Blackpink is preparing to return to the music scene with a new MV Jump, which will be released on July 11. This is the song that marks the official return of the 4-member girl group after nearly 3 years, since the album Born Pink released in September 2022.
While fans are eagerly waiting for the group's new product, social media is bustling with videos filmed at Blackpink's recent concert in Korea, sparking controversy over the attitudes of some members.
In a popular video, an audience member threw a Labubu stuffed animal onto the stage to give to Lisa. When discovering this, the female singer threw the item back to the audience, refusing to accept the gift.
Lisa's actions were criticized by some netizens, saying that the Thai female idol was un South Korean and disregarded the affection of fans.
However, Blackpink fans also spoke up to defend Lisa, arguing that throwing stuffed animals or gifts on a concert stage was a dangerous act while the artists were performing or moving.
On the other hand, it is inevitable that there is a risk of subjects taking advantage of giving gifts to attach hidden cameras for the purpose of secret filming. If singers receive a stuffed animal from one person, there will be others following, easily causing chaos in a concert gathering tens of thousands of participants.
This is not the first time Lisa has acted like this. The singer is a member who often denies surprise gifts thrown at Blackpink's performances.
However, with fans giving gifts at the signing event or small gifts at the airport, Lisa and the Blackpink member happily accepted, after checking their safety.
Not only Lisa, Jennie was also a topic of debate after the group's concert, because of a video that attracted attention.
While Blackpink was performing the song "Forever Young", Jennie had a clothing problem, because her high boat had a falling rope. Jennie had to sit in a corner of the stage with the help of the staff.
In the video recorded by the audience, Jennie's face was quite tense and her mouth shape showed that she spoke very loudly when instructing the staff to tie her up.
Some comments said that this was a rough attitude, disregarding the staff, and recalled Jennie's controversy over smoking an e-cigarette in front of the makeup staff last year.
However, Jennie's fans quickly refuted it, claiming that the video was deliberately cut to create a misunderstanding situation. In the longer video, after instructing the staff to tie the ropes, Jennie turned out to laugh with the audience and calmly sat at the singing location of her segment.
Fans said that Jennie was nervous because of the unexpected and urgent situation, she also had to speak loudly for the staff to hear in a noisy space. This is not an attitude of disregard for anyone.
Meanwhile, Blackpink's Deadline global tour kicked off last weekend, with 2 "sold out" shows at Goyang Stadium (Korea), attracting about 78,000 spectators.
Blackpink will continue their tour with a total of 31 shows, visiting 16 cities around the world, until early 2026.
