Did you know SNSD influenced the creation/concept of BLACKPINK?

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that's why people acting like BP was a very original idea make me laugh

I think SM influence can be see in BP, by first the fact that he wanted a SNSD YG version

and the fact that the whole meaning of the group Blackpink

is heavily inspire by the meaning of Red velvet group name

with a dual image represented in the group name

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I agree about the snsd part but this part I don't agree with pinkpunk concept existed even before red velvet was formed . Red velvet were trainees then so this concept it's not thing new in fact it was what he always wanted pretty girls (pink) with YG style (black)

Well am glad they didn't end up becoming like SNSD concept wise.

And am glad that people are correcting the user about the RedVelvet thing.

They were saying the same thing in a thread yesterday and i could not wrap my head around it cuz it made no sense.

Quote from SooYoung

not really

Pinkpunk was just one of the name YG had for the girls but it didn't have any meaning behind it, it was just a cool name

and the girls confirm in an interview later that they are the one who came up with the Name Blackpink to show the contrast in their group image

and that they wanted to find a name color who had an equal amount of pink and black, but since they couldn't find any color like this who existed

they Choose to debut with the name Blackpink and express the different genre of music they could do by using this 2 color

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Jennie, then, elaborated that they wanted to find a color that was a combination of black and pink. She said, “If there was a color mixed with black and pink, like in the right amount, then we would have gone with that color. But we couldn’t find that.”

“We just put [the words ‘black’ and ‘pink’] together and made one word with it,” Rosé added.

As for why the two colors specifically, Jennie shared that they represent the members’ diverse array of talents. “We wanted to express the diversity of the group… and the different genres we could do and show you guys,” she said."

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but pink punk was a concept it self though lol I was following them since predebut lol it was based on the fact that YG wanted girly but still somehow edgy (they even had their own logo or something like that) before they changed it to blackpink and there is another interview when jennie actually mentioned the whole black and pink concept. I'm too lazy to look for it but she mentioned it a while back.

Blackpink is the mid ground of SNSD visual and 2NE1 sound.

This coming from a fan of all three groups

Quote from SooYoung

not really

Pinkpunk was just one of the name YG had for the girls but it didn't have any meaning behind it, it was just a cool name

and the girls confirm in an interview later that they are the one who came up with the Name Blackpink to show the contrast in their group image

and that they wanted to find a name color who had an equal amount of pink and black, but since they couldn't find any color like this who existed

they Choose to debut with the name Blackpink and express the different genre of music they could do by using this 2 color

The first official meaning of BLACKPINK which came from YG was "Pretty isn't everything". It was the definition that was used for years. The "dual concept" definition wasn't really used until last year when they started to say it was to show that they're pretty and savage, that they're diverse and can do many different genres.

And just because the name was never given an official definition doesn't mean it didn't have the double meaning. PinkPunk is in the same area of BLACKPINK it doesn't really take a lot of thought to see that. And it was still the original name in 2012, the one they were using before they debuted. See Jennie's introduction video where they literally flashed a logo.

Yes I know, but they have a completely different identity. Blackpink's music is closer to the 2NE1 style of music.

As expected SNSD