"Proving that music knows no boundaries and language barriers, 'BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky' offers a personal look at the four members of the Blackpink group, from their years of training to current success as a K-Pop girl group. best known of all time, ”briefly describes the Netflix documentary on the life and success of BlackPink.
In the 79-minute documentary, Jennie, Rosé, Jisoo and Lisa are introduced to their fans - known as the Blinks - in several dimensions. Recall that Blackpink is the first Korean girl group to perform at Coachella, the first K-Pop group consisting of girls to win an MTV Music Video Award. Their song "Ice Cream", in collaboration with Selena Gomez, is also the first song of a group of K-pop girls that has stayed longer on the Billboard Hot 100.
"We shot the documentary last fall and in February this year," said (via Marie Claire) director Caroline Suh. "Followers love them so much, so I want them to see the girls in a more casual, direct way. I hope 'Light Up the Sky' shows each of them in a three-dimensional image. "
The documentary contains a wealth of information, from photos of girls in childhood, to auditions at the talent management company YG Entertainment to the extraordinary training to be a K-Popi star. Their training is similar to that of the Olympic champions: they stayed in the management company's dormitories, took singing lessons, practiced dancing, had only one day off every 2 weeks, and so on.
Blackpink was formed as a group in 2016 and the documentary is generally geared towards their famous performance at Coachella in 2019. Significant attention has also been paid to the adolescent training program. "A lot of people have memories in their teens," Jennie says at one point. "But I never had them."
Jiso is described as "big sister",
Jennie as the rapper "who on stage opposes her calm nature",
Rosé as a girl who is also a singer and songwriter,
while Lisa, as the person who unites the group with her dancing skills.
They also point to the pressure they face now, because not everything that shines is always gold. At the end of the documentary, you will understand why the performances of these girls are so rumored and realized. Above all, you will realize that success does not come overnight.
Sources: (in part) YGFamily.com, Marie Claire and CNN
