Selena Gomez, “Will Release a New Song with BLACKPINK on the 28th, Very Excited”… SELPINK IN YOUR AREA
[OSEN=김은애 기자] “SELPINK IN YOUR AREA” A collaboration with BLACKPINK and Pop star Selena Gomez has been announced, heating up the global music scene.
On August 12, YG Entertainment revealed that a collaboration single by BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez will be released worldwide on the 28th. The song will be released at 12 AM US Eastern time, 1 PM KST.
YG stated, “The two artists who have been connecting through music as fans of each other finally made their dream come true” and added, “BLACKPINK shares their gratitude towards Selena Gomez and are happy to share this song with the fans soon”.
When the news came out, the global music fans cheered at the collaboration between BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez also wrote, “I’m excited by BLACKPINK’s announcement. The collaborative single by BLACKPINK and I will be released on August 28” on her Instagram.
Selena Gomez also retweeted “SELPINK IN YOUR AREA” uploaded by the official account of ‘Twitter Music” on her Twitter, gathering the attention of many fans.
Selena Gomez also uploaded an article by Billboard announcing her collaboration with BLACKPINK, raising the fans’ anticipations. One can realize that Selena Gomez herself is highly anticipating the release of her collaborative single with BLACKPINK.
Selena Gomez is an actress and artist who grew to be a global top star from a teenager wannabe discovered by the Disney Channel. With approximately 186M followers on Instagram, she shares many commonalities with BLACKPINK as a star who leads the trend not only in entertainment, but also in various fields including fashion and beauty.
Selena Gomez has also achieved remarkable success as a musician. She began her music career in 2009 and left meaningful footprints such as winning the Best Female Artist Award in the 2016 American Music Awards and the Song of the Year Award in the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards. She was also placed at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her single ‘Lose You To Love Me’ released last year, reaching her peak as an artist.
BLACKPINK is also rewriting K-Pop history as the new record generators. BLACKPINK’s ‘How You Like That’ was released on June 26, setting an amazing record which matches their status as the global artist group. The song not only achieved an ‘all-kill’ in Korean music charts but was also ranked at no. 2 on the Global Top 50 chart of Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming platform, and was ranked at no. 20 and no. 33 on UK’s Official Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, respectively.
The ‘How You Like That’ MV reached 86.3M views on the first day of its release, being listed on 5 categories of the Guinness World Records including the ‘Most Watched YouTube Video in 24 Hours’ category as well as setting the fastest view records. BLACKPINK’s YouTube channel also has over 43.7M subscribers, which is the biggest figure among all female artists in the world.
BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez are expected to bring a bigger synergy effect in the global music market, since they are both the globally mega-trending artists. The people are paying keen attention on what kind of songs they will meet the music fans with, and what kind of results they will achieve.
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