BLACKPINK Turned 10 — and All Four Members Are Taking Over 2026 Solo
A decade in, a record-smashing group comeback, and a solo release from nearly every member back to back. Here's the story of BLACKPINK's huge year, the Korean hiding in "Lovesick Girls," and a free class to sing it with us.
Ten years. That's how long BLACKPINK (블랙핑크) has been at the very top of K-pop — and 2026 might be their biggest year yet. 🖤💗
The group hit its 10th anniversary on August 8, 2026, and they're marking it in the most BLACKPINK way possible: a global reunion, a chart-crushing album, and a wave of solo releases all landing at once. Let's catch up on where they are — then rewind to one of their most beloved songs. 🌹
🖤 A Reunion, Then a Solo Takeover
After a couple of years of solo eras, all four members — Jisoo (지수), Jennie (제니), Rosé (로제), and Lisa (리사) — reunited for the DEADLINE World Tour (2025–2026) and dropped their third mini album, DEADLINE, in February 2026. Its title track "GO," co-written by the members with Coldplay's Chris Martin, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. 🎉
Then, right after the anniversary, they flipped back to solo mode — and the release calendar got packed:
- Jennie kicked things off with her digital EP Fallen Angel (Aug 28), fresh off headlining massive global festivals from Lollapalooza to Summer Sonic.
- Lisa follows with the single SaWaDiKa (Sept 3) — named after the Thai greeting for "hello," a nod to her home country — with her album Press Play on Oct 23.
- Jisoo returns with her single CLICK (Sept 4), her first solo release since 2025's Amortage (and after her Billboard Hot 100 debut with Zayn on "Eyes Closed").
Four members, four solo lanes, all firing at once — that's the kind of range that's kept BLACKPINK on top for a decade.
🏛️ A Very Korean Flex: BLACKPINK x the National Museum
Here's a detail that shows just how big BLACKPINK has become. For their 10th anniversary, they partnered with the National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관) — the first large-scale collaboration between a K-pop act and Korea's national museum. 🇰🇷
The museum lit its facade up in BLACKPINK pink, released a "Heritage Collection" with the museum's beloved MU:DS (뮷즈) goods brand, and even set up member-narrated audio tours (Jisoo and Jennie in Korean, Rosé in English, Lisa in Thai). When a national museum turns pink for your birthday, you know you've made history.
🌹 Rewind: "Lovesick Girls" and the Korean Inside It
One BLACKPINK song fans keep coming back to is "Lovesick Girls" (2020) — an anthem about chasing love even when it keeps hurting. And it's a lovely little window into some very usable Korean.
The hook everyone knows:
영원한 밤 / 창문 없는 방에 우릴 가둔 love (yeong-won-han bam / chang-mun eom-neun bang-e u-ril ga-dun love) — "An eternal night / a love that locked us in a windowless room."
Look at the everyday vocabulary tucked in there:
- 영원한 (yeong-won-han) — eternal
- 창문 (chang-mun) — window
- 방 (bang) — room
- 매번 (mae-bun) — every time (as in 매번 아파도 = "even though it hurts every time")
And the emotional heart of the song is a pair of opposite feelings you'll hear all over K-pop:
- 행복해 (haeng-bok-hae) — "I'm happy"
- 불쌍해 (bul-ssang-hae) — "pitiful / feel sorry for"
The song's whole vibe — this pain somehow makes me happy (이 아픔이 난 행복해) — is peak "lovesick," and now you've got the words for it. 💔
📝 Korean From the Song
Five to keep. Say each one out loud once — that's honestly how they stick.
| Korean | Romanization | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 영원한 | yeong-won-han | Eternal |
| 창문 | chang-mun | Window |
| 방 | bang | Room |
| 매번 | mae-bun | Every time |
| 아픔 | a-peum | Pain |
Sample sentence: 사랑은 매번 아프지만, 난 행복해! (sa-rang-eun mae-bun a-peu-ji-man, nan haeng-bok-hae!) "Love hurts every time, but I'm happy!"
That's the whole "Lovesick Girls" mood in one line.
🎤 Sing It With Us — Free K-pop Korean Class!
Love BLACKPINK? Here's the fun part: songs like "Lovesick Girls" are full of real, usable Korean — everyday words, emotions, grammar patterns — and we turn them into full sing-along lessons you can actually follow, no experience needed.
📅 Next up: BLACKPINK's "Lovesick Girls" — Sat, Sept 12, 10 AM (EDT)
(Check your local time on our site — the schedule shows it in your own zone.)
🎟️ How to Join Securing your spot is quick and easy!
Step 1: Go to the [Live Group Class] menu on our website.
Step 2: Click the [Save My Spot] button under your chosen class.
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