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"Pink Venom" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records on August 19, 2022, as the lead single from the group's second studio album, Born Pink (2022). It is a hip-hop, pop rap, dance and EDM song that incorporates Korean traditional instruments, 90s hip-hop and electropop musical styles. The track was composed by Teddy, 24, R.Tee, and Ido, with its lyrics penned by Teddy and Danny Chung.
"Pink Venom" received mixed reviews from critics, who complimented its catchy production but criticized its composition and its lack of musical growth. The song was commercially successful worldwide and spent two weeks atop the Billboard Global 200, marking the first time a girl group reached number one on the chart. In South Korea, the song peaked at number two on the Circle Digital Chart, while it peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as the UK Singles Chart. It became the first song by a K-pop group to reach number one in Australia, and topped the charts in eight other territories. It was certified platinum in South Korea, Canada, and New Zealand, gold in Australia and Japan, and silver in the United Kingdom.
The music video for "Pink Venom" was directed by Seo Hyun-seung and received 90.4 million views within 24 hours on YouTube—the biggest 24-hour debut for a music video in 2022, and the third-largest of all time on the platform. To promote the single, Blackpink performed on the South Korean music program Inkigayo as well as the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, where they became the first Korean girl group to perform at the award ceremony. Its accolades include Best Choreography at the MTV Video Music Awards and Best Music Video at the MAMA Awards.
On July 6, 2022, YG Entertainment announced that Blackpink was in the process of finishing recording for their new album and preparing to shoot a music video in mid-July for release in August. The label also confirmed that the group would embark on the largest world tour by a K-pop girl group in history. On July 31, YG Entertainment officially released trailer video for Born Pink through the group's official social media accounts, announcing that the world tour would start in October, following a pre-release single in August and the album itself in September. The label later confirmed that two music videos were filmed to support the album, reportedly with the highest production budgets they have ever invested into a music video. On August 7, it was announced that the album's pre-release single would be titled "Pink Venom" and released on August 19, 2022.
On August 10, two sets of individual member teaser posters for "Pink Venom" were posted to Blackpink's official social media accounts. Within the next couple of days, two sets of concept teaser videos were released for each individual member. On August 13, the credits of the song were reported through a teaser poster with all four members together. A new concept video was presented a day later, showing all four members being trapped in a glass box. The teaser for the music video was soon unveiled, with the music video premiering on YouTube on August 19. Internationally, the song was released to the airplay markets in Italy on August 26, and in the United States on August 30, 2022.
"Pink Venom" was written by Teddy Park and Danny Chung and composed by Teddy, 24, R.Tee, and Ido, while production was handled by 24, R.Tee, and Ido. It is a dance, EDM, hip-hop and pop rap song that incorporates traditional Korean instruments, such as the geomungo and gayageum. The song draws influences from 90s hip-hop and electropop, with The Korea Herald noting how it combines "the group's trademark hip-hop style" with the sound of traditional Korean instruments. In terms of musical notation, the song is written in the key of C minor and has a tempo of 90 beats per minute.
"Pink Venom" opens with minor chords played on the geomungo, a traditional Korean plucked zither, as Jennie sings "I talk that talk, runways I walk, walk". It leads into an accelerating, electropop beat in the second verse; and following the chorus, the production of "Pink Venom" switches with Lisa and Jennie delivering a "late-90s Eminem-style" rap. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times noted the track's combination of several musical styles: "Every four bars, a new approach enters — familiar K-pop elasticity, loose Middle Eastern themes, gaudy rock, West Coast rap, and more." Its lyrical content conveys Blackpink's presentation of contradicting images such as "sweet" and "deadly", with Jennie commenting, "we thought they were kind of reminiscent of us… It's pink venom, a lovely poison, it's words that most express us."
Vulture's Charlie Harding noted that "The song is a maximalist homage to classic hip-hop and pop that intensifies the recent trend of heavy sampling and interpolation". Harding added, "the band flips the script in the second verse with aplaintive G-funk- style moog floating over a '90s hip-hop beat reminiscent of Missy Elliott's 'Work It', but all of these Western references are balanced with Korean sounds." "Pink Venom" includes three lyrical references: Jennie opens the first verse with "Kick in the door, waving the coco," a play on the lyric "Kick in the door, wavin' the .44" from the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Kick in the Door" (1997), while one of Lisa's verses interpolates the lyrics "One by one, then two by two" from Rihanna's "Pon de Replay" (2005). Rosé's verse "Look what you made us do" in the pre-chorus references Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017).
