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''Born Pink'' is the second studio album by South Korean girl group
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. It was released on September 16, 2022, through
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. It marked the group's first full-length record since ''
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'' in 2020. Production of the album was handled by various producers including
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, 24,
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, Nohc, and Paro. Blackpink conceived ''Born Pink'' as "the essence" of the group, taking inspiration from hip-hop and combining various genres. ''Born Pink''s English-heavy sound draws mostly from
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, and EDM, with melodies characterized by more uptempo production than in its predecessor ''The Album''. The songs incorporate eclectic styles ranging from
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to
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and
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. Lyrically, the album discusses themes of love, self-confidence, self-encouragement, dealing with fame and detractors, and more. Blackpink members
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and
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co-wrote the fourth track " Yeah Yeah Yeah". ''Born Pink'' was supported by two singles, both of which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. The pre-release single "
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" topped the national charts of 10 countries, peaking at number two on South Korea's
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and at number 22 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album's second single " Shut Down" peaked at number three on the Circle Digital Chart and at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " Ready for Love", previously released as a
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in collaboration with battle royale video game ''
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'', was also included on the tracklist. To promote the album, Blackpink embarked on the
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beginning in October, which broke the record for the highest-grossing concert tour by a female group. The album was met with positive reviews from critics. The album's stronger production and more personal lyrics received praise; however, criticisms were made for its lack of innovation and musical development. Commercially, it debuted at number one on the
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with 2.2 million copies sold in less than two days, becoming the best-selling album by a female act in South Korea and the first to surpass two million sales. In the United States, it became the first album by a female group to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 since
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in 2008. Additionally, ''Born Pink'' became the first album by a K-pop girl group to land atop the ''Billboard'' 200 and the
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, which earned Blackpink two
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. The album has since been certified double million by the
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(KMCA),
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by
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by the
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(BPI). According to the
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(IFPI), the album was the eighth best-selling album worldwide across all formats in 2022, and the seventh best-selling album in pure sales.


Background

On March 7, 2022,
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appeared on the
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'' in an episode featuring
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artists, revealing that Blackpink had been working on their new album: "Blackpink is also making a comeback soon, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but since I'm the only Blackpink member here, I'll just say it please look forward to it". In a ''
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'' interview published on May 23, 2022, Blackpink stated that "they were working hard on the preparation of the album and that they were ready to comeback into the swing of things." In collaboration with
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video game ''
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'', " Ready for Love" was released as a
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, with an animated music video published on YouTube on July 29, 2022. On July 31, 2022, YG Entertainment officially released the album trailer video on the group's official social media accounts, announcing that the group's new world tour would start in October, following a pre-release single in August and the album itself in September. The label later confirmed that two music videos were filmed to support the album, reportedly with the highest production budgets they have ever invested into a music video. The album's pre-release single, "
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", was released on August 19. The same day, Blackpink performed the single at the
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, marking their American awards show debut and making them the first female K-pop group in history to do so. On September 6, 2022, the teaser poster for the title track, " Shut Down", was released on Blackpink's social media accounts. On September 7, the album's tracklist was released, confirming that it will contain eight songs. It was further revealed that both
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and
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participated in the writing of "Yeah Yeah Yeah". From September 10 to 13, promotional posters of each of the members were released. On September 16, the album was released alongside the music video for "Shut Down".


