album since their 1st album, "THE ALBUM," released in October 2020.

Prior to the release of the album, they will release a pre-release track, their first new song as a full group in 1 year and 10 months, within this month. Afterward, they will embark on a world tour starting in October. They have also teased two music videos that have had the highest production costs in YG history invested in them.

YG has titled this series of projects "BORN PINK." YG explained, "It contains the unique identity of BLACKPINK, which boasts an aura that is by no means ordinary."

Debuting in 2016, BLACKPINK is known as the representative girl group of K-pop in both name and reality. With "THE ALBUM," they reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard album chart, the "Billboard 200," the highest ranking for a K-pop girl group.

As of the same day, the number of subscribers to their official YouTube channel is over 75.9 million, the highest in the field among all male and female artists worldwide.

YG stated, "In addition to the announced schedule, many special steps worthy of BLACKPINK's status have been prepared. The members have a strong will to reciprocate the love sent by global fans."

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.