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Pink Venom
"Pink Venom" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records on August 19, 2022, as the lead single from the group's second studio album, Born Pink (2022). It is a hip-hop, pop rap, dance and EDM song that incorporates Korean traditional instruments, 90s hip-hop and electropop musical styles. The track was composed by Teddy, 24, R.Tee, and Ido, with its lyrics penned by Teddy and Danny Chung.
"Pink Venom" received mixed reviews from critics, who complimented its catchy production but criticized its composition and its lack of musical growth. The song was commercially successful worldwide and spent two weeks atop the Billboard Global 200, marking the first time a girl group reached number one on the chart. In South Korea, the song peaked at number two on the Circle Digital Chart, while it peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as the UK Singles Chart. It became the first song by a K-pop group to reach number one in Australia, and topped the charts in eight other territories. It was certified platinum in South Korea, Canada, and New Zealand, gold in Australia and Japan, and silver in the United Kingdom.
The music video for "Pink Venom" was directed by Seo Hyun-seung and received 90.4 million views within 24 hours on YouTube—the biggest 24-hour debut for a music video in 2022, and the third-largest of all time on the platform. To promote the single, Blackpink performed on the South Korean music program Inkigayo as well as the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, where they became the first Korean girl group to perform at the award ceremony. Its accolades include Best Choreography at the MTV Video Music Awards and Best Music Video at the MAMA Awards.
On July 6, 2022, YG Entertainment announced that Blackpink was in the process of finishing recording for their new album and preparing to shoot a music video in mid-July for release in August. The label also confirmed that the group would embark on the largest world tour by a K-pop girl group in history. On July 31, YG Entertainment officially released trailer video for Born Pink through the group's official social media accounts, announcing that the world tour would start in October, following a pre-release single in August and the album itself in September. The label later confirmed that two music videos were filmed to support the album, reportedly with the highest production budgets they have ever invested into a music video. On August 7, it was announced that the album's pre-release single would be titled "Pink Venom" and released on August 19, 2022.
On August 10, two sets of individual member teaser posters for "Pink Venom" were posted to Blackpink's official social media accounts. Within the next couple of days, two sets of concept teaser videos were released for each individual member. On August 13, the credits of the song were reported through a teaser poster with all four members together. A new concept video was presented a day later, showing all four members being trapped in a glass box. The teaser for the music video was soon unveiled, with the music video premiering on YouTube on August 19. Internationally, the song was released to the airplay markets in Italy on August 26, and in the United States on August 30, 2022.
"Pink Venom" was written by Teddy Park and Danny Chung and composed by Teddy, 24, R.Tee, and Ido, while production was handled by 24, R.Tee, and Ido. It is a dance, EDM, hip-hop and pop rap song that incorporates traditional Korean instruments, such as the geomungo and gayageum. The song draws influences from 90s hip-hop and electropop, with The Korea Herald noting how it combines "the group's trademark hip-hop style" with the sound of traditional Korean instruments. In terms of musical notation, the song is written in the key of C minor and has a tempo of 90 beats per minute.
"Pink Venom" opens with minor chords played on the geomungo, a traditional Korean plucked zither, as Jennie sings "I talk that talk, runways I walk, walk". It leads into an accelerating, electropop beat in the second verse; and following the chorus, the production of "Pink Venom" switches with Lisa and Jennie delivering a "late-90s Eminem-style" rap. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times noted the track's combination of several musical styles: "Every four bars, a new approach enters — familiar K-pop elasticity, loose Middle Eastern themes, gaudy rock, West Coast rap, and more." Its lyrical content conveys Blackpink's presentation of contradicting images such as "sweet" and "deadly", with Jennie commenting, "we thought they were kind of reminiscent of us… It's pink venom, a lovely poison, it's words that most express us."
Vulture's Charlie Harding noted that "The song is a maximalist homage to classic hip-hop and pop that intensifies the recent trend of heavy sampling and interpolation". Harding added, "the band flips the script in the second verse with aplaintive G-funk- style moog floating over a '90s hip-hop beat reminiscent of Missy Elliott's 'Work It', but all of these Western references are balanced with Korean sounds." "Pink Venom" includes three lyrical references: Jennie opens the first verse with "Kick in the door, waving the coco," a play on the lyric "Kick in the door, wavin' the .44" from the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Kick in the Door" (1997), while one of Lisa's verses interpolates the lyrics "One by one, then two by two" from Rihanna's "Pon de Replay" (2005). Rosé's verse "Look what you made us do" in the pre-chorus references Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017).