Recording and development

In an interview with ''Newsen'',
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stated, "If ''
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'' focused solely on music, this album tried to express the essence of Blackpink as its title 'Born Pink', where we keep trying new things while keeping our original identity." Furthermore, she added: "Based on the
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sound throughout the album, various genres were combined, focusing on expressing the light color of Blackpink. I pride myself on creating music that we've never done before". Regarding the creative process and style for the songs, YG Entertainment stated after that "a lot of music that is Blackpink-esque has been completed with much effort over a long period of time", and that the new album was expected to include numerous tracks that "feature the band's signature music style that the members have worked on for a very long time". The label further explained that the album's title ''Born Pink'' "portrays Blackpink's confidence and self-esteem for being born different" and that the album lives up to the group's reputation and "unrivaled presence". In an online press conference in Seoul for the release of "
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",
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explained how the single was chosen to represent Blackpink's identity: "Since our album's title is ''Born Pink'', we wanted to relay our identity in the song as much as we could. Since 'pink' and 'venom' have contradicting images, we thought they were kind of reminiscent of us." During the group's live stream broadcast for ''Born Pink'',
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shared the group's first impression of " Shut Down" and how they chose it to be the album's second single: "We listened to the demo version of 'Shut Down' in the studio, and when we first heard it, we exchanged looks and knew that this had to be the title track. I was able to sketch how we'd perform this song". She also revealed that the track is "distinctly Blackpink" and is something the band can express well. In an article by ''
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'', several songwriters whose work was featured on ''Born Pink'' discussed the stories behind their contributions to the record. The writer of " Typa Girl",
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revealed that she had written the demo for the song in 2021 at
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's studio and that she had originally "thought Lisa might use it for her next solo single". She further described it as a "song to empower women". American songwriter and producer
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conceived " Hard to Love" during a jam session with his friends. He sent the demo to Teddy in June 2022 and was video called by him, Lisa, and Rosé the next day. He described the song as "an overwhelmingly organic — and fast — process". Over the next month, he would
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with Park and the group, who suggested changes. The writers of " Tally" discussed the story behind the track: "Judgment is something that a lot of women come across. These lyrics are so impactful coming from LACKPINK. The song was inspired by co-writer Soraya LaPread, who brought up the subject in a session with production duo Saltwives. During the interview with ''
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'', LaPread confessed she worked on the song years ago and had actually forgotten about it. The producer then revealed that she only remembered the song after Australian songwriter
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showed interest in the track and offered to buy it. He played the demo for Brian Lee in London and later sent it to
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, who had handpicked every song on the album. Prior to its release, the recording process of " Ready for Love" was shown in the
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documentary, ''Light Up the Sky'' in October 2020, as it was cut from ''The Albums final tracklist. Record producer
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, who last worked with Blackpink on their debut studio album, confirmed in an interview with ''
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'' that he wrote songs with members Jennie and
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for the upcoming album. Describing the process, Tedder said it was very much Blackpink's work with him supporting and contributing. Despite working on several songs, none of them made the final album tracklisting, however, one of the tracks, " The Girls", was later released as the official soundtrack to Blackpink: The Game on August 23, 2023.


Music and lyrics


Composition

''Born Pink'' is twenty-four minutes long and consists of 8 songs. Three of the album's tracks are labelled
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. It features genres such as
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, pop,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, EDM,
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and classical interludes. Blackpink worked with many producers, including
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, Willy Sinclair,
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,
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,
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and
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. The first half of the album contains lyrics that show the group's "extremely confident" and "untouchable exteriors", while the second half reveals the insecurities in "emotionally charged" ballads. The uptempo, "English heavy" album was described as "faster" and "shinier" than its predecessor ''
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''.


