BLACKPINK's 'Pink Venom' reach No. 1 on US iTunes

BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom

BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ is the first girl group song to reach No. 1 on US iTunes since their own song ‘How You Like That’

“Pink Venom” is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink for their second studio album Born Pink. It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records as a pre-release single on August 19, 2022.

allkpop.com : Immediately after the release of PINK VENOM, the song topped various Korean real-time music charts, reached #1 on Bugs, Vibe, and Genie, and also rose to the top of iTunes charts in numerous countries around the world.

The success was so great that they even managed to reach number 1 on iTunes USA, an achievement that no other girl group had achieved since 2020, the year in which they themselves achieved with “How You Like That.”

“Pink Venom” was written by Teddy Park and Danny Chung and composed by Teddy, 24, R. Tee, and Ido, while production was handled by the latter three.

The song is described as a hip-hop song that incorporates the usage of traditional Korean instruments such as the geomungo.

In terms of musical notation, the song was composed in C major with 90 beats per minute. Lyrically, the song expresses Blackpink’s confidence and dual identity as both sweet and deadly. On the track’s title, Jennie commented, “Since ‘pink’ and ‘venom’ have contradicting images, we thought they were kind of reminiscent of us… It’s pink venom, a lovely poison, it’s words that most express us.”

One of the song’s verses features an interpolation of the lyric “One by one, then two by two” from Rihanna’s 2005 debut single, “Pon de Replay”.

How BLACKPINK Lights up Spotify & Youtube?

YG/Interscope’s BLACKPINK scored its first global #1 on Spotify Friday with “Pink Venom.” The track, which samples Rihanna’s “Pon de Replay,” debuted with 8m streams for the biggest opening on the Spot this year by a female act.

hitsdailydouble.com : Meanwhile, the video for the K-pop group’s strongest bow yet racked up 86m plays on YouTube in its first 24 hours, reaching 100m views faster than any video ever.

Fans Choose BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

“Pink Venom” brought in more than 85% of the vote, beating out new music by Demi Lovato, Panic! At the Disco and more.

BLACKPINK‘s new single “Pink Venom” has topped this week’s new music poll.

billboard.com : Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 19) on Billboard, choosing the group’s latest track as their favorite new music release of the past week.

“Pink Venom” brought in more than 85% of the vote, beating out new music by Demi Lovato, Panic! At the Disco, Zedd, Maren Morris & BEAUZ and more.

The song — which dropped on Friday along with a music video — is the lead single from BLACKPINK’s upcoming sophomore album, Born Pink, due out Sept. 16. “Pink Venom” shows off the four-piece K-pop group’s genre-bending sound, and the fresh track interpolates a line from Rihanna’s debut hit, “Pon De Replay.”

Pink Venom Lyrics

BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK
Kick in the door, waving the coco (hey)
팝콘이나 챙겨 껴들 생각 말고
I talk that talk, runways I walk, walk (hey)
눈 감고 pop, pop, 안 봐도 척
One by one, then two by two
내 손끝 툭 하나에 다 무너지는 중
가짜 쇼 치곤 화려했지
Makes no sense, you couldn’t get a dollar outta me
자, 오늘 밤이야, 난 독을 품은 꽃
네 혼을 빼앗은 다음
Look what you made us do
천천히 널 잠재울 fire (fire)
잔인할 만큼 아름다워
I bring the pain like
This, that Pink Venom, this, that pink venom
This, that Pink Venom, get ’em, get ’em, get ’em
Straight to ya dome like (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Straight to ya dome like (ah, ah, ah)
Taste that Pink Venom, taste that pink venom
Taste that Pink Venom, get ’em, get ’em, get ’em
Straight to ya dome like (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Straight to ya domе like (ah, ah, ah)
Black paint and ammo, got bodies like Rambo
Rеst in peace, please, light up a candle
This the life of a vandal, masked up and I’m still in CELINE
Designer crimes or it wouldn’t be me (oh)
Diamonds shining, drive in silence, I don’t mind it I’m riding
Flying private side by side with the pilot up in the sky
And I’m wilding, styling on them and there’s no chance
‘Cause we got bodies on bodies like this a slow dance
자, 오늘 밤이야, 난 독을 품은 꽃
네 혼을 빼앗은 다음
Look what you made us do
천천히 널 잠재울 fire (fire)
잔인할 만큼 아름다워
I bring the pain like
This, that Pink Venom, this, that pink venom
This, that Pink Venom, get ’em, get ’em, get ’em
Straight to ya dome like (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Straight to ya dome like (ah, ah, ah)
Taste that Pink Venom, taste that pink venom
Taste that Pink Venom, get ’em, get ’em, get ’em
Straight to ya dome like (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Straight to ya domе like (ah, ah, ah)
원한다면 provoke us
감당 못해 and you know this
이미 퍼져버린 shot that potion
네 눈앞은 핑크빛 ocean
Come and give me all the smoke
도 아니면 모 like I’m so rock and roll
Come and give me all the smoke
다 줄 세워 봐, 자, stop, drop
I bring the pain like
라타타타, 트라타타타
라타타타, 트라타타타
라타타타, 트라타타타
Straight to ya, straight to ya
Straight to ya dome like
라타타타, 트라타타타 (BLACKPINK)
라타타타, 트라타타타 (BLACKPINK)
라타타타, 트라타타타 (BLACKPINK)
I bring the pain like