BLACKPINK is the debut Japanese mini-album by BLACKPINK. It was released on August 30, 2017. The Japanese versions of "Boombayah" and "Whistle" serve as the album's double lead singles.
A repackage titled Re: BLACKPINK was released on March 28th, 2018.
Background[]
On May 2017, it was reported that the group would be holding a debut showcase at Nippon Budokan on July 20 and would release their debut album on August 9. It was also announced that YG Entertainment would sign with YGEX and would be debuting in Japan later that year.
On July 13, it was officially announced that the debut album of the group would be an extended play called BLACKPINK and would be released on August 30. The PV of "Boombayah" was also released. On the same day, the details from the album were revealed, including the track list. It would have two versions: CD+DVD, containing the Japanese and Korean-language versions of the group's singles plus five music videos; and only CD, containing just the Japanese-language songs. A day after, the short version PV of "Whistle" was released.
Track list[]
- "Boombayah" (Japanese ver.) - 4:00
- "Whistle" (Japanese ver.) - 3:31
- "Playing With Fire" (Japanese ver.) - 3:17
- "Stay" (Japanese ver.) - 3:50
- "As If It's Your Last" (Japanese ver.) - 3:33
- "Whistle (Acoustic ver.)" (Japanese ver.) - 3:32
- "Boombayah (붐바야)" - 4:00 (CD+DVD edition only)
- "Whistle (휘파람)" - 3:31 (CD+DVD edition only)
- "Playing With Fire (불장난)" - 3:17 (CD+DVD edition only)
- "Stay" - 3:50 (CD+DVD edition only)
- "As If It's Your Last (마지막처럼)" - 3:33 (CD+DVD edition only)
- "Whistle (휘파람) (Acoustic ver.)" - 3:32 (CD+DVD edition only)
DVD (CD+DVD edition only)[]
- "Boombayah" music video
- "Whistle" music video
- "Playing With Fire" music video
- "Stay" music video
- "As If It's Your Last" music video
- Making movie
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 1 |
Monthly charts[]
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 4 |
Audio[]
Spotify[]
Trivia[]
- In this album, all of the raps from their songs are in English.
- The physical album was released in five versions: a CD edition, a CD+DVD edition, a Playbutton (button badge) version, and two limited editions A & B.
Video links[]
- Album trailer
- "Boombayah (Japanese ver.)" music video
- "Whistle (Japanese ver.)" music video
- "Playing With Fire (Japanese ver.)" music video
- "Stay (Japanese ver.)" music video
- "As If It's Your Last (Japanese ver.)" music video