Songs

The record opens with the pre-release single, "
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", a hip-hop based track that blends elements of traditional Korean instruments with EDM,
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and
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influences. Lyrically, it expresses Blackpink's confidence and dual identity as both sweet and deadly and the group's growing international popularity. The song includes several lyrical references from the 1990s and 2000s:
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opens the first verse with "Kick the door, waving the Coco", a play on the lyric "Kick in the door, wavin' the .44" from
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's "Kick in the Door", while one of
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's verses interpolates the lyrics "One by one, then two by two" from
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's debut single "
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". " Shut Down" samples the classical composition "
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", originally by
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, mixed with
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and trap hooks,
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and an insistent
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sound. Lyrically it contains self-referential lyrics about the group's fame and success, while telling "their haters and doubters to take a seat". Longtime collaborator
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primarily wrote and produced the third track " Typa Girl", an
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hip-hop and pop song with a trap beat and strong 1980s sound that speaks "confidently" about being the "type" of person everyone wants and highlights "the potential of a different kind of music". Members
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and
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participated in the writing process for the fourth track, the
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,
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and new wave "lush"
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" Yeah Yeah Yeah", which features
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in its arrangement and recalls 1980s music in its composition. The song's production "rides on a jagged
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with lavish flourishes of over-the-top synth-disco." Park Jun-hee of '' The Star'' noted that "The disco-style tune that gives off '80s vibes enters the 50-second mark and sketches out a euphoric moment of young love and youthful energy. It reminds us of spending summer nights with a lover under the bright light of the moon". Many critics compared its production to the group's 2020 single "
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". In the lyrics, Blackpink explore the apprehension and pain of falling in love again with someone completely unexpected. Singer-songwriter
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contributed to the composition of the fifth track, " Hard to Love", as co-writer and co-producer, performed by member Rosé as a solo. The
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track incorporates elements of 90's
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, is led by soft piano and a "vintage intro that contrasts with the powerful rhythm of the drop beat", building into a lite-
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and pop-rock sound with funk-inspired guitar and bass groove. In the lyrics, the singer expresses hidden insecurities about their ability to be loved.
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and Willy Sinclair co-produced the sixth track, " The Happiest Girl". A downtempo
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track characterized by grand piano instrumentals, the lyrics centers on the narrator's strong will to find happiness despite missing someone, using a "melancholic" melody to convey the desire for contentment. The rock infused ballad " Tally" is a midtempo pop song with elements of hip-hop and rock and "crunchy" guitar in the introduction. The lyrics discuss positivity and the beauty of achieving life's goals. The song "embodies a free, yet elegant mood", allowing the group to present their free spirit while speaking openly about the importance of being oneself. The closing track " Ready for Love" is a pop and
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song with "sparkling" EDM chorus and horn flares with the likes of a
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"euphoric" instrumental. The song finds the group truly ready to leave their doubts behind and celebrate the future. On ''Born Pink'' as a whole, Park noted that "All the members have moments to shine, infusing a fresh sound into Blackpink's musical vessel".


Promotion and release

''Born Pink'' was released worldwide on September 16, 2022, by
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and
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.


Marketing

Two
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supported ''Born Pink''. Blackpink released the first, "
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" on August 19, which they performed at the
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, making them the first female K-pop group in history to do so. Its music video reached 90.4 million views in 24 hours, surpassing the previous record held by their own song "
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" for the most-viewed video by a female artist in a single day. The second and
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" Shut Down" was released alongside the album on September 16. Both singles peaked in the top twenty-five of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and topped the ''Billboard'' Global 200 chart. " Ready for Love" was released as a
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on July 29, in collaboration with battle royale video game
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. On September 16, the group held a live stream broadcast on the group's official YouTube channel one hour before the release of ''Born Pink''. During the broadcast, held on a large stage aligning with the concept of the second single " Shut Down", the members revealed a variety of behind-the-scenes stories of the music video filming, discuss their future activities, and introduce the new songs and sneak peeks into the
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. On the same day, Blackpink was interviewed on US radio stations
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and 102.7 KIIS FM as part of promotions for both "Shut Down" and the new album. On September 19, they performed the single live for the first time on
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''. From September 16 to 18, 
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held an event called "Born Pink: The Pop-Up Experience" in Los Angeles to celebrate the new album's release. On December 2, Blackpink released the first episode of ''Born Pink Memories'', a YouTube show showing the
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process of the album and its promotions.


