Famous female Korean Pop Idols BLACKPINK's variety show promotions are at full blast!
On October 6, the girl group's agency YG Entertainment announced that the four group members would be featured in the famous SBS variety show "Running Man." The presence of BLACKPINK in the show is confirmed; however, the broadcast date has not been revealed as of the moment.
This is not the first time of the BLACKPINK to appear on the "Running Man" show. In 2016, they also appeared in the show and they're finally returning after almost four years!
"Running Man" is a South Korean variety show broadcasted in the South Koren television network SBS. The show premiered way back July 11, 2010 as was primarily classified as an "urban action variety" which is a genre of variety shows in an urban environment. The MC's and the guests of the said show were given tasks and to complete a race.
Then the show shifted to different genre which is a more familiar reality-variety show concept focused on games. This show is very famous in Asia and has garnered overflowing fame online among Hallyu fans, having been fansubbed into different languages, like English, Persian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, and Turkish.
On the other hand, I know for sure that you are familiar with the famous Kpop girl group BLACKPINK, right? If not, then let me tell you some details about them. BLACKPINK is a South Korean girl group formed by the agency YG Entertainment, the group consists of four beautiful and talented ladies namely: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa.
Since their debut in the Korean music industry, Blackpink has gone to the top as a prominent act in K-pop and have been dubbed as the biggest girl group in the world, biggest K-pop girl band on the planet and The Kpop Queens. The girl group has gained overpowering popularity in South Korea, as proof of their popularity, Forbes Korea Power Celebrity named Blackpink the most powerful celebrities in South Korea in 2019 and the third most powerful celebrities this year 2020.
BLACKPIINK was able to attract a large number of followers in social media and online streaming platforms. They have also become the most-subscribed music group on YouTube in September 2019 and currently they are the the second most-subscribed music act and the most-subscribed female artists, with over 50 million subscribers. Not to mention that the individual members are also the most-followed Korea-related individuals on Instagram, with the first, second, third and fourth most-followed being Lisa, Jennie, Rosé and Jisoo respectively. Blackpink was one of the most-followed girl groups on the famous music app Spotify in November 2019, and as of September 2020, their profile has already gained over 15.3 million followers.
Just recently, BLACKPINK has made their return with their new 1st full album titled "The Album," which broke records in South Korean as well as overseas. Their record-breaking album has sold over 1 million copies already and topped different iTunes and music charts worldwide.
