Blackpink’s Rose gears up for solo gig

(Credit: YG Entertainment) via The Korea Herald

SEOUL — Rose of Blackpink’s solo debut is likely to happen very soon, according to a local media on Wednesday.

She has been signaling for a solo gig since last year and she unveiled “Gone,” thought to be the sub-title track from her upcoming own album, at the band’s first online streaming concert on Jan. 31.

Her company YG Entertainment confirmed that the musician has already finished shooting the music video for the title song from the album. It has spent one of the biggest budgets on it and the final touches are being added, said the company but did not provide specific dates yet.

She was named as one of the K-pop solo artists who could break in America in 2021, in a Forbes article published last week, along with Baekhyun (EXO and Super M), Wonho (formerly of Monsta X), J-Hope and RM (BTS).

Jennie was the first to come out with a solo song, titled “Solo,” in November 2018, sweeping across major music charts at home and abroad. The music video also recorded 600 million views on YouTube.