Tour

On July 6, 2022,
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confirmed that Blackpink would embark on the largest world tour by a
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girl group in history later in the year. On July 31, it was revealed that the group's second Korean studio album ''Born Pink'' would release in September, supported by the
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starting in October. On August 8, Blackpink announced tour dates between October 2022 and June 2023 spanning Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania. The tour began on October 15, 2022, at the
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in
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, South Korea. It was followed by a series of arena concerts in North America and Europe from October through December. The tour continued from January to June 2023 with stadium shows across Asia as well as concerts in Mexico and Australia. Blackpink returned to France and the United States for an encore stadium tour in July and August. The tour concluded with two finale concerts at the
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in Seoul, ending on September 17, 2023. The Born Pink World Tour drew 1.8 million attendees in total across 66 shows, making it the most-attended concert tour by a Korean girl group, and broke the record held by
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'
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to become the highest-grossing concert tour of all time by a female group.


Artwork and packaging

''Born Pink'' was released in three different physical formats—a
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version, a kit album, and a
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record—as well as digital download. The box set version has pink, black, and gray variations, each with a packing box, 80-page photobook, accordion lyrics sheet, photocards, postcards, two
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s and a sticker. The kit album, which allows buyers to listen to the album on their smartphones, contains a set of twelve photo cards, lyric and credit sheet, and a random polaroid card. The pink vinyl is special-edition was set to be released on December 30, 2022. A fourth physical format, called "digipacks", were announced on August 21, 2022; they come in four versions, one for each member, and was released on September 16. The digital
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consists of two pink
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that appear from the top against a white background. The group's name and album's title are shown under them in a grey font.


Critical reception

''Born Pink'' was met with mixed reviews from music critics. At
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, which assigns a
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a weighted average score of 70 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".
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of ''
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'' proclaimed it "the landmark pop album Blackpink were born to make" and praised the songs as "high-impact bangers and ferocious
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anthems." Park Jun-hee of ''
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'' described listening to the album as "biting into a trick candy: You don't know what they'll bring out this time, but it'll always be a sweet surprise." Vince Ferreras from
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called the album the group's most mature release to date and the one that shows the quartet's notable artistic growth the most. ''
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s writer Emma Madden described ''Born Pink'' as a "sound of the biggest girlgroup on the planet" where they "marry the very best of Western pop music" with "a romantic, gleefully chaotic South Korean sensibility". In her review for ''
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'', Neil Z. Yeung felt ''Born Pink'' "matures Blackpink with stronger production, more personal lyrics, and a bold conviction that cannot be contained". ''
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''s Alisa S. Regassa praised the album's innovative production and songwriting and felt that it pushed the boundaries of the
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industry. ''
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'' included ''Born Pink'' in their list of the 50 best albums of 2022, noting that it showcased "a more mature, grown-up version of the group." ''
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s Alex Ramos noted that rather than following in the steps of "Pink Venom" by experimenting, the rest of the album features "more of the same". Writing for ''
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'', Tanu I. Raj stated that on the album Blackpink treads the well-known thematic territory of pop music, but the imagery of "finding solace from heartbreak at the bottom of a bottle" or "boasting about being the type of girl you take to your 'mama house'" isn't particularly novel. ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'' named ''Born Pink'' one of the best albums released in 2022. Its singles, "
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" and " Shut Down", were also named among best songs of 2022.


