On March 7, Jennie (Blackpink) officially released her solo album "Ruby" with 15 songs. All songs in the album have Jennie participating in writing and producing.
The singer shared: Album was inspired by the poem about 7 stages of life in Shakespeares play As You Like It, which contained elements such as love, birth, faith and heights. The scene of a play opening and the next chapter starting is the beginning of my new musical career."
This is Jennie's first studio album, also her first album released after leaving YG Entertainment to develop her solo career.
At noon on March 7, the MV for the title track "Like JENNIE" was released on YouTube. The female rapper of Blackpink performed a captivating performance in a future context.
The female singer opened Like JENNIE with confident opening rap verses:
Special edition, your AI cant copy.
I left a link in the dressing room and it became hot tea.
I no longer think about my ex-lover, even though I know they are still deceiving me.
I turned the whole room around as if it was drunk.
Jennie's powerful rap quickly became a topic of discussion.
However, V (BTS), G-Dragon (Big Bang) and Kai (EXO) were unexpectedly mentioned because of the rap line "I don't think about ex-lover anymore, even though I know they still cheat me".
Many viewers suspect Jennie of referring to her famous ex-boyfriends.
During her 9 years of working, Jennie's only boyfriend to date has been Kai (EXO). They confirmed their relationship in early January 2019 after Dispatch released evidence of secret dating.
Management companies SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment said the couple has been dating since October 2018. But at the end of January 2019, after less than a month of public announcement, Jennie and Kai broke up with the reason of wanting to focus more on work.
On February 24, 2021, Dispatch reported that Jennie and G-Dragon (Big Bang) have been dating for about a year. The couple was discovered to have met many times and their frequent dating location was G-Dragon's luxurious apartment in Hannam, Daejeon (Korea).
The couple did not make their relationship public, but YG's internal company knew.
In May 2022, an image that was said to be V (BTS) driving Jennie out on Jeju Island spread online. At this time, there was information that Jennie and G-Dragon had broken up.
In August 2022, a Twitter account posted a series of photos of Jennie and V together at many locations, confirming that the two were dating.
However, both idols and the management company have never admitted it. YG and HYBE only said, "This is the artist's private matter, so it cannot be confirmed."
In May 2023, dating rumors of the star couple continued to explode when an Instagram account posted a video of Jennie and V holding hands walking on the riverbank in Paris (France). Their date was closely followed by their manager.
The audience "show off" the clothes and accessories of the two appearing in the video from Chanel and Celine - two brands Jennie and V are ambassadors. 2 months later, Jennie posted a photo of herself wearing the right outfit on a date with V.
But in December 2023, JTBC reported that V and Jennie had broken up, although the couple had never officially made their relationship public.