Year-end lists


Awards and nominations


Commercial performance

On August 18, 2022, YG Entertainment confirmed that ''Born Pink'' surpassed 1.5 million pre-orders in six days, followed by an announcement notifying that the album had sold over two million copies in worldwide pre-orders on August 25, making it the first album by a K-pop female act to achieve the milestone. Following its release, ''Born Pink'' became the first album by a K-pop girl group to sell over one million copies on its first day on Hanteo, doing it in less than 12 hours. ''Born Pink'' debuted at number one on the
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with 2,141,281 copies sold in less than two days of tracking and became the first album by a K-pop girl group to sell over two million copies. The kit version of the album debuted at number four with 59,718 copies sold. The album also topped the monthly Circle Album Chart, selling 2,457,206 copies as well as 60,000 copies of the kit version in the month of September. In the United States, ''Born Pink'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 102,000
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, including 75,500 pure album sales, 25,000 stream-equivalent sales (resulting from 37.49 million on-demand streams), and 1,500 track-equivalent sales. It became the first album by a female Korean act to top the chart and the first album by a female group to do so since
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'' in 2008. The album also debuted atop the
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chart with 75,500 copies sold, which comprised 64,000 CD sales and 11,500 digital sales, earning the seventh-largest sales week of any album in 2022. Blackpink became the eighth all-female group in history to top the ''Billboard'' 200, following
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,
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and Danity Kane. In its second week, the album descended to number four with 40,000 album-equivalent units, including 26,000 pure album sales. In the United Kingdom, ''Born Pink'' also became the first album by a K-pop girl group to reach number one on the
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. It marked the first time a girl group simultaneously topped the album charts in the United States and United Kingdom since Destiny's Child's ''
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'' in 2001. ''Born Pink'' also topped the charts in Canada and Portugal and reached the top ten in Netherlands, France, Germany, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway. All eight tracks on the album collectively drew 371.5 million streams and sold 55,000 downloads worldwide and went on to debut in the top half of the ''Billboard'' Global 200 and the top-forty of the Global Excl. U.S. in the week ending September 22. Both "Pink Venom" and "Shut Down" peaked at number one on the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S., making ''Born Pink'' the third album after ''
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'' and '' Be'' to yield multiple Global 200 chart-toppers and the second after ''Be'' to yield multiple Global Excl. U.S. chart-toppers. According to the
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(IFPI), the album was the eighth best-selling album worldwide across all formats in 2022, marking Blackpink's first album to rank in the top ten. It was the seventh best-selling album worldwide in pure sales in 2022, making it Blackpink's second album to rank in the top ten after ''
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'' (2020).


Track listing


Personnel

Credits adapted from album
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s **
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– vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–8),
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(track 4) **
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– vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–8) **
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– vocals (all tracks), lyricist (track 4) **
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– vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–8) *
Teddy Park Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978) is a Korean Americans, Korean–American Rapping, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. Wh ...
– creative director, lyricist (tracks 1, 2, 5 and 8),
composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...
(tracks 1, 2, 5 and 8) * Danny Chung – lyricist (tracks 1 and 2) * 24 – composer (tracks 1, 2, 5–8) *
R.Tee Kim Jung-gu (, born March 6, 1990), known professionally as R.Tee (), is a South Korean record producer, songwriter, and DJ signed with The Black Label. He has produced songs for artists including Big Bang, Blackpink, iKon, and Winner. Early l ...
– composer (tracks 1, 4 and 5) * Vince – lyricist (track 2) *
Bekuh Boom Rebecca Rose Johnson, professionally known as Bekuh Boom (stylized as Bekuh BOOM) is an American singer and songwriter. Johnson signed her first publishing deal to Warner Chappell Music at the age of 18. She featured on two co-written singles: " ...
– lyricist (track 3), composer (tracks 3 and 8) * Dominsuk – composer (track 3) * Kush – lyricist (track 4), composer (tracks 4 and 8) * VVN – lyricist (tracks 4 and 8), composer (tracks 4 and 8) *
Freddy Wexler Freddy Wexler is an American songwriter, film and television producer, talent manager, and author based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for co-writing Billy Joel's " Turn the Lights Back On", and the Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande s ...
– lyricist (track 5), composer (track 5) * Bianca "Blush" Atterberry – lyricist (track 5), composer (track 5) * Max Wolfgang – lyricist (track 5), composer (track 5) *
Teddy Sinclair Natalia Noemi "Teddy" Sinclair (' Cappuccini; born 15 August 1986) is a British singer-songwriter and actress. She has recorded music under various aliases, most famously as Natalia Kills and Verbalicious. She is currently the lead vocalist of ...
– lyricist (track 6), composer (track 6) * Willy Sinclair – lyricist (track 6), composer (track 6) * Paro – lyricist (track 6), composer (track 6) *
Nat Dunn Natalie Dunn is an Australian singer-songwriter from Queensland. Early life Natalie Dunn is from Queensland. Career Primarily a songwriter, Dunn has gained fame for writing for artists like Marshmello, Anne-Marie, Kygo, Rita Ora, Hayden Jame ...
– lyricist (track 7), composer (track 7) * David Phelan – lyricist (track 7), composer (track 7) * Alex Oriet – lyricist (track 7), composer (track 7) * Brian Lee – lyricist (track 7), composer (track 7) * Soraya LaPread – lyricist (track 7) Technical * Teddy Park – producer (all tracks) * 24 –
arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...
(tracks 1, 2, 5–8), producer (track 6), mixer (track 1) * R.Tee – arranger (tracks 1, 4 and 5), mixer (track 1) * Ido – arranger (tracks 1 and 4), mixer (track 1) * Dominsuk – arranger (track 3) * Freddy Wexler – producer (track 5) * Nohc – arranger (track 6), producer (track 6) * Paro – producer (track 6) * Youngju Bang –
recording engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproducti ...
(all tracks) * Josh Gudwin –
mix engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...
(tracks 2-5, 7-8) *
Chris Gehringer Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey. Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, ...
mastering engineer Mastering is a form of audio post production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the Audio mixing (recorded music), final mix to a data storage device called a master recording, the source ...
(all tracks) Design * Hyona Park, Jeongyoon Yoon (MMDD); Hyojin Jeong, Sungmin Yook (YG) – design * Jae Hyun Choe, Bin Seo, Ji Su Hong, Hyun Gee Cho, Jung Lee – visual * Yu Jin Jung – music marketing * Heejune Kim – photographer * Gee Eun, Min Hee Park – stylist * Seon Yeong Lee, Ji Hye Oh – hair * Myung Sun Lee (Woosun), Young Lee (Agency Garten) – make up * Eunkyung Park (Unistella) – nail Management *
YG Entertainment YG Entertainment () is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment agency established in 1996 by Yang Hyun-suk. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and conce ...
– executive producer * Jooyong Lee, Euna Ahn – project leader * Min Kyeong Bae, Shinil Kim, Boin Kwon, Hyojeong Jeon, Jieun Kim – A&R * Yoon Jeong Kim, Su Ji Park, Jeong Eun Jeong – publishing * Heon Pyo Park – head of artist management group * Byoung Young Lee, Se Ho Kim, Eun Gon Kim, Ho Sup Shin, Jong Seong Park, Jin Won Seo, Sae Rom Lee, Won Jae Park – artist management * Bo Kyung Hwang, Min Suk Yang – chief executive officer


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List of 2022 albums The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2022. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received signifi ...
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List of best-selling albums in South Korea A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* List of best-selling girl group albums * List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2022 * List of certified albums in South Korea *
List of Circle Album Chart number ones of 2022 The Circle Album Chart, known as the Gaon Album Chart until its July 2022 rebranding, is a South Korean record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Circle Chart, which launched in February 2010. The da ...
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Lists of fastest-selling albums This is a list of the world's fastest-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and all sales must have occurred in the first week of release. This list may include any type ...
* List of K-pop albums on the ''Billboard'' charts * List of number-one albums of 2022 (Canada) *
List of number-one albums of 2022 (Portugal) The Portuguese Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Portugal, as compiled by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. See also * List of number-one singles of 2022 (Portugal) References {{Portuguese charts Number one albums P ...
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List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...


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* * {{Authority control 2022 albums Blackpink albums YG Entertainment albums Interscope Records albums Hip-hop albums by South Korean artists Pop albums by South Korean artists Rock albums by South Korean artists